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

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13-F.T.A. meeting at Fairfield. 14-First basketball game at Whitewater. We won!! 15-Terrific Sadie Hawkins Dance!! 16--Picking straw out of hair from the dance . . . 17-Still scratching!! 18-Terrific game with Hanover!! 19-Basketball season in full swing!! 20-Seniors ordered name cards. 21-Played Seven Mile . . . No comment . . . 22-Happy Birthday, Fayetta G.!! 23-Ralph Bryant actually went to church!! 24-Nancy Jo wins Voice of Democracy Contest . . . Congratulations!! 25--Only one more day of school this week . . . Oh Happy Day . . . 26-Special assembly. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! Won game with Wayne. 27--Everyone enjoys a big Thanksgiving feast and counts their many blessings . . . 28-Oh, I shouldn't have eaten so much!! Game with Springfield. 29-Four Blessed days of vacation. Ahhhhhh . . . 30-Had a terrific snow!! All the children playing in the snow! DECEMBER 1--Blue, Blue, Monday!! 21-S inces of snow and we have to come to school!! 3-Only 378 inches of snow left now . . . 4-Grange dinner at Ross. 5-Game with Reily . . . 6-Clubs meet . . . 7-Everyone rejoicing over our basketball victory!! 8-Another Monday and back to classes . . . 9-Somebody hid the rollers on Mrs. Stingers chair . . . which senior is the guilty one??? 10-Mrs. Stinger's rollers have been found . . . ll-Cheerleaders start practicing for tomorrow night's game!! 12-Happy Birthday, Alice B.!! Beat Morgan in double overtime!! 13-Celebrating our victory!! 14--Sleeping . . . ftoo much celebrationj 15-Only one more week until Christmas vacation . . . Happy Day . . . 16-Martha Endress walking on clouds . . . I wonder!! I7-Gordon Fox finds his drum full of pin holes. 18-Everyone prepared for Hanover game tomorrow night!! 19--Last day before vacation . . . Oh Happy Day!! 20--Christmas vacation has begun!! 21-Alice Brisbin found peeking in the closets!! Why Alice . . . 22-Doing last minute Christmas shopping!! 23-Gayle Weber cleans out her fireplace for Santa!! 24-Happy Birthday, Joann T.!! 25-Merry Christmas, everybody!!!!! 26-Gee . . . Look what I got for Christmas. 27-Stores are overrun with gift-exchangers!! 28-jack Philips wearing a new navy sweater. 29-Priscilla Smith has a new watch. Very nice, jack!! 30-All ready for tomorrow night??? 31-Everybody celebrating New Year's Eve!! Happv New Year!! JANUARY 1-Shhhh . . . I'm asleep . . . Welcome 1953!! 2--Still welcoming in the New Year!! 3-Only one more day of vacation . . . 4--All the little school children awaiting tomorrow with eagerness . . . 5--Everyone is showing off their Christmas presents. 6-Snow, snow, and more snow!! 7-john B. went to sleep in English!! 8-Power off . . . No school!! 9-Beat Trenton in overtime!! 10-New Chevrolets come out!! CI wonder who could be writing this?Q 11-Juniors counting money from spaghetti supper . . . 12-School again . . . Oh Happy Day!! 13-Happy Birthday, Mary Louise C.!! Annual pictures taken!! 14-Have you got your date for the Winter Whirl ? 15-jean Lewis cut her hair again . . . Looks nice!! 16-Won a terrific game with Reily . . . 17-Played McGuffey in a close basketball game . . . 18-Nothing happened today . . . 19-Mr. Cleaver has got a short butch now . . . Looks real sharp!! 20-Jimmy and Doris still going strong!! 21--This is fair weather for January . . . 22-High school chorus square dances during chorus period!! 23-Game at school with Stewart . . . 24-Y-Teen Winter Whirl . . . More Fun!! 25-All faithful Y-Teens cleaning up the gym . . . 26-Nothing much . . . just another Monday. 27-Glenn Miller, in the process of falling asleep, fell off his study hall chair. 28-Glenn stayed awake in study hall today . . . 29-Happy Birthday, Mary jane j.!! 30-Mrs. Stinger loses her bookkeeping book!! 31-Mrs. Stinger's head is a littll sore. She found the book! FEBRUARY 1-February is here already!! 2-Jack Stamper and Carol Reams become engaged!! Congratulations!! 3--jack walking around in a daze . . . 4-Bookkeeping Class learns how to file Income Tax Returns. 5-Annie Thompson discovers that she is allergic to wool!! 6--Got beat by Wayne . . . Too bad it was a good game!! 7-Joyce Hunter receives two letters in one day!! 8--Seniors teach Mr. Frey some English for one day . . . Joke, it's Sunday!! 9-It's Monday morning and Mrs. Wildman's room is freezing . . . 10-School is warmer today . . . -Girl's gym period is spent taking the roll call!! -Seniors read all about Abe Lincoln . . . 13-Friday 13th and our tournament game! Well, maybe , next year we'll win . . . 14--Three senior cheerleaders still crying about last night's game. 15-Gene Rice went bowling! For the first time!! 16-Mr. Frey's classes seem to be working very hard on essays. 17-All of the fathers are sore from their basketball game last night!! 18-Band begins to practice for the spring concert . . . 19-Grace Hilton passes her 120 word per minute shorthand test!! 20-Bookkeeping class tearing their hair out . . . These practice sets!! 21-Seven Mile wins tournament for 4th straight year!! 22--Hanover won sportsmanship trophy last night!! 23-Seven Mile and Hanover sdll celebrating . . . 24-Seniors visit Champion Paper Mill!! 11 12

