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Lyons Roar school newspaper Lyons Roar October 29, 1937 Volume 9 Number 2 SCHOOL CAFETERIA TO OPEN After an interval of six years, we shall again start the practice of service hot lunches at noon. Mrs. Roscoe Fleming will have charge of the kitchen and will be assisted by Miss Weyer and the home economics class. The meals will be served as cheaply as possible, and careful attention will be given to the providing of a good diet for school children. +++++++++++++++ AT ADDED A class in freehand drawing which meets twice a week gives a much needed opportunity for expression to those pupils of Lyons High School who are interested in art. This class is composed of twelve pupils from the four upper classes. Most of the work has been with still-life groups in charcoal and pencil, although there have been a few lessons on figure drawing and printing. The latter work was given in preparation for the art department of the Lyons Roar staff. Gerald O'Neil is taking mechanical drawing at the same period at which the others are studying freehand drawing. ========================= SENIORS HAVE PICTURES TAKEN Were the Seniors happy the morning of Saturday, October 15! Today they were going to have their pictures taken! Some of them arose at 6:00 o'clock to get ready for the great event in their lives. They met at the corners uptown at 8:30 where they all climbed into the bus which was to take them to Toledo. On the way down some of them were very quiet, while others sang most of the way. After arriving in Toledo, they went immediately to the Northland Studios where they registered. Then they were given a chance to break the camera, but I presume they did not as they kept on taking pictures. After being photographed, they separated into groups and went in search of restaurants as they were all getting very hungry. Having eaten their fill, some went shopping, while others went to picture shows. At 4:30 they all gathered at the bus, but as has always been the custom, two of the girls had to keep them busy waiting while they attended to some belated business. After waiting awhile, they finally got started home about 4:45. On the way home, they were not too exhausted to scuffle, play games, and throw the candy, which no longer tasted good. They got home about 6:00 o'clock, tired, but oh, so very anxious for their picture returns. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Lyons Roar October 31, 1938 Volume 10 Number 1 INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS The school board has done its best to make school more pleasant for us. Throughout the building new light fixtures make the rooms much more pleasant and lessen eye strain. The manual training rooms have been made into one, which is equipped with tables and chairs. This is the Agriculture room; however, other classes are also held here. The entire basement has been redecorated. New curtains have been placed at the science room windows, so that the early morning sun no longer bothers classes held there at this time. We also have a new mimeograph machine with which we are printing our paper. It is a great improvement over the old ditto machine, and we hope to have a paper more easily read. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Lyons High School is very fortunate in having a Smith Hughes Agriculture Department. Agriculture is now taught by a teacher trained in the method of modern farming. Each boy has one hour and a half each day to carry on his study of agriculture. The department is located in a large clean and well-lighted room in the basement. By making special changes in the class schedule it was possible to allow any boy in the upper three classes of high school to take this new course. The new year it will be open to ninth graders also. ================================= Lyons Roar November 24, 1938 Volume 10 Number 2 County Corn Husking Contest We Lyons boys are suckers for lollypops, because again we started for a corn husking contest. This time it was the county husking contest, and we started in the morning. Mr. Myers gave us a send-off with lollypops. (Boy, were they good!) Way Burroughs, our representative, placed fourth in the high school contest with 402 pounds of corn in the forty seven minutes. What was in that lollypop, Mr. Myers? Brame from Wauseon was first with 487 pounds of corn; Salsberry of Fulton was second with 444 pounds of corn; Cramer of Metamora was third with 442 pounds of corn. Wayne's older brother, Clayton, won the standing corn contest, establishing a new county record of 2037 pounds of corn in eighty minutes. ============================ Lyons Roar February 17, 1939 Volume 10 Number 4 MAN INJURED BY FALLING BRICKS Emery Bucher of Toledo, the superintendent of the construction work on the auditorium, was injured quite seriously Tuesday, January 31, in the afternoon about 2 o'clock, when a mass of bricks struck him on the nap of the neck. Many other bricks fell at the same time badly scratching his left hand and seemingly paralyzing his arms and legs. The bricks fell after some drilling had been done in the old auditorium so that a window might be put in. Mr. Bucher was quickly started toward the hospital, but the pain grew so intense that he stopped in Metamora, where he was given first aid. An X-ray was taken of his skull and the top of his spinal column. His skull was not fractured, but there was a concussion on his brain. He is in the Toledo hospital where he is expected to recover. ============================ Lyons Roar November 3, 1939 Volume 11 Number 1  DEDICATION SERVICES NOV. 10 DUSTY MILLER WILL SPEAK Nov. 10 CHICKEN SUPPER 25 A supper will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. in the new banquet hall. Fried chicken, biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes, buttered squash, cranberry sauce, cabbage salad, apple pie, and coffee will be served. Twenty five cents (25) will be charged for the supper. The proceeds will be used to buy equipment for the new kitchen. FREE ! PROGRAM At 8:30 P.M. a program will be held in the auditorium for officially dedicating the building. The contractor, architect, and President of the Board of Education will give short talks. "Dust" Miller" known far and wide for his humorous talks will give the main address of the evening. MUSIC Music will be furnished by the High School Band, the Harmonica Band and the High School Glee Clubs. No charge will be made for this splendid entertainment. You can tell Charlie I do know for sure the new addition, the gym and the grade class rooms, were being built in the spring of 1939 .Our graduation was the only time a high school graduation was held in the Lyons Christian