Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - Medicine During the last generation great progress has been made in the field of medicine. Since 1940 biochemistry has discovered and developed substance originating from living organisms such as molds. These substances prevent the growth and reproduction of micro-organisms. Penicillin, streptomycin, and more recently, aureomycin have been highly effective in combating a number of diseases. Since 1941 medical study has shown many forms of insanity to be curable. Recognition of vitamins, activities of glands of internal secretion and their importance in promoting growth and controlling metabolism has come about. Today X-ray has advanced to a point where an X-ray picture of PEGGY M. JOHNSON FRED E. KELSO. JR. Commercial General Mixed Chorus; Girls' Cho- Features Committee; Un-rus; Sub-Deb; Press Club; dercl assmen Committee: F. B. L. A.; Art Club; Liter- Groups Committee; Drill ary Staff; Cafeteria Hostess; Team; Rifle Club. Ushers Club. the entire body can be taken in a fraction of a second. X-ray and radium are still the only non-surgical treatments known for cancer. In this field radio-active substances were discovered, but up to the present the results have been unsatisfactory because improvement was followed by severe and fatal anemia. Sulfanala-mide drugs have been used successfully to prevent the development of infections. A discovery of blood groups by Landsteiner in 1943 made possible blood transfusions. His work did much to decrease the death rate on the battlefield. Yes, medicine has progressed, and because of the progress, people are living happier and longer lives. —Ruby Thomas ABRAHAM A. KENNEDY MARY ALICE KNISELY General Academic Tru Blu; Le Cercle Francais; Sub-Deb; N. J. H. S.; A Cap-pella Choir; Mixed Chorus; Literary Staff; Press Club. JULIA ELIZABETH KRAUS JIM LINDEMUTH THOMAS EUGENE LOVE ANN M. McANINCH Academic General General Commercial Tru Blu; Tri-Hi-Y President; Le Cercle Francais; Sr. Girls' Trio; Sr. Tumbling Team; Sr. Girls' Basketball-Features Committee; Literary Staff; Chorus. Snapshop Committee. Rifle Club; Projectionist: Features Committee; Graduation Announcement Committee. F. B.L. A.; N. J. H. S.; Literary Staff. The Echo 19

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - Television These are some of the events that led to fifteen million American homes having television receivers: 1941—Demonstration of home television on translucent screen, television on theater screen, and pictures automatically radio-relayed. 1945— Construction of new antenna begun atop of the Empire State Building. 1946— Airborne television demonstrated; colored television demonstrated publicly at RCA laboratories in Princeton, N. J. 1947— Simultaneous electronic television demonstrated. 1948— First public demonstration of ultrafax—a highspeed photographic process featuring the transmission of television messages with a potential of handling a million words a minute. 1949— Puppet show Kukla, Fran, and Ollie shown in Washington, D. C., in color with no effect on black and white sets. 1950— 51—Research in color television, UHF, and cross-country relay of color television by microwave. 1952—Broadening of television service by the UHF band. —Francis Ray buck CHARLES ALBERT GUTH Academic Boys' Chorus; Mixed Chorus; A Cappella Choir; County Chorus; Drill Team; Business Committee; Treasurer of 214. BARBARA J. HALL Commercial F. B. L. A. State Vice President; Sub-Deb; Press Club; N. J. H. S.; Snapshot Committee. PHYLLIS K. HARRIGER Academic Argonauts; Tru Blu; Literary Staff. VIRGINIA ANN HAUGH Academic Tru Blu; Sub-Deb; N. J. H. S.: Junior Class Play; Snapshot Committee; Seniors Committee; Sr. Basketball Team. JAMES A. HETRICK Academic Snapshot Committee. ELLEN HIMES Academic Argonauts President; Sub-Deb; Tru Blu; Student Council; A Cappella Choir; Sr. Girls' Trio; Girls' Ensemble; Mixed Chorus; County Chorus; Junior Class Play. IVAN HIMES Agricultural Future Farmers of America. MARY KAY JOHNS Academic Sub-Deb; Tru Blu; N. J. H. S.; Sr. Tumbling Team; Junior Class Play; Le Cercle Francois; Snapshot Committee; Seniors Committee; Sr. Basketball Team. 18 The Echo

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Seniors 1953 MARGARET LOUISE McConnell General F. H. A.; Library Club. PATRICIA ANN McKERNAN General Tru Blu; Faculty Committee. MOLLY MEHRTEN Academic Tru Blu; Tri-Hi-Y; Le Cercle Francois; Band; Mixed Chorus; Girls' Chorus; A Cap-pella Choir; Girls' Ensemble; Business Committee; Features Committee; Drill Team. JOHN JOSEPH MELILLO General Varsity Club; Football; Drill Team; Sports Committee; Baseball. ROBERT P. MILLER. JR. Academic Varsity Club; Football; Drill Team; President of 216; Baseball; Sports Committee. WOODY MILLER JANICE CLAIRE MINNO Academic General Business Committee; Art Tru Blu; Sub-Deb; Seniors Committee; Snapshot Com- Committee; Groups Commit-mittee; Mixed Chorus; Boys' tee. Chorus; A Cappella Choir; Drill Team; County Chorus; Junior Class Vice President. ESTHER ALDINE MOORE Academic Le Cercle Francois; N. J. H. S.; Library Club; Mixed Chorus; Girls' Chorus; Faculty Committee. Parade of History - - Automobiles Today's cars rank with the finest in the world in styling and performance for the American industry is always working to improve its production and products. Nowhere in the world and in such a short time has anything improved as much as the automobile. To name a few of the changes, we now have power steering, automatic light dimmers, tinted windshield glass, increased horsepower, radical differences in tires, automatic transmissions, and greater luxury in interiors. Power steering is a device which takes ninety percent of the work out of steering, while the automatic dimmer receives the light impulses from the other car and automatically dims the lights. In the horsepower race, Cadillac and Chrysler are among the leaders, both having around the two hundred mark. Winter treads have become popular for winter driving. Designers have brought us many variations in automatic transmissions such as Hydramatic, Dynaflow, and Power-glide as in General Motors cars; Fluid Drives which are in the Chrysler cars; and the Forda-matic, Mercumatic, and Hydramatic made by the Ford Motor Company. The interiors of today's cars are masterpieces of styling and comfort. We have carpets on the floors; foam rubber seats; leather, plastic, and fabric seat covers; and colors which blend with the outside of the car. —Chuck Guth 20 The Echo