Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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i . ! ?ij 1 Pn — r J ‘Vr«- TIT dLJE ;i:d •.r.ii’E 9 | TlZj ijL.fi Y'g -Ufl i THE NEW SOUND SYSTEM CHORUS NEWS Reoently a contract was signed by L. E. Cox-and, UK, Ludwig with -the Schulnerickr'StruncV —3ysten—Co. of Glenside Pix., for the iastall-ation dAf'on1aW lif7ing'feysten in the auditorium of N. H. S. This sound system will be one of the most modern equipment of it s kind in the state and will be installed next month. It will irv 'fclude four movable, hanging micro-phomes.and one movable pedestal micrdphone on the stc-ge; ; our loud speakers In the auditoriui ; two speakers at the athletic'Hold oqnJ -ment for radio reception, ana transmission and attachments for playing records as well as for making them, PENNSYLVANIA FO SENIC VlUSIC LEAGUE For the past fourteen years in Pennsylvania there have been stated-wide speech and music •on-« tests. This year they will beheld at Ne.w Cas.tle on April 18 and 19 . Ijie ,cpritest as a whole starts In ' the county. The county winners in each event Are entitled to. represent the districts of the state lor ‘that event in the final state contests . The Chorus of Newport Hiih Schooly under the direction of “Mr. Clyer-, ■consists-• of-the eleventh and twelfth grades. At'the beginning of the first ■•neater were.seventy two members and now the number has been cut down to fifty two. The members arw as follows: Vera Baker Dorothy Smith Ruth Saenger Zoe EYagner Barbara Fickes : Mary Kell Bets y Bailor Theresa Nickle Dorothy Bitner Jean Hultzapple Sara Woodward Maxine Flelsher Evelyn Kraft Ethel Baker Edna Miall Geraldine Fleisher Alice Noll Joan Smith Rebn Sheibley Carolyn Miller Jean Knabe •onnie Wiley Helen Rush Karl Wright Donr.ld Hostetler Martin Kiner. Helen §laull . Gloria I-iyers Sara Jury Lnvonne Clay Lorraine Clay Carrie Fealtman James Jefferies Robert Strickland Chwrles Dinn Earl Myers ? ayne Nedigh Qe is Adams David Page Earl Sorting Maurice Smith Robert Co£ Leslie Jury Richard Kuss. Roy Peterman Rodney Spylor Louis Dietz . Russel Clouser X ■ Two students of our high school have entered the contest this ypar, Ruth Saenger is giving a reading by Shakespeare, and Erwin Smn.rr is giving a Declamation. All participants will have a fine opportunity’ to engage in worth while, activities. SYMPATHY The pupils and teachers of Mew-port High School wish tj .,, .extend their greatest sympathy to Phyllis Enck in her recent bereavement. ■GLORIA MYERS WINS RADIO Following the magazine drive in N.Ij.S.,- all .the stjudents who ’.Stahl- two or more subscriptions received their prizes. These prizes were warded by Mr. Kerr irj an. assembly program which was ..conducted by the Student Council. After the, morning devotions, the jaome of each prize-winning student was put into a box. After they were well-mixed, thoStudent Council president ■ drew a' name The lucky winner happened, to be Gloria,Myers. Her ‘grand prize was a radio. — t-Y

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FEATURES — ....d THE BLUE AND WHITE D.A.R.. CONTESTANT CHOSEN LTigfi -L 2 3i4 i a rry 617 S 131 4 S 1 1U i!!'tT 'fr I c ; ! 7 jj V11.74' R I A. This is the Golden Jubilee Year of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution and the Perry County Chapter is extending the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage in every country. Senior students in each public-high school choose by vote three girls in their class who excell in the following qialitlos to a degree? 1. Dependability-truthfulness, 2. Service-cooperation 3. Leadership-personality; so If -control, ability to assume responsibility. 4. Parti otism-unselfish interest in family, school, community, and nation. From the three girls thus elected, the high school faculty selects one who becomes the Good Citizen of her school. A Ques-tionaire will be sent to the principal. Under this supervision the Good Citizen will be allowed one hour to complete the test. All D.A.R. Chapters in the state of Pennsylvania will participate in the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage and from the winners of this contest, the Pilgrim will bo chosen who will represent Pbnn-sylvania as the guest of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington in April. The senior class and faculty have choson Kiss Zoe Y agner to participate in the D.A.R. contest this year. Last year Kiss Esther Jones represented the senior class. The regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association was held Monday, January 20, 1941. The President opened the meeting and gave a short talk on th« value of oducation. Miss Blanche Robinson outlinod the program of the tuberculosis society as far as it concerns our school. All the students are to be given the tuberculin test and then x-ray if there are my symptoms of the disease. Tho teachers are also urged to take the test. The tuberculosis cases were greatly increased in Perry County this past year. The community is asked to cooperate in tho work of this society. A panel discussion was carried on by the parents, townspeople and members of the faculty, Mr. Kipp, Henry Fall, Mr. Rothen-berger. Miss Laurence Wolfe, Miss Fanouf, Miss Margaret Smith, Mrs. E. C. Hoke. Tho subject for the evening was The Purpose of the Parent Teachers' Association. Many interesting questions were brought to light and it is hoped that further -work will be done on the subject. The banners were won by grades 10-A and 1-B. The next mooting will be hold Feb. 17, 1941. It was decided at a recent meeting of the Newport Lions Club that ()50 would bo presented to the P.T.A. to use for the purchase of an amplifying system. This amount of money was half of the proceeds from th©!:- play, Headin' Hollywood, sponsor-ed by the Lions' Club.

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TKF. BTJIT:. PARKER PENS BOSSERMAN'S DRUG STORE Newport, Pa. ZUCkEKjVI AH’ DEPARTMENT STORE CLOTHING SHOES FURNISHINGS NEWPORT. PA. r TEA CO. NEWPORT. PA SMil HA FRESH MEATS NEWPORT. PA. I THE STORE THAT TAKES PRIDE IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH MEATS6VEGETA6LES - TLAjNTJC PACJEJC Pae.—3- for his Kerr made an the value of CONGRATULATIONS ! On January 28, 1941, Mr. Kerr received a Master’s Degree in Education from Pennsylvania State College. Mr. Kerr obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science from Indiana State Teachers’ College in 19S4. The work done for both these degrees lay in the field of commercial education and Masters' thesis, Mr. interesting study of corruercir.l studies,.. CAMPUS DAZE WILL DAZE YOU This year's operetta is truly collegiate in style, in script, and in atr.os ibere , Campus Daze is the title and it is a breezy operetta in two acts. It v iil be presented on April J 4 4, Campus Daze is a Clark Clark musical comedy, full of everything from Chinks to winds, selling pans to holding hands, centered around life on a college campus, which is always lively and full of fun. This zippy, up-to-the-n.i ’’-utc comedy will hold your rf-ticn every second of every iuvv it is playing. Just think .ow much fun it will be to sec y ur friends on a college campus, acting like real, honest-to-goodness colls-Siates-nnd sane at that 1 The cast and choruses have been selected. Intensive practices nave already begun. So watch for Campus Dazo -it s a daisy J BAND AND ORCHESTRA The Newport Trig!: School Band ind Orchestra arc getting ready Tor the annual music festival which will be hold at LoysvilTr in May.