Williamsport High School - La Memoire Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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THE l 73 laNemoir PuLlislieJ by tlie benior Class or Willianisport Hi li Scliool Williainsport, Pennsylvania ' oliinie 34

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Introdu cing Hi c ci ()nc, m name is Mr. MillionaiiL , tliai ' s mc ()ii see in the ii|iper leFt part ot this |iaL;e. ' c heeii tlesiunated ti) he iiiir i;Lii(.le throiiyh tlie In Mctiioirc tliis ear. laill iie seeing me in praetiealiv e er nook and eorner ol the hook. Jim RusseU, ( Mciiioire Art Editor, created me. I think he did a pretty good job, too, allli(nic;h I think lie li.ittered me in some re speets. ]im doesn I show m .ige. Actuallv I ' m older than the school itself. Back in the days of the Williamsport Lumber Kings, there really were a lot of honest-to-goodness million aires. Williamsjiort and millionaires just he came associated with each other. .Althnugh the honest-to-goodness ' millionaires lia e d i s ,i ] pcared. the name became the s nibol of W. I I. S. and toda it is just .is well known ,is Williams- port I li ' jli SlIkhiI. Well, ail of us h.i e Ikiii toi eiln ' r three ears now— we ' e struggled, toiled. pl,i ed, ,ind made merrx . Ill ne er lorget vour crv (irst few weeks in this enormous high school. E ervone scram- bling to the hard-to-find classrooms where (iu were taught new, unfamiliar subjects b new teachers who made ou do a little more work than in pre ious schools. But this strangeness slowly anishcd during the hitter part ol the sophomore ear and the junior ear, .ind h the time ou were seniors I saw a complete re ersal ol the sophomore ear. E ' er ( nc knew c.ich other and you knew eycry hall and room in the school. You were eager to learn and the teachers were (iur best friends. After the first fevy vyeeks of getting settled, the football team launched the first exent of another successful ear here .it the high school with a spectacular 16 to 14 defeat of Sunbury. With the Cherry and White Band marching at hall time this season faded awav and the basketb.ill .intl wres- tling teams and the winter activities took o er the spotlights. Class play try-outs then brought us into Spring. The ear was just about oyer. Class Day, the Senior Play, Junior-Senior 1 lop. Baccalaureate, and Craduation were left. I hen what? But enough of this sentimentalism. 1 he good old school il.ixs will he the happiest da s ol iiur lile ten eais Irom now .ind this book. 1 hope. I with me in it ' will help remind ou. Cietting serious though, 1 siiiccicU w.int to congratulate you. Class of ' 53. 1 think xoiir class is one ol the best this school has seen. In life, I hope ou ' ll ha e .is much success. Problems ol rtMJilx will he our gre.itest cluillenm ' to soKe ,iihI miuiiH ' r. Don ' t lorgi ' t ih.il blue eyed blonde liial s.il hesitic i)u. your Alma Mater, or me either. I II he seeing xou next on Page 6. Cood luck '