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buy their own books and pay an activities fee. Seeing the need for an ongoing fundraiser, Father Nugent sought the help of local businessmen, who began plans for an annual dinner which they named the "Century Club" (after the nickname for a $ 100 bill) because the admission fee was $ 100. The first
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663:"Golden Girls of Nativity BVM High School Capture Class A Basketball Championship," in "Hon. Gus Yatron of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, April 5, 1978," in "Extensions of Remarks," p. 8917. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Records of the Honorable Gus Yatron, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; and Washington, D.C.: "Proceedings of Congress and General Congressional Publications," U.S. Congress, April 5, 1978.
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Johnsonburg Area High School Rams on March 18 at the Hershey Park Arena to win the PIAA Class A girls' state basketball championship. The team
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Nativity from 1955 to 1967. During his tenure, the Allentown Diocese was formed from an area that had formerly been part of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. In 1960, Catholic schools in Schuylkill, Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties became part of the new
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Assumption BVM School, which still bears the engraving "P.C.H. School" above the door. From 1928 to 1955, Pottsville Catholic was a diocesan Catholic high school with the Sisters of Saint Joseph as faculty. Saint Patrick's Grade School, housed in the
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Sisters joined other religious communities on the school faculty. Enrollment continued to increase; some classes had approximately 300 students, and the enrollment of the entire school rose to about 1300. The school did not charge tuition at that time, although students had to
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Nativity's enrollment, especially in the freshman class, which increased by 68%. As before, the vast majority of graduates went on to college, many with awards, grants, and
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