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

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THE HI TORY OF THE BR E The gently caressing tropic breeze played a lullaby on the feathery tops of the stately palms. This was the last day of my winter vacation in Jamaica. Oh, what a glorious three weeks! As a climax to those sun-drenched, carefree hours I was going treasure hunting alone. The sea blue water gently kissed the shore then tripped coyly back to its beginning. The dazzling, snowy sand sifted through my bare toes. What curious shapes the wind had made with the sand! I was in a cozy state of daydreaming when I bumped my big toe on something hard. Ouch! Partly concealed in a shapeless mound was an object with hard metal corners. Using my hands to push aside the sand I uncovered a huge metal bound wooden chest. An enormous, rusty filth encrusted lock caught my fancy. Seizing a stone, I hammered the ancient lock. It was very well made but at last it gave way. I could scarcely contain my excitement as I pried the lid up. There in a corner, accompanied only by dead spiders was a moldy leather bound book. I took the book and opened it to the first page. Evidently it was a ship's log for the first was detailed account of the ship itself. It was built in 1945. Only the best labor and material were used in this craft. A haughty Viking's head fastened on the bow gave the ship its name. It must have been a worthy craft, I thought as I turned the page. Here is one of the first entries: September seventh, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Forty-five. The ship has proved a worthy craft as these first rough trips have shown. Today coming on foot, school buses, and coaxed by older sisters and brothers, green crews boarded the three sister ships Amboy, Rowe, and Monroe. They are all destined to meet later on the master ship the Viking. The captains of these goodly vessels obviously nearly lost heart for the little rascals seemed in- clined to disregard discipline and book learning in favor of roller skating, jump rope, and marbles. The October tenth entry found the crew in an embarrassing situation. Today I, Captain Ferguson, stepped into the room to find all hands on board talking, hopping up and down, and wrestling. Since they are too inexperienced to understand that my entrance is the cue for settling down, banging my ruler on the desk only worsened the condition, for then much to everyone's surprise-and mine-the ruler broke. Stifled giggles broke into hysterical laughter as pandemonium reigned again. And their doting mothers had hoped for a good sea with few squalls! - I read farther and found that in Nineteen Hun- dred and Forty-six writing was registered as a major accomplishment. Parrot like, the whole crew would mount one side then slide down the trunk of the hoary tree found in the Rowe school yard. The jolly tars delighted in the Christmas party and all the joy filled doings of their second year aboard ship. Calm seas, heavy seas, squalls and heat sea- soned the crews as I read about the third, fourth and fifth years. On the good ship Monroe, the feminine counterpart of its crew persisted in play- ing house complete with dolls and dishes in the tall weeds behind the school. These make-believe mothers hoarded the leftovers from their lunch for their unappreciative stuffed charges. Entry for the sixth year: February, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-two. The sports minded members on board this ship, the Amboy, are directing all of their energies to- ward the boarding and sinking of the sleek Vik- ings. I hasten to add that it is all in friendly com- petition. The team to be first over the side con- sists of Joe Britcher, Clarence Johnson, and Victor Moisio. Cheering the raiders on are Nita Kuhn and June Walfordf' Signed Captain Miller From information I read, the seventh winter found the remnants of both crews combined and enjoying their adventure aboard the Rowe. Cap- tains Hutchinson and Snyder demanded respect al- though the crew was inclined to be prankish. Never to be forgotten were notes written in Eng- lish, Finnish, code, and whatever means of com- munication availed itself at the time. They were older but wisdom was slow in com- ing. Captain Moseley introduced them to the an- cient Greeks' heritage, drama. All hands will carry the scars from the rough and tumble bas- ketball games between the boys and girls. Oh,

