New Castle Chrysler High School - Rosennial Yearbook (New Castle, IN)

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CANTEEN Coolcle puts a nickel in the iuke box while onlookers gaze in amazement. The music is soft or fast — according fo who put the nickel in. The bar at the canteen is always busily supplying stu- dents with soft drinks, candy, and pop-corn — the checker boards are in constant use — as are the ping-pong tables in the basement — the dance floor is crowded with the high school gang. You can find all this and more, too — at the Trojan Trading Post — the local canteen located at the Y. M. C. A. Yes, Mr. Haydn, this is our hang-out — the place to congre- gate after school — the spot to meet the gang — listen to music from the juke box — study a little and have a good time in gen- eral. Early in 1943 the townspeople began to realize that their kids needed a place to knock around in — a place where they needn ' t worry about breaking bric-a-brac, scratching up the floor, or ruining the rug by dancing or spilling cokes on it. With a little remodeling a portion of the main floor of the Y proved to be the perfect spot. The students have proved that, with the assistance of Mr. C. A. Wittenbraker and Mr. Maurice Parsons, the canteen is a great success. Deventng in one silly moments! of he It ' s the regular hang-out of the high school crowd — after ball games — club meetings — a place to meet before and after the show. You can catch up on your latest math assignment — or just listen to the latest gossip. Some towns have yet to get their canteen. We ' re certainly very proud and happy to have ours — and do we use it? Well — the chairs and tables are usually crowded with people — and there are even kids sitting on the radiators and leaning on the juke box. Come back again, Mr. Haydn, and see how our gang thrives at the canteen. You can always find someone there. It ' s the one place you ' re bound to meet all of your old friends, and get to know some of the other kids much better. Peg and Jamie, Mart and Mac. Cookie and Margie, and others trip the light fantastic.