West Pittston High School - Caravan Yearbook (West Pittston, PA)

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unuwl Slillnn..... K 3' ii I TALENTSV UNAPPRECIXTED He's engrossed in left tackles, split TS, and sore feet, And his intellectual outlook is definitely bleak. Yes, these are your classmates, my disbelieving peers, These, who to a stranger, might register as queers. Thteytve fulfilled the promise of their characters-to-be, And theytre still the same characters they were in grade three. And so to the future-my predictions are these: That after years of hard work, growing pains, and no ease Have furnished a thin veneer of propriety, And provided a countenance of respectable sobriety, You'll still recognize under these superficial graces The little-changed looks on your old classmatest faces. YOU WERE SAYINC?

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FOREWORD Ye Seniors in high school, look about you and see With the impartial eye of a graduate-to-be, The tfkids you grew up with. Are they still the same types That they were in the A-B-C days of your lives? Is the Brain, with a soaring I. Q. in grade three, Still clutching his books, while in vain trying to see Through his two-inch-thick spectacles, Why therds such a joyous din in that strange social whirl That is too fast for him? Does the Joker still wonder, While fresh from his tricks involving spiders and tacks And such use of his wits, why he's looked at askance By his friends and his teachers, As they move to the opposite side of the bleachers? And the Athleteewe certainly cantt forget hime That mountain of muscle and vigor and vim. B

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DEDICATION It is with deep regard that the 78th grad- uating class of West Pittston High School dedicates this issue of the Caravan to Mr. E1- mer Armstrong, a member of our high school maintenance staff. Mr. Armstrong is a graduate of West Pittston High School where he was a member of the football team and captain of the track team. He was also Luzerne County Tennis MR- ELMER ARMSTRONG Doubles Champion. He entered the Navy in 1943 and served in the medical corps. His maintenance duties began when he helped his father, whose position he later filled, in caring for the stadium. These duties in- creased until he now has full responsiblity for its upkeep. Mr. Armstrong has displayed his personal interest in our school in many ways. One of these is shown in the free giving of his time and services to help in the running of our Youth Center on Saturday night. The 1956 issue of the Caravan is dedicated to Mr. Armstrong as a visible display of our gratitude.