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

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-21' . . , , Ling. r. .1- - , 1, .swf Dear Mrs. Ridpafh: The fime has come when we have reached The bend in fhe road. Each of us musf fake his separafe road fo life- life fhaf is awaifing us wifh oufsfrefched arms. Many of us will affend college, ofhers will find posifions fhaf suif fheir vocafional abilities, and sfill ofhers will find happiness in homemaking. For a very eventful year and a half, you have been our sponsor. Under your guidance we have found fhe righf paths-fhe paths fhaf will lead us fo undersfanding ourselves and our friends more fully. Look- ing back, we remember our firsf class meefing. Then you fold us abouf fhe remarkable fhings in sfore for us. Af fhe fime, fhey seemed vague and obscure, buf by giving generously of your time and work, you have made our hopes a realify, Shall we ever forgef fhe glorious Senior 'v Prom, fhe hisforically inferesfing frip fo Washingfon, our hilarious Class Day Program, our Dinner Dance, and fhe mosf impressive of all-Commencement? Every Mopsy affair was a success. Each dance had novelfies and 'rhe finishing fouches of an experf. These imporfanf evenfs would have been impossible buf for your undersfanding and help. We appreciafe, even more, your day by day friendliness and kindness, perhaps well expressed by these lines: Thaf besf porfion of a good manls life- l-lIS liffle, nameless unremernbered acfs Cf kindness and of love. Wifh fhese words, We, fhe Class of June '46, express fo you our grafifude for being such a perfecf sponsor. Our besf wishes affend you, wherever you may be. is f ' - 1: ff .. ,, Flowers spring fo blossom where she walks The careful ways of dufy. Mrs. Mary W. Ridpafh has a smile for everyone and creafes friendliness wher- ever she goes. She has been acfive in College Alumni organizafions and was Regisfrar for Adulf Evening School. Our sponsor received an A.B. degree af Swarfhmore College. Mrs. Ridpafh has endeared herself fo sfudenfs and faculfy alike. .. . . . ., ., , . ., 1 Ji' : 5. ll il 5, F A 2 f. -s l f i. is V, 1. r. l Q. , . .. . gi 1 i E i ? 9 L 5 .-I. . ,Q-. fp , ri :, 2 I5 ,iz - . ,i l la ,. , . gr? i 'E'

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