Penn Township High School - Penn Yearbook (Butler, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1949 volume:

QQ 51 4 1 'Q ' 'K H EI! I? . Xufff gil 0 ik FJLMLQQX, .AJ fgzrgipgjs B, Q Y M9 I if mI1EE1w1whi,gi Gpgfiiiglhz Svllmwll 'i'Bez'rrviIIe.2Pn. FOREWORD A p It has been the hope of.Mr. Sharman, our music director, that from the English Classes of the high school would come the inspired words for an Alma Mater typical of Penn High School. To date of publication of this first Annual, no poem or song worthy of the name 'Alma Mater' has appeared. The following words, to be sung to the tune of the Notre Dame Cheer Song, were composed by Fay Reifsnyder, '50, The PENNANT staff feels that it breathes the spirit of Penn High. Cheer, Cheer, for dear old Penn High, We'11 sing her praises until we die. We will never change our minds She is the best school of her times. While we are learning within her walls We'l1 always hasten to answer her calls. As the times go marching onward Penn High, we love thee best! Cheer, Cheer, for old Green and White, Teaching us all to know wrong from right, Located near the end of our town She'll never falter, or let us down! Pupils and teachers, working together Striving to make our school even better: Even after graduation Penn High, to thee we're true! Burkhart, and Kaiser, Moyer and Bickel, Sharman, and Henne, Kline, and Miss Riegel These are all our teachers now Teaching us where, when, who, why and howg Subjects we don't like, others we do, English and Math, and Chemistry, too. Always cheerful, never blue Penn High is till true blue. Cheer, Cheer, for her baseball team Striving to help her win more esteem: All her players are good sports. Trophys they won are her rewards. Good sportsmanship, lMr. Moyer to coach Is all we need and our goal we'll approach As the team rolls up the score, Penn High shall win once more! Z vlewcmilioslz To Mr. I. Paul Burkhart, whose devoted service to the Penn Township High School has spanned forty-two years of progress, the Class of '49 dedicates this first issue of THE PENNANT in grateful recognition for the many privileges granted to them. 3 ' FACULTY MR. I. PAUL BURKHART, Principal Mathematics, Guidance MRS. MARIAN S. HENNE History, English MRS. PEARL B. KLINE German, Latin, English MISS STELLA A. RIEGEL English, History, Health MR. FRANCIS H. MOYER Physical Sciences, Proble MR. WILLIAM A. KRIETLER Art MR. WILLIAM H. KAISER Geography, Mathematics MR. CHARLES W. SHARMAN Music 4 ms of Democracy FORTY YEARS PROGRESS 'H On Monday, September Z, 1907, the Bernville High School began its first classes. The teacher, Mr. J'. Paul Burkhart, and recently graduated from Princeton, had two classes of students: the 'first year' class, consisting of eight boys and one girl: and the preparatory class' of three boys and six girls. The students attended school on the second floor of the Reppert home. There were twelve periods, each thirty minutes long: at noon Mr. Burkhart conducted a class in Greek. The term was eight months long. The first graduating class held its Commencement on Saturday, May 15. 1909: six boys and one girl graduated. This set-up continued until 1916, when the Flu epidemic postponed the opening of school until October Znd. By this time the high school occupied the entire Reppert house and Mr. Burkhart was given an assistant, Mr. G. Gilbert Snyder who today is known as Die Wunner Naus and is the principal of the Robesonia High School. The local school was enlarged to twenty-two boys and ten girls: these were in three classes - Juniors, 'Middlers', and Seniors. The term was still only eight months long. Mr. Snyder left in December, 1917, and Edgar J. Stricker was elected in his place. The 1917-18 term began the nine-months. In 1918 Mr. Charles W. Stoudt replaced Mr. Stricker, and in September, 1919, Mr. Francis H. Moyer joined Mr. Burkhart and has remained with him ever since. In 192.0-21, thevhigh school moved to the present grade building, and a third member, Miss Ruth Koch fBrightJ was added to the faculty. Edgar J'. Stricker replaced Miss Koch in 1926, and in January of 1929, Hester and Charles Fahrenbach replaced Mr. Stricker. In September of 1929 the Fahrenbachs were replaced by Miss Elta Unangst. She was succeeded two years later by Miss Helen R. Hain QShearerD. Thus, in 1931, Miss Hain began her teaching career in the new Consolidated building, which we now occupy. Miss Pearl O. Bressler, our present Mrs. Kline, replaced Miss Hain September 7, 1937. The fourth member, Mrs. Henne, was added in 1946. During these years a procession of music and art teachers served the school. In music, Miss