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

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LIKE THIS, FELLOXVS-Slcvic Stivvn-son shows his buil- mlics how hc solwcl thc problem of fold noses-just p m'au'muil's over your nose. Now thc problem is-Cold L .1 JN TAKES CONCENTRATION-Among all our other prohlvlns in jillillilly rclllzlillcd tha' lllll'SC2llHlblC duly of taking those' nasty mid-tcrm 1-xznninntions. just don't mention january, 1963-oryou'll Paul Grundy was the headliner of the mahe the goose-bumps break out all over month by winning the '63 American Legion again. Most people are still trying to thaw out Oratorieal Contest. from reeord shattering cold that enveloped our eorner of the earth at that time. Thernzometers dipped to all-time lows, eausing numbing air, frosty windows, frostbitten ea rs, and days when over 200 students were absent. Wfill we ever forget the day the merrury registered a cool -20 degrees outside and a warm '70 degrees in some of the classrooms? january was also the traditional mid-term exam month. With only three report periods left. WD students vowed they would really study hard t??!!j from now on. And when the exams were over, we relaxed a bit by catching up on some movies, including The Interns, West Side Storyf' and The Miracle Worlcerf' It was about this time, too, when the epidemic of wig hats was just about bowing out. The eontrajition. was a latest female style head adornment that resembled human hair. It looked so fantastic on some girls that most schools soon. outlawed wearing it to classes. That was january, 1963. Throw another log on the fire, Pop. 13

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'X . 1- 8 O' GELQM gn-R-ai ill 1 ji Pi i SURE XVAS COLD-Georgian Bl2lll1l'l'SCl42llClll'S out record temperature on frosted window inside Room 9-l. Welre Still Trying To Thaw Out From january 1963 12 HERITS PROOF-Those sczlrf-bundled faces peeping :lt you belong to Kathy Venesky und George Drombosky, showing the 20-belmv-zero lem- perulnre on that cold Alun, 24th. in W

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ln February . . . Uur Team Wins ln Basketball . . . lt's a Great Feeling To Be the Champs! T0 THE VICTORS-The WPI.-XI. trophy. That's what wc wamlccl. Senior players Bob Paszck, jack Grundcn, Dave McMas- ter, Rich Dickson, and Iinh Uchic proudly display it, the first in thc school's history. Some said it resembled Times Square, New York City, on New Year's Eve. Others remarked that it reminded them of the wild jnbilation when World War II ended. That's about the only way yon can describe the exhilaration we felt around West Deer High School when our basketball team came through to win the WPIAL sectional championship in February. What made it so signihcant was that this 14 li Q. N . i 4 ,X was the first time the school had ever won a basketball championship in its 20-year history During the weeks of championship play, there were celebrations and gaiety, the like of which was never before seen in the halls of ol' West DeerHigh. Our team had won.' . . . For the hrst time we felt what it was like to be a champion! . . . And the feeling was a mighty good one!!