Pen Argyl Area High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Pen Argyl, PA)

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Big Names About PAHS COL l: Mr. Thoburn Cassady from the sunny South received his degree from W. Virginia Univ. He's responsible for the golden voices of P.A. . Mrs. Shirley Davis, Mrs. Madia Fric- hards, Mrs. Velma Dorney, Mrs. Mary Hontz, Mrs. Peg Stenlick, Mrs. Marian Kauff- man, and Mrs. Marlene Teel are the ladies that keep the food coming all year long in the cafeteria. Mrs. Elda Brune is back teaching geography, history, and German full-time after doing quite a bit of COL 3: Mr. Thomas Schoe ninger, B.S. from ESSC, teaches English and coach- es basketball and tennis. He still finds time for soft- ball and reading. Mr. Carl Millard, a Bloomsburg na- tive and member of the Business Department, col- lects coins, hunts, and fish- es after school hours. Mrs. Grace Samson has taught home living for 27 years at Pen Argyl. She likes to cook and sew even in her spare time. substituting the past couple of years. Her hobbies in- clude collecting and refinish- ingantiques. l ' 12 'E IL 5: Mr. Dave Overdorf, h degrees from Kutz- 'n and Rutgers, directs guidance department. mping and sports take his time away from ool. Mr. Ed Folk- :hing English and ching basketball and eball fill his school s, while his family and F occupy the rest of his Miss Gloria Keiper the Homemakers of to ow Sports knitting ceramics are her mam ests Miss Tnsh Ma ski, from New York sels the third-eighth ers. Swimming and e. , B.S. from Mansfield, tums out - r . . , ' ' l , r . ' ' - 1 l ng keep her active. 3. X , ,I I 3 COL 2: Mrs. joyce Ronalds rf-COL 4: Mrs. janet Shimer, takes care of the ills of the ,Egmakes up exactly one-half ,of school, then tums to knit- our Reading Department. S e --ting for relaxation. She has is a grad of Pocono Mt. High been the school nurse here Pen Argyl for 18 years. Steven Schoonover the practical arts de- His wit keeps Industrial Arts and Me- Drawing Pupils their toes constantly. He off flying in his me. Mr. Schoonover been here at Pen Argyl ESSC and has taught here rs. Mrs. Shimer tums to and riding for her re- Mr. George Trissler native German and head the Language Department, skiing. He is one of our football coaches and enjoys sailing and tennis. rs. Betty Reagan has been our chief librarian for 4 years. is a graduate of West and enjoys collecting yea

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ing is one of his main inter- ests. COL 6: Mr. Bill Clark spends long hrs. in the gui- dance office: then he un- winds by hiking, fishing, dr cycling. Mrs. jackie Wea- ver teaches at both ends of the spectrum-7th grade reading and Sr. English. She loves animals 6: spends much time working with the Humane Soc. Mrs. ja- nice Kashimba, a W. Hazel- ton native teaches math and enjoys swimming, ar- chery, and tennis. COL 7: Mr. john McKay likes photography and offers his talent to the yr. book in ad- dition to teaching biology. Mrs. Linda Hohenstein- BS from ESSCQ she spends her free time sewing and playing bridge. Mr. Chuck Snyder comes from Cla- rion. He puts his MS in Communications to use by taking charge of the A.V. dept. COL 8: Mr. joe Gre- gory is the new addi- tion to the Ind. Arts shop. Boat racing makes his life interesting. Miss Norma Smith, an alumna of PAHS has taught English here 11 yrs. Her hobbies include sewing dr painting. Miss jenny Schantz-ESSC tum- ed out our hockey coach 6: phys. ed. teacher. She can't stay away from sports- N ' , 7 s ,L 'iff - -,. f 3 R f X -- , -v.. .. 'E 1' 4 ff F V ,-ff: s even in her spare time. Mr. Harry Bray-P.A. depends on him to teach chem, lead the yearbook, dz take charge of sports. Naturally, photography dr sports oc- cupy much of his time. COL 9: 4 of our dedicated custodians: Mr. Beck Bran- ton, Mr. Charles Hock, Mr. Ray Granda, Mr. Sherman Standlick, Mr. Milt Faust- a Kutztown grad, he brings out the artistic best in his students and still finds time for hunting 81 fishing. Mr. Scott Deischer has deve- loped a great band. Mans- ,As 5- iti: Q-it 1 . , field should be proud. How does he ever find time for golf and studying for his master's at Trenton State? Miss joan Peron, from Pottsville and Bloomsburg, just finished her first year teaching Spanish. She likes to spend her spare time on the ski slopes and tennis courts. COL 10: Mr. Tom Chuss, the economics and sociology wizard is work- ing on his masters in Politi- cal Science. He is one of our football coaches 81 en- joys most other sports as well. Miss Agnes Anderson teaches the higher maths. She is the head of the math department and has recent- ly moved into Wind Cap. Miss Anderson has taught here 10 yrs. having gra- duated from West Chester dr Ohio State. For relax- ation she enjoys read- ing, sewing, knitting, and travel. iflf R Xi-ncluvlai 51271 'l 'rr X. S M., IBIS'- A .. .,.. ,J g -f: 39' 1' K K . . 1. w, fj 'i-1 ......, .y Q . qv tis. H rj! I' -are vt' f ' f.x,,r-i , .111 , f 5 Q 1 rt filth... ,Ki 5 W 1 riffs: :aiu 1114 ii : S 'wi ti .1 . J' :KM if -as ,Q laiegh sf A tv 11

