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

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Tina 1931 B1aAcoN 25 II bllllll llllll IIIIIIIII II L - fi 'S -r Q? . . 5 R x 5-f TSC? e .1 - ' 9 i- 1 .1 S 1 T e as -1 Ufnni SSOCi.2ltTOfl CWS U09 N l lctivities of the NVest lXC'1Cl1l'l0 High livery! w School Xlumni xx5bOCl l.llO1l are again CEE' J recorded in the pages ot history. F-'L The annual banquet held May 29th at VVhitner's Banquet Hall boasts of having had the banner attendance in comparison to like affairs of previous years. Our guests, thirty-three young men and women, constitut- ing the Class of IQSO, and, incidently, the larg- est class ever graduated from the local high school, were introduced individually by one of their members, Donald Schaeffer. After an address of welcome by our president, Sidney D. Kline, Harry lf. l'otteiger, representing the Class of IQ23, presented the 1923 merit award to Helen Yohn. The main speaker of the even- ing was the Rev. J. B. Landis. A short busi- ness session was conducted and the following ofhcers were elected: another year comes tp a close the Q 1 Q, lt c '., ' c b g F5375 l q L ' L . t ' ' . - ' I 1 ,J A . L C . L. C President-Harry ll. Potteiger, '23. Vice-l'resident-VVinfred Brunner, '23, Secretary and Treasurer-Fern A. Leinbach, '26. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer-Edith Henne Leightheiser, '25. During the course of the banquet a few pupils of the Catharine VVolf Dance Studio enter- tained with specialty dances. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing and play- ing cards. The High School team again defeated the Alumni in the basket ball game which was played during the Christmas vacation. On December 27th the Alumni held a Christ- mas dance at the tireen Valley Country Club. The merrymakers danced to the strains of Wfally Spotts' Orchestra. The affair was verv well attended and proved to be a huge success, both socially and financially. The VV. R. H. S. Alumni Association is well represented in all walks of life. At the pres- ent time there are four members on the teach- ing staff of the local schools and another acting as school secretary. A mnnber of the 1930 graduates are pursu- ing their education at higher institutions of learning. They are: .lohn I-Iarner, Harold Knoll, Helen Yohn, Mary Yohn, Albright Collegeg Betty Drenning, Drexel, james lVlaclVlinn, Muhlenbergg Florence Schlottman, Grace Gabel, Wfest Chester Teachers' College: Inez Greth, XVestern Maryland, Audrey Dim- ler, Charles Hess, Donald Schaeffer, Leah Smith, McCann's School of Businessg Gene Levengood, -lay Brooke Miller, Marion Young, Stoner's Business College, Ruth Bodey, Read- ing Hospital Nurses' Training School, Ed- ward Ganster and john Hunter, Textile Trade School. Dan Cupid has been extremely busy attend- ing to the needs of the Alumni members, as twelve have been married during the past year. Alumni members, boost your Alma Mater by lending a helping hand whenever an oppor- tunity presenls itself. Wlie hope to see you at the next banquet.

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, 'J 1 1 P. , . -4 Tm: IQSI I.u,At.oN IlllllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIllllIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIIllllIllIIllIllll'IIIIINIlllIIlllIIIllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIllIIllIIlIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIlllIlllIIlllIllIIIIlllIlIIIIlIIlllllllllllllllllllltllllIIIIMIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllIII C1388 IOP CCY was a still, bitter cold night in I March. In my comfortable chan' before the cheery hre I was trying to become interested in a novel, but my mind wandered to the future of my classmates, many of whom I would never see after we graduated. As I sat and gazed into the leaping, red flames, a vision appeared before me. Father Time stood there with a large book in his hand, from which he began to read the future of our class. Alfred Kuhn, your class president, he read, will be the president of a great western university. Wilbur jones, vice-president, be- came a salesman, and within a few years after his graduation married his school days' sweet- heart, Ifmma Hinnershitz.', Turning the page, Father Time continued: One of your members, Helen Grimm, has caught the vision of saving the world from sin and is working as a missionary in japan. An- other, VValter jones, is a doctor. Helen Ang- stadt and Kathryn Riegel have given their lives to waiting on the sick. Drawing an advertisement from the back of the book he read: The world's famous duo, Wfellington Mast and Kenneth Reber, are now appearing in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Going on further: Verna Krick taught kindergarten for a few years, then she married Lewis -Keller, now a man of high standing in the business world. Sara ,Palm is a teacher in the Mount Airy School. Mildred Heller is an English teacher in Wfest Reading. The business world called several of the class. Herman Sheidy is a bookkeeperg Marjorie Barker, Lillian Holsclaw are stenographers. The hnancial world has need of trained men, and we find Ira Creth as president of the Reading National Bank, with George Knoll as cashier. George liessler and Fremont Alder- man have become prosperous merchants in Lancaster. Since man cannot live without eating, Helen Potteiger is manager of the 'Cherry Blossom Tea Room,' a very attractive place in the country. Melvin I-laas has become a min- ister in XVilkes-Barre. Turning page after page, lfather Time rambled on: Carl Bechtel is at present plan- ning a non-stop flight in the famous plane 'VVhitey' to Mars, john Bernstel and lidwarfl VVilliams are signed up with the Yankees. Baseball has also called Harry Clemens, a typical Babe Ruth. Fldwin Zechman is a his- tory professor at Albright College. Norman Reeser and Clifford Fox have become elec- trical engineers. Carl lfnsslen is operating his father's wholesale cheese house. Dorothy Fox, unable to escape Cupid's dart, has been mar- ried recently. George I-lollands has become United States consul in Hong Kong. Etta Leddick is work- ing in a dentist's oflice in I4Iarrisburg. Ralph Schollenberger is a physical instructor in Sink- ing Spring High. Father Time shut his book of centuries with a bang, which brought me hack to earth. I thanked him for the privilege of seeing into the future, and he faded away into the flames. SENIOR CL their persecution of us when we were fresh- men, left us. In our senior year there were thirty-six members in our class. Four years before we had sixty-two seekers of knowledge, but for various reasons they dropped out, one by one, until only thirty-six remained. For our last year we chose Alfred Kuhn to guide us to safety in our class adairs. Throughout the year we took ASS HISTORY part in many activities, some of us were on the basket ball, track or soccer teams, while others took part in several dramatic produc- tions that we presented. Our senior year was one of great preparation for taking our linal departure from this our Alma Mater. This splendid school has been loved and worked for, and has implanted in our lives that one idea- that we can always rise one step higher than before.

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4.-4-1. 26 Tum 1931 BEACON IIIIIIIIllIIllIIlIIllIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIllIIllIIlIIIlIlllIIllIllIIllillIIUIIllIlllIIllIIIIIIllIIIIIIllIllIIIllIIllIIllIllIIllIIIIllIIllIIllIIllIIllIIllIlllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIllIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIllIIIIIIIIlIIIlIIIllIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIII h See names on page 53.