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

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111,3'eQ' Q NORTH COVENTRY TQWNSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOCL North Coventry Township now has a fine, new completely modern building. Low spacious ceil- ings add a more home-like appearance to classrooms. Each room is a complete unit in itself, con- taining boys' and girls' lavatories, and a sink with hot and cold water. Flexibility is added to the teaching program through the movable furniture, and wardrobes, which may also serve as bulletin boards. Three rows of fluorescent lights, in addition to large bay windows, insure good visibility. Bright green crayon boards add to the effect of light and are dustless. Each room is air-conditioned and can be controlled by the teacher. An outside exit for every room is a feature of convenience and safty. Other outstanding features of the building are a fine cafeteria, in which both grade and high school pupils eat lunch, a beautiful teachers' lounge and a spacious gymnasium, which gives plenty of space for the pupils to exercise. After school hours the high school boys use the gym for their athletic program. There are several things needed to complete the equipment of the new school, such as curtains for the stage and new gym stands. A madacamized playground behind the school is now in the pro- cess of completion. The North Coventry School Board started working on a solution to our overcrowded, out-of-date grade schools in the summer of 1949. A local building authority was set up by the township super- visors to arrange for financing the project. The men who so generously gave their time were: C. Donnell Marshall, C. Allyn Brown, Sr., Clarence A. Yocum, A. Erwin Colver, and J. Daniel Jones. This beautiful building was constructed in less than ten months. The first classes were held on January 3, 1952 - a day which is a milestone in North Coventry's educational history.

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Capers At The Capital . . . From those three happy days of our Washington trip, each of us cherishes some special mem- ories, which we wish to preserve in our yearbook for enjoyment in future years. The boys will chuckle about: The morning when Screendoor Brockway, Richard Goss, and Laine Keeler delayed the bus for twenty minutes Cno one called the boys for breakfast.J . . . William McKee hanging out the fourth story window, while Wayne Fulmer and Bill Rhymer watched with mingled expressions of shame and mirth . . . the bed that collapsed after Dick Trythall, Donald Sheasley, and Lowell Mull sabotaged it . . . the football games in the halls which always ended with Keeler, Bill Salaneck, and Tommy Bishop on the floor . . . Gordon's adventure at the servants' en- trance . . . David Camaho's exhibition in the hall of his football skill . . . Eddie Lockowitz, getting lost on the way to the movies. The girls will never forget: Rosalie Bitler and Jane Cisarik, taking a pajama hike to the lobby, to buy candy . . . Henrietta Kulcycki's expression when Dorothy Kuntzleman and Helen Read wakened her . . . the hurry and scurry to put rooms in order for Mrs. Shinehouse's sudden inspections . . . Joan Buckwalter's quick trip down the White House steps . . . Betty Jane Loughin and Ann Marie Semet watching Cleo Brown perform on the small balcony outside their window . . . Esther Evans, squeezed into a few inches of space between Marlyn and Chris . . . Christine Swavely, barging into a glass shelf in the bathroom . . . Carolyn Gray, answering the phone, then falling asleep with the receiver in her hand . . . Marilyn Rothenberger, Ruth Roberts, and June Johnson lost in thonghts of the attractions back home . . . Charlotte's leap over the bed which resulted in a bruised lip . . . Barbara Ehly and Shirley Lightcap, frantically searching for their electric irons, which the other girls had borrowed . . . Catherine Luft, taking the blame for Lillian, Rena, and Rosie, when they came in late . . . Janet Baker, waking Joan by dunking her in the shower . . . Ginny Yocom's collection of sailors . . . the unexpected telephone call that Marlyn answered at 4:30 a.m .... Phyllis, Mildred, and Jane Shaner dressing in bed, because of inadequate floor space . . . Margie Swavely, sending four cards to one certain person . . . Joyce, Beverly and Arlene, receiving an unwelcome caller. We can all recall: How we nicknamed Mrs. Shinehouse Chap fshort for chaperonej . . . how Mr. DeVincentis suffered from bursitis . . . that we had french fries at every meal . . . how hard it was to stay awake after two sleepless nights . . . those room service cokes that cost one dollar . . . Gene Clemens, parading through the halls in his handsome pajamas . . . Theodora Smith's enjoyment of the moonlight ride on the Potomac River. Unanswered questions: Will those bedspreads that hung out of the window of Room 406 ever get clean? . . . Will the man in Room 403 recover from his surprise at being awakened by cat calls at 4:20 a.m.? . . . Who spent thirty cents to ride across the street in a taxi? . . . Who won in the big game that involved Carl Ecker, Johnny Kreps, James Chappie, Joe Fry, and Robert Swavely? . . . Why did Henry Hoffman sit in the front seat of the bus ? . . . Why did Philip Lang want to change to Mrs. Shinehouse's bus? . . . Why couldn't those happy days at Washington go on indefinitely?