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

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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

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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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JANUARY 21 Ha there certa1nly were some groggv lookmg senrors thrs morn rng but some of the underclassm n were surprlsed to even see us ln school after last night' Our fourth war loan drrve was opened today when a bond rally was held durrng last perrod We had seyeral guest speakers lncludlng Sgt Jack DesRochers and Pfc Jack Rlce who have just returned from overseas dut Oh happy day both our teams defeated Phlllpsburg ton1ght Isnt that wonderful ' 2' JANUARY 22 Lost to Altoona Catholrc 29 32 JANUARY 28 The junror and senlor boys V1SlE6d the Penna Industl ral School today Werent we lucky to get them all back2 Art Thompson Wrmp Peterson Eggy Snyder and Paul Snyder have Wound up therr affaus 1n old MUHS rn preparatron for then departure rnto the armed forces Mrs McGrew JUHIOI Englrsh teacher has leslgned JANUARY 31 Everyone rejorced to see MISS Emlly Lee Carruthers back to Work th1s mornrng after several days absence due to rllness The entrre junror and senlor hrgh saw an mterestmg movle Musrc for Amer 1C3 secured by Mr Burkholder and presented rn the Shaprro Theater thrs afternoon FEBRUARY 4 Lost to Lewrstown on our home floor 22 40 Mr Burkholder spoke of the llfe of John Ph1l1p Sousa today at assembly FEBRUARY 8 Oh lt Was a bea u tl ful day and everyone went to Huntlngdorr to the game The score2 Oh lt was 36 17 and not rn our favor There was plentv of excitement throughout The junror varsrty score was 15 37 FEBRUARY 9 Durlng assembly todav the Boy Scouts gave a skrt rn whrch they portrayed some of the events occurrng at Qcout Camp The actmg was superb and furn1shed h1lar1ous entertarnment because some of the actron certa1nly was accrdental FEBRUARY 11 We defeated Tyrone 38 32 Isnt that somethrng to wrrte ID your d1ary J' FEBRUARY 14 Mr Kearney 1nformed us that all students 18 or over may donate blood to the Red Cross rf they have the consent of therr parents Transpor tatlon Wlll be furnrshed to Lewrstown next Fllday February 15 The team journeyed to Bellwood where they were defeated 27 42 FEBRUARY 16 Today at assembly a radro ploglam was presented entrtled The Sp1r1t of 76 The arm was to show how everyone can help the war effort buyrng stamps and bonds FEBRUARY 18 Oh Woe' We lost to Phrlrpsburg 33 51 FEBRUARY 21 Played Altoona and suffered a 39 30 defeat FEBRUARY 23 At assembly today Mr D C Goodman spoke to us urgrng everyone to support the Red Cross drlve to begln March 1 FEBRUARY 25 Twelve of our students plus Mrs Dutlmger and Mlss Suders tra veled to Lewustown to donate the1r blood to the Red Cross to be converted rnto plas ma In our last game of the season the Trojans trlpped Hollldaysburg 27 21 Isn t that collossal'P' FEBRUARY 27 Our choral and lnstrumental groups accompamed by Mr Kearney journeyed to Lewrstown where they broadcast over statron WMRF on behalf of the Red Cross Drrve MARCH 1 ThlS belng Latln Week It was celebrated very effectrvely wrth an Lnterestlng program planned by Mrs Dutllnger ln which second year Latrn students took part MARCH 3 A most mterestrng assembly program was enjoyed today when Mr E I Grlmwade noted Chicago journallst was our guest speaker Hrs t0D1C was Anglo Arnerlcan Relatlons and he gave some very lnterestrng facts about our Allies MARCH 8 Today at assembly we enjoy ed a play presented by the sophomores Forty four cx ' ' , c . ' . , -' . ,, , . , , L. . . . . v .. 7 . ' I r H -r 1. - -. .. ,r- . -- y - y . , J , . . . . . . V . . . M . - ' 1 . .- . . . , . . .. v - ' . . . L V - . , - . . . . v so - ' r ' - .t . . . .- . V K . r r , . - - r 1 ' ' - ' r y ' ' Y . v . . . ' . v . - Y , . . . V . . - . , . . , . - Y. . . , Q l -