Franklin High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Franklin, PA)

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became dramat1c for a wh1le as we rehearsed and presented under the capable d1rect1on of M1ss Runmnger the .Tumor play ent1tled The Campbells Are Com1ng Th1s pro ductlon was accla1med as one of the all t1me greats 1n the annuals of F H S presentat1ons After the play we turned our attentxon to the prom honor1ng the Class of 55 After much hard work, much of the cred1t for wh1ch goes to Mrs Kendall we f1nally had the gym 1n preparedness for our Rose Fantasy Everyone agreed that lt was exqu1s1te Then lt came' Our Sen1or year was upon us but to our sorrow 1twas necessarythat Mrs Kendall take a s1ck leave, and 1n her place we put Mr Newell A major change 1n class adm1n1strat1on also came about, w1th Bob Muse tak1ng over S1ngleton the treasury Mary Power, however rema1ned as secretary Our f1rst aCt1V1ty of the year was the presen tat1on of the Football Dance after the O11 C1ty game Bomta Young was chosen as Football Queen to re1gn over the ball Then came our Semor play Stardust under the d1rect1on of M1ss Runmnger F1nally Chr1stmas was upon us and we undertook our last major act1v1ty the annual Chr1stmas Card sale After Chr1st mas we focused our attent1on on the events wh1ch were to come at the end of our school days The Junlors have honored us Wlth a prorn we have had our banquet, our dance our class p1cn1c and fmally the commencement for wh1ch we have waxted so long But now the t1me has arr1ved and we are shghtly reluctant to go But we must make way for another Sen1or Class and so we move 1nto the world wh1ch awa1ts us Farewell Frankl1n' Respectfully subm1tted Tony Harry lf' . H . ' , . - . 0 l 0 I. I the presidency, Bob Burch the vice-presidency, and Paul ' ll ll, ' ' O

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CLASS HISTORY Most of us remember the autumn of 1944 as the t1me of one ofthe most 1mportant events of our 11VeS We remember lt as the date of the begmnmg of the trek wh1ch has brought us to the present the sprmg of 1956 and our graduat1on from Frankhn H1gh We started as l1ttle blobs of matter wh1ch had to be form ed shaped and kneaded 1nto f1n1shed be1ngs ready to be turned out 1nto the world Our elementary teachers gave us our rough shape dur1ng our f1rst s1x years of school and f1nally the day arrxved when we were sh1pped to the f1n1sh1ng plant Jun1or H1gh School Through the seventh and e1ghth grades and our freshman year we were worked upon untxl at last 1n our Jumor H1gh graduat1onceremon1es we were declared ready for the set tmg and bak1ng processes that we rece1ved 1n Sen1or H1gh As Sophomores we became an organlzed class and se lected as our adv1sor Mrs Kendall, and as our off1cers D1ckRhoads Pres1dent AngelaDale,V1ce Pres1dent Mary Power Secretary and Bob Muse Treasurer Our act1v 1t1es 1ncluded the sell1ng of basketball penc1ls and the sell1ng of candy at the Jun1or and Semor plays and the Mus1cal Broad cast In the Spr1ngwe presented the annual Sophomore dance, Neptune's Parad1se and our fmrst soc1al funct1on was pro nounced a success Another year passed and we advanced one notch 1n rank and prest1ge to become the Jun1or Class In th1s capac1ty we aga1n chose Mrs Kendall as class adv1sor w1th the same off1cers as 1n the precedmg year As far as aCt1V1t1eS were concerned th1s was the b1g year We sold candy pop, and hot dogs at the games, basketball as well as football and after Chr1stmas we took up the sale of statlonery Both ac t1v1t1es were h1ghly successful Then came the t1me when we . 9 s . . l . - 9 n 1 . s , . s 9 s , - . , . -- n 3 2 1 3 J - ' . H . . . . , - . I . . 1 0 s ' S U - . 5

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CLASS PROPHECY As we gaze 1nto our crystal ball at the year 1970 or thereabouts we see that TONY HARRY IS now a great mus1c1an wlth the Symphony Orchestra REGINALD SMITH has left for parts unknown BILL VOKOLEK IS st1ll 1n school College now DARLENE MILLER IS attend1ng beaut1c1an school MARILYN JOHNSTON has taken up Elementary educat1on DAVID HIXON IS agreatchem1stw1th the Dupont Chem1cal Company BILL MCCULLOUGH has now become a profes s1onal baseball player JANICE MAUL 1S an old marr1ed woman now DICK PHINNEY IS now a member of the Marlne Corps DAVID BEALS 1s 1n college studymg for h1s A B degree maklng marr1age plans MARY KRYK 1S now travehng 1n the Mlddle West MARY JANE FOSTER IS now further1ng her edu cat1on IH Cleveland fat Fenn' 'J JUDY AYLESWORTH 1S now marr1ed and ra1s 1ng a famlly GLADYS POLLOCK 1s now a worlung g1rl LEE GILLILAND 15 attend1ng college to 1ncrease h1s 1ntell1gence IRENE DEETER 1S now a nurse 1n Meadv1lle CONI CANGEMI IS mak1ng the Navy her ca reer CI wonder why TED FIRSTER 13 now marr1ed He also has two football players and one majorette MARLENE BINGMAN 15 now Marlene G1lmore ANNA GROVE IS now a nurse WAYNE RARER 1S st1ll cleamng the deck 1n the Navy BILL BELLIS 15 st1ll maklng the tr1p to Hong Kong on h1s tr1cycle ROBERTA GURNEE IS now 1n the WAF's JERRY MONARCH IS try1ng to become a general 1n the Army SUSIE MCQUAIDE has flnally marrled JIM BROWNIS now tendmg bar for JACK GRACY Jack lS also work1ngpartt1me sellmg oananas MARJORIE THOMAS IS 1n nurses tralnlng PEGGY BRAKEMAN has now graduated from Ind1ana State Teachers College SARAH CARLSON has enhsted 1n the W omen' A1r Force DICK RHOADS IS study1ng eng1neer1ng so that someday he can bulld a brldge over the MIS S1SSlppl LENGTHWISEV P J SINGLETON LS now teachmg the Charleston on the Arthur Murray Party RUTH HARRY 1S trammg horses THELMA MCCARTNEY 1S r a 1 s 1 ng cattle Ar1zona SUSIE HARTER has become a 'Southern Sym path1zer ANGELA DALE has f1n1shed her nurses tra1n mg at Georgetown Un1vers1ty LESTER WRIGHT 1S tra1n1ng race horses TOM MILLER 1S on a Safarl to Afr1ca PETE AMBERSON and BOB WOOD are maklng the Navy the1r career RUSSELL FULMER IS dr1v1ng a tractor traller outfrt TOM MOSES 1S now pre s1dent 1n the flrm of G1lden's Glrdles for Fat Females QQ 99 MARY TIMNEY has finished college and is now ' ' ' ' ll ll . - I ' . 1 ..y D , ' . . - . , ' . , b A . Q 17