PENNSYLVANIA STATE INVIVERSITY THE HAZLETON CAMPUS LIBRARY HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN" VOL. II NO. 6 Hazleton, Pennsylvania 18201 KATHY ROMANO CROWNED QUEEN AT BALL (Pictured above is Miss Kathy Romano, center, May Ball Queen, attended by her court and their escorts.) STATE DEPARTMENT EVALUATES TRAFFIC LIGHT REQUEST In answer to a survey of the Su garloaf Township Supervisors con cerning the request for a traffic light at the Highacres intersection, Thomas J. Harrington, District En gineer for the Department of High ways, had this to report: "We have found that the hazard is not in the design or the con struction of the highway, but it is in the faulty driving of the motor ists We feel that a semiactuated traffic signal, if installed at the Valmont Industrial Park entrance, wi II releave the congestion and al low traffic to move smoothly. We do not feel that a signal is required at the entrance to the Penn State University." The Traffic Control Committee of Highacres feels that if the appropri ate signal is placed at Valmont, the traffic problem at the school will be reduced considerably. The com mittee feels further satisfied that the action initiated by them has stimulated an effort to obtain this light at Valmont. It is hoped that the Sugarloaf Township Supervisors will do whatever is in their power to install this light. SORORITY HONORS MRS. BODENSTEIN Mrs. Elizabeth Bodenstein, ad visor to the Sorority, who is pres ently recuperating from an oper ation on her left hip, was honored by the sorority on the night of the May Ball. Because she could not attend the night's festivites, the Queen and her court brought the affair to her by visiting Mrs. B. at her home. The 25th annual May Ball was held on Saturday, May 25, at 9 P.M. in the Student Union Building. The theme for the affair was "Paradise Isle". The decorations, in keeping with the theme, were of a tropical style. They included a volcano, the product of many days o f hard work, which smoked omin ously, and a tropical waterfall and lake complete with sea shells and stone footpath. Guests entered the ball through a star-studded alcove across a blue sea. Upon entering they saw the coronation hut and the Queen's throne. The Queen and her court were nominated by the sorority and elect ed by the student body. Miss Kathy Romano was Queen, and her court included Judy:Marge!, Maid of Honor; Bonnie Penkala, Crownbearer; Cherrie Guresh, Scroll bearer; Karen Berbick, Key bearer; Kristine Anderkitas, Heart bearer; Jane Stein and Jenny Bert, attend ants. Ellen Brown, last year's Queen was also in attendance to crown the new queen. The crowning began with a pro cession to the coronation hut, where the scrollbearer read out the mean ing of the event. The Queen, Miss Romano, was then crowned. A spec ial dance number in honor of the Queen and Court immediately follow ed. A buffet was served at I I P.M after which dancing continued until midnight. The Whazoos provided entertainment for the ball. Mrs. Bodenstein wishes to pub licly announce her appreciation for this honor the Sorority bestowed her. May 31, 1968
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