Johnsonburg Area High School - Ramblin Echo Yearbook (Johnsonburg, PA)

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IN MEMUHIUM EDWARD MYERS MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1944 DIED DECEMBER 12, 1940 Happy is he who heareth The signal of his release In the bells of the Holy City The chimes of eternal peace! -Whittier, The Red River Voyaqeur Iohisco - 12

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CLASS HISTUHY The day is fast approaching when We will no longer be students of Iohn- sonburg High School. We are looking forward to that day with longing but regret. Our record is not outstanding to the casual observer but to us it brings back memories of treasured school days. Our class may be compared to a river with its tributaries which flow to the ocean. Four separate streams combined to make this river-or really four schools, the Parochial, the West End, the Rolfe and the First Avenue finally united to make our graduating class. Figuratively, let us trace this river to its source. ln the fall of 1932 We began our school life as first graders. We learned our ABC's here and after a year of play we were promoted. Now we began to realize that school was not all fun, and we buckled down to learning. ln third grade more difficult subjects were added to our schedule, but we managed to survive and pass on to the fourth grade. Fourth grade brought lots of fun. We always looked forward to the recess when We were given milk to drink. This gave us an opportunity to mingle with the other children and talk to our best friends. We considered ourselves quite grownup in the fifth grade, when We changed classes. Of course, the students in Rolfe only walked three feet four inches, but the pupils in First Avenue walked farther. West End didn't even change classes. Sixth grade was just a harder repetition of fifth grade. The West End pupils were preparing to come down town to school-something they looked forward to. Our class in seventh grade began to band together when the West End students came down and joined with the First Avenue school. Seventh grade was considered our hardest grade even though it was one of the most enjoy- able. Climbing steadily we soon reached eighth grade. This term wasn't as diffi- cult as the preceding one. Grief overcame the students of Rolfe school at the death of their professor and friend, Eugene M. Brady. He will never be for- gotten by his friends, students and associates. Year ended and now we were ready to enter the halls of higher learning, High School! Freshmen, at last! Here the Parochial and First Avenue schools joined to enlarge our class. We had one hundred and fifty-one pupils, the largest class to enter high school for some time. We elected Ioe Fedorko, president: Hubert Hoh, vice-president: Laura Belle Mowrey, secretary: and Kathleen Bloarn, treasurer. As freshmen we won first prize in the annual football par- ade the day of the Ridgway game. Were we proud! We picked our class colors as red and white for the girls, and blue and white for the boys. lohisco - 14