Rocky River High School - Riverlet Yearbook (Rocky River, OH)

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McCormick, secretary, and Bill Watkins, treasurer. The annual sophomore dance, the Heartbeat, was held in February. In May, the sophomore picnic completed an enjoyable year. The class of '44 wisely chose Paul Robinson to lead us through our junior year with other efficient officers as: vice- president - Duke Bitler, secretary - Patty Duff, and treas- urer -- Karl Ware. The first big event of the year was the Harvest Hop, which was followed, a few months later, by the junior-senior party held at Beach gym. A great responsibility was taken on by one of our classmates when Dona Mae Burk- hardt was selected as the new editor of the Hi-Tide. We ended this eventful year with the realization that we were soon to become seniors. lt did not take us long to adapt ourselves to senior life. We soon chose our class officers, with the result that Ray Sarles was elected president, Glenn Combes vice-president, Patty Duff, secretary, Karl Ware, treasurer. The traditional semi-formal Senior Christmas Dance was held in December. A party to honor the boys who were leaving at mid-year was held in Janu- ary. At this time our class enjoyed dancing in the gym, a pro- gram of senior taelnt, and refreshments. Our senior play, There Shall Be No Night was presented to the public in March. The talented cast made both nights a great success. Three important events came within one week. On June 2, the traditional Senior Prom was held at the Lake Shore Hotel, Baccalaureate services took place in the high school auditorium the following Sunday, and to climax our school years, we, the seniors, were graduated from Rocky River High School on June the eighth, 1944. eleven fx ra K 'S s l f , 0 Y Nl t i X I N l il

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X if O I 0 0,0 , ' 5 05,5 0 E lllolf d i f' 2 lf l ah '--i- - 1 N History of the Class of '44 We, the graduating class of I944, wish to present this, our class history. With Don Bopp, president, Dick Heil, vice-president, and Bob Dillon, secretary-treasurer, we took our place in the kinder- garten of high school and bravely launched upon our glorious career at Rocky River High School. When the following September came, we anxiously looked forward to the unexplored realm of the eighth grade. At the beginning of the year we elected our class officers who ably led us through our second year of junior high school: Dick Heil, president, Glenn Combes, vice-president, Bob Dillon, secretary- treasurer. We were both socially and athletically minded and were well represented in scholarship, leadership, and service to the school. We thus prepared ourselves to head the junior high the following year. In our freshman year we presented our first dance, the semi-formal, Shamrock Shuffle. Our class proved to have its full complement of leaders, when we elected Bud Hughes, president, Karl Ware, vice-president, Joan Wood, secretary, and Ken Armstrong, treasurer. We ended our year successfully with the traditiional freshman picnic. In the fall of '41 we made our way into the tenth grade and senior high. To head the class during the year, we elected Whitney Slaght, president, Duke Bitler, vice-president, Mickey ten

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