DuBois Area High School - Clipper Yearbook (Du Bois, PA)

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MATTHEW WADDELL This brown-haired, blue-eyed lad was a prominent member of the General Course. A Jay- Vee basketball player for two years, he was a regular on the varsity his senior year. He was also a varsity baseball player and a member of Boys' Hi-Y. Matt was president of his senior homeroom. His favorite subject was science. SALLY WING Corky, our petite, blue- eyed academic, will be remem- bered for her .sharp sayings and keen sense of humor. She took part in Dramatics Club, Decorators' Club, Girls' Chorus, and Broadcasters' Club. She was a hit in Hi-Varieties of '49. Her favorite pastime is writing letters or telling iokes. Her plans for the future are in- definite. NIGRS HOWARD WAYLAND Red is a dyed-in-the-wool outdoor man. Long walks in the country or speedy trips on his motorcycle vied with his in- terest in rifles and pistols. He belonged to both the D. H. S. Rifle Team and the DuBois Rifle and Pistol Club. He was an auto-shop student with a lean- ing toward math. JANET WOODRING Pretty, blue-eyed Jeff en- rolled in the Commercial Course and found music, bookkeeping, and typing much to her liking. She belonged to the Hi-Y, Girls' Chorus, Decorators' Club, and Dramatics Club. She was a tal- ented Maiorette and president of her iunior homeroom. Dan- cing and collecting records are favorite pastimes. She expects to work in an office. HILLIARD WHITMORE Taking the Machine Shop Course didn't allow Whip much time to participate in sports, but he favored basket- ball above all others. When not working around some ma- chine, this blue-eyed blond liked to follow up the Litts' basketball and softball games. After graduation he hopes to become a machinist or spend time in the service. THERESA YAKULIS Tree, as she was known to her friends, was enrolled in the Commercial Course, bookkeep- ing being her favorite subiect. She was a member of the Dra- matics Club and Girls' Chorus. She likes sports, especially foot- ball and baseball. She also likes to dance and skate. As for the future, Tree plans to get an office iob. Sally Wing ...sw Matthew Waddell Howard Wayland Hilliard Whitmore .lanet Woodrlng Theresa Yakulis

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Louise Tyson Theresa Uhrin Donald Vance Margaret Varner Angeline Vrahas Mark Vrahas --- ,gs ' TL . , 1.. rg . C!,z LOUISE TYSON This attractive blonde is tag- ged Weesie by her chums. A top-grade academic, she was vice-president of her iunior homeroom, a participant in all- school plays, a singer in Hi- Varieties for three years, a member of Chorus, Ensemble, Hi-Y and Dramatics Club. She was a Color-Guard in the Band. She expects to attend Cornell U. MARGARET VARNER Cooperative and dependable Peg was enrolled in the Aca- demic Course, but art was her favorite subiect. Swimming, reading, and basketball are her maior recreational interests. Her talent in art made her a valuable member of the Decor- ators' Club. You'll soon be hearing her say Number, please, for she plans to become a telephone operator. If FN 28 WW -4 get THERESA UHRIN A charming member of the Commercial Course, Toots named P. D. her best-liked sub- ject. She was a member of the Dramatics Club and Girls' Chorus. She enioyed all Beav- er sports but favored football. Swimming is her choice of out- of-doors recreation. Wedding bells will soon ring for Theresa, for she plans to get married after graduation. ANGELINE VRAHAS Angie is a tall, dark-haired girl with pretty brown eyes. She took the Commercial Course, her favorite subiect be- ing typing. Angie contributed her talented singing to Girls' Chorus and Hi-Varieties. She also belonged to Art Club. Reading is her 'favorite hobby. Uncertain as to the future, she would like to be a secretary in some large firm. DONALD VANCE Philo came to us in his sen- ior year from Mackinac Island, Mich. Active in school affairs, he belonged to Boys' Chorus, Dramatics Club, Clipper Staff, and Boys' Hi-Y. A member of the Academic Course, Don fav- ored English as his top subiect. He plans to attend Michigan State College and then on to the navy. MARK VRAHAS Tall, clark, and handsome Mike was a machine shop stu- tor two years and a general course student his senior year. He set the pace for Hi-Varie- ties ticket sales in '49. Mark divided his interests between school and his father's hot dog shop where he learned his super-salesmanship, and where he will continue to work. N s-nd

