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

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OUR FAST MONTHS AND YEARS In our search for knowledge our group, as all other classes have done, started on the first rung of the ladder, and now we find ourselves lifting our feet in readiness for the ultimate stepl Going back to the fall of nineteen hundred forty-four, there were thirtv- five of us who cair.e to he Plains School In the first grade to meet Miss Anna Gochnauer, the teacher. She directed us through our daily lessons with the help of our first student teacher, Miss Count, both for whom we have many happy memories. At Christmas time we made sugar cookies of many different shapes and sizes; then later, at the Easter season, while we were out for recess. Miss Count hid eggs and candies, and we had a hunt when we returned. Still later in that year for a class pro.lect we made an airplane and a bird- feeder. We fed the birds each morning, and soon learned the kinds of birds. Also during that spring season, we made flower boxes from ana 11 cheese con- tainers in which we planted flowers: and we gave these delightful gifts to our mothers as a Mothers Day gift. During our dally stcry hour while Miss Gochnauer was reading to us, we often enjoyed treats of various dried fruits. The next year in our serious moments we studied the customs of the people of Colonial days, and we made real candles. We also recall less serious events such as when Peverlee, Carole, and Merritt were actually spanked, and when Petty swallowed a thumb tack, which caused her to miss three weeks of school. Then, as the months rolled along, we went one step higher on the ladder and found ourselves in the third grade. Here, too, we had some stirring events! Waveline Campbell, who was always sucking her thumb, was enjoying herself one day when our teacher. Miss Ebba 7 ahlstrom, passed by Waveline’s desk and told her to put her thumb in a teapot. But Wave line did not wish to do that, so there was real excitement. During the winter we visited the University Library and the Chick Hatchery; we went from Hocking to Athens on the train--many of us had never ridden on a train. Turning to athletics, our teams were known as the Indians so we made Indian suits and ore sent ed an Indian play. As pert of our economic education, we our chased war bonds. W'e were next ready to climb the stairs to the room of Miss Alta Cooper. There we organized our class Into a club. For social life, we gave a tea for the sixth grade which was a traditional affair for that grade. As an- other function we honored our dear mothers with a Mothers’ Day Tea. That same year the grade school had a Jack Contest and th fourth grade was represented by Janet Howard; the fourth grade won. In the fifth grade we shared our thoughts and problems with Miss Irene Elliott, who was most helpful to us . As most other fifth graders had done, we went to Marietta to visit the historical museum. On the way we stopped and watched a boat glide down the beautiful Ohio River. At the end of the year we Journeyed to Nelsonville and visited the shoe factory; and when we came back, we made a frieze about it. And in our last year in the elementary building, we wished to excel In every respect. We organized a bird and a bike club. For another activity Carole and Marilyn gave a Manner play. At the beginning of the second semester, Mr. West came as our student teacher. He took us to visit the railroad station, and the Athens Messenger Building. In music we had recog- nition. Mrs. Ackerman, the music Instructor, supervised our group in the presenting of an operetta entitled SU22PY HEAD in which Dale Goldsberry was the leading character. In a doll contest that we sponsored there were flftv dolls entered. When we enthusiastically followed the pathway Into the other building to enter the seventh grade, we did not realize what was before us, but we soon became accustomed to high school procedure. Miss Beryl Cone was our home room teacher. We exceeded the record that year by having the highest enrollment which was sixty-eight members. We elected the following class officers: President, Dale Goldsberry; Vice-President, Carole Davis: Sec- retary-Treasurer, Marilyn See; and News-Reporter, Robert ''•eager. Mrs. Campbell, who was our science teacher, took us on a hike to Finney’s field. Later in the year Mr. Stauffer took us cn a mere ten-mile hike.