Chester High School - Annual Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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WALTER VOGEL Bird. Boys' A. A. Hero: Li'l Abner. Baseball, basketball, football. Sings Lights Out. Ambition: get home early some night. Aim: visit Elkton. Drexel. ANNIE WADDELL Musical lass. Girls' Glee. Aim in life: the top. Will dress hair for living. Girls' A. A. Hero: Jiggs. MARY WADDELL Smedley. Commercial. Pet aversion: Annie's report card. Commercial Club, A. A. Her motto: From the office to the altar. MATHILDA WALTER Toots. Intends to marry. Loathes people who talk too much, and say nothing. Ambition: to do something never done before; to dive elegantly. Clever writer. PANSY WATSON Class's Ethel Waters. Dramatic Society; vice president, Dunbar. Ambition: to sing on radio or stage. Aims to attend N. Y. U. or Oberlin. EDWARD WEBSTER Big Ben. Confirmed bachelor. Com- mercial, Boys' A. A. Dramatic. Drexel Night School will claim him. LAURA WELC Our future celebrity likes bashful boys, swimming, reading, crocheting, long drives. Adores Dick Powell. Dislikes be- ing called plump. Aims to be stenog- rapher. LORAINE WELSH Small, dainty. General Course. (Oh, that French!) Where Sis (Loraine) goes, K. goes. Future house-wife, we predict. DOROTHY WHITE General student from Smedley. Likes tennis, swimming, basketball, and read- ing. Pet aversion: problems. Aim: to cure them. Johns Hopkins Hospital. JJSTIN WHITE Industrial Smedleyite. Yusty hates au- tobiographies. Future school, part-time college. Pastime: sailing river in a sail- boat. Sailor, beware! ROSALIND WHITE Attractive, sweet-tempered. Lively. En- joys basketball, tennis. Bored with problems. Hero: Warner Baxter—and who else? Favorite song: Alone. Secretary—and then? JOHN WHITELY Upland youth. Track man. Likes to play piano. Snake will join Navy and re- main a bachelor. Believes The Music Goes Round. TWENTY-TWO ] ■

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■ - 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 I JOHN STINSON Happy-go-lucky Jack. Short, but all there. Bachelor. Navy man. Future school: Annapolis (there's no Dairylane there. Jack!) Student Council. JOHN TEMPLE Blonde. Science Club. Treasurer, Stamp Club. Hobbies: collecting stamps, stay- ing out late. Hero: Smithers. Jack likes the ladies. EVOLA THOMAS Wala-Wala. Likes movies; can't stand cards or conceited fellows. Hero, Bus. Ambition: make some tall dark, hand- some man happy. (She will.) FRANK THOMPSON Popular. Franko is homeroom presi- dent, Industrial Club treasurer. Class Executive Committee. Hobbies: cars, late hours, and Dairylane. Future school: Experience. MARY TOLLIN Dolly. Charming, vivacious. Future prima donna. Ambition: concert-singing. Hates crooners. Likes Carmen” and Mr. Long. President, Girls' Glee Club (3, 4). Music Conservatory. EDITH TOMLINSON Commercial. Smedley. Shy, but very nice. Future cook (for whom?) Hates to hear: Don't do that! Glee and Com- mercial Clubs. KATHLEEN TONER Kit. General. Aims to conquer Latin; member of Latin Club. Future Lady in White. Likes any ball game. Robert Taylor, Gracie Allen, her favorites. PETER TRACY Smedley. Plays violin in school and dance orchestras. Pet aversion: hard work. Confirmed bachelor. Next school, U. of P. Called Tarzan. RUTH TRUITTE Brown-eyed, attractive young Miss. Enjoys dancing and writing. Hero: Richard. Pet aversions: redheads and go-getters. Joining ranks of Ladies in White —Episcopal Hospital. DOROTHY C. TURNER Somebody's Secretary-to-be. Likes to drive, knit, and read. Active in croquet and tennis. Hails from Crozierville. Dottie” dislikes problems. JAMES VERMEYCHUCK Vermy. Rough and ready football man. Popular. Wants to be big shot. Confirmed bachelor, he says—we won- der! Doesn't like Mondays, or algebra. WALTER S. VINASZ Enjoys baseball and checkers. Future school: Sun Ship. Nickname: Shorty. Industrial youth. Ambition: to be base- ball player. Professional? [ TWENTY-ONE

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WILLIAM WILKINSON Bill. General student. Likes ping-pong and more ping-pong. School of Hard Knocks. Our Walter Winchell. Cham- pion ping-ponger. WILLIAM WORRILOW Dyno. Debating Society, History Club, A. A., Glee. Track (2,3,4). Ambition: shoot high and hit the spot. Franklin Institute of Technology. JAMES WRIGHT Jalappy resident. Outcome of Franklin. Plays baseball, ping-pong, tiddly winks. Ambition: radio announcer. Will marry. Loathes geometry, cards. ALFREDA WRZESNEWSKI Curly. Commercial. Hates: having the A overlooked at the end of Al- freda. Ambition: to be an efficient sec- retary. And then? STEPHEN ZAYACH Dewey sent Ace . Commercial. Hob- bies: swimming, basketball, baseball, camping. Ambition: to be orchestra leader. Boys' A. A. Commercial. Ac- cordion artist. Obliging. PAULL ZIEGLER Smedleyite. College Prep. Despises pro- fessional stamp collectors. Admirer of Amelia Earhart. Fond of swimming. Honor student. Science enthusiast. Re- liable. DORIS ZUKER Hearty laugh. Good sport. From West Philadelphia. Member of Dramatic So- ciety, Library Club. Ambition: to be a secretary. CLIFFORD FLEMING Reds.” General. Tall. Likes football, baseball, hunting. Admires Sir Malcolm Campbell. Aims to drive a racing-car. (Not an Austin, we hope!) FRANCES HANIGAN Linwood lass. Hobbies: swimming and hiking. Commercial Club. Ambition: to be someone’s secretary. (Gentlemen still prefer blondes!). Nicknamed Frosty. HELEN PARKER Whiff. Sweet, brown-eyed blonde. Lively. Weakness for one boy; popular with all. Says she'll keep them waiting till 1950. MOSCOW JOHN SKIDAS Mash. Executive committee. Dark, handsome. Likes to imitate Dracula, hates to get haircut. Enjoys acting— watch out, Robert Taylor! Remarkable vocabulary. VERMA WHITBY Dramatic Society. Likes to knit and go to parties. Hates red socks. Won't even consider matrimony. School: Beauty Culture. Nicknamed Ducky. [ TWENTY-THREE