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COPPER VALLEY SCHOOL HEWS ,., ,,, by .
Fred Henry and Sophie Javier
.Our Grade School
’’Four score and seven years ago—”
This and many other speeches will be
heard from everyone in Grades 1*^8. The
grade school students are entering an
Oratorical Contest. The first elimi
nation will be held on February'15.
The three judges for this elimination
will be Miss Pat Engel* Miss Anna Jean
Mahan* and Sister Mary Agatha* S.-S.A.
They will then select the best orators
from each class. These orators will be
subject to further eliminations until a
winner is chosen.
Music will soon be' heard through- -
out the grade school building during
class hours. Why? Sister Mary Agatha*
S.SoA. received'a set of records to
teach classes with for each grade. These
records were made by the world famous
Gregorian Institute of America. The
name of the series of records is "To God
hrough Music". On these records will
be heard hymns* songs* games* and dicta
tions of notes. The purpose of these
records is to bring the children nearer
to Godc
Our CoA,P„
Hup, two, three, fourl The Copper
Valley School CoA0P. flights are back in
action again, Both the boys’ and girls’
flights will participate in the Anchor
age Fur Rendezvous, Last year, the
girls’ flight won first place and the
boys’ won second place. This year we
hope to do the same. The C.V.S. Civil
Air Patrol Squadron will leave for An
chorage on the 22nd and return on the
2ljtho The C.A.P. cadet officers were
chosen by Mr. Howard, S.J. They are as
follows: 1st Lieutenant, Trygve Jorgen
sen; 2nd Lieutenant, Sophie Javier;
1st Sergeant, Alex Zerbinos: Top Serge
STOVE PIPE OF ALL SIZES
Plumbing Supplies
WINDOW GLASS, HARDWARE, INSULATION
Plywood, Paint, Propane
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
’’EVERYTHING FOR YOUR WIRING NEEDS”
Ethel and Herman Brendon
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ants, Jerry Curry and Vaughn de Rae Har
ry; Squad Leaders, Esther Lopez, Judy
Snow,Bud Harry, and Dan Lake.
A Play Night
On February 7* 1963> Lhe Copper Val
ly High School Chorus, directed by Mr.
Paul Jordan, S.J., and the Copper Valley
High School Drama Class, directed by Mr.
Gerald Hoxvard, S.J., presented a dramatic
performance to the students and staff.
:: The chorus sang three songs as an intro
duction to the play. The songs the chor
us sang were: "Yellow Bird", Michael",
and "Bless This House". The Drama Class
presented a tragedy, "The Valiant". The
main characters in the play were: Warden
Holt - Richard Jung; Father Daly, the
prison chaplain - Greg Moran; James Dyke,
the prisoner - Daniel Lake; Josephine
Paris, the girl, about 18 - Barbara Demo
ski; and Dan, a jailer - John Ritter.
The actors and actress are to be well con
gratulated for the splendid performance.
The play was excellent and everyone left
it with tears in his eyes0
Cupid’s Coming
’’Happy Valentine’ si” said one student.
Valentine’s Day mil soon be here. This
joyous occasion will be celebrated at
CVS with a dance, The freshmen class
will sponsor the dance, which will be held
in the gym on February llr, 1963* A Val
entine’s Day King andQueen are to be
elected by the vote of the students. We
are sure this occasion will be a joyous
one for all who are present,
”Building, Working, Growing"
Always, the School is getting some
sort of. new face. This time it came in
the form of building siding. This siding
is being put up on the inside face of the
buildings by the workmen, We are sure
that not only wi11 this look better, but
it will keep the heat in and the cold out.
Basketball
The furious fighting "Bucks" travel
led to Valdez and stayed the weekend of
the 25th, 26th, and 27th, Although the
"Bucks’1 charged mightly and fought hard*
the "Buccaneers" vanquished them. In the
first fast game, the score stood at
32 - 3l| in favor of the Valdez "Buccaneers'.’
The second game was even more of a victory j
for the "Buccaneers" with the:score
37 - 148= Congratulations to the victors
and the vanquished for a hard fought con
test.
The Cordova "Wolverines" arrived at
CVS on the 31st of January to challenge
the "Bucks". The first game held defeat
for the "Wolverines" in a 5k - 53 score.
However, the "Bucks" were soundly beaten
the second night. The "Wolverines" fought
hard and the "Bucks" yielded to a kO - UU
score. Copper Valley hospitality was
shown to the Cordova team in the form of
a dance, sponsored by the Pep Club; a
skating party; a movie; and a general
spirit of friendliness,.
Although not on our regular schedule,
the Nenana basketball team will travel
down to Copper to challenge the."Bucks".
They will arrive here on'the 15th of
February and one game will be played on
the l6th. We are sure of a close and
exciting game from these two spirited
teamSo (more on next page)