Ligonier Valley High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Ligonier, PA)

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Pres Huston V Pres Mathews Secy Nucely and Treas Clark are amusedly watching Jam Foster drive away nn his automobnle Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on thus continent a new natuon concelved In Llberty and dedicated to the propo sutnon that all men are created equal Yes Abraham Lmcoln spoke these nmmortal words enghty years ago when our great country was engaged In the Cuvul War Today we are fight :ng nn another war And Instead of f1ghtmg to free lust the negro slaves we are fightnng to free everyone all over the world and establush a world f1t to luve nn It was just four years ago that we the Class of 1944 entered Lugomer Hugh 'chool Our country was at peace then and we thought llttle duced to hugh school society at mutnatuon and then at a party gnven by the sensors The next year we returned as gay sophomores and everythung went along normally untll that day December 7 1941 when the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor The next day we returned to school where everyone seemed too shocked and surprised to thunk of anythmg but that brutal sneak attack At twelve oclock we sat ln the audltoruum and llstened to Presndent Roosevelt declarung war on the Axns Powers It had all happened so raptdly we were dumbfounded and wondered what It all meant We began to realuze nts sugnuficance durmg the next few months lt meant sacruflces scrap druves buy mg war bonds and seemg brothers and pals off to war As lunuors and upperclassmen we helped to carry on the tradntlons and changes demanded SENIORS HELP FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Um GZQA4 Pmdewi ewewd Me DMZ by war condntuons Everyone was mulltary minded that year for we learned to march In our physlcal tralnmg classes and even our Jun :or Class Play was about army llfe The play A Letter to the Gene l was a comedy ably enacted by our class Thespuans Last August when we returned to our Alma Mater for the last tame we were proud and yet a llttle sorry that our school lufe would soon be over How qunckly those three years had passed' However, tnme moves on and brmgs great changes especnally durmg war days Our class was smaller thus year and rughtly so because some of our classmates have gone to the armed forces We also regretted losung Davld Martens who matriculated at Klskl thus year Charles Znmmerman and Bull Hemtzelman lomed the Navy durmg the summer vacation and soon after school started Bull Hoffman and Bull Cunningham left for duty wnth Albert Shultz and Lawrence Clark leavung at the end of the first semester Yes these boys were the f1rst to go from our class to serve Uncle Sam but as the days roll by there wall be many more Already some of our Alumm have made the supreme sacrlflce and It as whale we are thmknng of these valiant former students of L H S that we quote Lmcoln ln say :ng that lt IS for us the luvnng rather, to be ded: cated here to the unflnxshed work whlch they who fought here have thus far so nobly ad vanced We have a task before us and we are going to do nt The Mountameer 18 , Y , , l 11 - - ' ' - I f . . ,, . . . , - I s 1 ll Ill I I - I l . ' I . . I V I . . of when Wans lo come' W? were QFl:lC,'c'l,lY 'mm' work in factories and others are now serving in I I I J ' , . . . . . , . . I . I - ' H u. . . 0 i .- - - , , , . . , .

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The last Thursday of our school year had come and gone Duck Hegan lay un bed revuewung the events of the day Suddenly hus room glowed wuth a rosy hue He sat up unstantly and was startled to see a huge IOC War Stamp pasted over one sude of hus room It cant be' he ex claumed as he watched the Munute Man step down from the stamp and approach hus bed Who are you not one of those apparutuons'P No Duck Im proud to be the Munute Man you purchased today Your dume us helpung to brung about the peace for whuch we yearn Yes we re all tryung to do our part at school saud Duck By the way who was the petute muss who sold me to your homeroom representatuve? querued the Munute Man Oh thats Lous Betz She and several other uunuors help to sell stamps un the lubrary every Thursday explauned Duck Tell me all about your school actuvutues You look luke the athletuc type what about your sports? Well Lugonuer played some thrullung football games wuth a team composed largely of lunuors In basketball we drubbled the ball down the hardwood to score agam and agaun Also our lunuor gurls were the champuons of the basketball and volley ball tournaments Pardon the unterruptuon begged the tume ly gentleman but could you be perhaps the presudent of the class'-7 Yes I guess I am but I m proud to be able to serve such a cooperatuve group Already some of our class have left to help Uncle Sam Carl Dull Walter Kurunko and JUNIORS ARE ACTIVE IN SCHOOL Treas Ramsey makes cu new suggestuon about the Student Councul to Secy Roddy V Pres Earnest and Pres Hegan Alex Alexandre are un the Navy Elmer Shaulus un the Aur Corps and Sam Hutchuson un the Army Here on the home front we orugunated the udea of a Student Councul We apprecuate the freedom of assembly and speech un formung udeas to umprove our school Rughtly so There must be some very untel lugent lunuors And talented added Duck Youd have loved our assemblues Room 7s play would have unterested you Alec Alex andre as Paul Revere took tume to persuade Nancy Heuntzelman to buy a set of salad forks Room I3 featured Jum Ramsey as Luttle Red Rud ung Hood and Jum Noel as the Wolf Then there were songs by our Frank Sunatra Arthur Newell I heard Tucker Freeman and hus Meloduers mentuoned at the Post Office Is he a lunuor'7 unquured the Munute Man Yes undeed not only Tuckers Krupa kuck but Dean Earnest and hus Iucoruce stuck represented us Also we lunuors always have a play and a Prom Jum Noel had the lead un Plane Crazy whuch was presented March I But the Proms the most beautuful event of the year wuth every one dancung to the soft musuc of a good orches tra Although thus us most unterestung I must leave now saud Duck s unusual vusutor I hope L H S remauns as patruotuc as ever and the Class of 1945 contunues to be an ambutuous group You re a fine leader Duck Good by Good by mumbled Duck fallung asleep be seeun' you The Mountauneer 20 . , V X , -c XE s I 1 - - 1 32 I 1 - I 1 - - 11 1 11 ' - 11 11 - - ' - - - 11 11 11 - 11 - - 11 . , . ' 11 1 - 1 11 - 1 - - 1 1 - ' ' I I - - 11 11 1 . , , , . ,, . . . . I - . ,, . . . . . , . - 11 1 - 1 ' I - - 11 1 - 11 11 1 1 - . , . . . . ,, . . . . ,, . . . ,, . 1 - - ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 ,, . . . . . , . . . , 7 11 11 ' ' ' ' ,, . . ' I ' ' ' 1 1 . . . . I II ll - - - - . . I II u - 1 - - 11 11 - ' Il - , . 1 ' . . . ll . . . 1 1 1 . . . - 11 Il . ' I I 1 ' 11 1 ' 1 - ' - II 11 - - ' . 1 1 . 11 - 11 ' I I ,