Ridley Park High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Ridley Park, PA)

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HICH SCHOOI X CLASS HISTORY OUR years ago we started our pilgrimage to the city of Graduation by wagon We had four huge wagons with a quantity of straw in the bottom of each for these were old fashioned sprlngless wagons One hundred and sixty braved the venture and our wagons were driven bv the officers whom we had selected before starting James Paiste President Raymond Jefferies Vice President Louise Simpson Secretary and Anna Stark Treasurer After crossing a long covered bridge fwith windows on each sidel we entered a very quaint village where we stopped to sell our magazines We were quite successful or at least we thought so However we have been told quite often since that we were green then We traveled for a few days over some high mountains The roads at this part of the Journey were rather bad and because we were so shaken and Jolted we thought that we were entitled to a rest when we reached the Town of Declamation Contest We chose Stephen Magxll Margaret Mink and Mary Winsmore to represent us in the contest that was to be given in the town hall in a few days Before the day arrived however Mary Winsmore became sick and Margaret Bloomer took her place W dlrdn t win the contest so we won t dwell on it but pass on to more pleasant t ings We remained two whole long months in Vacation City to view and experience all the wonderful things there Before we continued our Journey we elected new leaders for our band fwhich had dlmlnlshd a great deal from the original one hundred and sixtyl Stephen Maglll President William Streit Vice President Blanche Fulton Secretary and Anna Stark Treasurer Now we were ready to weather more bumpy roads long hills and stony brooks We were getting hardened to the open road for we traveled for almost three months without making any long stops. It was about this time that we decided to sell Christmas cards so we took our time to canvass the vicinity of Christmas Town with our small decorated boxes. We were received so hospitably that we remained there for the holidays. We resolved to edit a paper Sophomore Highlights which became popular in a very short time. Because we enjoyed these class papers so much ourselves we continued to print them with the small printing set that was always carried in the baggage wagon until we reached Gradua- tion. Blanche Fulton Herman Muehsam and Wilson Hoopes took charge of these papers and Cornelia Verhey designed the covers for them. Madeline Cox Margaret Laird and Margaret Mink were the speakers in the next Declamation Contest. Margaret Mink won the individual prize and was presented with a school pin. Toward the end of the second year we caught up to the rest of the inhabitants of R. P. H. S. who were also making the pilgrimage. We all had a vacation together presenting the play The Amazons. Those from our class who were included in the cast vuere: David Bonnet Margaret Mink and Mary Winsmore. L ....9 T11 irfrfn

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Rini BY PARK CLASS ADVISORS MRS MARGARET ELLIS NEVIN After M1 Moore had successfully guided us through our Freshman year we elected Mis Nevin then Miss Ellis as our Class Advisor for our Sophomore year As a class and as individuals we owe much to Mrs Nevin for the invaluable advise and aid which she gave to us in all ou1 scholastic ventures Not only did Mrs Nevin aid in coaching the school play The Ama7ons but she also gave her valuable help when we sold Christmas Cards in an at tempt to increase our bank balance It was with a great deal of regret that we learned that Miss Lllls was to leave our faculty at the end of the 1928 1929 school veal MISS MARJORIE IOHNSON Miss Iohnson as oui Junior Advisor first show d us how neccssaiv enthuslasm and stick to itneness are in making anv venture scholastic or otherwise a success In coaching our first class play Captain Applejack Miss Iohnson left no doubt in the minds of anyone as to which production was going to be the classs best In all activities just as in this one Miss John on s wonderful cooperation has made us f el that we owe her a great deal for any success which our class may have attained MR. RALPH BOYD SHARER His earnest concern for the welfare of each individual student as well as for the class as a whole has made our Senior Class Advisors duties something more and something better than merely that of advising. Of his aid in coaching our play advising the Ye Ridlymz guiding our financial budget and the countless other ways in which Mr. Sharer has helped us too much cannot be said. Suffice it to say that each of us has received his help and each of us will remember Mr. Sharer with thc fondest munories 'md kindest thoughts. Til'1'fC'r'

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I RIDLEY PARK XA Our leaders for the third year were elected as follows Stephen Magill President Herman Huehsam Vice Presldent Corneha Verhey Secretary and Anna Stark Treasurer We contlnued on our way w1th a little more than half the number with which we had started Some had turned back because of illness some Just couldnt stand the strain and others dropped off while we were fording the numerous streams In December we halted at Party Town where we had a wonderful time one evening with games eats music and dancing We took our time about getting under way again When February arrived we Just had to stop to give a play Captain Applejack was presented by the able cast including Isabelle Fullerton Robert Von Sick Mary Dempsey Mary WlnSmOF6 Katherine Greim Paul Burgess Joseph Hager Blanche Fulton George Berlin and David Bonnet The cast was supported by a l1st of twelve blood thirsty pirates We were successful in our stop ln Contest Town to participate in the Annual Declamation Contest We were the winners because of Blanche Fulton Bart Rees and Mary Winsmore On May 8 we traveled over hill and dale in order to reach Merri ment Town before sundown where that evenmg we had another of our rare parties One of the most memorable events of the year was the V1S1t to Ring Village on the top of a high mountain It could only be reached by a narrow wlndlng road and once there we did not depart until we were outfitted with class rings and pins For the last and seemingly shortest lap of the tr1p we chose Stephen Maglll Presldent George Berlin Vice President Olive Davis Secretary Anna Stark and Clarence Smith Treasurers These able drivers guided us carefully over the rough spots and through the marshy lands During this last year each Senior was assigned specific duties under the committee system so that none of us were able to sit back and watch others work we were all kept comparatively busy One of our very first stops occurred in the middle of Autumn in the Borough of Freshman Reception It was here that we entertained the neighboring Freshmen and had a wonderful time ourselves We were not able to travel for a whole year wlthout giving a play so before Christmas we stopped in Performance Town where we presented The Arrival of Kitty. To add variety to the not any too easy job of class advisor Mr. Ralph B. Sharer who coached the play a double cast was used. Those who were in the Friday night cast were' William Wood Paul Burgess Wilson Hoopes GeorgeAnne Van Dyke Blanche Fulton Loice Janke George Berlin Leroy Ellis and Mary Dempsey. Those in the Sat- urday night cast. Bart Rees Joseph Hager Gilbert Mohr Cornelia Verhey Anna Stark Dorothy Ford Andrew Houliston Thomas Pratt and Catherine Coleman. Fifty-five happy boys and girls survived all the hardships of wagon- travel and were thankful that they had the courage to keep looking ahead Our next to the last stop was in Washington' it surely left us gasping for the rest of the year. Last but not least after four years we reached the solemn city of Graduation our destination LORETTA TREFZ. Ag 419 Fozcrtefn