Washington Township High School - Washtonian Yearbook (Apollo, PA)

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FUREWARD by the staff . come and go. 1949 as the theme The first complete yearbook for Washington Township . . . pictures of all the activities . . . group pictures of all the homerooms . . . action shots of the games . . . plays . . . gen- eral activities. The theme of the first WASHTONIAN . . . My Diary . . . white leather cover . . . crimson hinges and lock . . . to denote the personal ownership intended . . . engraved and printed in quality'com'parable to any school . . . small or large . . . as named THE WASHTONIAN . . . a yearbook to treasure and refresh our memories as the years Through The Lens of The Camera . . . and the Pens of The Yearbook staff . . . a folding camera pictured the theme of the second yearbook for Washington Township High School . . . engraved and printed despite the tremendous cost . . . thanks to the donations of the Women's Club and the fine support of the business patrons in the area . . ..sentimental memories of school life were recorded for posterity . . . individual pictures of every student . . . 78 pages of personal pleamre and . . . personal treaiure. Something new for 1950 . . . increased budget fplanned costsb . . . but we wanted to hold our price down to benefit more students . . . something had to change . . . some suggested giving up the yearbook . . . but Mr. Yatnel and the editors said no such thing would hap- pen . . . the students wanted it and many adults also . . . Lithography offered a new chance . . . decreased cost . . . large book plus variety . . . Through The Seasons was chosen . due to our financial distress.. . . we didn't have the best that money could buy, but we weathered the storm . . . with a slight . . . Cvery small, that ish bank balance and hopes for a new and bigger book for '51 . . . but we treasured our picture memories for WTHS 1950. 1951 Blue padded leather cover . . . white embossed design giving clue to our theme for '51 . . . As Time Goes By . . . with each hour introducing a new part of the life at W. T. H. S .... we had learned new angles over the short history of our book . . . made the biggest book to date . . . 110 pages . . . original artwork . . . snapshots galBre . . . action shots of many school activiities . . . classroom scenes . . . big individual pictures of all the gang . . .Mr. Yatnel really stretched the budget . . . honored all the staff with a terrific banquet . . . planned more improvements for '52 . . . had a few dollars left in the bank . . . we didn't have to solicit extra financial aid . . . big strides in four short years. We proudly present The Fifth Anniversary Edition of the Washington Township High School Yearbook . . . THE WASHTONIAN . . . flying along with the times . . . dedicated to modern Aviation and all the great developments . . . brought about with this part of our transportation program . . . in peacetime . . . in wartime . . . Aviation will contribute to the progress of the United States and the free peoples of the world . . . aid us in bringing together all nations . . . all people . . . to know and under- stand the tights of freedom and personal happiness. We thank both Eastern Airlines and United Airlines for the pictures used on our division pages.

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THE WA IITUNIAN May 1952 The Fifth Anniversary Edition of the yearbook of ..... Washington Township High School ...... Westmoreland County . . Route 66 ..... R. D. No. 1. . . Apollo, Pennsylvania. The Editors and Staff present . . . W. T. H. S. September 1951 -- May 1952 . . . Flight 'ser

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Eg ipik W8 an W .-N... ., ,F 1... w we--1 urf , Navi 9 Flight '52 takes to the skies with a special passenger aboard . . . chosen by the students of W. T. H. S. as Honorary Pilot of this flight . . . we proudly mention this passenger first on out flight roster. llElllCA'll0 a f35w