Mercersburg High School - Meminisse Yearbook (Mercersburg, PA)

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?. H. G. First row: Elizabeth Gearheart, Joyce Daley, janet Overcash, Patricia Kemp, Ruth Witter, Elva Bonebrake, Doris Statler, Flo Mills, Alice Watson, Mary Jane Mills. Second row: Lucille Reeder, .lean Bivens, Louise Reeder, Patricia Gerhart. Louise Woodward, jean Wagner, Dorothy Trayer, Rowena Auman, Betty Beck, Grace Clark, Betty Lou Gehr, Miss Brame. Third row: Ruth Yeakle, Dorothy Myers, Marlene Kecfer, Jo Ann Barkdoll, Betty Weller, Grace Bricker, Marvel Fritz, Betty Clark, Lila Lee Metcalf, Margaret Stoner, Patricia Filkill. In March, 1948, a chapter of Future Homemakers of America, a national organ- ization, was established in the Mercersburg High School by Miss Joan Brame. The purpose is to further leadersh? in domestic responsibilities. There are thirty-two members in the club, nine o whom received junior Homemaker Degrees this year. The activities of this group are many. To raise money, the group sponsored a food sale and sold refreshments at home athletic events. In October delegates at- tended the Region B Meeting at the Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford. july 21, 1949, eight Franklin County girls, representing each of the County's eight chapters, met in Washington and presented the Emblem Ceremony. Elva Bonebrake re- presented the Mercersburg High School at the ceremony. The same ceremony was held in November in Chambersburg at the Franklin County Teachers Institute and Elva again took part. The annual Sports Party in March was sponsored for the second year by the FHA. Other activities were: a soap drive in November, a Mother and Daughter banquet in May and the county skating party in June. Joyce Daley and Elva Bonebrake were the representatives at the state convention held in Scranton in April. I OFFICERS President ....... -- Elva Bonebrake Vice President --- Doris Statler Secretary .-... -- Alice Watson Treasurer --- ...... Flo Mills Historian ....... --- Janet Overcash Parliamentarian .... Ruth Witter Reporter - - - T - Song Leader .... Elizabeth Gearhart --------- Pat Kemp

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Glzefml pie Gonfesf Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Ca-n she bake a cherry pie, charming Billy? She can bake a cherry pie quick as a cat can wink his eye, Pauline's queen of cherry pies at M. H. S. R-

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qt. em, First row: Mary jane Mills, Elizabeth Gearhart, Betty Beck, Joan Witmer, Edna Gipe, Margaret Hawbaker, Susan Strait, Betty Hamcpton, Louise Woodward, Patricia Kemp, jane Miller, Ruth Yeakle, Joyce Daley, Gla ys Zeger, jean Bivens, Betty Lou Gehr, janet Wolfe, Rowena Auman, Olga Wolfe. Second row: Doris Jean Hawbaker, Grace Bricker, Alice Watson, Shirley Pittman, Jo Anne Stevens, joan Pittman, Pauline Armstrong, jean Wagner, Elva Bonebrake, Nancy Krebs, Blanche Overcash, Darlene Zimmerman, Janice Dixon, Anne Harris, Rose Ann Wassell, Lucille Reeder, Ruth Ann Hunsberger, Winifred Bowman. Third row: Robert Angle, Harold Paylor, Dean Bivens, Duane Beck, Gerald Kemp, Robert Hawbaker, Walter Atherton, Janet Overcash, Betty Weller, Louise Reeder, Boyd Hawbaker, Patsy Gerhart, jo Ann Barkdoll, Barbara Davis, Margaret Stoner, Pauline Frisby, Dorothy Myers, Dorothy Trayer, Mable Seville. Fourth row: Glenn Bonebrake, Lee Bowers, Donald Zeger, Jack Reidout, Gene Hoover, Paul McCarl, Carl Bivens, Richard Rice, Myron Pfoutz, William McCarl, Marvin Richesson, Ronald Nelson, Dean Wagner, Larry Patterson, jack Kane, Ronald Keefer, Mr. Daniel Hooley, Dorothy Hunsberger, Ruth Witter. The Glee Club, with a membership of eighty, provides much entertainment for the high school and for the public. Under the direction of Mr. Daniel Hooley, the group presented Yuletide Memories , a Christmas cantata. The high point of this program occurred whenuthe Christmas chorus formed a Christmas tree and, while holding candles, sang Silent Night. The chorus went Christmas caroling in' town, stopping at several homes and singing. They also sang carols in the halls of the school. Other activities in which the group participated were the operetta, The Forest Prince, the Franklin County Music Festival, and several musica assemblies. The chorus is proud that the membership is larger this year than before. It consists of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.