Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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 jr Giving helping hand primary objective of turn ..— TBUBIHI mm , increase office ? orce Office personnel took on a different look this year as five new employees joined the staff. Mrs. Wilma Elnitsky, as secretary to Richard Tracy and Dale Baker, had the tedious job of handing out late slips and checking absentees. Help was on its way as four teacher aides were hired to assist with mimeographing and typing. Main office secretaries Mrs. Catherine Malast, Mrs. Meta Wotring, and Mrs. Margaret Sterner also helped to make every day run smoothly. The guidance office was run by Mrs. Jean Schunk and Mrs. Gladys Comfort. “We like our jobs because we are always in contact with kids, they said. William Stickler, librarian, was assisted by Mrs. Doreen Miller, and Stephen Marushak was in charge of audio-visual equipment. Last but not least was Miss Evelyn Falk, school nurse the past 30 years. “I find my position very satisfying and rewarding, she commented, “because I enjoy helping the students. Mrs Catherine Malast. office head. Mrs Meta Wotring. hookeeper. Mrs Miller, assistant librarian. Miss Evelyn Falk, school nurse: Mrs. Jean Schunk Margaret Sterner, switchboard operator. Mrs. Wilma Elnitsky. in charge of and Mrs. Gladys Comfort, guidance secretaries, bottom row; were a few of the attendance, top row. Stephen Marushak. audio-visual instructor. Mrs Doreen people that made the year run smoothly.

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 12 Tables are turned on guidance counselor Leo Carter as he confers with Mrs. Gladys Comfort, secretary. Right: Suspecting victims Mrs. Catherine Malast and Mrs. Margaret Sterner, secretaries, head out for lunch. Although visited frequently by teachers and students the main office looks bare Right: Aides Mrs. Cathy Molchany. Mrs. Mary Reich!. Mrs. Sue Lagler. and Mrs. Evelyn Hodes type exams.

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14 Learning through I D) ollution, a word LT that has been common in every political speech since the early '70s, has finally hit home in Whitehall. Advanced biology classes decided to test area water to sec if pollution existed. Much to the surprise of Edgar SteckePs students a high degree of foreign particles were detected in all the untreated water samples. especially those from Trcichlcr's Spring. Once again Robert Kratzcr’s Writing II classes wrote kiddie books for the elementary school children; however, there was one new addition. The students involved compiled all they learned through Mr. Kratzer's open teaching methods into a lecture which was given to his graduate class at Kutztown State College. Michael Watson, Andrew Buda, and Miss Linda Spcctor displayed their students' art projects at an art show at the Whitehall Branch of Fidelity Bank. Mr. Watson and Mr. Buda also allowed some students to paint huge bicentennial pictures which were hung by the auditorium as murals. Due to student vandalism, however, “babysitters” were needed to protect the pictures from being damaged or destroyed so several seniors were excused from study halls to stand guard. A few talented seamstresses of the home economics classes were selected to sew the costumes for the entire cast of the school musical “Once Upon a Mattress.” Some other home cc students did charitable work for Meals on Wheels by baking Christmas cookies and making centerpieces. But the real public service was that several of the girls involved visited the aged who received these presents. Michael Broschak decided to test his general music students' abilities in composing original songs. “They did fairly well,” he said, “and it seemed as though they really liked what they were doing. Who knows? With a little practice and a lot more theory we may even produce a few Rodgers or Hammersteins!” river practice instructor John Bendekovils risks his sanity every day hy Stanley Luckenhill and William Gossler. taught drive theory classes to teac mg students the Jundamentals of handling a car Here he grades and most sophomores. Both courses were optional hut essential if the standard gives pointers to Dennis Brown. In addition. Mr Bendekovits. along with 10 per cent reduction in insurance rales was desired