Gentle, Mr. Gerhart, Miss Boyd, Miss Dreas lDaughertyl and Miss Rice, will be remembered. A band, under the direction of Mr. York, existed for a time. Charles W. Shax-man now directs all music activity. Art teachers in recent memory were Mr. Wertz, Mr. Kistler, Mrs. Pfeiffer, and Mrs. Gray. Mr. William Kreitler is the present art teacher. A Parent-:Teacher Association was formally organized in 1945 by interested patrons. Through patient and persistent effort, a Hot Lunch project was launched. It has since developed into a state-approved project which employs two full-time cooks: it serves both schools, averaging one hundred and eighty-five meals daily. Four students receive free meals for assistance to the cooks. Twelve tables and accompanying benches form the dining hall in part of the basement. , s Other recent improvements have included the enclosure of part of the basement as a music room, which has been plastered and painted, and equipped with lighting and heating units. With the addition of three hundred folding steel chairs, this room serves as an assembly hall. Cedar-lined closets for the storage of band uniforms were constructed. The stage will be equipped with curtain track, neutral setting, and portable footlights. The library recently was enlarged with the accession of ninety-six feet of new shelving, and all shelving, old and new, painted white. Chairs and tables suitable fora library work, and a magazine rack, have been added. It is to be hoped that the tradition of a school paper and a school annual will continue to reflect the spirit of growth of the high school. Clubs have been organized for develop- ment of individual student interests. Student government is also awakening. Penn Township High School is progressing slowly but surely toward the Junior -Senior plan of organization. This will mean eventual expansion into vocational courses, an enlarged building, and a larger faculty. 5 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1949 The Forty-niners began their high school careers in 1945, with thirty-five on the class roll. The officers elected by the class were: President, Robert Egang Vice- President, Jean Luckenbill: Secretary, Doris Moyerg and Treasurer, Lois Fisher. Life was uneventful, except for the excitement created within the groupg its reputation in this was well-known by the faculty. Came tenth grade, and the Sophomores, numbering twenty-eight, elected Doris Moyer. President: Lois Fisher, Vice-President, Anna Spatz, Secretaryg and Clarence Hoy, , Treasurer. The class selected its colors, maroon and white, and purchased felt class hats in these colors. On one occasion the class distinguished itself with every member participating in an assembly program. To this group also came the distinction of being the first Sophomore Class to give a dance. The class was unique in its assortment of. many types of students: accordingly, life was never dull for classmates or faculty! Twenty-six Juniors elected William Troutman, Presidentg Joanna Messner, Vice- President: Jean Luckenbill, Secretary: and Clarence Hoy, Treasurer. This was their year for sponsoring the Christmas dance. They also bought their rings. Two pilgrimages were made by school busg first, a tour of interesting places in Reading which included the Wyomissing and Reading Public Libraries, the Berks County Historical Society, Northwest Junior High School, and the Reading Eagle-Times Building, where the complete process of printing the Reading Eagle was observed: second, to St. John's Lutheran Church in Reading to the Maifest in the company of the Seniors and Mrs. Kline. The latter trip was a project of the German Classes. Daisy Loose first prize in theessay contest sponsored by the local American Legion. Seniors at last! Twenty-five in number, then twenty-four by graduation time, the largest class to be graduated from Penn High School. Franklin Bubbenmoyer was chosen President: Emily Streaker, Vice-President: Jean Luckenbill, Secretaryg and Clarence Hoy, Treasurer. The magazine campaign for the Curtis Publishing Company was brought to a successful close in October, and then the traditional Hallowe'en Dance netted a fine profit for the hard -working Seniors. Eighteen members attended the Activities Conference held annually in the West Reading High School on November 53 during this month the Monitor system, under faculty direction, was organized and two Seniors participatedg William Troutman was Captain. Emily Streaker represented Penn High in the county-wide oratorical contest for I Speak for Democracy, broadcasted from Mt. Penn High School. Members who partici- pated in Junior