Windber High School Class of 54
Cager Season Is Successful
The Windber high school hasketeers, coached by Steve Kaplan, again ended up on the winning side of the ledgers. The Blue and White cagers won 12 of 22 games.
The high scoring Ramblers, who tallied 1,264 points during the season. The scores ranged from a low of 31 against Altoona to 79 against Conemaugh Township. W. H. S. attained a goal which they had been aiming at for the past few years. They succeeded in beating Conemaugh Township, this was probably the biggest thriller of them all. They also topped Shade, Johnstown Catholic, Richland Township, Westmont, Ferndale, Ebensburg, and Adams.
The team was a good teamwork one. Joe Sendek and Fen Solden were the outstanding scorers. Of all the players Joe Sendek was probably the most consistent player for he could be counted upon both defensively and offensively. The other senior player, Robert Halcovich was an outstanding defensive player. He really came through in that hairraising Conemaugh Township game.
6 Cheerleaders Leave Squad
Six of the ten cheerleaders of Windber High will be leaving this month with the graduating class of '54. After a season of football and basketball cheering, the girls hand over their uniforms to the squad who will lead the student body next year. The cheerleaders journeyed to all the out-of-town football games, and to the basketball games when the transportation could be supplied. They bolstered the morale of the Ramblers and led the student body in their peppy cheers at the games. The girls feel that having been selected to, lead the students was one of the most memorable events of their high school careers.
"Lit" Hromack is the girl you see running around with the senior class treasury books. Lit was a substitute cheerleader last year and joined the ranks of the regulars this year with experience in cheering. She takes the college course and plans to be a nurse.
Dorothy Luch is that light-haired lass who is Business Manager of the Hi-Times. She is secretary of the Commercial Club and a member of the Senior Council. She plans to be a secretary or typist.
Mary Lou Wozniak is the dark haired girl who wears a becoming poodle cut. She plans to go to Pittsburgh and get a job as a secretary.
Rosemary Wargo is also active in cheering. She plans to go to the "big city" and get a job as a secretary. She is often seen with Mary Lou.
Doris Schwer is another peppy member of the squad who plans to be a nurse. Doris was a substitute cheerleader last year, but through her energetic ability came up to be a regular cheerleader; she served as co-captain on this year's squad. She is often seen with Lit Zvolerin.
Helen Rakoczy is typist of the Hi-Times staff. She was also attendant for the Football Queen. Helen was elected captain of the squad, and along with the rest of the girls kept cheering the boys along. She plans to go to Detroit and get a job as secretary.
Spelling Bee Was Held
On April 21, 1954, a spelling bee was held as a chapel program in the auditorium.
Each English class held a "spelldown" to select the best speller in the class. Mr. Wingard was the spelling master. Prizes have been donated by the Webster
Classified Ad in a newspaper:
"Young man about to be married seeks acquaintance of older, experienced man to dissuade him from idea."
Parts of Lycoming and Centre Counties were cut of to create Clinton County in 1839. |
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Row 1-Botlock, Niovich, DePolo, Sendek, Halcovich, Flori, Rhodes.
Row 2-Toth, Bundy, Solden, Gahagen, Gerfy, Clark, Hritz. Row 3-Kovalsky, Salko, Lewark, Sinutko, Zeigler.
Row 1-Salko, Wargo, Hudack, Fagan, Benko, Kush, Hunt, Halcovich, Pinto.
Row 2-Morway, Di Donato, Honadle, Kovalsky, Bundy, Botlock, Gindlesperger, McDowell.
Row 1 - Csordas, Novak P. Keller, Becky.
Row 2 - Zahurak, S. Benko, Foltz Fagan, Kanas, W. Keller, Bowser, Finnegan, DeMarco.
Row 3 - Grove, Zindash, G. Benko, Czajowski, A. Pruchnic, DiGuilo, D. Pruchnic, Klemik, Pinto, Lishinsky, Birtolomucci.
