January Birthdays
2 - Carol Daily, George Wargo, Dorothy Weyant.
3-Betty Koslap, Tom Hamzik.
4-Albert Kolson.
5-Evelyn Giordano.
6-Barbara Ence.
8-Delores Delimonte, Allene Vaneiken, Robert Yarnell.
9-Ray Harclerode, Ann Louise Crognale.
11-Emilene Greybeck, Dorothy Drazenovich, Sara Murphy, Rose Marie Matta.
12-Eleanor Papinchak, John Dagostino, Bill Hritz, Nick Zindash, Mike Pruehnie.
13-Frank Maruschok.
14-James Novak, Louise Kush, Reynold Puricelli, Robert Shaffer.
15-Evelyn Bucci.
17-Bill Keller, Tony Demarco, Howard Miller.
18-Barbara Botlock, Sally Betting, Barrett Wagner.
19-Patty Lohr, John Bartek, Helen Rakoczy, Eleanor Sendeck, Catherine Oatman.
20-Steve Wargo.
21-Alda Imler, Kathleen Weller.
23-Harriet Horner, John Campitell, Marge Makoczy.
25-Irene Horvath.
26-Betty Boyle, Sonia Beeghley, Tom Martin.
26-Raymond Ream.
27-John Brehm, Mike Hudack, Joe Polgar, John Shimko.
28-Rose Mary Marfizo, Dorothy Shuster.
29-Tom Korzi.
31-Irene Stefan.
Change
Don't push a freshman down the stairs,
Or kick his teeth in unawares,
Or with a hammer bash his bean.
We want to keep our building clean.
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Club News
Commercial Club-Plans are being made to hold a cover dish supper in January.
Future Teachers of America Gathering points by helping the teachers in correcting papers and other work that they may have for them. Miss Shaffer would like all the teachers needing assistance of any kind to see her in Room 211 or Don Mandel in 311.
Sr. Y-Teens-Are selling pencils that have the basketball schedule printed on them.
Jr. Y-Teens-Held a Can-Can dance on December 6, for the benefit of needy families.
Dramatics Club-No future plans.
Predictions For '54
. . . . the W. H. S. basketball team will remain undefeated. Miss Murphy will get very generous in May and pass every P. 0. D. student (we hope).
The Stylus for the Class of '54 will be the best one yet.
D. A. haircuts will go out of style.
The Canteen will have more memberships.
Some lucky girl will snag Fred (Sic) Greene.
Doris Ripple will be less bashful.
Flo Brutz will be very quiet and study all her lessons.
The journalism class will get all assignments in on time.
 Pirates Treasure
Little boy to friend in school bus: "I woke up with chills and fever and headache and sore throat and earache and upset stomach, but it didn't work.
Patton Panther Cub
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Getting Ready For Christmas'
Christmas time is drawing near.
Students look forward with great cheer.
While Mr. Atty trains his boys
Mr. Ober makes the toys.
Mrs. Meyers and her girls
Make the dainty little furls.
Miss McLaughlin's English class
Sees pictures of the Holy Land
Which are both colorful and grand.
Now let's take Mr. Emery's art class
For they are making Christmas plaques.
Miss Fornear works hard all day
To get the Christmas Chapel on its way.
The Hi-Times staff wrack their brains in haste
So the paper will suit everyone's taste.
Now Mr. Cassler will spend his day,
Snoozing away with thoughts that are gay
And thanking the Lord there's no school that day.
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Add An Atty
On December 2, 1953, Mr. Atty became the father of a six-pound five-ounce baby girl. The baby, born in the Mercy Hospital, Johnstown, has been named Jennie. She has black curly hair, and is 191/z inches long.
Besides the new baby the Atty’s have two other children, Ferris, four and a half years old, and David, two and a half years old. They are very pleased with their new sister and say, "She's just what we ordered."
Council News
Every year the student council_ has sponsored some worthy cause to help unfortunate people in Windber or in foreign countries.
This year the council is in charge of the Junior Red Cross boxes that are filled by the home rooms. These boxes will be filled by the home room students and will be sent to South Korea for Christmas.
M-merry, Ann Zelinak.
E-exciting, Catherine Nolan.
R-ravishing, Loretta Spencer.
R-rare, Ruth Crew.
Y-yielding, Lois Berkey.
C-cute, Bill Bundy.
H-handsome, Steve Benko.
R-royal, Mary Ann Blasko and Gerald Kephart
I-intelligent , Andy Hazy.
S-sweet, "Butchie" Bonitz.
T-tantalizing, Connie Fatla.
M-mysterious, Mr. Flori.
A-angelic, Florence Brutz.
S-siren, Betty Brzana.
He: You girls always say you've been shopping when you haven't bought a thing.
She: And you fellows always say you've been fishing when you haven't caught a thing.
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Christmas Customs
Have you wondered about the quaint customs and gay festivals of Christmas that come to us throughout the ages? These countless customs are being observed by 500 million people around the world.
The Indian observes his Christmas by waiting in the woods to see the deer fall in their press to the Great Spirit. In England the bees are said to be singing in their hives.
The stockings that the children hang by the fireside came from the wooden shoe custom of Holland. Even the Christmas cards in the older times were letters written by children away at school to tell their parents of their progress.
In Western Europe St. Nicholas, a bishop, was the patron saint of the children, and soon became known as "Jolly Old St. Nick." Clement Clark Moore invented the sleigh and reindeer in his poem, "The Visit of St. Nicholas."
The mistletoe is an old custom brought about by the kissing of girls and boys beneath it.
Germany gives us the Christmas tree. The first mention of a tree was in 1605. There are many legends about the first tree. The candle in the window is to show light for Jesus who comes through the streets with a bundle of evergreen on his shoulder. He may come into your home as a stranger seeking aid, so the giving is as if it were to Christ himself.
The most beloved of all customs is the singing of Christmas carols. Both of the carols "0 Little Town of Bethlehem," by Phillips Brooks, and "We Three Kings of Orient Are," by John H. Hopkins, are of American origin.
The following customs are popular in different countries of Europe: The Polish people fast until the first star appears. In certain parts of Europe, on Christmas Eve girls go out to the woodpile and the first stick they touched they would pull out and see how it looks. If it was straight, without knots, their husbands would be crabby.
No matter what customs are, and it doesn't matter whether you are in America or Europe, Christmas will be in your heart if you have the Christmas spirit.
Daffynitions
Noah-first man who had difficulty finding a parking place.
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