Ligonier Valley High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Ligonier, PA)

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Mrss Morre Evelyn Bartges attractrve Mrss Bartges rs a graduate of Indrana Sta e Teachers College and taught at Py matunrng Jornt Hrgh School at Jamestown Pennsylvanra pre vrously to thrs year emcrently teaches Home Economrcs favors dancrng and knrttrng resrdes rn the suburbs of La trobe wrth her mother can be seen travelrng to and from school rn her two tone green Dodge Mr John Oto ab'e rnstructor of Agrrculture has a keen rnterest rn scout ng and outdoor lrfe spends all hrs school hours rn the Ag room rs the well respected ad vrsor of the F F A keep h s classes ahve wrth trmely re marks possesses excep ronal skrll rn photography Mr Peter Petrlska quret Mr Pe rrska rs the mst uctor of our Drrvers Educatron course rs fond of swrmmrng and dancrng lrves rn Conemaugh wr h hrs parents com mutes darly rn hrs 52 Chevrolet rs well lrked by all who know hrm atended Potomac State Junror College Lock Haven Indrana and Edrnboro Teachers Colleges Mrs Glorru Ruth Ba es es rn Lrgonrer R D 1 wrth husband and Rrchard Junror who rs four years old as been kept qurte busy now that the Lrgonrer Townshrp Jornture rs added to her nursrng schedule among her dutres are assrstrng the school doctor arrangrng school health pro gram and seerng that rt functrons calms her newest hobby rs flshrng Mrss Ketter trres rn varn to explarn the texture of her swea er to Mr Mfr are-liar Mr Petrrska shows oft the new drrver s educat on car to Mr Otto Mrss Bartge and Mrs Bates Mlss Eunrce Drckrnson competent Mrstress of Mathematrcs proud of her omce the ever popular Conference Room rnterprets the word cant as I drdnt want to be bothered comes up wrth many wrtty remarks advrsor of Student Councrl drrects Iunror and senror class plays rs n thusrastrc spectator at school games Mr Wrllls D Garrrson good natured well dressed Garry teaches brology and practrcal rrrathematrcs proved to be rnvaluab e as assrstant football coach rs always talkrng of hrs prrde and roy two year old Garry J heartry upholds Otterbern College was overwhelmed by Room 8 s surprrse par y rn honor of hrs brrthday Mrss Alrce Keffer always smrlrng teacher of general scrence rnstructs grrls P T classes rs the nun'-ber one fan of the Mountres attracts the attentrorr cf her c asses by grvrng her famous ear splrttrng whrstle trred a new technrque teachrng healtrr rs the energetrc advrsor of the cheerleaders works hard to oroduce the annual Mav Coronatrorr always ready to lend a helprng hand Gannon Mr Stormom and Mus Dickinson Mr James Stormont skrllful physrcs and chemrstry teacher sq? taught at four schools prevrous to L H S has been o mrnrster rn the valley for ten years rs qurte proud of hrs rfe and tlve chrldren rs faculty advrsor to the newly or ganrzed Photography Club rs rnterested In electrrcrty and electronrcs en oys readrng rn hrs lersure trme

