Conshohocken High School - Echo Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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-H N K SX- X Naomi and Bernice working on a project for oHicc practice. our Junior Prom provided a welcome mid-winter interlude between our zealous financial under- takings. Class rings were selected and ordered before Thanksgiving, and were received in Feb- ruary. ln April we sponsored a spring dance to culminate the acivities of an ambitious junior year. Last September, with a tingle of expectancy, we assumed the status of seniors and prepared to conclude our three-year cycle of life at C. H. S. Counseled by Mrs. Lorenz and Mrs. Webber, we took immediate steps to augment our class funds. While our undefeated football team was making gridiron history, we launched a maga- zine subscription campaign that proved to be Mr. Town's Economics class. I 2 S. Learning about business law. highly remunerative. Following this with a Cl'lI'lSlIIl3S candy-selling project, we entered the year 1952 with a substantial bank account. The month of March was highlighted by our class dance. After paying a three-day educational visit to our nation's capital in early April, we saw our class dramatists stage a delightful play under Miss Catherine Higgins capable direction. Our gala social event the Senior Prom, was held on the evening of Friday, May 23. On the after- noon of May 29 we assembled in the auditorium for Class Day Exercises. Baccalaureate Service was conducted on the evening of June 1 and Eve nights later we were granted diplomas at Commencement. Secretarial group transcribing the days' dictation H l 4 J , inun- ' F l

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vfwzaafvoaaq... As we of the class of 1952 prepare to accept the momentous challenge of adulthood, let us pause together for one final retrospect of the past three years. During this relatively short span of time, we have undergone a unique tran- sition, from anxious, uncertain sophomores to eager and assured seniors. The initial stage of this metamorphosis oc- curred in the fall of 1949 when our class was tflicially chartered. Augustus Butera was in- stalled as class president, and his earnest leader- ship throughout that sophomore year, and in future years, thoroughly justified his election. Our faculty supervisors that year were Mrs. Marie Waldman, who advised us until her resig- Seniors taking advantage of a well-stocked library. Class officers: Noble Smith, Treasure-rg Rose Marie Altopiedi, Secretary: Aug- ustus Butera, Presidentg Joyce Rutter, 'e Vice-President. 5 nation at the close of the first semester, and Mrs. Katherine Lorenz, who helped plot a navigable financial course throughout our three-year his- tory. Three major projects-the annual sale of fruit cakes, the sale of football pins, and the sell- ing of blue and gold mittens, enabled us to lay n solvent financial foundation for the future. ln September, 1950, the second phase of our development took place when we began mapping plans for our junior year with the attentive guidance of Mrs. Lorenz and Mrs. Eleanor DeGeorge. Football schedule pencils, Christmas cards and writing paper were sold to further increase our treasury. Winter Wonderland, William Kumpf reading from Cicero's Third Oration Against Catilinef'

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GRADUATING vi fb , CLASS , W INCENT D ABBONIZIO Accounting Course 4' 'Os RICHARD W ARNDT Accounfmg Course B ue and Cold Stall WILLIAM R ADAIR Secretarlal Course Echo Staff Blue and Gold Staff ANTHONY F BARBATO General Course CONSHOHOCKEN ROQE MARIE A ALTOPIEDI General Course Tr1H1Y Varsxty Club ChoruQ Cheer W leader Blue and Gold Staff ,v JAMES D BARR General Course