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iv- f 3' is , , -1 it ' .4 af X' llg - 1 N' ,li ' Q 1 I - gk K JA ., COL 6: Mr. Duane Toth gives our students a background in Driver Education to help keep our roads safer. A Pen Argyl graduate, he has now been here 8 years. Mr. Toth is the girls' gymnastics coach. He is interested in all sports. Mr. Dick Bowman. a Parkland High graduate has been here 7 years and this past year took over the reins as head football coach. In the classroom Mr. Bowman is one of our fine math teachers. This ESSC alu- mnus is also interested in all other sports. Mr. Charles Kop- cho received his education at Bloomsburg State College. His 3 year tenure here was brief- ly interrupted by some army duty. He teaches Bio. COL 7: Mr. H. Bruce,Noyes came here from East Stmudsburg State College to teach math. He has been here for 10 years and has coached golf since its in- ception 6 years ago. Bowl- ing and, naturally, golf help him to relax. Mr. Wal- ter Emery, the Voice of Pen Argyl High, teaches 7th and 9th graders Sci- ence. Music, coins, and stamps are his outside in- terests. He has taught here 5 years. Mrs. Vivian Wag- ner, a Pen Argyl graduate, returned here 19 years ago as a member of the Phys- ical Education Depart- ment, which she heads. nn . .x .. :R .- P ZZ, Q -4 c 6 U I ,L A ' alot' if ,, A 'Y A COL 8: Mr. Bob Wenger teaches Phys. Sci. As with most of his science dept. colleagues, he enjoys pho- tography. Miss Mary Kess- ler, an alumna of PAHS, is the guidance office's girl Friday. Her hobbies in- clude camping 8 sports. Mr. joe Ferdinand, our new Geography teacher is a Lafayette grad. Hiking and writing round out his days. Mr, Wilmer Nester teach- es typing 81 office practice, 81 keeps the Bus. Dept. in line with his 25 years ex- perience. He unwinds with hunting, fishing, Gi golf. COL 9: Mr. Walter Cole, a native of Bangor, re- ceived his B.S. and M.A. from ESSC. History and world cultures are his teaching areas: tennis and music, his outside interests. Miss Linda Louis is work- ing on her Master's at her alma mater, Bloomsburg. She helps prepare our fu- ture secretaries. Mrs. Cathy Murphy-our 3rd year sec- retary from Churchman's Business College. Needle- craft and reading keep her busy. s ..: w .Q t ' f 'fffilf it , It I X t , v 4:uv'4't ' K . 3:iAf7i it- .. 2 ,, :fist-1lI'fi'-f 2 ,. il. COL 10: Mr. Robert Trexler is the Assistant Superintendent of Maintenance for the school district. Miss Elaine Soltysik, with her B.S. and M.Ed. from Bloomsburg, gives students a business background. She has just completed her first year here at Pen Argyl. For relax- ation Miss Soltysik tums to traveling and sewing. Miss Diane Deibert, a Kutztown graduate, is working on her M.S. One of our English teach- ers, Miss Deibert has just fin- ished her fourth year of teach- ing here. She likes to play the piano and read in her spare time. 13