McClure High School - Candlebeam Yearbook (McClure, PA)

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and was to star Clopalong Hassldy and Wald Bull HlCCUp ohn had marrled a waltress from Kansas and now was the father of six chlldren who all resembled htm poor cnt ters He stlll was joxlal and happy so we switched thls scene to another one ln this scene we were shown a dentnsts offlce ln McClure We thought that perhaps one of the patients there would be from the class of 49 Howewer we were dnsappomted for behmd the dentist chalr stood the smtllng confxdent doctor 'Nelson Kllne Nelson had marrted a shlrl factory owners daughter and llved contentedly wxth her and thexr three chlldren As we watched the scene rather old man came into the office to hate a tooth pulled Nelson looked at htm wlth glee and told hlm to make hlmself comfortable Any one knows that s Impossible 111 a dentlst s OfflCC but the man sat down and opened his mouth Armed with the necessary tools ham mer chl l saw and a toothplc Nelson began to pull out a tooth After frve hours of tedlous labor Nelson was able to secure the molar lhe man jumped ln rage when he saw the tooth Thats the wrong one you fool he sald So the old man Nl 5 E Good left Dr Klme s office and so drd we Our crystal ball seemed to lllce doctors for soon we were shown another offxce lh lhlladelphxa Here however the famlllar face was not a doctor but rather a sec retary Yes lt was Patrlcla Trego Working steadlly at her desk she was a perfect example of success Whlle watchmg her another glrl entered the room Much to our surprlse we found that nt was lNancy toung She too was a medncal secretary! This doctor lt seems had lots of buslness Nancy sat down at her desk and began to type Her nimble flngers struck the keys IH swlft experxenced movements She seemed to be qulte busy wxth her worlx We focused the crystal ball on the paper to see what she was typmg for the doctor All good men come to the a1d of their party was the mess age typed by thls talented typlst After awhile both gurls threw down thexr work and looked towards the doctor s door to see lf he was watchmg They pushed their chalrs together and got some paper We watched for some time untxl our natural curloslty made us focus the crystal ball on thelr work to see what hard labormg work these two mdustrlous gurls were clomg One could almost see thelr bralns tlcl-:mg as we came nearer thelr paper What ambxtlon ceaseless working gurls they are we thought Our mouths fell open when we looked at the paper Nancy and. Pat were playmg a game of acks' ln thelr personal lxves we know little of 'Nancy and Patsy except that both were tryxng to attract the attentxon of thelr handsome boss the doctor Whxch sue ceeds will probably be told on Stella Dallas so tune m tomorrow same txme same statlonl Our last scent brought us to a school building ln nllttsburgh fennsylvanla llere two of the brlghtest and hard worlung members of the class of 49 sat behind mahogany desks teachmg a group of lazy hlgh school puplls to slgn XS on thelr pa ter These teachers were of course 'Nancy Cunefare and Phyllns Romtg Craduatmff from college wrth hrgh honors the gxrls marrzed therr hlgh school sweethearts and flnally obtalned favorable posltxons IH thxs school When they werent beatang pupu s oxer their heads wlth dlctlonarxes they were at home attendlng to thelr off sprlng lhyllls had been nommated for mayor twlce ln Plttsburgh but she had decllned the 4 THE x ' X .,..--,.,,,,,,, His- ,, ,W Y W ,Y Y ff X --- J l ' ' ' . ' , a , ' fre, , H li 1 V L . ' H x A . , g.. 1 L N i : . . . ,. ' , . ' 19 9 CANDLEBEAMZ-,,e,.,eee e M. H S Page lixghteen

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The plane was a lxttle wobbly at frrst and they were a httle green around tht gall However with the help of our able adusor Miss Musser and the kllld consld ration of the senxors they were able to survne Nl e next year went qulte a blt better Rudy Wagner was elected chief ptlot and lhylll Romtg ascended to co pilot Helen Bowmrsox was Ill charge of maps and charts xnd ohn Dean took care of the hxstory Rxchard Khngler was treasurer Our Adxrsor was Mr Elder Vleader The squad learned to stand on lts own two feet that year because of the prevalent xllness of tts leader Our umor year proved to be the hugh llght of our career as fliers ohn Dean was again pxlot wxth Helen Bowersox as hrs assistant Mae Swanger kept the books whlle 'Nelson KIIIIC and 'Nancy Young took care of the money and the historical facts respeetlxely Belng unique outstandmg and orgtnal proyecl to be the qualltles of thts class These quahtles stood out tn tts famous INDOOR CARVNJV XL the -Iumor Prom and the fxne assembly programs But rt was really the last year that put this group to the test Bexng Seniors meant bemg busy all the time Fallure was not a word used lll therr vocabulary and they always kept before them thexr slogan O r Best ls Not Enough One of the accomphshments of whlch they are most proud was the champron ship soccer and basketball teams l-he basketball team went undefeated during the four years the boys of 49 occupied the locker room X large share of the glory goes to Chief joe Dodd and Coach Lou Srleo for wlthout them there would have been no yrctory These two lnstructors have held hxgh posltlons ll1 the eyes of the class and their value was mestlmatable Champlons they were called and champions they were That the whole class excelled ln therr studtes was proxed by the crowded honor roll The OlflCl3lS thus yr-ar wuz ohn Dean agaxn prlot wrth He en Bowersux as co pllot lhyllls Romlg secretary latsy Trego treasurer 'Nancy Young htstortan nlhex worked together sharlng each Joy and dlsappozntment each success and fallure until at last they were ready to push their airplane e Splut f Forty 'Nine lnto the hanger and depart each rnto hrs own personal life Thxs perhaps was the greatest sorrow of all saylng goodbye to the happy days spent together Someday they hall fly together agaln and try to recapture a few of the lost memorles of youth be cause as eyeryone knows they belong to the class newer to be forfotten the good old. class of 49 THE .X 1 X , , , ,- , , X, X 5 --. M .--N l.. -, -Y-gV--- J . 3 i. S- rl i , 5 I V. ' .N A K . . - C: - - 1 - u 1 -' s s A ' . , is At 1 , I 1 s 3 Q- ' I X 'y I J . I . . 3 1 I . . 1 1 f - J ' V 'f ' . J . , .. u , .K P i J r 5' . . . V rl' 4 A - . 2 J .1 . V Vg , , V 1 5 A- v .H . I . ' f k . . ' ' ...Th . . O -A ., '.. s V ' k ' I ' , - CANDLEBEANI, -..,-.a-,,,,,,,,, ,, M H S a e fwenty'