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SENIOR ANNUAL
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CLASS OF 1928
ALTOONA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
"SURSUM CORDA"
Volume 3
Dedicated to Reverend James Francis Hanlon, A.M.
Class Flower: Crimson Rose
Right Reverend John J. McCort, D.D.
Class of '28
John Hacala, President
Rita Phalen, Vice President
Catherine Smithmyer, Secretary
John Larmer, Treasurer
Frances Batist "Fran" |
Mary Jane Behe "Jen" |
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Elelyn Bliss "Heavenly" |
James Breslin "Infant" |
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Andrew Buechele "Andy" |
Martha Clear "Martie" |
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Helen Cupples Helen "The Great" |
George Datris "Pigeon" |
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Paul Dawson "Pete" |
James Drass "Cowboy" |
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Irma Exler "Taxi" |
Robert Farabaugh "Fair Beau" |
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Margaret Fellinger "Peg" |
James Finn "Jim" |
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John Finn "Huck" |
Mary Garvey "Wits" |
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John Gebhardt "Gebbie" |
Anna Greiner "Ann"
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John Hacala "Hack" |
Paul Hatch "Jay" |
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Helen Hoover "Pete" |
Marcella Howell "Win" |
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Charles Jones "Buck" |
Simon Kirsch "Sigh" |
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Robert Koeck "Kek" |
Herman Koenig "Private" |
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John Larmer "Banty" |
Mary Agnes Long "Shorty" |
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Clara Love "Curly" |
Mildred Lumadue "Milly" |
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Dorothy Luther "Dot" |
Marie Agnes Luther "Aggie" |
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Francis McCormick "Mick" |
George Meyers "Dream" |
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Jeanne Moore "Jeanie" |
Evelyn Myers "Ev" |
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Eugene Neff "Radio" |
Beatrice O'Brian "Bee" |
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Bridgie O'Toole "Bridgie" |
Richard Parrish "Dick" |
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Martha Pfister "Gerry" |
Rita Phalen "RI-TA" |
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Marie Porta "Don" |
Eulalia Quinn "Lale" |
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Hannah Sheehan "Han" |
Catherine Smithmyer "Katrink" |
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Hugh Spangle "Jimmie"
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Gerald Stevens "Jerry" |
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Leonard Tremmel "Len" |
Bernard Vogel "Bernie" |
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Paul Waring "Jake" |
Marian White "El" |
IN MEMORIAM
Marcella Quirin
Joseph Gallagher
Business Staff
James Finn | Hugh Spangle | John Hacala | Bernard Vogel |
Freshman Class - Girls
Freshman Class - Boys
Sophomore Class - Girls
Sophomore Class - Boys
Junior Class - Girls
Junior Class - Boys
[Unidentified] Girls Group
Orchestra
Our Alumni
Officers of the Alumni Association: Sibley Culp, '26, President George McMullen, '27, Vice-President Martha Barron, '26, Secretary Gilbert Schmittle, '27, Treasurer
At St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa.: Robert Ansman, '26 Joseph Berger, '26 Eugene Bradley, '26 Raymond Cupples, '26 John Kilcoyne, '27 Edward McConnell, '26 Frederick Miller, '27 John O'Leary, '26 Charles Rodgers, '26 Joseph Ronan, '26
At Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana: William Clear, '26 John Hoffman, '26 Edward Lee, '26 Charles McAleer, '27 William McAleer, '27 Terence Wharton, '27
At Villanova College, Villanova, Pa.: Donato Alamprese, '26 James Kilcoyne, '26 Nicholas Irvin, '27 Ralph Mannion, '26 Francis Stevens, '26
At Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John Corless, '26 James Dillon, '26 James O'Donnell, '27 Gilbert Schmittle, '27
At Carnegie School of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Marcellus Kirsch, '26
At Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.: Leo Dodson, '27
At Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.: Lee Hoofnagle, '27
At Pitt University, Johnstown, Pa.: Gilbert Adams, '27
At Lock Haven State Normal, Lock Haven, Pa.: George McMullen, '27 Mary McMullen, '26 Regina Meyers, '27 Helen Ryan, '27 Frances Sullivan, '27
At Indiana State Normal, Indiana, Pa.: Mary Catherine O'Toole, '26
At State College, State College, Pa.: Mary Grace Kirsch, '26
At Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Mary Adams, '26 Delphine Airhart, '27 Grace Cowan, '26 Bernice Gill, '27 Genevieve Moran, '26
At Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.: Mary Taylor, '26
At Mercy Hospital, Johnstown, Pa.: Kathleen Washington, '27 |
Among the Alumnae who have been "chosen and
set apart" to serve the Divine Master in Religion are:
Dorothy Lyman, '26, Sisters of Charity, at Greensburg, Pa Collette Leahey, '27, Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, at Scranton, Pa. Elizabeth Moore, '26, Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, at Scranton, Pa. Marian Doran, '27, Sister of St. Joseph, at Baden, Pa. Bertha Geisler, '26, Sister of Mercy, at Cresson, Pa. Anna Hauk, '27, Sister of Mercy, at Cresson, Pa. Helen Hollenshead, '27, Sister of Mercy, at Cresson, Pa. |
Once in a Blue Moon
Senior Play of the Class of '28
The Cast
Moon Lady | Josephine Halley | |
Attendants | Betty Hoffmann, Hilda Drenning, Anacita
Kibler,
Grace Landolfi, Julia O'Leary, Matilda O'Leary |
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Mrs. Montgomery | Catherine Smithmyer | |
Sylvia Montgomery | Mary Agnes Long | |
Leatrice Montgomery | Helen Cupples | |
Mr. Babbitt Morton | Hugh Spangle | |
Betty Morton | Bridgie O'Toole | |
Mrs. Lila Lavender | Irma Exler | |
Billy Maxwell | James Finn | |
George Taylor | Richard Parrish | |
Sir Percival Chetwood | Paul Dawson | |
M. Rene Le Mon | John Hacala | |
Suzanne | Evelyn Myers | |
Hop Sing Hi | Gerald Stevens | |
Skylark Roams | George Meyers | |
Mooney | Bernard Vogel | |
Chorus | Senior and Junior Classes |
Football Team
Football Results
Altoona | Opponents | |||
0 | Osceola Mills | 6 | ||
6 | Spangler | 0 | ||
7 | St. Francis Prep | 0 | ||
34 | Nanty-Glo | 0 | ||
7 | Williamsburg | (Away) 0 | ||
6 | Carrolltown | 6 | ||
0 | Johnstown C.H.S. | 13 |
Individual Scores
Player | No. of Touchdowns | Points after T.D. | ||
Bradley | 7 | |||
Eckenrode | 2 | |||
Conlon | 2 | |||
T. Irwin | 1 | |||
Burke | 1 | |||
Snyder | 1 |
Basketball
Altoona | 45 | Spangler | 13 | |||||
51 | Saxton | 26 | ||||||
67 | Carrolltown | 21 | ||||||
24 | Saxton | 20 | Away | |||||
53 | Cambria Rowe | 29 | ||||||
30 | Alumni | 23 | ||||||
34 | Juniata College | 22 | ||||||
46 | Beaverdale | 21 | ||||||
21 | St. Francis Prep. | 27 | Away | |||||
59 | Mount Union | 39 | ||||||
47 | Dusquesne Prep. | 27 | ||||||
38 | Renovo Catholic | 25 | Away | |||||
26 | Lock Haven | 23 | Away | |||||
41 | Lilly High | 25 | ||||||
18 | Beaverdale | 34 | Away | |||||
35 | Pitt Jr. College | 33 | ||||||
36 | Johnstown Catholic | 28 | Away | |||||
35 | Sigma Phi Sigma | 31 | ||||||
53 | Mount Union | 49 | Away | |||||
51 | Lock Haven | 31 | ||||||
44 | Lilly High | 43 | Away | |||||
48 | Renovo Catholic | 27 | ||||||
61 | Clearfield Catholic | 9 | ||||||
36 | Pittsburgh Tech | 25 | ||||||
29 | Pitt Jr. College | 40 | Away | |||||
60 | Jersey Shore | 25 | ||||||
47 | Theta Kappa Phi | 55 | ||||||
11 | Jersey Shore | 15 | Away | |||||
49 | Johnstown Catholic | 34 | ||||||
63 | Penn Central | 49 | ||||||
42 | Hibernians | 38 | ||||||
37 | Catholic Big Five | 29 | ||||||
34 | Hibernians | 38 | ||||||
Totals | 1371 | 974 |
Individual Scores
Name | Individual Scores | Total Points | ||
R. Irwin (Capt.) | 455 | |||
G. Meyers | 288 | |||
P. Dawson | 238 | |||
E. Roessler | 169 | |||
D. Bradley | 100 | |||
L. Grimme | 49 | |||
J. Day | 31 | |||
T. Irwin | 15 | |||
R. Farabaugh | 12 | |||
D. Snyder | 10 | |||
F. McCloskey | 5 | |||
R. Conlon | 5 | |||
K. Wimer | 1 |
Patrons
Colonial Hotel
Mr. Jerry Crist
Mr. John Dughi
Mr. M. A. Fox
Gaver's Pastry Shop
Haberstroh's Confectionery
Mr. John Haller
S. A. Hite and Son
Mr. George Jacobs
Mr. Adolph Koehle
Mr. Paul Kuhn
Mandel's Fur Shop
Meredith's Drug Store
Mr. Francis Meyers
Dr. J. O'Donnell
Mr. Roy Osman
Mr. Elwood Raugh
Mr. John Ritchey
Welsh Brothers
Advertisers
[several pages cut or missing]
Morgan Drug Co.
