McDonald High School - Laurel Yearbook (McDonald, PA)

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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.

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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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Miss .lgxxn OK. lqlkli Englislz . JUIlI'IlllI'i8Ill, Lil:-ra-rialu. Lone- hours of hard work and worrx' alone' r- . 2-I with niauv hours ot tun are the baekeround ot 1 . I Q P' the hue production ot the 1956 Laurel. Cooper- ation and the ambition of the elass members produeed a yearbook we eau be proud of. Every member of the elass had sonie part in helping turn out the lianrel. A elass meeting was held at the beginning' of the year, and the iueuibers ot' the ditlierent staffs were ehosen. lf'ernand Thoniassy and Harvey Brookins, eo-editors, along with their staff, worked hard in assembling into the yearbook the work of the other stalis. Many things have to be done in preparing a yearbook, but the inost important is getting enough money to have one. The advertising staff has done a tine job in bringing in money for ad- vertisements and urging their elassniates to bring in patrons. The business staff was responsible LAUREL THE PRODUCT OF WORK, WORRY, FUN for bringing in subseriptions to the Laurel, hold- ing a. 15-cent dunee and the annual dise-joekey danee. and eondueting the boxing glove game. Money was also made by selling magazines at the beginning of the sehool year. a projeet in whieh we did better than any previous elass. The literary staff was responsible for all the Writeups for the pietures that appear in the l.aurel. This proved to be a greater task than was expected. The eireulation statl' was responsible for distributing the Laurel to all subseribers. lVe eau all agree they did a, good job. The art staff did a very fine job under the expert guidanee of Mr. llaris. The drawings eontained in this year's book are very eleverly done. Many good pictures were taken this year for the yearbook by the photography statf. Those on the sports staff did a good job of keeping statistics of all the athletic activities. Miss Kirk has kept all the staffs at wo1'k. and we want to thank her for her fine assistance and guidance. YVe also wish to thank all of the patrons and advertisers, wit-hout whose finan- eial help our yearbook could not be possible. FIRST ROXV lleft to rightl - Joan Denny, Mary Ellen Kloppel, Fernnnd Thomassy, David Lnughery, Harvey Rrookins. Patricia Bennett, Parole Louise Campbell. Suzanne Kunkle, SECOND ROXV - Robert Johnston, NVllllum Dickinson. Dora Mae Fletcher. Norma Thornton, Donna Porrnrd, Bnrbnrn Lescnllette, Mary Alyce Russell. Linda Nolte. Carole Miller. Shirley Crowe, Beverly Doehre. Duvld Meredith. Jules Multunas. THIRD ROW' -- Patricia Harvey, Vera Cook, Patricia Myers, Mary Ann Toulouse, Phyllis Mr'Elhanoy, Hugnetle Gnillnrd, Mary June Rnndour. FOURTH ROWV - August Richard, Terry Smith, Vera Delilnnder, llarlumra. liugay. Gloria Mazzneeo, Donna Cooper. Gary Chiff. FIFTH RONV - John Davis. John Xvlliinnison. Paul Masquelier, Don- ald Perrard, Gustave Rraekman, Shannon llinrnerum, James hnuriek, Edmund Taborski, Vifillium Dillon. SIXTH ROVV - Larry Thornton, James Jozwialzowskl, Chester Hoffman, Raymond Leytrlek, Reed Scott, Louis Mnsquelier. Thomas Murdock, Thomas McCarty, Henry Rim-hell, Milton Powell.