Fairfield Area High School - Fairhian Yearbook (Fairfield, PA)

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OUR VENTURE 9 LDG Launchrng our class 1nto the d1ff1cult year of begrnnrng our great venture, our f1rst year of hrgh school, were our off1cers Presrdent, John Mort, V1ce Pres1dent, James Ruth, Secretary, Ann Musselman, Treasurer, Donna Jean Myers, and Student Counc1l Representatrves, Jay Martrn and Nancy S1tes It was rn the month of October that we dec1ded to have our f1rst dance of the year to help defray the cost of ur project In keeprng wrth the fall season, we called the dance, 'Autumn Leaves Frollc ' As the stars looked down upon us that sprrng, we had another dance wh1ch we called the, Tw1l1ght Twrr Thrs dance was unrque rn that lt was the f1rst dance ever to be held outdoors, away from the launchmg s1te As we moved 1nto the next stage of our development, tenth grade, we were more stable rn our orbrts of hrgh school W1th th1s ln mlnd we chose the followmg leaders to gulde us 1n the rrght course for our future Presldent, John Mort, V1ce Presrdent, James Ruth, Secretary, Lana Sowers, Treasurer, Marlene Stultz Elected as our Stu dent Counc1l Representatrves, Donna Jean Myers and R1chard Reese Agarn as 1n the year before our class sponsored two act1v1t1es The f1rst was the annual Valentrne Dance wh1ch we called, Sweethearts Ball Also as 1n the prevrous year we had another outs1de dance, wh1ch proved to be very successful As Jtu-nors we were constantly rem1nded of the vast unknown that surrounds us Safely navrgatrng our class through th1s d1ff1cult year were Presrdent, Rlchard Reese, Vrce Presrdent, Dean Snrvely, Secretary, Ann Mussel man and Treasurer, Marlene Stultz To represent our class ln Student Counc1l, we selected Tyma Trembow and Harry Kepner Startmg our act1v1t1es for our Jumor year, we presented a three act play called, Pla1n Englrsh Here for the f1rst trme some members of the class were 1n1t1ated 1nto dramatrcs As the days of autumn came upon us, we were 1nsp1red to sponsor an old t1me Barn Dance In th1s 1nformal atmosphere rt was 1nterest1ng to see the couples 1n therr country costumes, sw1rl1ng about the gym floor among the bales of hay, cr1sp cornstalks, corn, and pumpkrns As Valentmes Day approached, we were busy w1th plans for the annual Valentme Dance wh1ch we were to sponsor Romance blossomed and hearts fluttered to love ballads 1n the gym, decorated wrth grant valentrnes and hundreds of mult1 colored ballons and streamers On May 2, we sponsored the most rmportant event of the year, the Jumor Prom, honorrng the 1959 graduatrng class The t1tle of our prom was called, 'Ebb T1de Thrs event w1ll never be forgotten by those who attended Our rendezvous 1nto space almost complete now, we entered 1nto our last and most perrlous year of h1gh school We were very careful to choose offrcers who were capable of leadmg us through th1s, our year of gradu atron Those elected were Presrdent, John Mort, V1ce Presrdent, Jay Martm, Secretary, Lana Sowers, and Treas urer, Marlene Stultz Barbara M1ller and R1chard Reese were our Student Counc1l Representatrves The honor of berng elected pres1dent of the Student Counc1l went to Tyma Trembow Splashes of fun were had by all who partrcrpated rn the car wash that we conducted early 1n September Members of the class got a chance not only to work together, but also to learn to know one another better dL1I1Dg th1s funct1on The car wash was followed by the magazrne campargn, rn wh1ch we were very successful The class rejorced at the news that we were the f1rst Semor Class ever to w1n the campargn rn our hrgh school S1nce th1s project enables 1nd1v1dual classes to ra1se money, lt was a welcome addrtron to our treasury On October 15 and 16, all eyes were upon us as we presented a comedy 1n three acts entltled, The False Qlarm Q We doubt rf any of the persons connected wrth the play w1ll ever forget the tense opemng mght of the enror lay Half of the school year went by and the future and unknown were drawrng near Entrance and aptrtude tests made many of us realrze that there IS more to learn than our twelve years 1n school could ever teach us To commemorate the Yuletrde season we held a Chr1stmas Dance, wh1ch even Santa Claus attended Couples dressed rn the1r best clothes beheld a stately, glrstenmg, gleammg Chnstmas tree as they came to the dance held for fun and frol1c, but also to remrnd us all of a greater wlsdom, love, and mystery than even our rmpend mg Venture 1nto Space was to brrng Fmally on Aprrl 5,6,7, we took our long awarted class tr1p to New York C1ty Thrs was a goal that we worked for dur1ng our hrgh school years We real1zed then, as we wandered together 1n the b1g metropolrs, that th1s would be the last trme we would be gathermg together as a group for many years, but our hrgh school compamons w1ll never be forgotten Havrng almost completed our orb1t of h1gh school, we were ready now to commence on a very real Venture 1 to Space ' The mght of baccalaureate was over and commencement drew near We knew that, as we recerved our drplo mas, one goal 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