1944 L'Histoire
published by the
SENIOR CLASS
of
Derry Township High School
YEAGERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUME II
Class Colors - Green and Tan
Class Flower - Tea Rose
Class Motto: "Climb, Though the Rocks be Rugged."
Board of Education
|
Isaac D. Steffen, President |
Faculty
|
David L. Swartz, Supervising Principal |
Class Officers
|
Howard Burd, President |
Yearbook Staff
|
Jesse Davis, Editor James Harshbarger, Associate Editor Virginia Hess, Business Manager Robert Bloom, Assistant Business Manager William Guerrini, Assistant Business Manager Mary Ann Forgach, Activity Editor Doris Haller, Activity Editor James Warner, Activity Editor Almeda Amspacker, Individual Writeups Shirley Chamberlain, Individual Writeups Harvey Gilbert, Individual Writeups Peggy Mauery, Individual Writeups Merle Truscott, Individual Writeups Audrey Havice, Faculty Writeups John Becker, Snapshots Helen Singleton, Snapshots Donald Swanger, Snapshots David L. Swartz, Faculty Advisor |
Graduates
| Last Name | First Name | Nickname | Course | Activities |
| Amspacker | Almeda | "Nean" | Academic | Chorus 1-4, Class Play 3-4, Yearbook Staff |
| Arnold | Ruth | "Sleepy" | General | Chorus 4 |
| Baumgardner | William | "Bummy" | Commercial | |
| Becker | John | "Becker" | Academic | |
| Bersinger | Robert | "Bersie" | Commercial | Derry Swingsters, Band 2-4, Chorus 2-4, Quarter, Bowling, Baseball |
| Bloom | Robert | "Bob" | General | Basketball 4, Football 4 |
| Brode | Robert | "Bob" | Commercial | |
| Brode | William | "Bill" | Commercial | |
| Bruce | Betty | "Bets" | Commercial | Chorus 1-2, Class Play 4, Basketball Manager 2-4, Bowling Club, Orchestra 1-2 |
| Burd | Howard | "Stanley" | Academic | Class Play 3-4, Band 1-3, Derry Swingsters, Aeronautics Club, Class President |
| Casner | Edward | "Ed" | General | |
| Chamberlin | Shirley | "Bobbie" | Academic | Crimson Starr Staff, L'Histoire Staff, Kappa Delta Club, Class Historian |
| Colabine | Karl | "Farmer" | Academic | |
| Collins | Jack | "Jabber" | Academic | Football 2-4 |
| Criswell | Phyllis | "Crissy" | Commercial | Chorus 1-4, Class Play 3-4, Bowling Club |
| Cupper | Ralph | "Cupper" | Commercial | Bowling, Senior Play, Chorus 1, Mechanics |
| Davis | Jesse | "Fakir" | Academic | Football 2-4, Basketball Manager 2-4, Crimson Star Editor, L'Histoire Editor, Aeronautics Club |
| Downing | David | "Bunko" | Academic | Football 3-4, Basketball 2 |
| Eddy | George | "Eddy" | General | Chorus 1-4 |
| Ennist | Robert | "Boova" | Academic | Football 2-4, Basketball 2-4, Bowling Club |
| Forgach | Mary Ann | "Stu" | Academic | Basketball 1-2, Cheerleader 2-3, Chorus 2-3, Library 1-2, 4, Bowling Club, Class Secretary |
| Gilbert | Harvey | "Hottie" | General | Basketball Manager 3 |
| Guerrini | William | "Nuggets" | General | Football 4, Football Manager 3, Basketball Manager 2, Bowling Club, L'Histoire Staff |
| Hale | Cleonne | "Cleonne" | Commercial | Chorus 2-3, Bowling Club, Sextette |
| Haller | Doris | "Haller" | General | Basketball 2-4, Cheerleader 3-4, Chorus 1-2, Library 4, Bowling Club, L'Histoire Staff |
| Harshbarger | James | "Harshie" | Academic | Football 2-4, Basketball 1-4, Bowling Club, Band, Derry Swingsters, Orchestra, Class Treasurer, L'Histoire Staff |
| Harmon | Earl | "Dusty" | Commercial | Crimson Star Staff |
| Hash | Irene | "Rene" | Commercial | Librarian, Bowling Club |
| Havice | Audrey | "Mouse" | Academic | Chorus 1-4, Chorus Secretary, Kappa Delta, Class Play Prompter, L'Histoire Staff |
| Hess | Virginia | "Ginny" | Academic | Chorus 1-4, Class Play 3-4, L'Histoire Staff, Bowling Club |
| Hunter | Boyd | "B. J." | Commercial | Football 4, Basketball 1-2, Chorus 1-3, Class Play 3-4 |
| Kearns | William | "Bill" | General | Football 1-2, 4, Basketball 3, Bowling Club |
| Krick | Kathryn | "Katy" | Commercial | Class Play 3-4 |
| Kuppel | Betty | "Kuppel" | Commercial | |
| Lyter | Jean | "Jean" | Commercial | Chorus 1-3, Class Play 3, Sextette, Bowling Club |
