Reading High School - High Lights Yearbook (Reading, OH)

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A Ar ' UT HIR SHP, BUT Hlli All WULF, ROBERT HOWARD Always willing to joke, fun loving nature, has serious mo- ments. Football Ig Basketball 2, 3, 4, His- tory Club 2g Football Head Ivlanagerg School Photographer 4g Senior Play. BECKER, MARY MARGARET Petite, perky, pleasant personality, fun. G.A. A. I, 2, 3g Y-Teens I, 2, gg History Club 2g Class Play 39 Typhoon 3g Chorus 2. ,575 -2 :A i I .1 X LAMBERT, SHIRLEY Sweet, quiet, demure, pleasant personality. PR ATER , PHYLLIS JEAN Dimples, engaged, friendly, full of fun. ZZ

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Ill Hlll Sill, BUT Hlll All TURNER, NORMAN LEE Slow, calm and collected. Basketball l,2, 3, Key Club 2, 3, 4, History Club 2, Honor Society 3- 4- VON BARGEN, RONALD EDWARD Good looking, fickle, good in sports. Football I, 2, 3, 4, Baseball 3, 4, Basketball 1,2,3,4, Track 1,2,3, 4, Honor Society 3.4. 'LF QW 'rf' 'hr' WHIPKEY, RICHARD REAGAN Sportsminded, really neat, lady killer, likeable. Football 1, 3,4, Basketball 1.2, 3, 4, Baseball Ig Junior and Senior Play, History Club 2, Dramatic Club 4. WHITTON, JAMES FRANK Jokester, nice looking, friendly smile, George . Basketball 2, 3, 4, Baseball 3, 4, Key Club 3, 4, History Club 2, Junior and Senior Play, Treasurer Key Club 4, Dramatic Club 4. 21

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Sl I0lllIlASS HISIIIRY The seniors of 53 look quite different from the freshmen of 49 , but that's what happens after four years of hard work. The first class meeting took place two weeks after school started. when our sponsors, Miss Glaser, Mrs. Bruestle, and Mr. Ellis said we should elect officers. Those chosen were: President, Denver Bullockg Vice-President, Tom McCauleyg Treasurer, Jack Norrishg Secretary, Helen Bullock. We chose our class motto Not For Self, But For Al1 . Our class colors are green and white, our class flower is a white rose. As freshmen, we looked forward to our Senior Class trip, and worked diligently by sponsoring paper drives and candy sales. Our best money making project was the Sno Ball , a dance with Jimmy Leonard's orchestra. Our freshmen class picnic was held at LeSourdsville with the other three classes. We started the second year of our journey under the sponsorship of Miss Brandenberger, Miss Behm, and Mr. Ellis. At our first meeting, on September I2I.h, we elected our leaders for the coming year. The new President was Jack Norrish: Vice-President, Virginia Fugateg Treasurer, Jack Redwineg and Secretary, Dolores Martin. We started off for a successful year. Our big activity was the Christmas Dance which was called the Holiday Hop . This turned out to be very gay and successful. We also worked on bake sales, paper drives and other dances, all of which were fairly successful for a fairly inexperienced class. In view of our trip, we also decided at the end of the year to set up a system of pro-rating. This system took effect at the begin- ning of our Junior Year. It was in our Sophomore Year that the Reading High School Student Council was started and our class took an active part in its organization. At the end of the year we had begun to show signs of our capability of becoming Junior's. We had worn off a little of our childish actions and began to settle down. The next year was an important as well as outstanding one. We were now adults, supposedly, as well as upper classmen. The leaders of our class that year were: Jack Norrish, Presidentg Jim Santel, Vice-President, Pete Holmes, Treasurerg and Donna Sheldt, Secretary. Our Junior sponsors were Mr. Ellis, Miss Brandenberger and Mrs. Stamm. The first activity of the year was a paper drive. At various intervals during the rest of the year more paper drives were organized. ' Our class put their heads together and came up with a new money-making scheme of having noon dances in the gym. This proved to be a profitable project. It seemed as though we hadn't lost our ability to give successful dances over the summer, and in October we had our first shuffle of the year. True to tradition, we sold ads for Thanksgiving Day Programs. This also proved to be a very successful project. Another big event of this year was the Junior Play, The Perfect Idiot , It was indeed one of the best displays of Reading's talent ever to be shown! We crowned the football king and queen at the Footbal1 Frolic and royalty of Reading High was again crowned as Levi King later in year at the Levi Leap . Throughout the year from our first meeting in September to the last in May, we were working on the Junior-Senior Prom, hoping to make it a successful one. Our hopes were realized and appreciated by all on May 9 at the Hartwell Country Club. The students danced through the evening with music furnished by Bob Elfers orchestra. At the stroke of twelve the king and queen were crowned. They were attended by Joyce Hamm, Mary Alyce Cutter, Janet Groh, Helen Bullock, Janet Luers, Dottie Bittner, Dolores Martin, and Hope Dietrich. A really memorable night! Well here it is, June already. With a well-rounded bank account and the gaiety of the Prom still fresh in our thoughts, we turned to the last Chapter of the book, Class of '53 . At last we have reached the gateway to our dreams of future happiness, our Senior Year. We have struggled and worked very loyally together to keep our standards high in our short years in Reading High School. In our initial class meeting we elected new officers. Because of his leadership, Jack Norrish was chosen President for his third straight year. Fitfully chosen as Vice-President was Denver Bullock, another hard worker in our four years. The Secretary was Helen Bullock and Treasurer was Kenny Konrad, both capable workers. Our first activity was a dance, The Senior Swing in September, which was a big success as our dances have usually been. This was followed by another successful dance in October which was called The Witches Whirl . We had two other dances in the beginning of 53 , they were the last dance's that we gave in Old Reading High. We had the Senior Dinner which was another activity to help us raise money for the Senior Trip. Our play, The Senior Play, was a great success and a gay time was had by all, who, with the help of Miss Hall, Miss Brandenberger, Miss Lang, and Mr. Ellis made our last play the greatest play. At last the month of May had arrived and the moments which we had dreamed about for nine months finally came. The Junior-Senior Prom was a richly colored occasion with the girls and their escorts dressed in their Sunday best. Everyone had a swell time, and we Seniors will always hold this event dear in our memories. At last the big event had arrived. We were all anxious with anticipation of the Senior Trip. After four years of striving for our goal, the Senior Trip, we were so excited that we didn't know heads nor tails. We went on a trip through the East and every person had a wonderful time. Though we may forget each other's names, we will always remember the Senior Trip. It is the night of June I, and we are seated on the stage ready to graduate. Many of us are happy, many sad, but we hope that our four years of happy life together will be judged as successful years, for we have tried to uphold the standards of Reading High. Though years may separate us, we hope that all will remember the Class of '53 , and continue to uphold our motto, Not For Self, But For All . Z3