random photo #2

The Company Store

What was the caption to this photograph?

A. "Sorry! Gym bags are not returnable after four years of use."

B. "No, we are out of Spaghettios, but can I interest you in a gym bag?"

C. "I need to see your ID only if you want to purchase cigarettes, not gym bags."

D. "With every bottle of Boone's Farm apple wine, you get a free gym bag!"

E. None of the above.

"I went into a store once and read a sign that said 'pet supplies,' so I did."

-Steven Wright

random photo #1

Sister Florence with umbrella

"The high school I went to was so tough that in biology class we dissected custodians."

- anonymous

geometry class

"Might as well face it I'm addicted to math."

Sister Raphael's geometry class

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?

A: Pumpkin Pi.

Q:What do you get when you take a native Alaskan and divide its circumference by its diameter? A: Eskimo Pi.

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?

A: Pi a'la mode.

Math bonus question:

"If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?" -- Steven Wright

St. John the Baptist, eighth grade

St. John the Baptist School, Pottsville (the German Catholic school) contains many familiar faces in the spring of 1964. I was not given a list of names, so you are on your own in guessing who is who. Again, left click mouse over photo for close-up. UPDATE AS OF 9/26/08: Thanks to Jo Ketner the following identifications were made:

Front Row Left to Right: Ellen Davis, Rosalie Mehling, Imelda Pfeifenberger, Father Fox, Patty Murphy, Joan Rees, Cindy Rees

Second Row Left to Right: Ellen Bambrick, Rosemarie Brazenec, Joan Burns, Jean Rees, Mary Joan Rehnert, Jo Ketner, Janet Kennedy, Mary Ann Michalski
Third Row: John Mitchell, James Leone, John Fanelli, George Connell, Ed Montag, Neil Scheipe, George Szilier, Bill Schlitzer
Top Row: Martin Heffron, Janet Bernosky, Dan Fisher, Ann Louise Schlitzer, Walter Wachter, Rita Wachter, David Meiswinkle, Geraldine Glunz, David Kennedy

Easter greetings

Photograph taken in the 2nd floor Chapel.

FYI: The requirement of head covering for women in church started to disappear in the late 1960s and was officially dropped in 1983.

pep rally

What is going on in this photograph?

A. A demonstration protesting the school's "knee length" policy on uniforms.

B. Testing whether band uniforms are flame retardant.

C. A good old fashioned book burning.

D. A person desperate to light a cigarette.

E. An example of mid-1960s Beatle record burning.*

F. None of the above

*In 1966, Radio stations across the country, but especially in the South and Midwest, stopped playing Beatles records. Death threats began pouring against the Beatles. Bonfires appeared, with Beatles pictures and albums providing the fuel.

St. Stanislaus, Minersville

St.Stan's Church on Spruce St.

I received this email with a request to post, so here it goes:



Greetings....
I've volunteered to help with the 2008 Minersville Area High School 40th Reunion… well, while at it, I was looking into trying to find some of my elementary parochial school St. Stanislaus classmates... some attended MAHS, but the others went to NBVM and I haven't seen them since 5th grade as I moved over to public school in Llewellyn for grade 6. I have been in touch with one of those classmates, Bob Namiot... attached is our St. Stan’s First Holy Communion group picture and we came up with the following names of St. Stan classmates... question some spellings… can you post this or pass along to those in the 1968 class at NBVM… I’m trying to find those that went to St. Stans and then NBVM….I’ve highlighted those that did not go to MAHS and I would guess, went onto NBVM… thanks.


Tim Mihalski,


Minersville H.S. Class of 1968




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3rd Grade Holy Communion Picture... Top row: Victor Novack, Richard Lipka, Eugene Yourey (Deceased), Tim Mihalski , George Marteslo, Dan Reagan (Deceased I Think) , Steve Costick. Middle row: Joe Skawinski, Bob Namiot, Florence Butcavage, Patty Pecina, Celestine Wrona, Doc Stabinski, Robert Wentz Bottom row: Rosemary Zitka , Bonnie Perambo, Diane Wawrzaszek, Pastor Fr. Krieski, Joann Stock, Sharon Roshannon, Colleen Mitsock.



