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

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EL S5 HISTUHY We selected our motto and our class flower. The motto is Honest Effort Leads to Success , the flower-the laurel. We got our class hats this year too. Now after a term of being Greenies we lost that name and became sophis- ticated Sophomores. Half way through high school! As Sophomores our class was too large for the entire class to sit in study hall so they divided us and some went to Miss Wallis's room. We elected Ioe Fedorko president for the second time. The other officers were-vice-president, Laura Belle Mowrey: secretary, Eleanor McNeil: and treasurer, Kathleen Bloam. Our Sophomore year was saddened by the declaration of war. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the days that fol- lowed made us grow up a little quicker and made us think a little harder. But Spring came and we knew and looked forward to the fact that the next year would be a busy and happy one. Now our class had become united with the coming of the Rolfe School to join us. More than one hundred forty Iuniors and ready for anything. Laura Belle Mowrey became our president: the vice-president was Cherb Casiliop the secretary, Bob Harder: and the treasurer, Clarice Erickson. We got our class rings-gold, with our initials outside just to be different. Many of our boys left for the service, and our class decided to make an honor roll for them. We collected pictures of the boys, from all over town and indexed them. These pictures were presented to our Public Library. Of course, all of us were excited over our Iunior Prom. The thrill of that evening will long be with us. And another thing will be remembered-when on Class Day we took the Senior seats in assembly. Next year we would be Seniorsll And one fine September day in the fall of 1943, we came to Iohnsonburg High School as Seniors. This was to be our final and most important year in high school. F or our officers We elected Sam Casilio, president: Franklin Hagberg, vice- president: Margaret Gontero, secretary: and Kathleen Bloam, treasurer. How- ever. Sam left for the Navy and Frank has become our very capable president. Ruth Samsel was then elected vice-president. We worked hard selling candy, magazine subscriptions, and tickets for the Senior plays. . J Now that We have come to the time of the year when Seniors begin to get that lost feeling-now, we know just how much our school days mean to us. We will always remember our school days, the fun and the work. We hope that everyone in our class will be successful in his chosen work in life, because we are the builders of tomorrow. Iohlsco - 15

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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

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ELASS UT lilllll Foriner President .................... Sam Casilio President ......... .... F ranklin Haqberq Vice President ..... ......... R utl'1 Sarnsel Secretary ....... . . . Margaret Gontero Treasurer ..... .... K atl'1leen Bloam CLASS MOTTO Honest Effort Leads to Success CLASS COLORS CLASS PLOTNER Red, White, Blue Laurel K, 2 X ident I Secretary Former President CLASS ADVISORS Miss Emilie Lawrence Mr. Thomas Taylor Iohisco - 16 Vice President