Union High School - Utopian Yearbook (New Castle, PA)

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CAROL E. WARD 44Carol” Airline Hostess DICK VOGUS Dick” Forest Ranger JOHN WILLIAMS Jack” Rare Car Driver DOW L. ZEIGLER Herman” Navy SONG Melody — MEMORIES POEM “WISH YOU WERE HERE” Farewell to old Union High School Moments we had here are dear. Good times and pleasures abounding. Will be remembered for years. Chorus: Happy days, laughing days, Linger in our hearts. We will miss them more and more As days and years go by. Happy days, laughing days, We’ve come to the end, but still We will cherish, The memories of Union High. Now we must form our own future. Founded on twelve years of work. Work that we finished at Union, Union a memory for life. Mickey Mateja Dean Driggs The time has come To say adieu To our classmates And old Union, too. You hear some say They’re glad it’s so. But then there’re some Who hate to go. And even among The joys and tears Some hours seem minutes. Some minutes years. Wearied to do our very best In each subject that we took. We gathered in the knowledge From every type of book. ‘Good-bye’, to Union High School That in our memories will stay alive. And “good luck to the Juniors From the class of fifty-five. John Hyromak

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BOB SMITH “Smirt Navy HOWARD SLOAN “Teak” Pro. Basketball Player KAY THORNTON “Kay” Secretary

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CLASS HISTORY This is the Atomic Age, and we, as a small number of the many students who will graduate throughout our nation, will go forth to seek fame and fortune in the vastness of the everchanging Atomic Era. Our story really begins in 1951, when 103 students from the townships of Union, Pulaski, and Mahoning came together to form the class of 1955. Our Freshman year was uneventful aside from the constant turmoil of the studies and ac- tivities of the upperclassmen, who urged us to help make their activities program a success; nev- ertheless, we began to cultivate ideas for the fu- ture. Our class advisors were Mr. Patterson, Mr. Oden and Mr. Krotz. As Sophomores we held our first class elec- tion under the supervision of Mrs. Shields and Mr. Keil. Officers elected on September 22, 1952, were: President, Harold Mott; Vice-president, Harry Hartzell; Secretary, Sandy Grell; and Treasurer, Peggy Cutter. We are very proud to be the first class to standardize our class rings. The crowning glory of the Sophomore Year was the Valentine Dance in February. With pride and joy, Marilyn Brown was crowned Queen of Hearts by our President, Harold Mott. Our Sophomore attendants were Sandy Grell, Kay Thornton, Martha Lewis, Judy Baughman, Shirley Harry and Joan Klenzing. With the guidance of Mrs. Hartford and Mr. Keil, we started a successful Junior year. Our officers for the year were: Richard Parks, Presi- dent; Harry Hartzell, Vice-president; Sandy Grell, Secretary; and Peggy Cutter, Treasurer. Our first event of the year was the Harvest Moon Dance with Peggy Cutter and Fred Brogan reigning as Queen and King of the Harvest. Chuck Ratcliff, Jean Ann Flynn, Jackie Lowery, and Sandy Grell were Juniors representing our class in the Christ- mas Pageant, which took the place of the Junior- Senior Play. Early in February our magazine campaign got underway. Room 205 under Mr. Keil soon won over Mrs. Hartford’s Room 208. resulting in Room 208 acting host for a Junior Class Party. When the first breath of spring crept into the air, we began planning to break old traditions and to come up with a Junior-Senior Prom which the departing seniors could truly say they enjoyed. On that memorable evening in May, Ronald Fel- ger and Martha Jo Hill ascended to the throne at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, climaxing an enjoy- able and long to be remembered evening of su- preme beauty. As the Autumn leaves began to fall in 1954, we found ourselves coming to school for our final attack on knowledge. Knowing that we had no time to lose, we met and elected officers. They were: President, Fred Brogan; Vice-president, Joe Emig; Secretary, sandy Grell; and Treasurer, Peggy Cutter. It was also decided at this time to have our Senior pictures taken at Seavy’s Studio. In December the Senior class presented a fa- vorite comedy of the stage “The Curious Savage” which constituted a good night of laughter for the audience and a great deal of satisfaction to eleven fine performers. December proved to be even more important to the seniors; for not only was it their date for the last play but also their last dance. As usual, a bit of sentimentality crept into the scene as the curtain began to fall slowly but surely, another phase of human life and educa- tion. The dance was held at the Union Memorial Elementary School with a door prize for all of treasurable memories symbolic of the “Christman Twirl.” The first semester tests came quicker than was necessary, which marked the half way of our senior year of school. With the last hurdle before us, we proceeded to choose name cards, to select announcements, and to order our dinks. The en- tire process of never ending pre-graduational duties kept us so busy that we failed to realize that graduation was only a few weeks in the future. The class Picnic and Class Day provided the lighter side of our commencement activities. Then came Baccalaureate and the first appearance of the Class of 1955 in academic cap and gown. In a few days Commencement, the crowning achieve- ment of every student’s life. The student feels elated, sadness creeps into the scene as the players pass through the hall of learning into the world, completing their role as a high school student. We realize we are to begin a new education in the cast and glorious life which is to follow. Thus, we, the Class of 1955, leave Union to go on to the typewriters, to the machines, to the col- leges, to the never-ending duties of our life as a better citizen in this wonderful nation which granted us the privilege to enjoy a free competi- tive education. By, Sandy Grell, Harold Mott. Peggy Cutter, Richard Park.