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

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ew af fwfr H? A1 UPPER GROUP Bock Row Hoover Andreychack Demyanovlch T Carns Flsh Jackson J Calrns J Ambrose Thlrd Row Corter Barber Campbell Crolg Clark Conley Clowson Frye Cramer R Ambrose Second Row J Carns Marlon Barron Jenkins Johnson Cochrane F Hauger J Hauger Margaret Barron Earnest S Carns Front Row V Johns Gamble Grahom Hutchlson Duce Fedorkey Deeds Houpt Hoffman Austm Absent from picture R Johns LOWER GROUP Back Row Tuberl Lynn Wolford J Zlmmerman Newell R Roddy Trautmcnn Tantlmger Nucely Marcus E Zimmermann Thurd Row Roberts Mclean McCurdy Moore Zurnclr McDow ell Shaffer Zeunges McMullen Knupp Younlun Second Row D McMullen Melvllle Weller Mumna Turcheclc Sloon l ther B Roddy Robb Szabod Front Row Serena Snyder Rlggs Yaney J McDermott A McDermott Monfuwe Ross Welmer McMaster Absent from plcture Woleslagle The Mountameer 25

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class By begunnung our secondary education un Lugonuer Hugh School we the Class of l947 have taken advantage of one of the great freedoms that Americans enloy Thus us that precious free dom of free education whuch us granted so that we may become able cutuzens ln taking advan tage of thus pruvulege we know that we have learned a great deal and also enloyed every munute of our first year un L H S Most of us were quute excited over our new posutuons For the first couple of weeks ut was nothing to find ourselves suttung un the wrong room or being late for class because we could easuly lose our way among the vast expanse of doors Besides our first look unto our Latun books left us weak un the knees But we were left un no better condutuon when cuvucs, algebra general scuence and English came along ln algebra fauth un people who do not belueve un the Hunt and Fund System Heres how some of us turned out Edward Clawson better known as Turkey was the polutucuan un cuvucs class Ernest Zimmerman made a habut of catchung up on hus sleep un Muss Keffers study hall Peggy Cochrane was our agule cheerleader Bernard Fush Dale Campbell Duane Craug and Turkey Clawson contributed theur extra energy to hugh school athletics by becomunq members of the football squad Dale Campbell and Turkey Clawson have also yielded to the excutung sport of basketball These freshmen sport fans wull be our future athletic stars Then too Mr Weller has duscovered an artustuc genius un Dale Campbell We freshmen are helping to fight for free dom by buyung war bonds and stamps We FRESHMEN CREATE A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE V Pres Cochrane assumed the presudency vacated by Ralph Alexandre and cooperated wuth Secy Campbell and Treas Nucely to lead an ambutuous have put forth an honest effort and have maun tained hugh percentages The Class of 1947 gave the Publucatuon Staff unusually fine support for freshmen They dud exceptionally well during the Mountauneer Subscruptuon Campaugn wuth a 'lO3'Xa tue between Rooms 2 and 4 Then un March they sold maga zune subscruptuons whuch netted the hughest profits ever realuzed un such a prolect un the hus tory of L H S and turned over the benefits to the Mountauneer Room 4 launched the freshmen assembly programs by portraying the Christmas story un colorful pantomumes After the holudays Room 2 presented a play called False Pretenses Jum Hall an alumnus of Room 2 helped them out when one of theur maun characters Arthur Fus cher, moved away Room 8 clumaxed the assem bly programs wuth a play entitled Elmer B ll Half Chuck Nucely fitted the part of Elmer a m chuevous young brother quute well He kept us constantly un an uproar when he decuded to play detectuve for the famuly but he dud more harm than good One day un December we thought we were seeung double when we duscovered to our amaze ment that twuns had enrolled un our class Anne and Jean McDermott have been hard to tell apart but have become valuable classmates Thus we have come to the close of the first year un our hugh school traunung a year un whuch we have receuved a luttle more knowledge and a luttle more wusdom to and us un attaunung our numerous varued goals un lufe un free Ameruca We are all lookung forward to the happiness and pleasure of the comung years un Lugonuer Hugh School The Mountauneer 24 . . ' , . . . , I . . ' I 1 , . . . ' . I ' . ' ll ll - s Q is s I I , . . . . . , - I ' ' class Miss Dickinson doesn't seem to have much . ' . ,, ,, , - - - - H . I ' ll ' ll ' I - u ' , IS' I 0 ' , . . Il II ' ' ' I I I I I - l I 1 ' ' . ' II Il ' ' I l Il Il . ' I ' ' . . . . . , . . . . u I .

