Jenkintown High School - Jenkintonian Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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GIRLS' HUCHEU N SEPTEMBER the hockey field echoed with such familiar cries as sticks, free shot, offsides, and blowing the whistle, glenkintownis new coach, Miss Edwards ushered in the 1938 hocke' season. The team soon iicked included i i lf i stick-wielders as uittner Young Basset Scroffffins Helveston Coml f under- 1 by a 5.5 i 1 i classmen, and Chapman, Davis, Crosson, Newton, and Captain Batchelor, seniors. VVith early success, the Jenkintown eleven toppled Hatboro, Olney, Abington, and Ambler in succession before bowing in its only defeat to Cheltenham. As the 7 C1 . season drew to a close, they once more carried the Red and Blue colors to victory over Upper Moreland. During the season the virls iarticiiated in several ire-'fame meetings and C 7 U i i I D U serious candlelight services introduced by their coach which ins wired such good team L- 2 . 1 l t spirit and such fine fellowship that they were truly sorry to see the season end. May next year's team and its captain, Mary Ann Comly, be as successful! GIRLS' BHSHETBHLL I-QCAUSE of a shortened playing schedule, the 1939 girls' basketball team played only three games and entertained at two play days this season. The team lost its first two games with Lansdale and Springfield, but ended the season with a one-point victory over Abington. On play days,', which were introduced this year by Miss Edwards, four or five school teams participated in a tournament of short games. The team winning the most games received special awards. The varsity team consisted of veterans, Mildred Davis, Rachel Helveston, and Barbara Chapman, captain, and newcomers, Margaret Nyce, VVanda Lee Griesinger, and Betty Oliver. W N THIS, the first year for glenkintownis gym team, the recently formed Drake aggregation, under Coach Dougherty's tutelage, joined the Surburban One gym with Upper Darby, Cheltenham, Bristol, and West Chester. The team was organized for both boys and girls, with about 38 members. The first meet with West Chester, the Drakes won by a lop-sided score, 48 to 15, and then whipped Cheltenham, 47M to l4f6. A few days later the team defeated Upper Darby, 35 to 28, but in the deciding meet for the league crown, they lost to Bristol's experienced team, 35 to 28. This record of 3 wins and l loss earned Jenkintown second place in the league in their first year of competition. In the District meet at West Chester, McCowie won the rope climbing champion- ship and Synder won the mat championship. Miller placed 4th in the State champion- ship on the horizontal bar and McCowie placed Sth on the rings. Thirtyffivg

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Tlzxrt yfxm STUDENT COUNCIL Top row-Left to right: Harvey McFeeter, J. Cortright, E. Cort- right, Fogler, Wilson, Torrey. Second row-Left to right: Good' friend, Baker, Still, Lange, Fal- lows, Oliver, Hunter. Seated-Lett to right: Bidlack Gaydon, Swallow, Tomlinson Buehl, Chapman, Mr. Lanks. RED AND BLUE Top row-Left to right: Schmidt Cortright, Sidebottom, Nightlinger Still, Eisenlohr, Mueller, Lauden- slager, Malone. Second row-Left to right: Hamil- ton, Crosson, Patton, Detreux Rohrabaugh, Buehl, Murray, Hun- ter, Cooney, Griesinger, Kessler Stahl. Sitting-left to right: Point, Davis Stein, Chapman, Goodfriend, Bat- chelor, Mr. Headley. I