Richland High School - Portal Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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ONLY l79 MORE DAYS. School days! School days! Another short and pleasant summer vacation ended, and classes were resumed September 5. As usual, the first week buzzed with excitement. Seventh graders got their first taste of high school life, still a bit awe stricken with the rush and glamour of it all, while the old timers greeted friends they hadn't seen in months. Probably the greatest activity of all, and we do mean greatest, was in the group which makes up the band. Just four days to get ready for our first gameg rushed like mad to get instruments tuned up, to learn new drills, to keep in step, and to hit a few correct notes. But it was worth it all when our team was victorious over Ferndale. Spirits were low on Sunday, September 10. Some of the boys from our school and others in the National Guard entrained for Camp Atterbury. This called for a send-off parade in which cheerleaders and band members participated. fOuch, those aching feetlj The various clubs were organized and the Senior journalism class published its first issue of the 'Echo on the 15th. We also won our second football game that evening at Berlin's expense. Our win over Portage on the 22nd, the Juniors playing host to the ring salesman on the 29th, and a gridiron victory over Beaverdale on the 30th pretty well rounded out the doings at Richland during the first month of school.

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BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATES hr It STUDEBAKER WALLS THOMAS WATKINS CAROL STUDEBAKER Witht a happy heart she goes her quiet way . . . has a high old time at Skateland, ACTIVITIES-Mixed Chorus 3, Girls' Chorus 1, 2. PATRICIA THOMAS A sweet disposition is a wholesome distinction. AC- TIVITIES-Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Echo 4, Mixed Chorus 3, Girls' Chorus 1, 2, 4, Mixed Ensemble 4, Polka Doi Chorus 4. STANTON WALLS Everyone has his hobby . . . Wobl:ley's pastime is in his car . . . or under it. ACTIVITIES-Sportsmen's Club 1, Varsity R 3, 4, Football 2, 3, 4, Basketball 2, 3, 4, Student Council 1, Class Secretary 1. We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Cooledge. WINGARD ZIPS YOUNG ALICE JEAN WATKINS A quiet one, but a lot of fun. ACTIVITIES-Sr. Y-Teens 2, 3, Pep Club 2, 3, Girls' Chorus 1, 2, Band 1, 2, Orches- tra 1, 2, Dramatics 1, 2, Class Play 4, The Portal 4. ELIZABETHANN WINGARD Acclaimed by all she meets as bound for great achieve- ments . . . her favorite saying is, Cat's fur' and kitten britches. 'ACTIVITIES-Pep Club 1, 2, Echo 4, Girls' Chorus 2, Mixed Ensemble 3, 4, Girls' Ensemble 2, Class Play 3, 4, Class President 3, Dramatics 3, The Portal 3, 4. MARY CATHERINE YOUNG A friend in need is ar friend indeed . . . Kay's pet expression is Holy Man. ACTIVITIES-First Aid 3. WILLIAM C. ZIPS Shall we call it glaclness or madness . . . Sir William Esq. . . . greets you by Hi, Babe . . . Sports a car . . . late model . . . many years ago. ACTIVITIES- Echo 4.

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SHALL WE MAKE A JACK-O-LANTERN OR A PIE? October started off swell with a two-day vacation the first week, due to the Teachers' Education Conference in Ebensburg. The Somer- set-Richland game was played on the 6th, and though Somerset just happened to be ahead at the final whistle, the game was a classic. On October 9 the FFA held initiation cere- monies for its new members, and from what we heard, the goat was in fine fettle. Friday, the 'l3th, the day when all superstitious persons tote all sorts of good luck charms, the Senior Class held a dance. lt was called, of all things, The Good Luck Dance. Our football team took both Shade and Franklin in its stride on the 14th and 20th respectively at the Windber Stadium. Everyone must come dressed as a hobo, so said the Juniors when they held their Hobo Dance on the 27th. Harold Lehman and Ruth Ann Knipple were crowned King and Queen of Hobos. They even rated their picture in the paper the next day. A deck of playing cards went marching down the streets of Johnstown on the 30th. A closer look, and the mirage turned out to be our band taking part in the annual Halloween parade. Hats off to Sally Stewart for doing another wonderful job of costuming. The next evening this same band captured first prize in the Windber parade. A patrol party at the school and the month of October ended.