Lemasters High School - Parnellian Yearbook (Lemasters, PA)

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amp ' - Annu'- ' - E Ill 1 'JI V-Hglll - gt ,ti EIN S ll xi' n 'Sv' EIIIIHZHE ximian 5 5 F 3 - 5 - . Here we are nearing the end of our fist year in Lomasters High School. How. capable and sure of ourselves do we feel now in comparison with that bashful, self conscious, lump-in-cur-throat feeling we had last September twenty-ninth, when fifty-one of us stood'.in the halls or anywhere else we could find room.and hoped the principal or the proper teacher would find us. All of that seems so long ago now. It is my purpose here to recall to us some of the high spots beinvoen that time and now. After several weeks of devoting ourselves to getting acquainted we one morning held an- official meeting to choose for ourselves class officers We made Harry Benedick our president, Jack Gingrick our vice-president, Ehnma Byers our secretary,Ruth Ryder treasurer, and Doris Hollinger class historian. Mabel Sweigert and James Blattenberger were elected to take charge of our intra-mural athletic teams. To represent our class in the School Council meetings were our president Harry Benediek, Mary Meyers, and James Blattenberger. On the ominous evening of October 81 we attended a party held in the gynmasium in our honor by the Sophomore Class, Whether it was because it was Hallowe'on or because we had heard too many tales of former Sophomore parties given to fresh I have not been able to decide, but one thing is certain - we did not trust our hosts that night. Of course wo tried hard not to show our uneasiness, To help our side we were asked to come in fantastic costumes. The masks helped a let to cover up our frightened faces. The Sophomores seemed to find a lot to laugh about at the party. Wo had a feeling too that we constituted the laughing matter, but we had fun whether we were supposed to have it or not and contrary to all expec- tations wo came through alive. We bear no malice towards the Sophomores. Our first extra-curricular conquests were made on the Vox Scholae staff, whore we furnish five artists - Lawrence Myers, James Blattonbergcr, Jack Gingrich, Ned Cordell, and Junior Higgins,- four reporters - Harry Bonedick, Emma Byers, Doris Hollinger, and Mary Meyers, one advertising assistant - Earl Rockwell, and one feature writer - Lawrence Moyers. In athletics wc found our stars among thc girls of the class. Mary Moyers and Mabel Swcigcrt were on Coach Goarhart's champion basketball team. Mitzio Keefcr and Gladys Stahl were among the subs , we had many representatives in both the boys' and girls' choral groups, in the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y, and in the Library Club. Throo of our number belonged to the Mixed Chorus, namely, Doris Hollinger, Louise Kcofer, and James Blattcnbergor. Betty and James Blattenborger are our centri- butiens to the school band. Shortly before the time for thc mid-term exams Mr. Hoge, our homeroom teacher, class advisor, and fricnd, loft us to servo in Uncle Sam's army.

