Stephen S Palmer High School - L Annuaire Yearbook (Palmerton, PA)

 - Class of 1942

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IRROR CLASS OF' 1942 Gridiron Men Who Played Last Game for Palmerton Football Beginning the season with one of the lightest ams in the Lehigh Valley League and a new the Blue Bomber football team 'ad coach, vertheless broke even and rolled up 52 first wns to its opponent's 35. Under the guidance of head coach John C. Jung and assistant coaches Bill Lutz and hn Messersmith, Palmer- r1 won three games, beat- g Whitehall, Northamp- r1, and Slatingtong lost ree to Catasauqua, Ban- r, and Emmaus, and tied e with Stroudsburg. Since its first game with lmmit Hill was cancelled cause of the infantile ralysis scare, Palmerton ened its season by deci- 'ely defeating Whitehall -0 in a home game. The ue-and-White gained 10 downs to its oppon- 0. In their next game the ue Bombers played an enly contested game with roudsburg which ended a 6-6 tie, with the Bomb- s netting 10 first downs to eir opponent's 8. Although making 7 first wns and 114 yards in rimmage to Catty's 0 and respectively, the Blue- d-White eleven lost their me to Catasauqua, 7-6. st t's For the first time since football was re-in- stated at Palmerton, the Blue Bombers beat the Koncrete Kids 6-0, getting 4 first downs to Northampton's 3, in a close game showing no long runs. In its only non-league game of the season, Palmerton was crushed by Bangor, 27-6, roll- ing up 6 first downs to the opponent's 10. After being trounced in their next game with Em- maus, 24-6, the Blue Bornb- ers recovered in time to conquer their rival Slating- ton, 19-14, in the last game of the season. During the game, in which every grad- uating player was active, Palmerton chalked up 11 first downs to the Slate Lads' 4. Those who played their last time for Palmerton in the Slatington game are: Carson Bartholomew, John Derkacz, George F e d o r, Carlin Haydt, Donald Kres- ge, Bill Lipics, Manuel Lo- pez, Donald Peirce and Floyd Thaller. At the season's close, Donald Peirce, not shown above, was elected the team's captain, and John Derkacz, shown in lower picture, its most valuable twenty-three

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MIRROR CLASS OF 194 LEEBERT WHITAKER-If you see Lee walking around the country chasing but- terfiies or dropping artificial flies in the streams, don't be alarmed, for besides being in fishing club four years, his hob- bies are hiking, hunting, fishing, making artificial fiies, and a butterfly collection. He plans to work upon graduation. MILTON YOUNG-- Junior , besides tak- ing an active part in the Hi-Y, golf, chess, and checkers clubs, found time to work as a sub-pin-boy and a clerk at M. W. Young and Co. Jewelry Store. His hob- bies are sports, cards, model airplanes, nature study, and drums. He plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania. MARIE ZELL-Although Freckles didn't participate in many extra-curricular ac- tivities before her senior year, she made up for lost time by being a consciencious member of both the senior class play ticket committee and the Christmas wreath committee. Marie has the inter- esting hobby of table decorations. Her future plans spell beautician. The First Reunion of the Class of 1942 Twenty-Hve years from today, June 12, 1942, at our silver reunion, we may be sure that the following items will all be true: The teachers will still tell the same old jokes. Glenn Handwerk will still be getting into trouble. Irma Brodi will still be a stooge. Delores Cunningham will still cackle. Russel Chaplinsky will still be bragging about the vultures. Professor John Young will be an admiral. Jane Montz will still be a pet',. Lois Anthony will still turn boys' heads. Donald Peirce will still be a blonde. Glenn Kresge still won't catch on to a joke. Bob Handwerk will still be thataway about girls. Edward Serfass will still be playing second base. George Fedor will still be a lady-killer. George Steigerwalt will still be shorty . Beatrice Leh will still be a glamor girl. Bill Baker will still be playing basketball. June Blose will still get A's in German. Helen Krawchuk will still wear sweaters. Dorothy Ashman will still have snakes. Wesley Bowman will still drive a coal truck. Marshall Beers and Kenneth Borger will still be traveling. Frank Lendvay will still be a butcher boy. The seniors will still Hunk tests. Dorris Kemmerer will still be singing. Louise Owens will still be hitting the high notes. Ruth Klotz will still be debating. George Gilbert will still be asleep. Floyd Thaller will still be blowing up things. Joe Psarsky will still have curly hair. John Powers will still be bashful with girls. Milan Brestovansky will still make marvelous speeches. Bill Lipics will still be playing hookey. Carson Batholomew will still be talking at some class meeting. Tony Jeringo will still be shoveling coal. Clyde Eckert will still come from the country. John Derkocz and Tony Jeringo will still be together. twenty-two



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MIRROR CLASS OF 19- Palmerton Higlfs Basketball Team Although none ot' the boys on this year's team was material f'rom last year's first five, the Palmerton high basketball team, coached by Mr. W. 1-1. Wilhelm, won 12 ofthe 21 games they played. Losing but 5 of 14 games the Blue Bombers chalked up a total of 575 points in league com- petition to their opponents' 461. At the season's close the players voted Charles Treskot, a forward, the most valuable player to the team and he was awarded a trophy donated by Costenbader's Drug Store. This was the first year Charles played var- sity ball and the first year the trophy was given. Captaincd by Milan Brestovansky, the Bombers started their season by beating East Mauch Chunk and Wilson Boro by scores of 31-15 and 27-26 respectively in non-league games. Then misfortune stepped in and Palmerton lost three successive non-league games to Summit Hill 34-24, Bethlehem 33-24, and Summit Hill again 37-23. Recovering themselves they prevailed over Easton 28-21 and were then nosed out by the Alumni 27-25. in a game which ended the Bombers' non-league games for the season. Palmerton f'ans received a shock, when in their first league game of' the season, the Blue-and-White five dropped a 43-37 decision to Whitehall. However. they then accounted for three straight victories by overcoming Slatington 34-33, Stroudsburg 38-25, and Le- higliton 66-29. After Lehighton the Bombers met wh proved to be the first half as well as leagi champs, when they met Catasauqua and we defeated by a 58-39 score. Palmerton ended its first half by beati Northampton 38-23 and Emmaus 35-33 whit! gave them 5 victories and 2 losses. N The P. H. S. quintet opened the secol half by revenging its earlier defeat, trouncii Whitehall 51-345 however, they then lost, Slatington for the first time in 13 years by 32-31 score. l Stroudsburg and Lehighton were next sul dueci by the Bombers in a 30-29 and a 58-I game respectively. Again Catasauqua be Palmerton, but this time by a closer scor 34-31. Palmerton's second half was then ended l a loss to Northampton 34-35, and a win ov Emmaus 53-28. The last half' ended in a tie between Sla ington and Catasauqua t'or first place whit Catty easily took in a league playoff. Th left C-itasauqua the 1941342 champions of tl Lehigh Valley League. lt is interesting to note that Palmerton plaj ed 4 league games in which the Final outcon was determined by 1 point, 1 game in whim a field goal was the winning margin, and game in which the result was decided by thri points. Those players who were lost to Palmertor basketball team through graduation are: Mil: Brestovansky, John Derkacz, Glenn Kresg and Charles Treskot. twriity-foiir

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