St Joseph High School - Gold and Blue Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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54 CLASS HISTORY 1956 60 ION reachmg the front door of St Josephs Hxgh School I pulse for just 1 moment vnhlle wonderful memorxcs relxve themselves True to form tht front door IS locked but I gust c1nt reslst 1 peek through thc keyhole Just one peck to ste once more the hllls of dear St ot but xuth that fxrst glance l see the Cllss of 60 xx llkmg through these halls for tht first tnme as Freshmen 'vly but ue were 1 1OVkdj group' Snster Eugene h1d that very drffncult task of bemg our home room teacher and I must mdd she was envled by no one Worst Freshmen Class ever to come to St oc so we vsert told Thus wxs emphasmtd by the flct that ue xx ere the largest class of the school From Sacred Helrt came the two Barbaras fBurns and Reger Carol Prosser lomed us from Lmcoln r Hngh and Davnd Muskera came back 1ga1n thns year Naturally we can t forget our recrults from Fatrma Blame Karen Mary Connell John Burke Bob Sara and Lmda Russell Boy' Thrs sounds lxke a lltany ohn Fleckenstem as our class presldent headed this great mob So many new thmgs that year' Even though we were just Freshmen we could attend the hrgh school dances And who wxll ever forget March of 1957 when we WON THE TOURNAMENT' ' ' ' F1rst txme m twenty years we let all Huntmgton know ll too' Although our r Hlgh basketball team dldn t do quxte as well as the varslty It certamly wasn t the cheerleaders fault Judy Hoskxns was captam and Lmda Burns and Renta Klesslmg backed her strongly wxth much pep and endless energy Hey we re gomg upstaxrs fxrst door to your left and guess whos standmg there? None other than wonderful Srster Mercla Thls brave S1ster mxtrated us as full fledged members of hugh school In between frogs crayfrsh and angles w managed to sponsor a. Christmas Dance the IF CA Newsletter and a very successful Slave Day As you can tell by our many projects we had a very able presrdent erry Bcrthold Bonme Cornwell was elected Sweetheart ueen that year We welcomed wlth open arms our new arrxvals Andrena Mahu Carol Johnson and Edwma Wxppel It was a great day for the Irrsh when fnve Sophs made the team John Smlth Joe Remhardt Johnny Alulse Bnll Carroll and Tom Baer We even managed two cheer leaders Judy Hoskms fback agamj and Adrena flmagme' Her fnrst year'J Rumor went around that Sxster Mernca really lxked her Sophomores when she let them do the - l , T I , ' ' ' s . ,' ' . Q ' ' ' ' l ' - , . '. ' ' , '. . , . s s ' ' , ' . , Q A U J ,S r t ' y - n A -5. v as H ' V Y X , K , ' - ' t . l 1 H fs -sk - , , y , '- 1 A y 4 C - I I ' v 1 , , V . CQ . . , . . . . , ,, . .J -, f - . A r - 1 . V f Gregoryj, Fleck, Marie, Elaine, Betty Wolfe, Dutch, Pat Blatt, Jim Marnel and Jim I . . , . . . ' ' 1 W 9 1 3 A 5 7 ! I ' ' I A . ' J . , . 7 . I . ' ll' ,Y .1 . . , . . , - J - , . . , , . . . ' 1 , . . . , . , - .- - ' . , ' , e , . . . . , ' ' Y . U J -1 r a D ' ' 1 . , . , . , . , i -

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BUSINESS MANAGERS Linda Burns and Bill Engbers 5. ,x wh 1. 'k ' 1 ' V' :- w'ff1'1f1f9 ff V-r ' STAFF ARTIST James Regcr STAFF TYPISTS Betty Wolfe and Marie Bicknell T531

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Passlon Play that year Thy Wnll Be Done was the name of ll and nf you dont mmd my saying so QI hate braggartsj ll was pretty good Speaking of plays Hugh W1ndow featurmg Edwma and John Burke vnon Fxrst Place at the State Drama Testlvll The Wheelnng DIOCCSWH Sodalnty Convent1on was held xn Huntmgton thls yelr and St joe played host In Aprll the new Sodallty offxcers Marcle and ohn were elected and prepared for then' dutxes by attendmg the Summer School of Catholic Actxon conducted 1n New York Lmda Canepa attended also umors' Already? That s what the sxgn says and Slster Amta assures us that we are when she begms to tell us our obhgatrons as umors Among them are a Turkey Raffle fruxt cake sale Halloween and Valentme Dances all leadmg up to the biggest and best of all the unlor Senlor Prom Dutch our pres1dent had a blg responsl b1l1ty wnth the Prom What a thr11l It was when we stepped mto the ballroom of the Frederlck that wonderful unforgettable n1ght udy Hoskms was our Prom ueen however that n1ght every gnrl looked llke a queen danclng 1n the Orlental Gardens to the soft musnc of Howard Jennmgs Truly class The Jumors really proved thexr worth nn S8 off1cers of the Dramatncs Club Fleck became the Legxon of Mary chose Adrena and Carol Prosser as A Nnght To Remember Coby and S9 Joe and ohn were elected Ir1sh Echo s new sports edntor the thenr off1cers ohn Burke Scrxbe was a credxt to h1s school by h1S several contest awards and Lmda Russell helped too wxth her prlze wmnmg artlcle about Hlrmg the Handlcapped We drd lt again' Penny was chosen Sweetheart ueen and Tommy and Elame our Halloween Klng and ueen But th1s year had nts serxous snde too The NMS and SQT Exams evoked sober th1nk1ng about college Pstttt' Guess what' St oe ISHS large enough An addltxon to the school 15 begun Here we are' Seniors' ' The addmon 15 fxmshed St oe 15 no longer a parrsh hlgh school We wxll be known as the flrst graduates from St Joe Central High Best of all Semors occupy the top floor Along wxth the new classrooms comes a new rule A fcvs grlpes were heard about separatmg the boys from the g1rls but everyone seems perfectly satxsfned vuth the Chvxsnon now Leadmg the semor gnrls xs Sister Irma our new and LFYJ urlcome addxtlon to the faculty On down the hall fwe have long halls nowj Snster Mercna has her hands full keepmg the semor boys nn lme Tom Baer IS at the helm as our class president The year book IS No 1 on the program wnth Plt Beatty and Pattv Malloy as co edxtors Its hard work but worth every bxt ' Q! ' YY ' ' , , , . i 3 l . 1 . Y .... . . v Q . , , ,. A - - ' , ' J J . , . W . . Q , . W , , - . . ' ' me as ' ' ' 9 J ' N ' 5 Q ' ' 'Q , ' - J ' Q Q , . . . . . . ' ' Cl ' ll V s 7 9 Clancy and Penny Handlin joined us this year to become two of the liveliest in our . . . , , I 3 1 - ' - u ' an ,I , , . . . . E . , s . . . . . ,, . . . ,, . . . Q , . . Q I . . . . , l . . J . , A . V ' r ' ' , . . , . I - . , -