Scioto Township High School - Sciotonian Yearbook (Commercial Point, OH)

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lHistory Con't.J Our enrollment changed from thirty-four to twenty-eight. We lost Abigail Adkins, Pau- line Adkins, Mildred Chaney, George Coey William Neal, and Junior Hall. We purchased our class rings from Herff-Jones this year. Our Junior Class advisor was Mr..hmh- cis Huber. He led us through the hardships of NLife Begins at Sixteenn, our Junior Cham play. We were the sponsors cf the Hallowe'en Dance. Mr. Huber also supervised au'Junior- Senior Banquet which was held st the Seneca Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. This year we lost Sheldon Braskett, who entered the armed for- ces, June Conaway, Karl Krieger, and Billie Lou Zwayer. Again our class wasvery active in athletics and the band. Pearl Roese was chosen form our class to represent us as Miss Scioto in the beauty contest at the Junior Fair. She von third place. On September A, l9t5, we met for the start of our lest trip together with Mrs. Olive Hurst as our class advisor. There were two more missing this year--Harold Lawless and John Coey. We gained Charles Bliss et the beginning of the term but lost him at the end of the first semester along with Charles Martin. This now leaves us with nineteen seniorsg seven m?them started together and are finishing together. Our work on the annual kept everyone on his toes trying to make it a success. This year we were the sponsors of a Christ- mas Dance, Spring Dance, Sale Dinner and Fox Drive. The money made from them wont towards our trip to Washington D.C. after school is closed. We have planned to leave on May 27. NMa Simpkins of Simpkinsvillon, presented on May 10, was the accumulation

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U-Iistory Con't.l erman, William Graves, and Loyd Dean. Welasse ed through eight years under the guidanceci the following elementary teachers: Miss Doris Hott, Miss Betty Dennis, Mrs. Ruby Kegg, Miss Helen Williams, Mrs. Evelyn Grace, Miss Elfre- da Seelbach, and Mr. Clarence Shipley. In the eighth grade we passed the state tests andgnxk uated into high school. We shall skip'Mm rest of the data and dates prior to September, l9h2, when we met as the class of 'A6 under the leadership of Mr. Cogins our class advisor. There were thirty-one memr bers in our class. They were as follows:Pau- line Adkins, Abigail Adkins, Dale Boyd, Betty Chandler, George Coey, John Coey, Awa.Carfrey William Dechert, Charles Downing, Violetllson William Ehmann, Nancy Green, Norma Graham,Mary Jean Hoover, Bryon Haughn, Darwin.Hall, Junior Hall, Harold Lfwless, Charles Martin, William Neal, William Nichols, Jane Reynolds,- Pearl Roese, William Rush, Donald Thrasher, - Roy Thompson, Pearlene Williams, Ned Wilson, and Billie Lou Zwayer. Toward the end of theycar we gained Mildred Chaney, June Conaway andIEua Jo Maynard. The freshman initiation was the highest joy of the year. The high school was disrupted for days by our upper classmen whovwue trying to get all sorts of tricks ready for us, yet they showed us in every move made that they were glad to have us in their midst. Practi- cally all the boys played on the Junior High basketball team. They won every game played during the year. Several of our boys and ghis played in the orchestra. ' During our sophomore year, Mr. A.A. White was our advisor. Our successes in athletics- and the band were our own triumphs and joys, as well as those of the other classes. We spon- sored several skating parties during the yean

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KI-Iistory Con't.l of our dramatic achievement. Our versity basketball temu consisting mostly ofseniors placed fourth in the county. Five girls from our class took the D.A,R. Test. They were Nancy Greeng Norma 'Graham, Pearlcnc Williams, Etta Jo Maynard, amdJane Reynolds. Miss Scioto at the Pumpkin Show. She had the honor of being Miss Pumpkin Show of l9h5. We have been led through the strugr gles of four years of high school by our class president William-Dechert. ' V As we, robed in cap and sewn, solemnly received our graduating diplomas on May 21, l9L6, we felt sad at the thought of leaving our beloved Alma Meterg too, we realized the truth of our motto, NOut of school life, into life's scheoln, for we knew not 'what lay before us. Pearlene Williams