West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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HOME ECONOMICS AGNES CHESKO Head RUTH S TURKINGTON MARY MCG CLEMMER ART WILLIAM PALMER LEAR Head EDITH B EDWARDS COMMERCIAL LOWELL FISHER Head HELEN HUNT LUCILLE RUSSELL BETTY RIPKA LETTIE KELLER MUSIC JOSEPH L HANSELMAN Head WALTER SCHEIRER JEAN SHERMAN

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lljn Our Town Q Q. uatbd If tlc II st ttlc o J l st Cdunty a auauntand attrac ve town pursues Its way In Intellectual and busrness occupations lhls tlnrlvrng communlty had Its begInnIng as the Quaker settlement lurk s I-l ad Shortly after the seat of justIce was moved from Qld Chester to lurk s hlead the latter was renamed West Chester, obvIously due to IlS location near Chester Some one has saId that had ther been no Colonel l'lannum there would have been no West Chester lor the Colonel was the master spIrIt ol the enterprIse and IS sometlmes known as the real Founder lhls hlstorlcal town has much to otler IU the educatlonal held Besldes havlng the largest Teachers College ID Pennsylvama West Chester possesses an extensIve publIc school system conslstlng ol lour grade schools and one junIor senIor hlgh school Through IfS paved streets roll the wheels that have helped Amerlca to succeed penlclllln that llle sustaInIng drug IS one ol the chlel manufactures ol our town West Chester IS also noted lor the productlon ol aIr compressors tags hre hghtlng loam wheels sprlngs and hosIery Slnce the town IS surrounded by one ol Amerrca s rlchest larmlng areas It IS only natural that IfS Industrles comply with larmlng and dalrylng For example there are the Farm relrlgeratlng eaulpment and the dalry eaulpment Industrles lhIs vIcInIty has also galned recognItIon tor the growlng and cannlng ol mushrooms The Common Schools ol thls dlstrlct began slmultaneously wIth the adoptlon ot the Common School system by the state IN 1835 The hrst hzgh school was establIshed In 1865 wIth MISS Sarah W Starkweather a Prjncjpal ol the Umted l'lIgh School and Church Street School A cla s graduation took place tor the hrst tIme IU July ol 1866 with hve glrls graduatlng Steadlly growlng the school became no longer an experlment but an Integral part ot the borough system l.eavIng the educatlonal and the IndustrIal srcle of West Chesters lute, lets journey to the spots where the gang IS most lIkely to be Found As soon as dIsmIssaI bell rIngs you can be almost certaIn that crowd hurrylng down the street IS headed stralght lor Stan s What would they do wlthout Stan S7 l-lere one can eat and also stralghten out all prob lems academIc and non academIc After Stan s they spllt up some golng to enjoy the actIvItIes the Y otfers and some seatIng themselves to enjoy a good movIe at the Warner Theatre That takes care ol the daytlme hte but at nlght alter dances we ll hnd the crowd drIvIng out to the old stand by the Dalry Bar or to the new Beelburger lor a snack or should we say a meal? Wlth ItS lascInatIng hlstory, ItS manulacturlng IfS cultural ItS educatIonal, and IfS recreatlonal lacnhtnes West Chester Indeed leads a well rounded and happy hte '17 l 0 0 Sit N 'I I'XII'd o lI'Hf llinc lnllsu Cheer I ,H , ' A ti , . 1 . . - . 9 I , ., I 1 ' A b ' , Y . A . . . I . h , . I. . t 1 I 'A 1 I , . I ' ' 1 ' 1 ' I YW . - . . I . I . I I . . I , I . ' 1 I C . . . . . . , 1 . I . , A I I I ' ' -