Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS President ..........Kelsey Lehman Vice-President .....Dorothy Shade Secy.-Treas.............Joe Graves Student Senate......Norma Thomas Robert Gillette The fifth of September, in the year of nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, seventy-seven new faces entered the Freshman room. With the able assistance of Mr. Williams, our class adviser, we soon became accustomed to the daily routine. For the first few days the upper classmen laughed at our very frequent mistakes, but we took it good-naturedly. Before Ions it was almost entirely forgotten that we were Freshmen, and nothing more was said. Every “Freshie” was a member of some organization, such as Latin Club, F. F. A., F. H. A., Band, Orchestra, and Glee Club. The girls’ basketball team did very well. In the class tournament they won over the Seventh Grade, but were defeated in the finals by the “Senior Gals”. The Freshman boys turned out in large numbers for football, basketball and baseball. They all tried hard and have high hopes for the future. A few of the girls were lucky enough to be chosen to take part in the special chorus directed by Miss Eilert. During the yeai we sorrowfully lost four of our members and gained one. This left us with a total of seventy-four. Although we weren’t the largest Freshman class ever to enter dear old V. H. S., we truly believe that we are one of the mightiest. The smiles that were always on our faces have proven that we can take it. We are looking forward to being Sophomores next year and are sure we are going to reach high success by the path which is “Slow but Sure”. NORMA JEAN THOMAS, ’43

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FANTASTIC FRESHMEN Class Adviser—Mr. Williams First Row—Arthur Bruening. Eldred Harsh. Nonaid Neargarder, Paul Marchal, George Frantz. David Boyd. John Long, Robert Magoto, Wilmer Pitsenbarger, Robert Simon. Second Row—Ruby Smith, Lucille Marchal, Eileen Stephan, Catherine Thiebeau, Eileen McEldowney, Rosemary DeMange, Mary F. Fellers, Mary Boyd, Evelyn Marchal, Helen Bashore. Third Row—Joe Graves, Eileen Kueterman, Norma Thomas, Rita Wagner. Wanda Pittsenbarger. Dolores Dapore. LaVaun Oliver, Deloris Long, Betty Althoff, Joan Cashman. Fourth Row—Harvey Hole. Betty Bashore, Dorothy Shade, Evelyn Althoff, Phyllis Grewe. Paul Ward. James Maher, Robert Gillette, Marie Beming. Fifth Row—Robert Allen. Phyllis Fritz, Viola Niswonger, Pauline Rismiller, Rita Bergman, Loretta Mescher, Stuart Treon, Chalmer Rhoades, Owen Shumaker. Sixth Row—Kelsey Lehman, Marceil Hemmelgarn, Billy Harman, Ralph Hunter, Junior Schilling, Otis Gilmore. Seventh Row—Russel Meeds, Dick Kindell, Paul Brandt, Dane Hesson, Kenneth Kueterman, Dale Brandon, Doyle Armstrong, Tom Magoto, Marvin Rismiller.

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Two handsome “Freshies” are caught with our assistant editor at the east entrance. Home Ec. girls at the school fair prepared ‘hot dogs’ and other ‘goodies’. A sneer of satisfaction is expressed by Jimmy as he has his picture taken. An assorted group of Juniors and Freshmen pose after one of their inter-class feuds. Their four initials spell M O B H; leave out the H, and you still have a M O B . ‘Speed’ Gillette seems confident of winning the ‘derby' as he prepares for a quick get-away. Bob flashes an Ipana smile as he prepares to “dig in’’ at the athletic banquet.