EDUCATION: 1947 L'Histoire, Derry Township High School, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jesse Davis jespat@alum.bucknell.edu Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/pa/mifflin/ http://www.usgwarchives.org/pa/mifflin/education.htm __________________________________________________________ 1947 L'Histoire Published by the Senior Class of Derry Township High School YEAGERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUME V Class Colors Blue and Gold Class Flower Yellow Tea Rose Class Motto "Never try dying, but die trying." BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS Alvin Miller, President Samuel C. Mitchell, Vice President Fred D. Haller; C. W. Peters, Jr. Isaac D. Steffen Charles B. Swartzell A. Nelson Yearick PRINCIPALS Beaver S. Faust, Supervising Principal J. William Riden, Principal FACULTY Phillip H. Daubert, History Dorcas Jane Fick, Commercial Darwin Garrett, Science Mabel M. Gibboney, English Marian Barger Haller, English J. Lester Houser, Mathematics Elizabeth Hunter, Language & Library Jeanne Kreig, Dental Hygiene Remona Cromwell Reinard, Geography Elsie Heikes Rodgers, Vocal Music Benedict Simoncelli, Physical Education Clara Stayner, Commercial Catherine L. Thompson, English Merrill M. Wagner, Science William Whitley, Instrumental Music Marian Rickard Williard, Geography J. Gerald Woomer, Social Studies Patricia Yoder, History CLASS OFFICERS Robert Reed, President Jean Eisenhart, Vice President Nanciann Readdy, Secretary William Allen, Treasurer Jane Heller, Historian L'HISTOIRE STAFF Robert Streich, Editor Robert Reed, Associate Editor Nancy Wiker, Associate Editor Anna Runkle, Business Manager Dolores Broome, Assistant Business Manager David Armstrong, Assistant Business Manager Robert Gilbert Activity Editor Patsy Hannon, Activity Editor Alice Parks, Activity Editor Ruth Snook, Activity Editor Helen Bartha, Individual Writeups Maxwell Haller, Individual Writeups Jane Heller, Individual Writeups Jackie King, Individual Writeups Jimmie Fisher, Snapshots Editor Barbara Hook, Snapshots Editor Violet Partchey, Snapshots Editor David Rowe, Snapshots Editor Beaver S. Faust, Faculty Advisor GRADUATES LAST NAME FIRST NAME NICKNAME COURSE ACTIVITIES Allen William "Son" Academic Basketball 2-3, Crimson Star Staff 4, Band 1-4 Armstrong David "Son" Commercial Basketball 3-4, Baseball 4, L'Histoire Staff Ault Vivian "Vivi" Commercial Librarian 1-4 Baker Alberta "Berty" Commercial Chorus 1-4, Library 2-3, Band 3-4, Basketball 3-4 Baker Etta "Et" Commercial Basketball 1-3, Library 1, Cheerleader 3 Baker Harold "Big" Academic Football 1-4, Basketball 1-4, Baseball 3-4, Boxing 3-4, Wrestling 3-4, Track 3 Bartha Helen "Bart" Academic Library 1-2, 4, Basketball Manager 1-4, L'Histoire Staff, Play Prompter 3-4, Kappa Delta Club 1-2 Bell Christine "Chris" Academic Library 1-4, Kappa Delta Club 1-2, Chorus 1 Bobb Nancy "Stutts" Academic Band 3-4, Class Play 4 Bressler Rayelene "Mert" Academic Chorus 2-4, Senior Girls Octette, Cheerleader 2-4, Basketball 1-4, Class Play 3-4 Broome Dolores "Dotty" Commercial Chorus 