Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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 Class Officers: President...................Janet Gunckle Vice-President.......Alan Steffen Secy.-Treas........Bonnie Rhoades Student Senate— Jane Ann Johnson J. D. Weaver September of 1940 came with a bang. And what a bang! During the last of the month, the hard-hearted upper-classmen decided that the poor little Freshmen had gone long enough without being initiated, and immediately set about to right this terrible wrong. Thus having been initiated, nearly every new Freshman belonged to one of the many high school organizations. Some belonged to the mysterious Latin Club, “Mastigiae”, others belonged to the F. H. A., F. F. A., the Girls’ and Boys’ choruses, and the mixed chorus. This Freshman class has so far been the largest ever to enter V. H. S. Eighty-seven members enrolled, and during the year we sorrowfully lost three members, but gladly welcomed two new pupils to take their place. This left a total of eighty-six. —Twenty-eight—

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First row—Arthur Berning, Cletus Schlater, Gaorge Frantz. Paul Marshal. James Tritt-schuh, Eldred Harsh, Paul Ward, Robert Magoto. Wilmer Pitsenbarger, Doyle Armstrong, Owen Shumaker, Richard George, Otis Gilmore. Second row—David Boyd, Eileen Kueterman, Viola Nisonger, Lucille Marshal, Evelyn Alt-hoff. Dolores Dapore, Betty Althoff, Joan Cashman, Wanda Gene Roll, Norma , Thomas, Dorothy Shade. Betty Shiverdecker, La Vaun Oliver. Mary Frances Fellers, Helen Bashore, Charlene Parin. Wanda pittsenbarger, Catherine Thiebeau, Marvin Rismiller. Third row—Noah Simmons, Thaddeus Barga, Paul Rhoades, Dolores Long, Mary Boyd, Lois Schaddt, Marceil Hemmelgarn, Pauline Rismiller. Phyllis Grewe, Rita Bergman, Loretta Mescher, Phyllis Weikert. Irene Wenning, Joan Rismiller, Irmalee McClannan, Margaret Barnes, Miss Royon. Fourth row—James Maher, James Subler, Arthur Lange, Billy Harman, Chalmer Rhoades. Robert Allen, Junior Schilling, Dick Kindell, Thomas Magoto, Paul Brandt, Mr. Fambrough, Harold Kueterman, Russel Meads, Stuart Treon, Robert Gillette, Harvey Hole, Robert Simon, Kelsey Lehman. Our class adviser, Mr. Fambrough, found that there were so many of us that we could not all be seated in his room, so the “overflow” was sent to Miss Royon’s room, “across the hall”. At an early meeting of the class, we elected class officers. This year we were represented in the F. H. A., F. F. A., Latin Club, Band, Orchestra, and Chorues. We are also well represented in sports, several boys making the teams in football, basketball, and baseball. Having successfully completed our Sophomore year, we are confidently approaching the Junior year and its more difficult tasks. We have resolved to take each year in our stride and are sure 1943 will find us us all completing our high school training and ready to enter the adult world and assume its responsibilities. WANDA GENE ROLL and NORMA JEAN THOMAS -Twenty-seven

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First row—Orville Myer, Dane Martin, Stanley Grilliot, Alvin Spraley, Louis Bernard, Paul Grilliot, Richard Barga. Junior Pitsenbarger. Robert Kissinger. Kenneth Klopfer, Eugene Lochtefeld, Paul Keiser, Donald Mumaw, William Stahl. Romain Mangen. Second row—Betty Barga. Evelyn Collins, Bonnie Rhoades, Joan Rlndler, Treva Trittschuh Dorothy Boomershine, Elaine Grilliot, Mary Fritz, Francis Manning, Dorothy Bertke, Ruth Wagner. Edna Reck. Ruby Subler, Janet Gunckle. Armella Overman, June Barga, Sally Ann Zechar, Theresa Wenning, Johanna McEldowney, Marcella Groff. Third row—Mr. Williams, Thelma Marchal, Margaret Baltes, Ruth DeMange, Betty Oliver, Norma Mendenhall, Norma Martin, Helen Bennett, Jo Ann Turpen, Jane Ann Johnson, Allen Steffin, Paul Henry, Fred Young, Eugene Barga, Leander Schroeder, Roger Shimp, Richard Marshal, Lester Simons, Paul Gessler. Louis Broerman. Fourth row—Junietta Finfrock, Barbara Schieltz, Mary Ellen Hahn, Juanita Grilliot, Margaret Seman, Lucy Ann Stoner, Homer Prakel, Cletus Gasson, J. D. Weaver, Noel Emerick. Jerome Bergman. Richard Banks, William Heft, Jack Mangus, Walter Simon, John Shumaker, Joseph Newman, Marshall Treon, Donald Berger, James Richhart. A few of the boys turned out for football and basketball, and some have very high hopes for the future. In the girls’ tournament, two games were played. The first was played with the eighth grade and ended in a tie. The second game was also played with the mighty eighth graders, and our Freshman girls sorrowfully lost. And now our Freshman year would not be complete without extending our thanks to Mr. Williams, our class adviser. We shall not soon forget his help and guidance during our first year of high school. We’ve finished the first lap in our journey, and we are looking forward to being Sophomores next year. So far it’s one down and three more to go. JANE ANN JOHNSON, ’44 —Twenty-nine—