Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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.24. ,4. The Girlts Athletic Association at Plainville High School was quite prosperous this year. The officers heading the organization were Mina Shumway, President,- Carolyn Sfmons, Vice President; Norma Summons, Secretary,- Jane Hannaford, Treasurer; June Markey, Point Secretary; Charlotte Btattman, Publicity Chairman. The eFrTcient advisers were Miss Fink for the first half of the year and Miss Millisor for the second half. The officers mentioned above were elected by the girls of the preceding year. The sports were, as usual, kickball, basketball, volleyball, and baseball. Then to add more variety to the usual plan, a tennis club, a track team, and a riding club were started. There was a great turnout for these new sports. Basketball also had enthusiastic support. The class teams tournament, par- ticularly, stirred up rivalry among the classes and consequently, drew a great number of spectators. To top off the year's program, we were hosts to a number of other schools on Play Day. Although the girls were worn out by the end of the day, they had gained many new friends and had enioyed themselves thoroughly. Some of the sports were bowling, tennis, volleyball, baseball, badmlnton, and kickball. As to the actual business transactions carried on in the G. A. A., a new point system was introduced which is primarily for the purpose of allowing girls other than seniors to obtain a letter. The girls, however, can obtain these letters only by hard work. To place the organization on a more permanent basis, the constitution was revised. At the end of the year, an athletic banquet was held 'In the cafeteria.

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m win We Moe. Mm 775644 56564 WW At the middle of the year G. A. A. changed hands as we said farewell to Miss Mildred Fink and welcomed Miss Ellen Millisor buckt Miss Millisor left us two years ago to serve in the WAVES, and since her return we have been frequently reminded of her training in the Navy as we admire her proud carriage and buoyant step. Miss Millisor was warmly remembered and took over with her lutsual vigor the duties of u G. A. A. adviser. BO

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WW HWhen we lived in Chicago, my sister and I locked my mother in the attic. It was as big a shack to us as to her, when we discovered that we couldn't unlock the door. . . . E. Hill During my junior year I was one of a hun- dred boys in the state of Connecticut who at- tended a conference called Nutmeg Boy's State, We were presented our certificates in the Senate Chamber by the Governor. . . . DI Mappes iMother, come quick! Johnny's deadI' IWhat! Where is he?' 'He's outside here. He fell off that baggage truck and hit his head on the concrete.' I wasn't dead, but when I regained consciousness I had a good sized bump. . . . J. Gilbert When I was in the seventh grade, our music teacher asked us to try to write words for a pep song to the tune of 'John Brown's Body.' The award was free lessons on any instrument the school owned. I fitted to the melody the names of the first six players on the football team, and to my surprise I won the contest. I chose lessons on the bass violin. . . . G. Home My sixth birthday party taught me some of the difficulties of accepted social behavior. Having planned all the games, I had a slight edge on the guests. I won every game, and when the prizes were all awarded to the run- ners-up, I had to be led from the room, scream- ing my outrage. . . . D. Bainum I was on the ERIE, a medium-sized side- wheeler enroute from Buffalo to Cleveland, when one of lake Erie's violent storms struck. It was interesting to watch the water spouts shoot hundreds of feet into the air, especially when we knew that if they were near the boat it would be the end. . . . E. Parks II was a cold winter night. I had a few friends over and we decided to make some fudge. After getting it OH to a start, we went back to the living room. If you ever turned in a false fire alarm, you know how embarrassed we were. . . . P. Hughes Some of my best experiences have come from two summers at Chatauqua. Other fond memories are connected with Yehudi and Punk, our two cats. But perhaps the best times came with sports in Junior Hit . . . C. Tiberghein Last summer I was fust learning to drive. My parents had gone out for the day, and I saw 82 the car keys lying on the table. Before I knew it, I was bumping down the street. I picked up a few girl friends, and, believe it or not, we took a trip to Dayton, Ohio. . . A P. Herdtner i'Once I thumbed my way 500 miles. I started from Torch Lake, Michigan. The first lift gave me a fitty-mile start, to Grayling. I made it to lansing in time to get a hotel room and see a movie. I got home at 7 P. M. next day. . . . L. Durham At the age of three, I went to investigate an old house, supposedly overrun with ghosts. Too little to see over the window sills, I started down the basement steps. The basement was filled with water. I was iust at the edge of the water when I felt a firm yank on the seat of my sunsuit, and turned to come face to face with my frightened brother. . . . M. Shumway When I was eight, I wanted a bicycle more than anything in the world. Everybody on my street had one. When mine arrived at Christ mas, I rode it all over to show it off. . . . N. Summons Two events stand out in my memory of early school days in Cleveland. One was having a loose tooth pulled out by my teacher, and the other was the spring Operetta. All the second- grade girls except me were flowers. l was a heart I try to believe that it was because of all the girls, I looked nicest with brown broad- cloth ears and a tail. . . . P. Simpson Education has slowly been quieting me down. In kindergarten, I had my mouth pasted shut with sticky tape. The summer after the fifth grade, when five of us were invited to Tipton, Indiana, to a house party, the train conductor told me little girls should be seen and not heard. In my sophomore year I began talking on the phone. My best friend and I would spend ten minutes saying goodbye! . . . J. Hannaford 'iBorn in Ann Arbor; started school in Bronx- viIIe, New York; spent summers in Vermont; moved to Aurora, Ohio, where my social life went up as my grades went down; came to Cincinnati, and finally to Marlemont. I first fell in love-with George-in the third grade. . . . M. Francisco Every Friday evening when there wasn't something going on at schooI, five of us met to eat and talk and sometimes to play bridge.