North Coventry High School - Torch Yearbook (Pottstown, PA)

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Class Song . . . Let's cheer, class, let's cheer, There's no time to be sad. Our hearts must have courage To show us the way. We'll cheer for the bygone days When sorrows were small and f Until bright tomorrow, farewell, Norco, to you. GW. Dear Norco, we leave you, Our hearts sad and blue, We'll miss all your teachings And guidance so true. At last we have reached the goal, We leave now to face the world. So farewell, dear Norco, Our mem'ries are with you. TUNE: Linger Awhile WORDS: Marlyn Berriker and Joan Buckwalter

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EDWARD LOCKOWITZ Ed GENERAL Band, 9, 10, 115 Safety Patrol, 11, 12. Short and slender . . . friendly, especially to boys . . . has a wisecrack for every occasion . . . shuns social activities . . . never worries . . . finds short cuts in English assignments . . . some days are better spent in bed than in school . . . was a faithful service station attendant until Ramble Inn closed . . . lacks any ap- parent interest in girls . . . proud owner of a black Pontiac . . . is waiting to see what fate and Uncle Sam have in store for him. -ili- Memories . . . Will you ever forget: the football games and autumn hayrides . . . Mr. Alderfer's senior secre- taries . . . senior conferences in the library . . . the cowboy fans in Room 9 . . . Miss Delp's 3:15 club . . . the times Gene and Catherine ran to the Nook during classes . . . Joan's sighs in classes . . . Pete's serenades . . . Donald's Pardon . . . those lectures on earning credit . . . the corn shockers . . . Cousin Lowell from Cactus County . . . Cleo's Cadillac . . . Big Four meetings at the top of the stairs . . . the clock watchers in every class? Events that were highlights in our history, when: Marilyn, Dodie, and Charlotte became engaged . . . three girls took an afternoon off . . . Washington Schoolhouse became so popular with certain senior girls . . . the desks carvers ceased work . . . two lost students went to the wrong school . . . Wayne made a field in Room 9 that cost him seven dollars . . . Pete's was raided by Norco fans. We wonder: Who were the ghosts that opened the windows in Mrs. Shinehouse's room? . . . who dropped the typewriter . . . why Marlyn, Lillian, and Esther were sent out of Junior English class? . . . how did Bill McKee tune in Arthur Godfrey when we expected to hear Macbeth? . . . why did Gene make such strange faces in P. O. D. class? . . . why Rosalie was never on time? Were you there when: the Ag. boys gave an assembly program . . . the seniors presented their Class Day programs . . . Mr. Alderfer gave us his lectures in P. O. D .... the vocational students went to the Farm Show? We were honored with: Mr. Brown's jokes . . . Henry's taxi service . . . the new elementary school . . . the assembly programs before Christmas vacation . . . the sermons during Easter week . . . our District Choristers . . . Miss Pratt's patience . . . four wonderful years in North Coventry High School . . . the efforts of teachers and parents to have us get an education.

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CIBSS POCITI . . . Give me your youth, the pride of tomorrow, the young, impatient to be free, and striving to conquer the horizon ever beckoning them. Allow me to shelter them in my aged hands. I shall temper their firmness and fill them with knowledge, security and good will. I shall point out the true virtues of life: truth, kindness, good conduct and enduring faith. Although I am tired and my walls are gray with age, even so, I shall mouldthe best from their ranks. V r N . Look upon these who now walk my quiet halls for perhaps the last time-who shall always know that under my roof there shall be ever a haven. I have guided them and nourished each one with every rich experience and activity. I have given them leaders and friends, to better acquaint them with patience and under- standing. I have been entertainment, example, sorrow and joy. Each one holds a cherished incident from within my bounds. And now, as they leave me, I only hope that they shall remember but this: I am North Coventry, their strife and happiness, their wishes and dreams, their frolicsome adolescence and sophisticated maturity. May they ever know that within the bosom of every person affiliated with my doorways and rooms, And in my memories and pleasures there will ever be a place for the Class of 1952. Donald C. Sheasley