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

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u,hv fiirntnr mg and lllllllefl to the cal In a sholt tlme they agam came lll yleyy of the statlon but only to catch slght of the depaltlng t1a1n B1tte1 was the dxsappolntment and the gnls leproached Dolothy If you had not 1n slsted on stopplng at the Church we would not have mlssed the tram They reahzed that the only thlng to do yy as to go home and spend the even mg thele as the next t1a1n would not get them to the clty 1n tlme Phe evenmg was by no means a pleasant one and they all 1et1red ear ly The neyct mornmg when thev came down to breakfast M15 Gardner exclalmed Glrls you should all thank God you were not on the last even mg s tram for thele was a telrlble accldent and not one of the passengers or l2131l'll'I19I1 escaped lnjury Just thlnk what mlght have happened lf Dorothy had broken her promxse and not made the v1s1t to the Church maklng a y1s1t and each tlme they thank God for thelr escape flom death due to Dorothy s V1S1t Grace Harrls Z4 Irturu I turned to the dlctlonary For a Word I couldn t spell And closed the book when I found 1t Feellng su1e I knew It well I thought to my self How was 1t'? Wlth a sense of lnward pam F01 once mole I was doubtful So I turned to the book agam Th1s t1me I lemarked How easy As I muttered each letter o ex But when I got to the mkwell Twas gone as It went befole I selzed that dlctlonary And sped lts pages thlough And under my face I put lt Wlth that doubtful mold new I held It dovsn fast vslth my hand Whlle I g11pIJ6d It yy 1th pen qulte fast And I howled as I traced each letter Iye got you now at last Wanda Bukoyy skl, '24 T I 47 . . ., Q 1 ,, y . - . Q i T V I. 7 . . , ' v v . ' - y 4 . V I , . , . ,, . Y ' - . , . u , . . , . . The result was all four girls never go by a Catholic Church without . T. . . . . , . . ' YC , . .. 0. CWB' 77 'D Y 7 V' ll ' 7, . u , 1 . Y ' ' , as ,yn , . 7 . Y y 1 . 7 u . . . 7 I 1 7 ' 1 Y y' f . -. . V. . I 9 T I ! as v , , H n ! '

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wha illlrntur .IIUIIIISL jlivpt OROTHY Gardnel was a changed glrl slnce he1 serlous lllness 1n March Thxs was not strange for a glrl who had neglected her relrgxous dutles and was brought almost face to face wlth her bod knowmg ln her healt she was unprepal ed When S1Ck she prom lsed that lf her llfe was spared she would never pass a Cathollc Church wlthout maklng a V1S1t That was slx months ago and she had not once broken that promlse It was now late m August and two school f116lldS were XlS1tll1g hel and her slster Ruth Many were the entertalnments and pleasures planned by the slsters for thelr fr1ends but the crownlng one was to go Into the c1ty fifty mlles dlstant and hear the most famous smger of the wo1ld Mlle The four g11lS were to go mto the c1ty on the QIX o clock tram and Would arrlve at then' destmatlon IH plenty of tlme for the wondel ful con cert There an aunt would meet them and act as chapel on for the evemng The day dawned dark and cloudy Of course th1s put a damper on the sp1r1ts of the g11ls but at noon the clouds passed away makmg the afternoon an ldeal one and under thls spell the glrl s enthuslasm reached xts hxghest pomt At last the car a1r1ved at the door drly en by a younger brother of the glrls They drove down State Street and as they came to the Church Dorothy 1ns1sted that they stop whlle she went ln and made a v1s1t The car came to a standstlll though none but Dorothy went 1nto the Church She knelt ln p1 ay er a few mmutes and as she got up to go out she thought she heald somethmg drop but glanclng down and seelng nothmg declded lt was her lmagxnatlon Gettmg mto the car aga1n she was gleeted wlth crles of Hurry 01 we w1ll mlss the tram It IS late now we should have stalted ea1l1e1 They wele soon at the statlon and as the traln came thundellng ln DOI othy went to get the tlckets She felt IH hel pocket for the pulse and d1SLOX Bl ed lt was gone Huuledly she sealched the other but not bemg able to locate It went to tell the others Dlsmal CFIES went up as she told them and they sald Why d1d we gne you all the money? Now vse w1ll haxe to go back for mole and we w1ll sulely m1ss the tram Qulckly they got ln the cal and dloye xapldly down the street As they passed the Church someone sald Pelhaps you dlopped lt 1n the Church go 1n and see Dolothy went lll and sule enough thele was the pulse m the pew whele she had knelt She bleathed a sholt p1 ay 91 of thanksgw 46 Q ,, tea Q Q , ' 5 , l - . 1 . , . . . L 1 . w . . . 1 1 V . N 7 . 1 ' 1 . 1. . V Y .1 Y. 1 . Q 1 7 .Q . . . , 1 1 1. L 7 1 , 1 7 7 . . . , . y 1 ' ' v x ' 1 , 1 . . 7 - x , H 1 1 . 1 . ' 7 1 1 ' 1 77 y 1 ' ' Q. . . . 1 1 , 1 1 ' 1 7 1 ' 11' y 1 , 1 V . 1. k K y L 1. H 7 . 7 ' 1 v V 1 ' . 1 . 1 7 1 1 . '4 r ' 1 1 y 1 ' y w . ' l! LS , , ' ' 'L ' 1 , l 1 ' V7 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 v 7 l' y 1 , 1 1 1 1 y 1 - . . L 1

