Valley Forge High School - Archive Yearbook (Parma Heights, OH)

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The growth of a yearbook, like the growth of a person, is a product of care. The care with which a family treats a baby or small child should be similar to the care with which a staff mem- ber treats his responsibility in the yearbook's growth. The life of a yearbook begins with the birth of an idea, a theme which provides the raw material with which the staff will Work in develop- ing the book. This idea is much like a new-born child, undeveloped, soft, waiting to be molded. The infant yearbook, like the infant, is influenced by its large family of people concerned with its Welfare. As each page is planned, as the page is drawn, as the copy is written, as the pictures are taken, the young volume grows physically and mentally. This growth, although a steady, enlarging process, is not a completely smooth procedure. As no life is free of problems, the production of a yearbook is not a problem-free development. Each problem is an experience, an occurrence which will be remembered in order to serve as a warning against similar mistakes. Time progresses, the baby becomes a child, the child moves toward maturity. The care which has been taken in raising this child shapes his personality after maturity. So it is with our yearbook, the care and love which each staff member has put into his work is exhibited in our finished product. On behalf of the entire staff, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the other people who have helped to make this book possible. We extend our very sincere appreciation to Mr. David M. Smith for his assistance and understanding, Mr. Bernard Specht, the stagecraft crew, and the custodians for their aid in the auditorium during picture-taking, and to the entire faculty who cooperated so well with the Archive staff. I personally wish to extend my deep appreciation to the members of the Archive editorial staff for their diligent work and tender care in the production of the 1965 Archive, to Mrs. Katherine Szmagala and the business staff for their expert handling of finances, and to Miss Suzanne Murphy for her advice, patience, and guidance in the position of faculty adviser. Conversely, the life of a person is accented by an experience such as working on a yearbook staff. Three years on the Archive staff have been a growing and learning process. I have grown with our yearbook to a maturity in which I understand the meaning and obligations of accept- ing responsibility. This past year as editor-in-chief, I have realized the value of my experience. Each day's work on the Archive has been a well-spent effort, and each page in this volume holds cherished memories. The 1965 Archive is a lasting memory of one of the best years of my life. I hope it will be for you a similar reminder. Editor-in-chief 241

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40 1965 ARCHIVE STAFF Susan Schwartz . . . Carol Cooper ..... Diane Strmiska . . . Susan Meeth .... Judith Erikson .... . . Marcia Duke ............ . . . Wenmouth Williams, Jr .... . Judith Uhinck ......... Naomi Jemma . . . Barbara Tocci ..... Marcia Lee Jones . . . Kathleen Slach . . . Judith Goebl ....... Sharon Jorgensen . . . Carol Kuhn ....... Judith Lessing ..... Christine Kozimor .... John Hunter ....... David Lowdermilk .... Kimberly Johnson .... Elaine Bachman . . . Alexander Bukhair .... Shirley Callaghan ....... Jacqueline Falkenstein . . Eileen Hannan .......... Ilona Harrison .......... Linda Kinbaum ..... Frances Lippmann . . . Susan Schaefer ..... Sandra Ammiller. . . Virginia Hughes . . . Melanie Radlick ....... Jean Santner .......... Mrs. Katherine Szmagala Miss Suzanne Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . Editor-in-Chief ............LiteraryEditor Opening Section Editor ..........SeniorEditor Senior Activities Editor . . . . . Underclass Editor . . . . Boys' Sports Editor . . . . Girls' Sports Editor . . . . . Activities Editor . . . Activities Editor . . . Faculty Editor . . . .Typing Editor ..........Typist ..........Typist . . . . . . . . Layout Editor .............ArtEditor . . . Photography Editor . . . Head Photographer . . . . . . . . Photographer . . . Caption Editor ..........Writer . . . . Writer . . . Writer . . . . Writer . . . . Writer . . . .Writer . . . . Writer ..............Writer ,..............Writer . . . . .Business Manager . . .Business Staff Member . . . .Business Staff Member . Business Staff Member . . . . .Business Adviser . . . . Faculty Adviser

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4 IN MEMCDRIAM LORRENCE PRENSLOW January 7 1949 February 7 1965 Debate trlps are strange events where many dlfferent th1ngs can happen last Saturday was a typlcal tr1p Parma and Valley Forge students go together on the same bus we s1t 1n the front they 1n the back lt has always been that way Travellng to and from destma t1ons we laugh and talk and sometlmes work on debate materlal the Forge debaters laugh and talk too and more than not end up s1ng1ng anyth1ng from folk songs to the Patrlot f1ght cry There 1S always fr1endly r1valry cutt1ng remarks about the other school swapped exaggeratlons And last Saturday commg home from St Joseph Academy was no except1on We laughed and talked and the boys from Valley Forge sang the Salvatlon Army song 1n our town there are one and a half hlgh schools Valley Forge 1S one I remember looklng back Just once 1n the mlddle of the1r chorus and they were was standlng up changing seats s1ng1ng laughlng That was Saturday afternoon Saturday n1ght early Sunday mornlng when most of us were on our way home from the Senlor Dance Larry Prenslow was dead k1lled 1n a bl1nd1ng auto moblle crash ln Parma He1ghts Now I dldn t know Larry Prenslow very well I knew h1m Well enough to say hello and he would recognlze me 1n the same way But lt hurts more somehow when lt happens so close so tanglble and when lt could have been me you any of We d1dn t know h1m well But he had Just as much a rlght to the future as any of us he had Just as br1ght a future as any of us he had just as many hopes for the future We pause th1s s1lent Frlday mormng 1n memory of h1m our r1valr1es sub dued our sympathles extended to fam1ly and frmends our prayers for Larry Prenslow John Walter February 1 2 1 965 s - 9 , 3 9 3 ! Q ! 3 cc' , - - - - , - as all smiling, singing loudly-considerably off-key, and sophomore Larry Prenslow ' 3 . 5 x s ' . , . s . If 99 ' ' , ' ' I 7 3 l 9 . ! 9 us. 7 I 3