Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Band Flfiy Front Row Sample Lubold Wolflngel Rebel Dunmole Downmg Yeagex Godshalk Murray Neskle Phlllp Kossex H0lSh1k Young Keenan Degel Wells lxassel Second Row Bloomen Holshlk Kabatt Funk Wells Hughes Taney McDade Cook Eckhaldt Altels Rulon Dee15 Woodland Souch Thud Row Yost Runkewlch D8lWllLl Davxs Gotwals Kepp Hlne YaW0lSkl Schlottelel Havulla Dzulyachko Wolfingel Fllday Haltzell Peck Neuman Fourth Row Scanlon Homa Atkmson Craham Kuxtz Flfth Row W0lflhb61 Francls The school year of 1937 38 w1ll long be remembered bv the members of thlS year's band as the most eventful ln 1ts four year hlstory to date under the leadershlp of W S Sample The band set for ltself the goal of obtammg funds to equ1p ltSe1f Wlth new umforms Many events were sponsored to help ralse the necessarx funds Plns and stlckers wlth the legend P H S Band Booster' were sold The Alumnl and Varslty staged a benefit football game on Dec 4 1937 for the band The entlre town was S0l1C1t6d and fifteen hundred frlends of the band contributed to the umform cause A movle benefit and Blrch the maglclan were also sponsored to ralse funds At the Annual Band Concert on February 18th 1938 the band had a real commg out party when It appeared fully arrayed ln 1ts splendld new purple m1l1tary unlforms trlmmed 1n Whlte The band made an excellent showmg and gave an exceptlonally fine concert The band has fifty four players Twenty elght engagements were filled by thls years band Football season opens the work wh1ch closes Wlth several concerts 1n Reeves Park The most mterestmg of 1ts engage ments were a rad1o broadcast over WFIL and 1tS tr1p to the Veterans hos pltal at Perry Pomt Maryland The Band also won the Southeastern D1str1ct Class B Band Contest and was el1g1ble to compete 1n the State finals at Grove C1ty but because of the d1stance and expense 1nvolved was unable to make the tr1p 1 9 9 , Y Y 7 Y , - . . . Q Y . . ' Y Y ' ! N! . Y 7 ! 7 7 L, 1.-.. ' ' ' Y 7 ! l 7 ! ! I ! . . . . , 1 1 1 1 I 1 l 1 A ' ' , ' T v 1 ' v A '1 sv 1 v 1 if 1 ! ' 5 I 1 'Y I 9 - 7 ! ' i 1 1 - n Y ' 1 ' ' -. r , . . . . - . ' ' ' sa 1 - . . . . , , . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . , . y , . . . , , . , . ' . ' cc 11 . . Q . . 1 . , .