Columbia High School - Susquehannock Yearbook (Columbia, PA)

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PAST PERFORMANCES Freshmen' How grown up we thought it sounded' We were only the small concession stand operators on the Midway but at long last we were part of the show In those by gone days we were shy and quiet fthe teachers seem to think weve changedj Smce we were so small and mconspicuous we Call 125 of usj envied the Seniors Little did we realize how soon we would have that envied position Looking back on our Freshman year we recall the beginning of guidance classes largest marching band in the schools history Iowa tests which determmed our achievements laughing at Mother Is a Freshman a hard fighting football team that came out on the long end of the count only three times the Liberty Ball our first professional assembly the Lenaros Sweet hearts of Melody a basketball team that won ten and lost eight Kuder preference tests to denote our aptltudes Rose of the Danube new faculty members Mr Donan Mr Lampman and Miss Searight electing Jack Yohe president Frank Barton vice president Sue McNeal secretary and Fred Dmkel treasurer our classmates in activities the Freshman Sophomore Party on St Patricks Day when the Sophomores decided they could stand us for one evening final exams And then Sophomores' 'l Promoted from the concession stands we were conducting the side shows this year We had lost our shyness for living up to the Sophomore tradition we were very sophisticated and worldly wise fthe teachers have another word for it smart I thmk they usej Even though we were so matureQ9j we still longed for the social status of the Semors It never dawned on us that we only had two years to wait Thinking of our Sophomore year brings to mind an enrollment of 122 the first Homecoming Game with the 1926 football team as guests Seven teenth Summer presented by the Dramatic Club student government mstl tuted at C H S a strugglmg football team that hit the win column only Normandy the 10 8 record of our basketball team the odd noises which originated in the library biology write up reelection of Jack Yohe, presi dent Frank Barton vice president Sue McNeal secretary and election of a new treasurer Donald Bartch Mr Kreiser and Mr Bender joining the teach ing staff the fun of picking hats pennants and class rmgs playing host to the Southern District Chorus the Freshman Sophomore Party when we left our hair down and mmgled socially with the Freshmen final exams and our high school career half over Imagine' Us upperclassmen' ' ' At last we were under the Big Top As seasoned troupers we could look down our noses at the youngsters going appre hensively through the halls Every wrong move we made the teachers re mmded us of the fact that we were now Juniors and good behavior was expected of us fwe thought otherwise as teachers soon found outj We still desired the prestige of the Semors but were content with the thought of only one year b tween us and them Memories of our junior year mclude Varsity C Club mitiations Commer cial Department swimming party a 6-4 record that made us proud of our football team the Glee Club s trip to the Ice Follies the start of a Junior bowlmg league drivers trammg with the man possessing iron nerves Mr Wmdmuller wearmg our sharp looking class rmgs for the first time Y Teens basketball season which ended with seven wins and eleven losses bemg recorded m the books the Y Teen formal with its South Pacific theme the Elmwood after the dances new class officers Frank Barton president Ken Schuler vice president jmny Liddle secretary and Glenda 16 , - . , . . . ' 7 - . , , Q u . . . H ,, . . . . . . , , ' . . . I is M . . . : . , . , ' ' . . . ' , Z , 3 , 3 , . . . . . . ' . , . . . . ' , ' 7 Y - ' 66 N ' ,, . . . once . . . the new Library Club with Miss Hahn . . . the operetta, Chimes of ,, . . 9 , ' - ' s , s ' , . . . . . - . . . , , . . . . . - ,, . ,, . . . . , - . . . Q- , . . . . . . , . . . ,, ,, . . . . ' ' . . - I . at . ,, o u n n 0 n M y . I . . l ,, . ,, . u 1 1 ' 1 1 v

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PA T PERFORMANCES Shields treasurer our girls intramural basketball team the Bloomer Girls who took the champlonshrp from the Semor teams Turn Back the Clock that mysterlous Virus X which caused the postponement of our talent show sev eral t1mes dolng the Virginia Reel at our fun nights outstandmg track team Larry Meley as Shakespeare in The Ghost of a Show the addl tion to the faculty of Mrs Sheckart and Mr Huntzmger the Chmese Garden theme of the jumor Senior Prom the success of the first festival sponsored by the Student Council our trip to Hershey which ended the school year looking forward Thls was lt' At last we were in the Center R1ng After three years of waiting we were finally at our goal It gave us a thrlll just to be called Semors We no longer had to envy anyone for we were the Big Wheels now The teachers kept telllng us that just because we were Semors we needn t expect special pr1v1 leges Cthey soon found out we got what we expectedl Our days at CHS drew qulckly to a close Our Senior remembrances are new football uniforms start of adult driving classes the Christmas cantata Donald Bartch heading the Student Coun the first pep meetlng in the gym when the cheer leaders played football the Blue Jays smgmg in assembly math projects Elaine Broomes weeping and wa1l1ng in A Change of Heart preparation of term papers guidance on a homeroom basxs the Autumn Whlrl june Rupp winning the D A R award victory parades after football games gettnng announce ments and namecards the HI'St homeroom Christmas decorating contest Shirley Hexstand giving the Mifflin address the winnlngest football team around CHS 1n a long time MagHOl13 Magic at the Y Teen formal Rogan Marley s crush on Miss Bollnsky shorter majorette skirts the Glee Clubs spring musical program exchanging pictures the fun of Christmas carollng at 3 00 A M Fred Dmkel and Bessle Foltz collectmg attendance sllps defeating Lancaster Catholic twice in basketball our front seats in assembly the pep rally at Jansons our exper1ences with four different English teachers the Snow Ball Larry Meley wmnmg the Pennsylvanla Week test our first technlcolor movie in assembly gett1ng off school for three days to conduct a census a highly successful basketball season Kline our substltute band leader insisting that he be called Buck Punkm Smith supplying us with food in POD class the commercial students after noon at the bank being first on the library slips recordmg our VOICES on the tape recorder dlstrlbutrng Christmas boxes the benefit movie for Frank Lowry new llghts in the library jack Yohe being elected presldent of our class once again w1th Arthur Rupp as vlce president jean Van Valken burgh as secretary and Fred Dmkel as treasurer gettlng off school to view the presidential inauguration on TV dancing to the music of Len Matrom s orchestra at the junior Senior prom Jack Yohe leading the football scorers of the county the traffic Jam we caused at the mtersectlon in the park Fred Dworschak refusing to wr1te with yellow chalk the Crimson and Gold Youth Day elections our record for absenteeism our all around triumph ln sports the Y Teen swimming and skating parties the day Mrs Weyant turned the tables on the boys and whistled right back at them our Semor Sextet smgmg at the 1953 Varietles Mr Sheckarts Jokes at Press Club meetings doing the john Paul Jones at our guidance parties all the good times at Bernie s the beauty of May Day finals Baccalaureate Serv ice May 31 our class trlp Commencement June 4 farewell to C H S 17 - ' v - u - as , . . . v , - - ' as n . . . . . . sa 11 - ln as - LL ' 77 . . . , . . . c1l . . . an as ' - - - ' Q . . . . U ,, . . . M . ,, . . . . . . . . H . . ,, ' ' as ' - ry , . . . . , . . . . . . . . H . ,, . - at av - ' - ' ' ' ' ' cs 91 as ' vv , , . . . . . . . . , 1 ' 9 ' , . . . . . 6 . as ' ' sc ' ' xv v ' ' il ' 9 77 , . . . . . . , . . . . . .