Smithsburg High School - Leopard Yearbook (Smithsburg, MD)

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U CA How well I remember, as I am sure the rest of my classmates do, that bright September morning in 1948, when our class of eighty-three embarked upon our high school educational pro- gram which was to last for six years. The first week of the seventh grade was the hardest with new teachers, new friends, a new school system, and for many a new building with which to get acquainted. I recall several roller skating parties and the visit to Crystal Grottoes, Washington's Monument at Boonsboro, and the Smithsburg Reservoir. We learned to work and play together as the months rolled by. Finally, June arrived and with it that three month's vacation to which we had looked forward with anxious faces. I remember that second year at S.H.S. we were not so shy and timid. We had grown another year and were ready to adapt ourselves to the change in our sections. Mrs. Helen Bikle and Mr. John Pike were our advisers. One day our math class under the guidance of Mr. Glenn Bushey visited the Nicodemus National Bank in Hagerstown and the Antietam Battlefield with Mrs. Helen Bikle. How proud we were to be runner-up in the girls' bowling tournament, and so we began to take our places in sports. In May we chose our courses for the following year. Although our school months seemed to speed by at a rapid pace we were not sorry to see June arrive. ln September, 1950, I remember that we placed ourselves firmly on the first step of the high school ladder as Freshmen. We did not get quite as much respect as the Seniors, but we were anxious to start the upward climb. This was the year in which we began to earn those precious sixteen points for graduation, and promotion was by subject and not grade. Some of us had time to enter extra-curricular activities. With our faces still sunburned, we came back to school in the fall of 1951 as Sophomores. Our boys basketball team got a real lift when Kenny Holloway became a member of our class. This proved to be one of our best years in sports with boys and girls from our class on every varsity team. I remember that our French class and teacher, Miss Marsada Yeakle, attended a tea at Hagerstown High School, and our biology class with Mr. Ralph Rohrbaugh visited the Fish Hatchery at Mt. Lena. Some of us were asked to serve on the Yearbook Staff for the following year. Shirley Cowan was crowned Queen of the Lions Club Minstrel. Ishall never forget that final outing our class held at Hershey Park in June. The next year I remember us as Juniors. We were elated when we received our school rings. Many of us took driver training and secured our license to drive a car. Iremember that Janet Davis placed second in the annual magazine drive and Sarah Slick kept our class in swing when she entered the I Speak for Democracy contest. In order to raise money for our J unior-Smior Prom we sponsored a square dance and sold pencils with the basketball schedule on them. We all agreed that the preparation for our prom took a lot of work but it was worth it. When the last bell rang on J une the twelfth, a busy but wonderful school year came to a close and with it a gladness in our hearts-we were SENIORSI How well I remember on September 8, thirty-seven of us entered the doors of S.H.S. for our final and most memorable year. As sophisticated seniors we were assigned to the traditional homeroom, the science laboratory, under the guiding eyes of Mr. Charles Boyce. CLASS COLORS - RED AND WHITE M ,. gran,

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FA VORITE PA STIME Working with autos Hunting and fishing Playing with babies Hunting and trapping Reading Traveling Mechanics Child care Pleasure riding Traveling Playing the piano Movies Reading Fooling with hottods Hunting out of season Movies and comics Eating Dancing Working on cars Teasing Collecting pictures Cowboying Having a good time Reading and watching TV Spending money Camping Thinking and eating Hunting and canoeing Loafing Sleeping Drawing Dating a certain girl Hunting out of season Playing records Playing radio Music Readingg walking N MOST POP ULAR GIRL WHO DISLIKE English Work Conceit Garlic Ma yonnaise Slap in the face Repetition Reading Chickens Poor sportsmanship Dentists Moving Love games Work Questions Poor teamwork Hey, Joe Snow in the fall Hot weather Asparagus Snakes Late slips Cold weather Hillbilly music Reading Impoliteness Cranberry sauce Oysters Onions Work Homework Rats English Snea king people Studying Strawberry ice cream Spiders PROPHECY F. B. I. agent Game warden Secretary Soldier Airline hostess Work with bloodmobile Speed driver Housewife WAF Medical secretary Traveler WAC Armed Forces College Air Force Housewife WAVE WAF ARmy Navy Medical secretary State trooper Housewife Naval X -ra y technician College Naval nurse Office worker College Foreign correspondent Secretary Housewife Navy State policeman Department store clerk Department store clerk Musician WAC IEANETTE GARDENHOUR

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B Ill TORY After a very trying week of arranging schedules we settled down to elect class officers: President, Gerald Deal: Vice-President, Richard Smithg Secretary, Nancy fsanbowerj Browng and Treasurer, Marcia Smith. In a homeroom meeting we chose red and white for our class colors and the carnation as our flower. Our motto was Not at the top but climbing. During the year,some of us had opportunities to visit in various places. In October, Eleanor Potts represented our school at the Maryland All-State Chorus in Baltimore. Gerald Deal attended the Maryland Association of Student Councils in Bethesda, Sarah Slick, Shirley Ruths, Marcia Smith, Shirley Cowan, and Eleanor Potts had the pleasure of visiting the State Teachers Colleges at Frostburg and Towson. Larry Kendall and Andy Stottlemyer spent their Christmas vacation in Florida. Shirley Cowan and John Benchoff attended a yearbook staff meeting in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. A new interest was aroused when our journalism class started publishing a monthly paper called Sidelines . For the first time in the history of our school the yearbook staff put out a bound annual. Bad luck befell a few of our classmates. Trenton Schroyer received a serious arm injury which prohibited him from playing in several basketball games. Janet Flaugher spilled boiling water on her foot and suffered third degree burns, Patsy Huntsberry had a badly sprained foot and later suffered 'a serious infection. Then there was the usual epidemic of colds and viruses. but none of them proved too serious. V During the year I remember that wedding bells chimed for three of our girls. Peggy Smith became Mrs. Gary Harbaughg Nancy Sanbower, Mrs. Donald E. Browng Marcia Smith, Mrs. Dorsey C. Pike. We lost Shirley Harbaugh, who moved with her family to New Jersey. Throughout the year many of us were engaged in extra-curricular activities, including varsity and intra-mural sports. There was the Hallowe'en Party at the Community Hall, the Sophomore Dance in November, and the Junior Dance in February. The outstanding spring dance was the Junior-Senior Prom which was a gala affair. Some of us helped to fry peanuts and solicit the community for cakes, pies, and candy for the big sale sponsored by the Yearbook Staff at the Market House in Hagerstown. At the Lions Club Minstrel and Variety, one of our girls, Judy Miller, was crowned queen. Many of us made our debut on the stage when we presented our class play in the late spring. The many little events preparatory for graduation were each mastered in their turn. Name cards and announcements were selected early in the year. We had conferences with our principal and guidance counselor about what we expected to do upon graduation. We planned our graduation music and selected our minister to deliver the sermon. On Class Day we presented a resume of our school life. Then we practiced receiving our diplomas. At last the year drew to a close. I remember well how we marched down the aisle wearing our caps and gowns to listen to the sermon, and then commencement followed. As we passed through sturdy doors of S.H.S. with our diplomas, we realized that we were no longer seniors but alumni of '54. CLASS FLOWER - CARNATION