Townmeeting were: Clarence Hoy, Irene Sonon, Stanley Schade, Jean Luckenbill, and Daisy Loose. In December various members of the class covered themselves with glory in the performance of an hilarious three-act play entitled The Antics of Andrew, which was coached by Mr. Burkhart. ' .H Seven members had leading roles in the operetta, Crocodile Island. Six members play in the school bandg four Seniors serve in the color guard. A Merchandise Club was embarked upon and brought in profitg daily sale of candy also expanded the Senior bank account, which gave the group the confidence to propose the publication of a year book. Permission was finally granted to edit THE PENNANT, the cost of which is to be underwritten by the Seniors. The staff of THE PENNANTH is completely Seniorg several Seniors hold key jobs on THE PENNGUIN, the school newspaper. Physical examinations created some excitement, as did a skating partyg the photo- grapher's field day, inwhich Seniors shone, was a memorable day. Most spectacular was the 'firemen's parade', in which several Seniors were AWOL. Class Night was not completely traditional: another three -act play, Busy as a Beaver, coached by Mrs. Kline, was featured. Another Senior -directed activity was Field Day. Maroon caps and gowns will be worn at Baccalaureate and Commencement: the class flower is the white roseg the motto, Character is the cornerstone of success. A three-day trip to Washington D. C., chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Henne, concludes the high school careers of the Class of '49. 6 I ' 53 f if 3 f I I N xN L........... Qffmdmmies 1'Tluu-I-gi, - - ,Hn Jluuug, Ag! 5 X3 X ix. HELEN BOLTZ You Call Everybody Darling Library Club Chorus KERMIT BALTHASER Slow Boat to China Sports Club Chorus Band ' 'Helen ' 2.3.4 1.2.3.4 ' 'Pebble' ' 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3 FRANKLIN BUBBENMOYER Frankie I Don't Care If I Never Go To Bed Library Club Z,3,4 Penngu.in 3,4 Pennant 4 President of Class and Club ANNAMAE BOND Bondie Baby Face Library Club 2.3.4 Chorus ' l,Z,3,4 Secretlry of Club HELEN ERNST Helen My Sweethearfs the Man in the Moon Library Club Z,3,4 Chorus l,Z,3,4 ROBERT EGAN Humphrey They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me Library Club 2.3.4 Chorus 1 Z Pennguin 3,4 Pennant 4 Editor of ' 'Pennguin' ' 8 S 3 2 E E Q I s 1 Y . Ma f Ia! 1 W 1 'Q .ya W Y, ,, W if yu LOIS FISHER Abe Cla-wence. Don't Twent Me So Wufl ' Y-Teen 2.3.4 Chorus 1.2.3.4 Pennant 4 GERALD GREIM Greimie I Wish I Were Single Again if L Sports Club 2.3,4 Q S? X C Y ' 13 1 1 CLARENCE HOY My Darling, My Darling Sports Club Chorus Pennguin Pennant Treasurer ETHYL HOFFMAN I Dream of You Library Club Chorus Pennlnt HELEAN LENGEL I Ain't Nobody's Darling Library Club Chorus EDWIN ROTH Sucking Cider Thru a Straw Sports Club Chorus 9 'Tootie 2.3.4 1.2.3.4 3.4 4 Hoffie 2.3.4 1.2.3.4 4 Helesn 2.3.4 1.2.3.4 ...Eddy-. 2,3.4 3 K ,, 2 , ysffsiw s if f IF. 1 K Q M ff 'E H R'-,Xlxix 'if ry' -' L, . r 2 X , , . 'fu 'ii 3 X 4' , 1 5 'v-Q-Q4 W M1 Pb Q, DAISY LOOSE Daisy Mae Dany Ben Library Club z.3,4 Chorus Z,3,4 Pennguin 3,4 Pennant Historian STANLEY SCHADE 5hldeY l've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Sports Club 3-4 Chorus 3 Band 3-4 upelmguinn 3.4 Pennant Art Editor CARROLL SNYDER Buddy Gloria ' Sports Club 2.3.4 Chorus 1.2.3.4 Band 1.2.3.4 JEAN LUCKENBILL Jezebel I-lair of Gold. Eyes of Blue Y-Teen 2.3.4 Chorus 1.2.3.4 Pennant Co-Editor Secretary of Class and Club IOANNA MESSNER J'oesy Old MacDonald Had n Farm Library Club Z Y-Teen Club 3,4 Chorus 1.2.3.4 Band 1.2.3.4 Pennant 4 DONALD SPOHN Spoonie All Through the Night Sports Club 3,4 Band 3 1 0 fvfiief' IRENE SQONON Green Eyed ' Library Club Chorus Pennguin Pennant WILLIAM TROUTMAN Bubbles in My Beer Sonon A 12.3.4 . 1,z.3,4 A 3.4 4 .uBillu L Sports Club 2.3.4 Chorus V 3 Band 1.2.3,-1 Penguin 3.4 ' Pennant 4 WILLIAM WAGNER '-wxuie' Bell Bottom Trousers Sports Club ' 3.-4 Library Club Z Chorus Z ANNA SPATZ Spltzie Frankie and Johnny Y-Teen, 2.3.4 Chorus 1.2.3.4 Band 3.4 upennguinn 4 . Club President EMILY ANN STREAKER Schnlul So Tired Y-Teen K . 