Friends Central School - Record Yearbook (Overbrook, PA)

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Ahl The big leap Seventh grade at last, only six more years We met the upper school teachers and accustomed ourselves to the various new tasks before us We then proceeded to get ourselves a reputation, which we cherish to this day that of being the noisiest class in the school This fact combined with the fact that we have a rather large class, makes a constant threat to tranquil atmosphere Clarence DeArmond left us in the seventh grade only to rejoin us in the junior year As the year drew to a close we gave the operetta, George Washington Eighth grade' Several new boys joined us l.eewood Qgden, Ernest Essig and George Muellerschoen Mr Crouch was our homeroom teacher as well as math instructor Boyl Did he tell jokes' l-low many of us remember Maynard Clark and Evan Boden s attempt to break each others tardiness record Maynard won, he couldnt get here more than five days straight without being late His pet excuse was the car wouldnt run any faster Ernest Essig was always a great attraction Since his parents were in the bakery business he often supplied cakes for everyone As we had several stamp col lectors in the class, Mr Crouch proved to be a drawing card also Spring fever, and then June, and another year drew to a close Qnly four more years to go Ninth grade was a great year for us Dick Stoll and all his germs and uncles joined our staff as did Sam Fields Paul Mory Bud Kohler and Henry f-lallowell Mr Gracey was our English teacher with Mr Crouch as homeroom teacher again Mr Gracey was the only man who ever successfully put a stopper on answer Seventy five words to be copied from the dictionary with full meanings Johnny Lawrence was a great big fellow and every time he moved his body the floor and chairs protested loudly along with all sorts of sighs and ah h hs coming from Johnny The results were inevitable and he joined the club At one time he had three hundred and seventy five words to write Unfortunately, John moved to Reading Penna , and we also lost George Muellerschoen through the death of his father We were sorry to see them go We are now second mates only three more steps to make Again we take on a load of passengers Sam Publicker, Frank Andrews, Watson Supplee, Bill Monroe, Ben Statzell and George Moose McGinley Several of our group felt sufficiently grown up to attend the Senior Prom Were we really growing up? What was to happen to us in the future? Ed Lambrect tried to answer this question by reading Ten Days on the Moon and other ten cent thrillers As fast as they appeared they were confiscated, but to no avail l-lis supply seemed inexhaustible thats the real reason that the Union News Company is still in business today This year was the start of the finish, marks were to count for college credit this year, and there was some evidences that people were going to college We are juniors' Clarence DeArmond, Ed Markel Jack Bye and Walt Kahler joined us, Clarence for the second time This business of being a junior had its worries and lots of them, but Ed Markel shouldered them immediately and because of his fine work . . . . I . , .. , , , I I our noise. l-low did he do it? l will tell you: the seventy-five-word club was the 1 . n . . i ' a . . h I . .

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ham leave Fraends Central When we weren t readang Davad Copperfaeld and The lhree Musketeers we were busy presentang two very successful plays, The Lady of the l.al4e, and She Stoops to Conquer Qur tenth year sped by, and an thas year we started the much emphasazed Enterprase ln connectaon wath our studaes an thas new system we presented a maraonette show, called The Wanged l-lorse, or Bellerophon fands Adventure -lhas was so good we had to gave at agaan before a group of fraends At the end of the year our class receaved ats farst publac recognataon by mal4ang a daasy chaan for the graduatang class of 35, whach everyone saad was the prettaest one they had had an years However, rumor has at that each sophomore class receaves the same complament, so part of the glory has faded ln the aunaor class, the usual dassensaon arose over the class rangs but was fanally settled to the apparent satasfactaon of a great maaoraty Qur prom, held at the New Aronomanlc, was a bag success, an spate of the fact that we had no few controversaes over plans for at the Barclay, and at turned out to be a grand affaar We safely returned from an educa taonal as well as naghtmarash trap to Washangton on whach l m afraad our land chaperons, Mr and Mrs Crouch, had quate a tame of at To add a couple of more events, both Anne Davason and Polly Young lost thear appendaces thas year l thanlc l maght safely add that the garls who have been connected wath the Nursery School have found at very anter estang and enjoyable And so, at last, we have reached the end of our road and are about to turn onto one much broader and longer than thas has been We have had our day at the top, and l hope have been looked up to, an turn, by the lower classes as we loolced up to the senaors an our younger days My last wash as that the bonds of fraendshap that have been formed here at school between us wall not be brolcen by the separataons whach are to follow an the years to come Mary Elazabeth Cannell BOYS CLASS HISTORY w E have refueled at every stataon untal today we have one of the largest classes er to leave Fraends Central Qur class was founded an the farst grade wath Everett Lord Wood as ats charter member ln the followang year Norman Costello and .laclc Downs sagned up We had plenty to do an those days eat, sleep and play ln the saxth grade we grew to be a rather large class How many of us remember the play company of Costello 84 Co and ats arch raval, Clarlc 84 Sons, who presented weelcly thrallers for the eraaoyment of everyone? l-low can one forget the antacs of Jaclc Culver as he Fell over baclcwards, whach he dad at least a dozen tames a day, or has radao set whach he brought to school . . . . I , Qur senior year has been very successful and eventful. We held our Senior Prom at Y

