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NINE WIN HIGH
SCHOOL FESTIVAL
The Ninth Annual Regional High
School Reading Festival, sponsored
by Belles-Lettres Society was held
on Wednesday, April 24th at High
acres Campus.
The contest was divided into
three sections: I) Dramp, with Joe
Rusnock acting as Master of Cere
monies, 2) Poetry, with Gordon Clay
as Master of Ceremonies, and 3)
Prose, with Joseph Skawinski act
ing as Master of Cerempnies. The
following students were respective
ly, first, second, and third place
winners by category:
Drama-Dru Ann Chuchran, Mar
ion High School; Vilma Avery, Ber
wick Area High School; James La
Buz, Hazleton High School.
Prose—Glenn Puhak, West Hazle
ton High School; Lana Bodner,
Mount Carmel High School; Robert
McGeehin, St. Gabriel’s High School.
Poetry—Ann Hines, St. Gabriel’s
High School; Karen Higgins, Sha
mokin High School; Nancy Martzen,
Hazleton High School.
The general sessions before and
after the contest were presided by
John Gallagher, President of Belles-
Lettres Society, and by Professor
Andrew Kafka, faculty advisor.
The participants were each pre
sented with a certificate, and the
winners were presented with awards.
It was the largest gathering yet to
witness the event, with over 100
persons in attendance.
MRS. BODENSTEIN RECUPERATING AT HOME
Mrs. Elizabeth Bodenstein, In
structor of German and English,
who recently had corrective surgery
performed on her left hip, has been
discharged from Geisinger Medical
Center, Danville, Pa. The oper-
AUXILIARY HOLDS
CARD PARTY
Mrs. Mary Ferry, President of
the Pennsylvania State University
Women’s Auxiliary, and Kathleen
I. Stone chaired the Auxiliary’s an
nual Card Party on the evening of
April 23rd in the SUB.
As is the custom, tables were
set up in the Lounge and in the
cafeteria and pinnochle, poker, can
asta, bridge, etc. were played en
thusiastically by a capacity crowd*
of women.
This year, through the efforts of
Jack Donahue, a sophomore at High
acres; Bingo was the hit of the
night. As Master of Ceremonies,
he made the game lively, colorful,
and fast moving.
Local merchants supplied the
Auxiliary with a varied selection of
72 door prizes.
A $65.00 assortment of pottery
was chanced off at the end of the
evening with Mrs. Diem of Hazle
ton as winner.
Cookies and coffee were ser
ved during and after the games.
The delicious assortmentof cookies
were donated by members of the
Auxiliary.
All proceeds from the party will
go towards a Student Loan Fund
which supplies many of the stu
dents atHighacres with badly need
ed short term loans. A new project
which the Auxiliary hopes to get
underway, with the help of the pro
ceeds from this fund, is a Student
Scholarship Fund.
ation was very successful, and she
is now convalescing at her home in
Hazleton. She will be returning to
the Campus, hopefully, for Fall
Term, 1968.
ACTION FOR LIGHT
CONTINUES
Action to install a light at High
acres has been initiated by the stu
dents of Penn State University. On
the day of registration, the students
and faculty signed a petition to in
stall a traffic light on Route 93.
This Petition has been sent to the
Sugarloaf Township Supervisors.
Also, duplicates of the petition
were sent to Thomas Harrington,
District Engineer of Report of High
ways; Robert Bartlett, Secretary of
Highways; Bill Kline, Chief of
Highway Safety; Louis Feldman,
State Highway Commission; Gover
nor Raymond Shafer, and Senator
Murray.
Recently, the Traffic Control
Committee received a letter from the
Department of Highways. They
acknowledge our petition to the
Sugarloaf Township Supervisors. As
soon as the Supervisors request
the light, the Department of High
ways will study the location.
The Traffic Control Committee
is sure that Highacres will receive
that light if there is organized ac
tion taken by the student body and
support from the local newspaper.
STUDENTS GIVE BLOOD
A Bloodmobile will be held on
Tuesday, May 14, between the hours
of 10:45 and 4:45 at St. Gabriel’s
Church in Hazleton. The quota for
Highacres is 47 pints of blood.
To donate blood you must be be
tween the ages of 18 and 59. If
you are under 21 years old, you
must have your parents or guardian
sign a parental permission slip.
Pledge slips and parental permis
sion slips may be picked up in the
SUB or in the Dispensary.
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