Franklin High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Franklin, PA)

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JANUARY 1951 3 SOPHOMORE CLASS GFFICERS Anita Power, Rita Eckel, .lean Clark, james Vergis. Dear Diary, The Sophomore Class of 1953 organized for the first time with 150 members. Because the Cooking and Sewing rooms were closed while being rebuilt, Mr. Newell had quite a time finding a place to put us all. Rooms 113, 11, and 100 were turned into Sophomore home rooms. When we had first entered Franklin High we had been assigned the homerooms on the first floor of the new building. The back rooms of the corridor were ours and most of our classes were held there. The next year we did not move very far, but it was one step toward the Senior High and we still had hopes of advancing. As Freshmen, we took the second floor of the new building, and we were another step nearer our goal. Then at last it happened, we came to the old building for the first time. Now we are Senior High pupils. Once we were used to being upperclassmen, we started to look around to pick the officers who would lead us in our first year as a real class. A nominating committee had meetings, got advice from Mr. Newell, interviewed teachers, and discussed the momentous question with our classmates. At last we were ready to organize. Qs , . ... 1.ir,,. .-.a.,,, ,, Ai ,, , A , Miss Smith kindly offered to help us, and at our first class meeting we chose as our L I, officers jim Vergis, president, jean Clark, vicefpresidentg Rita Eckel, secretary, Anita E l Power, treasurer. We learned of the activities that would be assigned to us as Sophomoresg i ' ' -' ' pencil sales, home made candy sales, and a dance. These are not as many activities as are , conducted by the juniors and Seniors, but we knew that if we worked hard and made a E ex V' iuccess of our first class activities, the experience would make our last two years all the 1 A etter. ...I . .,.. A Miss Gevienne Smith, Adviser

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Freshmen g . ,..-.-X ROW l Al. McKinley, A. Sheafer, M. Noggle, C. Rennard, N. Wile, C. Yetka, V. Young, A. Nestos, bl. Zilhaver, C. Sibley, A. Patterson, hl. Sutman, D. Miller, S. Wright, N. McMurdy, G. lviorgan, nl. Miller. ROW 2 bl. Rhodes, C. Snyder, D. Long, D. Sutley, P. Steele, B. Morris, E. O'Brien, V. Pachla, A. Leta, D. Kriek, E. Sandieson, J. Reeves, E. Weaver. ROW BW bl. Turner, G. Wyant, P. Tirk, B. Woods, M. Smithhl. Spackman, M. Paden, C. Luton, P. Muse ul. Reid, B. Morrison, M. Sutley. ROW 4-J. Woolf, T. Wood, R. Stoebe, C. Krizon, F. Krizinsky, D. Klingensmith, C. Stainbrook, G. Leyda, Al. Smith, H. Page, R. Wood, D. Snyder, R. Wyatt, Ll. O'Brien, R. Moultoii, L. Stucke. TOP ROW-A E. Kresinski, D. Lawrence, D. Martin, N. Latshaw, C. Mitchell, bl. Snyder, D. Moyer. D. Wightman, G. Paden, hl. Poindexter, xl. Novak, W. Simpson, R. Nadig, D. Wood. 1 THE PACE IS GETTING EASTER. Shortly after the record hops a Senior dance committee started work ing on the decorations for the football dance, and the night of November 17, 19511, found the gym decorated with varif colored pennants clustered together and fastened at the center of the gym to a miniature football field with goal posts and all. The crowning of a football queen was the main feature of the evening. Mary Baker had been chosen as queen by the FHS band and was crowned by Ed Wihle, honorary captain of the squad for the season. Ted Brookhouser and his orchestra played for the event. We might mention here that FHS had been served faithfully and well for the last four years by Ginny Gramlich, Charlotte Serge, Nancy Dudley, and Mary Baker as cheerleaders. Our next big project was the Senior play, A Credit To The Family , and although we were hampered by the big snow, school being closed, the date changed, and other obstacles too numerous to mention, the production proved successful. We can still call to mind Pete Bargar, with his long hair and willowy figure reciting poetry to a bevy of girls Shortly after the first semester the new Senior members of the Honor Soceity were chosen. Those selected were Dick Gillingham, lim McBride, Phyllis DiPasquale, Susan Moulton, Shirley Wilson, Ed Wible, Nancy Dudley, Mary Baker and Rick Bleakley. April brought another Broadcast featuring Guy Stallone, Mary Ann Weigel, Pat Brown and many others of our classmates. And now, with Class Day scheduled for Friday, May 18, Baccalaureate for Sunday, May 20th, and Graduation for Thursday, May 24th, we face the future with courage and hope. 1. in-1 - QE

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Sophomores ROW l E. Ewing, M. Allen, B. Daily, ul. Kuhns, R. Boyer, bl. Haggerty, B. Beach, Ll. Brown, B. Chatley, P. Hores, I. Davies, L. Barnicle, P. Fahey, S. Andrews, S. Hovis, N, -lewell, E. Delo, C. Adams, A. Heffernan, A. Chamberlain, Row 2 L. Dennis, O. Brown, A. Hoffman, S. Heffern, D. Clark, R. Eckel, W. Kiskadden, B. Hanna, M. Karns, N. Barlow, P. Cropp, ul. Clark, C. Corrin, N. Cangemi, J. Baker, B. Boughner. ROW 3 fbl. Carlson, B. Dickson, B. Felner, L. Heckathorne, C. Brown, P. Ditzenberger, S. Buckley, C. DeLong, Al. Adams, L. Eshelman, C. Bennett, D. Graham. ROW 4 -T. Edgos, P. Dillman, B. Cranford, P. Aiken, J. Krizon, D. Boughner, B. Baker, S. Kyrzo, R. Kahle, L. Green, l. Harris, D. Fidler, W. Crisman, D. Davis, G. Carter. TOP ROWfT. Brown, L. Burchfield, G. Henderson, J. Fleming, li. Gilliland, B. Dearing, bl. Kinnear, J. Henson, T. Gealy, C. Hunsberger, G. Kozac, J. Cherry, C. Baker, ml. Gramlich, G. Boughner. f HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION marked all the committees chosen to carry on the work of the year. The first thing was to order the basketball pencils with the year's schedule on them. When they came every home room in the building echoed to the question Who wants to buy a pencil today? , and the clink of nickels and dimes. In no time they were gone, and we had a sum in the class treasury against the day when we would need money to pay for the expenses of the Senior Banquet and Dance. Graduation did not seem quite so Hit away as it had before. Soon we had to prepare for the candy sales, and again the Sophomore home rooms were invaded by comf mittee members collecting promises to bring home made candy to sell at the Senior Play. We didn't ask how much the the committee bought of their own wares, but so much delicious candy is a temptation, and it was all sold before the orchestra played the first note of its first piece. By the time the -lunior Play and Musical Broadcast were presented, we were in our stride. The committee mem' hers knew just what to do and again the prettily decorated table was bare in a short time, and more dollars were added to our slowly growing treasury. Our first dance was the big event of the year for us and we were determined to make it the most unusual Sopho' more Dance ever held. We chose the theme, The Thing , and since The Thing has never been described, we'll just have to report that it was unusual. '