Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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Senior Officers President ll ............ Bob Binkley Vice President .eee lun. Glen Hayes Secretary ,,,-v --,.. C arole Waltz Treasurer ,r,r e, .,,, Martha Coffman Student Council nl- Vonnie Miller Howard Morris

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Recreation for Youth Parents, Teachers, and Friends, it is my privilege on behalf of the class to welcome you to this, our graduation. We appreciate your presence and are happy to have you share this great occasion with us. You probably realize the significance of this event more than we do, but we are thrilled and happy that you are here. During our vacation in the South last summer we bought a newspaper in a small town in North Carolina. A certain article and picture caught my attention. The picture was that of the renovation of a small building to be used as the new recreation center of a nearby village. It seemed that the Hfteen families who make up the town had accepted the responsibility of taking an old, abandoned church which was in need of repair, and creating this center for their young people. The building needed among other things a new roof and interior and exterior decorating. The women sponsored bake sales and socials until they had raised the estimated amount for this work. Then the young people and the adults worked side by side to accomplish the desired results. Besides completing the project they bene- fited greatly their fellowship of working together for a common cause. This project in itself is rather insignificant but the important thing is that the community 'realized the importance of wholesome recreation for their young people and did something about. Many communities realize the need but do not act upon it for one reason or another. In nearly every community where a teen center has been developed the problems of juvenile delinquency and low morals have greatly improved. I think we could expect the same results in our own community with improved recreational facilities. Some may challenge the issue of the need for a town-provided center by enumer- ating the wide range of activities for children provided by the school for practically nine months of each year, without considering what they are to do during the other three. If we were to enumerate the organized activities that are provided for our youth during the summer, I believe we would have to agree that not too much has been accomplished. In many neighboring towns, some of which are similar to Spencerville in size and wealth, there are rather elaborate facilities for the recreation of the young people. However, it is not necessary to create anything elaborate or costly. What is actually needed is some organized recreation in the summer. This very field on which we are congregated, when planned, had space set aside for tennis, horseshoe and outdoor basketball. But no steps have been taken to develop these things. The cost and most of the work have already been completed, if the adults of the community would supervise and help the young people to complete it. Many of the youth would also be willing to give their time and effort to help provide for a place of supervised indoor recreation. A place where the gang would be able to get together and enjoy the wholesomeness of a well-planned program of indoor activities. Included in these might be table tennis, shuffle board, and volley- ball. Another phase of this program might include an occasional, well-chaperoned dance. A refreshment stand would also be convenient. Here in Spencerville we have one of the best educational systems in the state, but it would be possible to give the students an even better education, one of social betterment as well as a formal training, if more recreational facilities were provided. Don't we owe it to our children to see that their education is expanded in this direction also? The provisions for a wider range of organized recreation during the summer which I have mentioned before surely should not be too costly or elaborate. This is a major problem and with the young men of our community soon to be in uniform a greater need for this recreation is immediately apparent for the young men who will be left behind. It should not be passed off without the most earnest consideration. We must remember that today's children are tomorrow's citizens and the form of recreation to which they now accustom themselves will greatly influence their type of pleasure in later life. The problem of whether this recreation is the right kind rests mainly with the adult citizens of the community. It is the earnest plea of the moral and social standards of tomorrow that we take an active interest in this real problem.

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Bob Binkley He has more pep than words can tell To say the least we think he's swell Class President 1, 43 Reserve Basketball 1, 23 Football, 1, 2, 3, 43 Echoes Staff 2, 43 F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 43 Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Glen Hayes A nice little fellow, with per- sonality too: His friends are many and his enemies few. Chorus 1, 2, 3,3 Class Play 43 C'ass President 33 Student Council 23 F. F. A, Historian l, 2, 3, Vice President 43 Honor Banquet 3. Carole Waltz A very fine girl is Carol Sue Waltz: She is nice to all and has few faults. Marching Band 1, 2,3 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4, Reporter 2, 33 Class Secretary 4 Reporter 23 Echoes Staff 3, 43 F. H. A. 13 G. A. A. 2, 3, 4, President 4. Martha Coffman Martha has dimples, is little and cute: Has a. swell personality, yet to boot. Marching Band 1, 2, 33 VVaitress 33 Class Treasurer 43 F. H. A. 1, 2, 33 G. A. A. 3, 43 Office Assistant 4. A Howard Morris Moose likes sports, is big' and tall' And lciary seems his choice of all. Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 43 Baseball 1, 33 Football 1, 2, 3, 43 Echoes Staff 43. Student Council 43 Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Emerson M-:norman Eyes of blue and hair of brown, A pleasant one to have around. Reserve Baskietball 33 Jun- ior High Basketball 13 Intra- murals 1, 2, 43 F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 43 Track 3, 4. Faye Kaniner Short, slim, and very neat: To know her well is quite a. treat. Chorus 1, 23 Waitress 23 brarian 33 Intramurals 1, 2, 33 F. H. A, 1, 2, 3, 43 G, A. A. 1, Li- .Terry Gossard Jerry is tall, handsome and neat: With a. singing voice that is hard to beat. Chorus 1, 2, 33 Eisteddfod 2, 33 Prince of Peaoe 43 Manager 2, 3, 4. 13 Track 2, 3, 43 Boys' Glee 2, 3.