Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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Seniors Bonnie Rhodes ushortyn Hore's a lass with lot of wit, Her scholastic standing high, In the crowd she-'s quite :1 hit. But to some-one else- My! Band twirler 2: Mixed Chorus 1. 2, 3, 4: G. A. .L 3, 4: lf. H. A. 1, 2. 3. 4: NVee Er-hoes 3: An- nual 3: Senior 'Pest 4: Honor Banquet 3, 43 Prince of Peace Decla- mation 3: Class Play 4. Roberts A goorx q ater with pret eyes. Ont- of t e finest of 0 D S. 'l'eac'he:3 he girls how to ska T-hi-jew to llelplios for - i ate. I Athh-tsi.cs 1, 2, Mixed Fhorus 1, 23 Class Play . nnual 4: Reception - mmittve 3: Baselsallm X41 W'aiter 2. Herbert Schimmoeller nllerk-yn Herky answered his frountry's call, Never hesitated a minute. XVQ1 can he sure of Victory. XVith Herky out there in it. I . I . A. l, 2, 3. 41 Uhorus l, 2. 3. 4: Eis- tt-rlclforl 3. Sarabelle Simindinger H Sara!! . Brown hair. blue eyes :intl quiet, Has this Si-nior of 4-1 Her gentle ways we'll ' remember. XVhen our school days, are o'er. Q Girls' Chorus 1: Mixf-tl Chorus 2: Reporter for VVet- Echoes 4. age 1 7

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Seniors Homer Monfort Homer is a mischievous HUV- Never on the course. But some day he hopes to be. In the Army Air Force. Orchestra 3, 4: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 1, 2. 31 Student Council 2: Class Play 3: Annual 4: Reception Committee 3: Ring Committee 32 A Cappella Choir: XX'ailt-I' 2. Gertrude Moorman tlfllrudyiv Gertie is a quiet Miss Vt'huse grades are up to par. VVhen it comes to short- hand, She really rates a star. Defense Booth 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A. 2, 3, 4: Class Play 3, 4: Wee Echoes 1. 4: Annual 4: Ensemble Contest 1, 2: A Cappel- la Choir 2. 3: Athletics 1, 2, 3, 4: Librarian 2, 3. 4: Ensemble 1, 2, 3, 4. 777 771 Mary Moorman Izzy Little and shy. And always right, 'l'hat's our Mary. You guessed it right, Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4: F. H. A. 1, 2, 3: D, A. R. Test 4: Class Play 3: A Cappella Choir 22 Waitress 2: Ensemble 1: District C'ontest 1. Natalie Morgan Boots Natalie Morgan is her name. VVhen there's trouble she's not to blame, She has won fame with her singing, Happiness to everyone she's bringing. Band 1, 2, 3: Mixed Chorus 1, 2. 3, 4: G. A. A. 1, 2: Class Play 3: Re- ception Committee 3: Ensemble Contest 1, 2: A Cappella Choir 2: En- semble 1, 2, 3: District Contest 1. Mark Snidpr Dopey ln the Army now. ls a great refrain. Nllark answered his call anfl how, But he'll be hack again. Band: Intramural Bas- kethall 3. 4: Reserve Basketball l, 2: Baseball 3. UJM' Mart a Wood Woody Ht-re's to Martha, who's lots of fun. A guy namerl Neil. whose heart she has won. ller singing is tops. I must say. She may he an opera singer some day. Band 2. 31 Mixed Chorus l, 2. 3, 4: G, A. A. 4: I . H. A. 1. 21 Class Play 3: Wee Echoes 4: 4: Reception Annual Committee 3: Ensemble 1, 2, 3, 4: A Cappella 2, 3: XVaitress 2: Cheer- leader 4: Solo Contest 4: Athletics 1, 2, 3, 4. James Spyker Jim XVith his height and wavy hair, He pleases all the mai- dens fair. Sort of shy, but lots of fun, Vsually has his work well done. lf. lf. A. 2, 3. 4: Ath- letics 1. 2. 3, 4: Defense Booth 3, 4. I I Martha Morris asMartyv9 Blonde and sweet, But not very shy, If her you meet, You'1l not pass by. Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4: Student Council 3: tSecretaryp: Athletics 1. 2: Class Play 4: Annual 4: Reception Committee 3: Ensemble Contest 1, 2, 3: Ensemble 1, 2, 3, 4: A Cappella Choir 1, 2, 3: D. A. R. Test 4. Page 1 6

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Valedictory Members of the board of Education, faculty, parents, and fellow classmates Each day is a fresh beginning Each morn is the wcrld made new. Tonight - Commencement! To some it seems the end - to others but a beginning - a. time to try the strength of our character. 'Tis true, it is the end of years of work, play, joys and, perhaps, sadness of close companionship in the class-room, in sports and social contacts as a class, but is the beginning of something greater, something bigger than any of us. Yes, examinations and tests have caused us anxiety in school. Now, as we go to face life, will we be able to stand. each test and solve each problem satisfactorily? Have our predecessors proven their skill? We may answer this by observing the useful things about us. Take, for instance, our electric lights, radios and automobiles, which have become so commonplace as to have ceased to excite wonder unless we stop to reflect. Yet many members of the audience l- am addressing can remember when these things were not in existence. Many fields includ- ing television, medical scientific research, plastic experimentation and world air power offer us a challenge! Is it inevitable that these fields will advance with amazing rapidity? We, the youth of today, must sponsor these enterprises. The world moves forward on the feet of its citizens, We cannot stop thinking. Each of us owes a debt to mankind, regardless of the fact, that we do not like to admit such a responsibility. If we do not make the world better by our being here, we break faith with those who have lived and died before us. Can we, the class of 1944, accept this challenge? Several of our boys have already. They have taken their place in the armed forces. Their mettle will be proven on the far flung battle frclnts of the world. We, on the home front, will have more choice in our vocations. We may choose to enter higvhier -educational institutions, to step into the field of agriculture or to work in a defense factory to hasten the advent of world peace. Hundreds of fields are open to us if we wi-sh to continue our educa- tion. Alhough many new miracles have been performed in medical science, there will always be diseases to conquer. The new sulfa drugs are saving the lives of millions of soldiers, and sailors and marines, but nothing has been developed to cure cancer. Sister Kenny has alleviated much of the fear of infantile paralysis, but we cannot trace the common cold germ. What a boon to mankind if some individual might bring forth a simple cure for the ravages of this disease. The chemical laboratory has brought us such things as synthetic rubber, cloth made of milk and plastics made: of coal and soy beans, but as yet chemists have merely scratched the surface of new discoveries. Page 18