LHS59 Early History | 1959 Class of Lancaster High School, Lancaster, Ohio
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It's difficult to believe that we were ever this young. Our Young Faces:
1947... Kindergarten at St. Johns Episcopal Church
Back row: Mrs. Velerebome,
Gilmore, Mick Ault, Diana Fulton, ?
2nd row: David Kachel, Nelson Embrey, Jeff Randall, Joe.
Clark, Anne McCracken, Penny Perry, Jeff Harrison
David Youst, Susan , Susan Grove, David Molar
4th row: :
Conrad, Louise McAllen, Rodger Miller, ?, George Savoy, Phil Hazelton
Bottom row: Beth Ann Westenberger, Susan Cowden, Jon Nusbaum, Judy Richardson, ?,
?, ?, Steve Blum, David Sweyer
1947... Utica School... Grade 1
Top row: Left to Right
Mrs Schaefer, David Tobias, Carolyn Meier, Raymond Britch, Bonnie Carper
2nd row: Robert Sweigart, Jeanne Gerkin, ?, Kay Hedges
3rd row: Arlene Colllins, ?, Doris ?, Bobby Creiglow, Carolyn Snyder, ?
4th row: Paul Plinke, Leatha?, Norman Ream, ?, ?, Barbara Burke
5th row: ?, ?, Sharon McNichols, ?, ?, Karen DeLong
6th row: Sharon Woodgeard, ?, Freda Perry, Frances Grooms, Gloria Gambil
1947... South School... Grade 1
Top row: Left to Right
Mrs. McCrery, ?, ?, Dickey ____, ?, Carl Hickman, ?, Mike Campbell
2nd row: ?, Carolyn McCrery, ?, Margie Case, ?, ?
3rd row: Esther Appel, ?, Wanda Barker, ?, ?, ?, ?
4th row: Roger Miller, ?, ?, Catherine Knotts?, ?
1947... North School... Grade 1
Top row: Miss Cable, ?, Virginia Mattox, Gary Griffin, ?, ?, Carolyn Geil?
2nd row: Alan Hale, Mary Robinson, ?, ?
3rd row: Annita Marshall, ?, Bill Bougher, ?
Bottom row: Fred Williamson, Paul Plinke, ?, Phil Hazelton, ?
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1948... Utica School... Grade 2
Top row: Gloria Gambil, Richard Raymond, ?, Robert Sweigart, ? David Tobias, Arlene Collins, Paul Plinke, Barbara Burke
2nd row: ?, Jeanne Gerkin, ?, Lewis Siefert, ?, Norman Ream
3rd row: Bonnie Carper, ?, Barbara Crook, Doris?, Raymond Britch, Dixie?
4th row: Larry Gerkin, Frances Grooms, Bill Lohnes, Sandy Crook, ?, Sharon Woodgeard, ?, Carolyn Snyder, Bill Learch
5th row: Karen DeLong, Freda Perry, Bobby Creiglow, Leatha ?, Carolyn Meier
1948... North School... Grade 2
Top row: ?, Steve Miller, Carol Schwendeman, Don Kasler, Sharon Lendman, Dick Alvis, Linda Sherrick, ?, Marilyn Dubble
2nd row: Fred Williamson, ?, Larrt LaFever, ?, Judy Magnuson, Phil Hazelton
3rd row: Judy Richardson, Keith Jones?, Karen Stroh, Anita Marshall, Gary Griffin, ?
4th row: Bill Bougher, Fred Lama?, Jon Nusbaum, Nancy Conrad, ?, Ben Noland, ?, Jim McNaughten
Bottom row: ?, ?, Joe Clark, Charlotte Carnes, Brian Ward, ?
1948... East School... Grade 2
Top row: ?, ?, ?, Jack Klinker, Bill Hazlett, ?, ?, ?, ?, Dick Ellinger
2nd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
3rd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
4th row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
Bottom row: Bonnie Shaver, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
1949... North School... Grade 3
Top row: Miss Fausnaugh, Nelson Embrey, Julia Brown, ?, Barbara Brown, ?, Linda Sherrick, ?, Penny Perry
2nd row: Don Simmons, Anita Marshall, Jon Nusbaum, Max Whitmer, Lois Lutz, ?
