Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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ulhr fflrntnr all hls effolts he waa un lble to lJdIllSh sueh thoughts flom hla mlnd Sud denlx he thlew hls head batk and began walklng wlth a fllm qulek step It w aa p aln that he had made a l6SOlY9 alld he seemed VCIX happy ox Q1 It The LX9IllIlg' for the eontest dll1X ed the dllillIOllLlITl was Cl0NXd8Cl The filet two spealeels had flnlehed Jaek was next He had w lth the ald of hle mothel leadlng to hml I'Il6f'I101179d hlb olatlon ll hen he flnlehed the audltollunl Iallg wlth applause Then Rax mOllLl began and before he had apoleen xelw mam n lnutea It w as exldent that he would be YVIIIIIK-31 But tow nd the end he etoppe d lepeated and stoppe d agaln and then pro eeeded to the end In a tew mlllutes the gudgea declaled J xek the WIIIIILI' ot the conteat hls mothel and at a glanee he saw th tt she waa dliappolnted What IH the w olld happened Rat mond xou knew x OU1 OI3t1OII pelfectly laat n1ght Then has mond told hel the QIOIX and the lesolxe he had made and sald Now mothel 3 ou ale the onlx one w ho knows I don t w mt anx one to flnd It out Hls mother amlled and Qald I am YGIX proud of you you hate pleased me tal mole than lt you had won the conteat alld I ahall nexer tell any one Jack Bob and Rag. molld went to the same college and became ln Qepalable COITIDZIIIOIIS Jack otten wondered whx Raw mond falled but he never knew what a noble Qael lflce ot 3mlJltlOlI Ray mond had made lldfltllllf? llle Cool 21 ' 0,111 SPIIIIIH 0,1455 The SQIIIOI elabs wlll boon depalt We ll mlas thelr happv wolda and klnd But hop that thex wlll not tolget 'lhe HIIXIOUQ ones they leaxe behlnd fhelr Hlgh School days wlll soon be o er And they ll eommence thelr llte anew St Cathel 1116 s JLIIIIOIS wlsh them w ell And bld to them 1 tond Adleu Y llglllla Hallls 20 ', - 41 , Y - 3 v ' V V . -. f' v' - Y ' 1 - l ' . v -v v . ' J ' l 1 kv 1 1 ul v Y 1 I v' v ,fy , v v . in v S r -aku I h I 1 ' I A Y ki I . x V v. ' . . F . ' v, , L , . .uv S, X' -. ' ,ZS x v' V ' .' .2 . , , 1 3 , . , 1 1 L1 y 1 yr ' 2 - He was very happy illdeed. When Raymond reached home he was met by I 1 I t I Y I v . . ci . C x n . v v 5 lv y .lv v v Lv 1 1 . u 7 K . . 44 1, , , , , , . ' n, A v l ! Ui' 1 5. v 1 .3 v 3 y vs' 7 vi v , ' !Y . . . H v H 7 v Y K M 7 5. . 7 N ' - 1 1 ' ' vv r I A , K v X , ny . . , V 7 A ' .. - 1 y v I .Y .Y 7 ' v A ' I A' ' , - . .-.-.T..0. ef' ' . I' ' an X ,Q , - , .H . V h . Q Y . . 1 ' ' I v ' , . . . , 7 , A . .. 7 l .' V V ' Q1 V' , ' ' Y ' , ' as ' H C - ,.' . . , , , .