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THE BRA 3 PASTIME PARKOMAKI, SUSAN KAY SUZIE College Course French Club 3: Latin Club 1, 2: junior Play Committee 3: Prom Committee 3: Pre- liminary Scholarship Test 1. 2, 3, 4: District Test at Hiram l. 2. 3, 4: Saga Staff 3. 4: Freshman Induction Committee 4: Class President l, 3: Class Vice-President 2: Class Secretary 4: Student Council l, 2. 3, 4: Class Historian 4: Representative Girl's State 3: Freshman Induction Ceremony 4: Rep- resentative to U. N., Gannon College. Erie, Pa. 3, 4: Ways and Means Committee 4: Pilot Light Staff 4: 4-H Club 1: Art l, 2, 3, 4: Art Club 3: Junior Class Play 3: Honor Society 3. 4: County Treasurer Na- tional Honor Society 4: Intra-murals 1, 2: Science Club l: Choir 1, 2, 3, 4: D. A. R. Citizenship Test 4: Betty Crocker Test 4: Senior Scholarship Test 4: Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow Award 4: The Heiress 4: Dramatics Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Sen- ior Class Play 4: National Thespians 4: Science Scholarship Award 4: Class Night Committee 4. PASSMOR E. MARIE ROSE uMERiv Commercial Course Conneaut junior High School 1, 2: jun- ior Play Committee 3: Prom Committee 3: Served at'Prom 2: Ways and Means Com- mittee 4: 4-H Club 1, 2, 3: Betty Crocker Test 4: Senior Play Committee 4. PAULLIN. BARBARA ANN MIKE College Course French Club 3: Latin Club 1, 2: junior Play Committee 3: Prom Committee 3: Preliminary Scholarship Test 1, 2, 3, 4: Dis- trict Test at Hiram 1. 3, 4: Saga Staff 3, 4: Class Treasurer 4: Class Prophet 4: Ways and Means Committee 4: Pilot Light Staff I, 2. 3, 4: 4-H Club l. 2: Science Club 1: Seventh-Eighth Grade Physical Education Assistan: 4: Senior Scholarship Test 4: Class Night Script 4: National Honor Society 4: Senior Play Committee 4. PAZIORKO, BARBARA BERNADETTE BARB College Course French Club 3: Latin Club 1, 2: junior Play Committee 3: Prom Committee 3: Pre- liminary Scholarship Test 1. 2. 3. 4: District Test at Hiram 3. 4: Saga Staff 3, 4: Fresh- man Induction Committee 4: Class Secretary 2. 3: Class Vice-President 4: Student Council 3: Class Poet 4: National Merit Scholarship Test 4: Senior Play Committee 4: Pilot Light Staff 4: 4-H Club 1: Art 3, 4: Art Club 3: junior Class Play 3: Intra-murals l, 2, 3: Science Club l: G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4: National Honor Society 3, 4: Choir l, arship Test 4: Senior Play Committee 4: All Round Citizenship Award 4: Class Night Committee 4. READ, JOAN DRUCILLE JOANIE General Course Conneaut Junior High School 1, 2: Prom Committee 3: Preliminary Scholarship Test 3: Betty Croclter Test 2, 4: 4-H Club l, 2, 3, 4: Junior Class Play 3: D. A. R. Sewing Award 3: D. A. R. Sewing Contest 3: Choir 3, 4: Class Night Committee 4. RUDLER, FRANCES ETHEL FRANNY General Course Prom Committee 3: Served at Prom 2: Pilot Light Staff 2: Choir 2: Betty Crocker Test 4: Class Night Committee 4. SEIBERT, HARRY RICHARD SONNY General Course Prom Committee 3: Junior Red Cross l, 2. 3, 4: Science Club 1: Basketball 1, 2. SPBCHT, JOSEPH GEORGE HJ OE,- General Course Prom Committee 3: Saga Staff 3, 4: Ways and Means Committee 4: junior Class Play 3: Football 4: Intra-murals 2, 3: Sci- ence Club l: Dramatics Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Key Club 3, 4: Varsity R 4: Senior Class Play 4. STUMP, CHARLES R. CHARLIE General Course Saga Staff 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: District Test at Hiram 3: Conneaut junior High School 1. SZALAI, DANIEL ROBERT DANNY General Courae Prom Committee 3: Saga Staff 4: Fresh- man Induction Committee 4: Baseball 3: Track 3: 4-H Club l, 2: Varsity R 3. 4: Football 4: Intra-murals 3: Seventh-Eighth Grade Physical Education 3, 4: Key Club 3: Senior Scholarship Test 4: National Honor Society 4. THOMAS, FRANCIS HOWARD CHUB General Course mittee 3: Freshman Induction Committee 4: Senior Play Committee 4: Trip Commit- tee 4: Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4: Traclt 2: Varsity R 3, 4: Football 4: Intra-murals l, 2, 3: Science Club l. THOMPSON, VONNA CHARLENE VONNA Commercial Course Prom Committee 3 Preliminary Scholar- ship Test 2: Served at Prom 2: Faculty Secretary 4: Pilot Light Staff 3, 4: 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Junior Class Play 3: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Choir l, 2, 3, 4: Dramatics Club 4: Betty Croclter Test 4: Home Eco- nomics Scholarship Award 4: Class Night Committee 4. Towma, GUY RICHARD, JR. DICK General Course Prom Committee 3: Senior Class Play 4. TUTTLE, CAROL ANN TUT l'LIE Commercial Course Conneaut junior High School 1: Prom Committee 3: Preliminary Scholarship Test 2, 3: Saga Staff 3, 4: Served at Prom 2: Ways and Means Committee 4: Pilot Light Staff 2, 3, 4: 4-H Club I, 2, 3, 4: Junior Class Play 3: Dramatics Club 2: Betty Croclter Test 4: Faculty Secretary 4: Com- mercial Councilor 4: Senior Class Play 4: Senior Citizenship Award 4. TUTTLE, GARY E. Mom General Course junior Play Committee 3: Prom Com- mittee 3: Saga Staff 3, 4: Freshman Induc- tion Committee 4: Class Secretary l: Senior Play Committee 4: Baseball l: Track 1: Junior Class Play 3: Intra-murals l. 2, 3: Band 4: Science Club 1: Dramatics Club 4: Senior Class Play 4. WALFORD, JUNE ELAINE WALLY Commercial Course Library Club l, 2. 3. 4: Prom Commit- tee 3: Pilot Light Staff 3. 4: 4-H Clubs 1. 2: Junior Reporter Staff 2: Kindergarten Accompanist 4: Choir 1: Dramatics Club 1, 2: Betty Crocker Test 4: Senior Class Play 4. WHITE, GEORGE JAMES GEORGE General Course Latin Club 1: Prom Committee 3: Sci- 2. 3. 4: Betty Crocker Test 4: Senior Schol- Junior Play Committee 3: Prom Com- ence Club l.

