Dormont High School - Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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MID X EAR CLASS PROPHECY In the year of 1959 the class of 39 has certalnly changed Instead of lnno cent Dormont Hlgh School students one flnds hardened people They have had a taste of the cruel OUtSldQ world some have jolncd the rellef staff some have had sorrow some have flnally found themselves some have made good Let us look ln on them Durlng thls txme when war stares the country ln the face Marle Thompson gentlv guldes her husband t do rlght for she IS Flrst Lady of the Land She looks back on fond UICITIOFICS and remembers all her frlends for whose welfare she must look out Also she glV6S land grants for chlcken farms one of whlch Ralph Abele has trled so long to secure for he lS poor now Pens ons should be ralsed for ack Lang who has glven tlae best years of hls llfe to the Dormont Borough has earned one Marne has beckoned hlm to Washlngton to help her there Sam Frazler needs help too He drlves a contraptlon labled General Haullng and shouts Rags newspapers old clothlng Dormont class rlngs and Class Day outflts Why ll IS dlsgraceful' Ruth Kleber and Lorralne Skeele have galned recognltlon as roller skate champlons E eanor Epplng Helen Steven on and Becky Lance are eatlng thelr hearts out because they have been separated from thelr loves SIHCC that fatal day of graduatlon The boys are havlng a hard tlme too Edward Pappert has lolned the Never Marry Club and furthermore hls heart IS heavy Albert Dlmllng stlll can t help hlmself Becky IS gone forever Many of the class have gone ln for buslness Clarence Black has a grocery store of hls own Charles Dlml ng owns a chaln of l-otels from coast to coast Leonard lS the leader of an all swlng band Dlck LOUIS has the controlllng lnterest ln a clgaret company Bob Maskrey IS a Yoo keeper Evan Lewis IS a super news paper boy Russ Llken has made hls flrst mllllon on football and baseball bets Fred Swearlngen IS a well known blues slnger Herb Goldberg IS water boy for Pltts football team Mllton Foster has made a fortune as a comedlan He IS a double for MICRCY Mouse Whlle Eleanor Border I5 famous for her actlng on the stage and screen Don Campbell IS her leadlng man He flnally has tralnecll hls VOICE to be smooth Vlrglnla Else IS a Schlaperelll styllst Bette Gallatln has become a l11ll1COgl'3pl'l expert lOUlb IS the butcher boy But comlng to the more slrtlstlc slde of the class we flnd the great opera slnger Wallace ames vsho now voung and prosperous 'Vlost of hls money IS eaten up by the lncome tax Some of thls has helped Bob Wlll to start hls pln factory he occaslonally stlcks the government Dot Cortllng and Allce Zoeller have 1 broadcastlng studio where they adVlSE people how to secure and IDHIDISII1 personality Then too Mar shal Alcorn has made good as a coach ust where we ll never tell Perhaps he coached ean Wllllal'l1S who has jolned the Olymplcs Rlchard Parmelee IS a suc ces wlth hls clarlnet l le has toured the world three tlmes to play Nola Gene weve Forster follows along lh the muslcal fleld Mary Maxwell IS gray very gray watchlng all of her chlldren for whom she must have separate classes because there are so many If she would have llstened to Georglne she would not have been a klndergart n teacher Georglne Zlegenfus by the way IS thanklng her luckv stars that she do sn t have to slgn her last name any more In Texas Ele1 nor Scot IS 1 COWl'1'll1d Phyllls Thomas I9 the M llers wlfe Sam and Cllver ackson have gone IIIO rl e coal buslness of whlch Oliver IS the boss Angell Avondo IS Benny Goodman s latest flnd Paul Synor IS old Reaper MCCOIIDICR s partner A we pass to the educatlonal fleld we flnd that Martha Deckman stlll taklng advanced courses ln the unlversltles She IS just wrapped up ln study Harry Qchsenhlrt IS another Elnsteln wlth all credlt due to MISS McKlnney Imag lne If Ray Conaway IS teachlng Engllsh VIH The age of lnlracles vslll nexer cease LOUIS Cox has lnvented 1 flvlng or a moxable house He slmp y put 1 motor on lf Bob Carroll IS stlll trying to lnxent 1 freckle cream But what has ha pened to Hovndz Klrchner7 He IS often seen runrllng through the Greentree woods wlth a boy scout knlfe ln one hand and a compass ln the other Howdy s frlend Bud Gaub ls hslvlnp 1nother big love 1ff1lr lncldentslllv R1y Wllson IS ff 77 ' ' - . , . Q , , 5 9 ' , 4 o , . 