Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Harold Samuel Smith, Jr. Phoenixville And there's a nice fellow of excellent pith, Fate tried to conceal him by calling him Smith. General Course: Dramatic 23 Hi-Y 3, 4, Out-of-Town Chorus 33 Home Room Vice-President 35 Boys' Glee 3, 4, Crowell Contest Helper, Senior Play, Wrestling 2, 3, Home Room Programs 2, 3, 4, Circus 119381, Junior Prom Com- mittee, Year Book, Write-ups. Sam's hobby is collecting towels--something useful for later life. He can really apply the pressure on the down- beat of his drums. James P. Smith Mont Clare, Pa. Give me the mind that mocks at care. General Course: Hi-Y 2, 4, Dramatic 2, Chess Club 2, 35 Football 2, 3, 4g Curtis Contest 3, 45 Game Club 4, Wrestling 2, 3, 45 Home Room Programs 3. Smitty has a quiet but likeable manner. He hopes to become a draftsman. James' hobby is collecting football pictures. Charles A. Souch Phoenixville The birds can fly, So why can't I? General Course: Dramatic 23 Hi-Y 2, 3, Chess Club 3, 4, President 43 Band 2, 35 Home Room President 2: Crowell Contest Chairman 4, Refreshment Stand 4, Aeroplane Club 2, 33 Home Room Programs 2, 3, Commencement 49 Year Book, Hi-Y Write-up. Charles' hobby is making model airplanes for endur- ance tests. His ambition is to become an airplane mechanic. Cod is a good pupil in mechanical drawing. Richard Lawrence Soulen Phoenixville Happy-go-lucky, fair and free, Nothing ever bothers me. General Course: Dramatic 2, 3, Hi-Y 3, 4, Varsity Base- ball 2, 3, 4, Junior Varsity Boys' Basketball 23 Refresh- ment Stand Helper 4g Wrestling 2, 3, 4: Dance Committee, Decoration and Clean-up, Junior Prom Committee, Decora- tion, and Clean-up, Year Book, Sophomore Class History. Dick is a country boy who sometimes comes to school on a motorcycle, riding being his hobby. Dick is a good dancer. Dorothy May Stephens Phoenixville So gentle, mild, and staid, She surely is a noble maid. Commercial Course: Tri-Hi-Y 2, 35 Spelling Club 2, 3, 4: Refreshment Stand 45 Plays 4, Spelling team 2, 3, 4, Home Room Programs 3, 4, Dance Committee 2, 3, 4, Jun- ior Prom Committee 3, Year Book, Write-ups. Dot was a member of the cast of the senior class play cast. She hopes to become a private secretary. Be care- ful, Dot, be sure you do not keep the boss for lifetime. Dorothy enjoys knitting. Elizabeth May Stiefel ,L Mont Clare, Pa. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. General Course: Dramatic 2, 4, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Jour- nalism 4g Thrift 2, 3, Curtis Contest 2, 3, Refreshment Stand: Intramural 3, 4, Home Room Programs 2, Purple and White, Year Book, Purple and White Assignment. Betty spends most of her spare time reading and cro- cheting. lf she continues to read so much, the library will have to secure more books. Betty expects to be a nurse. Images not available Thirty-one

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Thirty Robert S. Sech ' 3 ' Phoenixville An honest man, close buttoned to the chin, Broadcloth without and a warm heart within. lndustrial Course: Home Room Officers 2, Curtis Con- test Helper 2, 3, Tournaments 3, Intramural Basketball, Soft Ball 2, 3, Purple and White News Items 4, Year Book, Verses. If at any time you hear a commotion, don't be afraid because it is only Robert. Bull's favorite diversions are talking and roller skating. Dorothy Mae Shoemaker Phoenixville A friend, sincere and true A star of gold in the blue. General Course: Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 2, 3, Journalism 3, 4, Dramatic 2, Girls' Glee 2, 3, 4, Home Room Officers, Treasurer 2, 3, Traffic 4, Library 4, Crowell Cone test 4, Curtis Contest 4, Year Book, Write-ups, Home Room Programs 2, 3, 4, Purple and White 4, Special Music, Choral Festival 3, Dance, Refreshment 2, 3, 4, Junior Prom, Refreshment 3. Dot enjoys having a good time. Her ever-widening circle of friends find her a very pleasing companion. Reta Siegel 'A' - Phoenixville A sunny personality with a big heart to match. Entered from Coatesville High School 2, General Course, Tri-Hi-Y 3, 4, Girls' Glee 3, Refreshment Stand 4, christmas Cantata 3. re.ni buck is Reta's favorite author. Reading is her hobby. Reta should make a good nurse because she is cneer.ul and friendly. Margaret Sim ' ' Phoenixville A good student and a quiet girl. General Course: Tri-Hi-Y 4, Home Room Basketbal. 