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

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SHWUI? CLASS HISTURY who are taking the flnal step m our publlc school educatlon before departmg mto the trou bles of the adult world flnd that many memor1es of the twelve eventful years return to us We clearly reallze that the Class of 1956 Rowe Hlgh School IS only one of the hundreds of graduatmg classes of Amerlca at thlS tlrne but we w1sh to commit to wrltlng a few of our astoundmg memor1es Twelve years ago ln September 1944 a group of temporarlly shy but st1ll mlschzevous s1x year olds crept more or less sllently mto the halls of Rowe Amboy and Monroe schools Our parents to be sure wanted us to acqulre an educatlon As we dlscover many new acquamt ances and the strangeness began to wear off we found that school was somethmg to be proud of and nothmg to be feared and that on Saturday and Sunday we could be lonesome The three Rs became fun and the flrst grade teacher a second mother who helped us w1th boots and coats re fereed our battles and banadaged our wounds And so wlth the sympathetlc yet flrm hand of Mrs Wrlght we began our twelve years of learn mg The days and years flew past at an unbellev able speed and we found ourselves promoted to the fourth grade Thxs was a memorable year of frollc for us at Rowe Amboy and most of all for those of us at Monroe for the fourth graders of Monroe Elementary School proudly offered the dramatlc but near traglc presentatlon of Goldl locks and the Three Bears Our own RUSSELL HUMPHREY growled convlncmgly as Papa Bear and PAT COLE portrayed one of h1s famlly I can Just plcture PAT and RUSS as bears Soon Father Tlme took h1s toll of the days and we found ourselves full fledged flfth graders The flfth grade was a full year of baseball basketball for Rowe Amboy and Monroe and was hlghllght ed by the annual Fall Festxval at Amboy School Th1s was a full n1ght of fun and ha1r ralsmg pranks whlch would have appealed greatly to ROBERT PUNKAR who was dolng h1s share for young and old at Rowe but lt ended only too soon and we once agam resumed our da1ly studles September rolled around once more rn our school l1fe T1me had passed quickly and we were now seventh graders under the xron hand of Mlss Moseley at Amboy and Mrs Snyder at Rowe Th1s was the year that we recexved the news that we were to be transferred to Rowe the comlng year therefore It would be our last year at our Alma Mater Amboy Tech Seven whole years we had waxted for graduatlon only to be let down by these fatal words At that tlme It sounded terrlble but we soon found after a short stay at Rowe that xt was just as wonderful here as at Amboy Here was met many new friends whom we soon treated llke age old compamons Rowe was such a huge school we actually had two elghth grades whxch were under the supervlslon of M1ss Moseley and Mr Edwards Thxs was a year of skatlng partxes the state exams and courtesy week durmg whlch many people pald for lmpollteness by duck walkmg around the gym Graduatlon rolled around sooner that anyone had antlclpated The honor of Val1d1c torxan was bestowed upon JUNE CHRISTOPHER at Rowe and upon PAT COLE at Monroe Thus After an all too short summer vacatlon flfty two freshman assembled ln room 211 under the supervlslon of Mr Humphrey We were lookxng forward to the work and play of hlgh school years ROBERT DALRYMPLE was elected presxdent and JUDY WHITNEY v1ce presldent of the freshman class w1th MARY PARKER as secretary and ROBERT DODGE as treasurer BILL LYNCH GEORGE HOGLE GEORGE MALLORIE and JIM SPECHT were our representatlves on the basketball squad The fun of hlgh school started almost Immediately w1th 1n1t1at1on and all 1ts won derful galety The day of 1n1t1at1on we could have been seen performmg the endless tasks such as p1ck1ng up paper from the lawns and sweepmg the busses wlth tooth brushes Wlth th1s blg n1ght over we agam tackled the chore of gettxng our rooms and teachers stralghtened out Hlgh school was a wonderful new exper1ence for us all especlally forelgn language As I remmlsce I see the scene to be about the Chrlstmas Season durlng Latm I class Mrs Hundertmart was substltutlng for Mrs Kltchen who was to have an operatlon BILL LYNCH had acqulred some sneezmg powder and we . . . . . , - 1 1 , , . . , . . . . , , ' Y 1 , . . , ' . D Y ' Q I ' Y 1 7 ' . . Y , . . . y l Y Y . , . . . - . v . v ' . ' . ' - , . 1 1 ' our teachers, Miss Ferguson, Mrs. Heilman, and ended OUP elementary tfalnlng- . , ' y . - . s , - . . . H .- ' 7 H 1 . v s , ' - . g . ' . . . . y x 1 ' D - l ' v ' y , . . y Y . . , , 1