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?n'ca5f Ik' Wsllaman explalns the mechanlsm of the Stelnway pxano to Mlss Marker Mlss Semach MIss McHaIl and Mr Weller Mr John McCutcheon non taltenng teacher of sophomore and lunlor Hlstory spent Chrlstrnas holldays In Florlda IS usually seen with hrs attractive wlfe In a sporty Pontlac thlnks students have too much tlme between casses clalms world would be better oft wuthout late people and bolos IS faculty manager of athletlcs seldom mlssed a basketball game Mr WIllIam West IovIal zealous Instructor of Hustory and En ISh Ill asslstant basketball coach I5 very proud of hls Jayvee basketball team hIs famIlIar chuckle constantty echoes through the halls of L H S cant seem to under stand lunlor excuses always ready wIth a new lake delnghts In telllng of war experIences Mr Charles Mathews IS klndly but perseverlng when carry Ing out hls worthwhlle Ideas ,TIES to acqualnt puplls wIth LIgonIer delIghts In trylng new methods ot teachlng frequently offers advice and guldance to students teaches CIvIcs Pennsylvanla History and P O D IS always avall able as a gutted piano accompanlst f X JLQLLXQL I,I2f,4, 7D C MISS Katherine Marker has always served as Mr Wylle s eftlclent secretary IS ever Wllllng to offer UdVICe to some perplexed student has never been seen In tears except when her fingers were caught In a car door good naturedly makes all the announcements over the P A system co lected penaltles from tardy students for the Poluo Fund Mlss Faye McHaIl popular homeroom teacher of Room 5 enpoys worklng wlth the sophomores usually wlns a prlze for decoratIons at Chrlstmas time llkes bowllng swnmmlng and archery receIved her engagement rIng before Chrlst mas helps secretarIes wzth thelr many problems cap ably teaches Bookkeeplng Typlng and Busmess ArIthmetIc Mlss Mary Semach reserved MISS Semach taught her first year at Llgonler Hlgh thIs year orIgInally from Pnttsburgh lIkes LIgon er Val ey the resldents and the weather grad uated from PItt In 1953 has her own apartment on Falrtle d Street and In school can be found In Room 2 teaches Typ Ing and Snorthand and IS asslstant advnsor of the lournallsm Club enloys llstenxng to classical muslc on the radIo Mr Nevzn Weller well llked Nev IS the Art Instructor at LIgonIer Hlgh also teaches sophomore Engllsh amazes his classes wlth hIs knowledge of varlous sublects I5 extremely proud of three rare brrds he purchased thls year usually seen sellIng tlckets at home games advlses stage and make up crews named has mIschIevous parakeet Dennls the Menace Mr Howard Wlllaman our patxent and versatnle muslc teacher works very hard for has annual Sprmg Concert of hls llttle daughter Rebecca produced the musIcal portlon of the Chrlstmas Pageant Instructs Band and Chorus always has a wltty remark to make band sesslons muslng WGAP Mr Mathews Mr McCutcheon and Mr West make preparatuons for a TDOVIS 10 .I . . - 1 r x ' D l . -at E4 . . ... I- ' 1 . . ' ' l 4 . M K s . . . . . . . . ' ' ' ' I x I l ' A . . . D . . . . . . ' , I , I ' ' . , , , - - - . 7 Y I , . . , , - . . H' . I - . . . . , . - - I, I, - P . . . A ' ' ,, . f, provided excellent entertainment at half-time . . . proud . . , I - ,I ,I . , gl' ... ' ... ' . . .. , I I , - - - --V - !,,v - 1 ' I ' ' f' F xv: ' - ,fl f' A 'V .s fl H It I l X an HJ, V I

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jtacalty Mrs West polnts out lnterestmg locatlons In South America to Mlss Martin Mrs Urch and Mr Derrlckson X. Mr Paul Wllkms Derrickson qulte a famuly man takes prlde In hrs wnfe chnldren and new home on Summlt Avenue considers this years football and basketball teams among llgonler Hlghs best ltkes to hunt but un fortuna ely dldnt get his deer thus year can usually b seen drlvmg to school tn his Chevrolet Mlss Murle Martm admlred for her smcenty towards her students spent part of her summer In Forlda aso attended a conference at her Alma Mater Wllson College last summer makes freshmen and sensor English Classes some thmg to look forward to because of her keen descrlptlve abil ly of all literary characters IS unsuperstltaously proud of Room 'I3 Mrs Margaret Urch respected and amicable teacher of Latm I and Il and Algebra I has sponsored freshmen all but two years and clalms they are the best cass could be she has son ethlng to do wlth It gave proof of her prefer ence to rural life by movmg out of town to a cottage of her own last fall IS certalnlv a 10004, real woman Mrs Verme S West vtvactous popu ar teacher of Englnsh Ill and Spanish I and ll makes casses Interesting with wltty remarks enloys recalling college llfe supervises productlon of Little Str Echo reallstlcally portrayed Vlr gm Mary In Christmas program noted for her beautiful wardrobe Mr Franklin R Hatche quiet fun loving Mr Hatcher took Mr Ottos place whlle he attended courses at State CoI'ege lakes sports especlally basketball hopes to be a mm lster and a farmer eventually taught at Butler and Union town before arrlvlng here was president of the Pennsy vanla State 4 H Club IS very happily married fellgroust fducatwn YM tructom Thus year 210 students took advantage of the weekly Relugnous Educatlon classes held every fourth period on Frnday un theur respectuve churches The sensors went to the Presbytertan Church where Rev R D Gearung conducted the classes The tumors were advlsed by Rev W B Tobuas and Rev C P Prlce In the Methodist Church The sophomores attended the Lutheran Church where thev were instructed by Rev R Peer and Dr A C Manning The last group, the fresh man, went to the Evangelucal Church where Rev H W Beam taught them Father Leander Pall met the Catholic students at the Holy Trmlty Church We extend our qratutude to all the splrltual leaders who have donated valuable tnme to help wnth thus outstde program of school UCIIVIIY Probably the clnmax of the Instruction came nn the lomt meetmg held un the Presbyteruan Church March I9 when Dr Phlllup Evaul, a mls s.onary to Chnle, spoke to all the students as well as some of the Spanish classes