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COPPER VALLEY SCHOOL NEWS
The Copper Valley School census this
school year totals 193 persons 11G are
enrolled in the high school* 46 in the grade
schoolo Members of the staff include six
Sisters of St* Anne* five Jesuits* twenty
volunteers* and six workmen- The workmen
have all been with Father Spi1s in Fairbanks
since about the first of August- They are
| building a new church there- They will
return to Copper Valley once the weather
impedes the outside work they are doing in
Fairbanks
The same Sisters have returned this year
with the-exception of Sister Denise Marie*
! who is expected back after one year of
j study in Victoria* D-C- Mr Charles
Peterson* has replaced Mr- Gerald Howard* ~
the only change in the JesuiC personnel•
Former volunteers who have returned for
another •.year ares Miss Jeanne Le'oeuf,
! secretary* from North Grafton* Mass,^ Miss
| Martha Cunningham* secretary* from Hacken
: sack* New Jersey* Miss Beverly Brooks,\
kitchen helper* from Worcester* Mass? Miss
: Denise Reno* R - N „ * Shrewsbury* Mass-? Miss
! Addie Robinson* laundry helper* a CVS
j graduate? Miss Marion Kelly* H-S teacher*
| Portland* Oregon? Mr- Ken Stone* Photographer,
j Press* and Public Relations, Santa Monica*
■ Calif-? John Hagela* boiler* Tacoma* Wash ;
j Frank Bentley* janitor maintenance* Chicago*
J 11h nois.
Volunteers who ore here for their first
| year ares firs. Leona Iwanicki, laundry and
! house mother to the boys, Mifton, New Jersey!
j Miss Patricia Zakes, kitchen helper, Lockport,
| Illinois| Miss Meegan Hofford, laundry
helper, Colfax, Washington! Miss Bridget
Condon, H„S„ teacher, Spokane, Washington!
Miss Cecilia Cragan, H,SC toache'r, Boston,
Mass=! Miss Ellen Barry, G.S, teacher, Kansas
| City, Missouri! Miss Margaret Brenner, G,SC
teacher, Mankato, Minnesota! Mrc Richard
Lawton, G„SC teacher, Washtucna, V/ashington!
Hr. Larry Waldron, baker and CAP drill
commander, Spokane, Washington! Mr... Dick
McDonald, boilerman, San Francisco, Calif ;
and Mr, Joe Ford, boilerman, Bergenfield,
New Jersey.
Students enrolled at Copper Valley this
| year come from; Nulato, Clarks Point, Holy
| Cross, Marvel Creeks Copper CenteV, j
j Dillingham, Fairbanks* Koyukuk, Dot Lake,
Kotzebue, Mayo, McGrath, Elmendcrf, Galena,
Mto View, SI ana, Nenana, Barrow, Kenya, Stc
Paul Island, Spenard, Farewell, Valdez,
Stevens Village, Lake Minchumina, Lower
jTonsina, Hooper Bay, Anchorage, Chistochina,
'Lake Mentasta, Tok, Napakiak, Ruby, Kenny
: Lake, Nome, Glennallen, Aniak, Soldotna,
jKaltag, Bethel, Galena, Manley Hot Springs,
j King Island, Kalskag, Fire Islands
The student body assembled in the multi
purpose room for a meeting, on Friday,
| September 13« Faces'shewed signs of .
| expectation and fresh minds. After the
I meeting was opened, minutes were read and
japproved. The Student body officers with
|great enthusasm reported the news of the
; Student Council Workshop0 ,
The agenda for the day was the amend
*ment to the constitution, student body cards, !
school sweaters, school letters and Activity j
Charts. The students showed great co
operation in the discussion and the result
wa s a very successful meeting * The bell
rang while the amendment to the constitution !
was under controversy. This will he the
main issue in the next meeting. The meeting
rjourned at 12 s 22 o
Since school opened, the chemistry class j
has been doing -marve1ous workv The main
reasons are the great interest of the stu
dents and the capable teacher. Hiss Bridget
Condon„ A current science project is under
!way» Each student is working out a type of
iproject he or she will study, through
scientific methods., Some of the projects
will involve experiments. The students have
given a wide field of items concerning
chemical composition., These projects will
help the students to gain wide knowledge in
the fields of Chemistry.,
English IV class had a debate cn "Capital !
Punishment." The judges were Fr. Fallcrt,
S,J. i Fr. Wood-, S J,,° and Hiss Bridget
Condon, Affirmative debaters were"..Fred Ngige
and Harry Henderson The negative team was
composed of Edith O'Brien’ and Hichaeleen
Grinzcll. Judy Snow introduced the speakers !
This debate was part of the current program
in the art of speaking. Students are learn
ing to calm their nerves and to stand up
and speak„ Little 'ey little confidence is
being gained. The next debate being tackled
jiss "The Cold War is preventing World War
III" by affirmative, Nellie Demientieff, Hary
Lolnitz, and negativei Peter Kuria and James |
Anthony. I
A new coat of paint for the buildings
has bcK,n the activity towards improving
Copper ’‘Valley School , i
Volunteers from Fort Greoly as well as
students and staff of CVS, are giving time
anc! trouble to beat the cold*autumn winds’
The col or, a bright coral has already
covered the main chapel and the boys dorm.
It is expected that- the grade school
building will bo completed this week -
Save your Dotty Crocker'coupons and
help CVS to win a new school us l Gold
Medal Products have offered dany concern that
saves one million and a half*, a free bus, and
Copper Valley needs one badly 1
HELP, Please send us your coupons! Can
you get a friend to do so, too? i
Saturday September ?1, 1?63 at 7 o'clock
th<. ?1 vigorous Seniors entertained the
student body with a barn dance. The Seniors
taught the students the swinging, gay dances
cf the 401s.
The dances taught were; the square dance, j
Virginia Rc&l, and the Polka, The students' !
appreciation for barn dance specialities
has shot up tremendously because of the ex
hilarating evening the Seniors planned. The
dance floor was constantly crowded with
laughing, energetic students and staff.
The girls dressed in bright full skirts,
and the boys dressed in casual jeans and
shirts with gay-colored scarfs and hats which '
varied in style, j
At 10 o'clock the tired happy students |
retired to their respective dorms.
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