Chester High School - Annual Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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THE ANNUAL 19 THE CLASS OF FEBRUARY, 1933 Home Room 121 Earl Burke—Franklin School do- nation. Literary Society and Com- mercial Club. Future president of some large corporation. Looks studi- ous. Is he? Harry Robert Birney — Tall, cheerful Smedleyite. Boys’ A. A. and Current Events Club. College Pre- paratory. Attracted to big business. Fond of hunting. What? Ask Harry. John Edward Sakers, Jr.— Pipe organ melodies. Eddie at con- sole. Hails from Boothwyn. Writes romantic stories with tragic endings. Personality and talent?—Plus! John B. Maloy — Popular. All- around athlete. Tall, pleasant, blond- ish (almost Titian). Captain of foot- ball. Aims to be captain of industry. Coal baron, maybe? Marvin Brody—Reserved. Laconic. Likes thrillers. Inveterate gum-chew- er. College. Should rate job with Wrigley’s. Paul Skillman — Our scientist from Dewey. A great joker and talker. Vergil, Mathematics, Debat- ing, and Dramatic. Humorous. Samuel N. Wallace — Short, blond, rather humorous. Writes good stories. Assistant stage manager, Annual board, circulation board of Spectrum, Dramatic, and Junior Debating. Ambition: mechanical en- gineering. Mischievous lad. Merrill F. Smith—Our assistant cheer leader. Stage manager for Dra- matic Society. Embryo farmer. Fond of animals, especially “Oscar.” Com- mercial student. Stephen Rubash — Deep thinker. Serious, but humorous. Active in school. Good in science. Carnegie Tech. Engineering. Blue eyes. Nice smile.

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18 THE ANNUAL LOWER CLASS OFFICERS 11B Walker McWilliams, president. Elizabeth Ward, vice president. Ruth Bunce, secretary. Mary Deary, treasurer. 11A John Gorham, president. Dorn O’Dell, vice president Estelle Nicholas, secretary. Drayton Harrison, treasurer. 10B Harry MacPherson, president. John Spaulding, vice president. Rita Meli, secretary. Levin Hannigan, treasurer. 10 A Joseph Gold, president. Anna Grander, vice president. Katherine Moist, secretary. Horace Dezzi, treasurer. OB Charles Toner, president. William Thompson, vice president. Grace Bacon, secretary. Daniel Murtaugh, treasurer.

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20 THE ANNUAL John Wadlewski—Short. Sturdy, like his character. Graduate of St. Hedwig’s School. Interested in Lit- erary, Dramatic Societies and Spec- trum staff. Ambition? Lawrence Charles Murtaugh— Small. Knowing. Dapper. Haunts Doc’s fourth period. Why? Ask Kate. Hi-Y, Current Events. Fond of danc- ing. C. P. A. some day. Robert D. Turkington—Only six feet three. Owns and operates radio station W3BIL. Active in sports, especially football. College. Radio en- gineering. Good-natured. Likes girls. Has a car( ?). Milton Shapiro — Mickey’s tall, shy ( ?), handsome (!). Will be ladies’ man when grown up. (Page Jean- ette.) Likes math and German. Adept in “manly” art. Penn State. Teaching. Joseph E. Rubenstein—Lacks an- cestor’s (?) musical ear, or wouldn’t talk so much. Good-natured, but noisy. Literary, Dramatic Clubs. Spectrum, Welcome, Annual. College. Business executive. Joseph C. O’Brien — Infectious grin. Bundle of “pep.” Our cheer leader. “Yeah, Bo! Let’s go!” Dra- matic Society president. Will teach commercial subjects. What a response he’ll get! Ulrica Alice Cosgrove—A hiker from commercial department. Desires to create something. Writes clever stories. Literary, Dramatic, Current Events Clubs. Anxious for latest news about Mahatma Ghandi. Dorothy Duffy—Our share of “Hook’s” ability. A paradox: Dis- likes public speaking, but belongs to Dramatic Society. How come? Imag- ine “Dot” pounding keys in someone’s office! Violet Lyle — Lively. Cheerful. Attractive smile. A Boothwyn win- ner. Likes swimming, shorthand, reading. Also writes stories. A. A., Dramatic, Literary, Current Events. Commercial. Will take dictation from boss. Madelene Baer—“F1 o r i d a”—a meaningless word or a familiar place? Ask Madelene. An enthusiastic Ger- man student. Aims to teach little tots. Won’t they love her gentle smile? Sara Elizabeth Tereshenko — Tall, dignified, pleasant, but silent (for a girl). Interested in Literary and Dramatic Societies. Commercial course. Hopes depression will soon undergo suppression in Chester. Winifred Louise Doyle — Exotic classmate from Catholic Girls’ High! Winnie’s “win”some. Girls’ A. A., History Club, Literary Society. Rivals Pavlowa. Hopes to swim English Channel before settling down. Jean Kontos—Brown eyes, brown hair. Talkative. Came from Philadel- phia. Hopes to be elocutionist (she’ll succeed). Newswriters’ Club, Dra- matic Society. Lively. Very popular. Causes masculine palpitation. Regina Kolasinski—S h o r t, but sweet. Nice smile. Rosy cheeks. So- cial Service, A. A., History, Literary, Current Events, Dramatic Clubs— what a list! Make-up artist. Ruth Wood — Our wood-thrush. Blonde, friendly, good-natured, popu- lar. Active in Glee Club, Girls’ Sex- tette, Tri-Hi, Dramatic Society. Aims to warble professionally. Virginia L. Simmons—“J i n ny.” Smiling eyes. From Smedley. “Still waters run deep.” College Prepara- tory. Undecided vocation. Interested in P. M. C. Likes uniforms. Ruth Winifred Roberts—Slender, dark Smedleyite. Lively, when you know her. Fond of various things, especially children. Plans to be kin- dergarten teacher. Unapproachable by men. Gertrude Ulan—A recent pleas- ant addition. From Western High Baltimore. Minds her own business competently. Another ambitious stu- dent. Attracted by secretarial work. Mary Windisch—Stays in back- ground. Plays violin. Likes to travel (too bad she can’t commute to school!) Reads, swims, tosses a mean basketball. Business world.