Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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Sloiho it looysl How about something like this? asks Jim Ham- mett showing Norma Deane VV alters an idea for the 1941 Prom decoration. Dorothy Dalton mixes the paint while Bob Forkel and Lyla Mae Ford put the finishing touches on one of the murals.

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SENIOR OFFICERS: Scaled: Treasurer Edward Zemprellig Secretary Norma Deane Waltersg President Carl Aldcrson. Slrmrling: Vice-President Frederick Bud 1-lilmer. ENTREZ-VOUS: September 4th, 1941 THE NEVV SENIORS swooped down upon the Senior Hall. Senior officers, President Carl Alderson, Vice-president Bud I-Iilmer, Secretary Norma Deane VValters, and Treasurer Ed Zemprelli were installed . . . SENIOR COUNCIL SPONSORED TI-IE FIRST DANCE, Fall Frolic, on November 14 with the Klairton Kadets 'swinging it out' . . . We want our rings echoed everywhere. They arrived in December . . . WAR: DE- CEMBER S, WAR WAS DECLARED! Every- one was excused early to hear the President's speech. Stretcher Bearers, organized under Dr. G. A. Calhoun, and school officials tested air raid drills . . . ALUMNI RETURNED FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, one of the largest affairs of 1941 . . . jack McAtee enlisted in the Air Corps and Charles Cypher in the Marines . . . Mary Evanick and Tom Piazza edited the Clairtonian News in its second full year- as a paper . . . Mary Evanick also edited the Annual with Edward Zemprelli as Business Manager . . . In step with the Defense Movement, SENIOR COUNCIL CONTRIBUTED to the Hearst GRADS l Buy a Bomber Fund and part of the proceeds of the Senior Play, Sing a Song of Sixteen, was donated to the Red Cross . . . THE CLAIR- TONIAN AND THE CLAIRTON IAN NEWS STAFFS held a Blackout Party for subscribers on March 6 with the KLAIRTON KADETS swinging it . . . WINNERS: Glenn Finney and Bud Hilmer, tenor and baritone soloists, won the Southwestern District title. In the county con- test Howard Bayles placed third in the Oration and Gregory Monito placed first in the Decla- mation . . . ORCHIDSg to john Ruhl who sab- stituted in the quartet. at the Forensics at the last hour . . . Three bus loads of Seniors thrilled to the performance of Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson in Macbeth . .. ..TESTS: Seniors scurried to Miss Anna,O'Toole's room to take intelligence tests. ON APRIL 18, AMBITIOUS SENIORS took Civic Club Award Tests at Carnegie Tech and at the University of Pitts- burgh, and, on May 1, State Scholarships Exams . PROM: Couples swayed to the music of JIMMY GAMBLE'S ORCHESTRA at the an- nual Junior-Senior Prom on May first.. Showing their patriotism, girls wore hair decorations in- stead of elaborate corsages . . . AMERICANS ALL: DEFENSE COURSES offered new op- portunities to Seniors. One hundred four Seniors studied mechanical drawing, blue print reading, electricity, machines, and welding in order to be prepared for defense work . . . Graduating into the world of chaos, Seniors have not left altogether, for many enrolled and will return for Defense work. ADIOS!

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Aldcrson. Carl Angotti. Tony Appetto., Yolanda Arilotta, John f-rmstrong, Betty Arnett, Dorothea J. Arrington Andrew Assnnti. Toulio Bnchowski, Olga Balwanz. Dale Bzxmburak, Josephine Barrett. Fred Bartczak. Fra11CGS BHHOH. JEUYICS B Lskot. Myra Bntenieli, Frank Bayles, Howard Beard, Anna. Mae Beeclle, Willa Beetlestone, William Bekieh, Mildred CARL BIG,MAN ALDERSONQ College Pre- par:-ltoryg visit Hawalvf and eal pirz-eapplesg Class President III-IV: TONY PIZA ANGOTTIQ College Prcpzuutoiyg a farm in North Dakola: YOLANDA LONNIE APPETTAg Commer- cial: a lypisl in l'Vaslzingl0n: JOHN ARILLOT- TAQ College P1'epa1'ato1'yg non-slap flight around the 'worlds BETTY BETT ARMSTRONG: Vocational: operate a complomeler. DOROTHY JEAN ARNETTg College Pro- paratory, a stitch 'ia time saves ninelg Chorus- Mixed, T ri.-H-Y, Press Club III, Spanish Club ANDREW ARRINGTON5 College Preparatory: a bout with Ray Robinson: Trziek, Basketball, Football II, Boxing, Chorus: TILLIO CAT II ASSENTIQ Vocational: become a skilled moch- inislg Bzzsketball, Swimming, Bowling Team: OLGA GIGGLES BACHOWSKIQ Commer- cial: a traveler al hearty Chorus-Mixed, Com- mercial Club: DALE BALWANZg College Pre- paratory: travel in Europe, Tri-Hi-Y, Spanish Club. JOSEPHINE JO BAMBURAKg College Preparatory: a beauty operator wilh a salon: FRED FLASH BARREf,DTg College Prepara- tory, radio operator on coast guard ship: FRAN- CES BARTCZAKg College Preparatory, a d0clor's helping hand: JAMES BUZZ BAR- TON: College Preparatory: radio engineer: MYRA BASKOTg Commercial: see America first g Chorus, Tri-Hi-Y, Senior Council, Commercial Club, Senior Play, Honor Society. FRANCIS SUPER BATENICI-I3 Vocation- algmachinisl inthe Navy: HOWARD CUfRLY BAYLESQ College Preparatory: junk collector be- comes chemdstg Junior Council: Football, Drum Major, Chorus, Chemistry Club, Prom Chair- man III: ANNA MAE BEARDQ College Pre- paratory: a dancer al heart: WILLA BEEDLEg College Preparatoryg lravelg Tri Hi-Y, Chemistry Club: WILLIAM WEE BEETLESTONEg College Preparatory: mechanic: MILDRED BE- KICH5 Vocational: dress designer.