Lemasters High School - Parnellian Yearbook (Lemasters, PA)

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That took earo of all the girls in the class. We were all quite pleased with the outcome 'of' everyone of them. hitter all entering life in a world at war, with everything uncertain, hadn't been an easy taslc. It looked new as if the Class of '41 had succeeded in spite oi' a lcaliedoscepic world. Just as my thoughts had wandered far into day dreaming , I heard Mildred Reeder say, Isn't anyone going to ask about Dizzy ? How could we over forgot him. Oh, let me guess what Dizzy is doing, begged Helen. Of course sho was right on the first guess. It was bound to have something to do with sports. Yes, Raymond was o. famous sports cenu-nontator. My mind ran beck to our Junior History Class and all the speeches Dia used to give us on baseball. We all said then that he should bo a radio announcer. Guess what else! Ovorcash had married Flossie , that girl he had been teased so much about in 1941. I wondered if he still liked to play tricks as well as he did when wo were in high school. He ceuldn't have changed. ' . Creston Rosenberry, Mildred went on to tell us, had attended medical school in Philadelphia and was new o. full-fledged doctor in Gettysburg, whore he lived with the girl he had married. She was somone strange. None of thc girls ho.d over heard of her. I could hardly believe that Creston was new :1 doctor, but I was glad to lcncw that at least one had come from our class. Mildred said Creston had a large practice. He was sometimes called upon by the government for short periods of war duty. Phyllis told us that Harold Hamil owned several large trucks and was filling large government contracts for hauling defense materials to whatever centers they were needed. Harold drove one of his own trucks. Since his work took him almost anywhere, he was seeing e lot of the country. To our inquiries the girls replied that Harold had not married and, so far as they know, he wesnlt even interestod . New Mildred Phenicio gave us o piece of information that shouldnft have surprised anyone under the country's circumstances, but was rather shocking at that. The rest of the boys in the class were in the army. There were five of them - Rewo'Byers, Edgar Stoner, Marvin Bcelor, Guy Martin, and Richard Deck. Yes, they had all said back in '41 that they were going to join the army. I wondered what positions they all held, but Mildred knew the positions of only two - Rowe and Diek'. They were both getting somewhere. Both were new commissioned officers.- Rowo a first lieutenant, and Dick c. second lieutenant. Pepper , Lug, and Eddie were situated somewhere in the Panama Canal Zone. Although no one knew just what division of the army service they were in there or whether they held officers positions or not, we were all sure that they had to be getting along fine - since they were of the Class of '41, Someone mentioned Kate , but no one knew whether she and Eddie had been married or not. -We had always thought that sometime they would be, in spite ef Eddie's little escapades en the side-line. It surprised us new when we realized how much territory we had covered since we met for the evening - and we had consumed s. good-sized dinner, toe. We weren't doing the town up red by any means tonightg instead we were dreamy and quiet - reminiscing. I was sure we were never going to forget that night. But wait! I still wanted to knew a few things. We heard of so many others being married. Who-L ahonlx- the six girls here? Wore they all ll

