Burnham High School - Burgoblac Yearbook (Burnham, PA)

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air' '- i f-f its - -pas FED GH. necker was appointed our Class Advisor. The ofiicers elected for the year were: Russel Ward ssss....,ssssss, ...,.,s,,,s,, ssssvsss. . ...e . s,.s,ss President Ruth Kurtz ..,..... ..,ssss V ice President John Pearson ssss.... ss.s,s.s,r Treasurer Averil Creighton .sssssss.....sssssss,...sssi .. f....,. .. ...,sss . .ss,,. . Secretary During the year we had many parties and socials. Among these were the High School Hallowe'en party in which the entire High School took part and the High School outing. By the time the second year rolled around our Class suffered a great loss of twelve members including our President and Treasurerg this made it necessary for us to elect new officers. They were as follows: John Fagan ....sssc . .....,,.,s,s, - s,,....,ss,,ss..,vsss..,...,sssss,s,,s President Ruth Kurtz ssssssss. .. ,,ss ss,...ss V ice President Alma Leeper ....sss,... v,sssssi, ssssss.,,....ss. -Treasurer Averil Creighton sss,.s,..g scss sscss,.sc. .s,s.... .Secretary Our former Class Advisor did not return this year. In his place was appointed Mr. Fred Bower, who stood by us the remaining years of our High School course, and proved to be a great leader in all school activities. Soon another year passed bringing us into the Junior Class with only twenty members. The ofiicers elected for this year were: Russell Lauver -- .... ..,... . . ...... - ...,.,..........,........... ..ii. P resident Ruth Pursel ..............,......i................. ....,...,.... V ice President William Creighton ..... ,....v....... . .Treasurer Averil Creighton ..... --- ...... .Secretary V ' This year we were busier than ever before, with both school and social activities. During this year we went to Huntingdon to visit one of our former teachers. We also went through the Standard Steel Works and saw the complete process of making steel. This year we had our first Class Play, All On Account of Polly. which was a great success. The money raised was used for the Junior Prom, held in the Carlisle Tea Room. Last and greatest of all is our Senior year. We had only eighteen members in the class, but the number was no hindrance to us. We all worked to be superior to all other classes. The ofiicers this year remained the same as the year previous. During this year we went to Huntingdon to visit the Reformatory and also had many class parties. This year the High School had the strongest basketball team it ever had, making every game a victory. Three of the five players were from the Senior Class. We gave our Class Play, Cousins, April 7th, which also proved to be a great success. A short time later we had our Class Day and Commence- ment exercises, after which we said good-bye to our dear old Alma Mater. TWENTY

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CDE! DH CIE! Ng f v 1 A ,f 5 C V T ' -it ' '- , Eff'-SA Vo' k ffg QQ, 4 .Q .1 Y ,Z f X flu I ,,3 1 jfnix I 1 ir-ir Y i -il -3 ,j CLASS OF 1927 Senior Class History 59Q,gfQlf1 N THE FIRST DAY of school in September, 1915, about fifty-three ' boys and girls made their initial appearance in the Burnham Schools, eight of them starting in the Newtown Building, and the 'T others in the Freedom Building. Now after twelve years, only thirteen of the fifty-three are left. These Hgures show that we have sus- tained a loss of forty pupils. Some have moved away, while others have gone to work. Three boys of the Class of 1927 started to school a year earlier. Ellis Hamaker started at Newtown in 1914 while Joseph Hunter and Paul Kanour started at Freedom in the same year. One member of the Class, Susan Miller, was picked up in the fourth grade. She camehere from the Red Rock School. The Class of 1927 is the twelfth Class to graduate from the Burnham High School. When the Class of 1916, the first class to graduate, were receiving their diplomas, the Class of 1927 were receiving their first pro- motion. Ordinarily it takes twelve years to complete an elementary and High School education, therefore the Burnham High School has now com- pleted its first cycle of twelve years. On September 3, 1923, thirty-five of us came strolling into High School. Being Freshies, we felt strange in our new environment but after some time we became accustomed to the High School atmosphere. Mr. Frank Long- NINETEEN

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r so 4 p fx if f fr? 'X X v 5 .L . n A Y Y The following members of the class have gone to school the given number of years without being absent: Roger Harper .ss.sss,se.s.., - ..e..e 8 years Kathryn Mowery ....i.re,,....... 2 years Mary Hoopes .... .... ssse,.,v, 8 y ears Lockwood Crownover .,,,,.e-,, 2 years Joseph Hunter ....v. ......... 6 years Ruth Jacobs ............................ 1 year James Jacobs .......... .. .ss,,ssss 3 years Averil Creighton ,,v..,, 1 ....... 1 year William Creighton .....,..sss 3 years Paul Kanour ......... ,r...,, 1 year Russel Lauver l...,.,.....e,eeseee 2 years Susan.Miller ,..,.. ....... 1 year Martha McElwee .....e,ss,,.,,,..... 1 year In the course of our twelve years of schooling, many events stand out so conspicuously that' they will always be remembered. But above all events, above all social activities, our teachers stand out as lighthouses on a rock bound coast. Theirs was to guide and protect, to teach and discipline, but all this under the magnetism of love and devotion. We desire to express our appreciation of all our teachers have done for our welfare and education. Following is a list of the teachers who have contributed toward our success Knot including a host of substitutesj : Grade Teachers Melissa Shaw Marian Fairchild Martha Moist Marian McClintic Ada White Grace Davis Meta Shartzer Bertha Bortel J. R. Hanawalt Josephine Snellenberg Mayes Soult Gertrude Mertz Rhoda Eward Eva Rothrock Elizabeth Ruble Mrs. Ruth Peters John Smith James F. Wills O. J. Farrell Pearl Kayes Cora Mendler High School Teachers Elmer E. Sipe Elizabeth J. Peters Fred C. Bower Catherine Decker Mary E. Howe Harold Miller F. H. Longnecker Rebecca Barrick Mary Gault Bruce Naugle Rosalie Camp Catherine Benson Mrs. Mildred Alexander -James Jacobs John Fagan Historians TWENTY-ON E