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SHVIOR CLASS HISTORY hlS eagerness to blow It on JUNE CHRISTOPHER he mhaled the entlre contents of the box Ill bet that was the worst attack of hayfever hls doctor ever treated The freshman year went only too soon and we once agam found ourselves promoted thls t1me we were sophomores How wonderful lt sounded to hear someone call out Sophomores' and know you were part of the class We were now under the wlng of Mr Townsley who was our home room sponsor Electlon day came and went and ROB ERT DODGE took the tltle of presldent wlth JIM SPECHT as v1ce presldent PAT LITWILER was chosen secretary and SALLY KASTO treasurer Our representation on the basketball court re malned the same whlch was fme because the boys were dolng very well The sophomore year was hlghllghted w1th skatlng parties dances and the magazme sales subscrxptlon dr1ve and wxth the exceptlon of a few squabbles wlth student lxbrarlans fwe always lostl the year was very mterestmg and passed very qulckly School months pass fast but vacatlon months pass faster We were now Junlors but lt seemed almost llke yesterday that we were freshman We were now under the watchful eye of Mrs Lynch and the lron hand of Mr Dawson who we pro claimed to be our sponsors The offlce of presldent was lmmedlately fxlled by JIM SPECHT w1th RUSSELL HUMPHREY as v1ce presldent SALLY KASTO as treasurer and PAT LITWILER as secretary Our basketball squad stlll remalned the same as ln DYEVIOUS years Immedlately upon beglnmng our Jumor year the flrst lssue brought forth was the Jumor Play We presented the roarlng comedy Flnders Creepers DOROTHY ROLLAND ROBERT PUNKAR GEORGE HOGLE GEORGE MALLORIE SALLY SKINNER KATE WHITFORD DON SCHI AVONE PHILIP HUMALAINEN PAT LITWIL ER DOLORS STRONG BILL LYNCH SANDRA WELLS JEANETTE REETS RUSSELL HUM PHREY and JIM SPECHT portrayed the charac ters as dlrected by Mr Dawson In the tradxtlonal contest of tlcket sales between the two rooms Mr Dawson roo'n came out vlctorlous as always As soon as the Junior play had been completed we began our settxng for the annual Jun1or Semor Prom Thls was a very festlve occaslon wlth the theme Spring Time Thus was the long anticipated prom wlth the hlghllght of the evenmg the crown mg of the kmg and queen DICK HILL and DE LORES SEBETICH after a tempt1ng chlcken banquet 1n the brlghtly decorated cafeterla Another hlghllght of the Jumor class was the Natlonal Honor Soclety 1n1t1at1on We gave three members ROBERT DODGE JUNE CHRISTO PHER and PAT LITWILER Almost before we reallzed we were paradmg lnto Room 313 Yes thls was the senior room but we dldnt feel as though we were that old smce no one had really changed smce our freshman class When electlon tlme came RUSSELL HUM PHREY was elected presldent BILL LYNCH v1ce presldent ROBERT DODGE treasurer and KATE WHITFORD class secretary We 1mmed1 ately began to f1nd ways to ralse money for our tlonery pop and many other proJects were to be our source of revenue The Saga Staff was soon announced wlth ROBERT DODGE as Edltor 1n Chlef Our dra mat1c presentatlon for the year was For Pops Sake w1th the outstandmg cast mcludlng JUDY WHITNEY JUNE CHRISTOPHER PAT LITWI LER SALLY KASTO KATE WHITFORD MARI AN SPECHT GEORGE HOGLE BILL LYNCH DOT ROLLAND JIM SPECHT PHIL HUMA LAINEN ROBERT PUNKAR JOHN ROSAA and dlrected by Mrs Kltchen who helped to make lt a wonderful productlon Tlme passed qulckly and before one could reallze nt the year was over and graduatlon was upon us Now the tlme had come to say So long to the unforgettable years at Rowe Yes graduatxon brmgs to us the cllmax of the pages of our formal educatlon We have been vlctonous ln th1S battle of learnmg and now we look upon the world lt self to conquer We know that the educatlon we have acqulred here at Rowe w11l be the steppmg stone for our tomorrow's adult llfe , . 1 . . , , . , . . - . , - . Ll H . , . 1 1 ' . , , 1 - , . , . , . . . . . 1 ' Y ! - . , . 1 - 1 7 , . v . . . l . ' . I Y - 1 1 ' - 1 1 ' - ' - - . . 1 I I . . 1 ' . l' 1 1 ' ' ' much discussed class trip. Sale of magazines, sta- ! 7 I , .. ' - . ' . . Y . . Z 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 - - . , Y 1 9 ' 1 1 , , - I ' 1 1 1 Q . . . . ' Y I - 1 . . Q , ' 1 ' AA ' HY . Y 3 , , - ' u 11 I 1 ' 1 ' . , ' ' 1 1 . 4 1 ' . ' - 1, . . ' D 1 - .