3rd row: Freda Lama, Brian Ward, Nancy Contad, Sharon Andrews, ?, Sharon Lendman
4th row: Jerry Nicolia, ?, George Ruff, Mary Robinson, Alan Hale, Judy Jones, Tim Miller, Judy Torrence, ?
5th row: Ben Noland, ?, Don Kasler, Dick Alvis
1949... East School... Grade 3
Top row: ?, ?, Dick Ellinger, ?, ?, ?, ?, David Sweyer, ?
2nd row: ?, ?, Beth Westinbarger, Roger Graybill, ?, ?, ? Jack Klinker
3rd row: ?, ?, ?, Bonnie Shaver, Bill Logue, ?, ?
1949... West School... Grade 3
Top row: ?, ?, Sharon Murray, Jim Bowland, Ruth Severing, Lewis ___, Delores Barnett, ?, Nancy Binder
2nd row: Charles DeLong, Sandra Tobin, Dennis Sprague, Roger Powers, Phylis Lucas, Mike Campbell
3rd row: Lois Freeze, ?, Phyllis Starner, ?, ?, Loretta Nelson
4th row: Ronny Botts, Dorthy Frazier, Jimmy Jadwin, Tyra Noll, ?, Nellalou Awalt, Joe Canfield, ?, Martha Speaks, Carl ___
5th row: Roger Blosser, Shirley Harmon, Roger Severing, ?, Charles Milliser, Mary Ann Sanders, David Whittaker
1949... Utica School... Grade 3
Top row: Teacher, ?, Sue Septer, Bruce Rose, Carolyn Snyder, Richard Raymond, Bonnie Carper, ?, Freda Perry
2nd row: Raymond Britch, Sharon Woodgeard, Paul Plinke, Allen Underwood, Sandy Crook, Carolyn Meier
3rd row: ?, ?, Doris?, Bill Lohnes, Barbara Crook, Robert Sweigart, Frances Grooms, ?, Leatha ?
4th row: Diane Schaeffer, Clifford Underwood, Arlene Collins, ?, Karen DeLong, Bill Lerch, ?
1947... South School...Grade 4
Top row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
2nd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
3rd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Ester Apple, ?, ?, ?
4th row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
Cub Scouts, Den One, Pack One
Left to right: Jim Straten, David Sweyer, Paul Miller, Ken Dunkle, Ed Milsom, Jack Klinker, and Ken Metcalf.
1950... West School... Grade 4
Top row: ?, Fred Doss, ?, ?, Nancy Binder, Charles Delong, Lois ____, Don Hillyard, ?
2nd row: ?, ?, Joe Canfield, Mike Truog, Ellen Hinton, Bill Leach
3rd row: ?, Cliff Brode, ?, Gary Bailes, ?, Roger Severing, ?, Mike Campbell, Joyce Ruff
4th row: Hellen Asbell, Bill Mann, ?, ?, ?, David Whitacker, ?
1950... Utica School... Grade 4
Top row: Leatha ?, ?, Carolyn Snyder, ?, Bonnie Carper, Robert Sweigart, ? Norman Ream, Arlene Collins
2nd row: Raymond Britch, Barbara Crook, Bill Lohnes, ?, Sharon Woodgeard, Larry Gerkin
3rd row: Freda Perry, ?, Doris ?, Clifford Underwood, ?, Richard Raymond, ?, ?, ?
4th row: Bruce Rose, Sue Septer, ?, Carolyn Meier, ?, Diane Schaeffer, Karen DeLong, Barbara Burke, Allen Underwood
1950... South School... Grade 4
Top row: JoAnn Eisz, Nancy Jullian, Rodger Miller, Mary Larson, Roger Alexander, ?, ?, Nancy Schulz, Larry Simonton, Carol Tucker, Ron Shonk, Janice Burnside, Carolyn MCrery
Middle row: Marlene Weaver, Mike Preston, Ruth Nicolia, Jack?, Jerra Stump, ?, Ann Gilmore, ?, Janet DeLong, Harry Rhymer, Jane Thornton, Shirley Rogers
Front row: Janet Jackson, Don Hines, Sue Karcher, ?, Barbara Cottrill, Mrs. Tune, ?, ?, Carl Hickman, Linda Haynes, Tommy Lang
1951... East School... Grade 5 (2 Classes)
Top row: ?, ?, Haze, David Sweyer, Joyce Ruff, ?, ?, ?, ?, Roger Graybill
2nd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
3rd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
4th row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Jack Klinker
5th row: ?, David Smith, ?, ?, ?, ?
