Ross Township High School - Rossonian Yearbook (Hamilton, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY As the doors opened on September 3, 1946, a group of mighty green Freshmen started down the halls, not knowing what door to enter or which corner to turn. Since we were just entering high school, we started off on a tour of the building with 21 members led by Mrs. Greschel as our able advisor, and the following officers: President ...,...,......,..,.......,.... Joan Engel Vice President ..... ......... J ack Bachman Secretary ..... Mary Ann Eschenbrenner Treasurer ..... ...., .... ,...... M a r ian Cooke On our first lap of the journey we picked up Earl McGaffeney, Carol Baker, Jean Mc- Calley, and Christina Meyers, and lost Dale Gifford, Warren Hoelle, and Katherine Roach. We stopped oil several times on our tour to have parties. To close this big tour, we had a hayride to LeSourdsville Lake for the afternoon and evening of the last day of school. The doors opened on September 2, 1947, and we found ourselves no longer little green Freshmen but maturef we thoughtj Sopho- mores. This year, instead of having a tour of the building, we thought we would look around a little further to see what was in- teresting in the Ross School vicinity. Whom should we see but Mrs. Wildman, our ad- visor, and the class officers: President . .,.,... .,,.. .... ..., J i m Meeker Vice President .,., . .,.. ..,., J ohn Packer Secretary .,.. ,. . . ..,..,.,.. june Tolley Treasurer ..,. , . ,... ,.., .... J e an Tolley coming up the walk with the new addition to the class, Bill Phillips, following close be- hind. Again our activities were few, but there were several parties during the year. As we had been doing for the last few years, we had the hayride to LeSourdsville Lake as the climax of our Sophomore year. On September 4, 1948, we entered Ross School with the feeling that we were here for two more years and that these would be the best years of our school life. We were accustomed to this life by now so we now knew that we had to get busy and do all the things in the Junior year to make the school run smoothly. QOf course, smoothly.J When we at last decided it was time to get to work, we chose Mrs. Wildman as our advisor and elected these officers: President .,....,.... ..... .,.. J a ck Bachman Vice President .......,.. Ralph Guenther Secretary .....,....,. ..,. ,... E m ogene Burns Treasurer ..,..,....,. . ........ Marian Cooke Several people joined us to help us work and have fun. They were Bob Landes, Martha Buell, Edward Hacker, Bernice Bow- man and Ethel Hunley, and junior Shiplet and Ruth Pillion were our only withdrawals. Our next event was the class play, Too Sweet for Sixteen, a comedy presented on April 8. We never realized before how much fun it was to put on a comedy play. The biggest event of our life was when we put on our formals and went to the Junior prom with our best beaux. What a lovely prom it was and what work we did to make it that way. With all this hard work we ended a very successful junior ear. Y On September 6, 1949, a group of 52 Seniors entered Ross School in happy antici- pation of a glorious year to end our high school career. We adopted as our motto, Our Life Is What We Make It, and we determined to make each of our lives, this last school year, interesting and purposeful. What a thrill it was to think how much more We picked the same oflicers we had last mature we were than our underclassmen. year: President ..........,.....,..,.... jack Bachman Vice President .,.,,......, Ralph Guenther Secretary ...,,...... ,....,.,. E mogene Burns Treasurer ....,...,...,... ....... M arian Cooke Mrs. Wildman again became our able ad- visor. Among our early activities was the pre- sentation of our Senior play, a mystery, The Black Derby, on November 11, 1949. On February 3, we sent the brains of our class to Hamilton High School to take the Senior Scholarship Test. As a result of this test, jack Bachman received honorable men- tion in the county. Others participating in the test were Marian Cooke, Joan Engel, jean McCalley, Bill Phillips, and Nancy White. On April 21, we sponsored a modern dance with Dean Pottenger's Orchestra. We decided that the slow tempo of a modern dance would be a restful change after all the exertion put out at the previous square dances. During the course of the year, we gained Frank McNamara, and Alice Manifold, and lost Earl McGaffeney and Ethel Hunley. Although our school year is not yet ended, we have a lot to anticipate. On May 5, the annual junior-Senior prom will be given in our honor, and on May 12, we will journey to Gatlinburg, Tennessee on a Greyhound Bus to have one last time of comradeship as a class group. Time is slowly creeping upon us. On May 21, Baccalaureate is scheduled with the Reverend Landes delivering the sermon. Then will come Commencement, May 24, and the Seniors will make their last public appearance as a class. Farewell! !

