Saltsburg High School - La Saltianna Yearbook (Saltsburg, PA)

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V V V7 y 7 7 V7 7 V7 7 V V7 7 V7 V7 7 V7 V7 7 Nt Js, TliE FIRST BRIDGE The first bridge at Saltsburg was a toll bridge, erected in 1842 by the Saltsburg Bridge Company at the expense of $10,000. Absalom Woodward was the contractor. Daniel McKean was master carpenter and John Stoops, master mason. This bridge burned da June 8, 1922. Travel across the river was then made by a ferry which wa3 operated for two years. SALTSBURG ACADEMY OR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Tho Academy was formally opened in the spring of 1852. Rev. W. W. Woodend, D. D., was principal and teacher of the classics. The building contained two ample apartments. The first floor was reserved for the gentlemen; and the second floor, for the ladies of the Female Seminary. Degrees were conferred when the courses were completed, FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL Saltsburg's first public school was on Market Street, on the site of the present school building. There were two rooms in this old frame building. iLike tho Academy there were, separate rooms for the boys and girls. Present school building r»6h In the year 1936 a new school building was febflfc2d in Saltsburg. Entertainments and plays are made more enjoyable because of tire new auditorium, which has a seating capacity of four hundred and fifty. In addition to the auditorium there are six classrooms aid a lime Economics Laboratory. - V7 V7 7 V 7 V 1 7 V V7 V 7 7 V V ¥ 7 V y