Bishop David High School - Crosier Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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I2P I3HS summertime refr esh men I. Kevin Brown (left) and Tom Gathof (below) so well know. Kevin is there to swim, Tom to work as a lifeguard. Pleasure Ridge Park, the name given to the area bordered on the north by Rockford Lane, South by Pages Lane, east by Muldraugh Ridge, and west by the Ohio River, is an unincorporated suburban area inhabited by 20,000. Settled by farmers in the late 1 700 ' s, PRP had been a rural, sparsely popu- lated area until the recent suburban population explosion. Pleasure Ridge lays claim to an extremely colorful history. Marked by large prosperous farms in its early history, it received the name Pleasure Ridge Park due to the fact that it was a popular vacation area for affluent Louisvillians in the 1800 ' s. The earliest known buildings in PRP were a Dance Hall and a hotel at which many of the vacationers stayed. Brought into the seventies by the post-war suburban exodus, Pleasure Ridge ' s population has jumped from under a thousand to well over 20,000 in the last 35 years. Although the area is unincorporated, the people still band together and maintain that they are a community. As recently as 1965 the people have joined together to fight annexation by Shively although they cannot agree on the question of incorporation. Already marked by such landmarks as the Woodhave Geri- atric Center, formerly Waverly Hills, Pleasure Ridge recently received an- other major building, the Southwest Jefferson County Government Center. In an area of bad drainage, poor road maintenance, and overcrowding, the government center will hopefully give these people a voice in governmental affairs as the area continues to devel- op. Pleasure Ridge is well represented at Bishop David by students coming from three Catholic parishes in the area: St. Paul, St. Polycarp, and Incar- nation.

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• -.-.«. Valley Station, situated between the Muldraugh Ridge and the Ohio River on the east and west, and by Pleasure Ridge Park on the north and Cosmosdale on the south, is an area that is not only the fastest growing in Jefferson County, but also has an in- teresting past. The first settlers in Val- ley Station followed the railways into the area in the early 1800 ' s. Named after a whistle-stop and rest station of the old Elizabethtown and Paducah railroad. Valley Station was also de- pendent upon the Ohio River for transportation. Today. Valley Station is a well-pop- ulated suburban area which is centered around the Dixie Highway and its small businesses and shopping centers. With a population that is upwards of 35,000, Valley Station is an unincor- porated area that must depend upon the county for its government. The people of this area are currently fight- ing against a proposed Riverport De- velopment Program which will bring heavy industry into an area of the county which is mainly residential, fearing that it would damage the quali- ty of life in the neighborhoods. Some of the well-known landmarks in Valley Station are Valley High School, an imposing structure on Dixie Highway at Valley Station Road, built in 1938, the Vietnam War Memorial, and until recently, the Champs Valley Skating Rink which burned down this past summer. The Valley Drive-in is a popular spot for teenagers living in the area. There are four Catholic churches in Valley Station: St. Clement, Our Lady Help of Christians, St. Timothy, and Our Lady of Consolation. In an area somewhat distant from Bishop David, Dixie Highway is the important trans- portation route for students attending Bishop David.