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25-Seniors place No Parking Sign in the hall . . souvenir of yesterday. 26-F.H.A. girls preparing for the big dance tomorrow night. 27--Nancy, Gloria, and Joy get stranded in Hamilton. fjoy locked her keys in the carj. 28-Annie recovering from her duties as F.H.A. Queen last night!! MARCH 1-March is coming in like a lion!! 2-Mr. Finkbine is in bed with the flu . . . 3-Still snowing. 4-Happy Birthday, Wauthalean H.!! Senior Skating Party. 5-Mr. Finkbine still ill. 6--Shamrock Hop Cjunior Dancej is a wonderful success!! , 7-All of the English classes off to Miami U. to see Romeo and Juliet. . 8-Pat Wogenstahl slept through church! What hap- pened, Pat??? 9-Monday morning and Bob Bober came to school with different colored socks on!! 10-Oh Happy Day!! Spring is here again . . . ll-Happy Birthday, Gloria N.!! 12-Annual F.H.A. and F .F.A. Banquet!! Everyone stuffed . . . 13-Friday 13th again . . . Teachers play Girls Basket- ball Team . . . Girls won!! 14-Teachers are a little sore from yesterday's game . . . 15-Wauthalean in Florida . . . lucky girl!! 16-junior and Seniors girls see movie about hash slingers . . . 17--'Tis a great day for the Irish!! St. Patrick's Day . . . 18-Juniors seem a little nervous . . . wonder why??? 19-Dress Rehearsal for junior Play and Mr. Frey has the measles!! 20-Junior Play!! Great success . . . Congratulations, kids . . . 21-juniors counting their play money!! 22-School is overrun by the mea les!! 23-The seniors are the champions of the school Qbasket- ballj!! 24-Preliminary scholarship tests . . . 25-First baseball game . . . with Fairfield. 26-Happy Birthday, Martha E.!! 27-F.H.A. and F .F.A. Talent Show and Minstrel Show. 28-Have you got your date for the prom?? 29-Palm Sunday. 30-Monday morning and the school is warm Cit's warm outsidellj 31-Someone stacked the books in Howard's locker!! APRIL 1-The school burns down!! April Fool!! Every pupil tests. 2-Learn the results of yesterday's tests . . . Ugh . . . 3-Marilyn Sexton and Paul Kimble get married . . . 4-Only one more day to get your Easter clothes ready. 5-Happy Easter, everyone!! 6--Happy Birthday, John C.!! No school . . . Oh Happy Day. 7--County chorus sings for County P.T.A. meeting. 8-Stew for lunch . . . Oh well . . . 9-Seniors doing last minute preparations for dance. 10-Senior Dance! HM, Boy!! 11-Happy Birthday, Pat W.!! 12-Boy's, I hope you've got that date for the prom . . . 13-This is the week of the PROM!! 14-Happy Birthday, Gordon F. and Jack P.!l Spring Concert. IS-The DAY is drawing nearer and the Juniors are WORKING!! 16-Fellow's, I sure do hope you've asked that certain someone . . . 17-junior-Senior Prom-You can guess the rest!! 18-Joy's house looks like there might have been a party after the prom. fthere was!!!j 19-Congratulations, juniors, it was terrific!! 20-Honor Society present Sesquicentennial Program . . . 21-Everyone feeling proud of living in Ohio. 22-just an old ordinary Wednesday. We had stew again. 23-Beware, Columbus, F .H.A. girls are coming for their degrees. 24-F.T.A. visits Miami University. 25-F.H.A. girls still having a wonderful time in Columbus. 26-I-fH.A. girls are home and Miss Etter all in!! 27-Just one of those days we hate because we have to come back to school. 28-Seniors begin to realize they have only one more month of school. 29-Happy Birthday, Ralph B.!! Senior Skating Party . . . 30-just think, April, 1953 is gone forever . . . MAY 1-Happy Birthday, Ropytuhjknv Jones!! Anyone know him??? 2-The seniors have stopped studying . . . 3-Sunday, the day of rest . . . well, REST!! 4-Mrs. Wildman explains why it is necessary for seniors to study. 5-Happy Birthday, Glenn M.!! 6-Seniors begin to prepare for trip to Smokies! 7-Seniors stop studying again . . . we leave tomorrow. 8-We left!! Don't you miss us??? 9-Oh Happy Day!! The Smokies will never be the same. 10-Happy Birthday, john B.!! 11-Seniors back in school in body but not in mind. 12-Someone is celebrating their birthday today. 13-Only 10 more days till commencement. 14-Teachers give us tests. How could they?? We're Seniors!! 15-I wonder who the outstanding senior athlete will be? 16-Athletic Banquet. I can't tell you who the out- standing senior athlete is cause I'm writing this in March, chuckle, chuckle!! 17-Athletes and cheerleaders stuffed!! 18-Happy Birthday, Eugene R.!! 19-Seniors visit Fisher Body!! Love these free meals. 20-Seniors are cleaning up their books to turn in. 21-Seniors turn books in and-Oh heck, I don't want to graduate!! 22-Our last day in school-gathering all of our be- longings . . . There isn't anything left!! 23-We try our gowns on to be sure they fit. 24--Baccalaureate exercises-Seniors get serious. 25--Monday morning and no seniors . . . Don't you miss us??? 26-Seniors come to school to practice for commence- ment. 27-Commencement. Halls of Ross Hooded with salt water!! 28-Graduates now, no longer students, we take one last look. 29-Happy Birthday, jim L.!! Closing exercises and everyone wishes seniors good luck!! We'll need it!!