McConnellsburg High School - Sparta / Flashlites Yearbook (McConnellsburg, PA)

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r §m: »:o» ra ixoxi txjzuxi xxi ♦ FLASH » LITES •»x»»ixz xxmzxi xxuzdci ixi swk ;”i Ctei History FRESHMAN President—Beverly Edwards Secretary Lavonne Cline Vice-President—Dick Linn Treasurer—Mary Edna Bivens We entered the doors of M. H. S. one September day of 1947—a group of fifty-eight frantic freshmen. Our curriculum sheets were tattered from much handling that first week. We made our first public appearance at a junior high initiation party. SOPHOMORE President—Zane Fraker Secretary—Lavonne Cline Vice-President—Jack Fields Treasurer Robert Akers At this point in our history we encountered the harrowing experience of initia- tion ceremonies. Our most successful undertaking as sophomores proved to be the Saturday night record dances. JUNIOR President—Zane Fraker Secretary—Mona Humbert Vice-President—Jack Fields Treasurer—Robert Akers And jolly juniors we were. Thirty-four of us had survived the difficult problems of high school life. Two major events of this year were the St. Patrick’s Dance and the Prom with a banquet honoring the seniors. SENIOR President—Zane Fraker Secretary—Mona Humbert Vice-President—Earl Mellott Treasurer Robert Akers The first task of this year was the publishing of STUDENT FLASHES. This final year meant projects of a financial nature—our play and our yearbook. As FLASH LITES is being published, we are completing plans for the senior trip to New York and the commencement program.

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FLASH • » L I 1 zx3tv4 vt»x»ixi ixiDa The Crystal Cjazer Gazer: Oh, Senior Class of McConnellsburg High School, hear ye the message I bring. Life is divided into three great periods: the past, the present, the future. The past, with its many happy days of freedom from care, is behind you. It is now only a succession of beautiful memories that, in years to come, we shall love to recall. The present, with its petty trials, its days of study and play, of triumph and disappointment, is with you now, but the great unknown future stretches out be- fore you. an untravelled road, filled with—you know not what. Perhaps it is great joy and success; perhaps sorrow and disappointment; perhaps wealth; perhaps poverty: perhaps fame. You go forward with, as it were, your eyes blindfolded, travelling the great road of life, each step opening up something new, something unexpected. But I, with my mystic power, can unfold that future to you and give a brief glimpse of this class, thirty years from today. Then you can judge for yourselves the paths eacn one has travelled, the efforts each one has made. Listen well, oh. Class of 1951! Give heed to these words of mystic wisdom, as the future is revealed. We are in a court house where the noted judge. Zane Fraker, is ready to try a criminal case. Now the scene changes to a secluded section of McConnellsburg where Marian Wible is occupied in the home she founded for cats. She seems to be very happy about this vocation. I see two girls, Carolyn Buterbaugh and Betty Mellott, who seem to be zoom- ing through the air. They are—as stewardesses on a plane. to begin a dangerous operation to remove a pair of false teeth from a patient who had a slight case of dental trouble. I behold the Vice-President of this great country who appears to be a fellow classmate. It’s Andrew Howell! I can now vision a country church where the minister is going to begin his sermon. Who is the preacher? It seems to be—it is—Donald Culler! A teacher now comes into the picture. She looks very well contented, play- ing “Farmer in the Dell with the children. ’Tis Verna Buterbaugh. I see a large reception room where are found Edna Bain and Fay Welsh, who are both married to wealthy and successful businessmen. O mystic ball, from out thy depths. The future to this class reveal. Thy knowledge, hidden deep from sight. Pray give us now, and naught conceal. 1 see now an operating room. Frank Mellott, the famous surgeon, is ready (Continued on the Following Page)