Class of 1949
26th MHS Graduating Class
Wilma Jean Adams
Anna Belle Adkins
William Ishmel Anderson, Jr.
Betty Jean Ault
Darlene Bayes
May Emeline Blackburn
Gayle Vivian Bonzo
James Quinten Bowen
Robert Wesley Bowen
Faye Alma Cole
Carl William Colegrove
Paul Conroy
Vernon Glenn Coriell
James Columbus Crabtree
Paul Cecil Crabtree
Barbara J. Dryden
Paul Richard "Dick" Eckhart
Douglas Keith Eshem
Phyllis Jean Evans
Ferne Fannin
Charles Emerson Fisher
Harold D. Foster
Lloyd Eugene Garner
Erma Lucille Gilliland
Jerry Lee Helt
Billy Joe Hutchinson
James Harlen Jarvis
John Kennard, Jr.
Ray Kitchen
Glenn Owen Lawrence
Donald Coleman Lawson
Ruth Luvon Lyon
Wilma Jean Marcum
Betty Arlene Minzelli
Lawson B. Montgomery
Emanual Robert Moore
Nancy Lee Oberley
Emogene Ann Preston
Carl Price
George Clifford Reed
Dennis Eugene Rider
Rosemary Louise Seidel
Harold Edwin Sexton
Mary Jean Snyder
Hershel A. Sparks
Betty Louise Spradlin
Russell Homer Spriggs
Mavis Joy Swords
Delores Joan Veach
John Douglas Veach
Robert Albert Walter
Frances Josephine Ward
Helen B. Veach Wheeler
Kathleen Marcella Wiehle
Earl Fulton Williams
James Elton Williams
Vaughn Williams
Attended but did not graduate:
George Allen Griffin - served in Korea
Class Motto: "With effort, it can be done."
Class Colors: Blue and White
Class Flower: American Beauty Rose
Commencement: May 16, 1949, 8 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Clyde Hissong, State Department of Education
Senior Achievements:
Eugene Garner - 5 year Engineering Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, $5,000
He had the highest score ever made on U.C. Test
Douglas Veach - First Place, Senior Scholarship Scioto County
Ohio State University Scholarship
Betty Minzelli - Second Place, Senior Scholarship Scioto County
Ohio University Scholarship
Dick Eckhart - All Ohio Honorable Mention Basketball
Ohio University Scholarship
University of Cincinnati
Kathleen Wiehle - National Anthology of Poetry (3 years)
"A Little Church"
"Eternity Pattern"
"Night"
"Clouds"
Frances Ward - "Thoughts"
Emogene Preston - "A Bird"
Vaughn Williams - State Essay Writing Winner - "Why I am an American"
He won a trip to Washington, D.C.
State Finals Speech Winner in the Prince of Peace Declamation Contest
The MHS Basketball Team was Tournament Champs 1948 - 1949
They were District Runner-up, 1948, 1949
The MHS Band placed first in the Scioto County Parade, 1948 - 1949
Class Officers:
President - Lawson Montgomery
Vice-President - Jerry Helt
Secretary - Rosemary Seidel
Treasurer - Douglas Veach
Class of 1949 Photo