1987 — It was no ordinary snowman.
Students in Mr. Bennett’s fourth-grade class at Clarks Summit Baptist Academy built and painted a giant snow sculpture of the cartoon cat Garfield near the parking area at their school.
Students in the class included Judy Arp, Amy Buerer, David Faircloth, Beth Kuna, Beth Lytle, Jason Page, Steve Peckins, Nancy Rowlands, Andrea Rutecki, Robby Searfoss, Jennifer Sikorski, Mark Stillwagon, Tim Thompson, Trevor Walczak, Janessa Wintermute and Dan Hayes.
1977 — Business was popping at the South Abington Elementary School where students formed their own company, Popcorn Enterprises, Inc., during a social studies class.
“Being a president, secretary, treasurer of a corporation or serving on the board of directors, in the marketing, research, sales or advertising department of the company is nothing new to students taught by Bill Musgrave,” read a Journal article.
“The youngsters, involved in a social studies unit dealing with a study of industry, became entrepreneurs recently a they issued “shares of stock” in their own company, ‘Popcorn Enterprises, Inc.’ to raise the capital for production. The printed stock certificates, priced at 5 cents per share, certified ownership of one share of common stock in the company. …Doug Orzolek signed the certificate as president of the company and treasurer Steven Otto’s signature also appeared on the official document.”
The students’ first day of sales resulted in 3 1/2 cents profit on each share.
1967 — Abington Heights High School was preparing for a new semester of night classes for adults.
“The program will include art classes by Mr. Ondush; typing by Mr. Setar; “slimnastics” by Mrs. Reidmiller; conversational French or German taught by Mr. Loehmann; upholstering by Mr. DeLeo; woodworking by Mr. Riker and sewing by Miss Coury,” read a Journal brief.
Adults interested in the night school were instructed to contact Principal Michael Dziak.
