Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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FOOTS A L If you were one of the loyal followers of the Blue Raiders during the '44 football season, you noticed the gleam in everyone's eye as you passed from the gridiron at Victory Park on Thanksgiving Day. The Raiders had just upset their high riding rivals fro g lmerton, an accomplishment which £0$ , their, their most successful seasor aS n years of going and received a hard one-two punch from Catty 13-0 ane Whitehall 27-0, the two top teams in the league. At this time the hard work of Coaches DeRosa and Williams displayed itself to all S.H.S. followers, they found a clicking combination iipp efeated their next opponent StroucOT fg 20-0 and set tps,wprk for the ThanfebM ing Game. warmup game with Coplay, whfgr .ueezed be beat, outfought through with an 18-12 victoryBombers all feat did not dampen the fello»through with a slashing however, as they opened at home'-w th'-a.'. a! ictajEpy: victory over Lehighton 18-6. .. ' AppjS j ation for their fine showing After traveling to Emu a us the follo ;: fe :®|s-uad was honored with an ing Saturday, they met a powerful eleven ' • banquet at Shankweilerte Hotel, and came out on the short end of a 13-0 jfewatE ffto ber of the sruad was presented score. filth a neuter. Ferson, E. Kern, Kester, The real test came the next ..-rreek: when were given aduitional honors Northampton was .-held to a .6-8'xtie ’.aitisr'.'t e Irwere chosen to represent their th moments Asst. —LI oyd mSm Linemerfig m Francis Breisch ' 45 Si lobert Morgan jJ pfjiponald Oplinger '46 Kenneth Hewitt '45 '46 Edgar Kern '45 W? Thomas Reitz ’46 George Ka;.cher '45 Leonard Weinman 46 Kenneth Kincher '45 $fl Miarold Blose '47 Harry Lewis •a5 Tilgh. Cressman '47 Charles Person '45 Robert Eschbach Richard Griffith Jai-es Hoffman '47 Leonard Snyder '45 '47 Roscoe Snyder '45 '47 James Farber '46 3 p Wilson Kline '47 Clinton Hoffman '46 $$$$ Kenneth Liebold '47 William Hunsicker '46 J ohn Hartline '48 Clarence Minnich 46 Carl Ringer '48 BackfieMv Swjf Evan Davies '45 Mark Hoffman '48 Rollin Jones '45 Thomas Morgan '46 Eugene Marshall '45 Joseph Skutches '48 Lawrence Merkel '45 Norman Coffin '46 Managers 'Wallace Kern '46 Barton Kester •46 Harold Reinert '45 Cliff. Messinger '46 Arlan Boward '45 Elwood Snyder '46 John Stettner •46 Allen Sessa '47 Wallace Minnich •47

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AT HL STIC AWARDS FOOTBALL Letter Winners Barton Kester 46 Captain Francis Breisch ' 45 Leonard Snyder '45 Evan Davies '45 Roscoe Snyder '45 Kenneth Hewitt •45 Arlan Howard '45 Rollin Jones '45 Harold Reinert •45 Edgar Kern ’45 James Farber '46 George Kincher '45 Clinton Hoffman 46 Kenneth Kincher '45 Elwood Snyder '46 Harry Lewis 45 Thomas Reitz '46 Eugene Marshall 45 James Hoffman •46 Lawrence Merkel •45 Allen Ses,sa '47 Charles Person '45 Joseph Skutches '48 FOOT BA. LL BASKETBALL Numeral Awards Letters Norman Coffin '45 Franklin Bizousky '45 William Hunsioker 46 Francis Breisch •45 Wallace Kern '46 Evan Davies '45 Clifford Messinger '46 Rollin Jones '45 Clarence Minnich '46 Lee Kern '45 Robert Morgan •46 Edward Kreitz •45 Donald Opplinger '46 Charles Person •45 Leonard Yfeinman •46 James Farber •46 Harold Blose •47 Wallace Kern •46 Tilghman Cressman '47 Barton Kester 46 Robert Eschbach •47 Robert Morgan •46 Richard Griffith 47 Wilson Kline •47 Cheer Leaders Kenneth Liebold ' 47 Elaine Benninger '45 John Hartline '48 Delores Edwards '45 Mark Hoffman •48 Jeanette Musselman 45 Thomas Morgan 48 Joyce Musselman '45 Carl Ringer •48 Marilyn Weiner 45 t«| k § ft