2.3.4 Bond A 3.4 npennguinul 3,4 Pennant Editor Vice-President ANNA MAE ZIMMERMAN Srni1ey ,?'Coax Me a Little.Bit Y-Teen , Z,3.4 Chorus ' ' A A 1.2.3.4 Penngu.in ' 4 ll Kermit Balthaser Helen Boltz Annamae Bond Franklin Bubbenmoyer Robert Egan Helen Ernst Lois Fisher Gerald Greim Ethyl Hoffman Clarence Hoy Helean Lengel Daisy Loose Jean Luckenbill Joanna Messner Edwin Roth Stanley Schade Carroll Snyder Irene Sonon Anna Spatz Donald Spohn Emily Ann Streaker ' William Troutman William Wagner Anna Mae Zimmerman SIDELIGHTS OF THE FORTY-NINERS IN VERSE The Class of '49 consists of twenty-four: We bet the teachers were often glad we weren't more. In class we pulled many a caper, p More than we actually did labor. But we're all studious as you may see. None ever got a mark lower than- E. Now some characteristics of each we will try to show, In the lines of verse following below. Balthaser in German Class so loud did snore That the rest of the classes wondered what shook the The class knows that, when Helen comes late, The night before she had s date. Annamae Bond says love is for 'Schnooks' She'll say it 'till some day love her heart hooks. Franklin Bubbenmoyer the girls have always chased And he doesn't let any time go to waste. floor . Robert Egan, 'Humphrey' they call He'd leave a big hole if from the wall he'd fall. Helen Ernst is always competing with a mouse If she or the mouse the quieter can be. Ii Lois would keep quiet as a mouse can be She'd surely blow up and no Lois you'd see. All through the week Gerald his money boards, For every Saturday night Arlene he courts. to ee Ethyl all smooching she does despise She says it's no fun and only a vice. Hoy no moment of quiet has had Since Lois for a girl he has had. Helean Lengel is always studying a book The name of the book is How to Cook. Don't ask Daisy to plaster your house She'd use as much plaster as the volume of the house! Jean Luckenbill is courted by Stanley Schade He says she's the best girl the Lord ever made. Joanna Messner farming dislikes Her beau is a farmer - and him she likes! Edwin Roth by his friends is called 'Doats' And for breakfast he eats Quaker Puffed Oats. Stanley Schade drives a Chevrolet He has to drive - Jean lives too far away. Carroll another Sophomore choses, When one of his girls he loses. Irene Sonon often baby sits But it's not always a child with whom she sits. Anna Spatz is five feet three How much smaller could she be? Donald Spohn stays out all night Is it because he likes the moonlight? Emily Ann Streaker is always so tired But by all the boys she is admired. William Troutmsn talks and talks and never lets up Moyer wishes he were an umbrella so he could shut him up! William Wagner's nickname is Willie, His car's so old it won't go on a road that's hilly. If the whole class would smooch like Zimmerman does The building would soon ignite and not from phosphorus. 12 Balthaser, Boltz, Bond, Hoffman, Bubbenmoyer, Ernst, Lengel, Troutrnan, Fisher, Greim, Hoy, Egan, Roth, Schade, Snyder, Sonon, Loose, Luckenbill, Spatz, Messner, Spohn, Streaker, Zimmerman, Wagner. Yes, we as a class loved dear old Penn And will sings its praises wherever we can Some day we'll come back and visit you we will The dear red school at the bottom of the hill. For now we will say farewell to thee, As out in the world happily go we. -:Robert Egan, '49. i, 1-1--ilit. gi QU L if CTC? - A 3 'Thr P NEWSETTES from 1948-49 Mr. Henry Weidman has been appointed custodian to replace Mr. William Schell, who died January 8, 1949. Schel1y or Will as he wasaffectionately known to the Seniors, leaves a warm memory with them. Mrs. Charles Haag has replaced Mrs. Lutz as school nurse. Mrs. Haag's friendly smile has helped many a bashful child through the ordeal of physical A examination s . ' A A Four new school buses have come into use within the past year: the buses have made other trips than the regularly scheduled ones - to Reading, to Sinking Spring, and to Hamburg. ' 13 n W 1 , f-Q 14 1 X J I l , V if , x , S., l X x qi, i g l..i......... 1----- UHSQWWSWQEQK GRADE TWELVE FIRST ROW: Joanna Messner, Chaplaing Emily Streaker, Vice-President: Jean Luckenbill, Secretaryg Franklin Bubbenmoyer, President: Clarence Hoy, Treasurer: Lois Fisher, Homeroom President. SECOND ROW: Helen Boltz, Ethyl Hoffman, Annamae Bond, Helean Lengel. Helen Ernst, Anna Spatz, Anna Mae Zimmerman. THIRD ROW: Carroll Snyder, Gerald Greirn. Donald Spohn, Robert Egan, William Troutman, Kermit Balthaser. FOURTH ROW: William Wagner, Daisy Loose, Irene Sonon, Mrs. Henne, Edwin Roth, Stanley Schade. GRADE ELEVEN FIRST ROW: Arlan Wagner, Chaplain, Wilmer Dreibelbis, Vice-President: Kei-vin Kline, President: Janet Spatz, Secretary: Fern Kissling, Treasurerg Karl Lewis. SECOND ROW: Edna Messner, Geraldine Luckenbill, Mildred Ebersole, Grace Katzarnan, Faye Reifsnyder. Phyllis LaFo1lette, Mary Long. THIRD ROW: Alfred Wolf. Eugene Kramer, Harold Stoudt, Vernon Reppert, Mr. Moyer, Kathryn Bagenstose, Betty Parker, Janice Sheidy. 