Salem Liberty High School - Stars Yearbook (Lower Salem, OH)

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CLASS HI TORY Our class hrstory goes back to 1950 when we entered the seventh grade, Wlth Mr Moore our sponsor We began th1s year wrth an enrollment of 36 members Glennre Baker Davrd Baker Dale Barth Donald Buchanan Harold Broome Walter Brooks Barbara Davrs Opal Forshey Thomas Fouss Ellen Gerken Vera Krdd Ronald Gerken Maxrne Lent Ronald Hall Julra Lauer Gary Haas Grace Martrn Larry Hesson Donald Myers Jack Hendershot Shrrley Mrller Walter Hendershot Marrlyn Ogle Betty Kehl Dorothy Patterson Gerald Kendall Frances Ramage Maxrne Roe Leona Stark Thomas Tayler Wrllram McConaha Carol Ullman Erma Wolfert Irvrn Wolfert Barton Yohn Shrrley North Durrng the year we lost Shrrley North Ellen Gerken Davrd Baker Barton Yohn and Thomas Taylor Th1s year was the begrnnrng of our excrtrng lrfe as Junror Hrgh School students Some of the actrvrtres were Junror Band Basketball Glee Club and the Mrnstrel Show For the frrst trme Mr Moore chose 5 reserve mayorettes They were Marrlyn Ogle Opal Forshey Maxrne Roe Barbara Davrs and Carol Ullman When we entered the erghth grade we found qurte a number of our students mrssrng As follows Vera Krdd Larry Hesson Wrllram McConaha Dorothy Patterson Maxrne Roe and Shrrley North To equal thrs up a lrttle we garned Davrd Baker Drck Wrllrams Juanrta Krng and Melba Haley who came here from Nashvrlle Tennessee Our act1v1t1es th1s year consrsted of about the same as rn the seventh grade but th1s year brought about a lrttle change Some of the Iunror Band members blew themselves rrght rnto the Senror Band Th1S year Mrs Moore was our sponsor In Aprrl we took the erghth grade tests A number of students came down from Macksburg to take rt wrth us Ronald Hall ranked hrghest 1n our class Several recerved honorable mentron We started off our Freshman year wrth a bang Mr Moore was agarn our sponsor Th1s berng hlgh school socrety We grrls had our frrst opportunity of berng rn FHA Other currrcula actrvrtres were Band Glee Club Basketball and the Freshman Chrrstmas Play We acqurred erght and lost four students durrng the year From Macksburg we were glad to welcome Claretta McKarn Roy Hupp Marlene Murray and Donald Morgenstern Leonard Blgley Eddre Schantz Ernest Drllon and Larry Markel came from drfferent schools Those who left durmg the frrst semester were Maxrne Roe Juanrta Krng Frances Ramage and Iunror Carter Toward the end of the year we even had a lrttle money rn our pocket We attarned th1s by havrng an rce cream socral down on the hrgh school lawn one evenrng Wrse Fools otherwrse known as Sophomores that was us rn our 2nd year of hrgh school Mr Ullman was our sponsor We rncreased our ranks wrth Larry Wrlson and Frank Swarn Our loss Leonard Brgley Earnest Drllon Larry Markel Eddre Schantz and Marlene Murray th1s leavmg us a total enroll ment of 33 Thrs was the brg year for the boys as some of them were placed on the Reserve Basketball team They were Glennre Baker Donnre Buchanan Jack Hendershot Tommre Fouss, Dave Baker and Rrchard Wrl lrams Th1s year was frlled wrth loads of act1v1t1es although we drdn t get to our County Track Meet due to rarn Our graduatrng funds were growrng raprdly We had a bake sale ch1l1 supper food raffle, and an ice cream socral Drck Wrllrams our wrnner of the conservatron test, went on a two day tour wrth other Washrngton County puprls over the Muskrngum Conservancy Drstrrct ' , ' , as our first year of high school we felt like little lost sheep, but we soon found our way around in ' I D I ' . I I I