Ravenhill Academy - Mariale Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Class Wzll We the Semors of Loose Creek do declare the heirs of our most prlzed possesslons To Monsxgnor Moser we wxll our thanks for the xnstructlon that he has glven us and our gratxtude for his mterest ln us To the Smsters we wzll our thanks and apprecxatlon for the patxence and the skxll requlred mn teach1ng us To the P T A we wxll our thanks for the success of our hot lunch program To all new Freshmen four years of happmess to look forward to As mdxvxduals we bequeath our most treasured possesslons as follows l Grace Portmg w1l1 my sk11l to get a hundred per cent ln conduct to Juamta Eynard and my ab111ty to get along wlth Rzchard to Rlta Grefrath Mary LOUISE Kllethermes w11l my abxlxty to keep st1ll m school to Rosanna Meamber and Joan Brester and my good luck 1n typ1ng to Leo Francls Wllhams Bernard Backes bequeath my helght to James Ca1n my Hudson to Francxs Schaefer and my ab1l1ty to throw erasers to Robert Samson John Khethermes w1ll my technxque ln playlng ball to Rosanna Meamber and my abllxty to get along w1th Rlta to Homer Maassen I Ralph Boessen 1'e11l'lqu1Sh my front seat In bookkeepmg to Joan Brester and my ab1l1ty to bowl to Generose Haslag I Henry Wmgrath w1ll Stamp Chalrmanshlp to Leonard Schmld my study perlods to W1ll1am Backes and my w1se saymgs to Leo Francls Wllllams I James Eynard hand over my efflclency ln copymg to Clarence Buthod my studlousness to Jarnes Muenks and my most prlzed possesslon my lnnocence of pranks to my younger brother Raphael I Rxchard Lecuru w11l my luck gettmg mto trouble to Theresa Kremer and typewrxter to anyone who w11l take It I w11l my lngenlousness to make alrplanes to a the .Tumors and my ab1l1ty to wm the race for the bus to Joan Brester I Albert Jansen w111 my seat next to V1rg1n1a Schaefer to Robert Samson my pollteness to Bllly Backes and my bookkeeping sets to James Ca1n I Edmund Grefrath w1ll my alertness to detect thumb tacks to V1rg1n1a Schaefer and my typxng troubles to all the Jumors I Francls Kever bequeath my adaptness ln pxckmg chlckens to Bernard I-Iaslag my quiet conduct to Charles Peters and my chauffeur experlence to Edmund Lee Schaefer 6 I' . . r . . . . . I' , . . , . It . , . . . g , , . . . . . . . 11

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We Had Our Bug Moments FRESHMEN We started m I-hgh School as fourteen Angels just ask any of our teachers, We found Latxn to be our most dxfflcult subject The most xnterestxng subject was Science especxally when experlments were an progress We had the prxvxlege of helpmg celebrate the Edlson Centennial wxth a special program m February to whxch we xnvxted the other classes INITIATION DAY Durxng the fxrst four weeks of school we were tortured by thoughts of what was ln store for us on Inxtzatlon Day the Seniors were of no help ln rellevlng us THEN WE WERE SOPHOMORES In our Sophomore year Anna Marle Jaegers left our class Again we met as our Enghsh teacher the one who had been our teacher for flve of the eight years xn grade school MEMORABLE EVENT For most of us several weeks stay ln bed wxth the measles SPECIAL PRIVILEGE During the last two weeks of school the commerclal teacher granted us the prxvxlege of uslng the typewrxter to make an artxstxc cover for our Julxus Caesar Latln project of her class No other class ever had this perm1ss1on WE BEC AME JUNIORS To our regret another glrl left our ranks Ellzabeth LeCure at the beglnnlng of the second semester a boy Urban Jaegers INTERESTS and PROJECTS A Booklet on Macbeth and blographles of English Wnters THREE ACT COMEDY Don t Take My Penny Thls brought wlth It the honor of repeatlng our performance at a nexghborlng school SE NI ORS AT LAST We began our fourth year in I-hgh School eleven soplustxcated Semors e hoped no one would drop out GREATEST PLEASURE holdmg the Freshmen ln suspense untll In1txat1on Da They seemed terrxfxed at the thought of what was awaxtmg them .TOYOUS OCCASION September 26th the day we recelved our class rxngs GRADUATION DAY a day to whzch we all hopefully look forward when we expect to be presented the coveted DIPLOMA Mary Louise Khethermes 50 Grace Portmg 50 5 ' ' la In 4' . . . . . -- ll . . '. . ' W --- . . . . . . Y.

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A Trzp zn 1975 As I s1t here today on my terrace watching the golden moonbeaxns mmgle wxth the cool molst breeze saturated wlth hlac aroma my heart and mmd 1nS1St on revlewlng my recent tr1p over the Umted States and back 1nto the hllls of my youth Bonnots M111 and the vxcuuty of a nearby town My pal and I boarded a plane here ln Greenage Connectxcut and left for New York When we arrlved ln the cxty we passed over the Yankee stadxurn where the Cardlnals and the Brooklyn Dodgers were playlng thelr last game of the Serxes We bought tlckets and went to see the game There we saw Manager Ben Backes who coached The Red Bards He had hxs boys ln the rut unt1l the first of the exghth mmng when the manager grabbed the mask put on the catcher mit and pulled thas teaxn through The results of the tough work after the fxfteenth znmng raxsed the score to one run over the opponent Thls happened because the manager h1t a home run to untle the score after s1x tled mmngs The fxnal score reported was thxrty thmrty one After the game my buddy and I were walklng down the street ln New York when we met John Klxethermes who was com1ng out of h1s off ce to go on a long busmess trlp In a chat wlth h1m we learned that he was manager and proprxetor of the large Fargo Transport Company After leavlng John we passed a rad1o shop vision set the great demand of the day He sand he was dmsposxng of h1s rad1o supphes to make room for more televlslon sets as they were brmgmg more money We left New York on a boat for Annapohs Maryland Scoutlng around on decks and every nook and corner we dxscovered that Henry Wmgrath was the Captam of th1s large vessel He sa1d he had trled truckmg but found It was not to h1s hkmg We bade Adleu to Henry at the Naval Academy to whxch my pal and I attach wonderful memor1es of the tlmes we had there Here we met Admlral Rlchard Lecuru who was dr1111ng h1s comrades Rxchard recalled how his teachers had made hxm step He sa1d It really d1d hlm good to glve h1s subordmates the same work out Here we also met one of the Admlral s students Mr Albert Jansen who was gomg to advance to Commander nn a few weeks 1f he passed the test Albert mentloned that he surely had to study durmg all hls spare moments and then often untxl two o clock ln the morn1ng on what Rmchard considered easy 7 O l As we entered, we found, to our surprise, Edmund Grefrath demonstrating a tele-