Spring City High School - Pirate Log Yearbook (Spring City, PA)

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Sc'1fr'11 ly-Iwo Future Farmers of America One of the up and coming clubs in Spring City High School is the F,F.A. Its membership is limited to the members of the Agriculture course. The Spring City Chapter consisted of thirty-two members. This organization was very active in both state and county activities. For the second consecutive year the agriculture boys have used the new agriculture building and shop. During the 1949 -50 school year the club members traveled to Unionville and the State Farm Show in Harrisburg. OFFICERS LOREN FOX . . , , ..... . . . . . President IIM REITNOUR ......,........ Vice-President ARTHUR YORK ,, ..... ...... S ecretary , . . . Treasurer REX MCGLAUGHLIN .. RALPH SWARTZ ,..,,.... .... . . . Reporter RICHARD MCELROY . .,,, ........ S entinel Motto: Learning to Do Doing to Learn Earning to Live Living to Serve Journalism Club The Iournalism Club, under the direction of Miss Hassler and Mr. Rothermel, has done an excellent job by keeping us well informed about all the current events of the school. Members of this able staff were Ianice Ludwick, editor, Carolyn Bowman, assistant editor, Virginia Moses, business manager: Barbara Elliott, exchange editor. A few of the extra activities undertaken by the group included a play called Hasty Heart given b a cast from West Chester State Teachers College. At Christmas the tree in the hall was decorated by the members of the club. Early in the new year a field trip was taken to Curtis Publishing Company and to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Junior High Arts and Crafts Club Under the direction of Miss Ransom, this club became one of the most valuable in the school. At each meeting of the club the mem- bers were busy making plaster of paris brooches, ceramic ashtrays, coasters, earrings, and pins. As the different holidays of the year would come into season the members would design articles representing these sea- sons, such as Santa Claus pins at Christmas. The club wasn't especially interested in proj- ects as a whole group, but each individual chose the work he most enjoyed.

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Allied Youth In the beginning of the school year the Allied Youth found that it had increased its membership from one hundred thirtyethree to one hundred eighty-one. This was by far the largest club in the school, so large that two sponsors were appointed. ln order to raise money to send delegates to the annual conference at Buck Hill Falls, we had a Talent Show which was held in Oc- tober This venture proved to be very suc- cessful, and as a result seven persons repre- sented the club. Parties were held for mem- bers and a party in honor of the Seniors was given in May. One of the outstanding programs ofthe ear was the showing of the movie, Drunken lgriv- ing This film was an M.G.M. production and is now the property of Allied Youth, Inc. Cheerleading This year our cheerleaders again came through with a very capable squad. Prac- tices were held at least once a week and many times extra meetings were included, Our club was under the leadership of Mrs. Guss and the co-captains, Barbara Finkbiner and Dorothy Croslcrnd, who contributed many ideas to our squad. One of our first accomplishments at the be- ginning of the year was the formulation of our constitution. Also very effective pep rallies were held before every football ame. A rotating system was used so that as the new girls could cheer at one time or another at the football games. The cheerleaders were Laura lbach, Barbara Bach, Dorothy Crosland, Barbara Finkbiner, Virginia Moses, Alice Kersbergen, Leah S ph! erd, Iune Rittase, Mary Seibert, Shirley garl, Sally Butt, Mario Quay, Gail Rudy, and Bonnie Barclay. Chess Club The Chess Club, which was under the di- rection of Mr, White, was more or less inac- tive during the school year. The members spent their regular Thursday morning activity period brushing up on their offensive and de- fensive tactics. It was probable that a tourna- ment would be held sometime in the spring to determine the ranking of the players for next year's team, which mi ht have several matches with teams from other schools. tunic, S1'1fr'n ly-nm

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.lunior High Dramatics Club Followin last year's plan, this club was again diviged into four groups under a leader. Each of these roups chose a play and worked on it during fha meetings of the club, All these plays were one-act comedies. Mr. Ewing, who was the faculty advisor of the club, gave his criticisms and revisions to each group before its performance. Junior Hi-Y The purpose of the Ir. Hi-Y is to strengthen our bodies, develop our minds, worship our God, and work together for a finer commu- nity and a better world. The officers of this club were I. B. Geyer, Eresidentg Edward Ottinger, vice-presidentg eRoy Stroop, secretary, Ioe Edwards, treas- urer, and David Finkbiner, chaplain. Key Club The main object of the Key Club was to serve the school and community in any way possible while its members participated in many activities. An annual basketball game was held with the Phoenixville Key Club to provide entertainment for the entire student body. The highlight of the year was the state convention, where Spring City had the honor of having one of its members, Robert Mull, elected district lieutenant governor for the en- suing year. The officers were president, Earle Nelsong viceepresident, Larry Davis, secretary, Carl Hottensteinp and treasurer, Robert Mull. fmt ty-Ill