Patterson Township High School - Breeze Yearbook (Patterson Township, PA)

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2362928 Cjfcwa ,Maforg In September of 19143 we started our very first year of school. It was quite a joyous occasion for most although a few of us cried. Due to our large class ffiftyl, we were placed in two rooms with Miss Braden and Miss Blagg CMrs. Ayersl teaching. We soon learned to work and play together, and settled down for the long struggle ahead. when second grade began we found ourselves separated with Miss Dietrick Obs. Hoffman! and Mrs. Ayers. In the second year we started having trouble---pencils were lost and paddlings began. We also found that we must have arithmetic and many other things in order to get to third grade. fx 1 jwgj 4' Third grade was entirely different from first or second grade. We were consolidated into one classroom for the first time. That was the year Nelson Beck took one of the Grieder twin's lunch bucket and the other win began to cry. There were a few love affairs 5 one of them was Donny Snowden and Marjorie Bureau. Our new subjects in the fourth grade included gym and library. Burt Garmen started the year on the wrong foot by accidentaluy hitting Mrs. Marconda on the head with an eraser. We went to canteen for the first time. Fifth grade passed very quickly with Mr. Powliske, the shop teacher, as our homeroom teacher. We made bird houses and also tried to conduct cases in our own make believe court room. In our final elementary year Miss Smith CMrs. Kilpatrickj caught David Seman signing his own excuse cards. That was also the yearaRosenary long and Jim Bischoff fainted while being given infantile paralysis shots. we were quite excited to be seventh graders. Mrs. Heckerman was our home room teacher. Shop, home economics, and segregated gym classes were added to the scheduJ.e. The extra curicular activities included dramatics, cheerleaders, basketball, chorus and a trip to Pittsburgh to see the play Brigadoon. There were a few other things such as having some tadpole eggs--which never did hatch. i

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2362678 The county test was the big topic of the eighth grade. we were quite proud to rate a HBH average. Man of us were able to become members of the newly formed band, majorettes, and mixed chorus. There were a few new teachers also, Mr. Sterrett and Mr. Springer. We had our troubles too--M s. Randolph was afraid to sit down because Mr. McRoberts chair was a little too wiggly. There was a victory for the girls when they beat the boys at volley ball, but the boys think they might have won if it hadn't been for Mr. Edwards and Mr. McRoberts playing for the girl's team. This year also brought about a few more changes. Instead of hav- ing seperate banquets for each activity there was a big banquet for all activities. The cheerleaders worked very hard to get new uniforms, The dramatics club had a fortywniners party that was a great success, All the boys had to leave their guns with the sheriff--Mr. Sterrett. As this last year began, we were having quite a time keeping the ninth grade supplied with homeroom teachers, we had two substitutes before Mr. Bush decided he might just as well make the best of our home- room, we had another new subject added to our sched le--algebra, but a few of us decided to take advanced math. As one of our extra activities we put on the play Q Christmas Carol using the new arena type stage, For our first class party we went skating, The Critics Club presented many fine films. we celebrated Washington's Birthday with a class party and had enough food to supply his arm . It was lots of fun, especially with the boys doing the dishes. Well, that ends the history of our years in the Pstterson Township School. In some ways it seems that it was only yesterday we started up those high steps for the very first day of school. we thought it would take a lifetime to complete the nine years, but here we are ready to graduate and close our part of the history of Patterson Township School. Peggy Partington