Muncy High School - Canusarago Yearbook (Muncy, PA)

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- - - - CANUSARAGO we - - - - K f Hannah Jane Reeder 'wills her ability to play the fiddle to Gabby Youtz. Dave Snyder gives to Dick Myers his excellent ability as a manager. John Houseknecht leaves to Harold C Turnip J Turner his ability to get acquaint- ed with the women. Erma Wallis wills her ability to get a diamond to Jean Egli, while Lola Walker wills her ability to get along with the young men to Merna Hawley. Wilfred Smith wills his athletic prowess to Bert Kahler. Isabel Fry leaves to Sis Reeder her cheerful ways-and to Jane Stolz, Betty Musser leaves her crooked specs.'l Jim Little -wills his ability to play basketball to Ken Mincemoyer. Bill Pewterbaugh wills his bashfulness to Pat Lockard. To Mary Ellen Best, Mary Bruch wills her ability to go steady for three years with the same fellow. Louise Pewterbaugh wills her excess poundage to Butch Byerly. Betty Walton leaves her bottle of blonde rinse to Red Krimm. Biddy Billhime wills her special hair oil to Albie Freeh knowing that he can make good use of it. President Baker wills his ability to take turns on two wheels to Phil Traupane. Charles Scott wills his ability as a fullback to future fullbacks of Muncy High. Dennis Rager wills his ability as a ball-room dancer to Harris Baysore while Carl Anderson wills his ability to heave coal to Paul Rickolt. Lamarr Nixon leaves his technique of escorting a different girl every night to Max Lucas. Rich Hill wills his ability to get along with cheerleaders to Johnny Hall. Bob PrintzenhoH, our cfass room Cassanova, wills his place at the poolroom to Leighton Hagerman, while Jimmy Martin leaves his ability to get along with the East Muncy girls, to Karl Feigles. Harrison Michael bequeaths his ability to get dates 'with the Washingtonville girls to Glen Derrick. Byron Dugan wills his ability to find a new sweetheart so easily, whenever he tires of the old, to Time,' Rupert. Paul Little wills his ability to get along with the South Main Street girls to Campbell Armstrong. Barbara Kilgus and Mary Drick leave their parking place at the Pine Tree to Frances Dugan and Verna Fry. Harold Andrews wills his ability to make good grades without taking any books home to Les Rohm. To Jane Anderson, Alan Frey wills his ability to transcribe shorthand dictation so well. To Beverly Henninger, Frances McMichael Wills her ability to get along with the out-of-town boysg while Gordon Motter wil's his athletic prowess to Ed Bower. Kenneth Sterrett wills his little black notebook to Pearl Mincemoyer. And now, we -who are about to leave, salute you! On this twenty-fifth day of May, 1942. we hereby sign, seal, and deliver this, the last will and testament of the Class of 1942 which has been officially approved and John Hancockedn by the Senior High School Faculty. C217

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T as I I I I 'i CANUSARAGO V I I' 'I l x I Betty informed us that she was hoping for another inmate to her quiet institu- tion. She thinks Dennis Rager is not quite mentally balanced, for Dennie finds that his research in the anatomy of a bedbug has proven unsuccessful. He rented a Haunted House in Chippewa and is now exerting his powerful muscles in exterminating his favorite pets from the House, which he hopes to build into a country home. We wonder if Dennie is going to settle down at last. It all depends on the bedbugs. I was surprised to learn that Mary Whitmire set up a candy store with Joe Sprout as the silent partner, and that Sophie Miller is a chauifeur for the Hunters- ville, Private Society, Milk Hauling Club which makes a trip to Muncy daily. Frey's Park back in '42 was definitely a Wilderness. Ruth Levan, seeing prospects of a fine amusement center, tamed down the Wild weeds and caged the animals roam- ing freely about. She set up an attractive country club with such steady members as Dr. Donald Baker and Miss Ruth Champlin. Dr. Baker is the resident physician at the Muncy Valley Hospital and Miss Cham- plin assists him, finding hospital work very interesting. As a hobby, the doctor, former president of the class, is working on a thesis, How to Clean a Gun and Stay Clean Yourself in Ten Easy Lessons. During the World War II John Houseknecht joined the Air Corps in June, fol- lowing graduation. He was sent to the South Seas and engaged in active duty. At the close of the war his regard for the picturesque islands made him choose to stay there and spend the rest of his days loafing on the sunny shores. The University of Chippewa has become quite active in the centers of the art of higher learning. Kenneth Siterrett is the professor mathematics and Byron Dugan is the coach of the fine wrestling team. Mary Bruch and Harold Andrews, after a whirlwind courtship of five years, finally embarked on the sea of matrimony. They are residing in the suburbs of Port Penn where Andy is the manager of the new Hurr's store. Elizabeth Billhime is the announcer for the Hoosier Hot Shots program over radio station WRAK. To satisfy her childish ambition for welfare work, Biddie in- dulges in the strenuous work of trying to keep mischievous boys and girls from play- ing hookey', on nice spring days. Wilfred Smith has at last asserted himself in the music World. He spends long hours practicing a Piano Concerto for his debut in May at Carnegie Hall. Frances McMichael is practicing all the things Miss Long taught her in the Home Economics class on her unfortunate husband and their two-year old daughter. Arlene Gardner is assisting her husband in their funeral parlor in Angletown and Marjorie Phillips and Louise Pewterbaugh are busily raising chickens for defense on their spacious farm next door. We are sorry to learn that Erma Wallis is unhappy these days. Her husband, Earl Shick, is in the United States Service at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, and Erma fears he has forgotten her since she only receives two letters a day. The Nettie Mae Beauty Shoppe is in the hands of Betty Musser. May Tobias is the hair style designer, practicing her ideas on Francis Temple who, for some reason or other, loves to hang about the shoppe and watch the wonders of making an ugly woman merely homely. Paul Little and Isabel Frey have opened their own Dairy, selling more and better milk for less money. Alan Frey is incorporating his business of house painting with the slogan, You build 'em up, we'll slap 'em down-with paint. The Little Theatre in Pennsdale this week, I'm told, is featuring Miss Mary Drick under the name, Mario Dricko, in the play, The Saga of the Glade Run Trag- edy. Miss Drick returned from New York recently where she majored in a course in dramatics. C239