Millerton High School - Yearbook (Millerton, PA)

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1097 S :za Not one teacher, but five, not one room, but several, not 'Q+ ' , e we I tial e , , ' faad agtwlffr' ima-iaffifg gkgbydg -'-e ---- ' Ln' Qt PAST Pzzasam' FUTURE will we ever forget our first weeks of High School! ,. our own classmates to love and fear, but many othersg Q1 some who looked and acted like giants. Very swiftly those - Junior high school days passed. Then with eighth grade 1' examinations a mere memory, we began our real high school I , Proudly did we elect A officers and pay class dues. We eager y looked forward , studies with eighteen members. if the upper classmen even though we were 'Green Frgsha. Can you imagine our surprise and antisipation when it was - ' announced t at the entire school would spend the after , noon inspecting the Eclipse exhibit at E mira Heights! No classes. N Study ha ls! But then came the solemn warning-'Observe Carefully. You may have to report on the Q .cn to freshman initiation for then we would be reco ni ed by' 3:3 1:1-ip . ' H, When we became proud Sophomores we found we had lost 125. Q' several of our classmates, even one of our officers In W p ' 5 the fall of 1944 Gordon Martin, our president, Charles ' iii 1 . ae e Miller, Daryl Thorpe 8 Stanley Hanson were missing. Yet we were favored by having Jessie Sissen for a few months. suDuring that year we began to think seriously about If building a fund for our post-graduation trip. Some of us ' bf , nearl forgot that our primary aim was an education, but QI 5 .aprt the glaring red F's served as a reminder. Serving hot f O is 3 lunches once a week and sponsoring a dance or two gave us 'ragga I+' V6 tt Q lots of fun and a good financial start. Q The next year we showed the school that we were Jrs. Q by proudly displaying our new class rings. At times we If - fel as though they were only brilliant possessions. New ' Qwwe knew that we must really study if we were to maintain 'N e a satisfactory reputation among our Senior classmates. 'W' 3 pu why must we be compelled to match our knowledge with theirs Lp, 6 ' Perhaps it was an inspiration for at least we all made the 3 grade. During that year we lost a few classmates Bernard raper, Paul tarkweather and Rexford Card. Charles l Miller had rejoined us but not for long. Junior days were Af gf not without entertainment, Christmas pageants, Chapel ' programs and many basketball games. There were two 'f outstanding events during that year. First our Junior a ' play gave us plenty of work, plenty of fun and plenty of Q' 5 ' money. Just think! One hundred seventy-five dollars 4 Q SWS ee,.e, net gain! That made even our Senior fr ends envious. 0 fi Just when we thought the last few days of school were 'Mx If if ',..e kb,, . if bb NLXK l QDK: f f. -5 A wi -l ':'?1 'Y' ' - ' ' t..t. e e e av ,rf Af' . ' 2g5e?a,RNSEfefs?g? ' ' . 'iffiifn