Norton High School - Nortonian Yearbook (Norton, OH)

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hustorq seniors have much to look forward to graduation co lege t at first blg pay day careers marrla e but seniors have much to look back upon enever members of the class m 1D futu y ars they w11l find much to remember ey will recall that diff1cult l1fe of first grade was made even more dlfflcultfor Frances Lipovac and Mary Ann obreza by the mud of Sherman s p1aygr0und Wh1Ch swallowed thelr shoes a d for Bob Ries by a muscular teacher W 0 daily used the seat of his pants as a sound1ng board They ll remem r that Bill Dallas was hep cat of the second grade rhythm band and that Wayne Pressler was pretty rusty as a t1n soldier in the third grade play John Haynes won t forget Sally Morrison s hysterics as the result of his cap shooting on the bus and 1ts drastic conse quences Other memorable occurrences were the Girl Scout dance 1 Ah sweet innocence rs Koc er s drama c essons an rs Porr s marriage She probably will long remember the can roll thrown by her 7th grade darlings ck Ely will remember the L norton football game in the 6th grade in which he caught the sweetest pass n his athletic career orashlng to the mud with his arms encircl n the ball and a very surprlsed Martha HUtCh1DSOH The class will remem ber that they almost lost Bill saenger as an eighth grader to a Clinton cheerleader who seeing him in a basketball uniform screamed Dat 79 Panther Cubs burst the seams of Norton s hallowed halls of learning Norton surv1ved the shock but only 59 of the cubs stayed long enough to grow into full sized roaring Panthers Wayne Pressler Gene Moran B111 Saenger and pat Swaino were elected president v p treasurer and secretary of the freshman class Wayne and Pat served four years l three and Gene,two in their respective offices Many class meetings were devoted to improving the social graces of the new fresh men Bonnie Barnes made a charming little addition to the Homecoming Court They w1ll remember that as sophomores they started worrying about money especially about how t get it They sold Christmas cards enthus1astically at first but parting somewhat reluctantly with their last five boxes two years later This was the year of the dxsappearing decorations and the appointment of Norma Sturm as the one girl invest igatlng committee It too was the year when Darlene Good and Sa y Morrison bumped heads and left a trail of blood from the stadium to the showers Martha Hutchinson was elected attendant to the Home coming Queen and Bob Cunningham became vice president of the class ey will remember their JUHIOF year ro e pa ers an penc s ey sold e rs a un er m ce o 0 t e day the bo ushered and girls carried arches for commencement They ll remember 1198 h0t gs o nights when ducks would have drow d in ra mistaking the salt for sugar and wondering whv football fans wouldn t drink coffee the lines of eager buyers running through the snow to the refreshment stand at noon to buy the ice cream sold by juniors They will remember most of all The Prom from the first bitter battles over the establishment of prom rules through the weeks f M O 1 : . 1 . h ' - . . ' g --- , Wh of 1952 eet ' re e ' . Th the . ' . n - h be the u n j, M , h ' ti 1 , d M . ' . D1 . 0- -- ' 1 ' 1 g chubby li'l white boy is fo' me H . They will remember that in 1948 Bil , . . - -- o . . . ' - . . ll Th ' ' , f m th p d 11 th th fi t Cl Y d gr. Joy T dd t h ys sei dv U ne in, . o

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VH C HH H3 BFS Nancy lolnar Martha HUtCh1DSOD Margaret Freno Genevieve uaddox Betty Slanovec Wm It s impossible to think of football or basketball at Norton without remembering the red and white clad bits of energy and motion the cheer leaders Their spirit enthusiasm and tireless activity have been serves as a training program from which girls move up to assume the responsibilities of varsity cheerleaders This includes taking care of the school banner introducing and teaching new yells and songs to the student body as well as leading the cheers at pep meetings rallies and games u Seiber ns J lar n e erling n o son Swa no D Mon TBSBTVB O FSHC f 2 2 , f' h A I the inspiration beh1nd'msny a Norton victory. Reserve cheerleading S. C lp, 3. li , . ti , L. S tb , B. 0 d , J. T11 , D. i . . g. I

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p angling u 1ng an buying to the hearty congratulatlons 0 apprecxatlve sen1ors upon danclng 1U the Cannlbal Club They ll remember w1th gratitude the t1me spent by B111 Forsch a cadet teacher BUFt0D Mrs Boedicker and many others who helped the class turn the gym into a dark and beautiful Jungle They ll remember the buffet supper the saterfall the banana trees the snakes the natlve guldes an explorers the sarong clad natlve g1r1s and t e monkey an a 1 gator favors They ll laugh about the weird Jungle blrds they created e tons of rocks they carr ed the shellac they sprayed over t em se ves as well as the skins and the enormous amount of food that d1s appeared during the afternoon rry Relnhold will r Ju Cla picnic whl started with baseball and food at Virginia Kendall and ended w1th Harry ll1ng B111 Da las and Eleanor Pel1 from a can was a grea year for Mona Butler the Homecomlng attendant Norma Sturm delegate o Girls State Eleanor Pel1 who sang her way to a one a K eorge Hardgrove ho played the French horn ll enough to earn p rank in the state the boys class basketball teams which won e tournament and repeated again the followlng year and the followlng Hamilton Karl Sauber Pat Swaino Norma Sturm George Hardgrove and Frances Lipovac Th s was the year that The Five was born They ll remember their senior year the dance they sponsored which turned out to he pretty quiet when the record Player wouldn t play their v s C very important people J pres1dents ck Ely of Y Sherr eigner of Tri Bill Saenger of e oosters Glen Mosley o and Jesters Bob Cunningham o the Chorus Karl Sauber o the Band Captains l Saenger of e foo all team Wayne Pressler of the basketball team Joyce Todd of the g1rls basketball team Student directors Eleanor Pel1 of the chorus George Hardgrove of the band Homecoming Queen Joan Herrin George Hardgrove winner of the District State Scholarship Contest Eleanor Pell and the Chora lettes securing superior rating at Kent luslc Contest They ll remember senior movies class parties Cheaper by the Dozen Up on Old Smoky Room 5 class meetings getting ads for the annual the green Studebaker Larry Rebman s a1r horn es ere s so much to remem er the tanglble things tha can e put in paint or pictures but even more than these are the things that u t ex ress n wor a can onl be remembere n the hearts and expressed in their personalities 55 1 , b ild' , d . ' f MT- . - . d , - ' ' , h d ll'- tn 1 . h - 1 , ' - Ha ' neve forget the n1or ss 'ch Spi 1 ' oe. It t -t , , t . s. U., G , w we a to , ' th who were elected to National Honor Society: Wayne Pressler, David l 1 at H ' 19 - . . ' : D1 Hi- . i St -H1-Y. th B , f F. B. L. A. , f , f . : B11 th tb . ---Y , th 1 b 5 ' t h ca ' be p ed 1 ds, th t y d 1 1r