Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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During the week of October 17, 1949 Clairton celebrated Pennsylvania Week using as its theme What Clairton has contributed to Pennsylvanids Progress . Jean Pascoe, above, a senior, reigned as queen. She and her court lent beauty and color to all of the week's events, In the lower picture are she and her court os they appeared at the Friday football game. They are, left to right, Joanne Haymond, Lois Kiggins, Nancy Haney, Jean, Ann Smith, Mary Lou Vitori, and Barbara NCQY, all seniors. For their essays on the theme mentioned above, Robert Lancaster, o senior, and Mattie Wesson, a sophomore, won first prizes. Other winners were, in order, Nancy Knott, Annette Monroe, Ted Vitori, Barbara Walker, and Laura Byers. The keystone city in the keystone state-this title could very well refer to Clairton, which, since the earliest settlement, has been steadily contributing to the progress of Pennsylvania. Not only has this city been of tremendous indus- trial value to Pennsylvania, but it has aided in the fields of education, athletics, and recreation. -Robert Lancaster in his Pennsylvania Week essay lairton celebrates E nn ylvania wee 4

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published by the forty-third graduating class for the students of clairton high school clairton pennsylvania may, l950

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fore ard we eeide to accent the future In searching for some special story our yearbook could tell, we naturally considered the obvious one for a mid-century book, a school and town history covering the past fifty years. But Clairton's civic, industrial, and educational growth had been well-re- corded in the Silver Jubilee Book of T947 and reviewed again last fall during Pennsylvania Week. Besides, we are young. It is more natural for us to look to the future. So we decided to let the accent of our book fall upon the fifty years to come. We live in a city which has a master plan for progress. Several new indus- tries are being installed in the vicinity. The school system is slated for changes and enlargement. The business district continues to spread. There are blue- prints for new churches, a new library, and new municipal buildings. ' What does it mean for us? As we gathered material for this book, we came to realize with some awe that we are this future we have been writing about, that the twentieth century's second half belongs to us. We and our families will be the Clairton of the future, the city will be ours to do with what we will. We know we shall need wisdom and strength. We want to dedicate our yearbook to the hope that God will let us use what we have learned and will learn to build a city that will, by the end of the twen- tieth century, be a city prosperous, good, and beautiful. cent nt l. Clairton Fifty Years from Now 6 Il. Administration .,....., 8 Ill. Seniors .,......... ,..,... 1 4 IV. Underclassmen ......,....,.,.,..,.... 46 V. Faculty and Students in Class 58 VI. Organizations .,... ...... 7 4 VII. Sports M ,. ...96 5