West Lampeter Vocational High School - We La Hi Yearbook (Lampeter, PA)

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PRUPHEDY May 25 1969 Dear Mr Adams Wouldn t you l1ke to know what your class of 1949 IS domg today? We aren t all presldents, senators, and actresses, but some of us have come close to makmg that grade ROY ESBENSHADE has been workmg over t1me for the past s1x months as V1ce pres1dent 1n charge of the Clrculatmg Ice Water Department at Armstrongs Whxle he has been freezmg h1m self, BOB SULTZBACI-I has been keepmg the temperature up tendmg the bollers on the B 81 O rallroad Having made h1s flrst m1ll1on, ALVIN HERSHEY IS busy teachmg GLENN STEPHAN to be or not to be what? that s the questlon Some of us recently saw in the NEW YORK TIMES that SHIRLEY NEVILLE and DO'I' HENRY attended the Natxonal Secretary s convent1on at San Franclsco They were flown to Cal1forn1a m an Army B 29 piloted by HAROLD WERNER, and havmg STELLA STEINMAN as a1r hostess In the west coast they met MILDRED LEFEVER JANET BARR and BETTY EISENBERGER Red Cross secretanes, who were waitmg for thexr ass1gnment overseas GLENN WEAVER and HAROLD BOMBERGER Just returned from a trlp to Alaska where they ran into WALTER RINEER who IS atruck drwer for the Klondlke Gold Company So that JUNE HOUSER and ESTHER DONER d1dn t have such a dlffxcult tr1p over the Swlss Alps, they rented a palr of Hanmbal s elephants In Geneva these glrls met HELEN LUTZ who IS teachxng the Swlss how to yodel m Pennsylvama Dutch We recently read ln the paper that MOLLY WEAVER IS spendmg quxte a few hours teachxng the famous Oscar Levant how to play chopstlcks on the P13110 JOANNE BRUBAKER our other pxanlst, IS workmg on her doctor s degree 1n muslc Smce SHIRLEY GROFF won a Jeepster 111 a welght loosmg contest, she IS plannmg a trlp to Mexico Besldes wantmg to travel, PHYLLIS YEAGLEY and JANET GREER are gomg along to help hold down the rear of the car DONALD ZOOK has recently completed the aeronautxcal engmeermg on the new rocket shxp scheduled for a trlp to Mars Gomg on the trlp as mechan1cs, to keep the clouds out of the pro pellors, are PAUL HOSTETTER and RALPH RINIER Just th1s year JANET MILLER, gym teacher, GRACE MYLIN, art teacher and DOT BRU BAKER, commerclal teacher, met for the flrst tlme Smce hlgh school graduatlon, at Lampeter Un1vers1ty where they are on the faculty ETHEL POTTS IS head of the poster department for the Rmglmg Brothers c1rcus and LOR RAINE BURKHART spent thls last summer w1th the c1rcus wrltmg her college the IS on the ha bits of Afncan elephants PAT KEENER has Just completed her fourth year as a socxahzmg soc1a1 worker m Lower Slabovla Workmg w1th Pat IS JACKIE ASTON who IS teachmg the schmoos how to play hockey Ident1fy1ng the flfth and twelfth vertebrae IS keepmg HAROLD HERR qulte busy these days at Penn Medlcal School Occasxonally BETTY JANE LEFEVER and ARLENE BARLEY, who are nurses III the Phlladelphxa Hosp1tal's chlldren ward meet Harold for some gosslp sesslons about old W L H S times ELNORA RINEER and DOLORES LONG are competmg for speed typxng records at the World s Farr 32 D 4 I Y o 1 . 3 1 p . - . . . . - - . . . Q . . . . . . . gg - 7, S ' ' 0 Q Q o - . 1 1 a . . ' ' u 9 ! 1 - . . . 9 , . . Q . 7 . . . . . . 9 . 9 . . . . . o ' J . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . p . - , - . . . . . . n , - S - 9 . gg . . . 7, . . 0 o . . o - . . . . . . . Y n o o p u . . J . o