Church. Lela Marlatt +++++++++++++++++ Lyons Roar March 22, 1940 Volume 11 Number 5 BAND CONCERT During the summer, many of the people who attend the free shows in Lyons come early to obtain a good seat and then have to wait until dark for the show to begin. In order to entertain those that do come early, band concerts, to be held before the free show are now being planned by the High School Band. Of course, the band will need to practice and will profit much by being able to play during the summer. The following merchants of Lyons have very willingly agreed to contribute toward the expenses of these concerts such as instructor's salary and music. Egnew and Belding, Farmers State Bank, H. Mortemore and Son, William Keith, First Brothers, Thea Gleckler, Forest Gillespie, Roy Tom, Clyde Dunbar, E. Copeland, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Hire, Stong and Stong, Arthur Gillespie, Ray Onweller, Ray Peebles, Carl Wood, Lyons Grain and Coal Company, E.A. Hall and Son. ========================== Lyons Roar September 29, 1941 Volume 12 Number 4 CAFETERIA Cafeteria opened Monday , November 4. Miss Weyer supervises menus, and Mrs. Maloy takes care of the actual cooking. Four home economics girls work in the cafeteria each week, alternately. The menu, made by the girls, is then okayed by Miss Weyer and Mrs. Maloy. The general menu consists of meat, a vegetable, salad, sandwiches, fruit, and cocoa or milk. The average number of students and teachers who eat there is between forty and fifty. The largest number there this fall has been seventy-one. Most foods are three cents a serving with the exception of hot dogs, hamburgers, chili, and a few other articles. Starting next Monday a soup and a drink will be served each day for five cents. ========================== Lyons Roar October 30, 1941 Volume 13 Number 1 HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS ACTIVITY LETTER Lyons High School has a new system of gaining credits for activities such as scholarship, participation in plays, noon activities and attendance at school parties, games, etc. The highest number of points received is 50 for Valedictorian. If, at the end of four years in high school, a student has gained 650 points, he receives a letter. Since this started only this year, the seniors are required to have only 160 points; the juniors, 325; the sophomores 490; and the freshmen, the full number 650 points. Points are subtracted for bad conduct. We are all going to try as hard as we can to get credits enough for the letter. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS This year seemed to be a very lucky year for the school. It has received new window shades and a new mimeo-scope, which will help the issuing of the paper more easily; the walls have been painted in several rooms and the auditorium floor has been refinished. Our library books, which have become sadly dog eared, are now being repaired in Adrian. We are all looking forward to the repairing and refinishing for the seats in the school. Our appreciation can be expressed only by our use and care of these improvements. ============================== Lyons Roar February Issue 1943 Volume 14 Number 4 MOVIE COMING!! Sometime in March Lyons School is going to sponsor a movie. The purpose of this movie is to get enough money to buy a portable phonograph and records. These will be used for music appreciation in grades one to twelve. Please try to come and bring your family because this phonograph is really needed. There will be cartoons which the children will enjoy immensely. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Lyons Roar February issue 1943 Volume 14 Number 4 pg. 2 REFEREE DIES Mr. Kenneth Wagner passed away January 22 at Lyons during our Metamora basketball game. Red", as he was known by everyone was 42, an employee of the Toledo City Recreation department. He was a devoted player of all sports and as we know officiated up to the final minute of life. Surviving are his wife Sarah, a son Francis who is with the U.S. Army; Kenneth, Jr., a high school freshman, Dorothy, a sophomore at Waite, Mary & Isabelle. Many of you saw the recent moving picture of Charles Laughton, Robert Taylor and others in "Stand by for Action". "Red" had served a long time in the U.S. Navy in the last war and attained the rating of Chief Petty Officer. He was his ships Chief gunner, and the gunner in the picture "Stand by for Action" was a portrayal of Red Wagner! He was thinking of going back into the Navy. The school children and people of the community have contributed to a fund which we have sent to his wife and children. The total amount taken was $53.45. +++++++++++++++++ pg. 13 LETTER FROM MRS. WAGNER Following is a letter which we have received from Mrs. Wagner, wife of the referee who died at our Metamora game. Dear. Mr. Elzay, Mr. Collins gave me the letter and money contained therein. I wish to thank you very much for the money and condolences on behalf of my children and myself. God has seen fit to take my husband and we are not to question His judgment but the shock is terrible. If Kenneth ever had any attacks before, we at home knew nothing about it. He hasn't missed any work on his job and no one every heard him complain. I have lots to be thankful for too. Kenneth and I have been married for over 20 years and in that time have had lots of happiness, faith and trust in each other. Our children too are something to be proud of and I pray to God to be given the power to guide them to be good men and women. Again I wish to thank you for very kind words. At a time like this good wishes and good friends mean a lot and help a lot. Very truly yours Sara Wagner and Children ************************* CONCESSIONS AT GAMES The commercial students are selling concessions at the basketball games. At the first game we sold only pop and ice cream and made a profit of $2.75. At the second game we added pop corn, donated by students, and made $6.50. At present we are going to invest our money in a war bond, and some time in the future the Commercial class intends to buy an adding machine. ============================== Lyons Roar April 30, 1943 Volume 14 Number 5 BLACKOUT On April 8, Lyons, along with many other townships in Fulton County, had a blackout. The blackout lasted half an hour. The siren gave the signals. Some firemen were stationed at the first house, others patrolled the streets. They reported it to be a total blackout, and every person followed the rules he had received. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Articles transcribed by Sheila (Marlatt) Chonko August, 2002 Back to Page 1, Lyons Roar Articles Return to Lyons Homepage |
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