Ben Avon High School - Novaneb Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Backward Freshmen boleky William mccoy mary thompson bruce Wilhelm jack espenchied olive lewis newell hunter naney younger paul kidd eleanor mccabe roy Simpson janet marble arthur anderson frances arthur margaret pritchett allen reed mary miller helen witherspoon john lobkowitz kathryne grant ruth hahn mary owens robert ' Thirty-tw'o smith gladys thompson leslie henkel earl francies mary louise rosenfelder glenn warren gertrude mcnally robeLrt anderson gertrude ' johnstone francis Woodward helen nuttal anne fanlhaber joseph hillwig edna flaccus elmer rahm emily conway henry van vranken Hora mcnally john boleky dorothy knickerbocker arthur metz alice lane beatrice nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 'UL'IUUUUUUUUG mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm M 9m

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WWWWWWWUWWWWWWW Freshmen Class History In the year of 0111' Lord nineteen 1111111111111 211111 1111101111, the most 1'1'111211'1121l1le class that ever graced these 111'111'11is1's was enrolled 111 the first 5.1121110 01' the B1111 Avon Public School. This truly 110121l1l11 g1'02111 l121s l1ec11111e 11111 111'0s1l11t I4l1'1lsl11112111 vltlss. Only seventeen 11e11121i11 0111 01' thirty 01'igi1121l 1111111111111's. 11.111119; the c0111'se 01' 31021124 we have added to 0111' eluss twenty-six 1111w 1111111111111's, s0 tl121t we now 112110 0111011011 111 the present Freshman class t'01ty-tl11'ee exceptional i111livi1h121ls. The 01'111'111's :11'027e Newell Lewis, president; Mary 11211111, vi1'11-111'esi1le11t; Helen 1100111111111, s0111'et211'y; 211111 Bob McNally, treasurer. The olnss 110111'11s1111t21tives t0 the Student Council 2111- Mary Reed, 111111 Bob 1VI17N11lly. During the short 111411011 whivh we have spent in 11111 high s1'l100l building we l1211'11 made a remarkable record 111 2111 the diffel'ent 211'tivities. When in the seventh 511-21110 we had 1101: yet rounded i11t0 form, so the present S1111l11111101t11s 11121112151011 to s1'01e :1 win 0V01' us in the i11te1'-1'l21ss track meet. This 11111 1101 112111111 0111' 111111 spirit, however, and the next year we 111111. 211111 defeated the present eighth grade in the 5211110 event. As Freshmen we decisively defeated the eighth 54121110 in two t'00th21ll 14-21mm. 1Vl11111 basketball season 112111111 1110111111 both 1103's 211111 girls were defeated by the S0111101110res, but we made 1111 for this by again defeating the eighth grade twice. 1179 152111 look back 1111011 several brilliant social events. These include 21 11i1'11ie and party in the seventh 211111 eighth grutles, 211111 2111 elaborate dance in the Freshman Vear. The Avonworth Post of the American Legion presented 10 F1'21111'is J11l111st1111e 21 beautiful medal for 21112211'0111111 ability. This 1111111111 was the first 01' its kind over pre- sented to :1 student in this school. The Bellevue Y. M. C. A. realized wh21t 21 11110 class we 1110 211111 tl10ught some- thing ought to he done for us. As 21 result they established 2111 01'g2111i7111ti1111 021111111 the Jr.-Hi-Yi This was 120111110se11 01' boys in the seventh 111111 eighth grades. We 112111 meetings every Thursday evening 111111 S21t111'1l21y 1110111111142. S11111etimes we 112111 dinners at the Y. M. C. 11., after which there would be 1111 interesting talk. During 1110 second year we organized 21 basketball te21111 whieh w21s 1101111115011 of seven boys 3111111 0111' class 211111 one seventh grader. W'e w011 111'111'ti1421lly 2111 of 0111' g'2111111s. This 01' course was due to the stellar playing 01' the present 19115211111011. Finally as the 1'111se of school dl'ew 110211, the 111011 111 1'l121i'g'e 01' this organization realized that they wen- about to lose :1 fine bunch of fellows. So 211 te1' 21 short 11is1'11ssi011 it was 111114111011 '10 divide the Jiz-Hi-Y into two separate vluhs. The smaller 1111111 w21.s 110111110se1l 01' 1101's in the sixth 111111 seventh grades, while the larger 111111 was 1'11111110s11d 017 the 1103's in the eighth grade 211111 Freshman classes. We 112111 the s21111e basketball te21111 this year and We beat every team tl121t we 1112111111. 11711 1111151111 most of 0111' games with teams in the north boroughs. This is 21 splendid record. Undoubtedly the future holds great things '1'01' 11segreat hehievenmnts i11 s1-l10l21s- tic requirements as well 21s in 11thleti11s, 211111 when the year nineteen 111111111011 211111 twenty-seven slips by, this school will l121ve lost. the greatest class that was ever enrolled. R. M. 27 WWWWWWL'JWL'JWWWWW WWWWWWW l! I 1:1 111 F whim 11L ' RV MWMEYJEM 1 E1 TERM 11111131 6.1.1.1011110 111 1 '53?me ammmmm'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ' T hi rty-n 11c

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UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 3 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ' .UL 6323121117 Grade 17211110732 How dea1'1o 0111'11031'15 a1'0 1113 3001103 of 0111' 11011001 claw When in after vea1's we recall 1110111 01100 111010 Ourteaehers, 0u1'01assl11ates, 0111' well 111u111110d 8011101 111111113 And all 1110 deal 110215111'0s that pleased 11s 01' 30120 Our filst il1110d11011011 10 room number 0110, Was made by a 10210h01',1l10 11051 11021111 1110 sun, She 11010 with 0u1'1'aul1s, and 111ug111 11s 0111' 1011015, We both learned 110w to spell. and 10 10511001 0111' 110110112. I11 1110 fifth and sixth grades we began 10 change classes, Which made us 1001 quite lik0 grown lads and lasses, We also learned s0wi11g'910 1110 boysl great dismay, For Miss Falls 11121010 them sew buttons 011, every day. And then 0111110 the year, 111081 important 01' all, For we went 11110 High School 1110 very 110x1 1:111. Although in 1h0 grade school w0 111111 quite 11 11111110, Yet here we were 110211011, indeed, not 1h0 same. We were scorned, we were p0110d, we tried 10 be good, B111 1110 more we endeavored, the lower we stood; But soon well be F1'esl1111e11 and 111011 we will 11,110w, That 0111' Student Government System 11215 helped us 10 grow. 015 the members who started with us in past, Several have left us, 01' moved 011 '10 town; But well all stick together, 11owe1e1' large 01' small, To prove that our class is the best 01' 1110111 all. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 D HISTORMN' 01' 128. B. 11. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 C- ?nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno Thirty-jhree '