West Springfield High School - Laurel Yearbook (West Springfield, PA)

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DRIVER TRAINING The second year has rolled around w1th thlrty one more sktlled drrvers com pletmg Beh1nd The Wheel Trammg W1th the ever lncreastng number of veh1c1es on the Amer1can roads today th1s course IS becommg one of the more practtcal courses offered 1n the currtculum of our lugh schools today Ftgures comp11ed by the Nat1onal Safety Counctl stattsucs show that students who have taken drtver tra1n1ng 1n htgh schools have better acc1dent records than those who d1dn t The students average exght hours behlnd the wheel Iralfllllg w1th th1rty s1x hours of classroom work for one year at Spr1ngf1eld I-hgh Mr Carson and the dual control car are ptctured at the left Thrs dual control car IS glven grams by Bates Motors Conneaut for the duratton of the school year Dr1ver s Tramer Mr Matthew Carson SAFETY PATROL 1954 1955 The Safety Patrol had tts frrst meeung September l'7 1954 1n wh1ch they elected Gary J osefow1cz as Patrol Capta1n The followxng posts were ass1gned to the members The functtons of the School safety patrol are To mstruct d1rect and control the members of the student body tn crossmg the street and htghways at or near school and to ass1st teachers and parents 1n the 1nstruct1on of school ch1ldren m safe pract1ces 1n the use of streets and hlghways at all ttmes and places It IS not the duty of the patrol to d1rect vehtcular trafftc Thts year the Safety Patrol meets two txmes a month on Wednesday mght Havmg act1v1t1es m the gym afterwards such as Basketball Volleyball and etc The Patrol attended a Cleveland Baseball game th1s sprmg 1n wh1ch all school patrols tn th1s d1str1ct were glven complementary passes Another f1rst th1s year ts that all acttve members on the safety patrol w1ll recetve block S ' The followmg were awarded Gary Josefowtcz Don Snyder Duane Sluley Louts Leonheart Robert Beecher R1chard Stoker Sam Peterson Lou1s Shrley Dav1d Hershelman At th1s t1me we w1sh to thank the students and faculty who have co operated wtth the Safety Patrol tn 1954 55 Griffey Store, the blinker at 6N-20, and in front of the school. Morning, Noon, Evening.

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Polly Clorla F rankltn Blake Godfery Allewh1te Lady Vertnder Dr Jennmgs Mr Murthwalt Druscllla Sergeant Cuff SENIOR CLASS PLAY Marle H111 Coletta Wade R1chard Skeel Donald Butts Norma DeVore EHIS Hawkms Gerald Struchen W1ona Brockett Mart1n Callahan Mr Joyce Betterage Mary Nancy Rosanna H1ndu Stranger Lady tn Black John West Glen1ne M1ller Myra Van Tassel Ethel Ruland Mar11yn Stewart Donald Remke 999 9999 The Semor Class held IIS annual play on November llth and 12th Wllh a mattnee for the students on the 15th The play was a three act mystery ent1tled The Moonstone taken from a novel wrltten by Walt Spense We apprectated very much the furntture that the Rel1able Company loaned to us Thls made a very beaut1ful stage settmg. We hope the pubhc enjoyed our play as much as we enjoyed pre sentmg 1t We w1sh to express our s1ncerest apprecxatton to Mr George G1bb for h1s able dtrectton and co operauon The followmg students of the J un1or Class were DlCk8d to play 1n the cast of Blackwoods Romeo Rex S1mondS Romeo Montague Conme McNe1l Orpha Flnley B1ll1e McNe1l Rachel McNe1l LaR1ena Sue Forewoman Helpers for the play were Donald Adams John west Frances Ward Jul1a MCNelSh VICRY Loader Betty Augusttne Marjome Palmer Sylv1a Farver Cynthla Loader Nancy H111 Patty Fuller Slnrley Roblson Joan Frltzges The days of March 31 and Apr1l 1 were p1cked to present the play We had the maunee the Tuesday before the play wh1ch turned out very well We all worked very hard and had a good ume putung on th1s play We hope everyone enjoyed ll FIRST ROW B Augusune V Loader M Palmer J McNe1sh S Rob1nson SECOND ROW D Ruland J West F Ward D Adams Mr G1bb D1rector THIRD ROW P Fuller J Frxtzes S Farver fx H111 RBeecher ' Ll Ol ' . I ' ' ' ' 44 n LarryMcNeil..........................D3V6RU1-and . . : - ' 1 - y 0 1 f I Q - I . 3 - n . , . , . , . ', ' . : . ,. ' ,. h, . 1