Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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Seniors 1953 MARIAN ALICE SHOBERT SHIRLEY C. Commercial SHRECENGOST Press Club. Commercial Tru Blu; Cheerleader; Sr. Tumbling Team; Student Court; F. B. L. A.; Sports Committee; Cafeteria Hostess. GENE A. SMITH MOLLY SMITH Academic Academic Sub-Deb; Tru Blu; Chorus; Cheerleader; Student Council Treasurer; Sr. Tumblinq Team; Girls' Ensemble; A Cappella Choir; District Band; Snapshots Committee. WILSON RAY SMITH SHIRLEY MAE SMITH General Commercial Underclassmen Committee; Ushers Club; F. B. L. A; Sr. Tumbling Team; Mixed Chorus; Hall Monitor; Co-editor of Beam; Cafeteria Hostess. H. JOY SPARE GORDON STEELE Commercial General F. B. L. A.; Art Editor of Beam; Art Club; Mixed Chorus; Features Committee; Hall Monitor; Cafeteria Hostess. Parade of History - - Atomic Energy It is impossible to relate the history of atomic energy through the last twelve years without going back over the long period of time leading up to the first real experiment man ever made with atomic energy. Atomic energy goes back to the first great scienitsts of the world. The atomic age has already started. It started in July, 1945, with the explosion of the first atomic bomb. The elemental flame, first fire ever made on earth that did not have its origin from the sun, came from the explosion of the first atomic bomb. At that great moment in history, ranking with the moment when man first put fire to work for him, the vast energy locked within the heart of the atoms of matter was released for the first time in a burst of flame such as had never before been seen on this planet. One of the things that is a wonderment among many people is: Can the power of the atomic bomb be harnessed in some way so that it may be used for good instead of evil? Science has told us that if we could harness the power from one atomic explosion, we would not have to worry about the coal for the furnace, the wood for the fire, or the gas for the stove, because there is enough power in one of the bombs to keep us from worry the rest of our lifetime. —George Morey 24 The Echo

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - Brookville Many needed improvements have been made in Brookville since 1941. There have been more than two hundred new homes built within the city limits of Brookville, and many old buildings have been remodeled, painted, or torn down. The council finally decided to take out the old street lights that were in the middle of the street and replace them with new, modern lights. Badly needed traffic lights were erected at the dangerous intersections. Although Brookville is not on the criminal side, a new and faster police car was bought and the police force was expanded. To keep the younger ones out of mischief, the people of Brookville started the Little League baseball teams, and for the older boys, the Teener League. Employment conditions have been much improved, and Brookville can now boast some of the finest manufacturing plants in the area. A newly-organized Chamber of Commerce did much to help Brookville. A new wing was built onto the hospital, giving us much-needed room and a modern operating room, kitchen, and laundry. A new firetruck and emergency truck were added to our fire department. All in all, we can readily see that Brookville's farsighted citizens have rapidly joined the parade of progress. —Fred Kelso MARY ELLEN REITZ Commercial F. B. L. A.; Library Club Treasurer; Press Club. SHIRLEY JEAN REITZ Commercial F. H. A.; Press Club; Seniors Committee; Cafeteria Hostess. EDWARD DEVERE RHODES Academic Rifle Club; Projectionist: Boys' Chrous; Mixed Chorus; A Cappella Choir; County Chorus. CAROLE ANN SHAFFER Academic Literary Editor of Echo; Tru Blu Treasurer; Le Cercle Francois President; Features Committee; Snapshots Committee; Groups Committee; Junior Prom Chairman; Cafeteria Hostess. DONALD L. SHAFFER General Groups Committee. HAROLD G. SHAFFER JOSEPH SHICK LEX SHIREY Academic Commercial General Le Cercle Francois; Foot- Varsity Club; F. B. L. A. Football; Varsity Club, ball; Groups Committee. Vice President; Projectionist; Football. The Echo 23

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Seniors 1953 IRA STORMER General Band; Dance Band; Drill Team. HELEN JANE STRONG Commercial F. B. L. A.; Tru Blu Secretary; Sub-Deb; Snapshots Committee; Ushers Club; Mixed Chorus; Cafeteria Cashier; Press Club; Secretary of 217. BERNARD ERIN TAYLOR Academic Student Council; Student Court; Varsity Club; Football; Baseball; Basketball; Echo Committees. ELLA AMANDA TENNIES Academic RUBY THOMAS SHIRLEY MAE THOMPSON GLENN E. THRUSH Academic Commercial General Argonauts; Ushers Club. Junior Class Play; Ushers Club; F. B. L. A.; Literary Staff; Cafeteria Cashier; Mixed Chorus; Art Club; Press Club; Yearbook Typ- ist. DARREL VANDERVORT General Parade of History - - Communism Communism as we know it today is a carryover from the days of Pluto's republic. Communism is an extreme form of socialism by which a share and share alike basis is used; that is, a movement that calls for the pooling of property resources. Communism has readily become a threat to our democratic way of life. The people of communistic nations have been fed so much propaganda about our country that they feel they would not want to live here. A program called Voice of America came into existence during President F. D. Roosevelt's term in office. This program was and is a means to contact the people of totalitarian countries and let them know just what it is like here in America. The Supreme Court has taken action in many cases of Communist espionage in the United States. Many of their cases have dealt with the giving away of government secrets and the selling of atomic secrets. Communism, or rule by the hammer and sickle, can be combatted only if every good citizen takes a look around and begins to realize that it could happen here. —Ellen Himes The Echo 25