Titusville High School - Optimist Yearbook (Titusville, PA)

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CLASS WILL In v1ew of the uncertamtv of hfe and as a. provxslon for the dxsposltlon of our personal property abxlltxes hablts iboth good and bad! etc we the members of the Senior Class of Colestock Hrgh School Cxtv of T1tusv1lle ln the County of Crawford and State of Pennsylvanxa ID the year of Our Lord nlneteen hundred and forty five do make publlsh and declare the followmg to be our last w1ll and testament Provlslon I We bequeath to the student body the sp1r1t of love and affectlon most of us have held for our Alma Mater wlth the request that thev guard and cherlsh the best tradltlons and honored customs of our Hlgh School wxth the same love and loyalty that we have bestowed Provlsxon II To the faculty we w1ll and bequeath a qu1et summer ln which they may rest their t1red mmds and bodles after the long months they have worked preparlng us for graduatlon Provxslon I Babe our house mald deluxe we leave our notebooks papers etc to help hlm wlth his scrap paper dr1ve Provlslon I the class of 45 w1ll our t1tle of Senlors to the Jumors for the commg year wlth the wlsh that they will use sald tltle to the best of their ab1l1ty Prov1s1on V To the Sophomores we leave the pnvxlege of lookmg down thelr noses at the new mtruders fthe Freshmen! Provlslon VI To Johnny Powers we Semor Band and Orchestra members wxsh to express our thanks for the patlent way he has llstened to al the sour notes produced from seventh grade up I Bruce Kllne g1ve my ablllty to attract the glrls to any Junlor boy who feels capable of endurxng the straln I Shlrley Lou Eldred leave Martha Plerson the Job of collectlng muslc etc for Mr Powers I Sklp Love leave my tltle that of hlgh score ln basketball to Walter Panas hopxng h w1ll dupllcate saxd score next year We Joan Harry and Carol Atwater leave our headache as co edltors of the Opt1m1st to some aspxrmg Junxor I Warner Tobin glve my drlvlng ablllty to B111 Smlth so that the weekly Wash may be collected and dellvered cn tlme I Neal Van Marter w1ll some of rw helght to any member of the next years basketball squad who feels he IS ln need of It I Ralph Summerton 6 ft 5 111 upon my departure w1ll return the t1tle of be1ng the tallest man ln Colestock to our beloved prlnclpal Mr Bltters We Lucy W11l1amS and Wllma Bennett each endow Joan Nelson and Dorothy Larson wlth excess wexght 1n hopes that they w1ll be able to cast a shadow ln the future I Evelyn Lorenz g1V6 up my txtle of be1ng the shortest Semor glrl to Marthl Lorenz feel1ng certa1n she can fulflll the t1t1e I Robert Brown leave a lock of my wavv ha1r to Dorxs Davenport I Bettv Dahle w1ll mv unassummg manner to LDIS Brlckner ln hopes that she w1ll be less nolsy IH her Semor year To Mary Ann Lucas I Betty Coyle w1ll my secret on how to grow long fmgernalls I Harold Slgworth bestow my wde awake manner on Don Roessner wlth thc hope It w1ll enable hlm to remaln awake ln class I Connle Bell leave mv shy smlle to Shlrley Goodman hoplng that she w1ll use lt I Norma McNell1e bequeath mv bottle of L1ggets Vltamm Bath for red han to Betty Alcorn and Carl Cox wlth the understandlng that they w1ll provlde IHUITIIHHUOII for the upper hall on gloomy days Last but not least we the Semor Class leave the underclassmen 111 the care of oul loved and respected PRINCIPAL MR E F BITTERS kI10WlIIg he w1ll do all that IS posslble to advl e and gulde them on then' way to becomlng flne AITl8I'lCdIl cltxzens In vlew of the fact that we are Ylllllllllg out of space WE the rest of the Semor class just LEAVE We the Semor Class do herebv nommate and appomt Mr Edward Brown 'md M1 Wllllam Helfuch to be sole executors of this our last w1ll and Testament Slgned sealed and d clared Ill the presence of us who have hereunto Slgllfd ou names as wltnesses on thls tw nty ninth day of May Nlneteen hundred 'md forty flve WI FNESSE: Harold Chllds E Lucy Wllhams Sh1rleyE1dred Mny Jane Paul Attorney at Law 'l . . v - ! To . , , , ., We ,, ,, . . . . . . . , , . . A . . . v v - . , , , L. I , . 1 1 C . . - ' . x v 1 A v . , , . , . , . . , , . , . . A 4 , . V v Y ' l 1 u 1 ' ' v, ' ' 1 Y- ' 1 . e , , . . . , f-. - 1 , . . .

