Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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JACK EDWIN WORTHEN DESSA MAE WRIGHT SUE ADAMS PATRICIA ELAM Withdrawn ROBERT GLANVILLE CAROLYN HODGE Withdrawn GWENDOLYN HUFFMAN 23

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WILLIAM LARRY WALTERS JUDITH SUE WARD NORMAN WARD 22 MAJEL ROWENA WILLIS FRANK E. WILSON

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@Ca44. 'rtytetony In September, 1944, a group of excited children entered the rooms of Mrs. Yahraus and Mrs. Brown at Waverly Grade School to begin their first year of working toward a high school diploma. There were forty-nine girls and thirty-five boys. Some of those first students are still with us. They are Joyce Heibel, Wilma Lef-fler, Roger Andre, John Boyer, Maryanne Patterson, Bucky Downing , Robert Hickman, Mary Jane McCoy, Joyce Reed, David Brown, Robert Holsinger, Mary Jane Teichert, Judith Sue Ward, Betty Jo Stulley, Betty Lytle, Steve Hartmus, Wanda Thompson, and Robert Klinker. It didn't take us long to adjust to this new life, as our grade school days passed swiftly by with many exciting moments. Some of these moments were: The operetta, under the guidance of Miss Samson; tonette training, which began in our third year and was replaced by band in the fourth; cheerleading try-outs in the fifth grade; a basketball game every year which was refereed by Mr. Scott; and our sixth grade picnic at Lake Caldwell. The most unpleasant memory of grade school was the diphtheria epidemic. With our grade school years behind us, we entered junior high and a new building. The first few days were a little embarrassing because we just couldn't remember what classes were in what rooms. During these two years we had our own cheerleaders, a basketball team, and a track team. In 1951, we took the eighth grade examination and made an outstanding showing. The eighth grade commencement exercises soon followed. As freshmen, we began to copy the habits of our upperclassmen. The boys began to try out for sports, and four of our girls were elected as Reserve Cheerleaders. Three of them became Varsity Cheerleaders for three years. Our float for the Homecoming won us 24