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CLASS HISTORY CLASS COLORS: Maroon and White CLASS MOTTO: To Thine Own Self Be True CLASS FLOWER: Red and White Roses CLASS OFFICERS President...............................Dick McFerren Vice-President .............. Richard Moore Treasurer Mary Kinney Secretary Marilyn Watters The Class of 1950 started its school career in September 1938. Of the total enrollment thirty-one still remain in the class. They are the following: Francis Hoffman, Danny Schwardt, Wilma Heibel, Bethel Cook, Frances Rapp, Phoebe Copley, Mary Henkel, Andre Swiger, Roma Newton, Esther Bauer, Dorothy Fulscher, Gary Stahler, Opal Seeling, Doris Tackett, Goldie Emrich, Norma Beekman, Beatrice McNeal, Verna Tackett, Morgan Shrader, Bill Gildow, Leo Foster, Bud Downing, Don Carmen, Bill Breitenbach, Jimmy Markham, Rex Zonner, Floyd Scott, Richard Moore, Dick McFerren. In the first grade the class was under the supervision of Miss Keechle and Miss Dove; we then advanced to the second grade and there we were taught by Miss Pollard and Miss Hughes; our third grade instructors were Miss Eyler and Miss Pennisten; on to the fourth we went from the new building to the old one. It was there that we presented the play Scrooge directed by our teachers, Miss Andre and Miss Haynes. That year we also had a display of antiques. During the fifth year, under the guidance of Mrs. Hoeckh and Miss Brown, we organized a Junior American Citizen Club (MacArthur) to learn better citizenship. In the sixth grade we had an art class, directed by Mrs. Schultz. We also learned the state capitals that year. Mr. Radiger's reading from Little Men and Little Women was the high spot of each day. The next two years, junior high, were very exciting for us. We had to get used to the change bells, and we didn't have recesses any more. Yes, we were really growing up. When we became freshmen, we felt pretty important. Science seemed to be the subject we enjoyed most, especially when we got to use the microscope. In our sophomore year, we all wrote essays for a bank contest. One of our seniors won fifty dollars in that contest. Our junior year was a very important one for us. We had our first edition of the Hi-Lites, our first class play, Off The Track , and the presentation of the junior-senior banquet at Lake White. Now we have reached the most important year of school. Our senior year has been one of work and enjoyment. We've learned to know the real meaning of responsibility. Our class has participated in many activities such as: school paper, athletics, Senior Scholastic Tests, and the class play. The class of 1950 now moves on its way to even more successful years as we say goodbye to old Waverly High School. WANDA STRICKLAND
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CLASS PROPHECy As I opened the Pike County Dispatch, the headlines jumped at me: CLASS OF '50 HONORED AT LUNCHEON. The class of 1950 was honored today at the Ionian Room of the Emmitt House Hotel. The luncheon was given by OPAL SEELING, owner of the Seeling Food Stores, to acknowledge the return of Columnist ED HARTMUS from his recent tour of Europe. As I entered I was astonished to see MARY KINNEY who had taken time off from her duties at the United Nations to attend the homecoming of her old classmates. She was busily talking about world affairs with NORMA BEEKMAN who had gained fame as a detective in the F. B. I. The entertainers were BILL BREITENBACH and his band, featuring singer GERALDINE LOCKE. As an added attraction the Metropolitan Opera stars, MARILYN WATTERS and ALMA JUNE SANSOM, had agreed to sing for us. They were accompanied by pianist WILMA HEIBEL. Among the crowd could be seen the officials of the city: Mayor BOB FARMER, Fire Chief BILL GILDOW, and council members, NANCY EVANS and GOLDIE EMRICH. County officials who had graduated in '50 were also present: Auditor ALFRED McCOY, Treasurer RODNEY LEETH, and District Attorney GARY STAHLER. At last when all were seated, Ed rose to make the opening speech. He gave an accurate account of his European trip, including a visit to the U. S. Ambassadress to England, WANDA STRICKLAND. As Ed sat down. Opal told us that the purpose of this meeting was for each to tell why he had chosen his particular field of work. She called on FRANCIS HOFFMAN, who had chosen to succeed Bob Hope because he did not like to work. He made so many sarcastic remarks about the high Markham taxes—JIM was now governor of Ohio—that Jim was forced to rise and defend his administration. Following his speech, ROMA NEWTON and RAY PATRICK told how they had become associated as a Broadway dance team . Opal now requested HARVEY WHALEY, the modernistic architect, to tell about his housing plans to eradicate the slum districts. He insisted that he would never have succeeded if it had not been for the aid of brilliant RICHARD MOORE, president of the American Medical Association. Richard declined his share of the honor until the campaign for social legislation, staged by VERNA TACKETT, Ohio's senior senator, was given just attention. Next were the educational representatives of the county and state. ANDRE SWIGER received top rating for his handling of affairs as president of Ohio State University. Coach MASON SMITH was given much credit for the Buckeye's gridiron achievements of the year, but he refused to disclose any of their techniques. Dramatic teacher at Rio Grande, ESTHER BAUER, told how to get more meaning from Shakesperian plays. DENNIS SNIVELY, superintendent of Waverly, gave a brief talk on his strategy of student discipline, and DON CARMAN, teacher of English IV, advanced some helpful hints on controlling seniors. 20
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