Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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ealwdm 1. We make New Year's Resolutions-thot's a ioke, son. 4. Basketball team plays leap frog with Norwood. They come in 3 points ahead. 5. Blue Devils trounce Madeira. 8.We travel to Terrace Park to win by 15 points, with Tib bringing 'In 20 points. 10. Six senior girls appear with a lovely sunburn. Just a little too much sun lamp. 11. After the Mt. Healthy game, at the Sweater Swing, the Sophomores introduced something new and different- the Stag Doli dance. 16. All the Hi-Y pledges appear in bright Ho say the IeastH Hes. 17. Carnival committee meeting. You have been selected, too. 18. In assembly, iuniors and seniors put on ingenious skits advertising the St. Xavier game and dance, the Basket- ball Bounce. 19. Walnut Hills avenge: its last year's defeat by beating us by one point. 21-24. Horrors! Exams. 24. The girls give a going-away party for Miss Fink. 28. Miss Millisor returns to us after serving in the WAVES. 29. Blue Devils pass the 50 mark again in scoring at the Foyetteville game. 30. Semester report cards come out and we wish we had studied iust a little bit more, February 1. We travel to Anderson to beat czn over-cont'ldent team. 4. Seniors canvass the neighborhood selling tickets 'for the Carnival. . Government classes meet at the Courthouse. . High school takes tests. . We take honors in the Terrace Pork games, winning Junior High, Reserve, and Varsity. 9. Whole school works on the Carnival, and it goes over the top. 14. How many valentines did you get? 15. Pat Simpson has all the buttons on her blouse. 22. We get out of school for Washington's birthday. March 1.1fl'tisn'thydrogen suiphide, itYs burning phosphorus. 8. Seniors are sized up for cups and gowns. 9. Senior scholarship tests at WoodwordeWhewI 11. Calling cords and announcements come. 29. 1'Hold on to Your HatsHeschool concert. April 12. Eiimindtion for District State Scholarship tests. May 4. District State scholarship tests at Miami University. 31. Senior Play, The Fighting Littles.H mom June 7. From. 9. Baccalaureate Service. 11. Seniors get traditional sunburnsemy aching back! 12. Commencement. 14. Final reports-school doors closed. 37 f

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56mm September 4. P. H. S. welcomes us back for another session. 17. Miss Fields becomes Mrs. Hopping. 21. We get out at 11:30 and iourney happily to Dayton- Oakwood, but return with sad faces. 28. Everyone gets drenched watching the Norwood game. October 5. Seniors give the first dance of the year, iiFootbqll Fantasy? after the Central game. 12. Plainvillites happy as we beat North College Hill, 13-0. 16. Seniors smile for annual pictures. 18. Mr. Martin and his physics laborers take the day off to see an air show at Dayton. 19. Plainville is up against unbeaten Reading. P. H. 5. Swing Band gives a dance. 25. Victory over Fuirfield, 12-6. Jimmy Jordon curries winning touchdown. 26. Teacher's Association meetingethot eagerly antici- pated annual event. Seniors spend their time coltecting waste paper. November 2. Travel to Ludlow and are detected, 12-7. Football team eats hamburgers at Roberts's. 8. Elections for Civic Day. Bill Ellis is Mayor. Dottie Uvaus is our only councilwoman. 9. Home game with Woodward and they detect us 32-0. Stan McCracken and Frances Sanford ore crowned King and Queen at the Football Royale. 12. We orenit a bit disappointed about Armistice Day being celebrated today because it falls on Sunday. 12. HBest Foot Fs'nrwurd,H the Junior class play, turns out to be a smashing hit;especiul1y when the bed falls in. 17. Girl Reserves hold their tormul initiations. 18. Seniors toil far into the night over their Elizabethan Theatre essays that were assigned a month ergo. 22. Thanksgiving. We are grateful that peace has come. 30. We have the best turnout of the year for the G. A. A. Sadie Hawkins' Dance after our St. Bernard victory. December 5. Our treasurer, Dee Deweese, gives out statements, at the rate of 2c each time, to those who are late. 6. Dee is late. The physics class pulls bricks around with stringsefriction, you know. 7. Home Ec. Club holds a bake sale at the Anderson game. The Senior Hop. 11. We are still gasping over the close victory over Withrow. 18. Colder and more snow. Dee is seen eating cm ice cream cone on the way to school. 22. Seniors give their big formal dance, The Holiday Hop,H with Johnny Bennett's Orchestra. 25.1t's a Merry Christmas even if it is raining. 28. Varsity basketball team proves too much for the Alumni. Dance Bond plays for the dance. 31. New Year's Eve. What time did you get in? 36

