John Bartram High School - Trailmarker Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ll da ol toil .Ji . BASKETBALL TEAM Top Louise Murray Mgr Miss Luongo Coach Third row Grace Hollowell DoroThy HuT'l'on Julie Fisher PaT PaTTerson Helen WhrTe Mary Bidey Second row Doro Thy Lackey DoroThy Fisher Dolores McElduFf Helen Mc Dowell Eunice Isles Peg Corey FronT Co capTams AnneTTe SmiTh Peg McCullen ln The beginning oT The 1945 46 season a gree Team was prachcing in The gym wuTh The excepTion OT Two VarsiTy members one oT whom graduaTed in Feoruary The coaching posiTion was TransTerred Trom Mr McMenamy To Miss Luongo The TirsT Tew prachces displayed liTTle Team work buT as The days wenT by The girls began To show improvement They succeeded 'n coming wiThin one poinT oT Talcing The myThi- cal TiTle Tor The TourTh c nse uTive year. They were deTeaTed only by Olrey in The Public High League, 'nd by T-Tallahan and Yeadon in The Carholic ano Suburban Leagues, The high scorer oT The girls baslceTball Team in The lasT season was Julie Fisher. Miss Lucngo and The Team deserve much crediT Tor Their exce1lenT oerTorm- ances in These seasons. Their consTanT pracTicing every day aTTer school cerTairly showed resulTs in The oames 'hey payeo. HOCKEY TEAM Bach Joan Hiddeman Mary Jane Bixler lsabelle Mc COFITIICR BeTTy Ann Howard Kay RdWClIH Isabelle PaT Terson Helen Irwin DoroThy Robinson Phyllis Brooks Middle Francis Colella Mgr Dolores Sebashan Mary Jones Dolores Lackey AnneTTe SmiTh Elaine Faulken sTeln Jane Yafes Peg Corey Louise Marhn Joan Doran BeTTy Helmlmg Miss J ChrisTaldi Coach Fronf Kay SmiTh Pa+ PaTTerson BeT'fy Knlle Capfain Grace Fuller Dolores Barnes Gloria RimaTo Pearl MaTTucl WiTh sTicks Tirmly in hand nd wiTh he cool rush oT wind againsT Their Taces oTT They sTarT down The Teld Toward The goal Hurrah' A core was made WiTh The excellenT guidance oT Miss Jo ephine ChrisTaldi The hockey Team s easor was a successTul one They Tied Three game- and losT only Two. The Teams greaTesT handi ap was The lack oT a Tield Tor pracTice. The girls Toolc Thi- in Their sTr?de and pracTiced ir The school yard. IT was diTTiculT aT TirsT To play on a regular Tield. buT They soon became used To The Teel oT The ground. The members oT The June 46 class on The Team were The pioneers oT This sporT aT BarTram. Their never-say-die soiriT has helped To lay a Tirm 5oundaTion Tor a new soorT aT BarTram and oromises To oeve oo a championship Team in The 5uTure.

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ffl I. Band, Color Guard, and Maiorettes add iest and color to athletic events . . . 2. Time out tor a huddle, Cheerleaders really go to town . . . 3. Our winsome Color Guard, McWilliams, Moore, Kelly, Maney, Prock- now, and Dunn . .. 4. Hubba, Hubba, Hubba .. Although the year l945-I946 did not produce any maior championship teams, sports at Bar. tram were lrept on the same high level that our school is noted tor. Our small, but tast and hard charging toot- ball team played good, clean, hard tootloall all season, ard with the prealrs goirg our way, we 'night well have been at the top ot the League. The team reached their pealc when they came within sixty seconds ot deteating Southern, the city champions. Atter the Clippers had torced the play al atternoon, the Rams scefed and cor'- verted, in the t'nal mfrusex to win 7-6. Wha' the basketpaii team lacked in he'gh' and ab? i'y, they maoe up ir- speed ard tighfrg spirit. Atrer getting ct? to a pad start, losing three ot their t'rst Tye games, the Clippers wer' gn to wi' ten consecutive victories gainro a position ir the Pupc League plavcds. Atfe' - 1 f 'ib J'-'Z 95 2o 4-Jo, 95555 'ik r L X 5. Mr. Mandell's energetic squad: Top row: Booba, Job- X son, D'Angelo. Second row: Massa, Johnson, McLaugh- lin. Third row: Hall and Wengert . . . 6. Coach Flan- nery pondering a new play. deteating Southern in a sensational 4l438 upset to tie tor tourth, the Clippers deteated West Philly in order to earr' the right to meet South- ern again. The Clippers went down tighting in the playotts, but we shall always remember them as the hottest team in the League. hor the second consecutive year, Bartram was honored by being presented with the Philadel, phia Sportsmanship Trophy. This award, one ot the most coveted in this area, is presented ap- nually to the school whose teams ard stuoen' Crowds show the highest degree ot sportsmane ship during the season. lt is a the tripute to -our studerf crowds who have always condi.:'eo themselves in the pest tashion. Mr, Mandel and his cheer eaders deserve praise tor the tine iop they did this year. M-.cr ot the spirit ot our teams was dee '3 the splendid cheering ot the Bartram crowd. 54 s 9-. X A .

