West Shore High School - School Memories Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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CLASS HISTORY Contxnued the eost The hrst projeet was the selhng of Chrlstmas ca ela Thls proyed to be a prohtable enterprlse As the Fall unds began to blow n e1rly Oetol er Mr Hunter cffleul el1ss pho tograpner began seelnv each one of us at hrs stueho for el1ss pletures In Nloyember we e1me to 1 seemrngly jl geel rock ln our journey the Senlor Pl1y lortun1tely we xxer reseueel by lXfl1ss B1l1r yxho seleeteel The Llttle Dog Laughed mtl ellel 1 yery superlor job ehreetlng lt Irnanenlly under the ehreetlon of Mr B1L1gllCI' the Senror elass xx as rrehly rexx 1reled Our first party on Deeember 3 yus heltl ln t1e gym The elass and therr guests had 1 memorable t'me rn je1ns Hrghhghtrng the refreshments were the famous Qlxss of 55 Submlrlne smdyxlehes On Deeember 17 1fter careful elehbera trons by the members of the elass the ofhelal Commencement mnouneements were ehosen from the Balfour Compmy After just catching our breath from the Semor Play mth the help of Mr Xxlllllllll son me mule the Qhrlstmrs pl1y Our Mlss Brooks md the Chr1stm1s Clfill untorget t1ble to 1ll who sm rt 'Ihe Wfest Shore Country Club jul1yeel host to our elass on anu1ry 8 for the 1nnu1l Senor B1ll The senrors 1nel tl1e1r guests dmeeel to the heuenly musle of Irank T1y lor 1nd hls orehestra This dehnltely forgett1ble el1te m1rkeel mother memory to be tre1sureel rn our later ye1rs Our second Semor P1rty xx 18 yoteel dress up xt .1 class meeting It xx IS onee 1ga1n held rn tle gym The enehmtmg exenjntg ot M1reh 4 xxrll nexer be forgotten tus jvc mt rn ur e your lustorr ueh1lt ot the Senior Clrss xx shes to press srneere th1nks to the Botrd ot Leluex 1 lemlnjstrltlon me to e1e1 ILLI 1 member for their many 1nd y1r1eel eontrr butlons to our sueeessful journey As a rexx 1rel for tl1e hn1l unlo1el1ng t the books from our p1ek donkeys xxe 1re lookrng torxx 1rd to 1 Senior C l xss 'I rrp XV1th New York City as our t1rget yxe hojve ta m1ke the oee1s1on one xxhleh em be remem lpon returnrng to the mountun yxe hnel ourselyes upon the final julateun Here xxe f1ee tl1e eroxxnrng revy 1rels of our four ye1rs ln txxo el1m1t1e serxlees namely B1ee1l1ure1te 1nd Commeneement After yelrs ot strug ghng xse hue attained our go1l we hue releheel L1 pelk Wfe realize m Plff th It our mntto Truth IS the gre1test of ehosen ur ues s proyen 1 yaume 18 t rn err fo xxlrel journey 1nd mll eontlnue to l ehmgeless through the ehmgrng ye1rs As xxe st1nel on the Pllfelll lllel turn to look eloxyn tl1e mountun xxe re 1l1ze that our ehmb has eoyereel only 1 minute Plff ot the gre 1t mount11n range yet like 1 eorner str ne If h1s set tl1e pattern for 1 hfe 1 1e MARK -XXII PAIIOR A . . . ' . ' A . ., 5- , - . ' I . .L K- . ' K , ,L k.. .- -1 -if 1 -i ' 1' v V: ' .1 - N- s. . s -' f-- , 'L 1 'I 'l 'Y' ' 7 ' . I ' . Q . K- ' D Af - L- f At l J 1 1 o tray'-l. ' an. K- ' '- 5. in l A 4 ' ' ' ' 1 ex- L ,, A .4 .L , L . , - , 1 .' 'A ' A tr b ' L -' 1- -jj,,, - ,, , ,, tlUI,tllC1l . . . l .I t. ll, 5 ' h ' ' . v If . I h . L ' A , , K- .' ' K ' H 4. I ' ' 'L ' Q 1 L ' o' - - . V, , ' ' ' H ' ff L ' s V' ' l , , f ' ,i' .1 - -- - , bereel with satrstactlon and pflelij. 1' L ' ,L ,' , AL.. 5- . - 1- . f .2 . 1 . -, I-I A I I A V A. A - Q., A . . ' , .L X. ,,L X. 1 ' , . . . T 1 I' A A . .Q VN I 8 t lui 1 l rl l ' 1350 ' JL L A . sl K l ' 4 ' ' ' L h Y L '. 1 - t ' Jr ' . L f . . . J ga A 1 11 4 JV I v Av ' ' ' L . V' xi ' ' f 1 . ' '. J ' A ' un- , l . t , 1 7, L . . , jj f 45 ' 4 on

