Cloquet High School - White Pine Yearbook (Cloquet, MN)

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saunas they take the lutefisk they consume or the co ops where they shop Rellglon plays an lmportant part 1n the llyes of our c1t11ens too In Cloquet at the present tlme there are fourteen churches one m the process of rejux enatlon and one xxlth a newly enlarged addltlon Of the fourteen churches eleyen of them are Protestant and three are Roman Cathohc Ihe largest and most beautlful of these IS the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church located at the top of the Fourth Street hlll The majestlc brllllance of 1ts steeple at dusk when the settlng sun casts a glow upon the exterior of the bulldmg and the solemn beauty of the 1nter1or of the church 1nst1ll an aura of awe and lex erence throughout the commumty ust a few blocks away from the church located on the corner of Cloquet Avenue and Hlghway 33 IS the Ph1ll1ps 66 Serx ICC Statlon, or1g1nated and des1gned by the genlus of Mr Frank Lloyd VVr1ght Followmg th1s archltectural wonder on up Cloquet Axenue the mam street of the Clty one IS confronted wxth the unusual arrangement of our CINIC bl11ldlI'lgS The post office whlch dellvers over 360 000 letters a month, the llbrary whxch c1rculates approxlmately 6000 books a month the CIVIC center holdlng the cxty offxces, the fire hall and the bank are all arranged 1n sequence m thls sectlon of the clty Leav1ng th1s area one enters the bus1ness dxstrxct of the East End Here the merchants dally sell exerythlng from shoes to radlos, cars to msurance, or plumbmg futures to grocerles The story of the bus1ness dlstrlct would not be complete wlthout mentlon of the busmess conducted 1n the West End of town VV1th one exceptlon the busmessmen ln thls area operate the same type of establxshments as those of the East End The exceptlon lS the office of the Pme Knot and News Graphlc the b1 weekly local paper lV1th a present day clrculatlon of close to 3 500 SllbSCI'lpt1OflS for each edltxon the paper has been growmg smce 1883 Its record 15 umblemlshed, the Pme Knot hasn t I'I11SSCd a smgle ISSUC s1nce that year exen durmg the 6 1 'inf Cloquet fire Occupylng space 1n CNCIY ISSUC of the Pme Knot IS some mentlon of CHQ Cloquet H1gh School Its clubs never cease to be act1ve 1ts sports spectacular 1ts students and faculty never fall to do somethlng newsworthy But the school IS more than just clubs or thelr part1c1pants and aclx 1sors It 15 more than just the teachers and the admlmstratlon and lt IS more than the cooks and custodlans who sllently and Wlth llttle pralse keep the school functtonmg smoothly . ,' Y f 1 'ff :X L , L, ni .L ' - 1 ' S l ' ' . J 1 V V - Y -' , . K .. gs, . . . V - Y s x , . . ' fy ' '- ' 4 Y 7 X I- , 6 I . , t ' 'V 1 1 O . V . 7 V L l t 1 A t - 1 1 . , 9 J , 7 K . . . . Y. . . . 7 a - , , . , , . . . . v . . A . . . , , , , , , . - v , I Y . .V . . 'X . . . , 1 t . ., . , X1 i ,, . A h. . . V. r Y . . . . .. , .f . . , .. xx Y. . K . ., . , . s- s s- ' ' . ' 7 ' , . ,. . . . . .

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Miraculously, all of the residents of Cloquet, carrying their belongings on their backs, escaped without harm to neighboring towns and safety. Slowly, but with a new determination of spirit, the people drifted hack to the city and began to reconstruct their town and their future. Following the hre, the St. Louis River once again became the mainstay of the community, two of our three major industries are now lo- cated along its banks. The home of the XVhite Pine was again to produce the most unusual wood industries in the nation, as the logging companies of the past gave way to the lumber products of the present. Cloquet's skyline today is dotted with a new type of industry - the plants of the Northwest Paper Company, the YVood Conversion, and the Diamond Match Company. With their total forces combined, the mills in Cloquet presently employ almost 85 per cent of the laboring population in the city. These people and the other citizens who com- prise the community. too. are for the most part ordinary. The author of our school song has gone on to become a successful novelist who visits Cloquet occasionally. The chief of our highway patrol is a former student of our school. Some of our graduates have gone far - pne worked on the hrst atomic bomb and one is currently important in the race for space supremacy. WVe have had our share of doctors, attorneys, teachers, our share of merchants, ministers, and priests. Except for a very few, however, Cloquet has produced no famous men. YVe have had suc- cessful entertainers, but no stars, we have had experienced politicians, but no presidents, we have had good athletes, but no Olympic en- trants, we have had successful men, but no millionaires. Vie may seem average or typical but we are not. The people of Cloquet today are for the most part of Scandinavian and Finnish descent. They defy anyone to type them as typical by the

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--1 Cloquet High School stands for the ambitions, the hopes, the heartaches, and the dreams of 1000 students. Forever, our minds will be hlled with nostalgia for CHS when we remember cramming for tests at the last minute, coming almost late to fourth hour, or staying after school in Room 210 until 5:30. Wle will be homesick for our school whenever we hear the clack and clatter of the typing class or the rapid beat of a street march: we will be homesick when we smell the odor of tomato soup that filled the school on Friday's or of floor wax that drifted through the halls during the week after vacations, we will be homesick for our school when we recall the anxiety we felt as 3:05 ap- proached on Wednesday every sixth week. Impressed in the brains and imbedded in the blood in each of those 1000 students is a different conception of what CHS means. To some, it stands for slide rules and physics and advanced math classes, biology and dissecting and the smell of formaldehyde. To others it means an Aquatennial Champion band and Mr. Sampsonis last year, Madrigal singers, white dinner jackets and original music by Mr Schroe- der for the A'Cappella choir. It means class plays, grease paint and powder, and the all-school play, debate trips or speech trips and straight U50 ratings. It means chemistry and stools that were too high for comfort, the smell of rotten eggs, and another 204 added to the bill for a broken beaker. It means poor at- tendance at the student council meetings, the prayer bell that never seemed to ring, and straight hair at the sock-hop on Sno-Day. It means Pine Needle meetings, deadlines to meet, and the press convention. Cloquet High means going pheasant hunting. being tardy, and yellow slips, it means home- coming floats in the fall and homecoming candi- dates in the winter. To the students and to the citizens of the community the high school means the develop- ing center for one of the most complete athletic departments in the state. To us, the seniors with these memories, Cloquet High means proms, and the girls not invited, basketball letters and the boys who didn't make the bench, the honor roll. and those of us who just missed it and won't have another chance. CHS holds memories of Gus's desk. the second floor bulletin board. walking to school in the rain. It stands for panels in 7 social class. the front seats in the auditorium at convocations, and the dust and dreams of Mac- beth. To us, it stands for the Wlhite Pine, our annual - the record of our senior year. 'fv' Y., Y . M , i z, f - X f. fm tct. .s QM Y