Palmerton High School - Mirror Yearbook (Palmerton, PA)

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THE Mnmon SI-:mon Issum f fs' ax , QQ lee if - 4 'S 4 The Track team, coached by Mr. Wilhelm, achieved the highest honors in this sport tha. our school has ever attained. The team won one Meet, lost two and placed third in the County Meet at Summit Hill. For the first time in the records of this school, two members of our Track squad, Mike Kuba and Steve Mazepa, entered the P.I.A.A. State Pre- liminaries in Altoona. In the finals, Kuba was one of three boys who tied for second place in the pole vault. The boys on the Track squad are: Mike Kuba, Steve Mazepa, Fred Heller, John Fabian, Frank Jonas, Ernest Riehrig, William Smida, John Olivia, Frank Danchez, Steve Tergo, Joe Ple- chavi, Sigfried Kretzel, Joe Tergo, Horace Far- ber and Mike Samok. P.H.S. has just completed the most success- ful year in athletics. We came nearer the goal than any school in the Lehigh Valley when our basketball team reached the semi-finals for the state basketball championship. ' Though a rather small school, Palmerton was undefeated two years previous and repeated this season to win the Lehigh Valley League Cham- pionship for the third consecutive year. In the last five years blue and white basketball teams have won 65 out of 70 league games played, mak- ing them champions four times during a period of five years. In the race for the State title, Coach W. E. Braucher's quintette met and defeated several of the foremost contenders for this honor. Blythe Township, Summit Hill, VVest Chester and Steelton fell before the attack of the Pal- merton High aggregation. Encountering Old Forge in the State semi-finals, our boys were defeated after a hard, well-played game. The boys were hailed everywhere as a wonderful team and Palmerton fans were recognized for their fine sportsmanship. Qtr C

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SENIOR IHSU1-1 THE MIRROR 24 Morning Call Il OW 'ourtesy Allent

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THE MIRROR Samoa Issum TQ , , . i 4 i ff ' . mv- f X xx 4 Xfi Although we did not win the Lehigh Valley League Baseball Championship, the High School nine enjoyed a successful season. Coach W. E. Braucher's boys played ten games, winning eight of them. This includes two games won at the expense of Slatington and two meaning a loss for East Stroudsburg. Pal- merton lost to Lehighton and Northampton. The latter winning the championship. The boys lost two tough contests, but through- out the season played snappy, headup ball. With seven of the nine regulars returning in 1932-33, a championship is predicted. The Tennis team, directed by Mr. O. Blynn, had the most successful season in this sport in the history of the school. The team, composed of Harlan Bossard, Thomas Gearhart, Henry Chamberlain, Leon Snyder, Lewis Ash, Paul Bartholomew and William Kline won eight games tied two and lost one. F5 fig ' ir' ' N a N mavwyxx MISS SHEETZ HONORED AT DINNER Miss Kate Sheetz teacher of mathematics in the Palmer High School and a member of the Palmerton teaching corps for the past twelve years, will retire from active teaching at the con- clusion of the present school term. Her record of service in Palmerton and at Lancaster, Pa., covers a period of forty-three years, and many men and women who have be- come successful in business and other vocations can attrribute the solid foundation of their ma- thematical knowledge to the painstaking care with which Miss Sheetz supervised their elemen- tary studies. In recognition of her service to the Palmerton Schools, a dinner was given in her honor at the Palmerton Hotel, which was attended by eighty- eight persons, including the teaching staff and members of the Board of Directors. She was presented with many valuable gifts as tokens of appreciation. Miss Sheetz will continue to reside in Palmer- ton, and it is the wish of her many friends that the influence of her personality and activities may be extended over many more years. Siska- Who told you about me being out with a girl? Shive- A little bird told me. Siska- That bird must have been a little cuckoo! Cop-- Hey you! Pull over to the curbl What 's the idea of passing that sign? It says 'st0p', and that means you. Paul Serfass- Me? How did they know I was here? Heller- We have a lot of that modernistic furniture at home and- Catherine Peters- And what? Heller- Last night I found I was sleeping on a bookcase.