Wyoming Valley West High School - Spartan Yearbook (Plymouth, PA)

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A yearbook is a chronicle of Time-Ten monThs Time. IT is a diTTiculT Task To Try and compress The growTh, The learning,gThe emoTion, inTo a book and yeT ThaT is whaT we have Tried To do. IT is Tremendously exciTing To see The book slowly Take shape day aTTer day, week aTTer week. buT iT can also be very TrusTraTing aT Times when Things don'T Turn ouT The way you ThoughT They would or when you realize ThaT a deadline is only a Tew days away. We Teel. Though, ThaT The long hours we puT in and The work ThaT wenT inTo The book was all worThwhile. We have Tried new ideas in design and layouT and have Tried To have more comprehensive copy. We also Tried To puT more emphasis on candid phoTos so ThaT They could Tell The sTory oT a year. ln doing This we had one obiecTive: To produce a yearbook The class of I969 could Mary Jo McNamara EdiTor be proud oT. 324 l J i

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The end of one way of life, The beginning of anoH1er- GRADUATION E ya 323

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Acknowledgements Many people have played infegral parfs in fhe produc- fion of fhe I969 SPARTAN. We wish fo acknowledge fhem and fhank fhem for fheir assisfance in every area of The book. SPARTAN fhanks go fo Mr. Maffhew Lynoff, our Taylor Publishing Co. represenfafive for arrangernenfs made and pafience in helping us: Mr. James Nicholas who more or less acfed as a liaison befween The cenfral office and fhe yearbook office: Mr. Thomas Husband. Mr. Alex Rebar and Mr. Paul Bieley 'rhe professional phofographers who helped us in each fowng Mr. Davis. Mr. Ferris and all The ofher adminisfrafors. faculfy, and sfudenfs who were so cooperafive wifh picfure schedules and forms. Specialufhanks go fo Mr. Thomas T. Smifh, our advisor and 'rhe one who really made The book possible. Mr. Smifh has been fhe yearbook advisor for over 'ren years. firsf for fhe Forfy Forf High School FORT and now for fhe SPARTAN. His opfimism kepf us going af 'rimes when we fhoughf we mighf nof make if. He is a fremendous human being and a dedicafed feacher. His pafjence and guidance won'f be forgoffen. Final fhanks go fo fhe sfaffs and fhose members who wenf above ahd beyond by sfaying affer school and com- ing back af nighf. Thank you. ADVISOR: Thomas Smifh