Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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FORTY-O After establishing such mercurial hon- ors as Bugs Woods' jitterbugging reign and Douglas Buffington's rhumba record, they blossom into full glory in activities. Ralph Caparosa, President of Student Council, puts over the Harvest Ball with Betty McGrew as queen. Elec Decima edits the Clairtonian News, in its first full year as a paper. while Laura Pattison edits the Annual. Star reporters of the Senior class are Virginia Mae Baker, Edward Cuba, Dorothy Metro, C. Murphy, Marilyn Unseld, and Mary Henderson. Dan Mircheff drums up business for the paper as press business manager. Bob Keller and Darlene Jones play the leads in Young May Moon, with Ann Shilling as business manager of the play. Sara Griffiths and Shirley Hammons compete in poetry and Shake- spearean reading. Robert Dowie and John Bryan are the class's entries in Forensic Oration and Declamation Con- tests. Louise Senor sings the alto in the musical Forensics. Frances Bucar and Jean Dearfield work diligently in Tri- Hi-Y. A tradition shaking change in the rating system has eliminated valedictor- ian and salutatorian and gives senior rank according to departments. At Playday in Mt. Lebanon, Pauline Rowan represents the Senior Class. Chester Poretta, violin soloist: Albert Orbell, trombone soloist: and William Van Voorhies, French horn soloist have distinguished themselves in Forensic in- strumental contests. All the Seniors attend their annual Senior Banquet, send commencement announcements, swap autographs and promises, and finally march solemnly in their black gowns and mortar boards on june 3 to cap two decades of tradi- tion, work. and fun. NE CLAIRTONIAN

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i Let SENIOR OFFICERS President Eleo D e c i m at Vice President, Bill Voor- hiesg Secretary, Laura Patti- son: Treasurer, John Bryan. Us Look At Our Seniors Twenty years ago, twenty seniors grad- uated from Clairton High School. In the two decades to l94l that number has swelled to 369 fellows and girls who finished their high school career as Seniors. When the first Clairtonian was published, the class colors were blue and silver. We have lfept the blue and changed the silver to white. Blue forget- me-nots were their class flowers: blue iris, ours. They joined literary societies, glee club, and orchestra. We compete in Forensic con- tests, join Science and Press clubs. ln place of the picnics and home parties of twenty years ago, over-sophisticated seniors have sub- stituted tea dances and roller skating parties. The class of '21 had three senior oficers: Evert Stabler, Donald St. Clair, and Frances Reed, now a schoolman, a businessman, and housewife respectively. We have four-Pres- ident Eleo Decima, Vice President Bill Voorhies, Secretary Laura Pattison, and Treasurer fohn Bryan. Their oficers had no Senior Council to help themg ours have. Twenty years make a dijerence. On the sixth of September, l94l, the new seniors of Clairton High strut like roosters around their domain, Senior Hall. Teachers welcome these former upstarts a bit wearily. Had they not been rather boisterous Juniors? It takes several weeks for the heady seniors to settle down in their new dignity and then plans begin to Hy. The cry is We want our rings before Christmas! We had them! THE NINETEEN HUNDRED

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SENIOR OF 19 1 Adams. Eleanor Adcock, Regina Andreadakis, Chris Anrlrisko, Helen Armstrong, james Ashton, Anna Mae Assemi, Joe Augustine, Amerigo Babic, Mildred Backstrom, james Baker, Virginia Mae Balwanz, Rayne Barrow, Doris Uarzotli, Ann Batinich, Edward Baxendeil, James Baxendell, Thomas Behary, John Bclhore, Delphine Belich, Helen Benack, Guido Bernardo, Tony Bernardi, Laura Bernardi, Frank Beten, Eugenia Bickerton. Paul Bickerton, Richard Biddle, Albert Bilan, Syl Jester Bitzer. Bob THE NINETEEN HUNDRED