Mount Union Area High School - Ilium Yearbook (Mount Union, PA)

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OCTOBER 15 Guess what? The Illrum staff IS haxrng a masquerade ball on October 29 Nrce huh2 The Art Club rs dlsplavrng some snappy slgns before each game Good work krds Up to date Sl 836 45 rn bonds and stamps hare been sold OCTOBER 16 Golly what a day for the game' It has been rarnrng for hours Who vron'P Well you mlght know we drdnt OCTOBER 20-Gee two assembhes today Thrs a m M1 Dutlrnger spoke to us about Conserratron and Forestry He reallv told some good storres too Thrs afternoon we savs Mr and Mrs L Vern Slout and therr Theater Work shop rn the presentatlon of three skrts one about Lrncoln one on Rrp Van Wrnkle and a modern comedy entrtled Her Husbands Ghost The assembly commrttee planned three other such programs for us Dya know what'P We only have two days of school next week due to ratronrng OCTOBER 23 Almost won the game Saturday vrrth a score of 7 6 OCTOBER 25 You should have seen the looks of horror on some faces today yes we got our senror proofs and of course some of the krds arent satrsfred but they were really good on the whole Today opened the Ilrum campargn for selllng xearbooks The prrce thrs year IS S2 00 cash or 52 25 on the budget plan NOVEMBER 1 Oh back to school Half the krds looked lrke they were sleep walkrng and rmagrne after that long vacatron' A11 You hear drscussed 1S the Illrum dance which was held Frrday nlght Um nrcel NOVEMBER 3 Senror assembly today Guess what rt was Communrty Smg NOVEMBER 6-I suppose everyone knows we played Lewrstown today The score? Oh rt was 32 0 The Qu11l and Scroll rs havrng a Sadre Havrkms Dance Imagrne that wrth the man shortage and all' NOVEMBER 8 Hear by the bulletrn that we have qurte a nrce week ahead wlth three assembhes early drsmrssal tomorrow and a half day of school Thursday Armrstrce Day The two assembhes are due to Educatron Week NOVEMBER 10 Assembly today Mr Kearnev spoke and Mr Hartzler and the FFA showed us how the boys are lnrtrated rnto the Green Hands frrst honor bestowed on the boys rn a short skrt By the way we have three extra days off for Chrrstmas makmg up the trme bv addrng an extra perrod to our school day for erghteen days That means vacatron December 17 untrl January 3 Won t that be Heaven and rt can t wart erther Our school sprrrt was hrghly commended by Phrl Short rn the srdelrne chatter column of The Da1ly News yesterday and guess we have shown em that we have the sprrlt even after twenty losses NOVEMBER 11 The Amerrcan Leglonnarres Mr Herman Smrth and Major Charles Smith were our guests at assembly After several musrcal selectrons Major Smrth addressed us Durrng hrs speech he complrmented us on the frne musrc and also our attentrveness The program was greatlv enjoyed by everyone Celebratrng our half hohday many students traveled to Huntrngdon to see Ebensburg upset the Bearcats good record 13 0 NOVEMBER 12 Thrs berng Educatron Week we had a combmed assembly today when Professor Nye of Junrftta College spoke to us of The SIX Coupons of Lrfe Yea we lost a game to Johnstown Catholrc today NOVEMBER 16 We nad an unscheduled assembly today ln which we dlS cussed the schedules to be followed rn order to glV6 a longer Chrlstmas vacatron and now everyone rs rn favor of rt NOVEMBER 23-Second edrtron of the Trojan came out today contarnrng, the Snooper under the new trtle of The Keyhole I wonder how long It wrll remain Jane McCarty rs the new Trojan edltor srnce Sam Maxwell resrgned Gee rmagrne two whole days vacatron for Thanksgrvrng Calb Roher well known as a former teacher here has recerved the Drstrn gurshed Flymg Cross for actlon rn Srcrly NOVEMBER 24 At assembly a play was presented rn vnhrch the frrst Thanks grvrng day was declared The Junrors dld the honors Forty two . , . , V H . . . , - 4 ' r .. 1 - , ' V A ' . Y . , , . , . , ' 7. . . . . . , ' v l ' v y U - - , , 1 7 ' rt - -v ' ' v v . ' . . v . . , . . . , r I y . . . y t . . ' , . . , . . . U . - ,, Y . . , . . V . , i. . V . Y . . , v . . . , , . , . , . . . , - v w - r - . ' K v ' - ... Y ' .. . . va 1 . , . ' 1. rv v ' ' ' , . y - ' v 1 . Y . . -

