Orwigsburg High School - Hi Crier Yearbook (Orwigsburg, PA)

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ennagluania Eutrh Ever 'one of us at SOIIIC tiine or another has seen articles of Penn- . , 4 , sylvania German art, perhaps 111 our homes or elsewhere, but we have never learned of its si0'niIicance. Thousands of Gerlnan families ol' C! the Jeasant class re ressed Dersecuted driven out of their native 9 - I? . 7 countrx' because ot their 1'iEllj 1OUS belieis came over of their own ac- . 'D cord. Some of them connng to these shores moved up the .I ludson and settled in New York. Others, the majority, settled ill the counties of Pliiladelpliia, lNlontgo111ery, Bucks, Northampton, IJ e h i gh, Berks, Schuylkill, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, and York, illltl called tl1en1- selves the PENNSYLVANIA DEITSCIIEH C Dietseh ill high G crnianj . Although their comfortable homes were almost devoid of color and although their religion forbade the use of color on their persons. they attempted to put a note into their otherwise dull surround- ings by using all sorts ol' 4lQVlCOS-ll0C'01'Eltlllg' in gaudy reds, greens. and yellow all the articles which were useda everyday i11 the home. People are awakening to the fact that i11 spite of its simplicity, or perhaps folk-art is truly a great heritage and one, well deserving of all the praise and recognition we can give it. As a practical art, 0110 with which the people lived day by day, it meant mneh to its ere- ators and, holds something for us if we will only look for it. For, ol' such sturdy stock was composed Olll' great nation, in which all peoples, great and small alike, can express themselves to the fullest extent of their abilities. l4l

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Erhiratinn We, the class of 1953, are indeed' proud to dedicate this issue olf the H1 Crier to Mrs. Anna S. Erh. Mrs. lflrb teaches second grade in our elenientary building and plans to retire at the end of this school terni. She was horn on Septeniber 11, l8S4, graduated from Orwigshurg lligh School, in 1900, and from 'West Chester State Norinal School in HJO2. She has taught a total of 26 years, 2233 years of which were spent in Orwigsburg. She has three children, each of whoni was engaged in the teaching' profession for some tinie. Mfrs. Erb has served Orwigsburg school well. She has been one of its outstanding teachers for inany years. Her kind, but lirin ways with children will linger in our ineinories for inany years to eoine. For her inspired service, we dedicate, to Mrs. Anna 9. lllrli, our 1953 yearhoolc. NYe l!l11'tll0l.' wish for her, niany years ol? continued good health. l3l

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ltli-Qlrirr Staff Feature Editor DAVID STERNER Assistant Feature Editor EDWARD MOYER Sport Editor FREDERICK REHRIG Assistant Sport Editor RICHARD PEISCHL Advei tising Manager RICHARD LEYMEISTER Editor-in-Chief MARGARET BAIR Assistant Editor-in-Chief BERNARD SANTOR Assistant Advertising Managers ROBERT RARICK HOWARD REHRIG L51 Literary Editor ROBERT REPP Assistant Literary Editor JAY REED Art Editor JACK HILL Assistant Art Editors JOYCE SHIFFERT BETTY FISHER BARBARA EMERICK ELAINE FRITZ Business Manager RICHARD FAUST