Smithville High School - Fabrica Yearbook (Smithville, OH)

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Motto Tonight We Sail, Where Shall We Anchor? Flower Yellow Rosebud Colors Black and Gold

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Finds Us Farther Than To day Galen Moornaw 'Deeds, not hours, are the measure of life Charles Raudebaugh A good student and active in Agriculture Ralph Smucker Every man is the architect of his own fortune Gene Stuckey He's not only at home on the stage, but also on the athletic field Allen Zook Never trouble trouble, unless trouble troubles you

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Senior Class History It was a bright, calm autumnal day in September 1949, that the good ship, Smith- ville High School, stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year. Many people gazed upon it in wonder as they watched 54 girls and boys step aboard and wondered what misfortunes would overtake them on their voyage into new and untried water. We were naturally very enthusiastic and asked many eager questions of our Captain, Mr. Watkins. We were young and socially inclined, so it did not take us long to get acquainted with our fellow passengers. There were cases of seasickness and various ones were tempted to throw such disagreeable dishes as algebra and sci'ence over-board, but calmer waters were soon reached. But the ship life is unattractive without social events, so after a few weeks we elected our officers to take charge of these events. We elected Fritz Bland, President, Jim Sing- er, Vice President, Carole Lonier, Secretary, Doris Zimmerly, Treasurer, Paula Feusier and Dale Shamp, Stud'ent Council Repre- sentatives, Darrel Indermuhle, Sergeant at Arms, William Hutchison, News Reporter, and Mr. Watkins as Class Sponsor. We had to travel fourth class, but the third class passengers, generally called Sophomores, gave us a reception that thor- oughly initiated us into the mysteries of ship life. In November, Karen Berkey gave us a Hallowe'en Party in her cabin. A good time was had by all. So ended our voyage on the Freshmen seas. In September we started on a voyage over the Sophomore sea. We were experienced travelers now and so felt more at ease. We tried our wiles upon the fourth class pas- sengers, the Freshmen, this voyage and had a fine time. The crew hands changed again with Mor- rene Musser as first mate and the rest of the crew as follows: Fritz Bland, Vice Presi- dentg Betty Boreman, Secretary, Doris Zim- merly, Treasurer, Denny Litman, Sergeant at Arms, Carole Lonier, News Reporter, Paula Feusier and Jim Singer, Student Coun- cil Representatives. Betty Boreman gave us a party during the year. We adopted black and gold as our class colors and bought sweaters which added a bit of color to the decks of the ship. We felt that more social life was needed so we ended th'e year with a party in Gerald Elliott's State Room. 15