Borough of Etna - Centennial Festivities Yearbook (Etna, PA)

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u , -,.,..,.. ,M .. , . I In the meantime during the twenty-eight years pre- ceding 1912, more than 300 pupils had been members of the senior class at Locust Street. This was an ad- vanced class beyond eighth grade commensurate with concentrated high school training. Many completed the work. Seventy-three of this num- ber by 1908 had taken the teachers examination and all but two of three entered the profession. Many gzaeg mgig -E-no-'fm ,O ESRB 'sis gqgfblhl 22-.iss ogtfgg cr' 3-525 'sz-tm: mgag rl-15'fvS sf-an m::0-cm. rn?-05' 2.222 F... sgqaf. me-:. D 1lx'J ' sage V,-109 E030 0125 E- anew rfmi' ogglg 2.:15iDm 5 ti? TLS' I fr - 'ffm yi I , .S ,EM sin +I 3 0 1 A Mil L ITT? i'J-fx T N v- ,Jw , '- Qi, . QT ,V S0 . N1 'F' fy' ' Q' T 4 1. A wif? f . Z D L, I V' - ' 'i'T'i 'ft , ,mf Q V 5 ,.-v QI A W A ' M ar sg in 1 EF: ' ii' ' J - A ' rf ? m-74 , A 3 as .. , F 'I' - I .dfgfh ll .5--.1 rv 1 I. A- ik he .. ,, ' W L s STUDENTS OF SHARPSBURG-ETNA H.S. boards 'fit was unanimously decided to establish a joint high school on terms to be submitted in writing at a later meetingfi IMinutes of Sharpsburg School Board, E. B. Roberts, Sec.l The resolution was adopted unanimously by the Sharpsburg board that the cost of maintaining said joint high school including teacher's salaries, text books and supplies . . . be born by each district in proportion to the number of pupils attending from the district . . .N Succeeding entries indicate that by Sept. 9, 1912, the joint high school was functioning. Some of the Etna pupils who went that first year to Sharpsburg to high school were Helen Slilz fMiehlkel, Jesse Vvally fBeck1, Helen Pope, ,Ioe Abbott and David Labowitz. Later Etna students included Gertrude Speer fAmbrosel, I . - I I -. 'Ti' Q I 55- lj ., gg i , Um, ,I x It-nf to F9 9' ' rw rm Q 'ffga Q B ff 'v 4 AJQ' Q Tv Mn 9 3 if v 1 ' cf I: Tl 1 'E V . Q, ' , QF ' I V 75' 5 V1 ' as 'w .0 E lia F 5. , 5 2' n, : ' ': ' J- j 2' IL. Q' 7,. ' ' -Y .. -- ' -I ' 5' ....... ff if face- -ft 2. ate. -- '-Q .ATX , ,U , G' :ALL 1 A cl, , 'r -- P' X . ' -' . . -. -- i H' -I f l IJ ' ' 'L l , 1 '-iw X 'f' ' iff-C' + V .n v . Pi I I I I I 5-5 I I' vw Tw ,TT ANOTHER SHARPSBU RC-ETNA ILS. 30 -I I .. .,,, ,,.,.,, t . .,. ,- .,, F . I 'N Wilbur Rae, Eva ' ' - I UCkl3S, Evelyn Metzger, and Pearl Otte fVVhitehill1- On June 17, 1913, it was resolved by the Sharpsburg board to continue the arrangement. On December 8, 1913, Dr. R. D. Ambrose was unanimously elected a member of the joint high school committee and the secretary instructed to so notify Dr. C. A. Speer, Secre- tary of the Etna board of his election. By March of 1914 discussions were being held con- cerning the purchase of a property on Main Street in Sharpsburg owned by H. J. Heinz. This is remembered as the beginning of the long struggle between com- munities for the position best suited to their separate needs IAspinwall later entered the lists where no one was victorious and each finally went his own wayi. But on April 13, 19111-, it was determined to continue as begun. On March 8, 1915, John Thomas Esq. reported the disagreement among the three districts and was request- ed by the Sharpsburg board to rake up the question with O,Hara Township and Aspinwall. Want of space and time precludes the inclusion of other interesting meetings except one or two pertinent ones. On June 15, 1915, a committee of high school students presented a petition for the retention of Pro- fessor Bisch as principal. Mr. Flory, however, was later elected to that position. All proceedings concerning Aspinwall, O'Hara, and Sharpsburg jointure were dropped on June 10, 1916. On November 13, 1916, action was taken for closing the business of Sharpsburg ... . XAWAJ, STUDENTS OF ETNA H.S. AT WILSON STREET 1 FIRST ROW: Robert Smith, George Schreiber, Joseph Mensel, George McBride, Robert Smith, Herman Streiff, Paul Lewis, ClYdC Lce. SECOND ROW: Elsie Morre, Eleanor Shinglcdecker, Mildred Couch, Hattie, Will, Frances Sunday. Edna Kinsey, Elsie Byers' Ethel Rae, Helen Thomas, Margaret Fitch. THIRD ROW: Jeannfm Frederick, Anna May Wonders, Emily Danrlo, Elizabeth Kammfft Frances Park, Ruth Klinginsmith, Thelma Hartung, Marie Nllllgh' ton, Margaret Couch, Bessie Miess. Vera Clouse, Hazel Hilliard- Esther Clouse. FOURTH ROW: Miss Edith Ramsey, John Johnson, Isadore Iiabowitz, Howard Dickey, Emil Kaschai, Harry Bechtold. I-larry Wally, William Vidl, Carl Sigan, Mr. John D. McIntyre. N ,-1-fel -'fer r' f