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Being cursed with poor memories, we have bor- rowed the official crystal ball of that occult gentle- men, Swami Fernski, to acquaint you with details of our glittering past. As we gaze intently into the boil, the mist within clears, revealing a scene not unfamiliar. Small figures of confused and noisy animal life scamper about in a building. Gasping with horror. we recognize these aforesaid pests as ourselves They come more fully into focus, and we find that they are running from door to door, peering anxiously ot the numbers. Soon we see that we had elected John Phillips, President; Pat Simpson, Vice President; Gerry Storch, Secretary; and Jane Hannaford, Treasurer. The scene shifts to a lively group, and we see ourselves playing games at the Hi-Timers' spon- sored by Mr. McNeil. The vision blurs slightly, and we look upon almost the same picture; however, the time is now Monday night. Many flushed and grim-foced figures in pairs move into view struggl- ing through complicated movements to unfamiliar ' rhythms with sometime disastrous results. Another glimpse at the post now gives us Cl clue to the future as we discover our classmates helping the HLittle Devilsu win the runners-up trophy in softball and another in track. Speaking of track, we notice some of our girls displaying their talents on the field. When next the mist recedes, we see ourselves attempting nonchoionce before the envious gaze of the slightly-greener seventh grade. With a calm dispatch we considered only fitting with our new-found dignity, we selected class officers. The ball discloses them to be Stun McCrocken, President,- Pat Anderson, Vice Presi- dent; Bibsi Mueller, Secretary; and Bob Wilcox, Treasurer. That year the outstanding activity of the girls was that of leaving the limelight to the boys, who made good use of it in their unusually fine achievements in Junior High Sports. Our boys de- served most of the credit for the Junior High's en- larging the school's collec- tion of trophies by those they won in track, softball, and basketball. The event which comes into sharpest focus was the eighth grade graduation exercises. The keynote of the ceremony was pride, mingled with high spirits, and a dash of awe. em a; '46 After we watched various members of Ye Olde Classe receive diplomas and some awards, the scene fades and we see again the little man re- turning with a new sign which reads, There will be a slight pause for vacation frustration. Swami Fernski's prized possession now discloses us as Freshmen, upsetting the order of the school in our attempts to adjust schedules. We exercised extra care in choosing ofFIcers who would start us firmly on the rocky road to financial security. They were Jack Swisher, Presi- dent; Jock Wade, Vice President; Ben Fite, Treas- urer; and Marilyn Mills and Ed Wilkinson, Secre- taries. Oh, we know that two secretaries seem like a lot, but you should have seen how busy we were! Now we see an awe-inspiring scene. Passing in review are all the boys who were in sports this freshman year: A freshman with a football numeral, two first string baseball players, two varsity track men, and four freshmen out of five players on the first string of the reserve basketball team. We must strain our eyes to see the next scene. Ah! The Freshman Dance. No, it wasn't the wild success we had hoped for, but it was fun for us. The dance scene is upset when the gym is suddenly crowded with little Scotch pixies who chase away the freshmen, shouting, HThe sopho- mores are coming, trc: lo, trq lo! When the haze of forgetfulness parts, we watch the newlyearrived Mr. Pat enanre the heart of every student in the auditorium with his talk in the opening assembly. That year we ported the maze of congruent triangles and Caesoris skirmishes long enough to elect oiticers. Our leaders were Jim Told, President; Barbara Spelmun, Vice President; Pat Anderson, Secretary, and Gerry Storch, Treasurer. A brilliant light in the bull reminds us that the boys continued to shine in the field of sports. First we see the figure of a sophomore on the varsity squad; next, the sophomore intramural football