Rowe High School - Viking Saga Yearbook (Lakeville, OH)

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GEORGE RECTOR—“ H e r m ”, “Pansy”, “Rec”, “Lion”; Our Don Juan with the ability for class leadership. A firm believer of the ‘third term”. Track 9, 10, 11; Football 10, 11; One-Act Play 11, 12; Class Play 11; Class President 9, 10, 12; Jr. Red Cross President 11, 12; Camera Club 11; Varsity “F” 11; French Club 11, 12; Chorus 9, 10. REGINA STEPHENSON—Dependibility and patience are her virtue. Chorus 1, 2; Basketball 2, 4; Commercial Club 2; Mgr. Paper Sales 3; French Club 3, 4; Operetta 1; Scholarship Tests 2. DORIS THOMPSON—“Dody”, “Mae”; Ever the model student, never a time waster. Glee Club 1, 2; A Cappella 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; County Scholarship 9, 10; Operetta 1, 2, 3; Play 3. PHYLLIS WHIPPLE—“Scarface”, “Flip”, “Fuzz”; “Live, love and laugh” has been her theme; out-talk her opponent has been her scheme. Girls, Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Scholarship Tests 1; Dramatics Club 3; French Club 3, 4; Pilot Light 1, 2, 4; Annual 4; Glee Club 4; One-Act Play Contest 3, 4; Commercial Club 2, 3; Senior Play 4; Candy Sales Staff; Vice President 3. MARJORIE WRIGHT—“Marge”, “Slick”; The redheaded “flash” of the Senior Class. Procrastination is her hobby. Girls’ Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Band 1. 2; Jefferson Scholarship Test 2; Kent Test 3; Declamatory Contest 2; Dramatics Club 3; French Club 3, 4; Pilot Light 1, 3, 4; Annual 3, 4; Junior Play 4: One-Act Play 3, 4; Candy Sales 4. 12

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FRED OLLILA—“Zed); A natural on the stage but at a loss for words anywhere else. French Club 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Play; Senior Play; One-Act Play Contest 3, 4; Kent Tests 3, 4. LOUIS PA LAG YI—“Louie”, “Pug”, “Flash”; Known throughout the county as Rowe’s stellar Basketball Player. Baseball 10, 11, 12; Basketball 10, 11, 12; Track 11, 12; Varsity R Club; Biology Club; Senior Play. SHIRLEY PAANANEN—“Shirl”, “Chips”, “Butch”; An exception to the “blonde but dumb” phrase. Girls’ Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Jefferson Scholarship Tests 1, 2, 3; Declamatory 1; Dramatics Club 3; French Club 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Pilot Light Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual 4; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4; Commercial Club 3. I EARL POOLE—“Pooly”; Mischief is his middle name. Industrial Art Club; Biology Club. JOSEPHINE PROLONG—“Jo”; Painstaking professional prompter of our play. Chorus 1, 2; Oper-ett 1,2; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 4; Paper Sales, 3. 11

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▼ ▼ Senior Class History ▼ ▼ Way back in 1927, forty-three innocent little mama’s darlings, shiny new lunch boxes in chubby little hands, toddled off to school with comingled regret at having to release mother’s apron strings and curiosity to see the great wide world as might be revealed at Farnham, Amboy, and the Old East Main Road school. Amid the many trials and tribulations several incidents of those by-gone days are still cherished, perhaps because of painful corporal punishment attached thereto. For instance, Phyllis and Helen will always remember their first spankings, administered when in the second grade for playing tag in school. “Jo” tells us she’ll never feel the same about running upstairs after spending a perfectly good afternoon in the closet corner as a result of indulging in the the forbidden act once too often. Perhaps the reason Louis is very seldom seen chewing gum in classes is due to the fact that back in the grades he was frequently peiched on a table in the front of the room next to a picture of a cow in order that the class might compare the two methods of mastication. Can any of the Amboy lassies forget the broken hearts suffered in the fifth grade when their Prince Charming, none other than George Rector, appeared and immediately focused all his attentions on Clara Kellogg? It is said that Margie Wright cultivated her liking for the piano as a result of frequently being stood behind the piano at 0 d East Main Road school for her social proclivities. But those days could not last forever and September 14, 1936, found these same forty-three young men and women, hardly daring to breathe for fear they might attract the attention of some upperclassman, ready to enter the portals of Rowe High. Adding still more to our consternation, the class was divided and many of us found, much to our despair, that we were separated from our best friends. We never really regained our courage and self-confidence until after Freshman initiation, a time many of us believed never could be survived. However, our elders proved quite lenient with us and soon afterwards we had class organization, electing George Rector to guide us through the rest of this first year. As “sophies” we seemed to drop into oblivion as all sophomore classes are wont to do, remembered only by Helen’s outstanding ability on the basketball court, and Dot’s upper-class boyfriend. In our junior year we emerged from the shadows and took an active part in school life. Our first act was to select Dorothy Bankston as class president to pilot us through this, our third year of high school. We made our first major stage appearance in the comedy “Small Town Romeo”, with Shirley Paananen as the heroine and George Rector, her ‘heart interest,’ leading a very able cast. It was at this time that we learned what a comedy actor we had in Fred Ollila, when he kept the audience, as well as the cast, in laughter until the last curtain. On May 12th, amid attractive nautical decorations, we gave the annual Junior-Senior Prom, sending off our seniors with a party that really made them feel they had been appreciated. After a short summer vacation we were again back at these same portals, this time entering them 17 less in number but with a determination to get as much out of this last year as possible. We immediately began activities by putting George Rector back into office as president for his third term. Our first social function was the annual Freshman Initiation, formally welcoming the ‘green frosh’ into our Alma Mater. Under the editorship of Margie Wright, the school newspaper soon got under way, with many seniors listed on the staff. Most of the musical ability of the group seemed to be vested in Doris Thompson, who was our sole representative in the A Cappella Choir for two years. The days preceding December 26 were filled with much excitement for us, not Continued on page 17 13