East Bethlehem Township High School - Annual Yearbook (Fredericktown, PA)

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A Scarcella M Saladna H lsenberg L Piper Pres1dent Secretary Vlce Presldent Treasurer HISIOIY Class of 1940 ln the beglnnlng the class of l940 was Just another group of freshmen We submitted patlently to our lI1ltl3tlOl'l mto hlgh school llfe but somehow we just couldn t belleve we were dumb freshles Indeed had that stern body of upper classmen looked they would have found even then qualltles very much like thexr own For lo the greenhorns were pleasant and wllllng to learn' Some werent the least afraid of book larnln and many exhlblted a startling mterest m extra currlcular actwmes' It was ln that memorable freshman year that the Bethescope was hrst publlshed under the sponsorshlp of the Class of 37 wlth Mlss Sokol as advisor also the Frlendshlp Club was organized w1th lVl1ss Perrone as aclvlsor Thus OCCUp1Cd w1th new problems and new sltuatlons the perlod of derlslon soon passed for the green horns As Sophomores we at once proved ourselves artists competent enough to paint on East Bethlehem s endless scroll We won the respect and admxratlon of the upper classmen when immediately lt was found that we were Interested ln thlngs scholastic that Buday lsenberg Lawrence lVlar1n1 lVlato vlch Sefllc Sosnak and Snyder were xnterested ln athletics that Helen Buber and lVlar1lynn Mlller were Just as Interested ln forensics It was durmg this year that the Beta Trl H1 Y was organlzed wlth lVl1ss Haver as advlsor The Senior Class Officers Fourteen - Q Q 1 - - 1 - 11 11 - , . 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 u 11 - - 1 . . , . . . . 1 . . , . . 1 1 1 1 - - - u 11 - 1 , . . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1

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Class Hrstory As we demonstrated our abllltles ln things currlcular and extra curricular we were led by Presrdent Lours Zanolll vrce presrdent ulra Bodnar secretary and treasurer Naomr Rankln As we took up the seemingly mysterious roles of upper classmen we couldnt help looking back at the freshmen and sophomores wrth dlsdaln But that didnt last long for soon we were engrossed rn the flnanclal problems of unlor days However when the un1orSen1or prom was held lt compensated us fully for our efforts ln those arduous days the class was led patiently by Presrdent Anthony Scar cella VICC presldent Helen Buber secretary Matllda Saladna and treasurer Lloyd Plper Most certalnly the class had abllltles for leadershlp for lts mem bers worked faithfully ln nurturlng the lnfant among our school or g3IllZ3t1OI'1S the Student Council Somehow those problematic days ended and l939 found us a body of dignified Seniors ulla Bodnar became edltor of The presldent of the Student Councll The boys were so lnterested ln athletlcs that the glrls took over leadershlp ln other flelds But the boys were vlctorlous polltlcally when Anthony Scarcella was elected president of the Senior Class Other officers mcluded Vrce president Howard lsenberg secretary lVlat1lda Saladna treasurer Lloyd Prper The dramatlc talents of the class were demonstrated 1n an lnsplred presentatlon of The Yankee Kmg under the dlrectlon of MISC Adams Two able SCDIOFS Howard lsenberg and Paulme Volcheck had the leading roles The Class of 40 found that from one hundred and twenty two lts enrollment upon entry as Freshmen the membershlp had dwmdled to seventy five the smallest class to graduate rn three years lts mem bershlp Included two brothers and srsters Lols and Lloyd Plper Falflla and Frank lVlar1n1 and five couslns Wllma McNulty Naomi june Warren and Wllllam Rankm Llttle more can be sard about the members of our class As the curtam was slowly drawn on our hlgh school days C-raduatron Bacca laureate and Class Nlght welghed heavlly upon our mlnds But all of our problems couldnt dlspel a secret regret that we had to leave the famllrar scenes we had grown to love Fzfteen J . Z y . . . ,, . . ,, . ' J . . Bethescopeg Helen Buber, editor of Hi-Spots: and Matilda Saladna,