Catawissa High School - Our Class Book Yearbook (Catawissa, PA)

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A Few School Activities In this school year the faculty made wise choices in securing for the students a group of interesting and educational speakers. Among these Were: Mr. Percy Berninger, a blind but Well talented artist, who enter- tained the entire school with his singing and reciting of Edgar A. Guest's poetry. Miss Coit, of State College, spoke on her travels in England and Europe. The Rev. H. I. Billow, gave a very inspiring and thought- provoking talk on the life of Frances Willard. Dr. Charles E. Barker, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, gave an in- telligent address and set the pupils toward thinking and prepar- ing for the future. He also addressed the Rotary Club and Ameri- can Legion before a capacity audience. Mr. William Parks, gave an interesting talk about Alaska, of its industries, climate, animals, and history. He told of his experienc- es in trapping, hunting, and fishing. Mr. Patterson, of Bloomsburg gave us a very interesting talk on the lives of some of histories forgotten men such as Haim Solo- mon, Major Dawes, and Iohn Fitch. The Rotary Club entertained the boys of the senior class at a banquet given on April 18, l94O, in the American Legion Home. An address about Modern Turkey was given by I. R. Bailor, of Bloornsburg State Teachers College. The Catawissa Delta Chapter entertained the Senior Girls at the Annual Senior Tea at the home of Mrs. C. L. Iohnston, lune l, 1940. OUR CLASS BOOK, 19 1940

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18 Class Night Program ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCEMENT Iames Miller DEMONSTRATIONS Commercial Mathematics Science Enalish Art FOREIGN LANGUAGES Music SOCIAL STUDIES HEALTH PRESENTATIONS CROWNING OE MA Reunion of former May Queens ALMA MATER ORCHESTRA Y QUEEN Commencement Program PROCESSIONAL ....,,.....,.... HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA INVOCATION .,.,, . , . REV. ROBERT KLINGENSMITH GIRLS' CHORUS ,... .I.i.Ii.,,.,,. H IGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB ...., . . . HIGH SCHOOL ADDRESS .. . ...... RALPH GETKIN ADDRESS . . ...... IOHN IOHNSON ADDRESS , . . . . THOMAS BERNINGER ADDRESS A......... ...... M ILDRED RIDER CHORIC READING ......i.............,,..,, HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS DR. RALPH EMERSON PAGE Associate Professor of Political Science, Bucknell University SOLO ,...,..,......4...4.,.,..,.,...,...... IANET SHANK AWARDS ..r...,......., ..,. CITIZENSHIP--AMERICAN LEGION ENGLISH-DELTAS PRESENTATION OE DIPLOMAS BENEDICTION ..,r......,..... REV. ROBERT KLINGENSMITH ORCHESTRA ..,........... HIGH SCHOOL OUR CLASS BOOK, 1940

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Alumni Many of the graduates ot yester-year are either improving themselves in colleges, universities, working at successful or odd jobs, married or still at home. Since Robert Rhawn has graduated, he has gone tar in his baseball career. Two of our recently graduated students, Gilbert Kline, and Frederick Houck, who graduated in l935, went to Bloomsburg State Teachers College, finished their course, and came back to teach in the good old Catawissa High School. The most recently graduated students are: Alice Reese, Mrs. Harold Longenberger ......,.,... ,...... F est's Alice Mae Tilley ......,......,........,,. Alice Kern ...... . , . Norma Liptzer .. Betty Meyers . Bette Levan ., Miriam Lewis .. Alma Singley .... Beverly Singley Mae Wertrncm .. Phyllis Brochey ..,,., Virginia Longenberger Althea Rider ......... Helen Derr . Margaret Gotshall Margaret Getty College . . . . , . , Home ,.........ClerkinN.Y. . , . . ..... . . . . Home . Work in School Office Home . . . . , . . . . Shirt Factory , . Shoe Factory . . . Shirt Factory . , , House Work . . House Work ........,..Home House Work Home Home Dorisgl-Iaines ......... Stenographer at Wilkes-Barre Ruth ' Billow '.....,,, .... .,......... ,.............,..... . . C ollege Helen Kitoniak, Mrs. Donald Roberts .. ...........,.. .. Shirt Factory lack Meyers . . , .........,.,.....,.. . . . Creasy's Nursery Iunior Oberdorph ......,,.,,..... Russel Shufnan .,.. Henry Hopkins Max Breech ...... Hurley Backman .... Harold Long .,,... Carl Berninger Fred Lewis .,.,. Iames Yieck .... ....... ..........,....,.........,............,,. Home College Sears Maxie . . . . Usher at Andrea . . . Usher in Andrea College Home Farm What are the seniors ot next year going to do? If none of them drop out, there will be thirty-four students to graduate. The town will get a lot of commercial students from this class, but on the other hand, there are equally as many academic students. OUR CLASS BOOK, 1940