Greencastle Antrim High School - Conococheague Yearbook (Greencastle, PA)

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l'l.XROL President XVILLIA Yice B12'1 rv I I ICN soN Secretary RICIl,XliID M ILLIER Tr M iss Adviser 0,9 0l'VL0l 8 n RowL.xNn ul XYlf.XVlCR lll'CSiCl6I1t CZISUYCI' Fl.lC'I'Cl1liR On September 7, 1939, as freslnnen, we eagerly. yet timidly, entered the halls of Green- castle High School, only to remain here a few years and then move on to higher and newer ideals. VVe made our first contributions to our assemblies when we presented a program entitled The Trial of Fire in observance of Fire Prevention XYeek. October S to l-l. Examinations terminated the school term and wt eagerly looked forward to being sophomores. VYe became sophomores ready to accept additional responsibilities, and, with Miss Fletcher as our adviser, we elected officers and student council members for the year. Since our class con- tained 71 members, we were divided into two groups and had Room o and Room 9 as our home rooms. The girls also were taken into the Senior Tri-Hi-Y group. Our class has contributed to the many activities of the school, The junior lllee Club, composed of 33 boys and girls of the sophomore class. sang two patriotic numbers at a P. T. .'X. meeting held in the High School .'Xnditorinm. Later in the year. our group appeared in assem- bly to sing Finlandia, Song of the Island. and Dark liyes. Many of our members have been active in the athletic activities. VVe were represent- ed on the soccer team by Richard Miller, VVayne Rarnhart. and George VVingert. On the hockey team we were represented by Betty Shimer, Betty Henson. and Virginia Nlartin. XYe also have had many members participate in the intramural sports in which we have not been very success! ful, but we hope to have better results when we are upper classmen. Other scholastic activities have included the writing of essays and ballads and the making of posters. some of which have been exceptionally well done. The social events which many of our class enjoyed were the school Hallowe'en party and our class Christmas party. Feeling the Christmas spirit. we had a tree. exchanged gifts. and topped it off with refreshments and best wishes for a Merry Christmas to everyone. This year has brought us many new ideas. especially in our liuropean History class. and a secretary, every two weeks. Their duties are to call the class to order and to read the minutes of the Under the supervision of Mr. Conrad, we elect otiicers, a president 0 Q preceding day. Different members of the class give A I ' news reports which keeps A us in touch with present mi g ,N 1 . . Q Q :S day events in the nations 5' :K Q of the world. T ,ff Qs X ' .-Xt present our cl'1ss con- '. . i n C N ' w Q13 f f tains oh members and we fj, ,LMI----M -N eagerly look forward to 4' ',. sgN . . . 'f the experience ot being up- 'W59 4 e , H.. per classmen next year. XXX- hope to gradutlte. rep- resenting our class as well as have our predecessors. 15

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zfaniora Cirxl il,l'.b Lui xi 111: l'resident M.xx lllIFlfM.XN Yiee President lil-f'I I'Y SIl.x'l'zlClv Secretary lCi.i..x GL.xs1f1: 'llreasn rer Miss l'lll1,I.Il'I'X On September 3. 1940 the Class of 19-ll came bark to school as upper classnien to face the most bnsy and eventful year we have had in all onr years of sehool. ,Xdviser After six days of school had lapsed, we began a system of home room organization with a president, viee president, secretary. and a committee, appointed by the president. to take care of any problems having to do with the home room. The election of home room officers and the appointment of the committees has ocrnrred every six weeks. lfarlv in October we had onr class elertion and later in the month had onr semi-annual trip to Cold gprings Park. livery month seemed to hold in store something new and different for ns. On November 1, we voted for our class rings bnt were disappointed when we tonnd ont we would not get them before Christmas, ,Xt Christmas the home room committee decorated a tree and sponsored a party at which gifts were exchange. lzntertannnent was supplied by a tew ot our mnsie talented classmates while all of us joined in singing Christmas carols. On December 31 onr class rings arrived, and sneh a waving of hands and swinging of arms has never been displayed. 'llhen in February we began to think of onr class colors and song. On the thirteenth of February the class had a meeting' for the decision of onr colors. song. motto, flower, and play. Columbia blne and white were voted for the colorsg onr song' was written by Betty Bryan to the tune of uSl'liIlll1ZilCS Stand Togetlierf' Onr motto beeanie f'lJon't give np the ship. and the flower, red roses. liverytliing in onr decisions tnrned out to be patriotic. Our , pennants and caps were decided upon a few weeks later, the dink eap becoming the class hat. The president appointed a play committee, and after a week of reading plays, they de- eided on june Mad to be presented .-Xpril Z4 and 23, A cast ot six girls and seven boys took part in the play. The east is as follows: Penny VX'ood - - - Chnek Harris Mrs. XYood lilmer 'llnttle Dr. XYood litlie - Milly l,on Mervyn - Roger Yan Yleck Mr. Harris - Shirley XYentworth Alnlie Harris - Ralph lYentworth - We are now looking' forward to next 5 the top of onr ladder 3- Seniors! Betty Mae Bryan - 'lloni Swope Leona Meliadden XYilliani 'Ilrnnipower Charles Zinnnerinan - Helen llolbert janet Mae Stoner lilliott flossard Richard larger llarold liox livelyn Znllinger - lloris Oliver XYilliani X, lliehl ar when we will be at 14 ii. C .'-' 4 xf ' 5, Q ,A I P 'i fit? VN: . f ' Z 1 1 al ,Q sl S' au- s R: 'M -- .. Q up

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C. P815 l'1'L8lfL Rol':lCR'r Cox N President lVlLLl.xxl llR,XN'll Yiee President :l.XNE'1' M IX N lCll Secretary DOIQIS C3RlflfN.XVV.Xl,'l Treasurer MR. Coxlun Adviser We the Class of 194-l. have the distinetion of llUll1g'l.l1C largest class to enter the halls of our dear Old G11-elleastle High, with the total enrolllnent of llo. l'tl'Hlll Greencastle came -ll. .'Xlltl'1l'I'l 119, Peters Z, and Nlolltgolnery ll. We the Class of l9-lil, have the distinction of being the largest elass to enter the halls of and found ourselves divided into four groups or sections. Section ,X has been rolnposed of those taking the .'XCZ1flClIllC Course: Section B. the CitllllIllCl'Cl2ll Course: Section C, the Generalg and Section D, the Home l':C0llOi!liCS and ,'Xgl'1Cllltlll'2ll Courses. A, C, and IJ were assigned to Main Room, and B to Room Ill wltll Miss Marlin and Mr. Conrad as Advisers. Our first ollieial task was to hold El Class meeting to eleet officers for the ensuing year. The next event was the Hallowe'en party which proved to be a success: various games were played and refreshments were served. .N prize was awarded to Suzanna Shuman for the best dressed girl, January found us all busy working on Civics projects. XYe lllklfll' posters. wrote themes. and made booklets on our local, state. and national government. -lallllary I7 to Z0 found us busy with the mid-winter examinations. Valentine day was Celebrated on February 14 by the exchange of valentines by means of valentine boxes ill the Main Room and Room 10. VVe hope that our Class will maintain its record of being' the largest class not only to enter G. H, S., but also to graduate from G. H. S. 1 Q jr. ff R' 'W Z' If , tl 0 JV! I ff of FRESHMEN f,f,,,,,W lo