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was chosen senior class presrdent Qur class vvas vvell represented on the football team and other varsity sports We gave the seniors plenty of business for the Senuor Prom Plans for the Junnor Prom were late ID being started, but vve had good luck all along and a fine night for the dance It was held at the New Aronomlnlc Country Club Here at lastl It has been a long trup but well worth at We have many fond memories to lool4 bacl4 on Quite a large group jolned us In our fnnal year Bob Johnson, John Kleunz, Bull Abbe Jim McGrory, Frank Knight Fred Green, Ball and Maurice l-lall l-lerb Trucl4sess, Walt Wagner, Bob Russell, and Lundy Snmmerman The Sensor Prom was held at the Barclay thus year and was a grand party Everybody had a great time on the Washnngton trap, and vve were graced vvuth perfect sprung weather the whole time And novv we are saying good by to Friends Central and going our varsous vvays It has been an honor to represent the school, and many of us hope that because of our splendnd traunlng and fune background guven by the school We vvlll talce our place at the top of the ladder and look dovvn and say, We graduated from Friends Central School John B Warner GIRLS CLASS PROPHECY The scene A dlstrlct nlght court on the nught of June the thirteenth, some Fruday In the future Judge Eleanor Smolens us presldung vvrth Grace Mason acting as court stenographer Judge Smolens us spealcnng Qrder order un the courtroom' The class of 37 vvrll address the court statung name and occupatlon at the present tlme Your honor l have been asl4ed to act as spolcesman for the class State your name, please Constance Loeb Your l-lonor Constance Loeb you vvnll talce the stand Do you solemnly svvear l do not svvearl Very vvell We vvlll proceed vvuth the cases at hand Your l-lonor, l vvlll start vvuth Janet Gray She rs now closely assocuated vvuth the Mason l-lamlln Plano Company l understand that she has the lcey to the sltuatuon, vvlth no strings to the attachment either Uh, yes, and Ditty Cannell has justsugned acontract with the Naples Evening Gazette pledglng to elucidate on the Ins and outs of your problem chuld and mane perhaps you have neglected your chrld Judge If he refuses to eat his Wheatles, just send for Mass Cannell, she s a great psychologlstl The latest thung on the marlcet has 1ust been Invented by Mary Eleanor Richards the renovvned chemical research technician lts a special chemncal solutuon, absolutely guaranteed to remove all warts and fungus growths from oyster, clam, muscle and No Knox Shells A great vvorlc that' I I I . . . 1 . . 44 , , ,, I I . . . 1- . 1 . . I . I A , as , . 44 nr I . ll YI 44 as , . 44 , Qu , . . 44 H 44 , , H 44 , , , 4 4 . , 4 1 A , . 5 . ' . H . . . . 1 . Y , , 4, , . . C , . . v . 11 . . . - , I V 4 . ' - v ' 4 I - 4