West Reading High School - Vaquero Yearbook (West Reading, PA)

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C7 il C? 41 JUNIOR CLASS Top Row CLeIt to Rightb Helen M. Schi1Tner, Emily S. Stitzel Second Row CLeft to Rightj-Fannie E. Titlow, Harold A. Yetzer fVice-Pres.D Herman I. Klahr, CTreasurerD Earl H Steinmetz, Dorothy R. Hollenbach. Third Row CLeft to Rightj-Meda F. Hess CSecretaryj, Edna IVI. Seidel CReporterD, Everett K. Wfanner Qljresidentj Dorothy I. I-Iaederle, Edith L. I-Ienne Cllistorianj. Absent-Earl S. Loder C27 il C? 3 Page 16

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CV 23 fi 4, SOPI-IOMORE CLASS Top Row CLeft to Rightl-Mary Schnabel, Frances Rahn, john Fessler, Thomas Mays, Ralph Snyder, Dorothea Hinsey, Edna Trostle. Second Row CLeft to Rightl-Helen Snyder, Pauline High, Ethel Magners, Marion VVix, Dorothy Gabel, Mildred Mervine, Esther Heist, Thelma Holsclaw. Third Row CLeft to Rightj-Edward Meglathcry, Florence janaskie, Paul Gruber, Helen Brunner, Warren Good, Olive Dellecker, Roy Kershner. Fourth Row CLeft to Rightj-Frances Ritz, Martha VVelker, Fern Leinbach, Ruth Folk. Absent-Ethelbert Long. Cy il I? 4, Page 18