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CLASS HISTORY e c of Lex oyne 1 yx1 1 September 4th rn the yelr nrnetecn hundred md fifty one 1 group of hardy young Tro j1ns began to clrmb Mt Iiducatron For our gurdes on the first part of our journey xxc chose Don Shoyer presldent Thelma Gra h1m wee presrdent Ann Conley secretary 1nd Alys Conrad treasurer XVe turned our laces toward the top 1nd began our ascent Each member of the party led a p1ck donkey mth books carryrng mformatron yxhrch had to be mastered before the end of our clrmb The ascens on became more drfhcult and for s1fetys sake vxe were bound by 1 strong rope of fI'lLI1dSl1lP and loyalty We chose as colors for our banners blue and vyhrte our Hover the Amerrcm Beauty Rose and our motto Truth rs the greatest of chosen urtues For relaxatron on the first quarter of our journey vse spon sored a Freshman Party It vsas the first one by all M ack W Ray our class dean conducted our class meetings Wfrth hrs help xxe selected 1 moyre for our assembly pro ram September 3 1952 1fter a short pause tor summer yac1t1on vue resumed our journey up Mt Education lor thus part we elected one nevs leader Dune Bowman secretary The former othcers once again assumed therr posltrons of leadership Our Sophomore Party was a huge suc cess and every member of the cl1ss had an excellent evenmg Wrtlm the ard of Mr ohn E Behman class dean ue once more took the mrtratrve and began 1 tradrtron ln our school It was that of ordermg our class rmgs rn our Sophomore ye1r and recerxrng them rn the yery first part of our unror year For our assembly program thus year me chose .1 yarrety shovc rn xxhrch the students partrcrpated mth the customary cooperatron After 1 second xery profitable year at XVest Shore Hrgh School we stopped by the may srde for a rest September 2 1955 refreshed by 1 sum mer yacatlon the Class of 55 contrnued 1ts chmb toward success Ag11n vse elected 1 nevs othcer n1mely ack Rhoads The ewcperrenced leaders and our new yrcepresr dent led us safely oyer rocks crexasses and other l1217llClS that threatened to separate us Proudly vse clrsplayed our shrnmg golden class rlngs Wxth these momentoes on our hands we began our money makrng projects In the fall vle sold refreshments at the foot ball g1mes In the sprrng vse managed the operett1 and recened one half of the pro ceeds On Aprrl 9 the unlor P1rty was held rn the gym xxrth the Spartans of Hershey proudrng the muslc The Problem of the Prrated P1nafore drrected by Mrss Inz1 C Bentz was our contrrbutlon to the school rn another assembly program On the dreamy eyenlng of May 1 vue spon sored the highly successful un1orSen1or Prom It vxas held IH the Hershey Hotel ballroom yxrth Frank Taylors orchestra Another hrghlxght ln our thlrd ye1r yyas the unlor Class Trip to Gettysburg Thrs proyed to be educational as vsell as relaxing By the end of our unxor ye1r vse began to sadly realrze that vse had only one quarter of our journey left It vcas September 7 1951 Nothrng seemed so Important as the begmnrng of our Semor year' Excxtedly we agam started our pack donkeys on thclr continued chmb They didnt mind for the load of books didnt seem nearly so cumbersome All the former offlcers were re elected and an assrstant sec retary o Ann Trout joined them The xyork on our yearbook had already been started by Richard Wfolpert echtor under the superusron of Mr Paul E Stum dean so ue began makmg money to oftset In thc 'rty' Arr ' 1, on . '. rn 1 ' . H J ' I ' '- c . . V ' ' 1 ' 7 ' - , , ' V Vs ' V ' V. e , ,, ' V J - -,- ya J-' . - . V, I A V , I A , c . - 1 V . , . ', J . V V' , 1' a . B V -. s, V. A - A V V V' AV' 4 ' 1 1 - 1 . . ' ' , y V ya s L- if 1 ' ra f. sv fs. K A L ' 1 I . - V 1 s fa s . s s 1 ' V AA - ' 'l . 1 ' ,V c .. ' ' '1 ' t s 9 V, 1 - A . -. 