Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Fifty-t T1'i-Hi- Y Clubs The senior Tri-Hi-Y Club under the supervision of Misses Edwardine Tyson and Rebekah Ellis held its first meeting Friday, September 16, and every Friday thereafter until May 19. There are sixty-two members in the club, the officers being Eleanor Troutman, preside-nt, Mary Elizabeth Voorhees, vice president, Marian F egley, secretary, and Dorothy Smith, treasurer. The first several meetings of the year consisted of discussions led by members of the club. Baskets of food were given to needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas, including four familie. and ten children to which toys and clothing were also given. The committees that were active during the year are the following: Publicity, Edith Woertz, chairman, Betty Deitrich, and Pauline Kabatt, Social, Dorothy Gill, chairman, Janet Hecht, Nancy Charles, and Ruth New, Executive, Marie Elliott, chairman, Louise Detwiler, and Virginia Hesserj Program, Marian Fegley, chairman, Eleanor McCarraher, Eleanor Gow, Margery Gay, and Kathryn Godshalkg Financial, Dorothy Smith, chairman, Dorothy Shoemaker, and Mary Elizabeth Voorhees, Music, Anna Campbell, chairman, Amy Wilson, and Betty Jane Smith, and com- mittee for supplying of the First Aid Kit for the teacher's room, Earla Mae Morris, chairman, Mary Tarchanick, and Lillian Umstead. ..,1.p..T The junior Tri-Hi-Y cl.ub sponsored by Miss Mary L. Patterson, car- ried on many worthwhile activities during the year. These activities consisted of the following: entered a church drive at Coatesville, in which the club ranked second, distributed baskets to the needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas, attended the area meeting in Haverford township. The club's social gatherings included a breakfast hike, Hallowe'en party, supper hike, mothers and daughters' social, and entertainment of the senior Tri-Hi-Y club. The following ministers gave helpful speeches to the girls: Rev. A. A. Hartman, Rev. Warren Vinton Murphy, Rev. J. M. Woods, Jr., Rev. C. C. Hoffman, Rev. N. E. Miller, Rev. R. G. Becktel. Two former graduates of P. H. S. presented interesting talks to the girls. Beatrice Komes' topic was Care of the Skin and Hair , Esther Kramer's, Training for Nursing. ........p....l. Miss Kathryn Kelly's junior Tri--Hi-Y club meets in room 11. Officers of the club are: Jeanne Doyle, president, Sara Thomas, vice president, Dorothy Shipp, secretary, and Elaine Pechin, treasurer. During the meetings, pl.ans were discussed for a Mothers and Daugh- ters' Social and the sending of delegates to Harrisburg for the State Con- ference. The club was represented also at the Area Meeting at Haverford. Prominent speakers led discussions during the Bible study contest.

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'Purple and White First Row: Dick Bormann, Gordon Phillips, Dorothy Gill, Margaret Lubold, Nancy Charles, Kathryn Godshalk, Stella Piotrowicz, Anna Campbell, Joe Rudick, Stacey Widdicombe,. Second Row: Jacob Phillips, Daniel Baer, Quentin Hamborsky, Virginia Hesser, .vlargery Gay, Bertha Bloomer, Eleanor Gow, Edith Woertz, Mary Tarchanik, Eleanor Wilson, David Wilson. 'lfliird Row: Mary Elizabeth Voorhees, Betty Stiefel, Jayne Reifsneider, Dorothy Shoemaker, Ruth Busch, Bette Gotwals, Mary Jo Murray, Marguerite Yaworski, Franklin Young. Fourth Row: Pauline Kabatt, Eleanor Bajor, Marian Fegley, Jean Unger, Betty Campbell, Jeanne Doyle, Dorothy Smith. Fifth Row: Miss Mary L. Rowe, Miss Rose-Marie Brubaker, Amy Wilson, Eleanor McCa1'raher. Many changes were brought about in the Purple and White during the past yearg the paper was published bi-weekly, raising the number of issues to fifteen. Four new columns were used: The Whirl, Student Sketches, The Editor Speaks, and Phoenix Phantom. Of the issues published, three were special: The Alumni, Career Con- ference, and the last issue in charge of the Junior Journalism club. The Purple and White entered the Pennsylvania Scholastic Press As- sociation, the Columbia Press Association contests. In the first they won honorable mention. In the latter they Won third place. The staff is as follows: Editor, Eleanor McCarraherg Associate, Mar- lon Fegleyg Reporters, Bertha Bloomer, Anna Campbell, Daniel Baer, Mar- garet Lubold, Mary-Jo Murray, Gordon Phillips, Eleanor Wilson, Dorothy Gill, Edith Woertz, Robert O'Donnell, Quentin Hamborsky, Joseph Devlin, N ancy Charles, Franklin Young, Margery Gay, Jacob Phillips, Ruth Busch, Richard Bormann, Dorothy Shoemaker, Mary Tarchanik, Stella Pio- trowicz, Virginia Hesser, Eleanor Gow, Jayne Reifsnieder, Dorothy Smith, Joseph Rudick, Anna Mansur, Jeanne Doyle, Carl Fitzgerald, Pauline Kab- att, Eleanor Bajor, Dick Valenteen, Katherine Godshalk, Betty Campbell Bill Fritchman, Margery Riley, Jean Unger, Edgar Harrop, Verna Wade, Stacey Widdicombe, Amy Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Voorhees. The faculty adviser is Miss Mary L. Rowe, Miss Rose Marie Brubaker is treasurer. Miss Marion Moore's Typing Club had charge of typing the material for the paper. The local Daily Republican is the printer. 7 Fifty-one

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Tri-Hi-Y Clubs The sophomore Tri-Hi-Y under the direction of Miss Florence Halder- man, elected the following officers who served for the year: Marguerite Mayer, presidentg Dorothy Neil, vice presidentg Jean Neuhauser, secre- taryg and Pearl Nathan, treasurer. Each month the club, the devotional, program, and social committee giving each member of the club a chance to participate in the meetings. From February 3 to March 24, the Bible study contest entitled, Seven Steps Toward Christian Maturity took place. The topics discussed during the study were: Study Habits, Respect for School and Civic Property, Per- sonality Appreciation, Attitude Towards Discipline, Pride in Workman- ship, Ambitious, Cheating, A Form of Theft, and Daily Schedule. A speak- er including faculty members, club members, and members of the town, was present at each meeting. Two members of the club were present at Haverford and Harrisburg Area Meetings, bringing back reports to the club. During the year a Hallowe'en party was held in November at school. At Christmas time the club made scrapbooks and brought in toys for poor children which were given to Earl Weber, town merchant, who then distributed them to children's Christmas parties. ...-........P.........1 During the year the Sophomore Tri-Hi-Y Club, sponsored by Miss Rose-Marie Brubaker, entered the Bible Study Course, at which time the members met jointly with the group sponsored by Miss Halderman. The late Mr. George Donahower and Mrs. Verna Confer were among the guest speakers. Christmas season was observed by the group in the preparing and giving of baskets of food, toys, and Christmas cards to a deserving family. Other meetings were devoted to discussions planned by the program committees, or led by invited speakers. Among these were Miss Miriam Knoderer, art supervisor of Phoenixville schools, who talked on color com- binations with relation to a girl's wardrobe, and Miss Helen Basin, who spoke about costume design for the high school girl. In addition to sending a delegation to the district meeting at Haver- ford, the girls held a hike ending with a doggie roast at Swinging Bridge in May. A substantial financial contribution was made by the group to the Colored Work project sponsored by the State Y. M. C. A. Fifty-th