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'49EBS, FAREWELL! ln years to come when we look back to our undergradu- ate days at D.HS. we'll remember, along with our routine classes, gay times and serious moments, the impact of the forces that molded our lives and directed our destinies. ln retrospect, many of the incidents and events that were of maior importance to us as students will be branded as so much triviap others will take on the magnitude of mileposts of the good old days: all of them will be a part of us. Here, then, for better or for worse, is a flashback to our three years at D. H. S., our community, and our times. inside D. H. S. freshly-painted walls and the redecoroted auditorium gave new life to the building. A modern electric clock for indoor sports made its appearance in the gym, and an electric scoreboard replaced the old one at the stadium. A face-lifting iob on the bleachers and new lights on the field enhanced the autumn classic. Sadie Hawkins parties and dances after basketball games with visiting student bodies in attendance were new means of entertainment. Our P. A. system was improved by installing a modern two-way set, and the building was made cosier with the installation of a new heating plant. War memories were recalled with the return of veterans to our classes, a war memorial plaque in our hall, the CARE packages for over seas, and the return of our war dead. Something new was inaugurated when our senior por- traits were taken in school. And NEW was the word for style changes in women's fashions. The new look took hold, despite masculine protests, and hemlines come down while hairdos went up. The style appears to be short lived, how- ever, for as we graduate, the whole thing seems to have been a mistake. Currently skirts are going up and hair styles are coming down, but the effect was felt in school. A neat appear- ance banished sloppy .loes, and clean saddle shoes, usually black and white, replaced the old dirty ones. Boys sported bright-colored, turtle-neck T shirts which were quickly copied by the fair sex. Rolled-up ieans and flashy sox were standard equipment with the fellows. Stoles, brightly-colored print silk scarfs and rope pearls were a must accessory with skirts and sweaters for the girls. Being a sentimental, happy group we danced along to slow, dreamy music while a few of our energetic friends braved the declining iitterbug. Our conversation was iammed with pet sayings like drop dead, she's poor, cludz, fine, that's bad, and many more. These replaced national sayings such as Kilroy was here, and Open the door, Richard. Funny little creatures, originated by Al Capp, known as shmoos came to mean anything from a curious little toy animal to a dull person. l.ed by high-stepping maiorettes and resplendent in new uniforms, our band, under the leadership of Mr. Donald Graff, won praise from students and townspeople alike. School spirit was lifted to a new high with the cheerleaders providing the spark. For their efforts, senior band members and cheerleaders were awarded sweaters for the first time. Many new faces appeared around D.H.S., and we bid goodbye to many old friends. Mrs. Dorothy Clark took over the home ec. when Miss Dorothy Ross left us. Miss Angela Sette became director of girls' vocal music. Miss Betty Postle- wait filled the vacancy left in phys. ed. when Miss Mona Martin replaced Miss Esther Marshall, who resigned after many years' service as our school mother. Mr. Phillip Senft took over in the machine shop for Mr. Freeman Menzie, who was on leave. Messers Ed Hochrein, Clair Hess, Michael Flanagan, Joseph Fed- erici and Paul Coront, sports heads, came to D. H. S. while we were in school. Our beloved Miss Bea Hamilton, school nurse, retired and was replaced by Miss Virginia Seyler and Miss Frances Wingert. Miss Maude Zartman taught for Mr. Leon Edmiston while he was on leave, and Miss Violet Ellis went to Brookville to teach. Hi-Varieties continued to set new records, with over 2800 people seeing the '49 edition. Fame came to the home economics department when its unique show-window exhibit was awarded first prize at the State Farm Show in Harrisburg. The department also gave a lighting demonstration at the show. New attendance records were set all over the nation in the field of sports. Here in DuBois the Chevies and the l.itts packed 'em in during the JC basketball season, the Buicks' foot- ball team had a large following, and our own school sports took on new life, despite a disappointing football season and a fair-to-middling basketball team. The latter, in '49, made the news when the team failed to score a field goal in A league play at Brookville, and later when it was humbled by St. Joseph's of DuBois in the first encounter of the two schools. St. .loe's had l'l boys enrolled in the school! Wrest- ling, on