4, 'Year Book, Statistics. Margaret is one of the good students of the class. She spenns most of her time studying. Betty Jane Smith Phoenixville The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while, That costs tue least and does the most is just a pleasant smile. Commercial Course: Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Spelling Club 2, 3, Library 4, Girls' Basketball Manager, Hockey, Junior Varsity, Crowell Contest, Helper, Curtis Contest, Helper, Library, Helper, Refreshment Stand, Ping-Pong Tourna- ntents 2, 3, Intramural Basketball 3, 4, Spelling team 2, 3, Home Room Programs 2, 3, Year Book, Write-up for Miss Patterson's Spelling Club. Betty Jane has her mind set on being a private secre- tary, but there is something for someone! that occupies a greater part of her mind. Her hobby is writing letters to pen pals. Y Dorothy ,Marie Smith - Phoenixville 'Her voice was very soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in women. General Course: Dramatic, Secretary 3, 4, Tri-Hi-Y 3, 4, Treasurer 4, Journalism, Vice President 4, Girls' Gleq 3, 4, Christmas Cantata 3, 4, Home Room Secretary 3, Crowell Contest Leader 4, Curtis Contest Leader 3, Plays 4, Home Room Programs 3, 4, Purple and White Reporter 4, Circus 119381 3, Dance Committee 3, Junior Prom Com- mittee 3, Year Book, Write-up of Dramatic Clubs. Dot would make an excellent model for that well known advertisement that school girl complexion, but she has decided to become a nurse. Dorothy seems to be crazy about runs and not baseball runs either. Images not available

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Thirty-two Edward Robert Szegedy Phoenixville Human improvement is from within outwards. Academic Course: Dramatic 2, Chess Club 2, 3, 4, Orchestra 2, 3, Football Manager 2, 3, 4, Track 2, 3, 4, Plays, Tournaments, Ping-Pong and Basketball, Intramural Football, Home Room Programs, Year Book, Varsity Football Write-up. Zedge main interest in life is to make a success of the future, maybe an- other John D. Rockefeller in his undertakings. Lillian Gussie Szigety Phoenixville .yer ready with merry jokes To cheer along the rest of us folks. Commercial Course, Dramatic 2, Tri-Hi-Y 4, Traffic 4, Library 3, 4, Library Helper 3, 4, Senior Play, Little Miss Dreamer , Pickles 2, Year Book, Library Club Write-up, Home Room Programs 2, 3, 4, Student Council Representative 4. Did you hear that funny noise? Yes! it is none other than Lillian giggling. Her classmates wonder what she nnds to giggle about. She is destined to become a secretary. Her hobby is reading. Thomas A. Taggart, Jr. ' Phoenixville Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man. ueneial Course: Dramatic 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Boys' Glee 3, Junior Varsity Base- ball 2, 3, Varsity Baseball 4, Senior Play Little Miss Dreamer , Aeroplane Club 2, 3, Junior Prom, Decoration Committee, Year Book, Senior Play Write-up. Tucker's hobby is airplanes. His ambition is the Army Air Corps. Tom is also good at mechanical drawing. Earl Taney Phoenixville He does things in a quiet way, and gentle his manners be. Industrial Course: Junior Varsity Football 4, Library, Helped build book cases, Stage Crew 3, 4. Earl is a very quiet fellow and never takes part in arguments. E.arl's hobby is football and his ambition is to become a professional scenery setter. Mary A. Tarchanik Phoenixville s a life of pleasure and glee, a happy-go-lucky girl is she. Commercial Course, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Journalism 4, Cashier for thrift 2, Li- brary 3, Library Helper 3, Helper in Curtis Contest 4, Home room programs 3, -1, Year Book, Junior Tri-Hi-Y, write-up, Purple and White Exchanges. Mary seems to be a very industrious girl. This trait will come in very handy when she becomes somebody's secretary. Mary's hobbies are stamp collecting and knitting. Miriam G. Thomas Phoenixville ere is a girl with a heart and smile Who makes the bubble of life worth while. Commercial Course: Dramatic 2, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, Home Room Secretary 2, Girls' Home Room Basketball 2, 3, Hockey 3, Student Manager 4, Cheer leader 3, 43 Circus 119381, Junior Prom Invitations, Year Book, Cheerleader Write-up. Mim was one of the cheer leaders and the boys could not Fight had enough when she cheered them on. She is planning to be a typist. Her hobby is collecting letters. Images not available