Millvale High School - Millvalean Yearbook (Millvale, PA)

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VVAR BRINGS MANY CHANGES TO M. H. S. There is probably no corner of the world that has not been affected by World War II in one way or another and our Alma Mater has proved no exception. In order to keep abreast with the times, new courses have been added to our curriculum. Aeronautics was the first one of this group to be followed later by Aviation Math. frequired of all Sr. boysJ and courses including Radio and Morse Code. Each Thursday afternoon rhythmic marching may be heard from the gym floor as many of our junior and senior boys, learning not only how to march properly but also the art of handling a gun, carry out the snappy commands of an R. O. T. C. officer from Pitt. Such training is bound to be of help in War or peace! At the beginning of the second semester our first Senior, Bob Bennett, left us to join the Navyg a few days later Helen Burke left her Senior class to begin nurses training. Later in the semester Frank Munson, Ken Bauer, Joe Petti, and john Cunic enlisted. The biggest gap was left in the class in March when thirteen of our members Cpictured abovej left to attend trade school preparing for defense jobs such as welding, drafting, machine shop, sheet metal work, pipe fitting, etc. Undoubtedly, one of the most touching assemblies ever held in our audi' torium occurred on March 4 when we bid goodfbye to our beloved coach, Mr. McCarthy who left us to become a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the Navy. Many of us found ourselves with new schedules and different teachers as a result of this change. All in all this class of '43 has probably seen more changes than any other Senior class could boast of. Many of these have not been too happy, but we are still most thankful to be members of this class in a school which is still unscathed by shells or bombs! Page Sixty-six

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LIBRARIAN ASSISTANTS By far one of the busiest rooms at M. H. S. is our indispensable library where a staff of girls assist the librarian in rendering a helpful service to the students. On hand two periods a week, Mary Pavkovich, Rose Babic, Margie Wilkes, Edna Mae Giger, Adele Weir, Wilmalleene Miller, Mary jane Vogel, Marilyn Lipp, Virginia Mussen, Charlotte Rothmeyer, Dolores McCloskey, Alberta Vecenie, Gloria Werner, Annette Cohen and Jeanne Krapf prove their worthiness to our librarian, Miss Johnston. The work performed by these girls is a constant round of activity such as shelving books, keeping records of over' due books and book fines, answering questions fWhat is a good book to read? Is this a good book for freshies?j and helping underclassmen with reference questions. The highflight of the season really comes when the Book Week Tea is held alternately at Millvale and Etna High Schools. At these gatherings the librarians from each school attend and become well acquainted. Such commendable work as these girls render is beneficial to all of us, and it deserves some hearty recognition. CHEERLEADERS No camera could capture the peppy effervescent moods of the gay cheer' leaders, who have definitely won a place in our minds as we talk and think of our football players. These girls-Betty Riddlebaugh, Marjorie Wilkes, Mary Pavkovich, Rose Strafalace, Pearl Peindl, and Grace Mihlfried-as they may be seen fighting and urging our boys on to victories, make us feel as though we had a real part in the game! BOWLING CLUB Up on alley four! is a cry often heard on Monday afternoons. Then with a swing of the arm, the ball goes straight down the alley and bang goes a strike! Good Deal! a voice from the back shouts, and the next member enthusiastically takes his turn. Robert Bennett was the club's able leader for the first half of the bowling season, and Steve Ceh carried on successfully for the second half. Mr. Fleming was chosen as sponsor. Each week dues were paid so that at the end of the bowling season the bowlers celebrated their victories. The teams having the names of wellfknown colleges such as Duquesne, Duke, Notrg Dame, Penn State, Pitt, and Carnegie Tech had the following as their mem ers: J. Aufman, M. Voit, A. Ulrich, D. Voit, C. Pickl, M. Zeppuhar, V. Mihlfried, R. Brown, D. McCloskey, H. Sadwick, H. Shaufl, A. Pfister, W. Leahy, L. Gross, R. Lamber, F. Pschirer, G. Penisch, A. Vicinie, -M. Schwab, K. Bauer, M. A. Brunner, E. M. Cornely, H. Burke, O. Senk, J. Weber, I. Heck, and G. Koelsch. The captains of these teams were: F. Mrak, S. Ceh, Lawson, R. Bennett, R. Kramer, and H. Franke. ' ' Page Sixty-five

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