Morral High School - Captain Yearbook (Morral, OH)

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GLASS HISTORY On a very bright sunshiney day Fourteen brave and honest freshmen entered the halls of fame at Morral High School in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Forty Three, These students were: Clarabel'Newland, Gene White, Norma' Christiansen, Martha Buckley,' Alice Rough, Paul Wiley, Richard Granlee, Edward Faurot, Edward Schertzer , Vernon Neal, Myron Corwin, Don Saxton, Bill McGlothlin, k Howard Conley, we lost Glenn Steinmetz this year. aw These fourteen studious students worked very hsniammr they legally become members of the high school, at the Freshmen Initiation. ' They used their study halls to the greatest advantage and spent evenings slaving over school books so theffbDow- ing year they could become sophomores. w4This proved to the rest of the students that this group had a lot to learn to be high school students.J With the clanging of the school bell these fourteeng students once again opened the doors of the school house, and entered into the new year as sophomores, When they took their seats in study hall and glanced around they dis covered to their great amazement that'five new students had entered into their wonderful groulu These were: Mary Radel, Pete Merritt, Jim Conley, Virgil Hits, Fred Baer,' and Lowell Hensel, making it a class of nineteen in all, Together they planned for the great adventures that were to take place in the following year when, they would bee- come Juniors. To help us to become Juniors we all willingly sent our orders for our much desired class rings- and class pin outfit we were to receive at the beginning of our Junior year. We opened our Junior year by having two more new faces appear in study hall. They were Jack Lill and Betty Brady, We had two main events take place in the first two months of school. The first one was the res ceiving of our class rings and pins, though some of us only had them for a short time. The next day we received our play books and starti ed work on our play nProfessor Peppn, We spent many, many weary nights at the school house trying to learn our parts and make a successful play. With the help of our adviser Miss 'Haoker, we finally mastered the play and presented it October 25.269 Then as we glanced into the future we saw the work of the Junior and Senior banquet facing us. This includ- ed making invitations, place cards, and many other things which were to make our banquet at Hotel Harding a very

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CLASS HISTORY CONTINUED donplete suecesso The evening. was spent in dancing and during the intermission the group ras favored by the girls sertet and the boys quartet, composed of auniers an Seniors. Beth groups were accompanied at the piano by Ann Schmelzer,- Also at this time we sang Happy Birthday to Miss Hacker, and distributed our annuals, During the year we worked hard selling ice cream , pop corn, etc. at all balhgamesg sponsering an 109 Cream gogfnlg selling cekes at neon etcg to reward up at the end of the year with that wonderful trip to New York. During our visit there we stayed at the Hotel Mcillpln for four days and three nights. While We WGTG lfl New YOTK City we saw many interesting sights such as: the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, Brooklyn Zee, The Empire state Coney Island, Radio City, and the stage shew NOklahema,. On our way back home we made a tour of Gettysburg,. R omin back through the town we were very lucky in getting go seg General Eisenhower. We arrived at Merril about 1:00 A. M. thus ending our Junior trip, tried but happy. We started our Senior year with nineteen members, Marvin Beers joined our merry little group, but we lest Lowell Hensel, Alice Rough, Martha Buckley, and William McGlothlin. Our first activity for this year was a ice cream social which we, with the help of the Juniors, held the last part of September. This too was to make money for a trip to Washington at the end of our Senior year. On October 16 we seniors paraded up and down the halls in our best Wbib and tuekern getting ready to leave for Marion to have their pictures taken at Hughes Studio. We were given the day eff. Most of us attended a show in the afternoon while others came back to Merrala A few weeks the seniors brought forth their pictures either to shew them te every one, to exchange with Hfffgnd or to give away for Christmas gifts, - During the nonth of January, the Seniors called a class meeting and chose their class colors, Blue and Whiteg their class motto, WWe have Crossed The Bay But The Ocean hieshea fore Usn. also at this meeting we picked our invitatigng'K this was rather a difficult Job as there were so many'moraH attractive samples to chose from. pp ff- , . W- .. ,:..-.:.....,.-..f.-.,,. F We brought the basketball season to a close during the month ef February, leaving an echo of WPop cernnj nlcecheam barsn, candy, and Hcokeu ringing in everyone ears. 5 l