Mercersburg High School - Meminisse Yearbook (Mercersburg, PA)

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GV all Once every two years a king, a queen and their court appear for a May Day festival on the high school lawn. In 1949, May Day was celebrated by all the grades and by various high school pupils, under the direction of Mr. Daniel Hooley and Mrs. Nancy Byron. Betty Miller, '49, as Queen, and joe Sharar, '49, as King, presided over the festivities and were attended by Dorothy jean Hoch, '49, Mary Louise Hamilton, '49, Elva Bonebrake, '50, Doris Statler, '50, Shirley Lynch, '51, Mary Stuart, '51, Rose Ann Wassell, '52, and Patricia Kemp, '52, Senior attendants wore blue gowns, junior attendants, aqua, sophomores, yellow, and freshmen, pink. Mary Ann Sweeney was flower girl and jimmy Hoch, 'crown bearer. The program was varied with first grade presenting an Indian dance, second grade riding tricycles while they sang When You Ride A Bicycle, third grade singing Enchanted Princess and Old Woman. The fourth graders performed folk dances, Tarantella and the Weggis dance and the fifth and sixth grade girls skipped rope. Seventh and eighth grade boys played Take Me Out To The Ball Game, with motions, accompanied by Theodore Price on the drums.- A formal dance around the may pole was done by high school girls and the streamers were unwound by seventh and eighth grade girls. A pantomime, written by Miss Margaret Maclay, was presented by the following high school students: Ronnie Nelson, narrator, Bobby Hawbaker, Lee Bowers, Clair Glaser, Bobby Nelson, Richard jones, and Richard Rice.

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ennsxllvania ee Mercersburg schools observed Pennsylvania Week for the first time on October 17g 1949. An exhibition, held in the high school gym, consisted of local produce, art and needlework, antiques, and exhibitions from local places of business. The exhibition was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mercersburg. A special assembly Pennsylvania Play Party was presented by the high school chorus. The assembly, shown to the school children in the afternoon and to the public at night, featured hillbilly songs and square dancing. Even the grade school observed Pennsylvania Week. The first grade erected a miniature of Buchanan's Monument. Second grade built a model farm. Third grade had an arrowhead collection and large background drawings. Other grades performed similar activities, such as constructing a small covered wagon, and mark- ing a map of the state with the products and industries of each locality.

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Qbveafisezs The financial success of this publication was made possible because of the many individuals and firms that have so generously cooperated in this undertaking. XVe, the students, appreciate this aid and interest in our work. MN