Monaca High School - Acanom Yearbook (Monaca, PA)

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Zmaea just as the man shown in the industrial picture puts forth his skill and experience to manufacture his product, so are the faculty and students, partners in the study to meet life's future problems.

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GLANCING AT THE PAST A few more weeks and our high school days will be just another chapter in the book of our cherished memories. As we turn back the wheels of time, we recall vividly our sophomore year at Monaca High School. Under the guidance of Mrs. Mary M. Rock, we organized our class and elected the fol- lowing officers for the year: Robert Sampson, president, Robert Wilczek, vice president, Mar- ion Pyecha, secretary, and Sally Hallman, treasurer. In the spring, we were very proud to wear our new class rings selected by the ring committee. We also boast of being the first biology class to spend an outdoor week-end in May at Raccoon State Park, under the capable direction of Mr. Schenley, our biology teacher. In September, 1952, we returned again to Monaca High School this time as upperclassmen. Our junior year was a memorable one. We realized the necessity of fund raising activities. With Mrs. Betty Dean and Miss Mary O'Keefe as sponsors, and with our class officers: Tom Lavery, president, Rose Budacki, vice president, Fran Salinshick, secretary, and jack McKay, treasurer, we launched upon a magazine subscription drive and Halloween and Easter candy sales to build up the class treasury. We had our first experience in dramatics when a well chosen cast present- ed our junior class play, Caught in the Villain's Web, which was ably directed by Mr. Robert Fogg. The highlight of our successful year was the junior-Senior Prom which was held at the Colonial Inn near Bellevue. The Monaca business men and organizations held the first Post Prom Party in the Monaca Turners Hall. But time marched on. Before we knew it, we were once more returning to Monaca High School, this time as seniors. Of all our high school days, those spent as seniors will be the best loved and most remembered. Mrs. D. C. Locke was our class sponsor and advisor. We began to accept the responsibilities which were ours in th is, our final year. By late August our football programs had been completed, under the capable leadership of our class officers: John York- ovich, president, Jack McKay, vice president, Mary Meany, secretary, and Nancy Hartnett, treas- urer. The concession crew was selected, class committees were appointed, and the Acanom staff was organized. The annual football queen dance featured the crowning of the Football Queen, juliann Pupi, by Ronald Henry. Our senior class play, When a Feller Needs a Friend, directed by Mrs. T. Roger Dever, was presented on November 20. This was our final fling at dramatics. Prom peanut week was something new to us and we had both pleasant and exasperating experiences selling the peanuts. Never shall we forget the fun in the exchange of graduation pictures and name cards. The social part of our senior year came to a climax with the senior banquet which was held on May 4, at Sheffield Towers, Aliquippa, and the junior-Senior Prom on May 14, in the high school gym. Baccalaureate services and commencement exercises made us fully conscious that our high school days were nearly over. As we crossed the stage to receive our long awaited diplomas, We realized that we were entering into a strange and different world where we would play an en- tirely different role as alumni of Monaca High School. The wheels of time will keep grinding on and on and years will come and go, but those spent by us, the class of 1954, at Monaca High School, will ever be remembered. FRANCES SALINSHICK NANCY HARTNETT -16-