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As the year 1944-45 draws to a close, we find a record of one of the most colorful basketball squads Slatington High has ever witnessed. Coach Williams proteges opened their stiff schedule with independent tilts, and mowed down the opposition, winning Poconos of Stroudsburg, were crushed 55-16. Palmerton, who had already clinched the first half, was Slatington's next foe. In the ensuing game, the Blue and White of Palmerton won 53-39, At the beginning of the second half, Raiders were turned in against Nazareth dj'bi,$ion. 40-29; Fountain Hill 36-16; Cooperslfl :? ® ..second game T nano si s. ( A'A £ i’itt. IV. !■ vtAitr' 1 A five of the six scheduled contests. ,.,.,x,.:::fche laters were sent spinning into a The five non-league victories for the'' dpsmfall, as 1 hitehall eeked out a 25-21 of the second half, 43-25; and Alumni 46-32. The lone defeats;; vmsi isastrous too, as a powerful, re-was suffered at the hands of South ' conditioned five from Catuy, trimmed the Whitehall where we took it on the chin Ideals 53-33. to the tune of 45-37. Midway during- the ''Journeying next to Northampton, Slat-season Coopersburg was again defeated by irtgton pulled a surprise, by lacing the a 32-26 score. . ' Konpretc Kids 43-26. The Whitehall High who at this stage was in ington's first league $$$$$... came to Smith Hall and in locals made it three victories in a row -a rS-Sportln' tussle, scueezed out a by swamping the Zephers 32-17. ' 48-45 decision, - . Next were the Rough Riders of Catty, Stroudsburg, Ms t dri's next oppon-nnd in a very thrilling game at Catty, ent, lost to the locals, this time 52-33. league; but when f aci fa l'fe 'isi JfM' Northampton crew, they W%|A' The Green and Gold .p -hanii'f% the Slaters their thir$K;tM-eat of tnjfij u...4 .... 0 1 X Coach Lloyd Varsity, proved to be real g;a egtprs,'tbp, by win-ningv.eleven out of e h.te.: n ' Lmes. These ,la s': .bear watching :MJth y will make up :tH:e;%praity in coming years. In a weird game aty5m$$;h' Hall , the ,’v;! XvXv.v! • v A ’ ’; 'M: vivv’® . Mr.' s£$3yd Williams :?::vMriSger . I Robert Herman Mst. Mgr • • • • • • • .Ttv • v • Harold Reinert Team Frank!iir Bizousky •45 Lee Kern '45 James Farber '46 F nciS-' Brei s ch '45 Edward Kr4££fc x- '45 Wallace Kern '46 gvan Davies '45 Charles ! P $®ri '45 Barton Kester '46 •fEdlli'n Jones ’45 y. ' 'ft. Robert Morgan '46 yi'V.Home Games XvX; :sy. Date ■feam SHS Opp. Date Team SHS Opp, Dec. 15 Fountain Hill 36 16 Dec. 12 Nazareth 40 29 Dec. 22 Coopersburg 43 25 Dec. 18 South Whitehall 37 42 Dec. 27 Alumni 46 32 Jan. 9 Catasaucua 28 25 Jan. 5 Whitehall 32 17 Jan. 16 Emmaus 24 32 Jan. 1? Northampton 25 27 Jan. 19 Coopersburg 32 26 Jan. 23 Stroudsburg 55 16 Jan. 26 Palmerton 39 53 Feb. 6 Catasaudua 33 53 Feb. 2 Whitehall 21 25 Feb. 13 Emmaus 45 47 Feb. 9 N orthampton 43 28 Feb. 23 Palmerton 38 51 Fen. 20 Strouasburg 52 31 Total 351 284 Total : 316 291