St Catherine High School - Mentor Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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he 1 mins Vol. XI. Senior Issue 1926 Published Annually by the Students of St. CathIerine's High School, DuBois, Pennsylvania EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JOHN B. GREENE OOO DEPARTMENT EDITORS OOO ASSOCIATE EDITORS , BLANCHE A. AUGHENEAUGHf-'26 CATHERINE E. DRONEY, 'ZSN AGNES F. MURPHY. '27.,' THOMAS F. HYER. '29N' LITERARY X, DOROTHY C. MCCARTAN, '26 MARGARET M. I-IACKETT, '26 ' EXCHANGE ' X. SUZANNE K. SULLIVAN, '26' IONE M. MOORE, '267 Q I SCHOOL NOTES X 1 LOUIS A. I-IACKETT, '26 TERESA M. VITARELLI, '26 STAFF ARTIST JAMES J. BUTLER, '26 STAFF POETS X. MARGARET M. HACKETT, '26 . ORPIIA M. RAFFERTY, '27 ' A ATHLETICS JOHNB. ROKOSKI, '26' CORNELIUS F. ALLEN, '27 ' JOKES 5 JAMES P. LAMBERT, '27 ALUMNUS KATHRYN W. KELLY, '25 ' BUSINESS MANAGERS THOMAS F. PRICE, '26 XC LEO W. ALLEN, '274 LAWRENCE M. SCHALR, '26 If DAN E. TERRY, '27 .r CIRCULATION BERNARD J. BEEZER, '26f,1 GEORGE J. BADER, '26 Y HUGH E. DOUGHERTY, '26y WALTER T. MCMAHON, '26 If JOSEPH A. RENSEL, '27 GEORGE J. BAUMER, '27 N J I I I

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