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CLASS DIARY SEPTEMBER 7 1943 Golly mv last mornmg to sleep ln and you have to wake me so early Whats the 1dea'P Oh of course I dldnt forget that school beg1ns today but not t1l1 one oclock remember'1 SEPTEMBER 8-Today we had our f11st assembly program for the year Rev erend Henry gave an address Mr Slothowe1 mtroduced the faculty wlth four new teachers Mrs Yocum Mlss Reeder Mrs McCla1n and M1s South and Mr Kearney gave our boys a pep talk about golng out for football SEPTEMBER 10-Today MISS Cleo Garver s engagement to Lt Bloommgdale of the Unlted States Army A1r Corps was announced by her parents You certamly managed to surprlse us teacher SEPTEMBER 13 Well school really has begun ln earnest Our day w1ll cons1st of three classes and an act1v1ty perlod ln the morn1ng wlth three class s after lunch Senlor hlgh w1ll have assembly on Wednesday durlng act1v1ty per1od and Junlor hlgh on Fnday SEPTEMBER 14 We had our f1rst meet1ng of the Illlum staff today wlth Mlss Garver and M1ss Gelnett as advlsors Everythmg IS commg along fine due to our early start at the end of last term SEPTEMBER 15 Our v1ctorv Bond Rally was held today wxth an 1nterest1ng assembly program m wh1ch three sold1ers and Mr I Newton Taylor addressed us The sen or class IS ln charge of selllng the war stamps and bonds E ght glrls have been selected to sell stamps each Thursday and are to be called M1nute Malds SEPTEMBER 17 Well that was It the f1rst game of the season Boy at the end of the f1rst half the score was 0 0' At the end of the game It was 18 0 IH Ty rone s favor but don t let that get you' Well have a return game remember SEPTEMBER 22 Senxor assembly today Our football team demonstrated sev eral plays and Mr Green explalned dlfferent slgnals used bv the referee Mr Burk holder also played a tune to whlch we were supposed to Wflte words Some fun huh9 SEPTEMBER 25 Our team journeyed to Lock Haven where they played a good game although they were defeated 45 0 SEPTEMBER 28 F1lled out our programs today to go on flle 1Yl the offxce so We can be found ln a hurry when necessary SEPTEMBER 29 Song assembly today Ml Burkholder played a trombone solo Yes he d1d' OCTOBER 4 Semor class meet1ng today 4Gee we felt blgl Mr Kearney B111 and Joe spoke d1scuss1ng the yearbook and we learned that our plctures wlll be taken thls Wednesday and Thursday that IS 1f the camera 1snt broken when I step before xt Heres the same old story we play Yeagertown on Saturday Boy We scored a touchdown 1n the f1rst half' The score at the end'J Oh 1t was 28 6 but we stlll have hopes OCTOBER 6 Today at Senl0l h1gh assembly Anne Burych representmg the class of 43 presented us the class of 44 a large state flag Because thrs IS F1re Preventxon Week Mr Cromer spoke to us of the prevent1on of flres and gave stat1st1cs of the amount of damage done to homes by f1re 1n Mount Unlon last year OCTOBER 8 Gee we d1d dlsplay ome pep toady at assemblv Now dont get exclted lt was pep assembly' The cheerleaders plus Mr F1361 I Newton Taylor Herman Smlth Mr Slothower and Mr Kearney d1d a lovely Job of gettxng us 1n the mood and I bet cha we vtere heard yelllng way up at Bellefonte OCTOBER 9 How I hate to vsr1te 1t but yes you guessed It We played Belle fonte at home today and the score was 9 0 It was a swell game though OCTOBER 13-Senlor class meet1ng We noted on name cards announce ments class flowex and C0101 Jeepers we were so noxsx that you cou1dn't hear yourself thlnk We certalnlx do set good examples OCTOBER 14 Darn ll We are golng to see a football game between two seventh grade teams but It had to ra1n I guess 1t was needed though Wlth the water shortage and forest f1IES Boy no school tomorrow' Forty one , - , V , - Y . 1 .1 - . - - - , Y -.- v - - v -. . . . - . . - A 8 v -' - . . V . - , ' - s . ' Y Y I ' - V . . Y - 1 . , 'y v

