Lower Paxton High School - Ranger Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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The tltle of whrch we were Justly proud a year before faded mto the drstance when w e took our place rn the school regrme Wlth the envrable name of Junrors We were exceedrngly eager to assume the responslbrlrtres that went wrth that status Our class had decreased to thrrty four but our Dreams of Washrngton spurred us on and gave us energy enough to make up for our lack of numbers Each undertakrng seemed to brrng that dream closer to realrty At the begrnrng of our Junror year we concen trated our efforts on makrng the second of our Chrcken a la Krng suppers a success The event whrch gave us prestrge among the other classes and whrch made us realrze we were really Junrors was the presentatron of our J unror Class Play Enter Mr Patrrcra It seemed to us the best play ever produced at Low er Paxton Hrgh School and wrll have a lastrng rmpressron on our memorres The last of our actrvrtres was a party for the senrors at Hershey Park More excltlng than any of our class actrvrtxes however was the ex pectatron of a larger addltron to the school burldmg Our rmagrnatrons w ere runnlng rampant A new gym Any gym would have been better than Semor Hrgh School Freshmen are at therr best very strange creatures laboratory? Was the home economrcs room to be larger and better equlp ped'7 Would there be a separate room for study halls? We could hardly realrze that these thrngs were actually gorng to happen But when the men began drggrng for the foundatron poured cement and lard brrcks for the for our senlor year Senlors at last' We were begrnnlng to thlnk that the day would never come School convened two weeks late exen then the bulldrng was not completed For a long trme we could smell the fresh palnt and plaster and hear the poundrng and rrngrng of hammers the Shflek of the pneumatlc drrll gr mdrng for rrvets and the shoutrng of the workers The dedlcatlon of the bulldrng was the 0fflCl3l lnspectron day for the parents to whom we w ere exceedrngly proud to show our new school Our Senlor Class Play He Was a Gav Senor rta was the first presentatron ln the new audltorrum The play was not Spanlsh as the name rmplred but typlcally Amerrcan The dedrcatron of the burldrng was the oflicral mspectron day for the parents to whom we were exceedlngly proud to show our new school Our Senror Class Play He Was a Gay Senorrta was the first presentatlon rn the new audrtor 1um The play was not Spanrsh as the name rmplled but ty plcally Amerlcan The last socral event st1ll remarns that to whrch we have looked for ward and for whrch we have been strrvrng durmg our entrre school career the trrp to W3Sh1Hg'tOH We shall contmue our enthuslastrc lnterest so 20 . V . . . . H ' . 77 v . ' ll ' ' l! ' CK ' ' !9 , . . , , . . . . . . . . Q . . . y 3 - V ' ' ' v . , ' 1 9 I Q 1 . . W . , y . . walls, we began to realize how splendid it would be to have thls addltron Y i Y . . ' 7 i . 7 . 7 y v . V Y I . . , ss , ,' I 17 , , ' ' ' ' . y ' v 7 9 ' ' as ' H ' ' Y 7 . ' 7 Y 7 . . , -

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1987 The day IS fast approachlng when we will no longer be students at Lower Paxton We are looklng forward to that day with mingled feellngs of longing and regret The history of our class durlng its stay 1n the halls of Lower Paxton has been neither outstanding nor spectacular to the casual observer but It IS to us a remmder of amusing incidents enjoyable occasions and the trials and trlbulatlons that were necessary to attam our goal On the memorable occasion of our entrance 1nto hlgh school there were fifty two members in the class That event as made even more d1St1DCtlV6 by the fact that we were the first class that did not have to take the High School Entrance Exam1nat10n The school had been organlzed as a J umor Senior Hlgh School Freshmen are at their best very strange creatures and we were no exceptlon The upperclassmen lntrlgued us with thelr superior bearing Nevertheless we were 1nord1nately proud of our posltlon and rank as freshmen Our first attempt at merrymaklng was a Hallowe en party of WhlCh the best feature was the unusually palatable refreshments The event that was undoubtedly the highspot of our freshman year was the Moonlight Hike to Rlchard Bells meadow where we had a wemer roast Mr Cobb and Mlss Rohrer our class advlsors were our chaperons one step higher to the rank of sophomores with forty members Agaln we had a Hallowe en party It was during that year that we gave the first of our celebrated Chlcken a La Kmg suppers Mr Glvler and Mlss Mar Jorie Phllllps sophomore class advisors were very helpful m this our first buslness venture Several amusmg thlngs happened in our sophomore year the first bemg the selectlon of our class motto Grln and Bear It The second was our p1cn1c on the last day of school After much thought and discussion we decided to go to a park along the r1ver Several days passed before some of the class voiced the Op1IllOIl that that park was not sultable We then changed our plans and decided to make arrangements to go to W11low M1llS Since we were not p6I'II'l1tt8d the use of the school bus we recrulted cars to take us there When the day of the p1cn1c arrlved we learned that the seniors and Juniors were going to Hershey Park 1n the school bus and various sophomores declared thelr intention of golng with them The rest of the class would not surrender their plans for going to Willow MlllS the outcome of this predicament was that half of the sopho mores went to Willow Mllls and the deserters went wlth the Juniors and semors to Hershey 19 . . y . 7 ! . D ' 1 . r ' Q - v , . ll ' ' YY ' ! ' Y . . , , . At last, the shackles of our freshman year were removed. We advanced 7 ' . ll ' ' 97 ' ' - . . . . , . , . . ' Y ' ' ll ' Y! , . . . 0 . . y ' 9 ! Q . . -

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that when we take our places at the gr rduatron ercercrses each of us can truthfully say that he has done hrs best to make the Class of 1937 one of Lower Paxton s greatest assets As we contemplate graduatron not as an end of hrgh school but 'ms a begrnnlng of our lrfe as crtrzens we find rn our hearts a deep affectron for the school we must leave our rlma mrter We have a real apprecratron for the teachers who have endeavored to rnstrll rn us lefrrnrng wrsdom and hrgh rdeals whrch we wrll undoubtedly need when we leave thrs school to iight the battles of lrfe As we go forth wrth a determrnatron to cherrsh and keep ahve our pleasant memorres of school rt wrll be the arm of every member of the class to bear hrmself nobly rn thrs glorrous adventure EVELYN YVILLOUGHBY GXJLZC Class Poem We falter as we close the door On Lower Paxton s lrfe We falter as we step Into the wor ld of woe and strrfe We learned our lessons farthfully And yet we lrrrger strll Afr ard to tread the path of lrfe Wrth a free and ready wrll At school the path seemed very short As each one vorced ambrtrons And each one sees rn hrs own dream A posrtrve frurtron We qurckly take the step That leads us all aw ay From our Alma Mater s bosom To the problems of Today EC 21 u ur l ul c . 1 v 4 ' Y Q ' , 1 c . . -. .. . . u I . b , c uc l 1 1 u 1 'll , c c . V cv- . . . LI. , V. r . . ' v' ' U .' .U l , ' u 9 - v 1 I 4. 1 1 u. v l . 1. . r 1 . v s my