William Tennent High School - Per Annos Yearbook (Warminster, PA)

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Eighth grade class in Southampton. Eighth grade party in Centennial, Jane, Liz, and Maizie, The Three Innocents. CLASS HISTORY The start of our Freshman year was spent in getting acquainted with one another and experiencing our first taste of high school life. We were the charges of Miss Bartirome, Miss Blume, Mrs. Selgrath, Mrs. .Bartoe, Mr. Bertz, and Mr. Shupp, and numbered over 150. George David filled the office of president, Chip Klinger the vice president, Jane Herwig kept the minutes, and Larry Keck handled the money. Our first attempt at sponsoring a dance was the Blue Moon. Lonesome cowboy, Frank Severn, re- turned to the U. S. and us from Texas. The T on his Drum Major uniform naturally stands for Texas. Johnny still carried Mr. Dux' brand: Squirrel. Al- though we anxiously waited to enter Tennent in the fall, most of us hated to leave Upper Southamp- ton-Warminster High. In tenth grade our class was divided into five sec- tions with Mrs. Bartoe, Miss Grant, Mrs. Herwig, Mr. Price, and Mr. Wideman as our homeroom teachers. Bob Burns presided over the class assisted by Vice President Kathy Sinkler, Secretary Bill Heaton, and Treasurer Rae Leader. Five members of our class portrayed A Day in School for the annual Young Pennsylvanians Radio Program. Our dance, Spring Fantasy, was finally held after all the snow melted. The school spirit for our new school, William Tennent, was very evident with five of our girls on the cheer- leading squad. We were the first ones to use the new biology lab . . . how Judy loved that dissecting!!! The commanders of the eleventh grade troops were Miss Blume, Miss Grant, Mr. Rice, Mr. Rittenmeyer, and Mr. Schurmann. Chief Warrant Officer Junior Grade Klinger. Efficient Pat Rhoads was ready with the minutes at the sound of Treasurer Bob Burns' bugle. After a few days of school the class met a flash from the South: Pas Quinones and his two sisters, Boo and Tooti. These three added some extra life to our class for five months. When they moved, our class returned to normalcy. The theme of our class dance this year was Janvier a Paris. We gave two one-act plays with Mary Ann starring in one as Candy and Neuk in the other as Willie Velvet. New romances blossomed with our trip to the United Nations, as Mrs. Rhoads wore out everybody's feet but her own. Our chemistry class produced the second coming of Lavoisier in John S. Ervin, and the lab still has marks on the wall where 'Terry Kufen's experi- ment backfired. Class picnic in Warminster. Joe Ahumada and Rose Munn re- ceive the American Legion Award at the eighth grade graduation exer- cises. Joe Ahumada poses at the Hallo ween Party. 1956 Young Pennsylvanians Pro- Seniors at work in the school StOre- gram. 38

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l Surprise! John Ervin rides in his souped-up wheelchair. Bob McNamee is crowned 1957 foot- ball king by Mr. Exum, head coach. CLASS HISTORY It took Mr. Wideman all year to teach Greenie how a good secretary should conduct herself. Alvin's faithful companion, Big Bertha, could be seen at all our basketball games. Dave stuck his tongue out at a ref and as a result almost had it chopped in half. During the spring the election for the Student Council president was held. It was a hotly disputed race between Pat, Dave, and Yerk. Dave won out after two ballots and thus became our president for 1958. On the last day of school our class swimming party was held with a large turnout on hand. Over the summer our classmates, resting and storing up energy for our senior year, were scattered all over the coun- try. Perhaps the farthest from home was Yerk, who went to New Mexico where he carried our school colors to the National Student Council Conference. At long last came our senior year with the motto Co-operation for graduation. This year found us strong in number but weak in ambition, but Bob Neukirchner was elected president to spur us on, with Rich Osbeck standing by. There was never a dull moment with Pat Greenwald keeping the records. John S Ervin took advanced math in order to keep the finances straight. We almost drove Mrs. Kautz, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Rhoads, and Mr. Price, our homeroom teachers, to distraction. The year started off with a bang at our Senior Class Halloween Party. Liz and Joe reversed the act with Liz suitably dressed 'as a clown chasing chorus girl Ahumada around the wading pool of apples. Hope played the lead in our senior play The Curious Savage which was a success. Concession stand was a lot of fun as well as work . . . oh, our aching backs! Our class nearly went beserk trying to sell Christmas cards,,plates, bracelets, bookcovers, fire extinguishers, play tickets, etc. Our yearbook staff worked very hard selling 304 year- books. Business education girls had to get used to wearing ballerinas every day when they started work experience. The class followed in the footsteps of last year's seniors by cleaning up the woods along Newtown Road. Lenny and Buddy were the football co-captains. Buddy broke his leg and could not finish the season. The fellows elected Bob McNamee foot- ball king. John Ervin tried a triple flip on the spring- board in gym class and made only 2V2 of them, result: one broken leg. As this is being written, we are also looking forward to spring and our senior prom, to final examinations and graduation, and to the great, wide, wonderful world which lies before us. Lenny and Buddy, our two football co-captains, flash their victory smile. A small group of students at our class swimming party. Pas and Boo Quinones, our two live- ly visitors from New Orleans. Klinger on the rampage! Graduation Day!!! 39 1 1