Smithsburg High School - Leopard Yearbook (Smithsburg, MD)

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CLASS HISTQRY One early September morn 1n the year of one thousand nme hundred forty s1x a gang of k1ds numbermg forty f1ve trouped 1nto Room Z4 for roll call From here the boys were put under the gu1d1ng w1ng of Mrs Mann and the g1rls under the 1nfluence of M1ss Schroyer As Halloween txme approached everyone felt 1n the mood for a party so one was staged at Jean Huntsberry's home Only a few turned up but they had scads of fun Wh1le freshmen the class part1c1pated 1n the Jun1or h1gh operetta 'The Whxte Gypsy Donald Bachtell Sh1rley DeWees Peggy Reecher R1chard Gardenhour and Charles Gardenhour played the lead1ng roles Th1s stage performance was under the dlrectlon of Mrs Dorothy Se1bert the mus1c teacher The school term of '47 '48 found the A sectlon 1n Room 31 w1th M1ss Stull and the B sectxon 1n Room Z7 w1th Mrs St C1a1r Th1s year the group numbermg th1rty n1ne no longer felt that they were the green1e freshmen of '46 The class off1cers were chosen as follows A Sectlon Pres1dent Sh1rley DeWees V1ce Pres1dent Sarah Newcomer B Sectxon Presldent Donald Kl1ne Vxce Presldent Regxna Barkdoll Secretary Jane Fahnestock Those who showed the1r ath1et1c ab1l1ty were Sh1rley Dwyer Glorm Kendall Betty Gearhart and Annabelle Grayb1ll for the gxrls the boys were Beckley Snyder Donald Bachtell Charles and R1chard Gardenhour John Yeates Bobby Ge1ser Rmchard Bxkle and Curt1s Wolf On June 13 1948 a class p1cn1c was held at Hershey Park Trans portat1on was prov1ded by a chartered bus Who w1ll ever forget the odor when a gallon of p1ckles fell to the floor and broke ' No one seemed to care they were eaten just the same In September of '48 the class agam journeyed back to Smxthsburg But th1s t1me they were the JollyJun1ors numbermg th1rty exght W1th Room Z8 as the1r homeroom and Mr Surnmers as thexr supervlsor they ' . ' s . . . . X . . . ' Secretary ----------------------- P atric ia Wendland