Mercer High School - Hi Times Yearbook (Mercer, PA)

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SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY FRESHMAN YEAR In September, 1942, the doors of Mercer High School opened for the entrance of 11 1 of us to its halls for higher learning. Some of us with joy, others with a little dismay because of the change, entered upon our Freshman year, yet looking forward to great achievements. During the first few days we saw a world of new faces but it was not long before we were acquainted with most of them. Our home room teachers, Miss Rocks, Mr. Wertman, and Mr. Horner, helped us to become accustomed to our new surroundings. Soon we made plans for organizing our class and elected Jack Hamilton. President; Glenn Kloos. Vice President; Budd Miller. Treasurer; and Dorothy Cousins, Secretary. Under these officers and under the guidance of our teachers we progressed successfully in our new courses. But not all was work. One of the important events of the year was our class party. On May 7, “Holland Dance-Land,” as we named our party, welcomed the students, alumni, and faculty to a big evening of entertainment and dancing. On June 4, we left school sorry that our Freshman year was over but looking forward to our summer vacation and the coming Sophomore year. SOPHOMORE YEAR Now we were in our first year of Senior High School and we were much more sophisticated than when we were meek little Freshmen. Within a few weeks we had elected our class officers, who were Bud Miller, President; Jack Hamilton. Vice-President: Jo Ann Workman, Secretary; and Shirley Knapp, Treasurer. The first venture took place about Thanksgiving, when we ordered our class rings. After mid-term tests, with renewed vigor we proceeded to plan for our class party, Club 51.” It was held March 10, and was a grand success. Our class was proud to have three of the members represented at the Band Festival in Ellwood City on February 17. 18 and 19. They were Walter White, John Cutler, and Jack Hamilton. We completed the second year with a feeling of success and hoping that our Junior year would be likewise. Nancy Stf.pleton Dorothy Cousins Thi 194 4 Echoes 25

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Sophomore Class First roiv—Shirley Knapp. Shirley Chadderton, Anna June Crawford, Wilma Little, Marion Weinel. Margaret Ann Black. Louise Smith. Nancy Crawford. Betty Milleson. Helen Black. Marion Strausser. Patti Thomas, Marjorie Evans. Mary Lou Smith. Llewellyn Bice. Julia Kirila. Second row—Betty Jane Shaffer, Dorothy Armstrong. Doreese Marneweck, Janet Thompson, Velma Hause. Lorenc Davis. Margaret Lizzie, Alice Yeager. Lois Seaburn. Nancy Amon. Doris Mayne. Doris Robinson. Betty King. Irene Bobanick. Ruth Livermore. Third row—Joyce Knapp. Margaret Kepics. Esther Cummings. Doris McCracken. Louise Drake. Alda Moon. Hazel Brenneman. Pearl Nyce. Sue Emery, Nancy Stepleton. Dorothy Cousins. Jo Ann Workman. Beverly Gerrish, John Cutler. Fourth row—Paul Yeager, Melvin Ryder. Robert Shaffer, Herbert Forrester. Glen Kloos. Robert Nelson. Charles Ewing. James Osborne. John Sponberger. Charles Crow. Robert Heckla-thorn. Donald Christy. Richard Crill. Robert Brown. Fifth row—Gordon Miller. Harry Unger. Donald Rudolph. Jack Peters, Stanley Seely. Jack Hamilton. Walter White. Dave Noble, Stanley Workman. Robert Fox, James Boykan. John Dilley. Raymond Everhart. William Steingrabe. 24 The 1044 Echoes

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Freshman Class First roic—Janet Uber. Jacqueline Knapp. Jean Shorts. Geraldine Humphrey. Roselene Kurtanich, Mary Anna Guiler. Rose Bartalone. Wilda Wimer. Donna Cole. Mary Nelson. Marion Guiler, Joyce Kilner. Charlene Feltenberger. Joann Evans. Bernice Ligo. Nancy Ann Palmer. Second row—Betty Taylor. Ruth Heckathorn. Betty Rogers. Isabelle Smith, Martha Mayne. Betty Snyder. Marybell Flickinger. Doris Dyer. Ruth Tait, Mary Lou Hogue. Evelyn Seidle. Patricia Perschka. Evelyn White. Letha Swingle. Rosemary Jennings. Phyllis Chadderton. Third row—Dorothy Bice. Harriet McClain. Esther Kelso. Virginia Palmer. Laura Kite. Alice Rabold. Joanne Brown. Jane Perschka. Lois Bagnall. Donna Ringer. Margaret Mains. Naomi Buchanan. Helen Brocious. Mary Ellen Coryea. Esther Winklevoss. Mildred Cummings. Fourth row—Jack Stone. Carl Alexander. Richard Lukacs. Robert McKay. Wallace Filer, Victor Johnson. Joseph Bochy. Ralph Sattes. Donald Moose, Earl Sealand. Albert I.engel. George Parker. John Woods. Fifth row—Lee Barnum. Phillip Baker. Robert Cousins. Lauren Cousins. John Hawthorne. Paul Mortland, Lamont Miller. Homer Smith. Sidney Vanderveen. Paul Moon. Earl Rucker. Eugene Strosser. Thomas Adams. William Montgomery. Paul Struthers. 26 The 1944 Echoes