St Petersburg Richland High School - Cardinal Yearbook (St Petersburg, PA)

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GRADUATION DAY Front, row: Caroline IC. Livermore. Madelin Margaret Ditty, William Bruce Mefjanna, Larry George Ashbaugh, Deanna Jean Reed and Mary Jane Edinger. Middle row: .lohn William Wood, David Charles Yingling, William Ray Burrell, Richard Eugene Beiehner, and Kenneth R. Shoup. Back row: Joyce Marie McBride and Mildred M. Shaner.

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CLASS HISTORY In the year 1952 we started our high school career. At first we were rather leary of this high school life, but with the help of Miss Mortand we soon became accutomed to it. During the year we had a skating party. a valentine party, and a square dance, all of which were successful. Our class officers werer President ............ ........ ll flildred Shaner Vice President .,.............. Joyce McBride Secretary ......,.. ........ M ary Jane Edinger Treasurer ........ ......... L arry Ashbaugh Sgt. At Arms ...... .... ...... R o bert Flick At the start of our second year we welcomed a new member into our class, William McCanna. We started our Sophomore year with a skating party and a ham raffle. In November we ordered our class rings which arrived in February. Our class officers were: President ........................ Larry Ashbaugh Vice President .................. Joyce McBride Secretary .................... Mary Jane Edinger Treasurer .....,..... .......... D ick Beichner Sgt. At Arms ........ ....... W illiam Burrell As Juniors we had the honor of being upper classmen. Though we had only thirteen members in our class, we were very active. We participated in social activities by sponsor- ing a turkey raffle, luncheon, two movies, and a newspaper. We finished the year with the Junior-Senior Prom. It was very successful and enjoyed by all- Our class officers were: President ............................ David Yingling Vice President .............. Larry Ashbaugh Secretary ......... ........ ly lary Jane Edinger Treasurer ........ ....... R ichard Beichner Sgt. At Arms .................... William Burrell This year, as Seniors, we contributed three excellent basketball players to the team: BillBurrell, Dave Yingling, and Bill McCanna. We also contributed three cheerleaders! Mary Jane Edinger, Millie Shaner, and Peg Ditty. Millie and Peg sang in the Girls' Trio. Our social activities included two record hops, several luncheons, a skating party. a turkey raffle, and a square dance. We also sold magazine subscriptions. One of the high- lights of the year was the Banquet and Prom given by the Juniors in our honor. We are grateful to the Juniors for this wonderful affairg we certainly enjoyed ourselves. Baccalaureate services were held on May 27 and Commencement on May 29. Our class officers were: President ............. ......... D avid Yingling Vice President ................ Larry Ashbaugh Secretary .................... Mary Jane Edinger Treasurer ..................., Richard Beichner Sgt. At Arms ....... ...... W illiam Burrell We hope our future may be as successful as our past has been and we wish the best of luck to all the Senior Classes yet to come.

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CLASS PROPHECY My classmates have asked me, Larry Ashbaugh, to predict their future lives. I do not profess to be a Swamieg however, I shall try to foretell the truth. I will concentrate deeply and climb upward into the future. When I arrive in the future on my magic carpet, I see a large dam on the Clarion River. I lower my magic carpet to the dam and take a tour, I discover the chief engineer on this job is a chap who graduated in 56 . He is Bill McCanna. As I take my carpet back to the sky, I am passed by an atomic airplane and I believe -wait, I shall catch it. See! I was right Bill Burrell is behind the throttlcs. and Millie Shaner is hostess on this flight. On I go over the peaks of the Allegheny Mountains, down in the valley I see a ranch house with two lovely children in the back yard. I fly past the window, and I see Joyce McBride turning on the automatic dish washer. Just then I hear a crash on the main highway and when the polic arrive the officer says. I am officer Ken Shoup. What happened here? Then an insurance adjuster ar- rives and introduces himself as John Wood. I leave this scene and travel on to a small town nestled in the valley. As I float through town, I see on the corner of First and Main a small beauty shopg as I come closer, I see the sign says. Mary Jane's Beauty Shop,' property of Mary Jane Edinger. Continuing on down Main Street, I come to a sign reading School Zone. Surely I can find some of my classmates here. I was right because as I float past the first grade rooml recognize the teacher as Caroline Livermore. .Iust when I am passing the door, Caroline calls the school nurse to come and look at one of her children. As she starts down the hall. I can't distinguish her at first: then she gets closer, and I recognize her as Peggy Ditty. I leave the school house and continue on down the street when I develop trouble in my magic carpet. I look around and find a garage. The chief mechanic, whom I recognize as Dick Beichner, greets me as I enter the office. Isee Deanna Reed taking dictation from David Yingling, the sales manager. Iwait a few momentsg Dick comes into say that my magic carpet is fixed. Well. it is getting late, and I must get back to 1956 where we see thirteen seniors leaving St. Petersburg-Richland High School. If the law of averages holds true, maybe 50 per cent of these predictions will come true, but fate will decide the course of all their lives.