Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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The Sennor Cllass of 11950 wnshes to present thus ns sue ot the Phoen enan as a trnbute to the Sesquneenten mall Annuversary of the toundnng of Johnstown Penn syllvanna Allthough Westmont ns not a part of the enty proper nts resndents are dependent upon Johnstown for thenr neeessntnes ot hte Westmont us gonned dnreetlly to the busnness seetnon ot the enty by the nnellme for whneh the Cambrna Tron Company to convey nts ottueuats from thenr homes above down unto Johnstown The Bethlle hem Steell Company Hater bought nt from the Cambrua llron Company and operated nt for severall years 0 May I1 H035 Westmont Borough reeenved the mehne from Bethllehem Steell Company tor a eonsuderatnon ot' one dollllar Smee then the borough has owned and oper ated nt Thus unehne ns one of the Tongest m the worlld nts runway bemg 8961 5 Hong The anglle ot the runway us 35 25 llt us sand to be the steepest nnellme used for eommereuall purposes ,. , 2 . ' 5 2 9 Johnstown is famous. This inehne was buillt in H8911 tor ' . n 1 9 . . . , 0 7 . . , . . Q , . . . .

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When Joseph Johns came from Swutzerlland to Amer nca he bought the tract of Hand extendung from what ns now IPrankhn Street to the present snte of the Ponnt Sta drum Thus area was calllled Conemaugh Olldtown The Hand proved to be unsuntahlle for tarmnng so nn 11800 Joseph Johns lland out the cuty of Johnstown lHle set asnde tnve tracts ot Hand to be used for a school! and church a cemetery, a cnty square a playground and snte tor a courthouse These pllots ot ground have been used for thenr nntended purposes wuth the exceptnon ot the court house Snnce the county seat ns a Elhvenshurg the pilot ns now used as Centrall Park John Frntz nnvented the three hugh rohl whnch revollu tnonnzed the ranll mnlllls On has enghtneth burthday the lleaders ot the German nron and steell nndustry wnred to Mr Frntz A lUnser Frutz ffather of us al1l1V John s broth ers George Frntz ns responsnhlle for the hlloomnng mnllll and a reversnbile engnne The worlld recognnzes these two men as the founders off the modern steel! nndustry Another earlly Header ot Johnstown was Wullham Kelllly, who unvented the process for convertnng nron to steell and dnd hns pnoneer work nn thus cnty Danuell J Morr-ellll had the courage to carry on the work of the Camhrna Ilron Company and allso possessed the nnsnght to reahze that steell ranlls woulld repllace nron ones m the ranllroad nndustry lHlns busnness ahuflnty gave the steell mnhls here the nmpetus whnch has llasted untnll the present day . . . . v . . . . . 0 2 n . . . 9 v 9 . .U . B . 1 . w . 9 9 0 .. . . .K 9 . . ., 0 9 s .. . . 2 - .. . . . . . . . . . . ' s ' vo 1 0 -1, 2 O - . . . . . 9 9 . . . . . . .. , . . . . .. . .. . .. Q . .. . . . . . . - . . .. 0 . . . . .