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

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.6,!aM. Jackson, Myra Eaton. Barbara Mullen, Sally Han:- eltine. Joyce Kaiser and Jack Oakes. Mr. Ray Dawson was our long suffering and very able director. The greatest baseball team rn all Rowe histor y yyas vsell filled with Junior athletes this team battled its way to the semi finals rn state com petition rating third place in the entire state But baseball had to take a back seat for a while in the spring as Mrs Lynch began tearing her hair be cause of the slow start ot the Prom Committees This one night was without a doubt our one great est achievement this was the Junior Senior Profn Our theme was Under tne Sea blue vtas the main color and the throne was an open clam shell The rumor class owes many thanks to two very patient teachers Mr Raymond Dawson and Mrs Evelyn Lynch not only for their teaching but also for tneir guidance and friendship In our senior year under the able direction of Mrs Kitchen we collected Dl0f1lS from the con cessions at home basketball games to help make possible our senior class trip To guide us through our senior year we elected as president for the third time Bill Woodworth Vice President Drck Hill Secretary Connie Longaker who skillfully recorded the class business into minutes and Treasurer Jack Oakes We were well represented on all of the teams with Dick Hill Buck Smith Bill Vtoodvyorth Rich Ring Jack Oakes and Boo Wrl lrams pl Hlllg varsity basketball and Dick Bill Buck and Bob and Jack playing baseball Jerry Hall and Len Drasio held then positions on the tional Honor Society Xnd seniors burn., rndutttd o s t rr an nnprtssly tin L ll s rr 1 r lhrtc bfelllfl s yyho were Liosen in then Junior yen yyere Bob Vkirirrns Lonne Longrl-ter and Pit Robinson Those seniors participating in the one-act plays The Valiant and This Night Shall Pass were, Connie Longaker. Jerry Hall, and Harold Best. The one act play No Greater Love, was chosen as the contest play. Dolores Sebetich and Sally Hazeltine were our senior representatryes in this play Th Seniors picked Great Ceasars Ghost to be their play This IS a three act comedy starring a ghost The cast included Penelope Connie Lone aker Phoebe Sarah York Deborah Barbara Mullen Phineas Richard Jackson Helen D lores Sebetrch Tommy Bill Woodworth Aunt Polly Joyce Kaiser Johnson lack Oakes Esth 1 'Vly1a Eaton Mahjah Jerry Hall Dick Dick Hill Hattie Pat Robinson and the Ghost Great Ceasar The excitement of measuring for caps and owns and of ordering our invitations and per sonal cards brought visions of graduation davs closer we busy seniors managed to prepare our selyes for Class Night the Baccalaureate Service and finally for Commencement As our days t Rovte grew shorter I am reminded of a ayrnd that I once heard You can tell a Freshman by his rneekness vou can tell a Sophomore by his wild ness you can tell a Junior by his attentiveness and you can tell a Senior because you cant tell him anything And novt as our days rt Rovye Urovs fcvyer yye shall haye to say farevyell to the taculty and to our friends At this point l rm suddenly snapped out ot rn prtk up my brleltasc ind drsprtthcs lst rt yyn the prth to ht L c y rr ho I lxoyye H ry nt Jroud ot us L is t prot d ot our sthool and its tr lCllllOlls J XCK O XKES ' Y U v' A l ' ' '- . Y .- . . - . . . . . . ' ' , ' a Y ' W. . . w- l - . iv ' - g . ., . . . - , - M - , W G- .L Y Uv, Y YF., V . ,bn . e ' - Q -A Q Y . - y Y . - . , . . . y . L. ' Y i. Y . '- , - , ' 7 7 U . . .' . ' ' ' .- C . 1 ' Y ' VV ' V ' ' . ' ' S s ' L . . X . 1 ' . - . - 1 I - , , . . ' Y I I - s v y L . - . fs - v 4 7 4 ' ' . . . . , . . t' . ' ' . . , . h . . A - ' I Y 2 7 2 v . . , v V . . Y If Y 1 , . - D. . , , . . M . L, - , . . YY Z . . . bv' . - I . ,V. thinelacis. February lti, was the day set for Nqr- dream by the roar ot' airplane engines, I thought- ' 2 ' ' ' A r . f ' V ' ' - ' tulljr '-' b' . iz 2 ' zinc 5 a int thi organiza io . in ' ' 'e -z dl X- do ' r z t - air-fr 'l li and. as I va rd-'sr light ceremony' were, Bill Wo dworth, Joyce Kai- ciowzr this path. l pe tha ' ' igh maj be- xer. Cla 'zu Myers. and Sur: h Ycrk. ' X 1 X ' ry' cor - as 1 ' ' lr lr' foster children. if we ar'- ' K - Q Q s .I ' ' - ' . v. 2 . . . .f I ' . . 2 ' M -1 ' ' 14 lui F. ' 1' 2' '. L z '. . - A -' '

