Seniors Plan Busy Calendar for Lititz High School
The Lititz High School seniors wrap up twelve years with activities from May 16-17 exams to a May 17 prom at General Sutter Hotel. Baccalaureate on May 26 at Moravian Church, Class Day May 27, lawn social, Narcissus procession May 28, and a June 8 train trip to Washington D C.
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Washington
Lititz High School
General Sutter Hotel
J. C. H. Light
United Brethren Church
Moravian Church
Narcissus
Washington, D. C
Musicians Plan Oil City Trip
Robert Hackman, Robert Gangner, and the High School Orchestra earned firsts in the Southeastern district Music League Contest and prepare for the State Contest in Oil City Saturday. Hackman seeks to defend his Baritone Horn title while Gangner and Lititz will be represented. James Grim coordinates transport for the full orchestra.
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Robert Hackman
Robert Gangner
Oil City
Lititz
James Grim
Entrance Examinations Set For Nonresident Students
Exams for non resident students will be held in the high school auditorium at 9 o'clock on Saturday April 27. Professor M C Demmy will supervise the examination and expects about 50 students from Warwick and Penn Townships to attend.
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M. C. Demmy
Warwick
Penn Townships
Third Quarterly Issued Published April 18
The third issue of the Literary Quarterly was published on April 18. It features short stories by Olive Snyder Chester Howard and Luther McCloud along with poems and couplets.
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The
Literary Quarterly
Olive Snyder
Chester Howard
Luther McCloud
Open House Showcases High School Student Work
The High School plans an annual Open House on May 9 inviting the public to view pupil work across grade rooms and departments. Exhibits include woodwork, home economics, art, history, science, commercial work and English with special displays by Miss Helen Eby and Homer Haeckman in industrial arts.
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M. C. Demmy
Helen Eby
Homer Haeckman
Four Compete For Senatorial Scholarship
Kenneth Shelley Evalyn Zimmerman Helene Farrand and June Byier will take the annual Senatorial Scholarship Examination in Lancaster on May 3. The test covers English and American History as compulsory subjects with one other high school subject as optional. The award provides one boy and one girl from Lancaster County with 100 dollars each year for college education in any state college.
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Kenneth Shelley
Evalyn Zimmerman
Helene Farrand
June Byier
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Fountain Ready Goldfish Reinstated at Seldomridge Memorial
Janitor Harry Smith says the Seldomridge Memorial Fountain will reopen this week with Goldfish once more placed inside. The plan follows a period of maintenance and community interest in the decorative display.
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Seldomridge Memorial
Harry Smith
May Day Schedule Deferred at Lititz High School
Frequent questions arise about May Day. Since Lititz High School observes this event biannually, the celebration will shift to next year’s scheduled date.
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Lititz High School
Seniors Speak of Dust and Crime at Assembly
A LTied list shows topics and speakers from a school seniors assembly. Subjects include Chinese customs Paderewski crime in the U S dust storms and various poems by named students such as Helen Bishop Beatrice Gochnauer Dorothy Freeman Margaret Longenecker and others.
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Albert Christener
Beatrice Batdovf
Helen Bishop
Mildred Buch
June Byler
Anna Ruth Dennis
Janet Eby
Margaret Erline
Helen Farrand
Lititz
Beatrice Gochnauer
Dorothy Freeman
Little Red School House
Esther Heagy
Ruth Heisley
U. S
John Keller
Meda Koehler
Chester Howard
Marian Kauffman
Marbles Tournament Opens at Ocean City Contest
The National Marbles Contest kicks off in Ocean City with nearly a hundred boys entering eliminations on the West playground. George Kling, last year’s Lititz and Lancaster County champion, aims to defend his crown as Jimmie Yerger acts as head referee. Registration by under 15 entrants is handled by Paul R. Furtow to place them on the schedule. the event may last three days.