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C ASSHIST R THLETIC ab1l1ty muslcal talent, and buddxng 1n1t1at1ve these three qualltles were hldden behxnd faces beammg w1th m1SChl9f, whlch entered West Lampeter m 1943 West Lampeter was new to us as well as to the superv1s1ng prmclpal, Mr Adams Together we started the chmb for success W1th many new 3Ct1V1tleS occupy1ng our t1me we were soon through Iumor Hlgh School However durmg thls t1me we reallzed the cost of a war and dxd our part by collectlng paper and buymg war bonds In the fall of 1945 we entered the Freshman class look1ng eagerly ahead toward greater responsr bll1t16S The class elected offxcers who lmmedlately assumed thelr dutles Preparatlon for the faxr soon began Hotdogs wlth catsup and mustard enabled us to have a profltable class stand at the Commumty Fan' We also won the scholastlc contest for the th1rd year IH success1on whlch permanently entltled the cup to our class We were the largest class 1n school wlth a total en rollment of 72 Returmng 1n the fall as Sophomores we were pr1v1leged to have the 1ce cream stand at the fan' The proflt from our sales was an lmportant step toward a semor trlp Those offlcers elected were Presldent Harold Werner Vlce Presldent Arlene Barley Secretary june Hous er Treasurer Shlrley LeFevre Hlstorlan Arlene McK1nney Due to the size of our class we agam had the audltorlum as our homeroom It had been pamted which greatly lmproved the general appearance of the school Aprll and May seemed to be long months but fmally summer vacatlon came Well here we were back xn school agam Iunlorsl We lmmedlately elected offxcers Presl dent Harold Werner V1ce Presldent Arlene Barley, Secretary, Joanne Brubaker, Treasurer Shlrley LeFevre Hlstorlan June Houser Durmg the early part of the year the mam attractlons presentatlon of the comedy, Mlss Ilmmy hlghllghted our jumor year and brought us many compllments In the sprmg our class assembled to choose class Jewelry Our dads had to dlg a llttle deeper 1n thelr pockets, but we all managed to be wearlng a class nng or pm Our social gathermgs w1th the class of 1948 were chmaxed by the Iumor Semor Receptlon As a remem brance to the school our class along w1th the class of 1948 gave money to be used for the purchase of stage curta1hs It wasn t so d1ff1Cl11t to return to school 1n the fall of 1948 As forty n1ners we looked for ward to occupymg the Semor homeroom and the cholce seats mn the audltorlum Thls year we welcomed by several new teachers and our hlgh school prmclpal, Mr Snyder Mlss Straley and Mr Snyder were appolnted our class advlsors Wlth the aid of our class offlcers Presldent, Harold Werner VICE Presxdent, Robert Sultzbach, Secretary, Joanne Brubaker Treasurer, Shlrley LeFevre, H1stor1an, Arlene McK1nney our class whole heartedly took over the respon S1b11lf16S of the year Our home economlcs teacher helped us to conduct a profitable falr restaurant Rehearsals for the Semor play were scheduled ln October and November The suc cessful presentatlon of the comedy, Ghost of a Chance dlsplayed dramat1c abilxty as well as the cooperatxve attltude of the forty nmers After assemblmg all the materxal necessary for our yearbook, we sent 1t to press the fxrst week 1n February Boys as well as g1r1s washed d1shes and walted on tables at the annual semor supper And then for the bxg tlme at New York wxth Mxss Straley and Mr Snyder as chaperones,I m sure we couldn t have had a more wonderful txme Sxght seemg eatmg out and staymg up late wxll all go down nn the memolrs of our Semor tnp Wlth solemn faces we marched up the alsle, attzred nn caps and gowns Baccalaureate ser vlce had been held and now lt was Commencement night Those mischievous looks were gone and 1n thexr place was found a look of smcere determxnation to make the best of our future l1fe To you, We La H1, we extend a deep sense of gratitude for the qualities which you have mstilled U1 our lives 31 . . , . . . . . . U . . . , , , . . . : I. , . 5 . . Z Z . , - 5. , . . S , . 0 - . . , . , i . . . - . . . . z .- a , 1 9 1 , q . . 4 1 , ! 9 ' were the fair, our class assembly, and our Hallowe'en party held in Charles Miller's barn. The . 1 . . yy . . . 1 u I , u . , 1 u . u u 3 . n n . n . S ' ' I4 77 ' ' ' . - ' 7 . 7 , .t . - . , . , . . .u . . . ,

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Living happily in West Lampeter Township with their children, are ARLENE MCKINNEY and SHIRLEY LEFEVRE who frequently meet at the Busy Bee Sewing Club. FRANK BRADLEY made good over night and retired at twenty. Presently he has money in the Canary-Yellow baseball team for which CHET FLOWERS pitched a no-hit game season last year. Directing 4-H Club work keeps JACKIE DEVERE and KATHRYN GROFF quite busy in addition to keeping house and managing a family on their farms in Iowa. CHARLES MILLER and GUY BREHM together own a dairy farm which supplies milk for the Suchard Milk Chocolate Factory. IR.A WELK and MELVIN PEIFER have gone to Patagonia, South America, to raise Angora goats on a 10 000 acre ranch Having reared a half dozen towheaded children, HELEN GRIMM can really claim the medal of success VIOLET STONER MARY I-IERR, and HARRIET FISHER are applying their W L H S home economic training in their Lancaster County homes The 1968 election brought WILLIS LEFEVER S and DONALD GARMAN S names to the news papers as very active members of the Square Deal Party Now we ve mentioned all the names of the 53 members of the class of 1949 and what they re doing today Twenty more years from now, Mr Adams that s too difficult to prophecy Sincerely, A 4071 XALYYAQLJ, 33 , . . , I I O 0 . - 3 I . 7 1 7 . 9 . , - - - , - - , I ww ' f' I H . .l I in ' 'P ,fy '