Vincent High School - Vinconian Yearbook (Vincent, OH)

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Our 0ff1C6IS for thls year were Presxdent Wayne l-lxll V1 e President James Maddox Secretary Betty Reese Treasurer .Tack Anderson We enjoyed two movles on two occaslons together Txme then came to choose our class motto colors and flower We chose blue and whlte as our class colors and wh1te roses as our class flower Our class motto IS Forward Ever Backward Never We are now on the pomt of graduatmg Our Semor Class play was staged Fnday May 4th ln the Hxgh School Gymnasxum Our Baccalaureate Sermon was Sunday May 13 1951 and we were graduated Friday, May 18 1951 Thus chrnaxlng and termxnatlng our assoclatxon wlth our frxends and teachers of Vmcent Hlgh School As we go forth upon our many ways we w1ll always look back w1th fond memorles on these the best and happiest years of our lwes Slenzor Class Will Fellow Classmen We are assembled to hear the last w11l and testament of the Semor Class of It was 1n September of 1947 that we the tmdersxgned, started and were committed to the dogged task of four years of a Hxgh School Educatxon Now, thls same Class of 1947 1n the face of our lnevltable fate of recezvmg our grades, w1th sound mlnds to brave the dangers of our future, do hereby declare thls our last wlll and testament declarmg all former wxlls and testaments null and vold Mr We1nstock we w11l our gratltude for puttmg up wxth us all these years Mr Eldrldge, we wxll our thanks for hxs patlence rn Democracy Class Mrs Holdren, we w1ll all the unbalanced accounts m Bookkeepmg Mr Graham we w1ll all the unpleasant odors from the Chemlstry and Physxcs laboratory To Mzss Morgenstern, we wall all our unused parts of speech To Mr Cordray, we w1ll all the unfxmshed projects 1n Agrxculture To Mr McFarland, we w1ll all the t1me spent ln Detentlon due to ungotten homework To Mrs Cormany we w111 all the sour notes we dxscovered during our four years ln Chorus and Band To Mrs Trader, we wxll all the empty pop bottles etc , left over from the basketball games To Mr Stone, we wmll all the long words we were unable to use The rest of our worldly goods we d1spose of 1n the followlng manner I Jack Anderson do wall and bequeath my offxce of Treasurer to Adelme Sm1th I Ralph Barnett, do wxll and bequeath my basketball ab1l1ty to Denny Graham I Cleo Calhhan, do w1ll and bequeath my curly blonde halr to Paulme Venham I Rebecca Collum, do wall and bequeath my cookmg abxlaty to Vera Dowler I Arlene Cooper, do wxll and bequeath my place xn the vars1ty cheerleadnng squad to Kxtty Collum I James Davls, do wzll and bequeath my red ha1r to sandy Calendme I Leshe Dalton, do w1ll and bequeath my abzlxty to get through hxgh school tn three years to Eugene Dolak I Ray Elder, do w1ll and bequeath my ablhty to sleep m class to Tommy Barrett. I, Francxs Foreman, do wxll and bequeath my curly halr to Charles Wxlhams ll L I I 1951. To ' . , . . . . - To . ' ' ' ' ' . To . ' ' ' . To . , . . . t , . . . . U D . . . t ' . . . . . ' . . . . . l ' . . . . . . . .. .

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Senzor Class Hzstory In the Fall of 1947 thxrty one trmrd but exclted boys and grrls entered the portals of Vrncent I-hgh School as the Freshman Class We had three new members wrth us th1s year James Dav1s, Marllynne 'cott and Avxs Dowler but we unfortu nately lost Agnes Francls and Rosalee West We were properly rmtxated mto the school by the Sophomores We enjoyed thxs party very much and we ll never forget the way some of us were dressed The followxng offlcers presxded over our Freshman Class Presrdent Nxna Mae .Tones Vrce Presldent Arlene Cooper Secretary Betty Reese Treasurer Wayne H111 News Reporter Shexla Robertson After a very pleasant vacatxon whrch we all enjoyed, we took one more step up the ladder of educatxon About the mrddle of the year we garned two new members and lost four of our fellow classmates Rebecca Collum and Carmellta Smxth entered our class whrle Lols Perdue Ray dolak Robert Wrllrams and George Wlllrams left our class Loxs Perdue chose marrlage rather than school George Wxlhams moved to Canton and Ray Dolak and Robert W11l1ams Jomed the Umted States Arr Force We remamed Z7 xn number In October we had our annual Freshman Imtxatxon They were wonderful sports and all of us enjoyed a lovely trme Our offrcers for thrs year were Presldent Arlene Cooper Secretary Robert Wrllrams Treasurer Marrlynne Scott News Reporters Leslxe Dalton James Maddox We occupled the th1rd of the four steps of educatron when next we entered school rn the Fall of 1949 The frrst rmportant task before us was to order our class rrngs Due to delay rn orderxng we recerved them rn February However he most rmportant task before We Juniors was to earn money to entertaln the Sen1ors rn the Sprmg The mdustrrous members of our class sold refreshments at half of all the basketball games whxle the Sen1ors sold at the remaxnmg number Thrs profxted us about 60 dollars We sold penczls wrth basketball schedules on them and thxs netted us about four dollars The last of March we sponsored Doc Wrllrams and Hrs Border Rxders, a radxo show from Wheelmg West Vlrglhla. and at last we had enough money to g1ve our J'un1oraSen1or banquet 1n honor of the Semors, Aprxl 21 1 50 Our offrcers were Presmdent Betty Reese Vrce Presxdent James Maddox Secretary Carmelrta Smxth Treasurer Jack Anderson News Reporter Della Mae Pyatt We lost two members of our class, Betty Anderson and Avzs Dowler who also chose matrxmony m preference to school After a very eventful summer we agarn entered Vxncent I-hgh as dxgmfled Seniors We sold refreshments at half of the basketball games and sold Chrzstmas cards also to make money for our Senror trzp and varxous Senror actrvltres 10 , . D . . . . Vice -President. . . . . . . . . Betty Reese . n . . . . . , t . . . . ' . . . , . 9 .