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Ocean City
George Kling
Lititz
Lancaster County
West Playground
George
Jimmie Yerger
Lancaster
Paul R. Furtow
High School Begun 50 Years Ago Nation Celebrating Tercentenary
Lititz marks fifty years since Lititz High School began and the 1885 expansion to a three year curriculum under Howard T. Kyne. A class graduated in spring 1886 from the three year course, with alumna Mrs. George L. Hepp of East Main Street remaining as a living link to that era.
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America
Boston
Lititz
Howard T. Kyne
George L. Hepp
East Main Street
Junior Prom Set for May 17 at General Sutter Hotel
President Marcus Hartranft and supervising principal M. C. Demmy announce the Junior Prom for Friday May 17. The event at the General Sutter Hotel features a popular orchestra, dancing and other entertainment. About ninety juniors seniors and faculty members are expected.
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Marcus Hartranft
M. C. Demmy
General Sutter Hotel
Tri Co Press Meet In Lititz On April 27
Lebanon Dauphin and Lancaster County school journalists meet in Lititz on Saturday April 27 to discuss improving newspapers yearbooks handbooks and literary magazines Speakers from Lancaster newspapers will give main addresses morning and afternoon sessions Faculty advisors and pupils lead group discussions Morning session begins with delegate registration Features include a VIP tour of the Lititz theatre a pretzel bakery visit and a function at the United Brethren Church Lititz High School journalism students are invited to attend
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Lebanon
Dauphin
Lancaster County
Lititz
Lancaster
New Lititz Theatre
United Brethren Church
Lititz High School
Junior High Photographs Offered For Five Cents
Five cent portraits of five junior high classes were posted today. Pupils may buy pictures from the class presidents.
Learning Health For A Purpose
A small high school used healthful living study to level the field for standard team sports. Students followed nutrition rules, avoided smoking, shortened dances, limited radio time, and emphasized early cold care. The plan reduced imbalance with practical disciplines and proved effective.
Eighth Grade Makes Replicas From Historical Era
Eighth grade history students under Miss Dy Shenk create replicas of historical homes clothing wagons and scraps for Open House projects. Students include Betsy Ross Making the Flag Ruth Papoose Elva Todd Ch Weaver Dorothy Myers and others. Stage sets feature Columbus at the Queen Isabella era Elizabeth Knighting Drake Crossing the Delaware and a Colonial Kitchen among others.
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Dy Shenk
Betsy Ross
Ruth
Papoose
Elva Todd
Ch. Weaver
Dorothy Myers
Th den Hind
Paul Ritz
John Alde Priscilla
Doris Adams
Jearnis
Cradie
Helen Iger
Pillory
Richard Good
Wonder
Aaron
Paul Kreider
Keener
Helen Mellinge
Ruth Rollman
S Brumbach
Richard Pfautz
Marguerite
Martha
Washington
Marion B
Jan Rocer
Richard Wer
Davight
Grace
John Enck
Elizabeth Knighting Drake
W Stark
Colonial Kitchen
Donislow
Boonesboro
Lloyd Crallington
Delaware
Huber
Herr
Robert Pfautz
Tennis Team Schedules Busy Stretch With Nine Matches
The tennis team will play nine matches over the next six weeks, with games on Tuesday and Friday at the new athletic field courts. Coach Clyde Andegast expressed confidence in a strong season, listing team members Putt Sam Snavely James Y Lem McCloud Victor Getz Keller Robert Snyder Clifford Rannels and W Longsdord. The tentative schedule includes matches against Elizabethtown Stevens Trae New Holland Lititz Patton Middletown Manheim Nei and more.
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Clyde Andegast
Putt
Sam Snavely
James Y
Lem” McCloud
Victor Getz
Keller
Robert Snyder
Curtis Dent
Clifford Rannels
W Longsdord
Elizabethtown
Stevens
New Holland
Lititz
Patton
Middletown
Manheim
Nei
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Elizabeth Mahare
Marian Rannels
Willard Mathers
Huey Long
Samuel Snavely
Margaret Posey
Erla Stultz
William Hornberger
Robert Owen
Evelyn Zimmerman
Mary Summy
Ralph Pfautz
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