This was the last time the MHS band marched down state street. Shortly after, the high school was closed, with the students transferred to the new Penncrest High School in Middletown Township. This photograph is probably a print made from a slide, probably taken by David Jefferis.
Left to right: Front: Jack Kelly, Greg Lavery, John Brown, Garrett Mullen, Bill Davis, Walter Griscom, Bill Campbell. Back row: Mike Wescott, Dave Brown, Walter Bosler, Gerald Mathews (or Matheus), Ditty Mathues, Patty Ahearn, Cliff Miller, Fred Griscom. On reverse: On reverse: “Izzy Kaufman,” and “Elmer Lukens, Compliments of MBB Team.” Two copies, stored in Flat File 2.
Albert W. Appleton, the photographer's son, is in center, rear. According to an account in the Philadelphia Times on June 27, 1898, the other graduates were: Cora Adele Jobson, Marion E. Abel, Elizabeth Miller McDowell, Mamie J. Lobb, Mary E. Lockwood, Maud L. Watters, Frances E. Pennell, Albert Emil Holl, H. Atkins John, Howard S. Curtis, and William S. Howard. The man in the center is probably the school's principal, Leon H. Watters (according to Chester Times special Media Semi-Centennial issue, May 19, 1900, page 13)
Albert W. Appleton, the photographer's son, is in center, rear. According to an account in the Philadelphia Times on June 27, 1898, the other graduates were: Cora Adele Jobson, Marion E. Abel, Elizabeth Miller McDowell, Mamie J. Lobb, Mary E. Lockwood, Maud L. Watters, Frances E. Pennell, Albert Emil Holl, H. Atkins John, Howard S. Curtis, and William S. Howard. The man in the center is probably the school's principal, Leon H. Watters (according to Chester Times special Media Semi-Centennial issue, May 19, 1900, page 13)
First row, left to right: unknown, Sid Agnew, unknown, John Brown, Stanley Hibberd, Bob Jones, Bill Campbell, Alfred Black. Bottom row, left to right: George Major, Walter Clough, unknown, Harry Jones, unknown, Francis Nolan.
On reverse: Return to Chas. L. Smith, 8 Brinton Ave., Elwyn, Pa. Besides Charles Smith, picture includes: Harry F. Habbersett, Sidney Agnew, Charles Worrilow, Ernest Hibberd, Walter Clough, Sherman Wells, John Work, Mariano Maldonado, Greg Lavery, Paul Massey, Bart Lattimer, Joseph Tuckerman, Pennell Fury, Thomas Malin, Pat Ahearn, Gerald Mathews, Albert Harvey, and Mr. Segal, Coach.
Probably left to right: Back row: Albert Connelly, C. Guy, ___ Lisby, Arthur English, Frank Anderson, James Ross, Charles Summers, William “Billy” Snear, Ed Smith. Center row: Roy Hoffman, coach; James Wood, Edgar Colton, John Taliaferro, Walter Plantholt, Lewis English, Lewis Young, Robert Parker, Jimmy Pomeroy, Ralph Walters, assistant coach. Bottom row: William Drayman, David Harris, John Weidlien, John “Jack” Valenti, Roland Erskine, Pearson Wood, captain; John Burrows, Lee Yeager, Charles Jefferis, Thomas Tryon, Miller Pendleton. Names compiled from names on the back of the photograph, from a roster and list of names with the photograph, and with newspaper research.
Includes signatures of various players, including Moat, J. A. Taliaferro, Ed Smith, Dave Harris, Schaffner, John Valenti, and several illegible. Label on reverse: "Mildred D. Wilding, 3704 Taylor Ave., Drexel Hill, PA 19026"