2-4, Crimson Star Staff 3-4, L'Histoire Staff Burdick George "Rostrovitch" Academic Football 1-4, Basketball 4, Track 3-4, Baseball 3-4, Wrestling 3-4, Class Play 3-4, Crimson Star Staff 4 Burke Shirley "Crusty" Commercial Chorus 2-4, Library 2, 4, Band 3-4, Crimson Star Staff 3, Senior Girls Octette Chapple Patty Lou "Pat" Academic Librarian 3-4, Kappa Delta Club 1-2 Collins James "Arch" Academic Football 1, 3-4, Basketball 3, Baseball 3-4, Wrestling 3 Crawford Ronald "Ronnie" Academic Football 1-4, Basketball 3-4, Baseball 3-4, Boxing 3-4 Crissey Audrey "Criss" Academic Chorus 2-4, Senior Girls Octette Crisswell Catherine "Katie" Commercial Chorus 2-4, Library 2-4, Senior Girls Octette Dalby Eddy "Ed" Academic Band 1-4 Deckman Marcellus "Bill" Academic Band 1-4 Eisenhart Dolores "Dode" General Library 2, Basketball 2, Eisenhart Jean "Lefty" Commercial Basketball 1, Chorus 1-4, Library 1-4, Cheerleader 1, Class Play 3-4, Crimson Star Staff 4, Class Vice President, Senior Girls Octette Ennist William "Bill" Academic Band 2 Fisher James "Jim" Academic Basketball 1-2, Football Manager 3-4 Gilbert Robert "Bob" Academic Football 1-4, Basketball 1-4, Baseball 3-4, Track 3-4, L'Histoire Staff Gilchrist Jane "Janie" Commercial Chorus 2-4, Library 3-4, Crimson Star Staff Gingher Beatrice "Beaty" Commercial Librarian 2-3 Goss Mae "Mae" Academic Chorus 2-4, Librarian 2, Kappa Delta Club 2, Class Play 3-4 Greenaway Earl "Bait" Academic Football 1-3 Haller Gerald "Max" Academic Football 1-4, L'Histoire Staff, Wrestling 3-4, Boxing 3-4, Class Play 3-4, Band 1-4 Hannon Patricia "Pat" Academic Basketball 1-4, L'Histoire Staff Harnish Bernard "Bernard" Academic Heller Jane "Janie" Academic Crimson Star Staff 1-4, L'Histoire Staff, Class Historian, Basketball 1-2 Hook Barbara "Barb" Academic Chorus 2-4, Play 3-4, L'Histoire Staff Kearns Donald "Don" Academic Football 4, Basketball 1-4, Class Play 3-4, Chorus 2-3, Band 2-3, Kappa Delta Club 2 King Jacqueline "Jackie" Academic L'Histoire Staff, Basketball 1-2, Cheerleader 1, Band 3-4 Krichbaum Peggy "Peg" Commercial Chorus 2-4, Senior Girls Octette, Library 3 Leiter Richard "Dick" Academic Kappa Delta Club 2 Logan Charles "Charlie" General Band 1-4 Miller Stanley "Stan" Academic Band 1-4, Wrestling 3 Moyer Loneta "Sis" O'Donnell Joseph "Joe" Football 1-4, Basketball 2-4, Boxing 3-4, Wrestling 3-4, Baseball 3-4 Parks Alice Ann "Parks" Academic Basketball 1-4, Class Play 3-4, Library 2-3, Band 2-4, L'Histoire Staff Partchey Violet "Vi" Academic Chorus 2-4, Library 3-4, Kappa Delta Club 1, L'Histoire Staff, Class Play 3-4, Senior Girls Octette Pennebaker James "Jim" General Wrestling 3-4 Peters Ross "Ross" Academic Band 2-4, Football Manager 4 Readdy Nanciann "Nan" Commercial Band 2-4, Chorus 2-3, Class Secretary, Band President 4 Reed Robert "Marble" Academic Football 1-4, Basketball 1-4, Track 3-4, Class Play 3-4, Crimson Star Staff 3-4, Class President Reich William "Bill" Academic Football 3, Kappa Delta Club 2 Rowe David "Skip" Academic L'Histoire Staff, Baseball 3-4 Runkle Anna "Ann" Commercial Chorus 2-4, Crimson Star Staff 