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Sophomore Class, we found a number of the freshman to the sophomore class. Mae Barnhart, Sylvia Dorty, Helen Mae Walker, Edna Fisher, John Graham, and losses we welcomed Glenn Shelley. To had to romovc only one from our roll. day ho turned seventeen and loft his To start the term out right last failed to return from make the grade from Viola Mellott, Ida Betty Cuff, Ida Belle 'return for our date during the Sophomore year we have James Hawbaker tired of school the classmates early the second semester. Fall, we held an early class election. us missing. Some the prolonged summer vacation while other had failed to The missing were: Gift, Pearl Funk, Junior Snyder. In Again Cloyd Hollenshead was elected president. The place of vice-president, held during our freshman year by Robert Angel, was assigned to Charles Gift. Jean Gluck retained the secretaryship and Hazel Beeler the position of Class treasurer. Mae Ommert and Myron Myers were assigned the responsibility of managing the class's intra-mural athletic program. Our School Council re- presentatives are Cloyd Hollenshead,.Charlee Gift, and Warren Anderson. Immediately after the opening of party for the came from the it. We began finally agree We'l1 let the office that there was a school we began preparations for a Freshmen. Every time we had a date set for this function word conflict and we would have to change to think we would have to give up the party idea, but we did with the office on a date. We enjoyed ourselves immensely. freshmen speak for themselves.. . Again our class has shown superiority ia school activities. Our dramatic talent won for us six out of oloven characters in the cast of the high school play, The Sunshine Wins . Cleone Hoover and Charles Gift werethe ln- surmountable twins themselves. Cloyd Hcllenshead, Hirimn Crouse, Jean Gluck, and Joan Yeager also carried important roles. In basketball Robert Keefer and Betty Kohn made varsity material. Myron Myers, Marvin Myers, and Wayne Hissong saw action with the JayVees. Mary Hornbaker was among the subs on the girls' squad. Keefer, Myers and Myers, and Hissong also helped their Alma Mater win the soccer cup last Fall, either as first team players or as subs , Several of the boys have reported for track and baseball training this Spring, but teams have not yet been picked. h Six Sophomores are members of the school band - Jean Gluck, Warren Anderson, Joan Meyers, Wayne Hissong, Lois Hawbaker, and Glen Shelley. Ten help publish the 'Vox Scholae - Cloyd Hollenshead, Marvin Myers, Jean Gluck, Joan Yeager, Jean Meyers, Clara Doris Rockwell, Charles Gift, Robert Keefer, Lois Hawbalcer, and Cleone Hoover. The number of us in Mixed Chorus, Boys' and Girls' Choruses, Library Club, and the Hi.-Y Clubs is very large. . Very proud have we been of our achievement and reputation in the line of good conduct this year. Section I of our group has been cited as the . class with thc best conduct and the highest honor when left alone without the care of a teacher, And thdt's worth boasting about, since there are two upper classes above us. But with us it's an easy job. In tho first part of this history of our sojourn here wo 'carefully pointed out that from the first day wo were calm, poised, and dignified. The end of our second year draws closer. The chief concern of Pappy ls whether or not he is going to have to go to the end'of the third week in June or whether someone will get kind-hearted enough to allow that ten days to be out off. fSo do we all wonder. lt might be warm enough to swim before then.l Our enrollment now stands at forty-six. We hope upon hope to return next Fall and find all of our forty-six answering to the roll call of the Junior Class, Until then - 'Adios . Cleone Hoover, Class Historian

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We were sorry to see him leave, but we admired him for accepting his respon- sibility. To show him our appreciation for all he had done for us wo hold a farewell party for him and presented him with a few things we thought he would need in the army. Among the gifts were a pair of loafers, a razor, extra blades, shaving cream, ,a shaving brush, toothpaste, and c. wallet. Hr. Harold Bitnor became our new teacher, but he lasted only a little over two months before the Army decided they needed him, too. He had been a lot of fun during the short time he was with us. Hr. Frank Keyser, a former L.lI.S. graduate, succeeded Hr. Bitner . At the time he was elected there was some question of whether the Army would permit him to complete the term. We really havon't had time to tire of any of our home room advisers, nor they of us. To date we have lost only three of our membersa They were Isabel Zeger, Betty Reeder, and Kenneth Crouse. Several more seem to have more interest in things out of school than ln school and are hoping for a quick seventeenth birthday, but we hope by the time it comes around they will have changed their minds. Thus ends our freshman year - or it will sometime in June. Until next Spring when we can add our sophomore year to this record, we bid you Fare- well with all our good wishes. Tho Class of 1945 Doris Hollinger, Historian l HACARTHU'R General Ziackrthur is very magnificent And that itself is very significantg In the United States he's a great hero And ho's get what it takes we all should know. To Australia ho's gene, by plane he's flevm, There also he is very well known. The Aussies are behind him all the way, When they start advancing the Japs will pay. Bataan was left in charge oi' Wainrwright, The place he was in was very tight. His few soldiers fought for their lives all the way, But the Jap line they could not sway. The Jap soldiers are small stubborn critters, But the Yankee soldiers are never quitters. So herc's luck to MacArthur and Wainwright, Beat the Japs and finish the fight. Lawrence Myers