Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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. Nl lf N , lx ' ll ' 4 f ff ll 1951 September: O ctober: November: D ecember: 1952 January: Febmary: March: April: May: June: No one went looking for a job to do: there was always room for one more person to help at the refreshment stand at the football games. Magazine Sales were the topic of eve discussion and friends and relatives were sure to buy atrlleast one subscrip- tion: after all, those almond Hershey bars tastedpretty good. Officers took a trip to Bynden Wood to look over the possi- bilities of taking a three day class trip. All the members of the staff of the class play were busy memorizing lines or locating property and selling tickets. The Football Banquet brought the usual wonderful turkey dinner with its snapper soup and other trimmings. The Christmas Cantata and Play received its usual high praise as the chorus and play members gave excellent per- formances. The National Honor Society gave a Christmas Dance com- plete with all the decorations and good holiday spirit. We were wondering just how many graduation announcements and name cards to order. Campaigning was going strong to select the Queen ofthe Key Club Prom. A group from the social studies classes went to the model National Republicans Convention in Philadelphia sponsored ,lfy the Civic Forum League. he Honor Society held induction services and more of us became members of this selected group. The band lived up to its reputation by presenting an enter- taining evening of music at the annual concert. The band appeared before the delegates at the Music Educator's Na- tional Convention in Philadelphia. The Honor Society gave an Easter Dance to give the newly elected members a chance to show off their ability as in- terior decorators. This was a busy month, with cap and gown measurements being taken, preparations for graduation being made, and class day and baccalaureate practice, and those last few evenings of cramming for the finals. Our goal attained! Graduation!

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Et 1949 October: Dressed as spooks, witches, and goblins, many followed the band in a big Hallowe'en parade which ended with a dance at the parking lot on Main Street, December: The football team was honored at a banquet at thejunior high school gymnasium. January: The biology classes made a trip to Harrisburg to see the Penn- sylvania Farm Show. March: The Band Concert drew large crowds to the junior high school auditorium both nights of the production. April: The Sophomore Hop, not formal this year, was enjoyed by all the dancers of our class. May: The biology classes made another trip, this time to Philadel- phia, to see the Flower Show. The band went to Washington, D. C., to parade for the spring City Tall Cedars. 1950 September: The class got a preview of the two years in the high school building that were bo come by discovering that the lockers didn't work, by looking at our lovely washrooms, and by nearly being asphyxiated the first time the heater went into action. December: The Football Banquet was held at the junior high school for our team, winners of the league championship. The Christmas Cantata and Play were presented and well re- ceived by an appreciative audience. January: The Key Club sponsored a very successful formal dance and crowned as queen, Peg Fahringer of the Senior Class. February: A bus loaded with Chilean delegates to the Model United Na- tions General Assembly meeting at Temple University turned out to be the students of the social studies classes at PHS. March: The National Honor Society held induction exercises. The chorus and band gave the annual concert before a full house of entertainment seekers both nights. May: A beautifully decorated gym provided the background for a gala Junior-Senior Prom. Christine Ronto reigned as queen. June: Our class rings, the first standard rings to be selected, arrived in the office. The band spent three exciting days in Atlantic City parading for the Lions' Intemational Convention. I 0-. Sti ll 42 If X

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