Mystery Revealed...
Several keen eyes identified the eEagle mystery photo as a scene from the 1955 homecoming football game, played at Clarion State College at the old stadium in front of the Harvey Hall fieldhouse -- essentially the site where the old Peirce Science Hall recently came down. The homecoming Queen was Alice Yorns. The crown bearer is Penny Mellon, daughter of Dr. John Mellon. Among those sitting in the crowd -- identified by themselves or others -- are Kay Clark, Diane Still, Lynn McMillen, Jolinda (Voorhees) Whittle, Virginia (Jordan) Strandberg, Gladys (Pfau) Deskins and her parents, Charles and Phyllis Pfau, Carol Jenkins, Louise (Johnson) Sims, Pat Mullin, Dr. Joe Spence, Bob Skinner, Kent Kretler, and Carol Fibick.
Thanks to everyone who provided information about the photo, including: Doug Cargo, Kay Clark, Gladys Deskins, Vivian Russell, Doris Grottenthaler, Terry Graham, Don Mock, Jayne Beichner, LouAnn Steiner, Lois Linnan, Fran Church, Robert Sloan, Kent Kretzler, Kay Clark, and Carol Jenkins.
-- Dr. Todd Pfannestiel, History Department, Clarion University
Help Us Preserve Clarion's History. You are cleaning your attic or basement and you find artifacts, photographs, publications, and other Clarion University memorabilia. What do you do? Contact the History Project. This student- and faculty-led initiative seeks donations that will be researched, historically preserved, and potentially displayed as part of Clarion's permanent history collection. If you have Clarion University items that you believe should be historically preserved, contact Dr. Todd Pfannestiel, tpfannestiel@clarion.edu, or Theresa Edder, tedder@clarion.edu.