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I Wayne H111 do w1ll and bequeath my ab111ty to argue pol1t1cs to Darrell Stephens Herb1e Hunter do w1ll and bequeath my dr1v1ng ab1l1ty to Jamce McV1car Nxna Mae Jones do w1ll and bequeath my busxness ab1l1ty to Fr1eda Anderson James Maddox do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to study to Mar vm Metheney Ima Mayle do w1ll and bequeath my boy frxends to Kathleen Harvey Vlrglnla Mclntue do w1ll and bequeath my g1ggles to Frances Harter Reg1s Mollohan do w1ll and bequeath my cxgarette stubs to D3V1d Stephens Gerald O1 ndoff do w1ll and bequeath my knowledge of cars to Russell Kesterson I James Pr 1tchett do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to get out of answer1ng questlons 1n Democracy Class to Raymond Peckms Della Pyatt do w1ll and bequeath my quletness to Mark Burnfleld Betty Reese do w1ll and bequeath my freckles to W1l11am Chr1stopher Don Roberts do w11l and bequeath my fast drxvmg to Waldo Way Marxlynne Scott do w1ll and bequeath my he1ght to Joyce Lynch Carmellta Smlth do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to blush to Dorothy Morrxs Sara Jo Thornberry do w1ll and bequeath my short ha1r to Kathleen Beha Mary Wentz do w1ll and bequeath my abxhty to go w1th one boy for so long to Ellen Maze l Helen Young do w1ll and bequeath my shortness to Paul Orndoff executor of our last w1ll and testament In wltness thereof we the Class of 1951 have set our hands and seal th1s twenty f1rst day of January m the year of our Lord nmeteen hundred and f1fty one Sen 101' Prophecy I Ima Mayle was a nurse 1n the Wh1te Cross Hospltal 1n Columbus Oh1o I was engaged to B111 Jenk1ns and so declded to go to New York Clty to buy my trousseau Upon my arrxval at New York I checked m at the Park Plaza Hotel I was very t1red after my long trxp and after unpackmg my sultcase retlred for the n1ght The next mormng I decxded to get an early start on my shoppmg At noon wh1le Waltlng 1n lxne at the cafeter1a I saw someone who looked fam1l1ar I walked closer to th1s person and to my delxght It was Rebecca Collum She was now 1n New York workmg as a chorus g1rl 1n a nlght club We had lunch together and talked about our happy days at V1ncent Hlgh Rebecca was on her vacatlon and was commg home to Vmcent lhad completed my shopp1ng and so decxded to come w1th her as we were both very homes1ck We boarded a tram at Grand Central Statlon and soon arr1ved at Parkersburg We wanted to see the s1ghts of Parkersburg before gomg to Marxetta and together we started walkmg when who should we bump 1nto but Carmehta Smlth She had a Job smgmg 1n the Pe11canN1ghtCIub We also ran mto Della Pyatt who was now the manager at Murphy s Rebecca and I then took a bus to Mar1etta Arrxvmg there we saw a huge crowd surroundmg a platform We wondered what was go1ng on and started to mvesugate What d1d we see but Wayne H111 gxvlng a campalgn speech He was runnlng for Republlcan Senator from Ohlo We were crossmg the street when just m txme Rebecca pushed me out of the way of a speedmg stock car The drxver was Reg1s Mollohan who raced 1n all the f1rst class races When I fmally got to the other s1de of the street I saw a cowboy or any way I thought lt was a cowboy l took a second look and low and behold It was Don Roberts wxth a beautxful blonde He had been workmg on a Dude Ranch mn Southern Calxforma and was engaged to the blonde gxrl 12 I' . ' . . . . . . . ' I, . , . . . - . , . g I' , , . . A . 1' ' . . i I' . . . . , . . 4 I I, ' , ' ' h -- ly , . I' ' . . . l I, , . . . . A I' i . . . I 1, . I . . i I' . . , . . . . . I. K K ' . . s I' Y . . . , And we, the Class of 1951, do hereby appoint the aforesaid, Mr. Weinstock, sole