Ashley High School - Rocket Yearbook (Ashley, PA)

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JH15TeQl2Y?-s 1 Z Z ,seals ,S On the balmy September morn in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred for ty six, the Freshmen Class became acquainted wi tlz the customs a nd manners of Ashley High School The first thing we did to protect ourselves from the upper classmen, was to organize ourselves into a Club Our adviser was Mr Greb Lasky, our Civics instructor To further school spirit, the Freshmen Class took t!1e responsibility f hiring buses to take students to football and basketball games To inaugurate our social life, we had as our aim, a party, which finally materialized in tlxe Spring of '47 Another September morn dawns and we are now Sophomores Our Club was so successful last year, that we again organized the Class This year, the object of our Club was to establish a school newspaper After much deliberation, 'we picked our staff a11d advisers who were Mr Greb Lasky and mr Murphy The name of our newspaper was 'The Ashley Hi Lite' published by the Sophomore Ac a demic Club. The nSAC'S' made tlxe newspaper so successful, that we decided to include the whole school as contributors Early in September, the Junior Class el.e ct ed Louis Kratz a s President, Ralph Skomsky as Vice President a11d Theresa Henicheck a s Secretary Treasurer In order to raise sufficient funds for the annual Junior Senior Prom,the Junior Class initiated the Usadie Hawkins' Dayn dance The Juniors, who had a profit able magazine campaign early in the year, augmented the class treasury tremend ously by continuing to hold successful dances throughout the school year The end of our Junior year came and the zenith of the socialyear ms reached the Annual Prom nThe Festival of Rosesn was the most beautiful prom ever presented in Ashley High School Our final year at Ashley High oh, how we hate to leave' For the first time in Senior Class history, Louis Kratz wa s elected president wi th no op position The other officers were Ralph Skomsky,Vice President,Theresa Henicheck Secretary and Ann Moll, Treasurer Various social functions during the school year were the Senior Classluay, the annual Junior Senior Christmas Party, and many dances o -v - 1- ' ' ' - ULook at my ring! ---- Isn't it beautiful?n , echoed through the halls early in February when the Seniors received their graduation rings. What a wonderful n U ' eeeee day' Graduation is rapidly becoming a reality Tempus fugit time flies, how true ' All too soon our final test was taken, and practice for Commencement began. Name cards, announcements and Yearbooks were distributed and our high school days are over We only hope that we will succeed and enjoy life as well as we have in high school F ar ewell, and welcome to our new Seniors ' lllw It-w'.1 's3

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SS PROPHECY CLA, sas In 'FameN a typical American city, reside many of our old acquaintances Let's drop in to visit for a moment On Domestic Ave is the nHomemakers' Clubn Here come our proud housewives Remember Vida Pezzner, Joan McGowan, Ruth Vaiksnor1s,Ruth Pezzner, Regina Pen- krot, Ida Orloski, Pauline Macko, Joan Chiback, Barbara Barcheski, and Doris Adams They are at ease this fine day for the children a re in the school on Learner's Lane, where Miss Margaret Shrader, Miss Joan Bartek,Miss Janice Pugh and Miss Shirley Caplan strive endlessly to aid in teaching the younger gener ation And this is the museum, owned by Mr Bristol, who is a famous hunter and explorer Inside attending an informative lecture on electronics given by'Radph Skomsky, the universal authority, is a group of military personnel Captain Steve Kerestesg Lieutenantea Jerome Sweeney, John Yanchek, Edmund Slabinski, John Pavlick John McGovern, Clement Kurovsky and Philip Bardar,Colonels:Kath leen Gillesp e, and Marie Craig It seems that Superintendent of Nurses, Joan Davis, and her assistants, Mary Ann Agonis and Madeline Gildea, have become art critics Perhaps tlmis is because Thomas Krupa CThe Old Master Painterb is such an excellent artist Society's Mrs Astorfeller Cvitzi CaplanJ certainly praises him highly What's the matter folks! You're famished W ll, 'The Royal Restaurant , owned and operated by Mary Zapotak and Theresa Henicheck, w il l co ne toyour rescue Despite the fact that he has devoted hi s life to chemical research, Professor Pomicter always finds time to have lunch here with hi.s ol4dcollege buddies, Louis Kratz, a brilliant electrical engineer,and John Antolik, Presi dent of Western Union NMake way for The One and Only Tootsie CTheresa Jeckellb, the popular comedian of the day, with her secretaries, Dolores Yanchek and Elizabeth Waydou Mean while, in another part of the city the prominent business men, Ray Bunjo, Lou s Dudkiewicz Andrew Gavlick and Francis Gavlick, are gathered to meet Bezrnie Oaks COkun ewskil, the man whose love for music has made him a renownedsuccess throughout the world See that diesel Guess who's engineer? Blow that whistle, Wayne, and get going for those 'Orlo' KFrank 0rloski's trade name! automobiles are needed b y millions of people It is no wonder he needs efficient stenographers like Ann Moll, Mary Joan Hooper and Marlene Toomey If you're walking down nCareer Courtn and spot a beautiful blonde Wow' That's Mary CDobranskiJ the Model with her personal beautician Bernadine Smnmw sk Get your autograph books out. Oh! happy day All three famous sportsmen in front of you at once Big Bill Dankos, Sam Kerestes and Doug W1lliams,p1us the academy award winner for the year, Miss Joan Marcotte Am I glad I live in HFameH. Just think' I can always see all my favor ite pals who despite their FAM are still the same friendly, lovable people I once knew way back in Ashley High School BH 'gf nb O e I ll Wstand back pleaseu, says Shirley Hughes, Fame's well-known police chief. I .I 1. A 2 is 7