Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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Our 1-lome . . . Our 1111111111111 1'lz111'11ly s1'z11't1111 111 111111111 S111'I'O1111Cl1I1gS, just 11s inost f:11111lies 1111. As years passed, growth 111114 forc111l 11. to 111111111 io C11V0l11I1QQS wl1icl1 11111111 n1111rly 11o1111111l1111 with its ne1111s. The historv of 11s 1'rowtl1 1S 10141 111 the followin ' storv. .1 8 , The first school within 11111 1'onf'1n11s of 1V111I11121ll liorougzgh was EL s111:1ll, 0110-I'0O1111OQj1J1111f11I1g er11ct1111 so111e1,111111 b11tw111111 1790 211111 1800. This 1311111111111 which stoo1l about 200 feet north of thc Mllllllklll B01'011g11 i11ci11e1'11to1' o11 221111 Street was li11OXVI1 ILS the Neck School. 1111111525 the Ollly school 111 the great 1:u1'v11 of 11111 lX10110I1QQ2111Cl1L 111v11r :1t that time, it drew pupils from Bccks 111111 o11 1,1111 VVUS11, 1JI'2LVOS1J1l1'g on the lCz1s'1, 111111 Lebanon Church on the South. This log st1'11c1v111'11 was tO1'11 down in 1841 111111 21 111111111 one roo111 brick lmuilding was 111'11ct1e1l on the s1111111 site 111111 cz1lle1l the Franklin School. 111 1886 this building was a11a111lo11111l. A four roo111 1011111111 lnuilcling 01'6Ct6Cl at this time on the 11z1ste1'ly 111111 of Iilcventh Avenue later s11rv1111 ZLS 11ez11lquz1rt11rs for 11111101111 Snow- 1l11n, who 11on1111z111111111 11111 troops here during the 1'Ho11111st11z111 Strike of 18927 111 1893 the Car- negie Steel Co111pz111y 1lee1le1l, to M1111111 Township, the portion of ground lying 11etw111111 Boone Alley 111111 Tw11lftl1 Avenue o11 which r1l11I1Sf21,11 311111 11311111J01'QQG1' erec1111l the present 0111 Twelfth Avenue G1111111 School 1111 11 cost of 822,208,211 This four room fr111n11 11u1l111ng1 was purchased by the c1ELI'116QQ1C Co111pz1ny 211111 IIIOVQC1 to thc COI'I101' of Twelfth AVGIHIG 311111 lV1s1rthz1 Street WVl1OI'O it was COI1V01't9i1 into LL two-fz1n1ily dwelling. 111 June 1902 the liorough of 3111111112111 was 1.01'I110i1. It took ov111' 1,1111 school prop111'ty fron1 M1f11111 Township 211111 th1111 p111'C11E1S011 thc property lying 1111tw111111 1'1lGVOI1111 Av11nu11 A1111 Boone Alley from 0111111155111 C'on1pz111y for 1514,000. 111 1904 the l1o111estef111 11u1111111r C7o111pz111y 1111111111111 1111 eight room 1111111111112 Cnow the 111111111111 part of the high schooll at the cost of S13141,305.41 for the 131111111112 11n1l 11qu1p11111nt.

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I IT IS AN HONOR TO 1 DEDICATE OUR BOOK TO . . . O I-IILDA E. SMITH The Family o1MunI1aII I-Iigh School L111 us 1111111 II walk 111-11:1y, 011 Z1 V1'I'y h1'11a1I 11ig11w:1y1 f Whi1-11 we sh:1I1 1-1111 hy 111111111 -I111:1gggi11:11i1111-f As W11 wz11I1f1I111's 1hi11k 11111's11IV11sf -as 11111111h111's 211111 111111 palsf Of 21 13111211 17:1111i1y 111'ggz111iZ:11io11. XY11 2Ll'Q h11i1's of 1h11s11 w1111'v11 pz1ss1111 i11111 11111 11111111111 chissf W11 21111 110111111 1,11 t1l0I1l by 11111111111111 1.1'z111i1,io11sg '1'h11y hz1v11 1111111 11h11 F:1111i1y r11l'l1SI1, 119111911 111 11111111 111111 f111'g11 for usf 1 '1'h11i1' Spi1'i1,f1sh11u11I 1113111 us 111 new z111111i1i1111s. Thus 1111 this w:1Ik 10-1121y-218 1h11 S1111i111's 1111111 1h11 way :XIII1 W11 1:91'1 11111 11111111 01' 111yz1I1y g1'111v 1115111111114 W11 S111111111 1'e:11iz11 11111' sh111'11, 11111 pz11'1 111:11 w11 811011111 1111111 -- 'I'11 111111111 11111 17z1111i1y 1115111 :1 1111111 1igh1111'. I11 th11 C'1111111:i1fw11011 W11 lIl0C'1,, 1111 1,1111 15111111 wh111'11 W11 1111111p111111f - I11 1,h11 C1z1ss1'1111111S, 