1951... East School... Grade 5
Top row: Verda Eyman, ?, Barbara Snider, David Molar, ?, Bill Hazlett, Barbara Buchee, Robert Lougue, Jane Paetow, Rodger Miller
2nd row: Bonnie Shaver, Robert Fahrer, ?, Tommy Gossel, Karen Warden, Dick Hoffman
3rd row: Sharon Mowery, ?, Eber Morehead, Lee Grove, ?, David Owen
4th row: Beverly Boyer, ?, ?, Joe Straits, Martha Elick, Don Finnel, Bonnie Mason, Dick Elinger, Sharon Matthews, John Stratton
5th row: Peggy Mason, Terry Eitel, Mary Lou Thompson, Gary Felton, Beth Westenbarger, Paul Miller, Louise McAllen, ?,
Janice Berry
1951 - Utica School Students Attending Cedar Heights School - Grade 5
Front row: Mrs. Winters, Arlene Collins, ?, Bonnie Carper, Nancy Schulz, ?, ?, Bill Lerch, Raymond Britch
2nd row: Karen DeLong, Freda Perry, Judy Woods, Carolyn Snyder, Carolyn Meier, ?, Robert Sweigart, Richard Raymond, Allen Underwood, Larry Gerkin
3rd row: ?, Doris ?, ?, Barbara Burke, Barbara Crook, Sharon Woodgeard, Bruce Rose, Sue Septer, Norman Ream
1951 - YMCA
Left to right: Joe Clark, Phil Hazelton, Steve Miller, Counselor, Alan Beery, Cliff Brode and Jon Nusbaum
In front: Chuck Allison, Steve Blum, Mike Wood
1951... North School... Grade 4
Top row: Mrs. Blosser, Nelson Embry, Billie Stiverson, Jim McNaughten, ?, ?, Fred Lama, Jon Nusbaum, Roselyn Hildebrandt, Joe Conrad
2nd row: Penny Perry, Phil Hazelton, JoAnn Ruble, Chuck Allison, Losis Lutz, Alan Hale
3rd row: ?, Larry LaFever, Mitilde Bowers, Don Simmons, Mary Ann Welch, Fred Williamson
4th row: Mary Robinson, Starling Neighborgall, Suzie Thomas, Leo Strawn, Judy Woods, Dick Alvis, Nancy Jean Ruff, Bill Weaver
5th row: Susan Cowden, Nancy Bennett, George Ruff, Karen Styroh, Nancy Conrad, Bill Bougher, ?, Carol Schwendeman
1951... East School... Grade 5
Top row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
2nd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Tommy Hammer
3rd row: Dick Ellinger, ?, ?, Steve Miller, ?, ?, ?
4th row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
5th row: ?, Eber Morehead, ?
1952... North School? Grade 6
Top row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Judy Jones, ?, ?, ? Jon Nusbaum, ?
2nd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
3rd row: ?, ?, Chuck Allison, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
4th row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
5th row: ?, ?, ?, ?
1952... East School... Grade 6
Top row: David Owen, Barbara Snider, Larry Arnold, Mary Lou Thompson, Terry Eitel, Dorthy Maddux, John Stratton, Joyce Brown, Mike Evans, Martha Elick, Roger Graybills
2rd row: Marjorie Reid, Gary Felton, Kay Kisor, Don Finnell, Rodger Miller, Bonnie Shaver, Dean Kitchen, Nancy Schulz
3th row: David, Sweyer, Janice Berry, ?, Beverly Boyer, Lee Grove, Eleanor Keller, ?, Dana McKenna, Robert Logue, Sharon Matthews, Bonnie Mason
4th row: ?, Bill Hazlett, Carolyn Mast, David Judd, ?, Barbara Bushee, Paul Drake, Karen Warden
1952... North School... Grade 6
Top row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
2nd row: ?, ?, Roger Graybill, ?, ?, David Sweyer, Dick Ellinger, ?, ?
