Meyers High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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.45 ZH! xl x Neff ATHLETICS I Q BARRY MILLER Editor-in-Cbief 105

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Chess and Debating First row, left to right: Leona Sokash, Libby Farr, Doris Stevens, Sandy Anne Voycheck, Lorraine Sokash. Second row: Don Berman, Wayne Counterman, Marcia Schlesinger, Karen Krebs, Bill Morris, Nate Fink. Third row: john Mohanco, Larry Keiser, Francis McCullough, William Mal- loy, Jerry McAfee. Absent: David Frey. CHESS CLUB Advisor: Mr. James Strome Rook, pawn, bishop, knight, king and queeng plus checking, checkmating, stale- mating and castleing make up the vernacular of the members of the Chess club. This elite group meets every Tuesday in the teachers ming room to clash wits and to prepare for their next meet. These meets are played with chess clubs from one many area high schools, Because the of these meets were not made known rest of the school not many people of the results to the realize that our chess club has had an undefeated season. They had victories over such schools as G.A.R., Kingston, and Wyoming Seminary. This year for the first time within the his- tory of the club three girls were allowed to ioin the group. These girls helped to prove that the feminine mind can keep up with the masculine one in playing that game of skill and intelligence - chess, DEBATING SOCIETY- Advisor: Mr. john Elias Under the direction of Mr. John Elias, a Debating Society, composed of members from grades ten through twelve, has been newly organized at Meyers this year. Membership in the club gives valuable training in im- promptu speeches, doing research, and think- ing logically. So-called masters of the art of Forensics have met with opponents from Coughlin and G.A.R. high schools. Since most members are novices, and this is the first year of the club's existence, the debates were not scored. Mem- bers usually met Thursdays after school, and discussed topics related to the national topic, Resolved: the United States Should Promote a Common Market of the Western Hemi- sphere. First row, left to right: Ed Saylor, Mary A. Quinn, Vice- President, Dare Kistler, President, Joyce Lennon, President, Marshall J. Hyman, Vice-Pres Second row: Jim Lenowitz, Steve Lurie, Nate Fink, Leah Anderson, Secre taryg Jay Harowitz, Third row: George Nahas, John Chrzanowski, Steven Wasserstrom, Jerry Kranson, Jerry Kaleshefski, Jeff Mertis. 104

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IFOOT BALL 1959-1960-1961-1962 Wyoming Valley onference Champions First row, left to right: Frank Swanberry, Fred McDaniels, Bill Dongas, Frank Redington, George Smith, Charles Ham- pel, Ken Mugford, Wayne Price, Dave Piatt. Second row: Lee Namey, Richard Conrad, Mark Eyerman, Joe Peel, Dan Smith, Paul Shovlin, John Gallagher, Paul Wolfe, Jeff Namey, Bill Harding. Third row: Bob Gimble, Coachg Gabe Serbin, Ricky Simon- son, Phil Richards, Bill Vetter, Stan Sirotkin, Dan Becker, Bruce Amos, John Garrah, jim Smith, Don Fetterolf, Da- mian Raykovitz. - 1 - Fourth row: Marv Antinnes, Assistant Coach, Frank Pfeil- meier, Sam Jayne, Gordon Kutz, Dale Nicholson, John Con- nelly, Bob Trethaway, Bill Parry, George Gimble, Jerry Grohowski, Charles Fick, Fred McDaniels, Assistant Coach.