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Chester High School
Located in the block formed by 8th & 9th, Parker & Fulton Streets.
School Colors: Orange & Black
"The Clippers"
Original Chester High stone currently mounted in the Chester Water Authority Parking Lot
(Click here for a picture of the original Chester High School, later the Starr School.)
Be sure to visit and sign in on our Chester High Reunions pages!
Principals | Faculty | Staff | Arts | Academics | Sports | Classes | School History
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| Faculty: | A
complete list of Chester High School faculty is found on many of the class
pages below
1938 Chester High Faculty Picture Some Teachers: Chester schools homemaking supervisor, Mrs. Alice Ewing, 1949 |
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| Staff: | Joseph Jefferis,
superintendent of grounds and building for 36 years (c. 1901-1937) [Biography]
Jeanette D. Purnell, nurse - 4 Louise Williams Wood, secretary to the Principal - 5
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| Music, Drama, etc. | CHS Dance Band
1954 Band; Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek 1954 Flag Twirlers; Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek 1954 Majorettes; Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek |
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| Academics & Organizations: | National
Honor Society
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| Sports: | Some Coaches/Athletic
Directors: Dutch Boyer--Basketball - 1 Hal Brewster--Baseball - 1 Jack Crawford--AD - 1 Bob Forwood--Basketball - 1, 6 Pard Larkin (c. 1924, 1925) Dick Madison--Basketball and Football [Biographical Sketch & Photo] - 1 Coaching Staff (1950-1954); Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek Baseball: 1953-54 Baseball Team; Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek Basketball: c. 1912 Basketball Team, Photo courtesy of Betty-Jane Bennett Smith 1937 Basketball Team; Photo courtesy of John Lastowka 1954 Varsity Basketball Team, Eastern State Champions; Photo courtesy of Dan McGinniss Cheerleaders: 1954 Cheerleaders; Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek Football: 1953-54 Football Team; Photo courtesy of Joan Guzek Track: 1980 Track Team; Photo courtesy of Craig "Fled" Rainey 1980
Girls Track Team; Photo courtesy of Donna
Fisher |
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Some students: |
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| School History: | The original Chester High School was later
renamed the Starr School and was located
on the site currently occupied by the Chester Water Authority on the
Southeast corner of 5th & Welsh St.
The original gray stone building erected in 1901 (seen in the picture above), was destroyed by fire on January 9, 1968. The contractor for the building was William Provost, Jr. An architecturally similar addition (still standing) was built in 1919, and the Vocational Building on 7th Street was opened in September 1941. The Class of 1974 was the last class to graduate from the "old" Chester High School building. [Pictures taken the day following the January 9, 1968 fire, courtesy of Gloria Evers, GME118@aol.com] [Pictures of the "Old" Chester High School taken Fall 2001, courtesy of "Joker" Jack Chambers, Jokerjak908@yahoo.com] [Picture of the "New" Chester High School taken Fall 2001, courtesy of "Joker" Jack Chambers, Jokerjak908@yahoo.com] Student Strike c. 1937-38, lead by John Gilman
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Many thanks to the following for supplying additional information for this page:
2 - Betsy Boyce Loth (CHS 1958)
7 - Bob Vaughan
If you have any information and or pictures that you would like to contribute about Chester High School, please forward it to john@oldchesterpa.com
© 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 John A. Bullock III.
This page last updated 09/08/10
