Mercersburg High School - Meminisse Yearbook (Mercersburg, PA)

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Glass Gem How odd How odd that my eyes should be filled with tears. That I, in this long-awaited and cherished moment Should feel a sadness As with trembling fingers I grasp This symbol of a first great success, My diploma. Precious school days- Alas! they are gone. And thoughts of the past Are crowding my mind And my heart. Years filled with laughter, And with growing confidence, As we were maturing In stature and thought. Now, with high hopes for the future, We go forward Into a world that can and will be ours! Pauline McDonald

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Each one of us had little personal memories but there were many that we shared . . . the maze of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles that turned out to be plane geometry . . . the arrival of our long-awaited class rings . . . a trip to the Ice Capades at Hershey . . . the side-splitting comedy of the school play, Going On Seventeen . . . the genuine school spirit that we displayed in cheering our championship basketball and soccer teams . . . the gala Spanish operetta, Don Alonso's Treasure, with castanets, toreadors, and lovely senoritas . . . the in- d-escribable pride we felt in giving the junior-senior banquet so uniquely . . . the gym, an April fantasy of purple and white lilacs and streamers for the prom ftangible proof that we had the stuff in usj. And, guess what! Elva's thirty-six inch braids were cut at last! 1949-The curtain has dropped on the final act. The play is.over. Some- what dazed, we bow in acknowledgement of the heart-warming ovation that comes from our audience. An inexpressible mixture of joy . . . and pride . . . and sadness fills our hearts. We have achieved, and we are grateful. We are grateful to our teachers, whose tolerance of our sometimes perverse natures and whose instruction and guidance have helped to give us a greater knowledge and a greater insight into the personalities of our fellow men, We are grateful to our parents, whose in- terest, encouragement, and sacrifice have given us a desire to reach even greater heights, We are grateful to anyone who has .helped establish self-confidence in us. This, our senior year at Mercersburg High School, has been the year that holds for us the most cherished memories . . . editing the y-earbook . . . presenting the school play, junior Prom, with veteran ability . . , writing for newspapers . . . taking dancing lessons , . . participating in the Christmas cantata . . . putting every- thing into our last operetta, The Forest Prince . . . taking our class trip . . . think- ing hard about the future. Yes, the final act is over, and anxiously we await the reviews of the critics. Not all of us had leading partsg not all of us could have people say, Orchids to you. And some of us did forget our lines. But there was always someone to prompt' us. Each of us has contributed to the success of the play. Now, with applause still ringing in our ears, we leave the stage. We are out to reach for greater heights, to find a better tomorrow. Alice Watson

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Glass We, the class of 1950, of the Mercersburg High School of Mercersburg Borough in the county of Franklin, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby make, publish, this to be our last will and testament hereby revoking all wills or testamen- tary papers of any kind by us, heretofore made, declaring this only to be one last will and testament. In witness, whereof, we, the said class of 1950, have to this our last will and testament set our hand and seal this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty. We hereby 'bequeath the following: Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Grace Clark's skillful driving to Ted Clever. Merle McFadden's musical talents to Clair Glaser. Marshall Kuhn's blonde curly hair to Charles Pine. Rebecca Evans's flirty looks to janet Overcash. Harvey Bricker's bashfulness towards girls to Richard Rice. Betty Beck's fiery temper to Vera Pine. Grace Brickerls ability to sew and cook to Patricia Kemp. Lee Bowers's ability to tell believable tall tales to Scotty Mellott. Marian Zimmerman's everlasting supply of giggles to jo Anne Stevens. james Auld's speedball to any aspiring pitcher that may need it. Jack Bricker's mathematical knowledge to Joyce Daley, Pauline Armstrong's genuine American accent to Anne Harris. Myron Pfoutz's participation in extra-curricular activities to Donald Koser. Margaret Stoner's knowledge in English to Nancy Krebs. Leroy fSnooksj Beck's supply of corny jokes to Bobby Nelson. Elizabeth Gearhart's mischievous nature to Romona Carbaugh. Pauline McDonald's desire to work and not mind it to Winifred Bowman. Jack Reidout's boisterous manner to Donald Zeger. Patsy Fi1kill's quiet and bashful manner to Edna Gipe. Michael Myers's serious mien to Carl Burhannan. Dorothy Myers's interest in boys to Dolores Beck. Ronald Nelson's argumentative manner to Ronald Statler. joe Rhodes's masculine physique to Marvin Richesson. Alice Wfatson's athletic abilities to Sara McCarl. Charles Fritz's contagious smile to Richard Keyser. Robert Hawbaker's accuracy in set shots to Frank Auld. Doris Statler's cheerful countenance and carefree manner to Shirley Lynch. Leroy Miller's volley ball serves to Jack Taylor. Elva Bonebrake's long tresses to Flo Mills. Elva Bonebrake, Executrix