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SENIOR PLAY CAST Seated: Mrs. Greschel. Standing, left to right: james Meeker, Betty Glauh. Ralph Guenther, limogene Burns, Bill Phillips, Martha Buell, lid Hacker, joan lingel, jack Bachman. SENIOR CLASS PLAY As the curtain goes up we see jane Bronson tjoan Engel? and Ted Bronson tBill Phillips? in the living room of their home, greatly excited over a recent warning found outside hy Cora, the maid, tllmogene Burns?. The next person we see upon the scene is Betty Kay 1Martha Buell? who has hurt her ankle in an accident and comes to the Bronson estate for help, The next person to make his entrance is Mickey Waitt 4Ralph Guenther? who wants to learn how to be a necker. john, the caretaker, elim Meeker? enters the scene telling of the murder of the servant and tells of a dangerous criminal heing at large. Ted then discovers Tom Randall CEd Hacker? a young collegeman, who is being initiated into a fraternity at the estate following out some of his requirements. Mr. Witiple, fjack Bachman? an arrogant detective arrives to investigate the crime. Mrs. Bentlow 4Betty Glauh?, a middleage housekeeper, keeps insisting she is to he murdered in her bed. Several of the characters disappear and at the end it is discovered that the murderer is Tom Randall, the escaped criminal, and his associate is Mrs. Bentlow. Of course, love hit the scene and Jane and Mickey, and Betty Kay and Ted decide to make everything permanent.

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CLASS PROPHECY In the metropolis of Rossburg, at the local swimming pool, in the year 1960, a distin- guished group is gathered. One hears such phrases as Ross School, the best class Ross ever had, the good old days. In other words, this is the reunion of the class of 1950. Here come Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bachman driving up in their 1929 Dodge. Mrs. Bach- man is the former jean McCalley. jack is a very prosperous farmer and drives his be- loved Dodge from preference rather than necessity. Let's take a look at this group talking to- gether as they lounge in the shade. Why, it's our old friend, Bill Phillips, the president of General Motors, Inc. With him, note- book in hand, is Dorothy Hilton, his in- dispensable secretary. jim Meeker and Jean Tolley C Mr. and Mrs. Meekerh are joining the group. Here is another prosperous farm couple. Look at those darling children cling- ing to jean's skirt. They are the Meeker twins. Who is that standing on the diving board in the ultra modern bathing suit? There is quite a crowd around her, too. Why, it's Betty Glaub, giving a speech on Woman's Place in the World. Betty isn't getting the attention she deserves because there is a counter attraction arriving on the scene. All eyes are turned on glamorous Pat Mehl, owner of Rossburg's most exclusive night club, and her three star performers, Nancy White, greatest blues singer since Lena Horne, Jeanne Brater, leading lady of the chorus, and Don Patton, world famous comedian and oliicial bouncer. Here is another cozy little group chatting away. The girls, Martha Buell and Carol Baker, now the Mesdames Fred Patton and Hank Irwin respectively, are full of news items which they are passing out to their former classmates as their husbands talk about basketball. Mee Weese and Buddy tell us that Douglas Harris has been made postmaster of Rossburg. June Tolley, we learn, is Mr. Finkbine's very eliicient secre- tary at dear old Ross School and Christina Meyers is the much adored first grade teacher at our Alma Mater. john Packer, they tell us, is making a name for himself playing basketball with the United States Eagles. His latest record is 110 points in one game. Re- member Marian Cooke? Well, she rides around in a 1960 Buick and her husband is manager of the Procter and Gamble. Edward Hacker, always a hard worker, is now plant manager at Ford's. Shirley Tolley is now Mrs. Clyde Williams, and she is back in Rossburg with her five children. Clyde couldn't get away because he is running the world's largest rodeo on his modern ranch in New Mexico. Well, we certainly got a lot of news in this group. Who's coming in on this big truck? Why, it's Buck Guenther and Mrs. Guenther CMary Ann Eschenbrenner to her class- matesp. Buck is president of the Guenther's Guernsey Grow Fast Company, Inc. Lively little Mrs. Guenther is finding an outlet for her energies in looking after the healthy, husky bunch of youngsters perched on the milk cans in the truck. Here comes a familiar looking young lady. It's joan Engel who has made a place for herself in the New York fashion world where she designs exclusive Engel originals. Joan strolls over to join jim Stokley, man- ager of the local Rossburg Rams, who is watching his team play a winning game. jim's star pitcher, Bob Landes, is not play- ing today because, of course, he wanted to attend the reunion. From all accounts, Bob is really a star on the diamond. Two more couples join this group-Major and Mrs. Bob Clevenger and Lieutenant and Mrs. Bill Pittman. The girls are the former Emo- gene Burns and Alice Manifold respectively. They both reside in Georgia, and they were flown here with their husbands by courtesy of the United States Air Force. The girls are talking about the newest Broadway musical, Leave It to Willy, staged and directed by Forrest Ray Cisle, with vivacious Bernice Wilhelm playing the comedy lead opposite Kenneth Heitfield. What a reunion! All our former faithful classmates are here for the occasion, and we are proud to note the general air of happi- ness and success among the members of the Class of 1950.