16 + i GRADE TEN FIRST ROW: Betty Schlappich, Chaplaing Patricia Gehris, Vice-President: Edward Burkhart. President: Irene Balthaser, Secretary: Evelyn Riegel. Treasurer: Phyllis Wolfskill. . ' SECOND ROW: Hebert Schlappich, Loretta Yeager, Loretta Wolf, Laura Kulp, .Tane Troutman, Gloria Balthnaer, Annarnae Dreibelbis, Gladys Balthaser. John Messner. THIRD ROW: Elmer Fair, David Levering, Robert Lengel, Harold Luckenbill. Mrs. Kline, Doris Balthaser, Jeanette Wolfskill, June Keppley. W Y i FIRST ROW: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: FOURTH ROW: GRADE NINE Leon Schock, Patricia Pfautz, Charles Heckman, Donald Sweigart, Jay Dreibelbis, Clark Snyder, Roy Bubbenmoyer, Raymond Kissling. Frances Kline, Ruth Schlappich, Margaret Spatz, Joyce Zerbe, Gladys Endy, Lillian Syrnanowiscz, Mary Zartx-nan, Martha Lou Hess Mary Ann Schlappich. Norman Deeds, Ronald Schoener. Harold Kiebach, Bruce Stamm, June Stump, Elsie Katzaman, Gloria Tobias, Mary Ann Klopfenstein. Carroll Miller, Gene Davis, Curtis Goho, Eugene Brightbill, Mr. Burkhart, Ammon Fox, Charles Klopp, Claude Hoffman. iv FIRST ROW: GRADE EIGHT Grace Oxenreider, William Yeich, Robert Balthaser, Ruth Yeager. Patricia Braithewaite, Gene Auknmp. SECOND ROW: Sara Krarner, Shirley Reber, Robert Fallon, Clair Miller. Donald THIRD ROW: Master, Marian Luckenbill, Earl Graeff. Russell Weidman, Donald Balthaser, Shirley Reppert, Miss Riegel. Gloria Dries, Mahlon Wagner, John Bogert. FIRST ROW: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: FOURTH ROW: GRADE SEVEN William Spatz, Max-ylee Gehris, Phyllis Miller, Fern Berger, Arlene Endy, Joan Bogert, Helen Kiebach, Donald Strausser. William Hoffman, Eugene Lalfollette, Raymond Kulp. Frances Underkofler, Ralph Pietsch, Frederick Glosser, Marvin Luckenbill, Claude Ohlinger. Harold Spatz. Vernon Ebersole, Stanley Stoudt, Eugene Schaeffer, Larry Sheidy, Parker Daub, William Klopfenstein. Leroy Boltz, Carl Eisenhower. Kenneth Lutz., Neil Spohn. Mary Yeich, Dorothy Long, Irene Reppert, Annamae Correll, Mr. Kaiser, Ruth Moyer. Janice Graff, Annamae Graeff. Carol Balthaser. 18 3' -- 1 6' lil Q bl 65, pw BASEBALL TEAM FIRST Row: Ke,-mit Bglfhgger, Stanley Schade. Edwin Roth, Kervin Kline, Harold Luckenbill. . I sEcoND Row: David Levering- Cu-roll Svvder- William Tfouunm- Wlmm' w'5 THIRD ROW: Karl Lewis, Donald Spohn, Clarence Hoy. Arlan Wagner. Mr- MOYGY- Coach. . SPORTS AT PENN HIGH Three different sports have been played at Penn High: volleyball, basketball. and baseball: the only one that survived is baseball. The first sport team was volleyball, under the direction of Mr. Burkhart back in 1919, and lasted about ten years. The only opponent played was Bethel High School. Basketball was begun in 1929 and ended in 1930. The games were played in the pavilion in the park. Non-league games were played. Opposing teams were West Leesport, Wernersville, and Ontelaunee. In 1919, a baseball team was organized. Until 1930 all games played were non- league. During those years teams from Bethel, Robesonia, Wernersville, and other small local clubs were the opponents. ln 1930 Penn High School joined the Western Division. The first league team was composed of the following men: Daniel Bagenstose, Clifford Kline, Ralph Kline, Grant Reber, Samuel Wilhelm. Edgar Miller, Carl Fidler, John Dunkelberger, and Carl Anspach: the last mention- ed gave his life for his country in the Italian campaign of the last war. He was the first alumnus of Penn High to make the supreme sacrifice. and the Bernville Legionaires have named their organization the Carl Anspach Post. The record of the first year of league baseball was six wins and four losses. The last three years Penn High has finished second in division standings with the record of seven wins and three losses. Penn High won the divisional champion- ship in the years 1936, 1939, and 1942. Mr. Francis H. Moyer, affectionately known as Pop, has been the coach throughout the history of Penn High baseball. When Bernville joined the Western Division, the league consisted of six teams: Shillington. Robesonia, Wyomissing. Sinking Spring, Womelsdorf, and Bernville. Today the league consists of Wernersville, Robesonia, Sinking Spring, Womelsdorf, Bethel, and Bernville. Seniors who will play their 'last year' are Kermit Balthaser. Edwin Roth, Clarence Hoy, William Troutrnan, and Stanley Schade. Z0 .H ' I w i XRS 'll XX X3 37 X 1 1'5.5' 'Eg xllx CQNQX xsvxl H I 'Q' Q' N kg 'Nix' s X xxx .