the other hand, continued to improve and set a couple of records in the process. The team beat Amityville, New York, in the first out-of-state match in the school's history, and Razz Carlson set a new record for I4 falls in a row to finish a per- fect season. Baseball was revived in '48 after a lapse of 34 years, D. H. S. winning the A league. Track and cross-country also staged a comeback for the first time in a couple decades. Sports took the air via F. M. radio from the new WCED- FM station at luthersburg, and television made its first appear- ance locally in a few business establishments. The new over- head bridge out Sandy way eased the traffic problem, and Edwards put up o new building near the high school. The boulevard is becoming a show place with new firms taking up residence on newly-filed spots along the meadow. A new housing project went up on the East Side, the city took over the Beaver Meadow, Coca Cola erected a new building on the Bee Line, and the Arena provided a place to roller skate. The city's kids are finally getting a break. Playgrounds were set up in all of the wards, and the small fry will have their own baseball in the form of a Little League, to start in '49, The design of the big picture on the world front fluc- tuated from uneasy peace to cold war. New phrases like Iron Curtain, Airlift, Marshall Plan and Calculated Risks became a part of our vocabulary. Many of our friends entered the services in the nation's first peace-time draft while others enlisted in our own National Guard and other branches of the armed forces. United States became the undisputed leader of the western democracies: Russia the big threat to world peace. Spy hearings that involved Hollywood and our own federal government made sensational but disturbing read- ing. We rode the crest of the postwar boom, paying terrific prices for everything te. g. butter, eggs, steak Sl and upl, but the nation also paid handsomely in wages. Now, in '49, when houses, cars, stoves and the like are meeting consumer demand, prices are beginning to fall off. So far there is no sign of a bust. The political picture in 1948 turned the country inside out. Everybody expected the national election to be as cut and dried as the national conventions that produced Truman and Dewey. No one gave Truman a chance-no one except Tru- man, labor, and the farmers. The polsters came out red-faced on the morning after when Smiling Harry pulled the biggest upset in the history of presidential elections. Here in DuBois a forerunner of the Democratic triumph appeared in the per- son of Pat Dillman, who became the first Democratic mayor in recent times. Despite man's ingenuity in devising atom bombs and iet propulsion, old man weather still reigned supreme and uncon- querable. Following our coldest winter in a decode 141 days of subzero cold, 35 degrees below being commonplace in '48J we enjoyed the mildest winter on record in '49, The West was not so fortunate. Snow-kissed oranges in California, and im- mense snows and drifts in the Mid-west made history. Taking its pattern from the Berlin airlift, the army rushed food to marooned farmers and cattle in Operation Haylift. The year before, New York City was buried under a prodigious blanket of snow. ln 1948 the world was shocked with the news of Babe Ruth's death and the assassination of lndia's Ghandi. At the turn of the new year we were in for a bigger shock: China fell to the Reds. ln the entertainment field the give away rage hit radio with a bang. Fabulous prizes were given away daily at audi- ence participation programs. Otherwise the perennial favor- ites-.lack Benny, Bob Hope, crime dramas, soap operas, and melodramas-continued to rule the roost. Our own Erks Fen- nell appeared as guest on one of radio's better programs, Weekend with Music, in New York City. Few spectacular movies were turned out during our days a D. H.S. Movieland concerned itself with psychological dra- mas and a couple courageous attempts to bring the race prob- lem before the public. The Best Years of Our Lives, The Jolson Story and Hamlet were the best offerings. Musical shows were the top favorites on Broadway, and locally the DuBois Symphony Orchestra continued to provide us with a taste of the arts. And so three iam-packed years have slipped by us, and now we must face the future and take our place among the hundreds of other D. H.S. alumni. College, earning a living, marriage--whatever our plans-the future promises to be challenging and interesting. Yet, as the '49ers soy farewell we can look back on our life at senior high and truthfully say: Yes, the best years of our lives were spent here. Patti McCarthy