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No girl varsity teams in 1950...but there was GAA

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2015 - 9:42pm

In the era before Title IX, when high school girls didn't compete in varsity sports, there existed the Girls' Athletic Association, known as GAA.

Here's the Bluffton High School GAA members from the 1949-1950 school year, 65 sports seasons ago.

Too bad, we'll never know how many trophies these young women athletes might have earned for BHS.

Names of the students are under the photo.

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99 basketball seasons ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 27, 2015 - 9:50am

Can you believe it? Ninty-nine sports seasons ago.

There was no Western Buckeye League and the Northwest Conference was two generations in the distance.

Here's the Bluffton High School boys' basketball team from 1915-1916. We know the uniforms were red and white, but this team was not yet called Pirates. That would happen about 13 season later.

Don Schmidt provided this photo to the Icon.

Open the photo to view the player names and to enlarge the photo.

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It was the 1950-51 BHS school year

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 12, 2015 - 3:30pm

Sixty-four school years ago here is the Bluffton High School Girls' Glee Club. This is from the 1950-51 school year. The names of the members are on the photo. 

Click to enlarge

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Now retired farmers of America

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2015 - 10:18am

Here's the Bluffton High School Future Farmers of America from the 1956-57 school year. Names of members are on the photo. Wonder what the price of corn was 58 crops ago?

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

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Could be a great-great grandparent in this photo

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2015 - 8:43am

Here's the Bluffton High School class of 1919 as fourth graders during the 1908-09 school year. The class is posed on the front steps of the school buidling that was originally on the site of the present elementary. Elva Moser was the teacher.

Student identifications are listed under the photo. CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN.

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Bluffton High School Hi-Y - 1953

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2015 - 9:40pm

Here's the Bluffton High School Hi-Y from 62 school years ago.

According to the Bluffton High School yearbook: Hi-Y is a group of sophomore, junior and senior boys joined together for good fellowship and to fulfll the Hi-Y purpose which is “To create, maintain and extend throughout the home, school and community, high standards of Christian Character.”

This photo is from the 1952-53 school year. Names of members are posted on the photo.

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