McDonald High School - Laurel Yearbook (McDonald, PA)

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FIRST ROW lleft torightb - Fernand Thomassy, Alice Lienard, Carole Lohman, Karen Cobbett, Beverly Doehre, Gary Chiff. SECOND ROW - Mr. Blockowicz, William Dickinson, William Dillon, Irwin Lederstein, Louis Mas- quelier. THIRD ROW -- Harvey Brookins, Donald Perrard, Paul Masquelier, Robert Johnston. PROJECTOR CLUB AIDS AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAM The purpose of the Projector Club is to teach students how to run the inany practical niaehines used in the audio-visual program of the school. lt is hoped that at least one elub nxenxber will be present in every class. lflaeli lll0lllllOl' is insfrlwted personally by the elub sponsor, Mr. Bloekowiez, who in turn decides whether or not the nlexnber is qualified to run the lll2l0l1lll0. The equipment includes an opaque projec-for, several spotlights, a newly- purehased projector, and a new reeord iuaehine. The new projec-tor, whieh has already assisted several team-lu-rs besides providing a form of en- tertaininent for the students. has beeonxe a pop- ular addition to The Projector Club. The pro- jeetor is a eouvertihle type machine which can either projevf an image on a regular screen or projevt the image on a frosted glass sereen which is attaa-In-fl to the nnlehine. The spotlights are in continuous use during the year by various organizations. The opaque projector is used to project pictures in books or niagazines onto the screen so that many can View the picture at once. The new rem-ord machine, which can also be converted into a P. A. system, is used at fifteen-cent danees. The inaehine, Nvhieli plays any size record at all speeds, is also used in the music department. At dances only inenihers of the elub are allowed, to run the inaelline. . Mr. llloekowiez has done a fine job since he took over as sponsor of the ,Projector Club. ln fact his job as sponsor will probably beconie bigger in the next few years since the use of audio-visual aids is becoming a more and more popular method of edueation.

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KEM KLUB HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR Tlu' K11111 Klub, 1'co1'gz111izv1l i11 1955, had ll very SlIOUOSSflll year. Tho c-lub, llI1ll0l' the clirec- tiou of Mr. lll1:1'kowic'z, is 111a11l0 up of 1-l1e111ist1'y llllll pliysivs stumlvuts i11t01'0steml i11 a Cill'L'l'l' basvcl 011 sc-iolivo. llc:-tiiigs are lu-lml 0Y0l'j' 'l'lllll'Sll2ly ll00ll. Part of the llllllltlllg is llvvuteml to business. Zlllll part is clovotml fo soil-iitiiiu 1lovolop111o11ts zuicl 0Xll0l'lll10lllS 1101'f01'111c1l by H10 lll0llllJ0l'S. The Kem Klub joined the Svioiice Club of .X11101'ic:1 0il.l'lf' i11 the your, tlllll 1110111l1e1'sl1i11 czmls wi-1'eLgi1'1-11 out. llucs of twoiity-five k'l'llfS ll 111o11tl1 are paid by the 1llOlllllCl'S. :1111l This lllllllllj' is usual to buy 2l17PilI'ilfllS for the svioiiee l11l11-atm-y. A cmistit-11tio11. wliieli lllCllllli'tl the purpose and aims of the club and the duties of the 1110111- bers Zlllll ollic-v1's, was Kl1'ilXV1l up by tliu Ulllllllllt' too. After the 111110111l111o11ts wore ll12lKll'. the C011- Sllfllllllll was tl1011 11pp1'ov01l by tlu- lll0lllll0l'Sl1l1l. Movies illlil film strips lla-11li11g with all lll'2llll'lll'S of sc-i011vv were 0lljUj'l'll by the cflub 111u111bo1's 11111l piwwoml to bo of great value i11 l'l2lSSl'00lll work. A film ou the Salk XvZll'l'lll0 was 0110 of tlio lllklllj' 111ovi0s Oiijoyvnl by the 1110111- bers. Oflici-1's of tlio 'KL-111 'Klub lllt'lllllOI lJw0l'llilllll 'l'l1o111a1ssy.'p1'osi1lv11t: .lol111 lylllllllllSUll. vica- lll'l'SlllOllfI, lluguottv Gaill111'1l, sm-c'1'0t:11'yg 1111cl ,Mary Ella-11 Kloppol, t1'O2lSlll'Cl'. Those line oHi0v1's 1'01lll0l'0tl efliciont and helpful selyico as they fuliilloml their duties ill every mlotuil. FIRST ROW QLeft to right! - John Williamson, Mary Ellen Kloppel, Fernand Thomassy, Huguette Gaillard, Mr. Blockowicz. SECOND ROW - Vera Cook, Vera DeBlander, Joan Denny. Carole Louise Campbell, Phyllis Mc- Elhaney. Barbara Bugay, William Dickinson. THIRD ROW -- James Laurick, Edmund Taborski, Paul Masquelier, William Dillon, Harvey Brookins, Louis Masquelier.

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FIRST ROW tleft to right! - Mary Ellen Kloppel, Fernand Thomassy. Carole Louise Campbell, Miss Kirk. SECOND ROW - Norma Thornton, Mary Alyce Russell, Joan Denny, Barbara Lescallette, Donna Perrard, Suzanne Kunkle, Patricia Harvey. THIRD ROW - Raymond Leytrick, Chester Hoffman, David Laughery, David Meredith, Larry Thornton, Gustave Brackman. FOURTH ROW - Milton Powell, Robert Johnston, Donald Perrard, Louis Masquelier, Gary Chili CHRONICLE SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED The eight editions of the 1956 Mellonald lligh School llhroniele have all been successfully written, printed, and distributed among the stu- dents. This task was carried out with the aid of Miss Kirk, who is the publications advisor. The 19549 illll'0lllL'lO was very successful. thanks to the efforts ot' the journalism class and its very capable editor, Fernand Thomassy. Al- though it was sometimes ditlieult to get all the material checked illlll typed. everything always turned out all right as the material went to press. - .X project, such as publishing a school paper, provides the students with many benelits. First ot all, the students must obtain the money with which to publish it. This is done by secur- ing advertisement from the local businesses. This gives the student a chance to get out and meet- and deal with the public. Secondly, thc material to go into the newspaper must he sought. checked, typed. and tu1'ned in to he sent to the press. All this gives the student ex- perience in composition. responsibility, and the usage of good lflnglish. The advertising stalt under the leadership of Gary tlhiit and l1is assistant, ,liob Johnston, did a very successful job, even though it sonic- times grew ditlicult. Q., The editorial statf, headed by Fcrnand Tlioniassy, assisted by Carole Louise Campbell and Mary Ellen Kloppel, did a very etlicient job in getting the material assembled. All of the oth- er staffs. including business, headed by Louis Masquelier. assisted by Donald Perrardg circu- lation. headed by llonna Perrardg and sports, headed hy Milton Powell and assisted by Larry Thornton. did their jobs very well and contrib- uted much to the success of the Cl1l'0lllClQ. Eve- ryone agrees that working together makes a task much easier, and these statfs proved this point. The printing of the Chronicle is one of the high points of the Senior Class. Each class looks forward to improving a11d changing it each year. All the students look forward each month to getting their copy fllltl finding out the latest happenings and gossip of the school. The day the Uhroniele comes out the teachers have a hard time getting the students to pay attention in class. The ti'ln'oniele statf would like to express its appreciation to the businessmen of Mellonald for their cooperation and patronage. llvithout their aid the t'ln'o11icle would not be possible. The statt would also like to wish luck and suc- cess to all the Chronicle staffs of the future.