1 'f I Vs V1 1 V V ' A I I .1 1 j l 2 1 s 1 L- ' L V V. 4 A A'y a- I - . V 9 vs, 1 1 ' V' , 2 , V 7 ' 7 e . s ' V V - V. ' ' I .. V V , - s A s- V V V A 1 ' ,Q V, V rn the l1lSfOI'y' of the school and was enjoyed V . V, ' . .. - - 1 . . r, J . , , A, V I p. J , , ' A '1 gg. ' ' ' a 'A 'q 4' 1 7.4 ' A . y 8 - . ' , VL -KV . . V . . ' Q V '- . YA 4' A . V T '. 5 V. . . - 6 V, L. , V , .V a . 1 . V . , ' ' ' ' ' V 1 ' V V . .- . . - 5 K V , V. , y ,- '41 1 . ' a . . 'a J V 1 L+ S L . . . 1 l h 1 ' D ' A f ,V v 4 r T ' A ' 5 'B 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 . . 1 1 . . 4 1 'T A 1 A 1' A 7 L . . V V , V , , QV .V S v . -, - V. s ,. 1 1 , , 1 , J . 1 Vsz A 1 v ' I - ' ' V, V V J ' ' VJ 1 . - V v I v v ' V I . 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' V ' V . ' ' V' , 1 V ' '.'. ' l V ' 'V 52

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THE 1955 CLASS PRCPHECY The year IS 1975 Lookrng back oyer the past twenty years at the Ilmost unbelreyable changes In world af frrrs the Incredrble technologrcal Idyances coupled wrth an Industrral expansron unequaled rn our hrstory, m Ike us pause In thrs wery busy world to wonder how ereh member of the Class of 1955 hrs kept pace wrth thrs swrrl of esents Thrs pause to reflect IS made possrble by the co operatron of A J MUSSER Vrce Presrdent of the World Broadcastrng System Thrs unrque class reunron IS the hrst to be held through the medrum of telewrsron Of course sueh an unusual undertakrng could not be frccomplrshed wrIl1out expert technrcal assrstance whrclr brrngs BRUCE NICHOLAS, Chref Engrneer for the World System on the scene to make the hook up between New Sork Washrngton, Chrcago San Trancrsco Dallas and Boston Wfhat a thrrll to find ourselves seated wrth ANDY In hrs comfortable New York offices and to know that In a few moments we wrll be able to see and hear eaeh member of the class, assembled at each of these srx pornts Wfe cannot help but recall that In 1955 It was possrble to televrse only two drstant pornts at the same trme, but now the seemrngly Impossrble has come to pass Srx drstant and wrdely separated scenes are dr Iwn to the same screen The stage IS set The trme has arrrved In amaze ment we see on our grgantrc screen famrlrar faces, hear famrlrar vorces and almost Immedrately the whole scene IS one of delrghted confusron Everyone seems to be talkrng to everyone else But now ANDY 15 call Ing for order, after all we have but an hour uret and order IS frnally resumed and San Francrsco takes the spotlrght ANN CoIsLEY moderator for the far western group, Introduces first LINDA BAUBLITZ who tells us of her te lehrng career In a prrmary school down Pasadena way she has recently been appornted supervrsrng prrncrpal Next we hear from JOHN FETTEROLF, who grves a short hrstory of hrs actrvrtres In the drplomatrc servrce havrng yust returned from a mrssron to Sram ls lt pos srble that the one speakrng now IS GERRY HOHNER' Oh yes she IS tellrng us of her work as the wrrter of the famous column for the San Francrsco Trmes Your lore problems and how to cope wrth them Now BOB TFL!-ORD rs on hrs feet and grves us the story of hrs Gymnasrum whrch lIe has developed as the largest on the XXest Coast We pass on to GILBERT TELFORD hrs brother who has made a name for hrmself as 1 manager of top flrght boxers Hrs present and most promrsrng subject 18 PAUL FFITE fabsent because of a strret trarnrng schedulej DIANE BOWMAN IS sery much on hand but hasnt much to say except that for a long trme she has been anxrously followrng the Fertes IVTARY LOLISE HTRROLD speakrng for her partner Drcre Jrsxrerxs tells us they are trawelrng wrth the lrrgest crrcus In the world as star Ierralrsts They have made a Hyrng trrp between shows from Portland Oregon Denser Colorado IS the home of DONNA STARRY who grses