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6141.44 Jlmffmf Wh1le I vyande1 about my estate the Casban vxaltmg fo1 my plane the Falcon to land and sp1r1t me off to Rome tor a confe1ence xxlth Jul1o Angelo OCl8VlO D1 Antonlo the thought comes to me how lucky I am to be 1n th1s Vk0llCl6l ful count1y whose shores re washed by the blue 'NIed1tcr ranean As I watch the sparkllnd waves of lhlS beautlful body of WdtCl I beg1n to 1cm1n1s e on thlngs gone by espec1ally those tvtelxc excntful years from 1943 to l9'n I st1ll chuckle at mdustrlous Buck Sm1th trvmg to klSS all of the f1rst grade gxrls and B111 Blood be1ng teased about h1s economy slzed ears My ears st1ll seem to rlng w1th the shr1ll shr1eks of Helen Peters as she outdlstanced all the s1xth grade boys vamly attemptlng to catch her And those sullen moans of the boys comlng out second best after tanvlmg wlth that SlXth grade wrestlmg champ Ruth Sm1th' Then came the seventh grade here we thought we had met our ultlmate goal IH l1fe that IS unt1l Mrs Snyder started pourlng poetry lnto our l1ttle th1ck heads We were then recelved Wlth great 1oy UD by our wonderful e1ghth grade teacher Mr Wood Thls was the year that the great 8th grade basket ball team Wh1Ch conslsted of D1ck H111 Buck Sm1th B111 Blood Bob W1ll1ams B111 Woodworth Larry Seaman Leroy Peters and Jack Oakes en Joyed an undefeated season Of course we played only three games Mr Wood not onlv taught us the Const1tut1on but also taught us how to study and to 11ke studylng Then 1n the Year of our Lord One Thousand N1ne Hundred and F1fty One we entered hxeh school we were greeted on our f1rst day as Fresh men by Mr John P Toth who was to suffer vuth us for n1ne d1fferent months Bob W1ll1ams was the f1rst boy fpoor guyj to try Mr Toths athlet1c powels As I remember Bob annoyed the even tempered coach to tre b1eak1ng pomt by not 1m medlately throvylng avxax that no1s fOI'l3ldOCll p1ece of gum The class offlcers for ou1 f1 eshmen year were a follows PfCSld6Ht B111 Woodworth V1ce PI'CSld8I'lt Chr1st1ne Shuster Secretau Ruth Sm1th Treasurer Ne1l Clark Our blg day came on September 21 when flfty four subdued freshmen were 1n1t1ated 1nto Rowe Hlgh School After havlng taken our oath and sung our school song we felt that the torture we had gone through was well worthwhlle and me were m1ghty proud to be full fledged VlklDgS I can st1ll remember that warm September sun as we crowded 1nto room 212 and under the com fortlng wmg of Mr Carlson who was not only our home room advlsor but also was our World H1s year by the Pres1dent B111 Woodworth Vlce Pres ldent D1ck H111 Secretary Conn1e Longaker and the Treasurer Ne1l Clark We d1d well 1n the sports department by plac1ng D1ck H111 Jack Oakes B111 Woodworth Bob W1ll1ams Alv1n Sm1th and Larry Seaman on the teams We Jolned many clubs had a good representatlon 1n the cholr and goofed mlserably ln mtramurals at noon Then on May 27 1953 the doors of Rowe Hlgh closed behlnd us and we were free for three whole months But these three months were soon behlnd and that cocky bunch of sophomores that had left Rowe IH May returned IH September more serlous and much more qu1et The class offlcers for th1S year were PP9Sld6Ht D1ck H111 VICG Pres1dent B1ll Woodworth Secretary Ray WGISS and Treasurer Jack Oakes Our f1rst b1g class accomphshment was that wonderfully h1lar1ous play Clementlne a three act comedy whlch starred a tom boy wno was begmnxng to reallze that glrls were not made to compete Wlth boys 1n football The cast lnclud ed Conn1e Longaker Sarah York B111 Woodworth Pat Roblnson Harold Best Jer1y Hall R1chard I I V ' ' V V . ' V V' V - ' -V ' ' ' ' ' , r s : - ' , ' .1 V , - - v , . V ' - ' ' ' . , . . ' - a . ' - ' I . ' . . ' G ll - U I 1' ' V I Y- wr 1 +, ' 1 1 ' ' C ' u' Y ' 1 ' V V 1 ' ' I V I ' v vy . . , , ' - I 3 7 ' - . . . . tory teacher. Our class was run very ably that Q 1 U ' , l ! ' 1 Y . . , I . , . . . . y . . I Y . Y . . y . . . Y l , . 7 Y , . . , ' V V . l 3 . 7 ' . 7 I 1 - ' 7 ' 1 i - V V V V . . Y , , - ' V 1 ' - ' V ' Z V ' 1 , ' ' , ' 1 V ' ' .V - -1 g V V ' 5 Y 3 A ' ' Y ' . 1 r l 1 I

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glam Pzuwz, THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA Thou who hast taught us well oh Alma Mater Prlthee place thy blesslng upon us as we draw near to our departure from thy halls Into our form cast by thy keen m1nd and skllled hands ln the mold of a stalwart V1kmg Thou hast compounded all the masterful mgredlents mherent hv beloved name Wlth the fmesse of a master craftsman thou hast blended v1tal1ty mtegrxty knowledge and lngenulty mto the vltal mlxture And as a deer teacher her fawn thou hast fostered ln us nob1l1ty grace and sportsmanshxp We se our goal hlgh that we may be men and women worthy to clalm e Blue and Gold as our own Now smce the lnevltable tlme to part draws near we must strlke out alone perhaps to all pomts of the compass We w1ll ofttlmes thlnk of thee wxth nostalgla when as we go upon our separate ways And the friendships formed her w1th teachers and fellow students We wlll always chermsh whether we are near or faraway May we strlve to our utmost to hxe up to the stands fostered by thy dear Blue and Gold ROBERT IRISH . . . int J t ' ' th