-z N ' x IQ' K f ' E X xx N 'xx 1 49 N, xx ' ' K f x X X' ' Q X: x A 'J5 Ns l .13 xx xx ' X xX X m g 5 f I GTS. . U ,iAcIbifvi,HIiQs FIRST ROW: Stanley Schade. Anna Spatz, Joanne Messner, Earl Graeff. SECOND ROW: Franklin Bubenmoyer, Anna Mae Zimmerman, Eugene Brightbill. Jeanette Wolfskill, Irene Reppert, Annamae Graeff. Loretta Yeager Joyce Zerbe, Gladys Endy, Patricia Pfautz, Patricia Gehris. William Yeich, Jean Luckenbill, Gerald Greim. THIRD ROW: Fern Kissling, Mary Ann Klopfenstein, Emily Ann Streaker. Ruth Yeager, Phyllis Wolfskill, Mary Ann Schlappich, Leon Schock, Roy Bubbenmoyer, Charles Klopp, Carroll Snyder. FOURTH ROW: Robert Lengel, Edna Messner, Mr. Sharman, Jay Dreihelbis. Vernon Reppert, Edward Burkhart, John Messner, William Troutman, Clarence Hoy. Arlan Wagner. MUSICAL ACTIVITIES With the coming of the Class of '49, a new era began in the musical history of Penn High School. Mr. Charles W. Sharman entered with ua. and from our group chose Joanna Messner, William Troutman, Carroll Snyder, and Kermit Balthaaer to play the piano, alto horn, and trumpet in the newly-organized orchestra. He also organized a Glee Club, in which most of our girls participated. Both groups took part in the Spring Concert and the Commencement of 1945 -46. During our Sophomore year, mixed choruses were organized, which sang in assembly at Sinking Spring High School. The orchestra was continued and appear-- ed in joint concert with the choruses in the spring of 1946-47, and if Commencement. Early in our Junior year a band was organized in which four instruments were played by Juniors. By spring concert time the band had thirty-two members which played, then, and at our Commencement. This band also marched in the Bicentennial Parade in Reading and in the Memorial Day Parade in Bernville. During vacation the band played at four picnics and in one Vesper service in the park. - It was at this time that the Band Boosters' Club was organized among the patrons and friends of the school: they were very active and by the time school opened in 1948, they were in a position to order forty hand uniforms. These were worn for the first time in the Jack Frost Frolic at Robesonia, when the third prize of ten dollars was awarded to the Penn Township High School Band. The band's next appearance in uniform was in the Armistice Day Parade in Reading. Joint band concerts with Sinking Spring High School Band were played there and in the Bernville Community Hall on January Z0 and 27 respectively, and fea- tured seventy-five players. Our own band will present a concert in the Spring. The combined choruses presented an operetta, Crocodile Island, on January. 13. Seven Seniors had leading roles in this production. It was the first high school operetta presentation since the war. A Spring Concert for both choruses will be presented. and they will appear, with the band, at Commencement this year. ZZ FIRST ROW: SENIOR CHORUS . Loretta Wolf, Betty Parker, Jean Luckenbill, Jane Troutman, Janice Sheidy, Gladys Balthaser, Annamae Dreibelbis, Phyllis LaFollette, Laura Kulp, Irene Sonon. SECOND ROW: Edna Messner, Annamae Bond, June Keppley, Loretta Yeager, Faye THIRD ROW: Reifsnyder, Betty Schlappich, Geraldine Luckenbill. Janet Spatz, Mildred Ebersole, Mary Long, Evelyn Riegel. Helen Ernst, Anna Spatz, Anna Mae Zimmerman, Jeanette Wolfskill. Doris Balthaser, Irene Balthaser, Gloria Balthaser, Kathryn Bagenstose, Grace Katzaman, Ethyl Hoffman. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Sharrnan, Director: Kervin Kline, Eugene Kramer, Clarence Hoy, Edward Burkhart, Herbert Schlappich, Wilmer Dreibelbis. Joanna Messner, Helen Boltz, Fern Kissling, Patricia Pfautz, Lois Fisher, Daisy Loose, Helen Lengel, Robert Lengel, Carroll Snyder, John Messner, Stanley Schade, Kermit Balthaser. FIRST ROW: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: FOURTH ROW: FIFTH ROW: JUNIOR CHORUS Eugene LaFo1lette, Eugene Brightbill, Clark Snyder, Jay Dreibelbis, Bruce Stamm, William Spatz. Donald Strausser, Francis Underkofler, William Klopfenstein, John Bogert, Larry Sheidy, William Yeich, Earl Graeff, Claude Ohlinger. Dorothy Long, Joan Bogert, Anna Mae Graeff, Marylee Gehris. Ruth Schlappich, Martha Lou Hess, Mary Zartman, Shirley Reber, Shirley Reppert. ' Ruth Moyer, Ruth Yeager, Mary Yeich, Helen Kiebach, Irene Ruppert, June Stump, Gladys Endy, Joyce Zerbe, Annamae Correll, Fern Berger, Arlene Endy. Mary Ann Klopfenstein, Sara Kramer, Margaret Spatz, Lillian Symanowiscz, Frances Kline, Mary Ann Schlappich, Marian Luckenbill Marie Webber, Grace Oxenreider, Phyllis Miller. Mr. Sharman. Directory Patricia Piautz, Gloria Dries, Patricia Braithewaite, Elsie Katzaman, Gloria Tobias. 