Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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PresidenT - Larry Davis Vice Presidenf - William Hassan Secrefary - Richard Levandusky Treasurer - Lowell Graver STudenT Council - Gerald BorTz. Charles Krapf lncidenTally, aT This poinT our Treasury was suffering from malnuTriTion! The evenTs high-lighT- ing This year were good fooTball and baskefball squads. an undefeaTecl Track season. and Allen McDonald's championship wresTling performance aT The Lehigh UniversiTy Prep School Tourna- menT. Then, Two social evenTs. The firsT a dance held The evening of our Annual Homecoming Day : The second was The annual Junior-Senior Prom on May I7. l952. The aroma of lilacs and cuT flowers in The elaboraTe decorafions, plus The dainTy perfumes of our female parTners made This evening a memorable one. Here we are, Seniors, in l953! Our goals are now wifhin our grasp. We look forward To The fuTure, filled wiTh inspiraTion and enThusiasm for our work in The ouTside world. These school grounds have Taken on The romances of pasT experiences and The dreams of fuTure accomplish- menTs. We have high hopes for our fuTures in spiTe of miliTary inducTions facing mosT of us. For our final year aT Sfevens. we elecfed These officers To sTeady us Through our Senior year: PresidenT - Larry Davis Vice PresidenT - William l-lassan SecreTary - Richard Levandusky Treasurer - Lowell Graver STudenT Council - Gerald BorTz. Charles Krapf Our social funcTions for This year were The Chrisfmas Dance held on December I2, I952: The Junior-Senior Prom held on May I6. l953: and of course. The class Trip To New York. The high- lighTs of The year were our unbeaTen wresTling Team. a fooTball Team only once beaTen, and Those inTramural conTesTs ThaT spiced The fruiTs of vicTory. Though The world siTuaTion is unseTTled, we know ThaT iT can be improved Toward The ulTi- maTe goals like The broTherhood of man if each of us is willing To sacrifice a parT of his sTrengTh. his wealTh. and his happiness for The welfare of oThers. So. wiTh These ThoughTs. we The graduaTing class of l953. say in all sinceriTy. Good bye. good luck. and God bless us all.

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616400 jfiofory Here we are. The graduaTing class of '53. When we enTered The Thaddeus Sfevens Trade School on SepTember IO. I949. we had only sevenTeen members. AT our firsT class meefing wiTh Mr. Harold Grannas, as advisor, The following officers were elecTed: i Presidenf - James Schreder Vice Presidenf - Clair CrisT SecreTary-Treasurer - Calvin EngleharT As green and inexperienced freshmen we learned our lessons and progressed To The poinT where we held our firsT social evenT, The Spring Dance. This was our firsT success and we were off To a flying sTarT. ln Sepfember of l95O, The addiTion of new sTudenTs broughf our class enrollmenT To sevenTy- five. BursTing wiTh energy and pride. we engaged in The various exfra-curricular acTiviTies and soon won The respecf of The upper classman. Our Sophomore Officers were: Presidenf - ErnesT Pachillis Vice PresidenT - William Hassan SecreTary - Harry Kuchlca Treasurer - Allen McDonald STudenT Council -- Gerald Borfz. William Davis We became kniTTed inTo a harmonious group and progressed rapidly under The capable leadership of our insTrucTors. Many were our hopes! Greaf Things were expecTed of us. We Tried desperafely To live up To These expecTaTions. The highlighTs of This year were a fooTball Team defeaTed only once. a splendid Field Day. and, of course, our only social funcfion: 'The SainT PaTriclc's Day Dance of March IO, I95I. In Sepfember, l95I, we reTurned as Juniors wiTh advanced age and experience. We were more concious of our responsibilifies and privileges. Our class enrollmenT decreased from sevenfy- five To fiffy-Three because several of our classmaTes joined The Armed Services. Again officers were elecTed in our Junior Year. These were:

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ye Cmoot fleonoralvle Qlaoo Cwill Q3 1953 l-lear Ye: l'lear Ye: l-lear Ye: We, The ouTsTanding and diligenT class of I953. aTTer being subjecTed To The severesl' menTal and physical sTrains bearing The TiTles: D.D.S.. Ph.D.. M.D., LL.D.. Mary D., P.D.Q., Q.E.D.. L.S.- M.F.T., and B.O., do hereby declare. deliver. reciTe, reporT, relaTe, proclaim. dedicaTe. offer. pronounce. and oTherwise uTTer our lasT will and TesTamenT on This day oT June, I953 A.D., A.M.. from The halls of our Alma MaTer. our TaiThTul STS.. locaTed aT The end of EasT End Avenue in The Thriving meTropolis oT LancasTer. Penne.. which lies aT The iuncTion of RouTe 30 and The ConesToga Creek. bounded by The CounTy Prison. ShanTyTown. ConesToga Cafe. Merkley's Serv- ice wiTh a Smile, and oTher local land marks. Our only demand is ThaT we be laid away To resT in uTmosT reverence and decorum in our wooden boxes-Thanks To Mr. Wagner, oTTicial caskeT maker. wiTh a TV seT To pass away The long winTer evenings in The happy hunTing ground oT The hereaTTer. As Tor any debTs. noTes. and l.O. U.'s, we now dispose. dispel. disperse. dissipaTe, discard. dispense. disTribuTe. or oTherwise geT rid of in The Tollowing manner: lTem I. To Boiler House Gaul and his TrusTworThy assisTanTs like Keep 'em repaired John- son, we bequeaTh a year's supply of humble sTudenTs Tor SaTurdays Through The courTesy of The Parole Board. whose judge and iury consisTs oT The Tollowing: Eagle-Eye CroessanT. The Shad- ow SchulTz. Dick Tracy Denuel. LighT FooT HeTTner, Sam Spade Hower. and The greaT Sherlock Holmes KraTT. lTem ll. To The sharks oT Aby Rogal's canTeen. we bequeaTh a copy of one of The besT sellers The LiTTle WhiTe Cue Takes a Tip . or Ten Easy Lessons l-low To ScraTch . or Show-Me-A ShoT-I-Can'T-Make wriTTen by The noTed experTs. Sure-ShoT Shumski. Never-Miss Kovach, and ScraTch STehman. lTem III. To The up-and-coming sTudenTs, The boys in Room 4 oT CoTTage C will supply aT low cosT, a ToolprooT meThod oT disappearing aTTer lO:OO p.m. and evading NigTh-beaT ShorTy. lTem IV. To Mr. Auchenbach and Mr. Fiorill. we ioinTly bequeaTh. because of a Tie, Gundar The Wonder . Haegg's l-low To Run A Mile In Four MinuTes . or Who Will Be The FirsT To LighT Up AT Four ? lTem V. To Professor Tiny WrighT, we give, granT, besTow. confer. yield. imparT, presenT, cede. surrender. relinquish, or oTherwise leT him have The secreT oT The success oT The Kornkobblers Tor which he has been sTriving Tor The lasT Ten years.