4, L'Histoire Staff, Basketball 3 Snook Ruth "Ruth" Academic Basketball 1-4, Library 2-3, Band 3-4, Class Play 3-4, L'Histoire Staff Steffen Harold "Red" Academic Band 2-4, Basketball 1-2 Streich Robert "Bob" Academic Baseball 3-4, Crimson Star Staff 2-4, L'Histoire Staff, Class Play 3-4 Stroup Norma "Norm" Academic Class Play 3-4, Band 3-4, Basketball 1-2 Wagner Betty "Betty" Academic Watson Robert "Bob" General Wiker Nancy "Sue" Basketball 1-4, Cheerleader 3-4, Crimson Star Staff 3-4, L'Histoire Staff, Class Play 3 Woomer Thelma "Giggles" Commercial Drum Majorette 3-4, Chorus 2-4, Basketball 1-4, Crimson Star Staff 4 Members of the graduating class of 1947 by merit of credits earned while members of The United States Armed Forces: James Gerald Bell Robert Earl Sulouff Otha Samuel Woodward FOOTBALL TEAM ENDS Jim Hummel,* Harold Baker,* Jim Collins,* Ken Stuck,* Bob Allen* TACKLES John Watson,* George Marker,* Harry Stimely, James Craig, Randall McCardle GUARDS George Burdick,* Bob Reed,* Charles Righter,* Ronnie Moore, Kermit Singley CENTERS Don Kearns,* Gerald Gilbert,* Donald Breon* QUARTERBACKS Paul O'Donnell,* Joe O'Donnell,* Bob Pennepacker HALFBACKS Max Haller,* Ronnie Crawford,* Robert Gilbert,* Max Fisher,* Stanley Potepan,* Bruce Baker FULLBACKS Gerald Ball,* Sidney Wilson MANAGERS Dean Bobb, James Fisher COACH Phillip H. Daubert ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Benedict Sinoncelli *Letter Winners BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM Ronald Crawford Joe O'Donnell Robert Gilbert Harold Baker David Armstrong James Hummel Robert Reed Kenneth Stuck Donald Kearns Ronald Moore Manager: D. Moore Coach: Benedict Simoncelli GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM SENIORS Ruth Snook,* Alice Ann Parks,* Nancy Wiker,* Raylene Bressler,* Alberta Baker,* Thelma Woomer* JUNIORS Nora Ernest, Betty Schultz,* Patty Wilson,* Shirley Elsesser,* Lois Schmidt, Nancy Smith, Christine Yetter SOPHOMORES Janet Close, Dorothy Schmidt, Dorothy Romig, Barbara Harclerode, Shirley Weston,* Audrey Kennedy, Doris Russler, Rose Gallucci, Phyllis Bargo, Barbara Heider FRESHMEN Beatrice Amspacker, Donna Young,* Barbara Rager,* Greta Snook, Carol Streich, Donna Treaster, Elsie Steele, Shirley Singley, Wanda Kauffman, Dorene Downing, Janet King, Pauline Sikorsky, Joanna Hufford Manager: Helen Bartha Coach: J. Gerald Woomer * Letter Winners CHEERLEADERS Raylene Bressler Claudette Dubendorf Shirley Elsesser Helen Stever Nancy Wiker Patricia Wilson IN MEMORIAM Baker, Harold, February 3, 1997 Bartha, Helen, July 5, 2006 Breon, Donald, August 5, 2009 Clark (Partchey), Violet, November 2, 2006 Collins, James, April 29, 2004 Goshorn (Gilchrist), Jane, July 27, 2009 Haller, Gerald, November 23, 1973 Harnish, Bernard, February 24, 1978 Leiter, Richard, August 13, 1991 Logan, Charles, May 13, 1996 Mertz (Goss), Mae, August 16, 1963 Miller, Stanley, January 13, 1990 O'Donnell, Joseph, April 21, 1992 Reed, Robert, April 13, 1997 Ryan (Eisenhart), Dolores, June 17, 2007 Shreffler (Krichbaum), Peggy, September 18, 2004 Watson, Robert, August, 10, 2001