William Penn High School - Tatler Yearbook (York, PA)

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19M4l PKQf:'?f,ffV It must have been fifteen years ago that I graduated from high school. I graduated in the class of 19M41. A few weeks after I graduated I signed up with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. A month later we departed for way down South. Then after fifteen years I got cold feet and decided to come home. I arrived in New York the other day, and one afternoon I decided to walk down to York. When I was halfway between Wrightsville and Hallam I was amazed to find that a new city had been built. As I neared the city I read the sign introducing it to me. It read, This city was founded by the perpetual class of 19M4-1 and is named in honor of George Barton, president of the Chair and Stool Corpora- tionf' It is therefore that this city is suitably called-not Bar- tonsbury, but Chaircago. As I entered the city a well dressed and distinguished look- ing man approached me. I spoke to him, Well, if it isn't the man that makes those wonderful prices possible, Albert Brenner. Then he said to me, Now don't take yourself too seriously, Livingstoneg there is always an animal that looks like youf' Bert, tell me something about this city. Well, he said, a year after our class graduated we noticed how much we missed each other so we all got together and built this city where wc live as one happy family. Tell me, Bert, who is the mayor of this city? Well, he said, theoretically John Walton is the mayorf' 4iWhat do you mean by that theoretical stuff, Bert. Do you have fifth columnists or dictators or something? No, he said, you see, he is married to Betty Hershey. I understood clearly and con- tinued on my way. As I was walking along the streets of this George Livingstone new city I passed several 'large buildings. The first building I noticed was the Lick and Sons Wrecking Company. Frank Lic- tenberger and all his little bergers the proprietors and wreckers. Frank's business slo- gan is gWe are safe crackers. I also passed I'Iank's Hanky Shop and Mike's Peanut Shop-Hank Knokey and Margaret Nishwitz the respective owners. Farther down the street I saw a billboard that displayed this announce- Twenty-seven ment, Next Friday night in the Chaircago Town Hall the noted lecturer and traveler, Philip Kemper, will present a double feature lecture, the topics to be on-'Confound it, who is Ye- hudi?' and, 'Who is the Presi- dent of Chile? Concarne?' After walking another block I passed the Eastern Branch of Stew's Cigar Store. As I glanced in the window I saw three regu- lars, Dave Ziegler, Lambert Schriver, and Bob Reisinger, in- dulging in the intellectual game of Rum. Several blocks farther west I observed a most pitiful sight. A blind man was sitting on the side walk with a tin cup in his hand while his wife stood beside him playing a mouth organ. I couldn't help it as several tears dropped from my eyes. I walked over to him and dropped a nickel in his cup. I was about to walk away when he spoke, Livingstone, youire the same old cheapskate you always were. Surprised, I suddenly remem- bered his voice. 5'Well if it isn't Donald Atkins up to his same old tricks. He spoke again, Move along, buddy, you're hurting my trade. Well, I moved along but I was almost certain that was .lean Pressler playing the harmonica. I walked out in the street and hailed a taxi. As the driver pulled up and opened the door I recognized him as Dick Stover. I said to him, 4'Dick, what does the taxi business amount to? He said, S'Twenty cents the first mile, five cents each addi- tional mile and on Sundays I play with the Loganville Ter- rors. Dick drove me down to the Chaircago Doghouse Agency, owned by Dorothy Layne, where I resided for the night. A nice city that Chaircago. If you ever get down that way drop in and visit those teachers ter- rors, the cause of all grey hair, dandruif, and fallen arches, the class of 19M4l.

