Muncy High School - Canusarago Yearbook (Muncy, PA)

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i ' 'i i sf - - - - CANUSARAGO - - - - K 1 Philip Kift is the manager of the A8zP. He received a promotion to Betty Jean's house instead of the Glade Run bridge and soon hopes to win her hand in marriage. Carl Anderson is the sole proprietor of the Anderson Coal Co. This product is now only one third slate. Bob Printzenhoff, having taken over Fahnestock's pool room, has developed a handsome bay window. Miss Margaret Renn assists him and it is rumored that they were secretly married last winter in Chippewa at the annual convention of profes- sional billiard men. Jim Hitesman now is the owner and much admired life guard of the bathing beach located near the mouth of Glade Run. He saves on an average, ten pretty girls a day. And the water isn't that deep. Leon Gottschall has become the Romeo of the Muncy Hills and Jim Little be- came captain of a tank squadron when he achieved great fame and honor in fighting the Japs so heroically during the World War H. Betty Hall and Larry Beilhartz are living in a quaint Spanish-style bungalow in the heart of Angeltown's business section. Lawrence Jr. keeps Betty very busy and will be starting to school soon. Harrison Michael has become an expert in the me-chanism of old Fords. His garage is jammed with the parts of old cars from all over the World. Now married, Harrison lives on his father's farm in the Muncy Hills while Richard Hill is working in the fields of the Dugan farm. As soon as Frances gains her father's consent, he hopes to marry her and have a farm of his own. Evelyn Kepner, president of the Women's Gossip and Eat Club, recently applied to Muncy's first aid center for a fresh supply of splints and bandages. Louise Grow is the captain of the internationally famous girls basketball team, the Purple Cyclones. James Martin has become a great potato producer and is en- larging his farm by several hundred acres before he relinquishes his title as the most popular bachelor. Chippewa seems to be up in the political world with Barbara Kilgus, famous for her oratorical powers, head of the political party. Miss Kilgus has many followers and it is quite probable that she may some day become president of the United States. Betty Bower completed her course in nursing and is doing fine work on the western coast, tending to the crippled soldiers who were wounded in the war. After a long standing friendship in high school, Hannah Reeder and Lamarr Nixon have announced their engagement. Nicky is running the paper store which was formerly Cripy' Grange's. A great man in the social world is Robert Waldron. Also the confirmed business head of Sprout and Waldron's. He is noted for his great drumming ability and I am told he is trying to organize a dance band in his spare moments. Edward Wertman moved to Hawaii with his bride, the former Lola Walker. He is a naval commander of the U. S. fleet and has been stationed there since his enlist- ment eight years ago. One member of our class who has done quite well for himself is Art Whittier who is aiding Henry Ford in Detroit. Art hasn't changed and it is doubtful whether he will ever settle down. The last member of our class whom Eeanor reported, was Bob Houseknecht. After devouring all he could from Mr. Kistler's efforts in teaching the class the Problems of the Government in soil conservation, Bob began employing his own methods of conservation. One year he would plant potatoes, the next, corn. The fol- lowing year, to conserve the land and himself, he would take a year of leisure. A profitable method of conservation, I thought. We had discussed all our illustrious classmates so I rose and bid my friends goodbye, strolling thoughtfully out into the sunny street. As a whole, our class had done quite well for itself. C245

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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

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' 4 T as ' ' ' ' 7 CANUSARAGO V U l ' ' x I junior Girls rf' First Row: J. Byerly, E. Richey, I. Reese, A. Rager, M. Hanley, G. Kiess, B. Shaw. Second Row: I. Frantz, F. Dugan, J. Egli, J. McLaughlin, E. Reeder, J. Stolz, L. Bower. M. Brown M. Butera, A. Lyons. Third Row: S. Kisner, B. Taylor, M. Banzhaf, D. Corson, E. Fry, J. Stevens, B. Eichenlaub, H Brass, D. Hall. Fourth Row: B. Carpenter, L. Campbell, R. Hall, B. Fry, T. Reed, B. Walter, J. Anderson, B. Gord- , ner, P. Shadduck. Fifth Row: E. Rosenbaum, B. Williams, E, Becht, B. Rothfuss, J. Turner, V. Fry, E. Yetter, A Foust, M. Rosenbaum. junior Boys First Row: H. Turner, J. Grow, W, Houseknecht, M. Burns, C. Lockard, L. Gordner, B. Kahler, Second Row: E. Stabler, C. Phillips, R. Myers,RR. Gordner, G. Krimm, A. Freeh, N. Heincelman H. upert. Third Row: J. ODD. G. Derrick, J. Hagerman, O. Spring. S. Whittier. C255