us the story of her career as a harr stylrst We hear next from JoYcE XXIRIGHTSTONE who wrth much enthusrasm descrrbes her modern dry clean Ing establrshment In San Drego NX ho IS the shy lrttle nurse' Why of tourse, RUTHIE THOMPSON' We are not surprrsed to learn that she rs on the teachrng staff at the San I-ranersco Genertl Hosprtal BARBARA XY'oLcoTT, MC Ing for the Boston group steps out of character for a few mrnutes as Dental Hygrenrst at the Harvard Lnrwersrty Hosprtal The moderator hasnt a chance JOHN GATES rs rntroducrng hrmself, and expoundrng the merrts of the Chrysler Iutomobrle There seems to be a lot In common between OHN and HERK BUSLER who IS very proud of hrs posrtron as chref of the Grease Monkeys at the Boston Crty Garage RUTH LENTZ tells now of her home In Vermont and wrth consrderable prrde grves detarls concernrng her five chrldren GEORGE BAIR, up to hrs ears In the prckle busrness proudly presents samples of hrs wares, 67 Varretres Jo ANN TROUT, teacher of domestrc arts grves us .1 prcture of her Interestrng work seasoned wrth her famous apple pre specralty All we hear from JANE SHETTER SANDY SLOUGH and BFTSY KERN Hr Eserybody they are talkrnrz so fast among themselves fevrdently about the goou old days when they were krdsj that there IS no trme for personal detarls W'ho 15 the tall slender drgnrfled gentleman now speakrngf None other than DAVID HUM PHREY, tellrng us of hrs work as Busrness Admrnrstrator for the Boston Symphony Orchestra And next MARY BOSTON who expertly handles the drums for thrs same outstandrng organrzatron We are prrvrleged Indeed to share In .I most unusual conversatron SHELDON REED and DAN SPICER two well known New England Vet errnarrans, are drscussrng the v rrous drseases complrcat Ing the care and handlrng of domestrc anrmals wrth RICHARD PETERSON, world famous lecturer and author Ity concernrng domestrc cats The spotlrght IS now cen tered on RONNIE STFHMAN who grves an account of hrs successful Trny Tot Servrce Attentron IS drrected next to the Dallas group where LARRY STONER breeder of the Super Race of Texas cattle takes over He Introduces tirst LARRY SMITH owner of the Lazy Me Ranch SHIRLEY COOK, amateur Bull Vsfrestler just up from Mexrco now grves an account of her varred adventures Attentron 15 next drawn to JOE BEST owner and operator of the Mod ern lrvestock transportatron seryrce Dallas to Chrcago Houston IS represented by JEANFTTE FOCI-IT who tells us of her rnterestrng career as drrector of nurses at th Sam Houston Memorral Hosprtal MARY LYNN RIDDLE, w rth perfect porse and flawless drctron recounts for us some of her experrences and accomplrshments as a teacher at the Ethel May Hrgbee Frnrshrng School for Grrls It Fort XX'orth Can lt be possrble, a srgnal from New York that our trme IS half used and so many more to hear from Wfe must move faster and Hash by SHIRLEY VUARD whose best achrevement 1S berng mother of Identrcrl twrn boys Gathered In the center we see a group Identrfred as ELLSWORTH SHETTER, famous tree surgeon and owner of the Tree Top Tall Agency for srckly trees wrth Intern JAMES LUTZ and nurse PAT WFBSTER hrs staff Then there IS VFRIN PRAZFR grower of A1 Tobacco and LLOYD CLEGG who furnrshes all the local cow pokes wrth therr srx shooters Also there IS MARY Loo KENWORTHY, owner of her own dude ranch wrth MYRTLE POTTEIGFR her rrdrng Instructress W'ho IS rushrng In the door' Why lfS PAT better late than never INOLAN Wfhy rs she late' Because she spent 10 mrnutes too long lymg under her famous Sun Lamp The spotlrght shrfts to Washrngton We In a man ner of speakrng place our frngers on the pulse of the Ixrtron J WIFSLEY MIDDLEKAUFF who IS currently ' ' Q . 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