Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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 The Scarlet and Gray 13 Mrs. Mary Blake Spears, ’09, and little son and Mrs. Lena Blake Juniper and little daughter Elizabeth, of Sparks, Nevada, are guests for several weeks of Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Hill. —o— Miss Grace Kinney, ’08, was called to Anderson, Ind., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Allen. She will also spend some time with relatives at Ellwood. —o— Earl Jackson, ’10, is now home from Chicago, awaiting his call for active service in the Signal Corps of the Aviation Department. —o— Thomas Allen, ’15, has successfully passed the examination for pilot in the Aviation Department and is awaiting orders to report for active service. Mrs. Mildred Ball Sanders, ’16, now has a position as stenograhper in the Quartermaster’s Department at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. —o— Sheldon Scott, ’14, has recently been appointed assistant in Chemistry in Marietta College, where he has been in attendance for the past four years. Mr. Leland Kreig, ’12, has gone to Washington, D. C., where he has a good position as draughtsman in the Ordnance Department. When the call to colors went forth the youth of N. H. S. alumni respond- ed most loyally. To their number will be added at least a dozen more in the near future. Yet not entirely have the young women hesitated to report for active service at the front. Fore- most among those to “go across” was Miss May Wallace, ’98. Shortly after her graduation Miss Wallace went to Chicago, where she completed her 1 raining for a Red Cross nurse in 1914. In the fall of the same year she with several others of that city entered the service and have been actively en- gaged “somewhere in France” ever since. Doanville. the guest of friends. Gladys Ayers, Essie Cline, Pearl Bumgardner, Helen Betts and Louise Call attended a sleigh riding party given by Margaret Pritchard of Ath- ens, the evening of Jan. 17. Miss Gretchen Kasler and Mildred Vorhees spent Friday evening guests of Mrs. J. W. Wilson a former stud- ent of N. H. S. Mildred and Ruth Vorhees very pleasantly entertained a few of their friends at their home on Franklin St- Friday evening, January 25. Music and games were features of the evening. At a late (?) hour a daintly lunch was served to twelve guests. Those present were: Ruth Love, Mary Pensyle. Betty Zeller, Gretchen Kasler. Mary Lane. Ellen Riley, Elton Smith, Wilbur Martin. Wilbur Hutchins, Browney Quigley, Robert Kinney and Lawrence McBride. On the evening of Feb 6. Bernice West entertained her friends with a party. At a late hour a dainty lunch was served to the following guests: Mable Linton, Hazel and Margaret Hall, Mabel Halcomb, Jo Powers, Grace Duckworth, Margorie Duck- worth. Mable Rosser, Helen McCarty. Garnet Sauders, Maud West, Agnes Creighton, Mildred Johnson, William Smith, Wilbur Martin, Landon Shafer. Theodore Sweeney, Carl Ross, Charles Price, Donald Johnson, Orville Steen- rod, Mr. Nash, Tom Blake, John Jackson and Martin Lutz.

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12 The Scarlet and Gray Essie Cline entertained a number c' friends with an indoor picnic. Music games, and contests were enjoyed Late in the evening a picnic supper was served to the following guests: Flo Figgins, Marie Ferricks, Ella Gil- berts, Helen Betts, Louise Call, Phil- ena Nelson, Pearl Bumgarner, Bernice Backus, Cornelia Scott and Mary Goodspeed. On the evening of Jan. 22 Elsie Hodgeman entertained the Camp Fire Giris. Of course knitting and dancing were the features of the evening, but they were not the only things. The girls were told to hunt for small flags, which were hidden “somewhere in the room”. At a late hour refreshments were served, and we were also given English Walnut shells tied together with the popular colors Green and White and Blue and Gold in which were conundrums. Those present were Miss Effie Wolfe guardian, Ruth and Niel Vorhees, Florence Cook, Mary Pensyle, Mary Lane, Lucille ctpray and Gretchen Easier- Elizabeth Zeller spent the week-end at Athens, guest of Miss Gay Herrold. Mary Pensyle was the guest of Rschel Silvus of Athens, last week. Good time? That’s what the girls had at Gretchen Kasler’s Thursday evexting. Music and dancing were features of the evening, altho they left few things unsaid. To prove that the social functions are not all for one’s pleasure the girls knitted for a greater part of the time- Later in the evening the following girls enjoyed a spread Ruth and Mel Vorhees, Mary Pensyle, Elizabeth Zeller, Margaret Spencer, Ruth Love, and Mary Lane. A spread was given honox-ing the fifteenth birthday anniversary of Lucille Sfalters at the home of Mar- garet Rosser. The affair was given exclusively for the fair sex, but un- bidden and unsought, came Floyd Rosser and Wilbur Martin. Those en- joying the affair were: guest of honor Dores Parks, Helen Ohlinger, Elda Crouse, Louise Hyde, Claudine Uhrig, Vesper Safter, Esther Vorhees and hostess. Betty Zeller entertained her friends with a spread on the evening of Jan. 26. Music and dancing were import- ant occupations but when the call came, “Dinner is served” no one stopped to strike another note or dance another step. The guests were: Mai-garet Spencer, Mary Pensyle, Mel and Ruth Vorhees, Gretchen Easier and Eva Cotton. Eva Cotton spent the week follow- ing New Year’s in Columbus guests of friends. Gretchen Easier was a Columbus visitor Saturday. Lillian Barron a former student of N. II- S. came home from St. Marys and will soon take up her studies again at Athens. Caryl Dent of Millfield, was the guest of Bess and Elsie Ailes last week end. Bess Ailes spent the week end in

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To bear is to conquer our fate.— Campbell. It is always safe to learn even from our enemies, seldom safe io instruet even our friends.—Calton- Who escapes a duty avoids a gain— Theodore Parker. The reward of one duty is the power to fullfill another.—George Eliot. There is not outward sign of cour- age that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.—Goethe. The small courtisies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. True courage scorns to vent prow- ess in a storm of words-—Smollit. The Journey of high honor lies noi in smooth ways.—Sir P. Sidney. Honesty is the best policy.—Cowantes. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a ship.—Franklin. Many receive advices, only the wisest profit by it.—Publius Syrus. The life of action is nobler than the life of thought.—Miss Mulock. He that has no crosses deserves no crown.—Quarles. Few know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.—Longfellow. There is no secret of the heart which our actions does not disclose. There is only one proof of ability— action.—Marie Ebnor—Eschenbad. He is a truly courageous man who never desponds.—Confucius. How much easier do we find it to commend a good action than to imitate it. It is praisworthy -even to attempt a great action. Impatience never commanded suc- cess.—Chapin. Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.—Napoeleon I. A stout heart may be ruined in for- tune but not in spirit.—Victor Hugo. A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.—Bovu.