7 . , , l , . . g J , . . , . . , , . . . h ,, . . , 5 Y 1 7 9 . ,, . , . . , . . . ' . , . - S 9 . I ' . , . l . . joe . A . , . . . . , , J .N . . . . , . . y . . , J , IS '. A . . A . , . , , - J 7 J , A -. - . . t 4 H M s . . - ' 7 7 9 5 . . , , , e . . , 9' , . ' 1 c . , .- 4 . . . ,. . , . A t . . , l ' . J A . ., . . , , , . . , . s , ' . IS . . 3 A V . , Q . . . V. r . . . . ' . . l . 4 4 , L - . , . . . ,

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Oliver jackson leaves for the trucking business, Sam ackson leaves to study after 1 four year vacatxon Wallace ames leaves tor the opera Ir s on Dramoncl Street Wally Wallace ones leaves to hurry to the corner drug store so he can finish reading r e Lone Ranger Bob ohns leaves his qulet reserved wavs to httle Frankie Trapp Boy could he use them Mlfl3H1 Kamerer leaves her toothpaste blnlle to Mortimer Howard Krrchner leaves two tons of slrghtly used han' grease to 1m Elland Lons Kurkbrlde leaves her dlsappomtment at not gettmg a part m the class p ay to some future Senior B Becky Lance leaves hen plcked Al still crowlng about the n1ce catch he got Ruth Kleber leaves her roller skating abllltv to Coach Smith ack Lang leaves the same as he was neto e Georgme began reforming hlm oe Leonard leaves for Mules Avenue By Land I ll Betty makes lf Evan LEWIS leaves none the wxser Russell Lrken leaves the basketball team char wlll just have o get along wlthout any f1ght1ng spxrlt Dick Louls leaves a carton of clgarettes to the boys who were dumb enough to lend htm one Bob Maskrey leaves a book entltled When to Keep ulet to George Burns Mary Maxwell leaves a bottle of Sal Hepatlca to all the Seniors who are going on the Washington trip Sanger McConnell leax es Marge Snyder and Patsy Manning on speaking terms tor the frrst trme rn four years Manson Neubauer leaves Deep ln a Dream Ed Pappert leaves after fmdlng that he can wrestle better nn the back seat than on the mat Dlck Parmelee leaves to teach Benny Goodman just how to play a clarinet Dorothy Polrng leaves her polse to Bob lNeuner George Potter leaves hrs chalr at Loeffler s Beauty Shoppe to Mr Church Eleanor Scott leaves Mary Ann Schmalzrred to dlg up her own dates lorrame Skeele leaves Georglana unchaperoned Bob Smlth leaves hls ab1l1ty to blush to Shlrley Klnder Paul Steltz leaves for a Sunday mghr date They re cheaper Fred Swearlngen leaves the bull to Ferdinand Sheakley Bob Swartz leaves to work and save for a Mt Lebo lass We all remember Betty Ann Evans Paul Synor leaves his powder puff and compact to l'red Nloschel Phyllis Thomas leaves to take ack Miller to the cleaner ames plague leaves to become Wlllxam Randolph Hearst s personal represtn tatlve on Voelkel Avenue lWar1e Thompson leues tonight to attend the Waynesburg utnor prom Carol Truesdale leaxes tor Penn State here they have such nlce fratermty uns P Bnll Wetlxmore lelves still snngxng hxs livornte song teachers Pet Dont xou thmk that lb approprlate Nlr Snyder Robert Wmll leaves mthout openmg a book ea1 Wllllamb leav s to take Kate Smith s place on the radix lou Wllllalnb leax es after learnmg about love Dots what he Punks AllC6 Zoeller leaves tor Duquesne Umxersxtv and Pete Bette Wright leaves tor 1 date wmth Fd Ivons -Xrent vou even a wee but ttraxd Georgme' Vlrgmla Wllll8lHS leax es to gne her llttle sxster drxvmg lessons after getting an abundance ot materxal from the rlde she s gxvmg Russ Georglne Lxegentuss leaves up ln the a1r by an avlator Ruth Wxlson leaves her traxl phvsxque to Dot Bruno Ray Wxlson VUake up Rav Xou leave too And we the mll commlttee lean to Get Out of flown . , . h ff Hy I 9 J , . . . . -I . , . . L . . t . . ., Q . ,, lf l 71 . , , .F . , 2 .R V A RC I . 1. G J X 4 - '. -. , . . W t , , ,... sl .V ,Q ,. , , x V , . . . ' rf ' vw -I 1 e L. I I ' r ' ,D , - . V U , g , 4 . A l J , . . . , F , - . , . Q . l U v ' , .. I ..... . . . .