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THE HI TORY OF THE BR VE how embarrassed they were repeating and acting out nursery rhymes. The iron hands in velvet gloves were wielded by Captain Edwards. A splitting of their ways awaited the young salts of the ship Monroe. Captain Harry Fernan- dez steered the whole jolly crew to Cleveland, where their diet of salt pork was relieved by an excursion to an elegant restaurant. This was their eighth grade class trip. And with this entry I found the first sections of the ships' logs coming to a close. The crews had proved their worth. Withstanding the weather they sailed to their second ship, united as one, working for their common goal. The hazing which was once standard proce- dure for greeting the new shipmates is exchanged for a dignified candlelight ceremony, impressing forever the meaning of Vitality, Integrity, Knowl- edge, Ingenuity, Nobility, Grace, and Sportsman- ship. The tars' representatives are President, Susan Parkomaki, Vice-President, Leonard Ceglie, Sec- retary, Gary Tuttle, and Treasurer, Norma Blood. The accustoming of each with the complicated rigging on deck is accelerated by Captains Hopper and Ingersoll. Captains Carlson and Klepek wrote this entry for the second year: The crew shoved off with a hearty Heave, ho! this year aboard the swift Viking. Chief mate, Frank Sanders, Second mate, Susan Parkomaki, Purser, Richard Nelson, and Yeoman, Barbara Pa- ziorko were elected by the crew. Youthful jollity plays second hornpipe to the pursuit of that elu- sive nymph, Wisdom. Various devices are em- ployed to extract pearls from oysters as the funds are increased. At last, wrote Captain Dawson as the final curtain rang down on It's Great to be Crazy! Ever to be remembered are the miscues, the laughter, clowning and the playing of card games backstage. Nancy Hopkins, Pat Mostello, Nita Kuhn, Leonard Ceglie, Susan Parkomaki, Gary Tuttle, Vonna Thompson, Victor Moisio, Kay Kirk, Bob Paziorko, Clarence Johnson, Lester Bennett, Kenna Mook, Carol Tuttle, and Nancy Blood made up the cast. Barbara Paziorko and Susan Parkomaki were admitted to the National Honor Society in the Junior year. The planning of the class officers President, Susan Parkomaki, Vice-president, Leonard Ceglieg Secretary, Barbara Paziorko: and Treasurer, Nor- ma Blood was aimed at getting the prom started. Hustle, bustle, paint, noise, and the admonition of Captain Lynch to keep the theme secret, accom- panied the juniors. Judy Dickson and Larry Simp- son were crowned in an oriental paradise to the tune of a tinkly tea house with the Tea House of the August Moon as a fitting end to a wonderful journey. Already remorse settles a little in one corner of our memory as the final voyage of the Viking is made with this crew on board. The jollv crew had been first in many things. The first football team had Richard Nelson, Richard Lampi, Francis Thomas, Joe Specht, Clarence Johnson, Garv Evans, Bill Carlson, Robert Diasio, Daniel Szalai, Victor Moisio, and Leonard Ceglie as Seniors on it. Senior Class officers were President, Clarence Johnson, Vice-president, Barbara Paziorko' Sec- retary, S. Parkomaki, Treasurer, Barbara Paullin, The year slips by so swiftly. Invitations, cards, and caps and gowns have been ordered. The Sen- ior play Onions In the Stew with Susan Parko- maki, Victor Moisio, Connie Leavers, Kay Kirk, Joe Specht, Richard Nelson, Gary Tuttle, Richard Towne, Judy Hunt, Janet Hicks, Nita Kuhn, Carol Tuttle, Joy Kesatie, Beckie Gray, Bonnie Law, John Bennett, Charles Stump, June Walford, Gary Evans, Brenda Mooney, Kenna Mook, Nancy Blood, Mary Baird, Francis Thomas was a huge success. Barbara Paullin, and Daniel Szalai were new members to the National Honor Society. Joy Kesatie and Kenna Mook had cheered the rovers through their four years on board the Vik- ing. Where to go for that brief excursion? It must be a perfect end to our high school years. Farewell to all the brief ventures, the hi-jinks on the high seas, with this sturdy vessel. We set out on a larger sea that encompasses our whole life. A firm foundation has been laid by our sen- ior advisors, Captains Kitchen and Weir. The sun was setting when I finally finished reading the log. I called to a boy who was wan- dering along the beach to help me carry the chest and log back to the hotel. I had really found a treasure for the log would remind me of days long past.