Swoyersville High School - Sailors Log Yearbook (Swoyersville, PA)

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Class History Seniors! Graduation! At last we have reached the apex of youth. No other time will be as sweet or as precious. We all ac- knowledge our eagerness for graduation day to arrive, but who are we trying to convince? Commencement, the beginning of a new life, will find us tearful but with hearts full of memories. All too soon we will turn a corner and days at Swoyerville High will be things of the past which will steal up to our minds in moods of nostalgia. Yes, we will remember September, 1949. We were so very important. Just think, we were in high school! To us, seniors were such wise, wise people, capable of anything. Friends were separated as some had classes at the Cahalan Building and others had the honor of going to the high school. We at- tended classes that would prepare us for the life ahead-and they were far from easy. Already, some of the boys in our classes were becoming interested in athletics, and everyone, both boys and girls, looked forward to the social activities we would know as we climbed to the second rung up the ladder of education. So now we are Sophomores! Friends meet once more at the high school. Again we must become accustomed to new classes and teach- ers, we returned to the Cahalan Building only to attend the fourth, and last, year of our Shop and Home Economics Classes. Our boys on the football team and the basketball squad played a very important part in winning championship laurels in these sports, girls won positions as cheerleaders and fellow classmates were elected as mem- bers of the Student Council and the TATTLER STAFF. At last we were really in! Now our goal was coming nearer and nearer, we were juniors at last. Our self- importance showed itself in everything we did. This new phase in our lives began with an election of officers to represent us in all matters that might arise: President, Leslie Burkhardt, Vice-President, John Cheskie- wicz, Secretary, Norma Volack, Treasurer, William Bogutski. Our admission to a galaxy of clubs and organizations also took place: Key Club, Y-Teens, Student Council, The TATTLER. Our time was crammed full with activities. We became better acquainted with the Seniors during the Junior-Senior Banquet and the Prom. Everything we had hoped for had finally come true. The athletes in our class played an important part on the foot- ball team that won the Eastern State Cham- pionship, and the basketball squad which be- came District 2 Champions. Our pride be- came greater when John Cheskiewicz was given All-State laurels in football. We had become a really significant part of our school. Here we stand on the threshold of our final year as students at S. H. S. and we ac- knowledge our promotion by wearing our class rings. At first everyone was a little sad and apprehensive of what the future would hold. But these fears were lost in a cloud of activ- ities, work, and happiness. The beginning of school found football the leading event on our calendar, October found us on our way on a delightful trip to Harrisburg and Gettys- burg. Then we were preparing for our won- derful minstrel which was such a huge suc- cess through the efforts of Miss Loretta Far- ris. Our club activities were interrupted by a night at the Junior-Senior Banquet and bas- ketball games. The girls showed their athletic ability by winning second place in the W. B. W. D. Foul Shooting Contest. The play we presented with such success proved that Mr. John Wallace was a very able director. The perfect conclusion to a memorable year was our trip to New York City. Finally, Class Night and Graduation Day are upon us. So our ship must dock, load on new sup- plies, and sail on to unfamiliar places and over stormy seas. These events in the history of this Class of 1953 will act as bookmarks in the log of our school life. They will also act as inspirations for the years ahead at times when our spirits need uplifting. This is a story written on paper, for those who experienced it, these facts are indelibly writ- ten in our minds. We will never forget! Jo ANN STESNEY

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CLASS MOTTO Find A Way Or Make CLASS COLORS Maroon and Gold CLASS FLOWER Yellow Rose One Class Officers WILLIAM LIPO President RAYMOND CONDO Vice President ALICE I-IORNICK Secretary STEPHEN KOTCH Treasurer CLASS SONG YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE DONALD MCBMDE We have come to the end of our high school days We leave with our hearts full of glee, With diploma in hand and our mem'ries grand In our hearts is the song we now sing. The time has now come for us to here say To the school we love so well, Farewell, to you our dear Swoy-rville High For the time is drawing nigh, The time is drawing nigh. So we bid our dear friends and our teachers well As We now must bid you adieu, And the World will be won this our promise be From the class of the year, fifty-three. Welve all been prepared and we shall not fail Though the future may be dark, Walk on, walk on, with heads held up high As we fondly say good-bye, We fondly say good-bye.

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E. ASKLAR D. BALDOVSKY T. BEDNER EUGENE JOHN ASKLAR Spider Witty and well-liked by all, One who is noted for being tall. Academic Key Club 2, 3. 4, Band 1, 2, Art 13 Music 15 Minstre Merrily we stroll along 14 l 4. DOROTHY EVELYN BALDOVSKY Baldy Commercial Dotty so short and always smiling, With a charming personality that's so beguiling. Usherette 33 Music 1, 2, 3, 43 Art 15 Swimming 45 Y-Teens 3, 4. gb '11 5 il' 2 Q J. L. CEBRICK Class of WY f if Y , THOMAS MICHAEL BEDNER He'll find fun in everything. Art 13 Play 43 Minstre Yearbook Staff 4. ffllucyi! it Her sincerity and helping hand blend Y-Teens 3, 4 3 Music , , 45 Art 1g Minstrel 4, BenQ Commercial ' No matter what the years may bring, l 4. LUCILLE CEBRICK Academic A quiet personality and a true friend. 1, 2, 3, Swimming V V 5 f A 43 Usherette 35 Yearbook Staff 4.