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an hour ul sport. SWIMMING TEAM Barfram's mermaids, afler hours of pracfice, have swum fheir way fo success. The leam was coached by Mrs. Wyld and capfained by Mary Jane McWilliams. Back: Helen Gillingham, Joan Rivel, Emily McFarland, Eileen Dunleavy, Alain Sellers. Middle: Gloria Lombardo, Ru+h Boone, June Davis, Belly Horn, Marilyn Nu+lrall. Fronfz Vane Sherer, Jean Grugan, Jean Koran, Belly Helmling, Belle Kille, Tense momenrs elapsed, beiore lhe sound cf lhe gun. Then solashl Oil you werr To a :wim- ming slarl wirh The mermaids ol Barrram. Wha' excifemenl you lell as rhey hir lhe waler: also il is a never-ro-be-lorgollen momenl lor rhe swimmers. Under lhe brillianl coaching of Mrs, Dorolhy Wyld, each girl diligenrlv perlecleo her slrolce every Monday and Thursday, al rhe Wes' Branch Y, M, C. A. The resulfs oi lhis infer- sive lraining were shown wher lhe ream had rj march 'rheir skill and endurange wirh oooosino swimmers. ln rhe beginning oi rhe season, rhere were several non-League meefs, which gave The conleslanls valuable exoerience belore enrering comcelilion wilh reams oi o'lner high schoos The Swimming Team finishes rheir seasor bx swimming rlre freshmen of Temcfe Universit. The girls wil +e you llnar 'heir success was dee L: rheir lirrle brow' canoa 'eddy bear, Niocer. 4'l A 1 SOFTBALL Annelrle Smifh, Terrie Papouris, Rufh McBrear+y, Cin- derella Rodin, Joyce Mackes, Claire Baldwin, June Bald- win, Phyllis Vorsheim, Mildred Wood, Gloria Robinson, Julie Fisher, Doris Hollowell, lrma Duffield, Jean Cheal- ley, Doris Young, Peg Corey, Rosa Raybon, Dol Vander- Heyde, Violel Green, Peggy Fagan, Doris McGral'h, Charlollre Bingnear, Kalhleen Bingnear, Louise Murray, Barbara Krumm, Rose Lagrofla, Theresa Haskins, Joyce Park, Georgelrfe Uozumi, Jean Slewarl, Bernerla Williams, Helen Shmidl, Jean May, Audrey Spivey, June Miller. Solloall was inrroduced al Barlram when lhe Moosy Class were Freshmen. Alfer rhe Transfer oi Mrs. Parsons, who coached lrhe leam lor several rerms, Miss J. Chrislaldi loolc over rhe- iob. ll has been a rradiricn wilh lhe girls 'ro break a mirror before each game, a ceremony which always broughr lhem viclory. Before +he championshio game wi+h Olney, lhe usua rilua was performed: bul lrhal imoorfanr game was wori-fhe losl, because lhe charm lailed lc mirror dd 'ol brealc. Mawbe rhere was some' rhing in lhe idea, since The ream lo,l only is-JC games in rl'-e 1944 and l945 season. The sol'- bal season srarls in May wirh a heavy schedule oi six games. Ar she end of 'he rerm, rhey car- ricicele wirh lhe clher high schools soiibal. 'earns ir a P avdav in l:a'r'n:i.'w+ Park. The oirs cracficed cn fhe cemenr Xirii berween Barrram and Tilden. Perlrracs Thar accounls lor son-e of Barframs orolcer- wirdows.