New Madison High School - Owl Yearbook (New Madison, OH)

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packed the new auditorium to hear the address of the state superintendent of public instruction. The next day the students and faculty moved in and. under the supervision of Superintendent Thomas VVenrick, went through the daily routine of school work. The alumni hung a bronze medal in the hall on the top floor in honor of Marshall Brown, founder of New Madison High School. Years went on and activities of all kinds were held in the building to create friendship and enjoyment for many people. School fairs, basketball games, P.T.A's, and receptions were held year after year. Then a new stage was built next to the gym- nasium which added class plays and other stage activities to the long list of means of entertainment. Later a new garage with a modern heating system was built to keep seven school busses in the best condition possible, A large addition was made to the back of the school house which included the large farm shop and which contains tools of all kinds used in this mechanical age of today. Yes New Madison is proud of its school building that will stand for yeais to come No one can put into words or figures the good that has resulted from the erection of this modern building fiom which hundreds of students have been graduated and gone out into the wor ld successfully uit Io SCHOOL BOARD Left to right Dr R P Merrill vice president Kenneth Fourman Wallace Vletor, clerk Glenn Rlegle, president, Conover Gabbert

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1 pf 4 phi slw QPAXW N 'WA'- L r 5 L1 J 1 'Ui K We .eIf...c is ,M 1 Fd, HISTORY OF NEW MADISON SCHOOL In sprte of run s q lcls loxx tcmperrture xnd cold vxrrrds 1 largc croxxd gathered on May 15 192 to xxrtncss thc laxrn of tnc corner stone of our prestnt school burldrng Thc crovxd camc from mary drstant pornts and the strcets wcre taxed to capacrty wrth parlxcd autos Had the xx eather been better rt rs 1 qucstron xx hcther the corporate lrmrts of New Madrson could haxe trken care of the people lhe usual rrtualrstrc cerenronv vxnrch was a brg exent lcd bx the Mrsonrc Order preceded the actual layrng of the stone at the north front corner XV1th1n the corner' stone was placed a large number of papers and other artrcles rncludrng clrpprrrgs from the New Madrson Herald and other nevx spapers a Brble a lrst of busrness organrzatrons rn the vrllage a hrstory of local churches and lodges and the names of puprls rn the school plus those who were graduated All of thrs was done after mor ths of earnest campargmng and adx ertrsrng urgrng the crtrzens to approxe the rssurng ot bonds at the amount of S130 000 to construct tht new burldrng If approxed the old school house burlt rn 1894 xxould be wrecked There were many eomplarnts agarnst keeprng the old school house One of the most prevalent was thc fact that the old burldrng couldnt accommodate all the puprls The specral proposrtron xxhrch permrtted a lexy of taxes not exceedrng three mrlls for tvx enty years xx as approx ed by a xote of 941 to 09 The constructron of the modern burldrng began xx rth Barnes and Company of Logansport Indrana takrng oxer The next school year started but classes xx ere not held ln the rnconrpleted school burldrng They wcrc held rn the Kmghts of Pxthras Hall and rn a fexx prrx ate homes New Mad rsons frrst communrty school farr held rn October 1971 xx as held at thc lx of P Hall Srx months atter laxrng., the corner stone the nexx school house was completed 'I'hrs marked a nexx era rn educatronal prcgrcss rn Ncxx Nladrson It xx as the lrst vxord rn modern school burldrnt, construc tron xx 1th no conxcnrenl e omrttcnl A screncc labora tory xxrth nexx type tablcs corrrdor halls xx rth burlt rn lockers shoxxcrbaths nrodcrn rest rooms and r larbe ,,yrnnas1um tombrncd xxrth rn rudrtorrum statrnh 600 or rrrorc xxere just a tcvx rdeas pl rnned by a master burlder 'Noxtnrber 22 192r xxas the brcat dax tor thc Nexx Madrson consolrdated school clrstrrct for rt xx rs on thrs drx that thc dcdrcatron oi thc nexx burldrng took place It xx rs cstrmated th rt more than 1000 pcoplc pissed throug.,h the nexx burldrng., durnrg, the day's program and rt bicame a general oprnron that rt xxas a xxondertul school burlclrrrg, sclond to nonc rn thrs part of tne state Durrng the exenrng sessron crtrzens A 1 .:'vxkf'.! . 1 V 1!'2 fi.e -X J , . -V -fllrxlfff' If 'I . gffff 1 or We qt will 1 l wt fx of f e V- sssetet il'-fs , ' ,V -- -:MQ 1, I V V ,,-A - .V ,. .V -,ft , ,, . V- 'V 1 1 ' -:V '75 Q le 1, ll . -M 'L 4' rf ' A421 rr. uf' ni? ,-x'V'sV1 1' L ' L ' ' k 5 ' L V, ,H Y ,. 1 ,A -. , .V , .fs ' V. .:,. 1' , 1 P .- f' -f, 4: 1,1 . gui: V 1, 'Ji',jf' ,f X' I 5 ' 1, 'V J wily' f '-- ' fl A Airs-rr .j3g,a,.. , ............ .W - r w 11:9 3-. A: f r rf -g- 511 +,51 1.1 - I l lg iz 4 -1 - . .V ', v, . v f V-1 1 ' V - ' V .' ' A- U V 1 I If 'fV ,177 I W' 3 -i? 4 Ve'11f-4 'iw' I -1 ' 3 I ,c ' 1 T' V' xxx. , nf lg ' X . ' -. - 1 1 - . . 1 5- s ' A I x u - v rr 1 ' 1 1 is I 'X 'X f V' ' - - Y s 1 L. V V V - I s. V ' ' 2 1 4 ' v 1 x 1 1 ' r ' ' ' . I Y V' ' 4 . ' V y AV ?,1 ' V V, . . . ' - . V ' ' -. .1 . X 5 K T . . y V , . . . . Y . . , V Y V . 3 , - - . ' . f ' V V - V ,V V ' - ' ' ' A V V' . . V Y ' l ' V V- s, v, ' ' - 4 v ' 1 ' v ' v S. AY , - ' V . ' . , V' ,. , . . . V . . ' 1 1 - , v 4- ' 1 - ' ' 'Q ' ss-,V ' A' , v A L AAX V vV 1 2 Y ' . sr - ' ' ff . ,V - . ' V' : V, A 7, ' V, I L. ' ., 1 . - . V' V V , Va., , . V' V V 'V V4 ' -' . .,.' L. V , . , B.. , . .' ' 1 ' 'Or 9' ' ' ' I Q 1 ' ' .' A' ' ff ' V . ' Q , ' , V ' V ,. i V . . V ' .- '2 Af 1,1 ' - Z - V I I E B- ' y 1 ' ' ' r ' r I nyc llu

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THOMAS K WENRICK S upermtendent Mlaml Umverslty, A B Ohlo State Unlverslty M A DEDICATION We the Semor Class ot 1948 dcdmate th1s 1111111011 to o111 super111tende11t durmg thp past xelr XXL slncerdx LIPIJILLIIIC 111s nuer tlflllg 1b1l1ty and the seruces he offered IH lefmdmg o111 cl 1ss md ou1 school through 4 successful school year. Page Face . . U . I I I , . 1 M . j X .y .4 Z 1 Q . . Thomas K. vVCllI'iCk, who Cll6lCZlVlJl'Cii lu add knwwledge and joy in our lives ' . ' ' -1 1 ' 51 ' 1.91