Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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'frank S. Deger Phoenixville ins noble dw--. . today spell success in the faraway. General Course: Chess Club 2, 3, 45 Band 2, 3, 4, Or- chestra 2, 3, 43 Home Room Officer 2g Crowell Contest Leaderg Class Vice Presidentg Southeastern District Band, 4: Special Music, Dance Committee, Junior Prom Com- mittee, Year Book, Orchestra Report. Frank is the Rudy Vallee of the class. His hobby is playing the saxophone and during the summer months, he usually takes a trip. His ambition is to be a mechanical engineer. Carolyn Louise Detwiler Phoenixville 1 it-ue are moments when silence, prolong'd and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken. Entered from Downingtown High School, Commercial Course: Tri-Hi-Y 3, 4, Treasurer 3: Home room programs, 3, 43 Year book Typist. .A charming manner and a winning disposition makes Louese popular among ber classmates. Frank V. Detwiler Pennsylvania .U, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. General Course: Baseball 4, Football 4: Home room basketball 4: Wrestling 45 Intramural 43 Circus 3. I Big Stoop is one of the football heroes. ln his spare time, when not working on the farm, he plays baseball. His ambition is to be a machinist. ' - -f - ence Russell Detwiler Pennsylvania A uay for toil, an hour for sport, But for a friend a life's too short. lndustrial Course: Varsity Baseball 3, 4: Purple and White, Conference Day write-upg Year Book, Write-ups. Jim is an industrial student taking the metal course. His hobby is swimming. His ambition is to be a printer. He's a great baseball player and fan. Paul Leonard Detwiler Phoenixville A liuie nmsclner new and then will do no harm to any man. General Course: Hi-Y 2, 3, 43 Baseball 3, 4: Boys' Bas- ketball 2, 3, 43 Curtis Contest 3, 43 Purple and White 4, Home Room Officer 2, 3, Junior Prom Committee 3: Year Book. Stooge is a baseball man. His hobby is to shoot dif- ferent fire-arms. His ambition is forest ranger. John Michael Devlin Phoenixville Never idle, never still, Talk he must, talk he will. Y Entered from Saint Ann's School: General courseg Hi- 3. Mike is a small fellow but a dynamo of energy. He serves papers after school. ln class, Mike is quiet, almost too quiet for his own good. Images not available 1 Fifteen

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Fourteen ' -ana Mae Campbell F Phoenixville Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Commercial Course: Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Thrift 3, Com- mercial Club 4, Girls' Glee 4, Refreshment stand 4, Library Helper 2, Home Room Programs 3, Purple and White 4, Year Book, Verses. Reading and dancing fill up Anna's spare time-if there is any. She'd like to work in an office but someone else may have something to say about that. l-eona Evelyneen Campbell 7 ' Phoenixville A merry little girlie with laughing eyes, She does a lot of thinking for her size. General Course: Dramatic 2, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Hockey 3, 4, Home Room Programs 2, 3, Home Room Officer 2, Dance Committee 3, Year Book. Peanut lives up to her name-she's as small as one. When she becomes a nurse she'll have to teach her pa- tients a few things about dancing. Nancy A. Charles - 1 - Phoenixville One's outlook is part of one's virtue. General Course: Dramatic 4, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Vice President 3, Journalism 4, Girls' Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4, Captain 4, Varsity Hockey 2, 3, 4, Captain 4, Ping- pong Tournaments 3, 4, Home Room Programs 2, 3, 4, Purple and White, girls' sports reporter 4, Year Book, Girls' Basketball write-up. Although the athletic type, Nancy doesn't look it, but she'd still like to be a physical education instructor. She enjoys playinv tricks on unsuspecting people. lame: Joseph Connors I Pennsylvania Good humor is the health of the soul. Entered from St. Ann's, General Course: Hi-Y 3, 4, Traffic 4, Curtis Contest helper, Intramural, Wrestling: Home room programs 3, 4, Student Council President 4, Junior Prom, selling tickets, Year Book, Student Counci' Write-up. Jim is the president of the Student Council and has a rather strange hobby, that of collecting football pictures. His ambition is to enter the civil service department. Myrtle Stevens Crothers Phoenixville She chatters, chatters as she goes, She's really silent never. Some girls talk fast, some talk slow, But she'll talk on forever. Commercial Course: Dramatic 2, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Home Room Programs 3, 4, Year Book, Typist. Myrte is full of fun and lively mirth. Her particu- lar weakness is giggling. She tries to make everything bright. ' Rennard Deery, Jr. Phoenixville lt is generally more profitable to reckon up our defects than to boast of our attainmentsf' Commercial Course: Hi-Y 2, Chess 3, 4, Curtis Contest Helper 4, Year Book, Write-up of Junior Class. Deery , another quiet student, can usually be found at home evenings tinkering with a radio. His ambition is to be an electrical engineer. Images not available

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Sixteen Joseph A. Devlin Phoenixville A quiet boy with success ahead. Academic Course: Dramatic 2, Secretary, Hi-Y 23 Journalism 4, Spelling 3, 4, Spelling team 3, 4, Christmas Plays 3, 4. Joe is a small fellow but mighty in spirit. He has been in ill health very much but we hope he is able to stay in good health in the future. Betty Dietrich Phoenixville But still her tongue ran on, the less Of weight it bore, with greater ease. Entered from Falls Township High School 3, Academic Course: Dramatic 45 Tri-Hi-Y 3, 45 Girls' Glee 3, 43 Christmas Cantata 49 Home room program 33 Re- porter for Purple and White 45 Year Book. A merry laugh, a pair of pretty blue eyes, and auburn hair-that's Betty. She is full of life and always around for a good time. Edward Eckhardt Say it with a trumpet. general Course: Chess Club 3, 4, Band Z, 3, 4: Orchestra 3, 4, Wrestling 2, 3, Baseball Tournaments 2, 3, 4, Basketball Tournaments 2, 3, Intramural Basketball 4, Home Room Programs 2, 3, 49 Year Book. Ed likes music and works around radio sets. Perhaps some day Ed will be a great radio engineer. Phoenixville Robert Lewis Edinger M- , Phoenixville nMuch like other mortals, no better, no worse. Commercial Course: Commercial Club 3, 4, Chess Club 3, Band 2, Trafhc 45 Spelling 47 Boys' Basketball, Junior Varsity 3, Senior Manager 4: Crowell Contest Leader, Intramural Home Room Basketball 4, Spelling team 4, Student Council 4: Year Book, Write-ups. Bob is a commercial student. His hobby is to play the drums. His ambi- tion is to become a secretary. Ruth Alma Edwards , Phoenixville rler quiet character is revealing to everyone with whom she associates. Commercial Course: Girls' Glee 4, Home Room Basketball 2, Home room pro- grams 33 Year Book, Verses. Ruth is a calm, serene girl, who has a loving nature, deep and generous. All those who know her well are proud to be considered her friends. Marie Elizabeth Elliott Pennsylvania But let me silent be For silence is the speech of love. bent-ral Course 2, 3, Commercial 3, 43 Dramatic 43 Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 43 Thrift 4, Home Room Vice President 3, Crowell Contest helper 2, 3, Curtis Leader 35 Intra- mural Basketball 2g Home Room Programs 4: Year Book, Write-ups. Here's to Marie-A true friend, an earnest, conscientious student, and a good, all-round girl. Images not available