Cooper High School - Mirror Yearbook (Shenandoah, PA)

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THE CLASS HISTORY The class of H49H entered the walls of J. W, Cooper in of course, 1945 with a blaze of glory. Since it was the first year that the school was open because of the cave-in, we were just as confused as the seniors in such things as getting around the building, looking for the gym, finding the health room, etc. It seems that we entered confused, we went through school confused, and to some of us we are coming out confused, Well, the beginning of our class dates way back to the fall of 1945. The war had just ended. Graduating classes of St, Casmir's, St. Stanislaw's, St. George's, Jefferson and Lincoln buildings, were eager to get started in High School. While many pupils intended to go to the Annunciation School, still many more intended to go to good old J. W. Cooper. Then on one September day, the Evening Herald issued the home room teachers of the incoming classes and all Freshman-to-be looked with eagerness to what home room teacher he or she was assigned to report. A few days later the parents of our class bldded their Babies good bye as they trodded off to 'high School Everyone was done up in their Sunday best on the faithful day for it marked the beginning of four wonderful years When class was over for the day and we came home from work Cschool that isl we told our parents of what a great big wonderful school J W Cooper was They were mighty proud of what this school had to offer their children Soon days turned into weeks and everything was WOrk1ng on a complete schedule Mrs Dean had charge of Section 9 1 Miss Fox 9 2 Miss Sunderland 9 3 Miss Uleckie 9 4 Mrs Brennan 9 5 Miss Stabinsky 9 6 Mrs Sheva 9 7 Miss Dean 9 8 Many clubs were organized such as the Dramatic Club, Amateur Club Creative Writers Club etc Mr Twardzik who was then head band dlrector held mUS1C classes There were other activities such as matinee dances held after school at 3 30 and sponsored by the Freshman Sophomore Juniors and Seniors respectively There were also a few Freshman parties in between Around March and April Mr Quigley started lntra mural basketball for both the boys and girls It so happened that Miss Dean s section, who was then located in room 33 took the honors for both the boys and girls ' ' ll 'Y - Y H ' - - ' 1 ' 1 - , - Y l - , .. , . .. , ! , . . , . . . . . , . ! 7 ' I , . v-vw--.-.'f'fv 'n?-vr-N.-1.-f-vw-vvv-Q--uw.. A -,. . ... , -,,,.. . ,.,...,., ,,,-,-. - , . .f.. .-,., ..,.-WM-fa --.- H -- -- -f X- A - ' ' '-' fl ' K , . . ' J