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hoard of the' school. It was just n short distance up the Hudson River -- - and o, very, very exclusive place. Sc.ric really had a position. Sure, however, that she would be glad to soc us, wo decided to give her a sur risc visit Sunda . Sean then offorodythe information that hor old pal Juno Mollott was a kindergarten tcachor in Washington, ELC. . Always having been fond of little children, June had rorxlizod her high school ambition. Sho was vor hd p Joan said. ' y l:io.iy':,about Vera? Mabel asked. True enough, Vera had married Charlie soon after commencement.. They new had a little son about four years old. They were living in Chicage, where Charlie had a good position making patterns for airplane parts in one of the large companies that was filling government orders for warplanes. Laura Mae Brant, too, had married soon after graduation, Of course it was Wink - and 'Lam-ie new lived in Detroit where Wink was manager of a large mink farm. Apparently they were getting along fine, and said Jane, They new have something more precious than Winlc's job . We guessed a child, but we were wrong for Jane continued, They are the proud parents of three year old twins - a boy and a girl? Glancing about the group my eyes fell on Catherine and immediately I thought of Leona, our only red-head. Catherine reported that she too had realized her ambition - to be a school teacher. Leona had attended Shippensburg State Teachers College and was now teaching in the grade schools of Waynesboro. Both the pupils and the patrons were fond oi' her. We were glad to hear it, Catherine also told us that Sam Meyers had worked himself up to the position of head boss in the Landis Tool Company, Waynesboro. The war had caused the company to expand greatly, so Sam' really had a very im- portant job. Sam' was married, too, but none of the girls knew who the luolcy, girl was. We were left awfully curious, but we couldn't complain, asm' had been the first boy we had learned about, and the beginning had een very good. ' Where is our old yearboelc manager, 'Plotty' Mellott'? asked Becky'Q eager to hear about some more of the boys in the class. Plotty was holding a good position at the Engineering Works in Chmnborsburg, where ho lived with a charming wife and sweet little daughter. The girls said there had been rumors that ho would soon be advanced to the position of vice-president, since the former one had died recently, Somehow we all thought back in school days that Plotty would succeed, Ho surely made D. good manager for the Vox Schelac- and the Parnellian , ' Jane had just received a letter from home telling her, among other things, that Nr. and Mrs. Harold Benedict had just moved to Baltimore, whore 'Bil1 had accepted n new job - governmental, of course. At first I didn't get the connection, then all of a sudden it dawned upon me that Mrs, Harold Bonodiok would be Juno Hissong, another of our classmates. So Junic had married, too, Well, good for hcrl I knew she was happy. Everyone always adored Junie . She cou1dn't bo anything but happy. And Betty Crawford was married! We had done well in tho field of matrimony. Botty's husband would, of course, bo Bob Yeager. Soon after their marriage in 1943 they had moved to Clarksburg, Virginia, Betty's homo before she joined us in our junior year, They, too, were h?ppy,1 and ich had a grand job. There woron't any children that the g r s :new o .

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confirmed splnstors? My question brought back the reply that none of them were married, but Jecm blushed and I just then spied a diamond on Phyl1is's third finger. Jean was wearing a shiny stone too. They both assured us that the fiancee weren't anyone we knew. They were both from Philadelphia. We learned that tho dates had been set and were assured that we would get invitations to the events. Jean now tried to turn our attention away from her by venturing the newsthat some of tho other four were just as good as engaged. We learned now that they were all pretty serious feeling towards Us certain onen. Tm knew none of the prospective husbands. , New about Helen, Mabel, and I - yes, we had diamonds. Mabel was engaged to the young man she had been fond of when sho was a senior in high school. He was working in New York now, so Mabel was really happy. We had an awful hard time stealing a few moments of her life for ourselves, Helen was engaged to that secret heart-rthrob she had had all during her last three years of high school. No, she would not reveal his nomo, and naturally Mabel and I couldn't give her away. Nor would I reveal the name of my fiance. I wanted to keep it for a surprise. They would know soon enough when Helen and I sent them invitations to our double wedding in the Little Church Around the Corner here in New York. - Suddenly we realized it was nearly twelve o'clock and we had yet to ge heme - then there were those jobs in the morning. We parted very happy and very well pleased with the world in general. The evening had been suoh o. pleasant one. We were so glad that we were going to be seeing each other often while the girls were in New York. Mabel, Helen, and I did not waste time that night talking as we usually did. We dropped right off to sleep and to dream of our good old classmates of '41. , ' Verda Foreman THE CHALLENGE Wo, the Class of Forty-Ono, At last our goal have won, And new the solemn time is near That bids us leave these walls we revere. Tie now each one must choose a career, Must face a new life without any fear, From our tasks wo must never shirk For life rewards only those who work. nC1imb though tho path be ruggedn is our cry As now the commencement hour draws nigh. Aware that with strife the world is filled We accept the challenge to make it better-willed. . Vera Etter