Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - Fashions From 1941 to 1953, our fashions have seen many changes. To understand the styles of the war years, you must first understand the effect the First World War had on our women. Then the idea of free and equal rights for women in business was getting a good start. This caused women to imitate men, the more masculinity, the better the fashion. This feeling prevailed 'til the Second World War. Women were eager to be feminine again, and the sweater girl came into view. The styles of this era were made up of slender knee-level skirts, sweaters, or jackets and dresses with well-padded shoulders. Shortages of materials brought about the short evening dress as well as inconveniences, such as no zippers, no silk, no nylon, and few shoes. Post war years brought on the 'new look. Dresses became frilly and low-necked. Materials changed to satins, taffetas, and velvets. Hips and shoulders were rounded, hem lines were ten inches from the floor, skirts billowed, bare heads became coiffed, and covered shoulders were bared. New colors such as tangerine, lavender, and chartreuse made their appearance. In twelve short years women traveled a long way from that masculine period before World War II. —Katheryn Butler FRANCES JOANNE PARK General F. B. L. A.; F. H. A.; Ushers Club; Library Club. BLAISE C. PETROCCI Academic Varsity Club Treasurer: Football; Drill Team; Sports Committee. DONALD LEE PLATO General Rifle Club; A Cappella Choir; Mixed Choir; Boys' Chorus; Snapshot Committee. HELEN PROCIOUS Commercial Ushers Club; Tri-Hi-Y; Library Club; Press Club; Seniors Committee; F. B. L. A. DONWYDETTE PYLE EVA JAYNE QUINN FRANCIS RAYBUCK HOWARD W. REINARD General Commercial Academic Agricultural A Cappella Choir; Band; County Chorus; Girls' Chorus; Girls' Ensemble; Mixed Chorus; Sr. Tumbling Team; Ushers Club; Snapshot Committee. F. H. A.; F. B. L. A.; Press Club; Library Club; Seniors Committee. Varsity Club; Drill Team; Foot ball; Underclassmen Committee; A Cappella Choir; Sr. Boys' Quartet; Mixed Chorus; Boys' Chorus; Baseball. F. F. A. 22 The Echo

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Seniors 1953 GEORGE A. MOREY. JR. Academic Varsity Club Secretary; Football; Baseball; Sports Committee; Vice President of 216. SAM MORRISON Agricultural F. F. A.; Projectionist; Football Junior Year. DORIS MYERS Commercial Press Club; F. B. L. A.; Sub-Deb; Mixed Chorus; Sr. Tumbling Team; Snapshot Committee; Groups Committee: Cafeteria Hostess. ANNA MAE NELSON General F. B. L. A.; F. H. A. DORIS NOLPH PATTY OSBORNE GUY ARDEN OVENSHIRE ANNE PARK Commercial Commercial F. B. L. A.; Sub-Deb; Cafe- 3ub-Deb Vice President: terla Hostess; Ushers Club; F. B. L. A. Treasurer; Press Press Club. Club Treasurer; Ushers Club. Parade of History - - Sports Despite the intervention of war in the period from 1941 to 1953, we find that sports have been thriving. Baseball saw, at last, the end of the Yankee domination. The war brought many would-be second division clubs into pennant contention. Later in the decade the baseball world saw the death of its greatest player, George Herman Ruth. Starting in 1949 the Yankees again began their tyrannical domination and have won four straight World's Championships since. Football saw the merging of two rival pro leagues into one National League with two sections, and Notre Dame under Frank Leahy ran up a string of thirty-eight consecutive wins, an all-time record. Basketball was General General Library Club; F. H. A.; Press Club; Sr. Tumbling Team. knocked for a great loss by the discovery of bribe-taking among college players. In the lesser publicized sports we had Bob Mathias, schoolboy winner of the Olympic Decathlon; Ben Hogan who made such a heartwarming comeback at golf after he had been terribly disabled in an automobile wreck; Gussie Moran who brought lace frills into championship tennis; and Joe Louis who, after sixteen years of ring denomination, bowed out to make way for a new and younger champion. We can readily see that the American sports field has been active during our school life—full of thrills, chills, sorrows, joys, winnings, losings, and above all, fun. —Jim Crawford The Echo 21

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - Brookville Many needed improvements have been made in Brookville since 1941. There have been more than two hundred new homes built within the city limits of Brookville, and many old buildings have been remodeled, painted, or torn down. The council finally decided to take out the old street lights that were in the middle of the street and replace them with new, modern lights. Badly needed traffic lights were erected at the dangerous intersections. Although Brookville is not on the criminal side, a new and faster police car was bought and the police force was expanded. To keep the younger ones out of mischief, the people of Brookville started the Little League baseball teams, and for the older boys, the Teener League. Employment conditions have been much improved, and Brookville can now boast some of the finest manufacturing plants in the area. A newly-organized Chamber of Commerce did much to help Brookville. A new wing was built onto the hospital, giving us much-needed room and a modern operating room, kitchen, and laundry. A new firetruck and emergency truck were added to our fire department. All in all, we can readily see that Brookville's farsighted citizens have rapidly joined the parade of progress. —Fred Kelso MARY ELLEN REITZ Commercial F. B. L. A.; Library Club Treasurer; Press Club. SHIRLEY JEAN REITZ Commercial F. H. A.; Press Club; Seniors Committee; Cafeteria Hostess. EDWARD DEVERE RHODES Academic Rifle Club; Projectionist: Boys' Chrous; Mixed Chorus; A Cappella Choir; County Chorus. CAROLE ANN SHAFFER Academic Literary Editor of Echo; Tru Blu Treasurer; Le Cercle Francois President; Features Committee; Snapshots Committee; Groups Committee; Junior Prom Chairman; Cafeteria Hostess. DONALD L. SHAFFER General Groups Committee. HAROLD G. SHAFFER JOSEPH SHICK LEX SHIREY Academic Commercial General Le Cercle Francois; Foot- Varsity Club; F. B. L. A. Football; Varsity Club, ball; Groups Committee. Vice President; Projectionist; Football. The Echo 23