1,h11 Ass11111I.11i11s 111' 11111 Hz1I1S11f L1111'S 1'e111111111111r 11h:1t NVQ 111111411 uph11111 11111 1 m11i1y Trustf T17 GIV 111 'FII E REST WE HAV1C-f- OUR VER Y ALL. III 1h11 11111128 W11 h:1V11 111 1111141111 Sh11u11I II11Il1i of 0111618 toof 'I'h11 150:11'11, 11111 11'z11'u1ty 111111 Pz11'11111s 11'L1i'i' Who have h111p1111 us 1111 our way -t111'0L1g2Q11 FOLR. YEARS to 111111 1Iz1y When C'O1NI1NIF1Nf'ElI1'1N'1' s111111s us forth to w111'111s z11111W, A1111 now this Stop is wmifwo hz1v11 wo1'ke1I SLIIL1 W11'v11 112LC1 fun With 111111 u1111111'1:1z1ss11111n, f:11:uIty 211111 :111 XV11 h:1V11 t1'i1111 111 1111 our hest-f win :1 111111111 111 NI. 11. S. AS :1 w01'1hy 1+':1111i1y h'1G11111111' of 1VII1Il1l1l11 II11,11A E. 91111111

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A four P00111 building was oroctoml by tho Clvorgo M. llall Cloinpany i11 1905 o11 thc- land lc-asod by tho Board from John Munhall. Tho cost was 817,180.ti1. ln 1913 Morgan and Foinpany c-wctofl a four T00111 school at the f'01'I1l'1' of Twelfth Avouiiv and Androw St root at cost of 51S23,3549.13. An addition on tho wc-st sido of tho high school building, con- sisting of ton 11101118 and a gyn111asiun1, was o1'oct0d by the .1. Cl. ltllllllllilll C'on1pa11y for 892,122.1 1. Tho 8,lltl1tU1'luII1 on tho third tlool' ot' tho high school was dvstroyvd by fire i11 1918 ontailing a loss of 5tB25,000. 111 1921-22 the Ley c,j0IlSlI'11Cfl0I1 Clo1npany oroctotl at tho vast sido an addition oon- sisting of five I'0O1l1S a11d an audito1'iun1, tho total cost of which was S220,9ti9.10. ln 1927 tho J. G. Fullnian C'on1pany construc-ted an addition to tho Andrvw Stntvt building Csix 1'oo1ns, board roorn and gyninasimnj which cost 5rS17ti,550.57. 1Cquip111v11t1 cost 584,881.15 Tho Ni11etoont1h Strevt playg1'ou11ds were purcliasocl fronx Munhall liorough by tho Board in 1928. In 1929 Goorgo Clhilli o1'vc'tv1l a ICOUI' 1110111 grado school tho vost of which invluding equip- IIIQIIU was 8104,63 1 .90. An olevcn P00111 addition to the high school building was o1'0ct,otl by tho lylorgan X Company i11 1931, costing S125,830.23. ltlquiplnoiit cost 84,392.41 ln the sanic y0a1' tho woodworking shop was installed i11 tho high school at a cost, of S11S7,817.72. T11 1932 tho Board purcliascd four- teen acres of land at llvoodlawn and Charlos Strovts on which tho llvoodlawn Svhool, consisting ot' oiglitcon rooins, gyrnnasiurn, and auditorium, was built by tho Hodder cl0Il8tl'llt'llO1l Uoinpany at the cost of S5342,143.22. liquipnlont cost S23,221.tS4. An eight TUOI11 building was erected by G1-orgo 11. C'11illi i11 19313 on Marigold Stioot on tho land purchased i11 1917 fl'0II1 the Hays ltlstato for 83,012.00 Tho cost of building a11d vquipinont was 892,041.42 Q In 1929 the Borough annvxed a portion of Mifflin Township known as Hl7l1ltl8f0Q1ll Park taking over two school buildings, Franklin School an eight P00111 building, C1'l'Cl't'Cl in 1897 at the cost of 325,000.00 and Hmnostead Park School consisting of twenty-two 1'oon1s. It was ervctod in thrf-0 portions-in 1909, 1919, and 1928 at a cost ot' 8191154.23-1. T110 Munhall District paid 35102329.74 in S6t1,l91I1CI1t with lNTifHin Township. Tho prosolit valuation of our svhool p1'opo1'ty is: Land, S102,99-1.22, Buildings, S1,043,750.l2g Equipiiient, S110,3521.10g a total of81,917,103.-50. In 1902 tho 1no11tl1ly salaries paid Zllllllllllliltl to 8730.00 in cro111pz11'iso11 to 822,000.00 i11 1937. This CO1I1p21.l'lSOI1 holps show the growth of tho District whivh is a far 011' 1.111111 tho one P00111 school Orectlvd in 1800. xxx