Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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EDITH COLEMAN Mrs. Coleman. Mr. Blackford's indus- trious and efficient secretary, is the little woman you often see dashing around in the halls looking for somebody to notify about something. Now putting in her third year at Plainville, she is known to everyone for her friendly manner and humorous conversation. Incidentally, she is also the attendance officer, so all you little kiddies had better look out! EVELYN IACOBSEN Miss Iacobsen has been Mr. Seidner's very capable secretary for ihree years, and is also clerk for the Board of Educa- tion. Always ready With a smile and her absence excuses, she is definitely one of Plainville's favorites. Miss lacobsen is extremely accommodating and she meets all situations with her character istic calm and collected finesse. With out her to keep things going in the ole fice, we would all certainly be lost. X HELEN REIS Mrs. Reis, our cafeteria man- ager, was one of Plainville's Pioneers, and has served us warm lunches for nine years, She and her assistant, Mrs. Gloss have formed a very ef- ficient working team and are the best of friends. Mrs. Reis will long be remembered as 'the pleasant gray haired lady who dishes out the soup. Mrs. Gloss came to us from Madeira High School Where she worked for five years as cafeteria Supervisor. She is fairly new to Plainville, this being her second year. Even though we don't see her very often, we know that she helps make our good meals. Lois says, She's lots of fun to work with. 20 CARL SCHWENDEB Carl Schwencler is the night owl oi the janitors. When- ever any activity goes on in the evening at the school, Carl was always on hand waiting patiently to lock up. The ever-present smile, cigar, and friendly Hi have made him a very likable person at Plain- ville, and we hope he stays for many years.

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highwa lib. ljn L9 ht MILDRED KREIDER Mrs. Kreider came to Plainville in the fall of 1943 to help relieve the shortage of teachers which was caused by the war. Fortunately for Plainville, she enjoys teaching and has stayed on the staff. Mrs. Kreider attended Oberlin College, where she graduated with an A, B., and since then has done summer work at Columbia University in New York City This year she is teaching seventh grade arithmetic, science, and literature, and has an eighth grade home room. Although she has no definite hobbies, Mrs. Kreider enjoys good plays and good music and. when she has the time, delights in good books. She wants very much to travel and has two definite trips in mind. One is to spend a summer in England and another is to travel by water through the In- land Passage to Alaska. This coming summer she expects to visit places of literary and historical interest in New England, Quebec, and Montreal. We hope that her plans and wishes may be carried out. WALTER WUERDEMAN This is Mr. Wuerdeman's first year at Plainville High School, but he had quite a career before he came to us. In 1939 he graduated from the Business Administration College of the University of Cincinnati, and was employed in the Queen City for a number of years. During the first part of the war he was employed by the army at Patterson Field in Dayton, but later he served overseas in both France and Ger many in the Infantry. Upon leaving the army. Mr. Wuerdeman re- turned to U. C. for a year and a half and received his Master's Degree in Education. At this point he joined the staff of our school as business education teacher and adviser of the Blue Devil. We have certainly enjoyed Mr. Wuerdeman's classes, his philosophies on life and humorous remarks. This has been a very important year for Mr. Wuerdeman, for he and his wife are now proud parents of a red- haired baby daughter. MARJORIE POLLOCK Mrs. Pollock was welcomed to Plainville this tall as our new govern- ment and gym teacher. Mrs. Pollock, tondly called Mrs. Polly by her girls, introduced many novel methods of getting the exercises done with a minimum of pain. Touching your toes to the tune of - Turkey in the Straw and the trim figure of our teacher, as proof of its effectiveness, encouraged us to look forward to gym classes. Mrs. Pollock is as much at home in the government room as on the basket- ball floor. Her easy-going, personal, Classroom manner has gained for her the respect of all her students. Although there seemed to be little let-up in the magazine reports, Mrs. Pollock was always several jumps ahead-bringing in interesting bits from papers and magazines, which somehow escaped our inexperienced eyes. As G. A. A. adviser, this year, the club enjoyed a very successful year. WANDA QUEST Miss Quest is hard to distinguish from the students of P. H. 3., who, by the way, she declares are her favorite people. Miss Quest came to Plainville this fall. She has as her home room charges the sophomores, who can be seen waiting at the door of 313 bright and early waiting for the cheery good-morning of Miss Quest and the sound of the key in the lock. She tells us her ambition is to receive her master's degree in dramatics and hopes to some day be connected with radio dramatics or teaching dramatics. Miss Quest was very eager to tell us of her opinions, but she was very modest about telling us of her activities at her alma-mater, Ohio University. However, we discovered that our own Miss Quest directed all the dances in the musicals at Ohio U. She not only acted as director but also danced in such big musicals as Girl Crazy and No, No, Nannettefj She belongs to the Foot- lithers, an honorary dramatics organization at Ohio U. 19

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SCHOOL BOARD W. D. Averill, T. I. Gilmanl M. M. Whitcomb, A. F. Oldham, W. C, Henize. MR. 0. C. HILL As a member of the Board of Education for thirty-six years, Mr. O. C. Hill has served the educational needs of the boys and girls of this district. All that has been done to provide good educa- tional facilities and programs for this rapidly developing community reflects in part his wisdom and judgment. He retires from public office with a spiendid record of achievement. We wish to ex- press our appreciation and acknowledge our gratitude, for we have been among the chief beneficiaries of these years of service. ' 21 MR. C. I. CONOVER Mr. Conover, the chief custodian, has completed his years of service here at Plainville. He was the man who kept the grounds in perfect condition, even to the removal of the last dandelion. He has been seen many times going from room to room regulating thermostats, and changing the light bulbs. Whenever something needed repairing all anyone had to do was go find Mr. Conover. Now, after nine years of faithful and ef- ficient service he has decided to retire We wish him much contentment and future happiness