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and fmt Wi!! U Mill li li ll 5 5 il Y l El hat so-called great benefactor oi humanity, Adolph l. Hitler, iorty one, l, a duly elected member oi the bar, buted to a class lawyer, do here- d testament of my ln the year oi t one thousand nine hundred and Hiicted with all the crazy qualities attri reon, legally execute this, the last will an Maul. i this iair school, who ' d class, and a in and he lass oi l9 he faculty o rementione with, here , client, the graduating c We all hope that any and all members oi t has., legally or otherwise, any part in the education oi the aio are leaving as we are to be leaving, or are we? bequeath to the following beneficiaries oi lient no longer has use ior. l RIC as glad we nd hereby hich my c l s ' h hereon, a nd ends w oi Char e We herewit ., hese odds a technique l think by the class hope. oi l94l, t 'd and awkward sophs, the smooth suave d last but not least lohnny Walton, who l' ttle man who w asn't there. specimen ol To the timi Stein, Hick Hendrickson, an this time wishes he would have been the i e presidents oi the school, that delectable okey and not get To any and all iutur ity Mary Nlanon. D' ck '5nyder's ability to play ho m a junk ieminin ., eeds it, 1 ' iugitive iro is that T o anyone who n ht lt's uncanny. ht need a car, that Hirschfield s i that a car makes a man oi you l caug . To any junior who mig s and a doorbell. Yroo er. three years of iootbal ' h five hor!! Wee Brenn 'l' ty to play yard wit shining example, Pee otball stars, Hank lCnokey's abr 1 ' ne piece. 's ability to hang on to a R' C' Ffisby. Jr To future io and still graduate in o To any girl who needs it, ll-dwina Nlotter iellow after he has graduated. To all iuture Spanish students the horse that got Bob Wilt through l his Spanish class. He couldn't get enough answers on a pony. To the collection oi prize pictures we donate the snapshot oi Rip Van Winkle's double, Geo. Barton, deeply involved in his iavoritc pastimefsleeping in history class. We donate to the English department all the cruel glee they will be able to derive irom noting the many grammatical errors in the poem, the prophecy, the song, and this the last will of the class of l9M4l. ln witness thereof l hereby legally attach my seal oi authority to this ' testament oi my client, the graduating class oi l9Nl4l. 5- f Jlrifs Lay the last will and W0 Le Y' Twemy-six

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UCQIMIQH E ARLENE R. ADAMS. College Preparatory Snooker Thespian: Le Cercle Francais: Les Petits Cadets: H. R. Attendance Secretary, Chaplain, Basketball. ' DONALD C. ATKINS College Preparatory T0mmyi' D. L. S.: Thespian: H. R. Basketball: .lunior Play: .loint Society Play: Commencement Script Committee. CATHERINE MARIE AUGHENBAUGH College Preparatory Aughy Thespian: Societas Latina: National Honor Society: Le Cercle Francais: Les Petits Cadets: H. R. Volleyball, Basketball: Junior Play Costume Committee: Student Advisory Board: Commencement Script Committee: Costume Committee Chairman: Information Bureau: Taller Associate Editor. DAVID H. BAKER, JR. General Holly Weekly Staff: Band: Orchestra. DONALD V. BARE General Doodle MORRIS BARSHINGER General Pete GEORGE BARTON College Preparatory Thespian: Mu Alpha Theta: National Honor Society: H. R. President, Representative, Basketball: School President: Class President: Junior Play: Scoial Com- mittee: National, State, District Student Council Con- vention Delegate: House of Representatives Constitu- tion Committee Chairman, Chaplain: Who's Who in The Americas: Assembly Committee Chairman. JAMES BAUGHER General Jim Football. GDTBS DOROTHY A. BECKER Commercllzl Dot Home Economics: Class Basketball: H. R. Volleyball. LAURA J. BOYER Commercial Penn Commercial: H. R. Weekly Reporter. D. ELAINE BRENNMAN Classical Euterpean Secretary: Les Petits Cadets: Le Cerclc Francais: Thespinn: H. R. Secretary, Cheerio Secretary: Junior Play Ticket Committee: Euterpean Plays. ALBERT BRENNER College Preparatory Pewee H. R. Secretary, Treasurer, Chaplain: Red Cross Com- mittee. LENA VIRGINIA BRENNER Classical Ginger Cecilian Glee Club: Le Cercle Francais: Weekly Repre- sentative: Student Advisory Board: Farewell Com- mittee: National Honor Society. SARA LOUISE BROWN Commercial Brownie Penn Commercial: Home Economics: H. R. Basketball. LAURA J. BOYER D. ELAINE Twenty-eight