Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Sixty-two Spelling Club The spelling club under the leadership of Miss Mary L. Patterson, commercial teacher, has had a very successful year. The club was or- ganized at the beginning of the year and its members were trained to pro- nounce and define the words as well as spell them. On March 18, the annual Peirce spelling contest was held in Philadel- phia. A team consisting of three seniors, two juniors, and two sophomores, was chosen by test to represent Phoenixville high school. The team mem- bers were as follows: Joseph Devlin, Robert Edinger, Ethel Detwiler, Mar- jorie Speece, and Helen McMenamin, with Dorothy Stephens and Edna Davis as alternates. Phoenixville placed third in the team contest and Joseph Devlin tied for third place in the individual contest. He also received a plaque for be- ing the best speller in the high school. Vocational Carpentry The past year saw some outstanding changes in the vocational wood- shop. These changes were made possible by the erection of the new shop in the Junior high school and the addition of another shop teacher to the staff of that school. This change in the set-up made it possible to teach shopwork and mechanical drawing to the 9th grade industrial sections in their own school and relieve the crowded conditions in the senior high vocational shops. With normal sized groups with which to work, Wilmer Kimes, the in- structor, was able to give more time to each individual and plan larger and better projects for the groups. The work is now on a real vocational basis. The jobs are done as nearly on a commercial basis as abilities and shop conditions will permit. The largest projects attempted by the Woodworkers this year were a full sized section of a house, containing an entrance hall, and living room with open stairway, and a roof, which included framing all types of rafters, open and box cornice, and shingling of all types. The various parts of the house project were all planned and worked in the shop. The mill work such as window-frames, door frames, treads, risers, balusters, and newel posts were made by the Hedging carpenters. The roof framing project gave the boys a. chance to try their skill on common, hip, valley, jack and cripple rafters. Shingling also became some- thing different than a style of sister's hair dress. Another project consisted of six bookcases which were constructed in the shop and permanently placed in the library. They were fitted with movable shelving and finished with light oak stain. Numerous repair jobs were completed, such as chairs, windows, athletic equipment, tables and anything which gave a chance to apply learned skill and gain more ex- perience. Many other projects such as ping-pong tables, book cases, picture frames, track hurdles, high jump and pole vault standards, chests and many things too numerous to mention keep a steady fiow of jobs moving through the shop, each one helping some student to acquire new skill and precision in his work. There are twelve Woodworkers in this Year'S senior class. They are Joseph Barnett, Albert Batzel, Kenneth Buzzard, George Hine, Joseph Kaminski, Emil Minoski, George Reed, Andrew Runkewich, John Scherer, Earl Taney, Stephen Twargoski, Anthony Wilk. These boys are going forth with confidence that the present building work is just the beginning of a real boom and will be starting in at the ground floor.

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Band T 'f Sixty-four Front Row: Jean Austin. Dorothy Christman, Frances Dunmo1'e, Margaret Lubold Helen Reber, Kathryn Godshalk, Beulah Downing, Bertha Bloomer, Doris Hartman, Anne Dewecs, Mary Jo Murray, Marie Campbell, Jacob Phillips, Robert Donohue, Bernard Kosci, Franklin Young, Kenneth Fegley, Joseph Kassel. Second Row: Ruth Peppel, James Hughes, David Harrcp, Alex Hoishek, Lloyd Wen- ger, Phillip Neumann, Wayne Taney. William Kabatt, Sonia Normann, Edward Eck- hardt, F1'ank Deger, Jack Yost, Benjamin Woodland, Robert Arters, Olga Flaga, Rosetta Doebling, John Atkinson, Donald Smith. Third Row: Forrest McFarlane, Phillip Runkewich, William Fritchman, William Kepp, Robert Gctwals, Marion Ulmer, Beatrice Quay, Joseph Wolfinger, George Hine, Paul Seeley, Gertrude Fry, Edna Schmidt, Marguerite Yaworski, LeRoy Friday, Franklin llartzel, Robert Havrilla, Walter Funk. The P. H. S. Band in its new purple military uniforms trimmed in white lent considerable color to the football games, parades, and concerts in which it took part. Its many new and novel marching maneuvers were features of the football season. V At the band concert of February 24, 1939 the band gave a fine con- cert which was enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience. Football sea- son opens the work which closes with several concerts in Reeves Park. Twenty-five engagements were filled by this year's organization of 54 players under the leadership of W. S. Sample.