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War plays on all the heart strungs of human emotuons We all remember the emotuonal shock of fear and dread that followed Pearl Harbor then the bravado and over confidence that took uts place and soon the settled determunatuon and the unemotuonal dogged perseverance of a flghtung people un Amerucas new war tasks As the months passed our men and women were sent to Australua North Afruca lndua the South Seas Persua, England Palestune Iceland the other Amerucas From tume to tume famuly heart strungs were plucked at heavuly when sud den news of a loved one beung made a prusoner unlured mussung un actuon or kulled arruved On the roster of Lugonuer Hugh School s hon ored dead are eught who have guven theur luves and one, presumably dead, who was reported mussung un the heart rendung fall of Bataan Lugonuer Valley and thus Hugh School share espe cually un the gruef of the parents of the flne young aurmen Ron and Red McCoy It was theur good fortune to meet un England Later Ron was unlured by flak un a raud over Frankfort On hus next mussuon over France hus plane was shot actuon over Germany To these bereaved par ents and to Jack McCoy Class of 43 and now un the Navy we reverently commend the ummortal letter wruten by Presudent Luncoln to Mrs Buxby who had lost five sons un battle Mr Luncoln wrote I feel how weak and fruutless must be any words of mune whuch should attempt to beguule you from the gruef of a loss so overwhelmung But I cannot refraun from ten derung you the consolatuon that may be found un the thanks of the Republuc they dued to save I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguush of your bereavement and leave you only the cherushed memory of the loved and lost and the solemn prude that must be yours to have Iaud so costly a sacruflce upon the altar of free dom Yours very suncerely and respectfully Abraham Luncoln The emotuon of gruef plucked heart strungs un the homes of Bull Peterson and Jum Fry both reported mussung un actuon The emotuon changed to reluef and then to fear when ut was learned that they were prusoners of war un Germany Each boy has communucated wuth home through the Internatuonal Red Cross and the Mountauneer uouns theur famulues and theur many fruends un an tucupatuon of the day when they return and tell us of theur many tryung experuences un the hands of the enemy Not all the pluckung of heart strungs us un pleasant Joy has come to the homes of several of our aurmen un the form of cutatuons for valor and gallantry un actuon Among these are Lt Ijgl Omar Menoher for outwuttung and destroy ung Jap Zeros and makung successful rauds un the South Pacuflc area Mal Thomas Clark for sumular performance un Chuna and Burma as well as beung shot down and swummung the Yang Tze Ruver to escape TfSgt Herbert Pruce for repaur ang planes durung seven weeks of almost unces sant aur rauds at Port Moresby Lt George .Ienkuns for hus outstandung work un the unvasuon of Suculy Lt Hearty Futchko for pulotung hus cruppled Fortress home after rauds over Germany Promotuons have brought cheer to proud homes of Lugonuer Hugh School alumnu Capt Tom Clark us now Malor Clark and Ensugn Omar Menoher us Lt fugl Menoher as a result of theur brave and resourceful flyung Ensugn Wulluam Lohr has been promoted to Lueutenant flgl although Bull has not at present entered the com bat theater Capt Clarence Pershung has re ceuved the rank of Malor as a deserved recognu tuon of hus years of servuce un two wars as well as hus Natuonal Guard servuce un tume of peace Mal Clark us located but thurteen mules from Mal Pershung un lndua and S Sgt Lewus Marker vusut What a happy uf a but nostalguc reunuon of three Lugonuer men on the other sude of the world' Mal Pershung us one of flve former faculty members who are un theur country s servuce The others are Edward Grega who left our classrooms for the Army Clyde Thomas former JV coach Wulluam Cramer former musuc supervusor, and Mulford Kurtz former coach and unstructor un algebra Henry Claypoole our agruculture un structor us awautung call at the close of school Bayard Saler former pruncupal has been a fleld representatuve of the Amerucan Red Cross un the South Of the many others who have seen actuon on the varuous fronts we mentuon Jum Clark Jack Nelson and Bob Leslue un Italy Ken Ander son and Ross Manon at Casablanca George Petty at Casablanca and Salerno Ray Heuntzel man at Tarawa and Demon Bull Talarovuch who, wuth hus buddy destroyed twenty one Japs and put seven more to flught Many other brave explouts remaun to be told about other men equally untrepud and fearless Now Aprul us drawung to a close Many of our young men are poused un England onthe eve of the heralded unvasuon Heart strungs are drawn taut and hearts resound wuth fear and hope wuth prude and longung wuth patruot usm and love wuth apprehensuon mungled wuth fauth and determunatuon knowung that each brave one wull acquut humself wuth honor for the Ameruca we all love May God grant them a safe and 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