3rd row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
4th row: ?, ?, Jack Klinker, ?, ?, Joyce Bown, ?, ?, ?
Bottom row: ?, Nancy Jo Ruff, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
1953... East School... Grade 7
Top row: Mr. Behrens, ?, ?, Sharon Matthews, Bonnie Mason, Dorthy Maddux, Beth Westinberger, Martha Elick, Joyce Febus
2nd row: Beverly Boyer, Janice Berry, Bonnie Shaver, Kay Kisor, Louise McAllen, Sharon Azbell, Lee Grove, David Smith, Laura Baucher
3rd row: Rodger Miller, Bob Smyers, Mike Evans, Bill Hazlett, John Stratton, ?
4th row: Jim VanCuran, Eric Rowley, Jackie Reinschild, Lon Awalt, Hubert Six, David Oweb, David Molar, Ronald Miller, Dean Kitchen
Bottom row: Tommy Hammer, Keith Woolever, Bill Townsend, Dana McKenna, ?, Vonnie Angelo, Pat Congrove, ?, Eber Morehead
1953... South School... Grade 7
Top row: Mrs. Ford, Ruth Graves, Gerra Stump, Karen DeLong, JoAnn Eisz, Twila Smith, ?, ?
2nd row: Kenny Spangler, Roger Alexander, ?, ?, ?, Norman Ream, Shirley Rogers, Sidney George.
3rd row: Anne Gilmore, Sue Evans, ?, ?
4th row: ?, Donna Hawk, George Johnson, ?, Bill George, Sheila Street, ?, ?
5th row: Esther Apple, JoAnn Cotrill, ?, ?, ?
Methodist Church Sunday School
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First Methodist Church Confirmation Class, April, 1955
1954... Club building in the West
1955... And they said it couldn't be done!
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&Summer of 1954 - Camp Arrowhead, near Jackson, OH
Jon Nusbaum and Mike Campbell
Jon and Barbara, Sept, 1954
East School, 8th Grade Class Play January, 1955
Row 1: David Sweyer, Joyce Febus, Nancy Ruff & Jim Van Curen
Row 2: Jane Paetow, Mary Lou Thompson & Fred Norris
East School, 8th Grade Class Play January, 1955
David Sweyer & Joyce Febus
East School, 8th Grade Class Play January, 1955
Jim Van Curen & Nancy Ruff
East School, 8th Grade Class Play January, 1955
Row 1: Jack Klinker, Eber Morehead & Eric Rowley
Row 2: Rodger Miller & Bob Logue
East School, 8th Grade Basketball, 1955
East School, 8th Grade Prom, June,1955
Row 1: (left) Ron Miller, Joyce Febus, and Jack Klinker
Back row: Bonnie Shaver, Marjorie Reid, Martha Elick & Mystery Girl.
In background: Bill Thomas and others.
East School, 8th Grade Prom,June,1955
Row 1: Mrs. Zinsmeister and Mrs. Keene
Row 2: Jim Van Curen and Beverly BoyerRow 3: Eber Morehead & Pat Congrove
East School 8th Graduation, Spring, 1955
North School 8th Graduation, Spring, 1955
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West School 8th Graduation, Spring, 1955
The Green & White Newsletter, May, 1955, ()
South School 8th Graduation,
Spring, 1955
Jack Klinker and Rodger Miller heading off to pick up dates.
8th Grade Prom, June 9, 1955East School
West 8th Grade Graduation, 1955 (Special Party)
Top (l to r): Ellen Hinton, Kay Kindler, Joyce Thomas, Gail Horcher, Helen Azbell, Lois Freeze, Nancy Tracey.
Bottom (l to r): Jimmy Jadwin, Roger ?, Mike Campbell, Gary Bailes
1954The Cheerleaders of Jr. High, 1955
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