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7ouawzd Every country possesses symbols that stand for the thtngs tt holds most dear Among Amerlca s symbols are the L1berty Bell and our Natlon s Flag. The bell rmgs U1 our 1mag1nat1on It peals out 1n honor of the freedom the people of Amertca ach1eved nearly two centurles ago The flag beslde ll IS a symbol of our country and the people s love for that country The Whlte House and the Capltol are symbols of our form of government Ul whxch the people have a say we have our natxonal shrmes our monuments our battlefields all symbohc of the struggles and the sacr1f1es and the hopes and the 1deals of the people tn a moment of cr1s1s Yet these symbols are not qulte enough They are actually bare unless they carry the story of the people who gave them S1gl'l1f1C31'lOC Always II IS THE PEOPLE for htstory after all ns the story of the people and the tncomprehenstble forces movmg under the surface that make these people conform to a pattern whose true shape they never see Yet tt IS good to remember that 1I ts THE PEOPLE who make the pattern and not the other way around everythtng f1ts tn somewhere the edttors of thts year s MEMENTO realtze that the puplls today are a part of thts conunuous day to day process and are aware that thetr task IS one of reporttng on PEOPLE what they have done 1n school are dotng and of proyectmg all thxs tnto a great unftmshed 1nsp1r1ng story of what the Amertcan people are doxng bemg and becommg, W1th thts 1n mmd the edltors have selected for the1r WE THE PEOPLE Remembermg that the consctence and character of Amertca IS tn the story oftts people the great the average the obscure. , , . . , , . . . . ' . . - . . . . ' . . . . . I . . Y Since we are taught that the fabric of American life is a seamless web- . . . :,, , . , , . - - O . . . , . I . I ' . . . . . . D. . . I 1 ss ' ' . . . - ' . il
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PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION 7444 Sag EDITOR IN CHIEF Gwendolyn Freed PRODUCTION EDITOR Betty Snyder LITERARY EDITORS Nancy Sebrxght Darlene Lawver PRODUCTION STAFF Nancy Mlllar fphotogj Janet Herman Qphotogl Dor1s Bentzel Janet Flrckrnger Martha Laughman Barry Meckley Donald Stemer Nadme Costella fartj Pat Musser Shelby Hunter BUSINESS MANAGER Edwtn Starner TREASURER James Korver ADVERTISING MANAGERS Rtchard Srpe Harold Laughman ADVERTISING SALESMEN Johnny Huffman Harland Staub Arlan Reynolds Charles Sherman Welby Snyder Harry Merrel Glenn Decker Harold Mrllhrmes George Gum Wrllram Bosserrnan SUBSCRIPTION MANAGERS Ruth Mrllar Donald Wrseman SUBSCRIPTION SALESGIRLS Peggy Sentz Grace Wrnand Rose Mrllhrmes Genevleve Smrth Eva Sager Iudrth Ecker Patsy Laughman Mildred Starr Alda Stambaugh Mary Jane Yrnglrng vol.. XXI NO 1 MAY 1956 7oz 74641 744166 FOREWORD Page 4 THEME Pages 6 DEDICATION P3895 13 FACULTY Pages 21 SENIOR CLASS Pages 29 CLASSES Pages 51 Jur11or Class Pa ge 17 5 Sophomore Class Freshman Class Grade Seven Grade Erght SENIOR LIFE Dramatrcs Semor Prom Hall of Fame Class Song SCHOOL LIFE Choral Clubs F H A Club F F A C ub lndustrral Arts Sports Band Commencement May Day Page Page 5 Page Page Pages 61 '7 Pa ge Pa ge Pa ge Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page ADVERTISERS Pages 112 70 70km Ended ca Dae EDMUND S STUDIO Hanover Pa Memento 1956 Photographer DAVE S PHOTO SUPPLY Gettysburg Pa Photos Page 7 MR. EISENHOWER S SECRETARY, The Whlte House Photo Page 6 MR. H ARMSTRONG ROBERTS Phrladelphla Pa Photo Page 5 LANES STUDIO Gettysburg Pa Photo Page 17 'ide A YEARBOOK PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY The Graduatlng Class of the New Oxford Hrgh School New Oxford Adams County Pennsylvanra The Class of 1956 I . . .. -19 ' .. -28 p . -50 ' . -60 E. ' .... . 2 .. .. 54 .. . .. 6 I .. 58 , ' .. . .. 60 .. . . -3 '.. .. 62 , ' .. .. 66 .. .. 70 74 . , ,,, .. Pages75-112 . '76 .. . .. 84 ...l . .. 89 ' .. . .. . .. 92 . . . .. 94 .. 103 .. .. 106 .. 109 .1 .... .. .. -151
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