Aliquippa High School - Quippian Yearbook (Aliquippa, PA)

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l945-l946: New band director comes to A S., Mr. Ferdinand Spor- ney . . does amazmg work wlth band . . with war over, everyone tries to regain peacetxme atmosphere . . . new school courses offered ex- G. l.s . . . Rubinoft, the VlOl1Il1St, plays before record crowd . . . Tony Der- cole named most valuable baseball player ln the state . . . 338,000 in tools received by school from W.A.A. . . shop gets dismantled plane P-40 . . . veterans program g mg full blast Glrl Reserve 1n1t1ates glven the works f1rst class 1n woodworklng at shop twenty two men one woman t1v1t1es councll formed w1th Nr Hartman as dlrector new Llbrary Club the Alpha Beta Kappa choral cont ert blllowy gowns melodlous volces Band concert a c edlt to Mr Sporney band enlarged by thlrty mem bers Qulps trounce all other baseball teams cop W P I A L Cham p1onsh1p tr1p to Phlladelphla they lose Pennsylvama champlonshlp Ioe Zugay Day Ioe goes to New York to play to Amerlcan All Stars Pauhne Rogan Ed Mlasgowlcz crowned Klng and Queen IU May l:'est1V1t1es at last the graduatlon and the solemmty of pomp and clrcumstances 1847 F QU G-'dir 'P r , I 1 H. . . . - rv , NJ . . . . .L . . . 1 ' , - . . . GC' I I I Q l J. . ' . . . ., I , . . . f , , Y' . . - . . . , L . . . . . . . , , , 0 . . . . ' . . . , L . 11 11 T . . . . , . . . . , it 3 y 5 f I K ' f X f 4 LN! ' 1 :GSX H ,Iii V Q ' ' 5 YU k . . fin YM' ii- Y v-

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Lookm g Back ALIQUIPPA HIGH 1943 1943 l944 Eprdemrc ot colds sweeps school 1280 tudents and 26 teachers 111 football Ambrrdge Alrgulppa deadlocked 7 7 parade by students War bond rallles held to Wage bond ales S10 OOO worth bought rn one Week' Mrnute Man Flag flles for thrrty days over school assembly students spellbound by D 1' Ernest 1-lypnotrst blggest event ot year IS bazaar held to pay det1c1t of yearoook S736 pro ht students buy lc nk through bond sales coronatlon ceremonres ot May Kmg luke Suder and Qaeen Katy Kovalenko many graduates leave tor the armed forces reports come of A 1-1 S boys rmsslng or krlled ln actlon lam army lands lock stock and barrel rr' stadlum army show wows the crowds g1r1s n dreamland durmg thelr stay Mr Garlng asslsts rn Wrrtrng hlstory ot Pennsylvama rn faculty versus student basketball game boys wln 34 30 unforgettable Leader s Club Play Day at least one assembly sguee ed 1n every Week lohnny Smlsko cops state Jave lm champlonshrp decalcomanra plaque awarded to Allgulppa 1-hgh students for bond sales We buy through War bond ales a S50 OOO tralnlng plane th senror prom at last commencement and gradu atlon May Day fSSl1Vll1GS held 1n gymnaslurn on account of Iuprter Pluvlus . . . 7, , . N.. .. , I . . . - - I - 1 1944-1945: Eighth graders come to Aliguippa High . . . halls in a bed-

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L IIIFHIYJI -llllllll far back as hlstory records the story of atron rt pornts out the urgent need for lead n several rnstances rf 1t were not for thelr ort1nq words and authorrtatlve leadershlp all t have been lost hus 1t IS wrth us students We need kxndness 'ff dance and advlce whlch we frnd 1n the admtn tstrators and teachers of our school Always obllq rnq forever helpful they offer any servlces they can extend us gladly In apprec1at1on of the1r helpful servlces to us we can only say thank you May We prove our gratrtude by our qood work when We have left school That IS the only way we can really thank you or repay you For words we must adrnlt are but empty and mean lnqless shells 1f they are not frlled wlth results and successes Whlch only the future can unfold Therefore our gratrtude cannot be fully ex pressed at th1s trrne but you can be sure We Wlll qo out and do our best to make 1t up to you We thlnk teachers and admxntstrators that you have done a wonderful Job X .Q 1 ! , . 1 .I L ,,. ,f . . v 'tw tt t ... G . I K4 ' ' '- f , ,. . I I ' - , . l - . f