Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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THE BLUE AND ' HITE Page 15 FEBRUARY F .bruary, in the modern calendar, is the second and shortest month. It s name used to mean a groat deal to the ancient Romans, for it came from februare, meaning to purify, thi3 v;as the month in which the people were purified for the religious festivals of the following months. The primrose is the special flower for Febriiary, and the amethyst, its special gem. February was not in the earliest calendar year which Romulus drew up. Numa,, however, added Februaris, but made it the tv olfth month and not for centuries was it placed after January. February has not always had only twenty-eight days. Until the time of Julius Caoscr it had thirty days, but ho took one from it to lengthen his honor month, July; and when Augustus named August after himself, he, too took from February a day to make ’his month equal in distinction to Julius's, Every four years comes leap year and gives to the month another day. There is an old belief connected with February weather. In the second day of tho month, groundhog day, it is 3aid the ground-hog pushes his way out of hio winter burrow and looks about him. If he can see his shadow, he creeps back for another sleep of six weeks, but if tho day is cloudy, ho 'mows that spring has almost come and there is no! more time for dozing. February has an uni;sual number of days of particular Interest, most of them birthdays, Linccln, Washington, Dickens, Lowell, and wongfellcw-thcse are but a few of '■ ic great men whose birthdays fall within this month; and every ono of these had the characters and tho determination to achieve high ambition. Famous Birthdays George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in ' Voctmo relx c County, Virginia. He was one cl the world's great men and was first President of the United States. He was called The Father of His Country. Washington became Commander-in-chief of the American army during the Revolutionary War. He served eight years as President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. On December 12, 1799 he was attacked with acute larngitis and two days later died at his home, Fount Vernon. Abrahan Lincoln was born on February 12, 1309 in Harden County, Kdntucky. He was an American statesman and sixteenth President of the United States. In the Republican Rational Convention at Chicago in Kay 1850 he was nomin-at d as a candidate for the presidency and was elected tho following November. In 1861 the Civil Vvar started and because the Northern states wanted to pursue tho war to its conclusion Lincoln wa3 roolocted as President in 1861. Tho Emancipation . Proclamation v hich freed the Southern slaves was one of Lincoln's policies. On April 14, 1855 Lincoln was shot In Ford's Theater, Washington, by John Wilkes Booth. He died the following day and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery • no r Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln was called' The Savior of Hi3 Country.

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Fage 14 THE BLUE AND ' HITE Night 6----: Full of Dreams NEWPORT PA I N.E. BLACK SALES SERVICE BUICK W PONTIAC NEW BLOOMFIELD T V-n- - - - - ?3 QolIV MADISON ICECRLAfaP SERVED EXCLUSIVELY jV)AC££ CUT K T£ NEWPORT Do you like to dream? Of course we all do if they are pleasant dreams. Have you ever been dreaming and suddenly awakened to find your dreams seemed real? Have you ever dreamed things that turned out just the opposite? Some people say that if you eat before you go to bed you are more inclined to dream. V e cannot understand what makas-us d?eam ceftein’-things but in the truth of dreams if only they were correctly interpreted. Profane, as well as sacred, his-torv 5s filled with dream pro-Interpreters of ...dreams el-i-eve that if you dream of an accident it is well not to travel for a short time, if you dream that you are blind, signifies a sudden change and to dream of cats is an ill omen. I!aybe these interpretations are purely superstition just as some people believe it bad luck to walk under a ladder. Perhaps the position we take in bed has some connection with our dreams. Possibly things which I have never thought about may constitute ou dreams. All of us do some day dreaming but we like to be free from thought when we slumber. BOB BREDBENNER DIST HI B UT O K Sinclair gasoline 'E z—- y- SINCLAIR ' - OIL

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Page 16 THE BLUE AND '.MITE baxxY's cxoaxY i STOX£ 'JUJ, CLOTHING SHOES C£Q X r?s CORONA TYPEWRITER I sMWh. NEWPORT ONE PRICE STORE FURNISHINGS HORTINQ’S SfRV'CC station tires gas O I L Yu. WHO MIRIAM LESH On July 13, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Lesh cf Everhartvllie were blessed with a daughter, later named Miriam. Miriam began her education at Gravel Hill School in Oliver Township in 1928. She completed her first year of school at the Fourth Street Building because of the consolidation of the rural schools that year. During Miriam's six years of hard study at the Fourth Street Building she participated in many plays. She was also a - on-testant in the County Declamation Contest. When she reached the freshman class she took an interest in basketball and participated in this sport for two years. In her junior year she took part in the operetta and also portrayed one of the characters of the Junior Play. This year was also aotive in the Senior Play and is Secretary of the present Senior Class. Miriam desires to become .a private secretary and is expecting to attend Central Pennsylvania Business College, Here's wishing her suocess.