The Plains High School - Yearbook (The Plains, OH)

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we will see less of each other, and of our teachers whom we have learned to love. However, we expect to return next fall, and pursue our schcol work through additional years. We aie confident, our Board of Education will add to the present course of study till we have completed preparation for college in Our Own Hume School. Marie Davis CLASS PROPHECY. One evening after school. I started for a stroll. I had not gone very far when I saw a small, black object lying directly in front of me. I stopped and picked it up. Imagine mv surprise when upon exam- ining it, I found it to be a curious shaped mirror. As I was turning it in different directions, so as to determine its exact nature, I accidentally pressed a small button. “What do you wish to know?” a shrill voice asked. “I am a magic glass. By merely looking into me any person may see the events of the futui’e.” If that be so, then show me the future cf the members of the Senior Class.” “•You may have your desire. Only gaze into the mirror.” The first scene was in a hospital along the Rio Grande River in Texas. A beautiful young nurse was taking care of a wounded soldier. She looked up and I recognized Thelma Hawk. T hen I saw the interior of a large department store. It was sale clay, and a busy throng of people kept crowding and pushing their way toward the waist stand. Presently the clerk reached un to ar- range a pile of goods, and I saw that she was one of my old class- mates. Beatrice Boucher. The scenes fol’cwed each other ranidly. I was lork:ng next unon a public recital in New York City. The splendid building was filled with richly dressed people. As the chief star of the evening was an- nounced, a general clapping of hands took place. Presently, a tall slender girl appeared unon the stage, s she lifted her violin to play I saw that it was none other than Mildred Poling. Next was a view of a beautiful country h me. The grounds and walks surrounding it we''e carefully and artistically arranged. As I watched, a woman came slowly down the sfens and gazed about he” with a general air of appreciation. It was Maude Thorne, the great writer of nature stories. This was followed hv an entirely different picture. It was a tiny school house, which stood awav rut in a country district. Thelma Keeton the teacher, was iec:t:no- a class in Arithmetic. The children were all busy, so I concluded that she was making a decided success. Then there appeared a lawyer’s ffico in Chicago. The stenogra- pher, busy at her work, turned as the office dror opened, and I saw that the attorney was George Keetcn, while his stenographer was Lela Coon. A wonderful orchard scene was then shown. It was spring- time. and the trees were gorgeous with their delicate colorings of white and pink? When the owner came in’o v:ew, it proved to be Ellis McDonald. One other member of our class was also working in the orchard. It was Marie Davies, who had become an expert upon agricultural lines. Wh n I saw a clothes-pin factory, I was anxious to learn what it had to do with the story. But I soon found out when I saw Edwin

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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL-NINTH GRADE. Top Row, left to right: Mildred Poling, Ellis McDonald. Second Row from top: Lela Coon, George Keeton, Maud Thorne. Third Row from top: Thelma Hawk, Thelma Keeton, Marie Davis. Pupils now enrolled, but not in picture: Beatrice Bougher, Edwin Burdette, Vera Burdette. „ , , , , ,. „. This page is donated by C. E. Starr, dealer m general merchandise, The Plains, O. CLASS HISTORY NINTH YEAR. On September ninth, 1919, our class entered The Plains Junior High School as Seniors. We entered upon our work with a deter- mination to succeed. During the first few weeks most of us became a little discour- aged, but we have kept on working until now, we feel like we can manage the final exams. Our class contains only ten members, but we are a studious bunch, doing all we can for the good of our school. This year we found our teachers to be entirely new: They are: Mr. Hines, Principal, and teacher of Mathematics; Mr. Bryson, teacher of Science and Manual Training; Mrs. Alma Thompkins, History, Music and Home Economics; Miss Mary Fulton was our English teacher the first semester, but on account of illness she was compelled to give up her work. We were all disappointed when we learned she was not to be with us the second semester. She was a good teacher, and was well liked by all the students. After the holidays. Miss Edith Brohard took up the work as English teacher. She is liked by all her pupils, because of her kind disposition and earnest labor. We organized our c ss, March 1st, electing the following officers: Presi- dent. George Keeton; Secretary, Mildren Poling; Treasurer, Lela Coen. Class Flower— Carnation. Class Colors—Crimson and White. Class Motto—“Work.” Class Teacher—Miss Brohard. We are sorry to see school close for the Summer vacation, as

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Burdette plying his trade. He hoped to secure a better position, but was unable to do so cn account of his light weight. Just at this time, a strange old man came along, and asked me if I had seen anything of a black mirror. “There it is,” he said, as he snatched it from my hand and immediately disappeared. Senior Class. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL—EIGHTH GRADE. Top Row: Andy Hanus, Helen Jewett, Clara Gaskins, Elizabeth Schmidt, Edna bumgardner, Vergene Shields. S cord ko : Paul Roby, Mike Brindo, Mae McCallister, John Gabriel, Herschel Darnell. Third Row: Glen Channel, Delphine Keeton, Cecil Hale, Gerald Adams. One not in picture—Vivian Stage. This page is donated by Mike Krivesti, in honor of The Plains School. JUNIOR HISTORY. On the morning of Sept. 4th, 1918, twenty-five of us crossed the threshold of the P. H. S. and entered upon the duties assigned to us as Freshmen. The faculty was composed of Prin. Pearly Gaskill, Miss Lucy Evans, and Miss Brohard. We had many trials and tribulations during the year, but with the help of our teachers we overcame them. The Sophomores thought us a verv green bunch, but we were deter- mined to show them we would make cur mark. After a fine vacation we returned to school last September as Sophomores. Although our class had dwindled to the number of eighteen, it still remained a real live bunch. We found we were to have an entirely new corps of teachers, as follows: Mr. J. A. Hines, Principal, and teacher of Mathematics; M’. D M. Brvron, Science and Manual Training teacher; Mrs. Tomp- kins, History, Music and Home Economcis; and Miss Fulton, teacher