Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Mark Arbuckle and Mark Gill join students all over campus in Senior desksitter Amy Smith explains the proper sign-in procedure turning over their checker boards in lieu of the hottest game around to a couple intent on intervisitation in Ferguson. - J. Miller — backgammon. - Miller

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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LAWRENCE COUNTY The Bank by the traffic light that we all used at one time or an- other during the year (es- pecially on Fridays or pay days) was more properly known as The First Na- tional Bank of Lawrence County. While all students didn ' t hold First National checking accounts, these were the people who cleared all of our checks. Before its merger in 1962, First National was the De- positors ' National Bank and was the first bank in New Wilmington. The bank not only handled the check clearing for West- minster students, but they were the depository for the college. Broadway comes to New Wil- mington — the sparkling sidewalk in front of the bank. - J. Miller MON ' S SERENDIPITY SHOPPE Down the hill from Ben Franklin was Mon ' s O.K. Buy- A-Bit, Mon ' s O.K. Coin Laundromat, and for hot and dirty summer days there was Mon ' s O.K. Car Wash — all owned and run by Dan Montozzi. Mon ' s was the only place in town where you could go to satisfy those post- eleven o ' clock, pre-midnight munchies. The Buy-A-Bit was a combination grocery store, delicatessen, and news- stand. The laundromat also had pinball machines and a jukebox to help you pass the time while doing your week ' s (or was it weeks ' ) worth of laundry. Certain magazines that can not be found most places uptown are probably available at Mon ' s. Here Jim Miller makes his choice be- tween American History or Penthouse. The Serendipity Shoppe was perhaps the most unique store in New Wil- mington, and not just be- cause it was next to the The Ozone. All of the Serendipity Shoppe ' s mer- chandise was placed there on consignment by crafts- men from the area and some from Westminster students. The owners chose New Wilmington as the site for their store six years ago because of the large number of creative people living in the vicini- ty, and their choice had apparently paid off since they had approximately 250 contributing artisans. Their customers came from The Tavern, college students and parents, and tourists. Phyllis Hawkins browses through some of the many handmade gift items at the Ser- endipity Shoppe. - P. Petraglia

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' On The Hall Where You Live ' One of the most important aspects of campus living was how and where you did it. Live, that is. And despite the regulatory limitations offered by our higher eschelon, which tended to inhibit heterosexual vis- its, alcoholic imbibing and coming home after midnight without the front door key (if you happened to be female), students were free to exercise some options of their own. One of these, if one was lucky enough to pick a low number during room drawings in the spring, was choosing the dormitory which best appealed to his own expectations and preferences in living. Freshmen had less of a choice than anyone else in the matter, informed by letter of their college residences. Nevertheless, most made the necessary adjustments and found both advantages and disadvantages to their winter homes. For most of the men at Rus- sell, the ringside cafeteria was the biggest plus. Girls in Shaw conversely complained of the long walk to the cafeteria, par- ticularly when the snow hit. One young coed even suggest- ed converting the infirmary into a cafeteria and having nurses work as Saga cooks. Jeffers coeds, despite the long walk to everything on campus, enjoyed living on the hill. They especially liked the family-type atmosphere of their gingerbread house. Most upperclassmen were allotted the liberty of choosing not only a roommate but also a room and a dorm of their choice. The more institutional buildings — Galbreath and Ei- chenauer — vied for popular- ity with the gothicism of Browne and Ferguson and the rambling appearance of the Hillside mansion. Senior Sheri Strohm had a variety of praise for Galbreath Hall, where she resided for three years. There ' s lots of storage space here — that ' s the main reason I like it, she said. Ferguson is nice, but not as homey; it ' s just too big. I also like the buzzer system here. She laughed, Getting used to all those signals would drive me crazy. What was there to be said of Robert G. Ferguson dor- mitory aside from sighed remarks about the winding stair- case, the million dollar lobby, and a T.V. room equipped with a door? Oddly enough, it was bugs that got the most attention. I like it a lot, said sophomore Kim Harter, except for the spiders. One wing of the dorm was even reported to have enlist- ed a spider patrol for the express purpose of aiding dis- tressed neighbors who fell apart at the sight of creepy- crawlies. RA Jennifer Phillips was heralded as the chief bug killer of the second floor, a specialist in centipedes. And Junior Kathy Gyulai often repeated the story of the Joining Melissa Magula in her room on the AG suite, Ginger Jacobs helps to make plans for spring rush. - Miller night a spider joined her between the sheets. Browne residents faced even greater challenges. A few were bothered by the unusually numbered floors, particu- larly Junior Debbi Matthews. They try and fool you by telling you you ' re on the third floor, but by the time you get there, you ' ve walked up four flights of stairs. It ' s confusing! A groun ' Browne resident revelled in the challenge of running unclothed from her room to the bathroom across the hall while the lobby door was open — before being seen by any leering males waiting for lunch. It ' s a real trip, I ' ll tell you, she chuckled. And in the house on the hill, the high ceilings and wide hallways always made it roomy enough for a rousing game of hockey or touch football. One RA referred to Hillside as an informal dormitory. It ' s not as disciplined as Russell, he said, or as lonely as Eich. Women were also offered the option of living in an actual house — Thompson, Sewall, McKelvey. or Minteer. Said Senior Peggy Peterson of her stay in Thompson: Living here has been pretty nice. You feel a little more independent than you do living in the dorms, because it ' s less struc- tured here. But people don ' t come to visit you as often. Men, similarly, if they didn ' t live in the dorms, could always make their homes at the frat houses. Mark Cooper, a junior Theta Chi, loved the exper- ience: It ' s like freshman year again. Everybody does ever- ything together again; it ' s nothing like it was in Eich. It ' s nice not to be on campus. It ' s also nice cooking for yourself. Even having to walk the dis- tance to class isn ' t that much of a problem; it ' s worth it for all the advantages. For those who vetoed campus-related living quarters of any type, New Wilmington offered a variety of alterna- tives. SA President Joni Mangino and Holcad Editor Sara Karr shared an apartment uptown beyond the Tavern. Their busy on-campus schedules didn ' t prevent them from opting out on the freedom apartment life had to offer. And, as usual, the Ozone, located on South Market Street, housed its share of local athletes and friends. Students lived where they did and enjoyed it, for the most part. And as the saying goes, at least here, there ' s no place like a home away from home. - Laura Burke 27