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Q V-gETNA SCHOOL BOARD' A. H. Calvert Tres., W. H. Heilier Sec'y., J. l-I. Boertzler Treats., I... Zorb, .I. Wcissert, J. Kuntz, LOCUST STREET SCHOOL I quote from the 1908 history: '5Mr. Jesse Tyler. who as contractor, built the Walnut Street School and Mr. Robert Chessman, who made the brick for it, were always earnest supporters of the schools, and the building they erected stands as a monu- ment to the honesty as well as the skill of the old timer. For a time before the erection in 1897 of the Wilson -Z-f . f- mf ttttTIHmf7ff3l, Imuiii' HL ll 'lt is HHH -X423 mud:- SITE OF WEIBLE STREET SCHOOL WWW WIISOIT sriiiiEfsci N Miss Henrietta Irvine, Miss Christine Yahres, Miss Helen Armstrong Miss Henrietta Hoymeyer. Street School, classes were held in a one-room building on Weible Street directly behind Himler's Cleaning and Pressing fat 50 Grant Ave.l. Miss Christine Yahres, a native of Etna, began her teaching in this building in 1896. She recalls that she was the only teacher and that Silas McDonald was one of her pupils. From W'eible Street Miss Yahres went to the new school on Wilson Street where at first she was the only teacher. For many years only four of the original eight rooms were needed and until the domestic arts were introduced about 1910 or 1911, Miss Yahres, principal, Miss Helen Armstrong, fr-3 pi 1 M ' J Miss Henrietta Hohmeyer and Miss Henrietta Irvine made up the staff. Vvhen domestic science was intro- duced, Miss Mae Francies taught pupils for a few years from both the public and All Saints schools. Later fifth and sixth grades were added to Wilson Street for a few years while Locust Street housed all grades from one to eight. 'l v.., W' .4 vy 9 ' Us vas 'fl'-A Q1 55-4 Q3-1 4 I ltqzigfpyt -

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Tt'I1V-'1l!!'.lI1ll5!iIE',lLll4'3illtlW3'-'- 7f'9'l ? -4- il - - - -----4 1' - 'iv l and Etna I ' ' ,,......--f if Names on the faculty, among others, were L. D. Cooner, Farrell, Kock, Peters, Rohrneyer, McAulis, Crouse and Hubacher. It was during this period in the progress of Etna Schools that both he Sharpsburg and Etna Superintend- ents of many years left the field-C. C. Kelso of Sharps- 1 JOHN D. McINTYRE burg by resignation on May 10, 1944, and J. A. Irvine by death on June 29, 1914. Mr. James Mitchell was elected to replace Mr. lrvine. In 1915 Etna organized a high school of her own in the Wilson Street building. Mr. John Mclntyre was elected principal. Miss Edith Ramsey was the only other f , iv y . ' v. tpe 'asv me .N Q.. 1, is Q ,is 'S 3,5 9519, S., 23 ig, 2 ,ajii f --f-- Y-'W W 'vi---1----?. A 3- if ' ., :-. - 'J 41425. ,,..4. .f.f.-.1,g:f.w- V . W f MR. WILLIAM STEWART teacher that first year outside the teachers of special subjects: music, domestic science, and manual training. Mrs. Bessie Shaw recalls that the seventh as well as the eighth grade was given a county examination in order to obtain enough pupils to permit opening a High School. She became one of the first commercial students who through two years of concentrated study, was allowed to graduate with a business certificate. The academic pupils were required to continue for a full four years in order to win a college preparatory credit. The first four year class, therefore, was graduated from Etna High School in 1919. ln 1917 Mr. John Mclntyre had joined the armed forces and his place was taken by Mr. Shearer as Principal of the High School. Mr. Shearer remained just one year and was succeeded by Miss Elizabeth Fleming. That same year H918-19195, Miss Jean Lewis, daughter of Reverend Lewis of the First Presby- terian Church of Etna, joined the faculty. From then on the teaching staff of the High School was expanded and such names as Carlon, fManual Training5, Matthias Y Z-Z.