Palmerton High School - Mirror Yearbook (Palmerton, PA)

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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.

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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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Tim Mrrmon SENIOR Isstm From the Faculty Adviser A year of sustained activity closes with the publication of this, the Senior issue of THE MIRROR. It is the crowning achievement of a class which has successfully surmounted the last obstacle in its march toward Commencement. It is hardly likely that a more fitting occasion could be found for the faculty adviser to emerge from his place of typographical obscrurity to pay a tribute to those Seniors who have written their last inch of space for our school publication and to those whose activity has been responsible for the circulation of the last issue of the paper. During the past school year, nine members of the class of '32 have assisted in the bi-weekly publication of school news. Catherine Peters, Rosaleen Hatcher, Marguerite Harkness, Char- les Milkovich, Fred Polash, and Alex Delich contributed varied news articles and features, while Harlan Bossard, Woodrow Snyder, and Robert Green controlled circulation and money matters. To Catherine Peters especially, must go un- stinted praise for her faithful adherence to duty and her cheerful co-operation, though scarcely less praiseworthy is the work done by Rosaleen Hatcher, Marguerite Harkness and Charles Mil- kovich. Unquestionably the staff will lose a wealth of material in this Commencement. Though their places will be taken by others-for the work must go on, their proven ability and ready willingness will be gratefully recalled by their faculty adviser. J. W. BEATTIE. Mrs. D. L. Learn Mrs. D. L. Learn, after seven years of success- ful teaching in the Palmerton Schools, has lost her position on the faculty through a ruling of the Board of Directors, which bars married women teachers from service in the school sys- tem. Mrs. Learn is a graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and of the Mansfield State Normal School. She has supplemented her college work by continued studies at the Universities of Columbia and Rutgers. She holds permanent certificates for teaching in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey for any junior high school. Throughout her twelve years of teaching ex- perience, Mrs. Learn was a hard worker. and in spite of often trying circumstances, was always a success. The students she has taught speak of her as amiable, interesting, interested, and a CLUBS The activities of the Pen and Ink Club, spon- sored by Mr. A. B. Cass, centered interest on fancy lettering, copy work, commercial sketches and more recently, cartooning. The Social Club, under the direction of Miss Tomb, discussed dancing, introductions, dress and other appropriate topics. Many compliments have been received by Miss Evalyn Jones concerning the Glee Club. That interest in this club is increasing has been shown by the fact that the club has increased in number from thirty to ninety. Mrs. D. L. Learn's Nature Club has enjoyed many pleasant trips into the woods, studying birds and their calls. Miss Florence Barnes and Mr. Wilhelm in- structed boys and girls in dancing and apparatus work during the club periods. The Dennison Club, supervised by Miss Pansy Boyer, have made clever paper objects and de corations. The pretty dresses and other articles of wear- ing apparel were made by the Dressmaking Club under the direction of Miss Barnes. Twenty-five girls enjoyed working with Miss Emma J. Fee in knitting and crocheting doilies, scarfs. tams and many other interesting things. Mr. Fatzinger and Mr. Braucher united their efforts in teaching harmony to the Boys' Glee Club. The Commercial Club. under the guidance of Miss Martin, observed the methods used in offi- ces of Hess Brothers Department Store and the P. P. dz L., in Allen,owng Palmerton Telephone Exchange, Bottling Company and other minor offices in town. Miss Helen Erb's Nature Club took hikes and studied wild flowers. mighty fine teacher! Mrs. Learn , one of the girls said, makes things so clear and interesting that we can 't help but like her and the subject, too. There can be no greater test for a good teacher than the students' own opinion of her. Zeiser- Would you give a five-spot to help bury a saxaphone player? Foley- Certainly! Well, here's thirty bucks help to bury six of them. Kurtz- Dis is me Sunday hat. Shipkovsky- Why's that your Sunday hat? Kurtz- I wear it on me weak end.