2.3 LIBRARY CLUB The Library Club is the oldest club in the school. The books were catalogued in 1931 by Miss Hain and members of her English Classes, with the assistance of Mr. Klopp and members of the Library Club of Robesonia. This same year Miss Hain organized the Library Club, the purpose of which is to furnish librarians for the circulation of the books. In September, 1937, Mrs. Kline became its Adviser. At that time there were one thousand three hundred and nine volumes in the library. From that year to the present four hundred and fifty-nine books, of which seventy-three were added in 1948-49, brings the total to one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven volunes. Of these four hundred . and fifty-nine books, one hundred and thirty-two were gifts of the students, faculty, and friends of the schoolg two hundred and fifty-nine were purchased by our School Board out of the book fundg and sixty-eight' were purchased, through dues paid for overdue books, by the Library Club. Y-TEEN CLUB Y-Teen Club was organized February 4, 1947, with Mrs. Henne as Adviser. It is a high school branch of the Reading Y. W. C. A., and its purpose is to develop citizenship, and the ideal of service to school and community among the girls of the Senior High School. World fellowship is stressed. SENIOR SPORTS CLUB When club activity was organized generally throughout the high school, Mr. Moyer sponsored the Senior Sports Club: its purpose is to make money for the baseball team and for equipment. A Dart game was purchased for winter activity in the basement. ' JUNIOR SPORTS CLUB Seventh and eighth grade boys were organized by Mr. Kaiser in a club to develop intramural sports: baseball and touch football were played, and a Dart game was placed in the basement for winter activity. . - HOBBY CLUB Miss Riegel organized the Hobby Club in mid-1947 for girls who were interested in making practical things. g VARIETY CLUB The Variety Club is made up of ninth grade pupils with Mr. Burkhart as Adviser. Special interests within the group furnish activity. THE ' 'PENNGUINN In March, 1947, the Juniors fC1ass of '48D, with funds from their own treasury, financ- ed a commercially mimeographed school magazine named The Pennguin, with the hope that enough interest would be stirred to continue a school publication. The Class of '47 gave the money to buy a printing machine for carrying on a school paper. This year's class has published quarterly issues of the school newspaper, which we consider more practical in serving the best interests of the school, than would a school magazine. THE PENNANT ' The Forty--niners found the necessary amount of 'gold' to back a dream of every small school - a year book. Plans were made to edit such a publication at a minimum of cost, in hopes that the tradition could be carried on. The name PENNANT was chosen by the faculty from a list submitted by the faculty-appointed staff. Patrons and subscrip- tions were solicited to defray part of the cost. SAFETY PATROL In the fall of 1946-47, a Safety Patrol group was organized with the backing of the Reading A. A. A. Clubg it is in action on the highway and on the buses. MONITOR SYSTEM Early in the 1948-49 term, the faculty assisted in the organization of a Monitor System: Mr. Kaiser was appointed director of the group. The faculty and monitors com- prise the court when trials are necessary. Hall traffic regulations have eliminated unnecessary noise and confusion. E ' Z4 SEATED: ssconn nowi THIRD ROW: LIBRARY CLUB Robert Egan, Treasurer: Annamae Bond, Secretary: Laura Kulp, Chaplain. Robert Lengel, John Messner, Franklin Bubbenmoyer, President: Edna Messner, Vice-President: Herbert Schlappich. Helen Boltzs. Loretta Wolf. Grace Katzaman, Kathryn Bagenstose, Irene Sonon, Mrs. Kline. Adviser: Daisy Loose, Helen Lengel, Ethyl Hoffman, Helen Ernst. SEATED: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: Y-TEEN CLUB Anna Mae Zimmerman, Vice-President: Anna Spatz, President: Jean Luckenbill, Secretary: Lois Fisher, Treasurer. Faye Relisnyder, Geraldine Luckenbill, Betty Parker, Loretta Yeager, Evelyn Riegel, Mary Long. Betty Schlappich, Emily Streaker, Joanna Messner, Phyllis LaFo1lette. Janice Sheidy, Doris Balthaser, Fern Kissllng, Jane Troutman, Irene Balthaser. Mildred Ebersole. Mrs. Henne. Adviser: Phyllis Wolfskill. Gladys Balthaser. Annamae Dreibelbis, Patricia Gehris, Jeanette Wolfskill, Gloria Balthaser. June Keppley. Z5 FIRST ROW: SENIOR SPORTS CLUB Claude Hoffman, Carroll Miller, Charles Heckman. William Wagner, Gene Davis, Curtis Goho, Eugene Kramer. Alfred Wolf, Kervin Kline. SECOND ROW:, Charles Klopp, Bruce Stamm, Donald Sweigart. Carroll Snyder. THIRD ROW: Secretary: Edward Burkhart, Elmer Fair. Raymond Kissling, Karl Lewis. David Levering. Donald Spohn, Norman Deeds, Ronald Schoener, Eugene Brighthill, Wilmer Dreibelhi . FOURTH ROW: Harold Luckenbill. Kermit Balthaser, William Troutman. Stanley FIFTH ROW: Schade, Treasurer: Edwin Roth, Clarence Hoy, President. Vernon Reppert, Leon Schock, Gerald Greim, Arlan Wagner, Harold Stoudt. Mr. Mover, Adviser. FIRST ROW: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: FOURTH ROW: JUNIOR SPORTS CLUB Francis Underkofler, Claude Ohlinger, Donald Strausser, Neil Spohn. Robert Balthaser, Secretary: Donald Master, President: Clair Miller, Earl Graeff, William Hoffman. William Spatz, Assistant Secretary: John Bogert, Eugene LaFollette. Raymond Kulp, Ralph Pietsch, Frederick Glosser. Robert Fallon, Eugene Aukamp, Eugene Schaeffer. Larry Sheidy, Stanley Stoudt, Marvin Luckenbill.. William Klopfenstein Kenneth Lutz. Harold Spatz, Carl Eisenhower. Leroy Boltz, Mahlon Wagner, Russell Weidman. William Yeich, Mr. Kaiser, Adviser: Parker Daub. Vernon Ehersole. Donald Balthaser. Z6 FIRST ROW: HOBBY CLUB Marylee Gehris, Patricia Braithewaite, Ruth Yeager, President: Sara Kramer. Secretary: Marian Luckenbill, Treasurer: Shirley Reppert. SECOND ROW: Dorothy Long, Irene Reppert, Janice Graff, Ruth Moyer. Anna Mae THIRD ROW: Cori-ell, Shirley Reber, Grace Oxenreider, Gloria Dries. Ioan Bogert, Phyllis Miller. Mary Yeich, Fern Berger, Miss Riegel Adviser: Helen Kiebach, Anna Mae Graeff, Carol Balthaser. Arlene Endy. FIRST ROW: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: VARIETY CLUB .Toyce Zerbe, Treasurer: Martha Lou Hess, Ruth Schlappich. Mary Arm Schlappich. Mary Ann Klopfenstein. Secretaryg Gloria Tobias. June Stump, Frances Kline, Gladys Endy, Lillian Symanoviscz., Mary Zartman, Elsie Katzaman, Margaret Spatz. Vice-President. Ammon Fox, Harold Kiebach, Clark Snyder, Mr. Burkhart, Adviser: Patricia Pfautz, .Tay Dreibelbis. President. 27 V w ' 'PENNGUlN STAFF FIRST ROW: Clarence Hoy, Phyllis Lalfollette, Faye Reifsnyder, Assistant Editor. Robert Egan, Editor: Daisy Loose, Franklin Bubbenmoyer, Anna Mae Zimmerman. 1 Q SECOND ROW: Arlan Wagner, William Troutman, Donald Sweigart, Eugene Kramer. Alfred Wolf. THIRD ROW: Kervin Kline, Emily Streaker, Stanley Schade, Irene Sonon, Grace Katzaman, Anna Spatz, Patricia Gehris. FIRST ROW: SECOND ROW: PENNANT STAFF Clarence Hoy, Musical Organizations: Jean Luckenbill. Assistant Editor: Emily Ann Streaker, Editor: Franklin Bubbenmoyer. Business Manager 3 Irene Sonon, Activities Editor: William Troutrnan, Sports Editor: Stanley Schade, Art. Robert Egan, Publications: Lois Fisher: Snap Shots: Mrs. Henne, Adviser: Joanna Messner. Assistant Business Manager: Ethyl Hoffman Clubs, Daisy Loose. Historian. Z8 MONITORS FIRST ROW: William Troutman, Captain: Daisy Loose. Secretary: Arlan Wagner SECOND ROW: Mr. Kaiser, Adviser: Rob Bubbenrnoyer, Phyllis Woltskill, Grace Oxenreider, Betty Blatt, Betty Parker, Raymond Kiasling, Harold Luckenbill. THIRD ROW: Kenneth Ebersole. Donald Strausser, Fern Berger, Kathryn Resaer Robert Balthaser, Barry I-limmelberger. SAFETY PATROL FIRST ROW: Claude Hoffman, Donald Sweigart. SECOND ROW: Edwin Roth, Eugene Brightbill, Kervin Kline, Eugene Kramer. THIRD ROW: R Clarence Hoy, Vernon Reppert, Karl Lewis. FOURTH ROW: Mr gr Burkhart, Robert Egan, Captain. 29 Paul Anthony's Dairy Mrs. Emma Balthaser Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bare Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bender Mr. John Bender Miss Sara Bickel Mr Mr Mr Mr. Mr. Mr Dr. Mr Earl Blatt and Mrs. Willis Bright and Mrs. C. W. Bubbenmoyer and Mrs. Clarence Bulles Elwood Davis and Mrs. Herbert Davis and Mrs. George Dunkleberger and Mrs. Robert Eberle Miss Catherine Egan Mr. Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr. and Mrs. William Egan and Mrs. Frank Faust and Mrs. Howard Fisher George W. Focht and Mrs. Robert Glassmire Paul K. Greim and Mrs. Charles E. Haag Evelyn Haag Beauty Salon Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Henne Miss Louise Hiester Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hoffman Miss Marianna Hoy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoy Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Kirkhoff Mrs. Rosa M. Kirkhoff Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Kissling Mr. Donald Kline PATRONS 30 Judy and Helen Kline Mr. Mr Mr Mr. Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr. and Mrs. W. Harold Kline and Mrs. Charles Klopp Vernon Lambert William R. Lenhard Karl W. Lewis, Jr. and Mrs. Walter Loose and Mrs. John Luckenbill and Mrs. Roy Luckenbill and Mrs. Franklin Marberger Dorothy Mohn Beauty Salon Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. 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