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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
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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
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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
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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
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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" |
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| O'Donnell |
Joseph |
"Joe" |
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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, Clas Play 3-4 |
| Stroup |
Norma |
"Norm" |
Academic |
Class Play 3-4, Band 3-4, Basketball 1-2 |
| Wagner |
Betty |
"Betty" |
Academic |
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| Watson |
Robert |
"Bob' |
General |
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| Wiker |
Nancy |
"Sue" |
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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 |
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Jim Hummel,* Harold Baker,* Jim Collins,* Ken Stuck,* Bob Allen* |
| TACKLES |
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John Watson,* George Marker,* Harry Stimely, James Craig, Randall
McCardle |
| GUARDS |
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George Burdick,* Bob Reed,* Charles Righter,* Ronnie Moore, Kermit
Singley |
| CENTERS |
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Don Kearns,* Gerald Gilbert,* Donald Breon* |
| QUARTERBACKS |
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Paul O'Donnell,* Joe O'Donnell,* Bob Pennepacker |
| HALFBACKS |
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Max Haller,* Ronnie Crawford,* Robert Gilbert,* Max Fisher,* Stanley
Potepan,* Bruce Baker |
| FULLBACKS |
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Gerald Ball,* Sidney Wilson |
| MANAGERS |
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Dean Bobb, James Fisher |
| COACH |
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Phillip H. Daubert |
| ATHLETIC DIRECTOR |
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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
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Girls' Basketball Team
| SENIORS |
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Ruth Snook,* Alice Ann Parks,* Nancy Wiker,* Raylene Bressler,* Alberta
Baker,* Thelma Woomer* |
| JUNIORS |
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Nora Ernest, Betty Schultz,* Patty Wilson,* Shirley Elsesser,* Lois
Schmidt, Nancy Smith, Christine Yetter |
| SOPHOMORES |
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Janet Close, Dorothy Schmidt, Dorothy Romig, Barbara Harclerode, Shirley
Weston,* Audrey Kennedy, Doris Russler, Rose Gallucci, Phyllis Bargo,
Barbara Heider |
| FRESHMEN |
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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
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In Memoriam |
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Allen, William, October 17, 2011
Armstrong, David, December 25,
2001
Baker, Harold, February 3, 1997Bartha, Helen, July 5, 2006
Brumbaugh (Burke), Shirley, June 16, 2018
Buchanan (Wagner), Betty, January 7, 2023
Clark (Partchey), Violet, November 2, 2006
Collins, James, April 29, 2004 Crawford (Stroup), Norma, May 2, 2020 Criswell (Snook), Ruth, February 18,
2012 Dalby, Eddy, May 2, 2016 Ennist, William, April 10, 2016 Enterline (Wiker), Nancy, November 5, 2006 Fisher, James, October 2, 2013
Gilbert, Robert, September 27, 2016 Goshorn (Gilchrist), Jane, July 27,
2009 Goss (Eisenhart), Jean, before March 12, 2012 Greenaway, Earl, September 26, 2019 Greenaway (Runkle), Anna, February 15, 2011
Haller, Gerald, November 23, 1973
Harnish, Bernard, February 24, 1978 Hunley (Criswell), Catherine,
December 22, 2010
Kearns, Donald, September 5, 2015 Knisely (Chapple), Patty, July 28,
2021 Leiter, Richard, August 13, 1991
Libby (King), Jacqueline, April 23, 2022 Logan, Charles, May 13, 1996
Mertz (Goss), Mae, August 16, 1963
Miller, Stanley, January 13, 1990
Morgan (Gingher), Beatrice, December 18, 2016 O'Donnell, Joseph, April 21, 1992 Pennebaker, James, February 28, 2015
Peters (Bobb), Nancy, July 20, 2015 Peters, Ross, October 5, 2011 Reed, Robert, April 13, 1997
Reich, William, April 11, 2002
Ricewick (Hannon), Patricia, October 7, 2014
Rowe, David, December 31, 2001 Ryan (Eisenhart),
Dolores, June 17, 2007
Saxton (Bressler), Rayelene, February 2, 2018 Shreffler (Krichbaum), Peggy, September 18, 2004
Spearing (Crissey), Audrey, May 3, 2020 Steffen, Harold, May
25, 2018 Streich (Baker),
Alberta, October 14, 2016 Treaster (Broome),
Dolores, October 5, 2000
Watson, Robert, August, 10, 2001 Zane (Woomer), Thelma, April 21, 2010 |
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