Catholic Central High School - Spires Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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A Good Beginning Starting February off right were Centralites who at- tended Mass on the feast of the Purification. After Ash Wednesday, those after-school cokes became a thing of the past. Sophomores got information on the advantages of a college education on February lb as representatives of the Catholic Women s College Club briefed them A February spotlight for the lumors was being meas ured for their class rings The Headline Hop a lournalism sponsored dance was held on the fourteenth followed by Mom and Dad s night held at Tiffany Gym on the fifteenth In Like a Lion Out like a lamb typified March this year Chilly winds spurred students to work a little faster during the fourth quarter of the school year and Lent helped them to work a little harder Science Farr prolects received those finishing touches as did the plans for the future of many luniors and seniors during Career Week Just enough green was showing on March l7 to let all loyal lrishmen know that it really was St Patricks Day A final flurry was added by the luniors as they wrote 30 to their very first edition of Centrib RECEIVING the blessing of the throat on the feast of St Blase from Father David Heinl senior religion instructor is James Greenwalt senior L Z of 5 d'CA!LlfL ?'lCfLVLfL6.4 -v I J 4 H L TOE tap tap ap practicing the lnsh ing in preparation for St Patrick s Day under the dlrec tion of Jim Fitzsimmons isnt work agree these sons and daughters ot e Old Sod Kathy Fitzgerald Mike OKeefe Cissy Derry and Mike Donahue l I3 . , . ' 1 I . . -N K .. - .. - - I ' 1 7 I .os-A, . X J I I I . . . , ll !1 ' ' ' ' Al ' 11 if A I I O I I 11 f ' .1 , , DQ .1 , - 1' J V ff 'f X ' F ' w ' x . Q ,, i l A ff , ,J ,f Q, , , J X b, EE , 1 , , t . . . th 1 ' ,

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KNEELING In prayer before the Chrlstmas Crlb un St Raphael Church are three lunlors James Doolan Patncua Gallagher and Kathleen Russell ufzfez M 4 Sf lie Sf fC ft READY se say Bob Sample and Make Whltacre as they prepare to guve Ed Patton Kathy Ratstatter Sharon Hannon and Manlyn lanhr a flynng start down one of the many hulls at Snyder Park Holydays and Holidays Hanlmg December s :ce clad calendar, eager Centralltes slipped Into the month s actlvltles wlth whole hearted zest The CSMCS post office lolned In the season s splrlt at CC Students sent l 800 holiday greetings through the Crusade post offlce and the club netted S36 50 Seton Leaguers collected more than two hundred toys for tots and distributed them to the needy In Sprlngfleld Students happily began Christmas vaca tlon on Friday December 20 The Mary farewell on December 27 Work and Play Although the below zero tempera tures In January provlded students wlth ample opportunntnes for :ce skatmg they were not stungy wnth the mldmght oll as they studied for exams These were taken on January l6 l7 and 20 January 2l 22 and 23 were days of spmtual refreshment as the annual retreat was held A suitable schedule conslstlng of prayer readlng and medutatuon was kept throughout the desngnated days Father Francls Plllnod was the retreat master l . O , . . i I sy T ' ' ' , , x ,nf A X Christmas Ball bade the yuletide season f V .faq I f 1 n I . n u f' ' ' I I ' I I

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l4j'C6l!Li6.4 LK CZVLL4 Lift? JMC 6.4 XXA W HIGHER' laughingly prompts Ed Rastatter le lead in th senior class operetta Naughty Marietta to Joyce Ann Cast female lead Carol Pavelka accompanist watches smilmgly April ln Springfield Easter and the CSMC Spring Hop highlighted the first days of Spring for Centralites this year with a vacation following close behind to give students a chance to recover before getting back to the grind again lf I am elected l promise echoed through the halls during the Student Council elections as candidates vied for votes Running Springfield on April 24 was a lot of fun agreed the seniors on City Government Day Rrvallmg the birds the seniors with the help of the underclassmen spent long hours practicing for the operetta Finishing Touches No more uniforms now that May s herel came the happy shouts May also saw one of the seniors biggest dreams coming true Victor Herbert s operetta Naughty Marietta was staged In Memorial Hall on May A It was the first time in Central s history that the class production was held there Term papers examinations all the things that finish up the year came so quickly that everyone was wondering lust where the past nine months had gone NO MORE UNIFORMS until next October' shouts this group of happy Centralites on May l2 rm Anastasn Jack Htl Jo n Lonsway Martha Nolan and Carlean Reardon