TimeLine
for Lemon-Township | Monroe Local Schools
1871 - Building
accepted from the contractors for $6,660.
1881 - Lemon
Township Board member, Dr. James Macready asked permission: "
to use the unoccupied rooms of school house in sub district 10 for
high school which, which request was granted so long as it was not
needed for the use of said district 10".
1886 - First
class graduates from Monroe High School with 5 members:
- John Macready
- Ella Cheeseman
Vance
- Elmer R.
Lowery
- Ella Macready
Vorhis
- Edgar Eugene
Stewart
1897 - Only
year to not have a graduating class. There were to be two graduates.
Rose Conover Died and Clarence Warner quit as he did not want to graduate
by himself.
1885 - 1905
Teachers; Mr. William Mason, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hawk, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Harry Frost.
1905 - Guy
Dennison hired as teacher.
1910
- J.L. Miller
hired to help the one existing high school teacher who was teaching
16 classes per day.
- The enrollment
was 30.
- His pay
would be $900 for a 9 month teaching year.
- The population
of Monroe was 350.
1910 The colors
"Blue and Gold" began appearing in the commencement Exercises.
1911
- The board
decided to raise the quality of education by expanding.
- The existing
building was condemned by the state.
- The board
voted to build a new building for $16,000.
1911 - The
school had two teachers; Ida Masser (Moser) and J.L. Miller.
1911 - R.E.
Morrison was the music supervisor for the rural schools of Wayne,
Madison and Lemon Townships for about 10 years. He made a daily trip
of 30-35 miles over mud roads by motorcycle.
1911 - 4 years
of Latin is required.
1911 - the
"Old building" was torn down.
1912
- Ed Bolendar
came as high school teacher in the new building.
- This building
would house the elementary and high school.
1917 - to
avoid the spread of smallpox, all pupils were vaccinated.
1918 - Students
were furnished with transportation on the district's first "bus"
which was a REO Wagon pulled by a team of horses driven by Clem Harkrader.
1918 - All
school Prom was held.
1920 - sports
competition with other schools began.
1920s - Graduates
receive a class "pin" for graduation, which was held in
the Methodist Church.
1920s - a
small orchestra is part of the music program.
1921 - a cafeteria
is opened using the financial backing of the current events club and
the willingness of each member to help.
- Lunch Prices:
- Glass
of milk: (2 Cents)
- Cocoa:
(3 Cents)
- Sandwich:
(3 Cents)
- Some substantial
dish: (4.5 Cents)
- Fruit:
(3 Cents)
1922 - high
school employees 4 teachers.
1922 - Dr.
S.A. Livingston donates $100 of a total of $300 to start a library.
1922 - A high
school seal is developed.
1922 - Monroe
high school annual is called the "Mo-Le-To-Hi" which stand
for Monroe-Lemon Township High.
1924-25
- Existing
building is expanded to include a new "auditorium a basketball
floor... and an elevated permanent stage"
- A "Smith-Hughes"
agriculture teacher is added to the staff along with a "farm
shop"
- New Cafeteria
opened.
1925 -Girls
and boys basketball teams are started.
1925 - First
School Newspaper ".
1928 - girls
basketball team are "County Champs".
1929 - boys
basketball team the "Golden Lads" are county champs.
1930 - the
school newspaper "The Tattler" is replaced by "The
Lemon".
1930 - The
school mascot had been an Indian. The student body voted to change
to a new mascot "The Golden Hornet".
1932 - The
Hornet appears on the class ring for the first time.
1932 - The
first letter for cheerleading is awarded to James Stamper.
1934 - The
school applied for membership in the North Central Association of
Colleges and high Schools.
1935
- Football
is played at Monroe for the first time.
- Until this
time it was too expensive for the school to support.
- The field
was a cow pasture on the Hauser Farm.
1937
- The high
school becomes the high school for all of Lemon Township including:
Mayfield, Rolling Mill Park, Amanda and Excello.
- The faculty
increases by 22 teachers.
1937 - "The
Rocket" a memographed yearbook is published for this year.
1938 - The
cheerleading squad now has three members. Two boys and a girl.
1938 - with
the help of many individuals and WPA Projects blue and gold band uniforms
were made.
1938 - "The
Monocle" the first year book since 1924 is published.
1939
- The boys
basketball team goes 22-4 on the season.
- They go
to the state tournament and win two games.
- They lose
to the team that becomes the state champions.
1942 - The
war hit home as "Ray 'Pete' Black was the first Monroe resident
to be drafted.
1942 - The
Monroe fight song and Alma Mater were written by Charles Benner and
Eloise DuChemin Brate. Benner left Monroe that year to join the service.
1941 - The
school newspaper "The Mercury" was sent to all alumni in
service during the war.