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Gidders, Have Good Season
The Ramblers of Windber high school started the 1953 season in very good style, but finished with an unexpected upset. They won nine and lost one. The Ramblers put together a strong running attack and accurate passing to' one of the district's best teams.
Windber beat Conemaugh Twp., an undefeated team for most of the season, 41-0, although they lost to Adams in a thriller, 6-0.
Windber beat their perennial rivals, Johnstown, 12-6, in a hard fought game, and beat Johnstown Catholic, 48-0. In the Ramblers' opener they beat Shade, 28-12. In their highest scoring game of the season, Windber beat Portage 60-13. The Ramblers also beat Punxsutawney, 26-19, Somerset 46-13, and in their last game Windber racked Richland 46-0.
The students of Windber high school agree that the team coaches, the managers, and every one else connected with the team deserve congratulations for a job well done.
JOE SENDEK
Joe Sendek is the outstanding player of the season. Joe's high ',scoring and great all-around play shows that he will go places with his basketball ability. We can never say too much about our great basketeer.
Wrestlers Win Championship
Coach Alex Atty's wrestlers again completed a highly successful season. The grapplers ended the season with a 7-3 record and won their second District 5 Championship in a row.
The District 5 Champions were Paul Keller , Andy Csordas, and Terry Fagan. The finalists from Windber were Nick Beckey, Tom Kanas, and Rudy Pristow. In the regular season, Tom Kanas was undefeated.
Baseball Bywords
Now that the baseball season is here a few new words will be flying around. Just in case some of you girls don't know what the boys are talking about, we have written a brief explanation below for your enlightenment.
Tips - what waiters expect when you pay your bill. Base-lowest male voice. Home-place where you hang your hat.
Fly - insect, pest.
Run - what boys do after girls or vice versa.
Foul - chickens, turkeys.
Hit - not a miss.
Strike - what coal miners sometimes do.
Curve - some girls do; others don't.
Inning - opposite, of outing.
Single - not married.
Double - somebody who looks like you.
Screwball - someone who doesn't think much of you.
Perfect Senior
The Perfect Senior Girl would have:
"Dolly" Mickle's Attractiveness: Eleanor Voytko's Figure; Loretta Bricker's Beautiful Hair; Betty Koslap's Shapely legs; Barara Stankewicz's Quietness; Rose Navarro's Low voice; Dorothy Logue's Pretty eyes;
Elizabeth Maruschek's Cooking ability.
The Perfect Senior Boy would have:
Bill Kiss's Personality; Bill Keller's Manly physique; Bob Puricelli's Wavy hair; "Sig" Greene's Ability to attract girls; Bill Dusack's Brains; Dick Rizzo's Love of music; Dick Wingard's Car; Ray Harclerode's "Model Feet" size 12.
Dictionary Company
The last spelling bee was held four years ago when Ernie Papinchak was the winner.
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JOKES |
While a farm girl was milking a cow, a bull tore across the meadow toward her. The girl did not stir but continued milking. Observers, who had run to safety, saw to their amazement that the bull stopped dead within a few yards of the girl, turned around and walked sadly away. "Weren't you afraid?" they all asked.
"Certainly not," said the girl. "I happen to know this cow is his mother-in-law." |
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The young lady, having recently acquired an interest in botany, asked of a Southern gentlemen. "What sort of plant is the Virginia creeper?"
"It is not a plant," he replied sadly. "It's a railroad."
Prices are so high these days' if you spend a dollar, they ring up "No Sale." |
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Election sign in Russia: "Vote for Malenkov. The life you save may be your own."
Tioga County was at one time a prize hunting ground of Seneca Indians.
Fifty-one rural folk were killed in highway accidents during the past three years. |
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Old Mother Hubbard got locked in the cupboard
By her warm-hearted, loving young son.
But the old lady squealed, and, though he appealed,
Her "Junior" is now an ex-con. |
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The land area of Blair County is 530 square miles.
Natural gas flows unaided from wells in parts of north-central Pennsylvania.
On one creek in Pennsylvania there are two waterfalls higher than Niagara Falls. |
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