1204 Eleventh Street, Altoona
Cor. 12th Ave. & 16th St., Altoona
1700 Eighth Avenue, Altoona
603 Fourth Avenue, Altoona
315 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg
W. F. Sellers & Co.
1408 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona
Fordham University
190th Street and Third Avenue, Bronx, New York
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Campion
A Preparatory School Conducted by the Jesuits
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Mount Saint Mary's College
Emmitsburg, Maryland
Mount Saint Joseph College
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Villa Maria College and Academy
West Eighth Street, Erie, Pa.
Mount Aloysius Academy for Girls
Cresson, Pa.
Compliments of Anthony O'Toole, Alderman, Third Ward, Altoona
Compliments of The Union Bank
Penn Central [utility company]
Altoona Leather Store
1509 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona
L. A. Bettwy, Plumbing, Electrical Service, Heating
840 Seventeenth Street, Altoona
Herff-Jones Co., School and College Jewelry, Indianapolis
Leo C. Cassidy
Supplied Invitations for Class of '28
1930 W. Chestnut AVenue, Altoona
William Friehofer Baking Company
923 Twenty-eighth Street, Altoona
Independent Gasoline
George Meyers Hardware and Radio
1419 Fourth Street, Altoona
D. G. Puderbaugh, Registered Architect
Myers Building, Altoona
Bender's [Meats]
306 1/2 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg
Altoona Builders' Supply Co.
Carl H. Gliechert, Meat and Groceries
1516 Thirteenth Street, Altoona
Dolheimer's Sheet Metal Works
Hoffman's Dairy
United Home Dressed Meat Co.
F. J. Hoover, Wholesale Dealer in Cigars . . . .
C. Casanave Estate, Horse, Dog, Bird Furnishings . . . .
James B. Finn, Electrical Contractor, Hollidaysburg
Myers Brothers, Florists
1016 Green Avenue, Altoona
Klevan Bros., Shoes
1300 11th Avenue, Altoona
Shaeffer Studio, Photography
1117 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona
Meyer Jonasson & Co.
1226 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona
A. W. Weidner, Blanche I. Hake
Upholstering, Interior Decorations, Slip Covers, Window Shades, Linoleums, . . . .
Wolf Furniture Company
1501-1503 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona
Twelfth Avenue Women's Shop
Leonardson, Davis & Ward Co.
1423 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona
Capitol and Olympic Theatres
Where the Better Pictures Always Prevail
George M. Bitner, Jeweler
J. W. Miller, Optometrist
713 1/2 Twelfth Street
Geo. Beck, Butcher
1312 Thirteenth Street, Altoona
McGuire . . . .
Coal and . . .
Altoona
Hatch Brothers
Star Printing Company, 1305 Eleventh Street
Red Hill Service Station
Stephen Kirsch
J. Kilcoyne, Realtor and General Insurance
Room 319 Central Trust Building, Altoona
L. William Borland, Realtor
Union Bank Building, Altoona
Klesius' Little Plumber, Jno M. Klesius
Canty's 12th Ave. Men's Shop
1421 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona
The Spence Electric Store
1310 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona
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