Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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KATHARINE JEAN THOMPSON HOf manners gentle of affections, mild. MPOPE Known for her friendly smile and cheery llHi, Jean is always in evidence where there is a game going on. Football, basketball, and baseball interest her, and her own basketball and baseball abil- ity can be attested to by fellow G. A. A. members. Jeanis support of Plainville teams is practically legendary and during her Senior year she could usually be found with pop-corn or something of the sort to sell. Pen in hand, she tells us that receiving mail is one of her favorite hobbies and we're sure that if she keeps it up, it prob- ably wonlt be long before she knows someone in each of the four corners of the world. Partici- pating in Y-Teens, the Bond, and the Glee Club as she does, it never ceases to amaze those around her that she can always manage to assume the responsibil- ity for iust one more iob. JOSEPH D. WALKER NA man whois not afraid to say his say, though a whole tounfs against him? b-Longfellow Big Joe will be remembered by all of us for his outstanding athletic ability, his size, and his long eye- lashes. He has played fullback on the football team and center and forward on the basketball team. Joe is also an enthusiastic talker, and will argue your arm oFf if you give him half a chance. He's will- ing to be convinced, but you cer- tainly need good arguments to back up your point. In the elec- tion campaign preceding Civic Day, Joe gave us a sample of his politician's skill when he went out after the ottice of Police Chief, and won it; We predict for him a career as business man or poli- tician. With the fair sex, Joe has been an oE-again-on-again type of lady killer, but the girls like it. He is planning to major in Busi- ness Administration at Ohio State, and he also hopes to make Buck- eye's football squad. MIRIAM HOPE THOMPSON nA silent, shy, peacetloving-friendf, eWhittieT Quiet as a mouse during school, when the bell rings Miriam lets loose and really has a good time. She likes driving and a certain Junior, and can usually be found giving her attention to one or the other. Her friends call her Pat for no apparent reason except that it's shorter than Miriam and, thank heavens, doesnlt rhyme with irium. An active member of the Home Economics Club, she holds the bag for that organiza- tion. in other words, shels their Treasurer. Pat would almost rather dance than eat and she does it with such grace that it's all to our advantage that she likes both ballroom dancing and iitterbug- ging. Welre sure that one thing this lovely lady need ialweys be- ware of is a pair of scissors, for someone may try to steal a few of those tresses that we have so long admired.

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FRANK WESLEY SUMMERS His armour is his honest thought. eWotton Frank is one redhead who doesn't possess the traditional hot temper. We donit know of anyone who is customarily such a quiet gentle- man and at the same time such a menace in a helmet and football uniform. His record on the foot- ball team earned him a place on the uEastern Hills All Stars in 1946. His title The Crusher came as a result of his stature and his reputation as a wrestler; we're sure we wouldnit like to get in his way. As a patrolman in Murie- mont's Civic Day program in his senior year, Frank did much to contribute to the success of the undertaking. Frank has long been known for-his love of a good ioke eask him to tell you his favorite eund his ability to draw cur- toons. With these two qualities combined, we wouldn't be sur- prised to find a comic strip some day signed F. Summers. TEXANNA LEE PEACOCK iiAnd had a face like a blessing. e-Cetvames Sincere, thoughtful, and friendly are the adiectives to describe Tex- anna. Usually called Tex by her many friends, she has been one of the biggest assets to our class. She has an inexhaustible supply of original ideas which have made her a valuable helper in putting across our proiects. Last year Tex was program chairman for the From, and she has drawn many a clever poster for our dances and plays. We owe many of the at- tractive sketches in our annual to capable Tex. To add to her ac- complishments she was in the chorus and drum corps a year, a member of the Y-Teens for two years, and G. A. A. for three. In her senior year Tex was vice- president of the G. A. A. Among her hobbies are swimming, sketch- ing, and horse-back-riding. Tex loves horses and hopes some day to own a ranch. 20 ROBERT LEWIS SUMMERS His eyes in flood with laughter. eShakespeaTe Long and lanky Bob is well known to all the sports fans of Pluinville. Let this boy get a ball into his hands, and he really goes to town. His ability to snag passes in football and to sink baskets on the cage floor has won for him a host of admirers. Bob does- n't like to talk before a group of people, but with his friends he is by no means shy, and u more fun- loving fellow our class cannot boast. It was Bob's friendly, easy- going personality that won him the iob as councilman he went out for in the Civic Day elections. Our class has the distinction of num- bering among its members two sets of twins, Margaret and Mil- ton Collins, and Frank and Bob Summers. Bob and his brother do not look much alike, but their family characteristic of height has helped to make them two athletes Plainville regrets losing and will long remember.

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JOAN LOUISE TICE ilThere is great force hidden in a sweet command. ?Herbert Here is probably the busiest girl in the senior class. Constantly on the move, energetic Joan has been an active member of the Y-Teens, served as editor of the Blue Devil in her iunior year, and in her senior year took onto her slim shoulders the mammoth re- sponsibility of editing The Plains- man. And at the point of this bookis going to press, what is the gal saying? t'lt I don't get a part in the play, I'd like a iob of some kind. I hate to be left out. It is probably Slim's ability to get along with people that makes it possible for her to handle so many proiects. And all the while she pulls down grades that make your head swim, moving quietly among us in her pretty sweaters and seldom breaking her calm to the extent of raising those story- book eyebrows. An ardent sports fan, Joan scarcely missed a game. PAUL JOSEPH WARDLOW iiAn honest manis word is as good as his band? eCervantes Easy-going Paul is noted for his ability to sprawl across two or three seats in study hall, and for his distinctive driving. In his blue- green Chev, he holds the record for hauling almost as much paper as the truck on our two paper drives. On several occasions the Chev almost had to bring the paper by itself because there wasn't any room for Paul. Hold- ing down a iob outside of school made this fellow's life iust that much busier, but somehow he still managed to be active in sports. An essential member of the cham- pionship intramural basketball team, Paul was also an expert at snagging fouls in his position at First base when spring rolled around. His schedule has been a mighty busy one, and yet in sum- ming up Faults many activities it occurs to us that we have never seen Paul in a hurry. It must be efficiency. 22 ETTA ROSEMARY VUOTTO That best of blessings, a con, tented mind. ;Homce Whenever you hear a sudden burst of laughter in the halls or in 310, just turn your head and you're sure to find that it was Etta who caused it. She is the darkhaired young lady who is well known around Plainville for belonging to that exclusive society uThe Lightning ladies of the Keys etypewriters, to you! Bowl- ing and dancing are favorites with Etta and they help keep her slim. Well, there's the secret, girls; see you at the bowling al- leys! As a member of the Blue Devil Staff and the Home Eco- nomics Club she has not only in- creased the success of those orw ganizations but she also added to her own efficiency. Etta says that her most cherlshed ambition is to be a secretary, but with cook- ing to add to her already long list of assets, we canlt imagine why she needs even to think of making money for herself. WAa..sa.. .44.