Hooversville High School - Hillside Yearbook (Hooversville, PA)

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ROBERT ROBINSON Lover Hillside, Class Play, Annual, Christmas Play 1 MA XINE SHORTT ..Mu.x.. Chorus, Hillside. Annual Christmas Play SENIORS JOSEPH RUSSIC Sonny Class Play, Hillside, Annual, Basketball, Mixed Chorus DORINE SHAFFER Shale Clan Play, Hillside, Annual, Chorus, Christmas Play, All- C ounty Char us PAUl..lNE STANKO Pinky Chorul, Hillside, Annual, Christmas Play 12

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SENIORS LlLLl.AN FUSCHINO Yl YO Hillside, Annual. CYIOFUI EVELYN JOCK Linda Chorus, Hillside. Annual Christmas Play DONA LEE MARSHALL Ducky Hillside Class Pla Chor - Y. UI. Annual, Christmas Play Play JOSEPH KUBAS Kubby Class Play, Annual, Christmas HAROLD MEYERS HBH!!-. Hillside, Bas ketball, Annual 11

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A f x Qumf ,XJ Cqlau .Hiatory i The 1949 graduating class of the Hooversville High School has found it fitting to compare their school years with the wanderings of a gypsy tribe. We remember very well when on September 4, 1945, we came to the Freshman Camp. At that time we were a large group: there were thirty-two of us. It has always been an old gypsy custom in every camp that the new members of the high school must light the campfire and keep it burning during their stay. lt was hard for us to understand that the fire had to be kindled by sparks of enthusiasm and kept burning by the light of knowledge. To help us keep this fire burning we chose Ruth Mensinger as President of our class, Margaret O'Brien as Vice-President, Roy Richie as Secretary, and Darlene Beltrami as Treasurer. Our first duty was to search for fuel. In our ramblings we found some good logs of hard work. Each day a broth had to be brewed in the gypsy pot. We were very curious about this but later learned that the mixture was knowledge gleaned only by work and study. The ingredients that went into this pot were fresh dates from the tree of history, leaves of civics, rules of grammar, and problems in algebra. Our Alma Mater had an interest in us far beyond our mental development. In order to give us the best training we were put under the supervision of gypsy leaders. They were called the faculty. Our homeroom teacher was Mrs. Thelma Roess. The supervising principal was Mr. Claude Larimer. Other members of the faculty were Miss Nellie Sank, Miss Amelia Thiele, Mrs. Kathryn Francis, Mrs. Margaret Gloor, and Mr. Charles Clark. To be able to meet the expenses which we should have during our wanderings and to help us prepare for the OPEN ROAD, we started to build a treasury by having a bazaar. The wise people of Hooversville were very good to us young gypsies: they helped make our events profitable. We successfully passed through the period of adjustment in the Freshman Land and entered our Sophomore Camp with unlimited power and confidence. We lost some of our tribe. Ten members did not follow us into this new camp. Realizing quite early that our interests must be protected, we elected Donald Dill as President of our tribe. To help him we chose Peggy Carey as Vice-President, Mary Ann Kolesko as Secretary, and Robert Clark as Treasurer. The most outstanding occasion of revelry during the year was a bazaar and a bake sale, the proceeds of which greatly filled our small treasury. This year we had our first important part to play in our school. lt was an assembly pro- gram during which we presented a one-act play entitled High School Daze. Later in the year we felt honored to buy yellow roses for the graduating tribe. The year was so filled with various activities that before we realized it, it was time to go into another section of the gypsy world. U cms 13