Titusville High School - Optimist Yearbook (Titusville, PA)

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During ftie year, suprisingly enough, apatfiy did not abound everywhere. The Dog ' N Suds Issue (acts of van- dalism) aroused everyone ' s feelings whether pro or con. The Letters to the Editor column in the TItuiville Herald hod an average of three letters a day for three weeks. Everybody, old, young, straights, hippies, they all had some kind of on opinion, and did they voice it! Some people claimed that the young adults who patronize Dog ' N Suds were the scum of the community. Oth- ers stated that the youths of the town were not delinquents, but part of the nation ' s most valuable resources. This was tfie first time such an issue concerning youth has risen and caused such on open controversy on the local scene. Would it be better for the com- munity if such problems never came up for debate? Why??? Issues leave questions yet to be answered ifiSf. k Refuse ctumps (above right) hove become a com mon sight in many of the local rural areas. Dolan Braughler (above), owner of Dog ' N Sud surveys the paint damage to his business. Hard at working painting hydrants during Clean Up Week, (right) is Fire Chief Al L ' HuiIlier.

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m ' r w Hurricane Agnes devastates eastern u.s. Homes were destroyed and property was ruined, as Hurricane Agnes spread her destruction over the Eastern Coast of the United States. Hundreds of people were killed and many thousands left homeless by one of the greatest natural disasters in the history of Pennsylvania. The Titusville Salvation Army did not give directly to the Disaster Relief Fund initiated because of Hurricane Agnes; fviwever, they did donate $2,300 dur- ing the year to the Emergency-Disaster Relief Fund. The Titusville Red Cross raised $1,480 for victims of the flood. Their quota, set by the Erie Headquar- ters, was $1,480; all of the money came from private donations. Yet, how many area residents lis- tened to the disaster news and then brushed it aside, forgetting about the needs of others while rushing through their selfish lives? How many youth in our areo offered assistance in any way? Why??? flooded by Hurricone Agnes, the Horrisburg Gen erol Hospilol (above) receives patients by boot Fire breoks out ocross from the governor ' s mon- lion (left) OS firemen orrive by boot to combot it.

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For years, except for the work of the Shade Tree Commission, the beau- tification of Titusville was a dead sub- ject. However, through the determined efforts of the people who attend the Town Meetings, beoutificotion became a reality. Through these meetings a committee was established that consisted of eight concerned citizens and two seniors from the high school; the site they se- lected for this project was the North Diamond Street Area. The goal of the committee was to employ the Emer- gency Labor Relief Group, for the sum of two-hundred dollars; this group would provide the building owners with a continuity design for their sites. Other priorities debated at the meet- ing were higher levels of education, juvenille deliquency, and drugs. One sod fact on the agenda, was that of the poor attendance by those who the meetings would affect most, the area citizerts. Why??? Determination yields chance of betterment Burning rubber and leaving skid marks (above left) does no good for the car, driver, or Hie rood. Ponderir g o senous question concerning the hiring of wofkers tor the beautificotion project desti- noted tor North Diamond Street are (left] Gerald Elfish, Milt Lopus, ond Elmer Robbins.