Monongahela High School - Flame Yearbook (Monongahela, PA)

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Calendar Of The Year SEPTEMBER 4 7 14 18 21 27 OCTOBER 3 ll 17 23 25 NOVEMBER 6 9 14 15 21 30 DECEMBER 17 19 19 20 IANUARY 2 6 6 9 15 24 25 28 29 School begins First football game Student Council organizes First senior assembly Band debut in new uniforms Student Council Get Acquainted Dance Group I clubs organize Red and White Review on sale Group II clubs organize Choral department assembly Bonfire pep rally Career Day Veterans' Day Assembly Parents' night Class play - Once There Was a Princess Thanksgiving assembly Basketball season opens Christmas dance Christmas pageant Baskets for the needy Vacation begins End of vacation Assembly by Downbeats Mr. Barbero's basketball assembly Homeroom guidance program on Courtesy Dance band assembly House of Magic assembly Art Pallan assembly Informal senior dance Flame Staff Skating Party

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Coal Barge total of four hundred twenty-four thous- and, seven hundred thirty tons passed through Lock No. 3 in 1951. The role played by the Monongahela in the history of the United States and of Pennsylvania is unsurpassed. The name itself shows its connection with the early history of Pennsylvania, for the word Mo- nongahela is an old Indian word mean- ing The River of the Falling Banks . At first trading posts sprang up along its banks to accomodate the great influx of settlers moving westward from Pittsburgh, which was at that time the gateway to the West. This extensive emigration had start- ed before the Revolution, was interrupted by it, but resumed afterwards in greatly increased numbers. As the Monongahela was the main waterway, many prosper- ous boatyards were established on its banks. During the forties and fifties it is Water Sports ..44-1. A A .. t.- probable that there was not a navigable stream on the western waterway system which did not fill the cutwater of a Monon- gahela craft. With the coming oi the steamboat, travel increased and flourish- ing industries sprang up. The hushed noise of running water was broken by the blowing of the foghorns by the riverboat captains, announcing the advent of a new era. Today the river has become a part of the life of the people who live along its banks. Its importance still is increasing as it furnishes a waterway on which coal and raw materials can be transported to meet the demands of the iron and steel industries. But the familiar sight of this river will remain forever in the hearts of all the valley people, especially in those of Monongahela, the town which bears this great river's name. Bridge Over the Monongahela

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Calendar Cf The Year FEBRUARY 11 13 13 14 27 MARCH 1 4 15 21, 22 26 APRIL 4, 5,6 11 25 MAY 3 IUNE 2 3 4 6 Annual Student Council variety show Latin Club Party Flame Staff Skating Party Valentine Day dance Spanish Club dance Spring Vacation Hayseed Hoedown P.T.A. Dance Senior Play Pitt-Cornell Debates Senior trip to Washington. Choral Concert Band Concert Junior-Senior Prom Senior Exams Underclass Exams Baccalaureate Class Night Commencement Last Day of School D. C. 0..If5