| Mauery | Peggy | "Peg" | Commercial | Basketball 1-4, Chorus 2-3, Cheerleader 3, Bowling Club |
| Moyer | Melvin | "Puggy" | General | |
| Palm | Robert | "Bob" | Academic | |
| Peters | Helen | "Posey" | Commercial | Chorus 1-3, Bowling Club, Class Play 4 |
| Peters | Ruth | "Ruthie" | Academic | Chorus 1-2, Bowling Club |
| Schellenberg | Sue | "Schelly" | Commercial | Class Play 3-4, Bowling Club, Chorus 1-3 |
| Singleton | Helen | "Texas" | Commercial | Chorus 1, L'Histoire Staff |
| Steininger | Jane | "Janie" | Commercial | Chorus 1-4 |
| Swanger | Donald | "Rego" | General | Football 2-4, Basketball 2-4, Band 1-4, L'Histoire Staff, Class Play 4, Chorus 4, Quartet |
| Thompson | Eleanor | "Eleanor" | General | |
| Truscott | Merle | "Moe" | Commercial | Football 1-4, Basketball 1 |
| Vasiloff | Mary | "Mary" | Commercial | Chorus 3-4 |
| Warner | James | "Windy" | Academic | Football 2-4, Basketball 1,4, Aeronautics Club, L'Histoire Staff |
| Wiker | Fred | "Pinky" | Academic | Football 3-4, Bowling Club, Aeronautics Club, Class Play 3-4 |
| Williamee Wyland |
Darby Shirley |
"Loop" "Shirley" |
Academic Commercial |
Bowling Club, Class Play 3, Aeronautics Club Librarian, Sextet, Bowling Club, Chorus 1-3, Band |
In Memoriam
| Aurand (Wyland), Shirley, September 7, 2018 Baumgardner, William, January 12, 2017
Becker, John, August 25, 1983 Bersinger, Robert, July 29, 2022
Bloom, Robert, March 24, 1978 Brode, William, June 21, 2020 Brought (Kuppel), Betty, July 21, 2020 Burd, Howard, December 19, 2019
Casner, Edward, January 10, 1981 Collins, Jack, December 7, 2011 Cupper, Ralph, October 8, 2020
Downing, David, September 10, 2010 Goss (Amspacker), Almeda, June 18, 1947 Goss, Gerald, 2004
Guerrini, William S., January 10, 2009 Harshbarger, James, January 31, 2022 Haywood (Smith), Doris, March 10, 1995
Hess (Ferguson), Mary, October 21, 2006 Hillard (Arnold), Ruth, September 8, 2016 Hunter, Boyd, January 2, 1985 Jones (Bruce), Betty, January 8, 2013
Kauffman (Krick), Kathryn, March 24, 2010
Kearns, William, September 12, 1990 Kibby (Chamberlin), Shirley, June 4, 2019
McKee (Brannon), Loneta, August 22, 2002
Peck (Lyter), Jean, January 5, 2011 Swanger, Donald, August 25, 2008
Thompson, Eleanor, October 15, 2006
Warner, James, March 3, 2011 Williammee, Darby, March 27, 2010
Williammee (Hess), Virginia, February 29, 2012 Yeater, (Steininger), Jane, March 18, 2018 |
Boys' Football Team
| Robert Sulouff | Left End | Robert Peters | ||
| John Kelly | Left Tackle | Harold Baker | ||
| Dick Yearick | Left Guard | William Goss | ||
| Robert Ennist | Center | Donald Swanger | ||
| Jesse Davis,Co-Captain | Right Guard | Harold Davis | ||
| Merle Truscott | Right Tackle | Donald Shreffler | ||
| David Downing | Right End | Robert Bloom | ||
| Jack Collins | Quarterback | Ronald Crawford | ||
| James Harshbarger | Left Halfback | William Kearns | ||
| Boyd Hunter | Right Halfback | William Guerrini | ||
| James Warner, Co-Captain | Fullback | Joseph Shade | ||
| Reserves: Collins, Gilbert, Lane, Wiker, Burdick, Greenaway, Hummel, Haller, Knouse, Stever | ||||
|
Orvin W. Troy - Coach Fred M. King - Assistant Coach |
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Boys' Basketball Team
| James Warner | Forward | Donald Swanger | ||
| James Harshbarger | Forward | Donald Rager | ||
| Robert Bloom | Center | Harold Baker | ||
| Robert Ennist | Guard | Robert Gilbert | ||
| Neil Bobb | Guard | Donald Kearns | ||
| Managers: | ||||
| Jesse Davis | James Fisher | |||
|
Orvin W. Troy - Coach |
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Girls' Basketball Team
| Martha Baker
Lucille Fowler Mabel Kahler Doris Haller Peggy Mauery Doris Ernest Hellen Collins Lois Mowery Etta Baker Raylene Bressler Fay Kennedy Itha Lingle Nancy Wiker Alice Ann Parks Shirley Kuppel |
Cheerleaders
| Lucille Fowler Lois Mowery Doris Haller |
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