West Deer High School - Coalagra Yearbook (Russellton, PA)

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BREATH-TAKING VIEW-A science class studies thc magniGccncc of nature :luring tha- full svzlson in thu womlcd urcn situatvml near Xvcsl Deer High School. 6 I 5 f.. - . , . M: I ,..:-5 fi, W . Nl' .1 41 : 1 .V 'lj ,' ' - 7 .' H, A H N K I JV ,- ' ' . v' , ,Ls J Q +.4.Q.' 'A -' fi ' K ', n . ff' , , A' 'Y ' a ' li ,. xl.: 1. i N .-. Vai? ' I W 'B K, I 4, ' I 4: 1 1 . 1 w. I .,.,- if .,1x, gx x Qu THE PROBLEM-All thc world was concerned about Cuba.

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+ .4 .:b t wi, ,R . gy .. g 'ah S 1-Y 1. X R T x V - xfxtxly ' QUEEN KATHY-Football Homecoming Queen. I . In August - September. . . Back to West Deer High We Come For Another Exciting Year Smiles and shouts, the joys of old friendships renewed, new faces mingled among the old-these greeted all as the doors of West Deer High School opened for the exciting 20th Anniversary term. A busy summer ended officially August 28 when West Deer continued its tradition of being the hrst area school to commence instruction for the year. This term also inaugurated the new 182-day session. For the past 20 years it had been 180 days. It wasn't long, however, that all settled down to the routine of classes and lzomeworlel Making the first out-of-the-classroom news was the beginning of football season and selection of lovely Kathy Preisser as Homecoming Queen. At after-game celebrations, a new contortion dance known as the I,imbol' was making itself known. Soon all at West Deer were trying it and doing every imaginable back-bending antic to get under the limbo bar. And who w0n't remember the top song of the month-a weirdy called The Monster Mash. It heralded quite a beginning for a mighty eventful year. ink,-of Y, -1 captain Ron Trcvcllini docs the honors of crowning Kathy Preisscr

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October Turned Gut To Be Awe-Inspiring . . ug MARATHON TWIST-Everyone lends support as Big Mike and Maxine Flynn prove to be the best twisters at the SKS party. LONG AND SHORT OF IT-One of the crucial prob- lelns facing the world this year was the length of girls' skirts. Here's a front row view of the extreme contrast in skirt lengths worn by WD girls. Happy . . Tense .... We experienced October, 1962, with mixed emotions. We were fascinated by the awe-inspiring scene of West Deer in the fall . . . the campus green with its smooth, velvet appearance . . . the majestic tall Oaks across the road gleaming in the sunlight, gayly made up in a myriad of colors in a hnal adieu to warm weather. We were happy for this was the month we again won the Antler football trophy, of the S or S, and of new friendships now firmly established. We were tense over the latest world tension. In a .startling show of strength and determination, President Kennedy issued lightning orders to blockade Cuba because Russian missile sites were being constructed with alarming rapidity. Everyone held his breath. Did it mean war? Only time would tell. In the meantime, every heart skipped a beat at the sound of planes overhead or when the TV program was interrupted by the almost constant news bulletins. Weather-wise, we watched in amazement as snow with a one-inch accumulation fell as early as Oct. 24. It caught the students without their boots and teachers without winter-grips on their cars. The month closed with another world- shaking problem: What to do about the length of girls, skirts which had just about reached the point of no return! It was a funny sight to see girls checking to see if they had an acceptable length. That is, if the skirt touched the floor while she was kneeling, it passed the faculty glance approval. If it didn't touch, well it at least passed the dance stag line approval.