Rockwood High School - Rocket / Mainliner Yearbook (Rockwood, PA)

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'N 1, Q In Dedication To Mrs. Nancy G. jones During her thirty-eight years of life, fifteen years of which were spent as an educator at Rockwood, Mrs. jones taught her students and fellow workers much about humor, concern, faith, acceptance, and determina- tion. Aware of her approaching death, Mrs. jones requested that the following poem be read at her funeral. Thus, even in death, she continues to teach us about life and the need to accept its end, not mournfully with tears, but gracefully with courage. Crossing the Bar Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I em bark, For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. - Tennyson

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A A , . Imagine a successful town in the mid-nineteenth century. Formerly a town that kept to itself it advanced to become the site of the county's headquarters for the main source of transportation, the railroad. People from all over the state, and even the country, pass through and stop here daily. The town gets larger, and the population grows. Businesses move in,' people of all professions-blacksmiths, hotel managers, tailors-Hnd Mineral Point a proHtable and friendly place. The railroad cultivates the expansion of the town. In 1881 the railroad extension to a larger town marks the beginning of the decline of Mineral Point, later known as Rockwood. Today, one century later, the population is considerably less, and the businesses are fewer. The passenger train as a necessary form of transportation has since been replaced by faster and more efficient sources. However, Rockwood 's railroad is not totally obsolete. Every year a passenger train comes to visit the town. Even though the times have changed, one gets a feeling of nostalgia and a strong sense ofpride in Rockwood's history as a railroad center and in its present status as a small, friendly community. Like a journey on a train, with passengers, picking up souvenirs at different stops, experiencing new ideas, meeting differentpeople, so is ajourney through high school. Each consecutive year is like a stop at a different town. The basic structures of the towns are the same, but the people and their activities vary. The souvenirs of a student's journey through school are knowledge and memories. From the departure, or the day the student enters the building for the first time, anticipation and a fear of the unknown are predominant in almost all seventh graders. As the trek con tin ues through the successive grades, the school appears to change. The voluminous rooms seem to shrink, the lengthy halls, which seemed to take an eternity to walk, can now be covered with a few short strides, and the towering seniors are suddenly you and your fellow classmates. At the end of the twelfth grade, the ticket expires. This particu- lar period of life ends, but this ending only creates the beginning for another journey, . 4 at '::x ' gi-ig i X 1. W c I IH c