1941 - "Previous
resolution for non-employment of married lady teachers" was suspended
for the duration of the war.
1946 - The
board named C.W. Young as the superintendent of Lemon Township Schools.
1947 - Servicemen
were returning. Several would return to high school.
1948 - 10
acres west of the school were purchased from John Zecher for use as
an athletic field.
1948
- A new two-story
section was added to the old building.
- This became
the new "front" of the building and is the current main
entrance.
1949
- W.E. Davis
was hired as the school principal.
- He was
principal until 1970 when he took a position with the central office.
- After his
death in 1977 a scholarship was established in 1977.
1951 - a third
floor was added to the two-story section built in 1948.
1952 - Lemon-Monroe
appears for the first time as the school name in the board of education
minutes.
1952 - The
consolidation of the Middletown and Lemon-Monroe districts is mentioned.
1954 - October
6th, the Lemon Township Board of Education meet for the last time.
1954 - Monroe
Elementary is built.
1956 - The
mascot changes from the ""Golden Hornet" to the "Fighting
Hornet".
1958 - Thespian
Troope 1709 is formed.
1962
- The "Victory
Bell" is dedicated. The school bell originally from the 1870
building had transferred to the 1912 building. It was torn down
in 1967 and the bell had no home.
- The parents
of Gordon Hughes II, '69 erected the bell structure on the football
field as a memorial to him.
1969 - Football
team is MML Champs.
1969 - Title
IX required all schools to have equal sports opportunities for males
and females.
1970 -
- In October 1970, the
band played for the opening game of the World Series at the then
brand new River front Stadium in Cincinnati.
- Football team become
MML Champs.
1971 - Football
team become MML Champs.
1972 -
- Football
team become MML Champs.
- In the summer of 1972,
the band toured Europe for three weeks, performing in 14 cities
in almost as many days
1975
- The Mens X-Country team
wins the MML Title
1979
- A succession
of school levies fail and the school board cancelled all extra-curricular
activities.
- Students
walked out of school in protest.
- Teachers
went out on strike for 6 days.
1982 - by
1982 7,450 students have graduated from Monroe. 7,000 of those students
were between 1936 and 1982.
1999
- Communtiy
votes to split Monroe High School and Elementary from the Middletown
School district. Monroe Local Schools is formed. Arnol Elam becomes
the new district's first superintendent.
2000
2001
- Students
begin using digital video equipment to document the history of the
Lemon Twp - Monroe Schools
2002
- Ben
Ryan wins Monroe's first state Wrestling title
2003
- MML
All League 1st Team
(Girl's Soccer)
- Bethany
Davidson 2003, 2004, 2005
-
Alex Hesson 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
2004
- The
New K - 12 building is completed at the Yankee Road location for
Approximately $32 million
2005
- Football
team goes 12 - 2:
-
MML title
- OHSAA
playoff qualifiers
- Region
16 Championship
- State
Semi-finalists
2006
- Football
- 10-2 record, SWBL Buckeye Division Champions, OHSAA playoff qualifiers
- Men's
JV baseball goes 11-3 (10-0 In SWBL)
- SWBL
All League 1st Team (Girl's Soccer)
- Kelsy
Svenkerud
- Jessica
Swift
- Kayla
Neace
2007
- The
"Hornet Times" Student News paper goes on-line
- Boys
Basketball SWBL Champs 14 -7 (9 - 3 in the league) (2006-2007 season)
- Tyler
Osterman career scoring leader at Monroe with 1,232 points and counting
- Men's
Varsity Soccer 17-1-1 winning the SWBL and go to the district finals
- Boys
Varsity baseball team records 24 wins and 6 losses, (a school record)
- League
Champs
- Sectional
Champs
- Districts
Champs
- Sweet
16
- Lady's
Softball team wins ?? games, along with winning the ???? League???
- Girl's
Soccer were 16 -0 in regular season with only 3 goals allowed.
- End
of Season = 18- 1 with 10 goals allowed.
- Undefeated
in the SWBL for the 2nd consecutive year.
- This
was the team's fourth consecutive League championship in 4 years.
- SWBL
Player Of the Year (Girl's Soccer) - Britney Beck 2007
- SWBL
All League 1st Team (Girl's Soccer)
- Britney
Beck
- Maggie
Hinkle
- Lauren
Turner
- Monroe's
first Varisty bowling team is formed
- Football
team goes 11 - 3:
-
MML title
- OHSAA
playoff qualifiers
- Region
Championship
- State
Semi-finalists
2008
- Arnol
Elam retires as the district's first superintendent and is replaced
by Elizabeth Lolli on January 4th. Bob Leahy is interim Superintendent
SOURCE:
1871 - 1982 is from the 1982 year book supplement written by Irene
and Jim Orem