Thanks Tim for the email and the neat photograph. I looked through the records and the following classmates hailed from St. Stanislaus parish: James P. Martin & John Poslosky. If you are in contact with Bob Namiot tell him to email or drop a post. For your contribution here is the "Who Stole the Kishka Polka" dedicated to the St. Stan alumnii: Who Stole the Kishka? (click the link and turn up the volume full blast).

sophomore 1

1965 Chevy Malibu

Not all of the 1960s music was great, in fact some
songs were downright awful: for example this one
But don't forget the greatest of all rock songs debuted in 1965.

sophomore 5

this is the group photograph for the school year 1965-1966.

It was a good time to dream about cars. It was also a good time to listen to the Stones on AM radio.

Sister Rosella

Sister Rosella Jakubco, M.S.C.
1915-2006
To her six siblings, Margaret Jakubco was their oldest and very devoted sister. They all attended Saint Michael School in Lansford, PA. Her faith-filled parents supported Sister Rosella’s entrance into the convent along with her sister, Sister Frances, who joined the M.S. C. Sisters a year later. The youngest child, Bernard, later became an MSC priest.
Sister Rosella is remembered by her colleagues for her generous, fun-filled spirit, and her dedication to her students. Like the earliest M.S.C. sisters who arrived in the United States in 1908 and who taught the Jakubco children, Sister Rosella began her many years of teaching among the children of Slovak immigrants in SS. Cyril and Methodius School in Bethlehem. Sister Rosella knew how to balance her life of prayer and service to her students with a sense of humor and wit.
To her students, Sister Rosella is remembered as an excellent teacher. For 26 years she taught mathematics at the secondary level in two of the Allentown Diocese high schools: Central Catholic in Allentown and Nativity B.V.M. High School in Pottsville. Before she retired to the motherhouse in 2001, Sister Rosella helped in her home parish and school.
Sister Rosella was looking forward to the celebration of her 70th anniversary, but that would not be in this life. On April 11, 2006 in the presence of her Sisters and family, Sister Rosella went home. She was ninety years old.
Information provided by Sr. Lorraine Molchanow, MSC

Sophomore 6

Sophomore VI - September 1965

the year of the mini skirt and some great cars

1965 VW Karmann-Ghia

Sophomore 4

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Sophomore IV - September 1965
"I dream of jeannie" debuted

March madness pt. 2

Hilltoppers 1967-1968
boys basketball team

March Madness

Long before the Golden Girls, there were the "Hilltopperettes" a/k/a "The Glamazons."

Here they are practicing placing their left foot over their right foot. It was followed by ten minutes of crossing the right foot over the left foot.

Foreign Language Quiz

What is being said in this photograph:

A. "Anyone want to listen to the new Chakira 'reel to reel'?"
B. “Respondez s’il vous plaid” does not mean “Honk if your Scottish.”
C. After two weeks in the language lab we have finally translated "Louie, Louie" into English.
D. Correct, sister, Oscar Meyer Wiener in French is "saucisse de Meyer d'Oscar.”
E. I then said to the cafeteria chef, "¡Una qué albóndiga picante! " *
F. None of the Above

*" What a spicy meatball!"


pictured in photograph: Miss Cruz, Mr. Palko, Sister Maria Barbara, Sister Frances Maureen, Sister Dionysia

Sophomore 2

Wooly Bully was one of the biggest hits of 1965 . Hullabaloo premiered on television.

The top twenty records for 1965 as per WABC radio in New York City:

1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"......................The Rolling Stones
2 "Help"...............................................The Beatles
3 "I Can't Help Myself"................................The Four Tops
4 "Downtown"...........................................Petula Clark
5 "1-2-3"..............................................Len Barry
6 "Lover's Concerto"...................................The Toys
7 "Let's Hang On"......................................The Four Seasons
8 "I Got You Babe".....................................Sonny and Cher
9 "Come See About Me"..................................The Supremes
10 "Stop! In the Name of Love".........................The Supremes
11 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"...................The Righteous Brothers
12 "Wooly Bully".......................................Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
13 "Love Potion No. 9".................................The Searchers
14 "I Hear a Symphony".................................The Supremes
15 "Help Me Rhonda"....................................The Beach Boys
16 "I Feel Fine".......................................The Beatles
17 "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter"...........Herman's Hermits
18 "This Diamond Ring".................................Gary Lewis and the Playboys
19 "The Name Game".....................................Shirley Ellis
20 "Hang On Sloopy"....................................The McCoys

Sophomore 3

Photo taken in September 1965

Hogan's Heroes premieres on CBS that month.

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