Richland High School - Portal Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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.

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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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THIS IS GOING TO HURT YOU MORE THAN IT HURTS ME. We saw queer looking creatures doing queer things in queer places on November 5, but then we can expect such capers when the Pep Club initiates new members. The Joseph E. Cover Studio moved right onto our stage on the 6th and 7th for the purpose of taking year- book portraits of our Seniors and faculty mem- bers. Also on November 7 Mr. Hotfman's physics and chemistry classes left bright and early on a field trip to Pittsburgh. Our last football game was against Cone- maugh on the 9th, which resulted in another victory for our team. The Varsity R spon- sored a dance on the l0th. Another educational tour went to Pittsburgh on the 15th. This time Miss Green's Sophomore history classes comprised the group. Dr. Ernest Nickel, talented bird imi- tator of Hollywood fame, treated the Junior High to a special program on the 17th. Richland was mighty proud when on No- vember 2O our head coach Mr. Varner was named Coach of the Year. A free drumstick to everyone who attended the Seniors' Drum- stick Jamboree on the 21st. The next day Thanksgiving vacation began, but not until the Varsity R gave away a turkey. That night our cheerleaders participated in the annual cheer- leading contest. School was scheduled to re- open on the 27th, but the season's worst snow storm gave Us two extra days' vacation.