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Classes endmg at two oclock pep assembly was held and dld we have the pep too' NOVEMBER 25-It was a bea u tl ful day for the game and everyone was feel mg wonderful untxl Paul Holesa was knocked out and the Huntlngdon Bearcats proceeded to whlp us 48 0 NOVEMBER 30-The concert presented by the Muslc Department was enjoyed by a large crowd that fllled the audrtorlum EVe1ylh1I'1g went off qurte well DECEMBER 1 Jumor glrls of the Llbrary Club gave Us pomters on the proper use of the books and of the work of the club today at assembly Basketball schedules were dlstrlbuted today our first game bexng December 13 DECEMBER 4 The football squad held thelr annual banquet 1n the H111 Valley school under the sponsorshlp of the Rotary Club Bob H1gglHS veteran Pennsyl vama State grld coach dellvered the prmclpal address DECEMBER 7 We were all very much surprlsed to hear that Mr Green foot ball coach for the past two and one half seasons has resxgned as coach but w1ll contlnue as teacher DECEMBER 8 Had a revlew of our basketball team today at assembly Golly we should go places thrs season Smce our new fan shaped bankmg boards have been lnstalled maklng 1t possrble to shoot from every corner of the floor we really expect to see some good scores' DECEMBER 10-Jack Ranck well known playwrlght and actor presented Macbeth portraymg all the characters hlmself He astonished all of us Wlth h1s veloclty ln changmg costumes Only one more week of school thls year Imaglnelll A large Chrlstmas tree has been erected ln the second floor hall and IS It swellll DECEMBER 13 Thls afternoon Altoona Cathollc defeated us 33 64 DECEMBER 15 Chrrstmas assembly The band and choral groups dzd some numbers from the Candlellght Service whlch was on Sunday and 3. Junlor hlgh group presented a play DECEMBER 17 Man ahve' No home work no tests no early rlsmg unless you happen to have a Job Home room partles were held from one to two oclock and then-dismlssal afterwards The Mmute Malds took down the tree How could we forget we won over Wllllamsburg 45 35 Our boys were on the beam and gomg fast The Junlor varslty was defeated when they played an mde pendent team glrls however were defeated by the Yeagertown maldens Oh I must be del1r1ous and ws lt wonderful' We stopped Bellwood 27 24 Our f1rst Mountaln League game wlll be w1th Lewlstown on January 4 JANUARY 3 Happy New Year everybody' Come on chlllun school today remember? fEven ln dreams we remembered 1t'J JANUARY 5 Senlor class meetmg today We voted on the Senxor Banquet fformal or mformall lt turned out mformal We learned that the Jun1ata College entrance exam w1ll be gxven Monday durmrf the last two perlods JANUARY 7 Darn 1t' Huntmgdon upset us 29 20 Amt lt a shame'P9 JANUARY ll Oh happ dav' Our fellows trlpped Jumata Jomt 23 15 JANUARY 14 Our team dropped the game to Tyrone wrth a score of 23 18 JANUARY 18 The Junlox varslty played fx close game wlth Saltlllo endlng 24 27 but our glrls defeated thelr glrls team 27 24 Nlce huh? JANUARY 19 The mlxed chorus presented a play wrltten entlrely by them selves wxth the help of Mr G1ll1am today at assembly It was the story of Grandma and Grandpas fiftleth weddmg annlversary and the surprlse V1SltS from all then chlldren and grandchlldren when they had expected to spend a DICE qu1et evemng at home JANUARY 20-I guess the senxors vull remember the date for awhlle-our dmner dance was held at the Country Club where a dehclous dmner was served followed by an mterestmg program rendered by members of the class and then man al1ve dld we dance' Even one had a lovely t1me even domg the polka Alto gether nmety elght persons were present elghty SIX belng senlors Forty three 1 DECEMBER 21-Our boys topped Yeagertown 34-26. Isn't that super!!! The