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MIP iilmtnr 3s Nuhle Qllevh ELL Jack It vyon t be long untll g aduatlon and then college I can scaxcely yyalt although I do hate to leaye St John s too Sald Bob Earle to h1s f11end and companlon Jack Kent You ale sure of gomg Bob but I am not rephed Jack You old fraud y ou know that y ou wlll Wm the p117e 1n the Oratlon Contest and that means College yo 1 are as sure of lt as I am I am not so SUIQ of It as all that you knovy as yyell as I do that Raymond Brewster has as good a chance as I have He IS splendid at O1at10HS Yes but he can t touch y ou Well we yylll see about that laughed Jack Jack was the only son of a w1dowed mother who had made a great sacrliice to put h1m th1 ough Hlgh School and wanted to put h1m through college Jack also desu ed to go to college but he refused to go at the ex pense of h1s mother He had almost gly en up hope when a wealthy man of the town offered to the yvmner ot the annual Oratlon Contest a college educatlon Jack was one of the best orators of h1s class and It seemed that hls dream mlght be real17ed aftel all The1e were foul contestants but the real uvahy was betyy een Jack and Ray mond who yyas HHYIOUQ to Wm for the honor of lt and to please h1S mother Just thlee yyeeks befole the contest Jatk met vylth an 3CC1Ll8I'1t 111 wh1ch he mjured h1s ey es and was torb1dden to use them for a few weeks Oh th1s IS hard Sald Jack to h1s mother Just at the tlme I was sule of success I don t know what I shall do Yes I know xt IS ha1d my son saxd h1S mother But vou know God s ways ale not our wavs and He does all thmgs well Prav to Our Lady of Perpetual Help you know she ney er fa1ls you Raymond Brewstel had been out walklng and had reached Jack s home was debatmg wlth hlmself whether he should go m or not when he heard the cony 61 satlon between Jack and h1s mother He dld not go IH but tulned and walked tovyard hls own home He had been touched qulte deeply by the conversatlon yyhlch he had just heard Stlll he had planned on yymnlng the contest Why pay any attention to Jack'7 But IH Splte of 40 - v A 1 W, , . Y , . . , , , , 1 v ' . . 7 H ' 7 - , . i. . I 5 Q as . ' 79 - s v v - H Y Y . . 4. . . , c I . ' , ' rs , e I . u , , ' 7 V K ' 9 9 r YI' K ' u k , . an 9 , H v . ' u ,' as I 1 ' ' 9 I 'Q . . Y . I, , f v ' . I Q S , . -' - v r V ' ' ' , I I 1 1 v w 1 1 i 7. 1. . I I . . . . Y . . I U - u - ' as ' ' an ' , . , v ya I . . 54 V ' ' , 7 as ' ' In r 1 a 1 . v , ' v 7 ' V U 9 . ' 4 I ' y ' . . . - , I 5 7 N , . . . r ' 1 l . y' ' , v y r ' ' ' K ' n, 0 I '

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Uhr Mmtur glym ,Sanz IfIKB T was March and the Senlor class of the Sacred Heart Hlgh School was maklng preparatlons for graduatlon WhlCh was to take place ln the near future All were happy wlth the expectatlon and look ed forward eagerly to that eventful day That IS to say all but Mary Joyce She the brlghtest gayest and most lovmg g1rl ln the class had looked forward smce September to thls glorlous day Now all was shat tered wlth the real17at1on that she would not be able to graduate wlth the rest of the class Only three months more and although lt was a short tlme It seemed a very long one to Mary Joyce who dld not have the means to contmue Her fathers fallure was hard to beal at thxs tlme when she longed so to graduate but she could have borne lt better had not her mothel s health broken Just before her fathers trouble What httle money was left after the expenses were pa1d went to doctors for her mother s recovery whlch she real17ed was so much more valuable than her own cherlshed g1aduat1on She dld not voxce her sorrows and troubles to anyone although her heart was breakmg w1th the thoughts of It for she knew that lf she dld not keep up her spxrlts her parents would have more sorrows than they Flnal y the day came when she must tell her teachers the Slsters of the Sacred Heart that she could not contlnue her studles but must lm medlately seek employment and do what she could to help her parents The teachers offered to help her but Wlth that proud Splrlt of her father s she decl1ned thelr generous offers Wlth many and grateful thanks After many fallures she succeeded ln securlng a posltlon All went well and although her thoughts were always centered on her class and ltS graduatlon she dld her work falthfully and well and was soon offered a better and more promlslng posltlon As her motto had been SBIZB the Opportunlty she qulckly grasped this one and 1n a few short months was on the road to success ln the busmess vsorld In June Whlle the g1adL1atl0Il QXQPCISBS wele golng on lll the Church she remalned at home thlflklllg as only a broken heal ted g1rl could A year passed and wlth Marv s help hel father was able to start back ln business Hel mothel s health gradually lmplox ed now that her mmd was free flom the lestxalnt and V201 ry of financlal affans 42 wr . . , Q A ' it ' ii 7 . , , , . , , . , . . . . v . J . , . u . , 9 D 7 7 could possibly bear, so she resolved to retain her happy, care-free manner. . , . 1 J , - . . . , 3 . , . . K . . . . ,, . ' v . ,, . . . w . iv , , I L ' , - . - ' v v y ' ' - .