Hempfield High School - Epilogue Yearbook (Landisville, PA)

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23 Jay Risser, Jack Longenecker, and Don Cope. To Wayne Becker, Clarence Mowery wills his passion for photography. To Elmer Spahr, Earl Way wills his beard and his way with women. To Elaine Gingrich, Gene Grubb wills his aloof manner. Nancy Kumler, Jean Hauenstein leaves her ability on the basketball To court. To the sophomore girls the senior girls leave their defensive positions on the hockey team. AND LASTLY-We appoint our beloved friend, Sylvester Poff, to be sole Executor f thi 0 s, our Last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this fi't is day of March in the year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Eight, .' The Class of 1948 E. H. T. H. S. Per Emu Q6-WL... 5f.,.M.2f' ' Ugwnf Signed sealed and delivered b th b , y e a ove named testators as and for the Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1948, in the presence of us, who in their presence and in the presence of each other, at their request, have subscribed our names as wit- nesses thereto. Zvfkvffisfivvp

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CLASS WILL We, the members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred Forty-Eight of East Hemp- field Township High School, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and deposing minds, memory and understanding, do make and declare the following to be our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. ITEM-All our just debts and other expenses, we order and direct to be paid by our hereinafter named Executor, as soon as conveniently may be done after our graduation. ITEM-All of the rest, residue and remainder of our estate, real, personal and mixed, of whatsoever nature and kind and wheresoever the same may be at the time of our graduation, we give, devise and bequeath to our friends as follows: To the faculty, we return the dirty looks and varied lectures which they have so generously bestowed upon us. - To the alumni we leave the privilege of having us join them. To our parents we leave relief from the struggle of pushing us through high school. . To next year's Epilogue staff we leave the experience that we gained the hard way. To East HempF1eld's desks, we leave the initials we carved thereon. To LeVerne Huber, Landis Bowers bequeaths his ability to keep all pedes- trians in a state of constant terror. To Joe Sebelist, Elwood Brubaker leaves his position as manager of the Varsity Basketball Team and his cooperativeness. To John Good, Gerald Carrigan leaves his reputation of being a paragon of wit and humor. To Gladys Drescher, Joan Forney leaves her ability to get along with everyone. To Dorothy Sensenig, Loretta Sweitzer wills her small stature. To Lavera Dorwart, Betty Edwards wills her affairs with men. To Jim Honberger, Don Ginder wills his reputation as Hempfield's strong, silent man. To Marian Newcomer, Bernice Miller leaves the task of guarding East Hempfield's goal posts. To Bill Haldeman, Chet Schoenberger wills his ability - on woodwind instruments - and his pretty legsf, To Marian Groff, Dan Heisey wills the ease he acquired in public speaking. To Martha Gingrich, Ruth Ebersole wills her charming smile. To Carl Denlinger, 'Iheresa Mohler wills her editorship of the Flash, To Bud Nolt, Jack Longenecker wills his attraction to the opposite sex. To Sally Zerphy, Ann Shenck wills her poise and versatility. To Jean Robertson, Marion Waller leaves her giggle and the accompan- ing blush. To Kenneth Brubaker, Don Cope wills his height. To Arthur Barto, Dorothy Metzler wills her commercial ability. To Marty Weidle, Jessie Covert wills her reputation for going steady. To Bud Bowers, Jay Risser wills his curly hair. To Evelyn Sigman, Clara Weidman wills her place in the Glee Club. To Helen Darnell, Wanda Dawn Weaver wills her seat on the school bus. To Dolores Root, Elva Gochenaur wills her quietness. To Helen Swarr, Jo Weaver wills her position as senior class reporter. To Bob Habecker, Bill Kauffman, Jay Krall and Ronnie Zangari, the following seniors leave their basketball ability, respectively, Chet Schoenberger,

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CLASS PROPHECY It is the year 1960. Having just returned from one of my numerous round-the- world tours with my husband, I visited a former schoolmate of mine, Marion Waller, who was now married and living in Rohrerstown. She was the loving mother of three sons, the oldest named Kerwin, Jr. While chatting about the weather and things in general, we began reminiscing about the class of '48 and how widely scattered it had become. X Many members of the class had married and settled down to live happily ever after --or so the story goes. Among them were Don Ginder, who was employed at Hoff- man Seed Company and was now living in Mt. Joy, and Clara Weidman, who was residing in Salunga. The mention of Salunga brought to my mind Loretta Sweitzer, who had been such a small quiet person while in high school. I was quickly informed that she was now editor-in-chief of a new woman's magazine published monthly in New York City. This certainly was a surprise! I was not surprised, however, when I discovered that the Armstrong Cork Com- pany had changed hands, and that the new manager was none other than Jay Risser, former president of the class of '48. In this latter position, Jay had proved himself capable of the job he was now holding, He had married and was living with his family in School Lane Hills. Don Cope, a graduate of Penn State in the school of agriculture, was one of the leading businessmen of East Petersburg. He had employed as his private secretary Jessie Covert, a former classmate, who was now known as Mrs. Joe Sagerer. Upon turning on the radio to listen to our favorite band- Jackf' Way and his Jumpin' Jacks-we were amazed to hear Gerald Carrigan broadcasting a play-by-play description of the Army-Navy game. This brought to mind a vivid recollection of Gerald's most cherished dream-that of becoming a sports announcer. I was thrilled to know he had achieved his ambition. My curiosity thus aroused, I began asking questions concerning the rest of my classmates. To my surprise, In learned that Jack Longenecker, who had majored in mathematics in college, had received his doctor's degree and was now head of the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chet Schoen- berger was conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and was also teaching advanced courses at West Chester State Teachers College-his alma mater-in the art of playing the saxophone. He and Janie were residing in West Chester. Anna Louise Shenck, I was told, another graduate of West Chester State Teachers College, was now an instructress of physical education at Hood College. She was a successful career woman, but had quite a few suitors. This fact brought back many recollections of our high school days! An article in the evening paper attracted my attention immediately when I noticed Joan Forney's name. This article was' one of praise for the great services she had rendered as a social worker in Mississippi. She had entered this field upon gradua- tion from Juniata College, On the front page was a picture of Clarence Mowery, a research chemist at the DuPont Laboratories, who had perfected a means of obtaining hydrogen sulfide without its nauseating odor. This he had been working on ever since his days of chemistry while a junior at East Hempfield. On the society page, I noticed that Jo Weaver, a graduate of Ursinus College, and who was now holding the position of Dean of Women at this same institution, would be speaking on the subject The Importance of Educationj' at the next meeting of the College Club. She had received wide acclaim as a speaker. This, of course, caused me to think of the happy days spent in public speaking class during our Senior year. Betty Edwards, I learned, had studied portrait painting and was exhibiting a