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CLASS HISTORY Dear D1a1 y Gosh Class Nlght' Blg stuff thls our last flmg-everyone all 1n caps and gowns md smu lmportance qulte ready to take the world by the horns Some dlfference from the gawky knock kneed half toothless bunch of kxds that ambled up twelve years ago leadv to take a whack at thls thmg called school ' fThlllTlbll1g thru book J September 4 1932 A 18 fOl Apple so b1g and 1ou11d B IS for Beetle that makes such '1 sound C 19 for Cat who walks on the ground fShakes head and slghsl 1933 Second graders admltted here says the blg brown door so ln we go leldv for more about these new games called Spelhng Anthmetlc and Rleadmg 1934 Along w1th the h1ghe1 Book larn 111 of the 3R.s were ga1n1ng an mterest H1 the llll.Y1Cal16S of paper nrplanes tl1e best paper dolls and the new dlSCOVBI'y of Kuk the Can' 1935 Nyah' Nyah' lNyah' I passed' Yah'P Well thats nothm I got thru wlthout g1v1n the teache1 an apple every mormn anyway' And thus went ou1 hfe as supe11o1 4th graders 1936 Pass1ng classes' Oh the joys of 5th grade' And hurts too-but the em b'11'1ss1nent ot pxgtalls dlpped mto mk wells and black and blue knees from too much 101101 skatmg IS qulte forgotten 111 the excltement of the newest Gra Y party' 1937 You are 11ow halfway between here and there- ipausel Quoth the teachers evldently havlng vague hopes that these paper wad shootlng hop scotchlng characters w1ll move on to b1gger a11d better t,hlIlgS So after much persuaslon our Jumor xntellects dnl crop out Wlth a mlnlature opexatta and an art1st1c mural 1938 Lost One 7th grade class between floors 1 and 3 on or about September Fxnder please IOLUFII to Mr Flshel MISS Daly or the nearest Patrol Boy REWARD 1939 After the lnfluence of a yeax at Jun1or I-hgh the plgtalls kmckers and le'1d sold1e1 cmze have been d1sca1ded as Kld Stuff and we greet the mcomlng 7th grade w1th the same d1Sd31f1fL11 a1r we had experlenced 'md moved mto ou1 own as the Loxds and Rulers of Jun1or I-hgh Nothmg could compale to the new lmpoltance of electlng offlcers iBruce Boyle Jack Carlson Pat PIPS-E011 and Stew Fentonl OI the sentlmental fun of Class Day when we sald goodbye to Freshman Dances Llons basketball games funny assembhes the steadles lll the h 1lls the Jun1or D1spatch 1941 After much too short ft summer of lazy enjoyment everyone assembled Ill the sa red portals of Men Oflal Hal -Colestock heretofore merely a name to many now became a reahty as a bu1ld1ng full of long corrldors strange class rooms jeermg uppe1class1nen and HEVCI to be forgotten upheavals ln the hall floors After a few days though we leaxned to plck up ou1 feet and the b1g grlnd ground the puzzle over M1 Caesar a11d the mess 1n Algebxa the moromc fun of Trotty Veck .Sz H1 Y lmtlatlons chrexleadlng tlyouts Wlth Angus comlng out on top dances double headers 0fflCClS etc So we wolked hard and developed from greemes mto all wlse sophomores fOl SODIIOITIOIGS 310 tlways wlse 1942 The Junlox Class the fa1rest year for the sons and daughters of T v1lle FOI now we can laugh at tl1e new comels and share a few jokes wlth the Senlors What t1 md1t1ons we upset' Who w1ll ever forget that starry eyed dream nlght of the Prom? Thr T1tusv1lle Warren football game? The Jr Sr Play? The 3 day vacatlons toften the result of that new game Blufflng' J 1944 Regretfully losmg some members as we went along but agam gammg some new recruxts we kept gomg kept c11mb1ng for see Where we are today Tl1e SGHIOI Class mona1ch of all 1t surveys It takes all the honors It gets all the dxplomas The whole communlty turns out for 1ts var1ety shows Its fellas have the QXCIUSIVG tltle of Bradys R.a1ders It buys all the class rxngs It has the best offxcers 4Boyle OVIHLI Preston T0bll1P It sta1ts all the fads It boasts of the best Varslty Club and glves some pletty good plays For once the senlors are the center of attractlon And now here we are at the end but no matter where we go-to a trammg held 111 Te as a Shlp bound for s '1 duty a hospltal ln New York or just a typewut 1 lll someones offlce well be thlnklng well be remembenng Goodmght D111 y 'U : . g' A , ' . ' 1 - 0 9 . ' ' u Y -'V Q 1 ' Q . I v 4 n . V1 H Q . L A N 4 , 1 ' , A , 1 ' ' z' ,. - - 1 ' Ln' -A U ' . 1 b 1 . , n u , ' 1 lc... h . - ' V . . . ' ,' . 1 4 'll' - 4 ' ' . ,A . 2 . ' 1940 By this time we have arrived at the grand old age of 14, or thereabouts, . 1 ' ' ' , ' ' '1 1 1 K . 1 ' ' T ' ' . . ' C VL' ' ' v ' , . . ,Y T. . . . .V I. . , . 1 - 1 , . ' . ' -4 . 1' ' . . . ' .1- 1 I I 'I 4- L1 4, uv .- ' I - - I I - Q . 1 ' ' W . ' I . V 1 . J ' u 1 1 i - I i '- 1 ' . ' 1 I . Y - , . . ' V . ' .B - - 1' .' ,. 1 ,T , H v H er .Y . , . X , Al . -