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wh: Qllmtur nlllllilflll 'lflrrntzrgr HEN Sanford Lawrence vsa carrled out the doorway of h1s stately Flfth Avenue resldence never to return the prosperlty of the house departed wlth 1ts master True whlle he l1ved he had been able to ma1nta1n a beautiful home Wlth the semblance of great wealth but after h1s death an examlnatlon of h1s aialrs d1sclosed only a staztllng debt It was the not unu ual case of the seemmgly prosperous busmess man who has lost all 1n a few unwlse lnvestments Thus he had bequeathed to h1s wlfe and daughter h1S sole survlvors a legacy of debts The daughter Maxcla was not the least llke elther of her parents Not l1ke her frall dependant mother st1ll less llke her careless debonalr father She was a self rehant thoughtful young creatu1e w1th a sense of duty dommatlng even her ch1ld1sh plays and wlth an earnestness of purpose that made her perform that duty at all costs and undevlatmgly The s1tuat1on 1n wh1ch her bereax ement placed bel ww as assumed Wlth an exultatlon of consecratlon Father home lncome all swept away Mar c1a reahzed that she was to mean all these and more to her strlcken mother In her waklng hours as th1S glrl of elghteen looked down the years she vowed herself worldlessly to the task One day her mother should have a home and the comforts to wh1ch she was accustomed and she would provlde lt havlng flrst dlscharged the debts wh1ch were her sole legacy on begmnlng l1fe She had recelved no speclal tramlng but had attended the best of schools and supplemented thls knowledge by profound readmg hence her educatlon was of the hlghest order There had never seemed a necesslty of the daughter of the prosperous Mr Lawrence to be armed against mls fortune so IH an era of speclaltles and demand for tramed labor MQFCIR was wholly unsk1lled Intelllgent mdefatlgable smgle 1n purpose qulck of w1t yet thor ough rellable to a scruple pray erful MHTCIB could not fall She 1m medlately enrolled at a first class busmess school and by applylng herself dlhgently she was able to complete her course 1n three months In the oilice where she found emp oyment she was consp1cuous among the other gay lrresponslble under bred glrls Her employers soon s1ng'ed her out for hlgher work and her salarv leaped to double the amount she recelved at first Thls unexpected plece of good fortune Marcla recelved not so much wlth a feehng of Joy as vuth that of thanksglx ng and pet1t1on For two yeals she stluggled along recelvlng a wage wh1ch pe1 rnltted her and her mother to lne modestly and at the same tlme dlscharge most of her father s 48 ' Q 4' o , 1 S . ' ' 1 1 . . 1 . . ' 1 1 1 1 ' . S . . , . . . 1 . . :1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - . Y v . - 1 1 . 1 . . . . Y N Y . K - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 7 ' . 1 L . - 1 1 . . . . . . . V 1 1 L 1 1 ' . 7 . . . 1 1 1 - ' 1 , , . 1 . A 1 , , ' . A . . . . 1 . . . 7 7. N . A . . n, 7 X ' V Q Q . . . ' . 1 1 . . . , v