Only a few of the Blach's first newspapers were preserved and still exsist. Only those from 1958-1959, the first two school years at Blach. In 1981, the Jabbers Journal was first issued, which ran from October 1981, to June 10, 1994, and it was published 10 times a year. Then came the Falcon Flyer, the first issue of that I was able to locate was from October 18, 1994, and that newspaper still exsists today!
This was the very first issue of the Blach newspaper, being only four pages long. They held a contest to see who could name the newspaper. One interesting thing about the first newspaper is that they had a gossip column called "Heard Through the Corridors." It was also very interesting, as stated in one of the articles, that Blach used to own a trampoline!
This is the second issue of Blach's newspaper. The winning name for the paper was "Falcon Files". In it was an article on Blach's honor roll. It states that you need between a 4.0 and 4.6 to be on the "A-" honor roll, and a 4.6 or above to be on the "A" honor roll. Their grading systems were a lot different then than they are now, where if we get a "B-" or higher average you're on the honor roll, where as in 1950 you had to get a "A-" or an "A" to get into any honors at all.
This is the first issue of the second year. The name was changed to "The Falcon". This is a thanksgiving issue, and on the front of the paper, is a prayer about Thankgiving written by a student.
The name is changed again to "Falcon". What makes this issue different is that there is no volume, number, or date on it. The whole issue if very religious. Now days, the school wouldn't be allowed to produce such a religious newspaper.
The name is changed back to "The Falcon". There is another article about the honor roll and it states that no boys made it on the honor roll that quarter. Also, a majority of the articles were about Blach school sports.