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CLASS PROPHECY The scene opens rt the home of M1 85 Mrs Tob11 lwarntr Tobrn 8z Wllll Shaw? rn the year 1960 Our happrly wedded couple are plannrng to attend the 15th reunrorr of the Class of 45 As they pack the prcnrc basket for the reunron Warner drscovers he has mrslard the buns from Trouts Bakery Whrle he searches for them Wrm remembers a beauty apporntment at Bennetts Salon r1ot to be confused wrth Bennetts Saloon As she calls to cancel her apoorntment Logene Matney a telephone operator and Kentucky s grft to the North connects her wrth Wrllre Bennett Durrng therr lengthy ronversatron we overhear the latest news about Shrrlev Buc She frnally marrred Just rs the talk gets more rnterestrng Warner rnterrupts 'lrtusvrlles handsome postman Harold Srgworth enters wrth a handful of brlls Huold rnqurres after Warners tree doctor buslness Warner rephes that he had frz d 1 tree damaged bv Harold Heckathorn rn front of John Grubbs Hock Shop and one rn front of Joe Brckles Prckle Parlor As Harold leaves he bumps rnto Baby Jean clrughter of Jean Meddock and Drck McBr1de Drck a former football plaver rushed our serrchrng for Baby Jean He rrrforms the Tobrns that Jean rs preparrrrg for the rmunron wlnle he washes the drshes and watches Babv Jean Drck hrs hands strll drrpprng w1tl1 soabsuds carrys Baby Jean off home Gene Johnson and hrs wrfe the former Dorrs Stroup arrrve to grve the Tobrns 1 lrft to the reurrron They were late for as usual Dorr had to stop and see rf Andersorrs Antrques Shop recerved any new valuables Thev start for the door the Lrrls carryrng the baskets and the boys carryrng themselves As the scene shrfts we frnd ourselves rn Ludwrclcs Lazy Darsy Prcmc Park Warner rnd Wllll are chatterrng wrth Pat Preston and Janre Paul W1n1 rs tellrng the grrls about Warner has decrded to satrsfy hrs tape worm anc get rndrgestron Dr Carlsons nurses Vera Edwards Bettv Dahle a11d Joan Harry can frx h1m up afterwards The reunron should get good mentron 111 the paper Neal Van Marter prn up bov of 45 rs r1ow the Edrtor At thrs pornt Allrene Johnson 1Mrs Jack Murray: prn up grrl of 45 enters lookrng for John Grubb It lb a typrcal park complete nature lover and Brology teacher rn purple butterfly As Alhene leaves Educatron teachers come rn lookrng beach vlhere Bruce Klrne Physical resprratron As Mary A1111 contrnues dealt to other members of our class Krthervn Blrzneskr as tenographer wrth people sleeprng behrnd trees Gerry Sterlrng, a grrls school rushes rn and out searchrng, for a Mary Ann Loop ard Shrrley Worden Physrcal for John Grubb They have just come from the Drrector at the Y was demonstratrng artrfrcral the search Shrrley stops to tell us what fate has Rod Ovratt rs now a famous executrve employmg and Betty Greene as a private secr tary Bernltu Armstrong and Madolyn Grav marrred and are now lrvrng rn Sunvrlle Carol Atwrter lrmous chrld teacher rs rnstructrng then chrldren War IIEFS tapeworm has gotten the best of h1m by thrs trme He pulls a bottle of mrlk from the basket mrlk from Yrnglrng Fenton and Jacobs modern darry 'lhen slogan You can wlrrp our cream but vou cant beat our mrlk has become famous By now everyone rs searclnng for the mrssrng Johnny Suddenly the p 111 of fctt strckrng out from behrnd a tree come ahxe They belor to John Atl rn Grubb our mrssrng hero The smell of food and not the shoutrng has awakened hnn So ends our peek at 1960 Ans resemblance to persons lrvrng or dead rs purc-lv corrrcrdental I 1 ' . . ' , 1 A ' ' l, 44. A . . 3 I l'x' .' 2 ' - ' ' ' . A ' . U ', 1. ' 'V ' K ' J. V 1 . V Y , b ' the bill from Dr. Carlson. He still uses the same motto- People are dying to see me. ' ' V , Q . '. 'f 1 ' . - V ' r h I ' ' ' x 'Q 7' 1 ., . ' 4 - 1 . -. ' . ' ,. . , . . ' . . , ' ' . 1 1 ' ' s ' ' ' e ' . - '- 1 - f 1 1' 1 ' ' ' r 1 - 1 ' ' , , . ' . ' ' , .- . I 1' . ' . . 1 , . . ' ' . ' . -