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xn the Buick business and he ns sellnng blg things now He mlght try George Potter for George lb still trymg to keep hxs Ford Bessie going Wmlfred Evans has gone to Hollywood ln order to look after Don Maybe ln a few more years her wlt will brmg her to the sllver screen Robert Smxth xs flying his own plane with an mstructlon book 1n hls lap Poor little Ruth Wllson IS stlll trymg to re duce She must want the part opposite the Thln Man Doreene DIX has finally lost her Engllsh accent and Eelna Fisher has probably lost her engagement rung Rod Campbell has a waltmg l1st composed of all blonds while Sanger McConnell IS Gods glft to near sighted women Earl Cannon ns stlll waltmg for Vlrglnla It s been a long walt On the other hand one of our students has made real pro gress Manson Neubauer has learned to stand closer to hls razor when he shaves Dorothy Eble IS leaving wlth hopes ack Carey has long since joined the Batche lors Club and each evenlng IS found thumbmg through the telephone book Vlfglnla Wllllams stlll sways the eyes of many men Mnrnam Kamerer has learned how to make Mulllgan stew anet fhrelman has made Black see white Lols Kxrkbrlde has made her first performance xn New York as ullet Bxll Wetmore has a problem he cannot decide whether he should marry a brunette or a redhead Carol Truesdale by th1s tlme has searched the U S for one good lookmg man Soon she IS contemplatlng a trlp to Europe to contmue her quest Paul Steltz has dec1ded that lt IS txme to take cures for bashfulness It has been most embar rassmg Wallace ones only stands and holds drug store corners up ames 'lague ns begmnmg to see through thmgs now that he has perfected telev1s1on Bob Swartz IS simply lost Our two class angels are remaining and both are worn out trymg to help everybody else out You know them Bette Wrxght and l leanor Graham DID YOU EVER SEE OR HEAR Mlracles lf you did Ruth Wilson hurrying? Martha Deckman not studying? Mary Maxwell without her pet phrases' Vlrglnxa wllllEllUS without Russ Llken s assnsmnce' Tom Blrd with his work l'-ll1lSl'18Cl, Helen Stevenson not knowmg where Fd w1s Paul Synor fllrtmg' Eleanor Fpplng wlthout Harry Morrow? George Potter wlthout his be1ut1ful car' Georglne 71egenfuss p1ss1ng I ang wxth 1 snub' Ruth Kleber without her skates? Rod Campbell without hxs pet teacher' Farl Cannon not moonlng over Vlrgmm' Phyllis Thomas without her speed demon' Eleanor Graham calming down? Bette Wright not belng nxce Beckv I ance pass Al Dllilllng by Bette Gallatm talk over 1 wh1sper9 Ray Wnlson qu1et ack Lang wlthout a cxgarette' Bob Maskrey noting? Manson Neubauer awake? Wlnltred Evans without her cute llttle gr1n9 Sanger McConnell s llkeness to Clark Gable? Ralph Abele mthout hls blush? Bud Gaub not bragglngr' Wally James mthout hls musxcal tones following hun? Now did you' . , . ' . 7 R 4 l? 1 - . I . , . . U . ,, . . , - . v , . 34 V . . , . , , . . .' . ' . , . ' x . f' . . . ,. . . , .4 -Q . . . t.. 1 . ' .. 'P . f , . r r . ..4 K -K 4 1 .N Q - 1 . , .- . . . 9 . , , Y? Q V n Y A .