Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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SENIORS ELEANOR SCHWARM: Eleanor, our prima donna chooses Sweet and Lovely from all the songs in the world to be that certain one. Slats eats as a pastime and adores Van Johnson as a passion. National Honor Society, Maple Leaves, Choral Club, Girl Reserves. JACK B. SMITH: Smitty, the Smoochie' is a gentleman, spelled wolf . His favorite subject is women and collecting phone numbers is his hobby. He does have a serious side, even though it is concealed by his sheep's clothing. During his sophomore year he was in Arts and 'Crafts and Aeronautics Clubs, Maple Leaves while a Junior, and Student Government and Physical Science, while a senior. STEWART CROOKS: Stewart hates eight o'clock classes. lf he could take as much time as he wanted to pursue his lazy hobby and pastime, doing nothing, Stewart would be perfectly happy. He likes a fast game of football, or listening to Ted Lewis's Orchestra, BETTY DOUGLAS: Betty despises silly girls and in her opinion men are daring but too critical. She loves to jitterbug. Blonde Betty June has not yet found a dream man. Choral Club, Masque and Gavel, and Arts and Crafts are her activities. JO ANN SMITH: Sings Jo Ann, I Wanna Get Married, and she's a grand bet too, as a housewife, for she cooks and she sews a fine seam. Opinions on men. Some are conceited, some are foolish and one, only one, is grand. Girl Reserves, Choral Club, Arts and Crafts. JOHN HARDING: Oh, How l Hate to Get Up in the Morning may have been written especially for John. He likes the song Rum and Coco1Cola, howling and Girls , Females are his favorite subject al' though his huge complaint is, They talk too much. JOAN PURDY: Joan the philosopher spends her time thinking about things. Men are perfection itself, except that some are bashful faw, geej. Dancing with a hop, skip, and straight into the groove is a major occupation of Joan's. Add vital statistics: She skates, yens for Turban Bey, and jives to James. BETTY CONLEY: Betty's dream man is Boris Karloff. She has night' mares. A girl with plenty of school spirit, she likes blue and white and West Fairmont's band and dislikes East Side. Girls' Athletics, Maple Leaves, Student Government and Twirlers have kept her busy during her three year's stay at West High. MARY ANN ALKIRE: Masque and Gavel, Physical Science, Motion Pic' tures, Tri-Hi-Y, Student Government and Bridge Club have been Mary Annls activities since she entered our school in 1942. Mary Ann doesn't like jitterbugging and her favorite subject is chemistry. JOHN DONALD EVEREST: Donald thinks that getting up early is too grotesque. His favorite sports are tennis, hunting, and shooting. His spare time is spent with his music which he seems to like. Camera Club is included in his activities. BETTY JO MOORE: Betty Jo, one of our cute seniors, loves the radio, dancing and collecting pictures. She plays ping pong and sings over Jon, fmusclesj Hall. s'Making Believe to Guy Lombardo's band takes up the rest of her time. MILDRED POTTER: Chickee's dream man is Perry Como. Yellow, swim- ming, and Lorraine Day are other favorites of Chickee. When she isn't sleeping, she likes to type and we hear that she is pretty good at it, TrifHifY and Junior Red 'Cross are her activities, a., if ,.. A 4 f 'Q v Page Truenly-hue

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,ago Tuventyffnlir SENIORS WALDON WADSWORTH: Waldon is an earnest fan of F. H. Sfs own symphony of brass, the band. Automobile driving, buzzing the streets of our fair city at whofknowsfwhat an hour, is another love of his. gh? scientific and athletic clubs both claim him-chemistry and basket' a . P IRENE CHARKCANDY: Renie's favorite sport is golf. Her dream man is Alan Ladd but next to him she likes C. A. P, She is a member of the Aeronautics Club. In her Sophomore year she was a member of the Athletic Club, Girl Reserves, and Junior Red Cross and ini her Junior year Spelling Club and Junior Red Cross. JEAN DAVIS: Jean wants to make some man a good wife but right now she says there are not enough men and too many women, Blondie likes blue, basketball, and of course, Van Johnson. Commercial Club, TrifHifY, and Student Government are her activities. MILDRED HALL: English teachers are the bane of Mildred's life. Could it be mutual? Sleep gathers up the raveled sleeve of care, said Shakespeare, to which Mildred adds, Amen. Athletics, TrifHifY. GEORGE GEREAU: George says he's pessimistic for he hates women and wants to be a bachelor. The exception to the rule is Paulette Goddard. Also he listens avidly to the Andrew Sisters, prefers Deep Purple to all other songs. KATHERINE OLIVERIO: Katherine spends her time listening to the radio and jitterbugging, preferably to the Oldie Dark Town Strutters Ball. She abhors feminine conceit. Collecting jewelry is a time taker' upper and hobby. Girls Athletics and Red Cross. JOAN HARTLEY: If you want to make a hit with Joan just mention Clark Gable and she'll be your lifelong friend. She hates Hitler fwho doesn't?j and spends her spare time sleeping. Her activities include Girl Reserves and Girls Athletic Clubs, ANN SHARP: Sharpie, otherwise known as k'The brain offers her wise analysis of the faults of men and women. Women talk too much, and men look too much. Walking takes up part of her spare time. The other part is spent in worrying. Maple Leaves and Thespians are her activities. ROSE MARIE CLAYBOUR: Rosie is one of those rare creatures who likes history, She also favors blue, reading, swimming and 'Cary Grant. She is a jitterbug and gets groovy when she hears Harry James' rendition of Dance with a Dolly. JUANITA PATTON: Juanita says gloomily that everything is wrong with with men and women. A jitterbug, she likes Always and Guy Lombardo's orchestra. When she isn't sewing, Juanita is collecting knickf knacks. Her nicknames range from To To on one end to Sun on the other, with L'Peggy in the middle. MARY LOU CLARK: Mary Lou likes pink, basketball, Sonny Tufts, and Typing. Sammy Kaye, and Together make her starry eyed. Mary Lou's very pleasant hobby is loaling. Her activities are TrifHifY and Girl Reserves. MARY FRANCES RIZZO: The people who look at the world through pink glasses can label Mary Frances as one of their kind-she has no pet hate, no criticism of men or women and no fears of getting hooked into spinsterhood. She likes bowling, swimming, skating, Xavier Cugat, Collecting photos, Tyrone Power, Girl Reserves, Red Cross.

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Page Twenty-six SENIORS ANNA LEE MOUSER: Surprise! Mousie says she wants to be a spinster, but confidentially, we aren't so sure. She swoons over Night and Day sung by the male quartet, and Van Johnson simply sends her. Her activities include Masque and Gavel, Thespians, Choral Club, National Honor Society, Physical Science, and Bridge Club. BILL DOUGLASS: Bill, a smoothie in more ways than one, won't tell about his pastime. He prefers bachelorhood and sings I'll walk alone as proof. Taking time out from his hobby, women, he conf centrates on Mechanical Drawing and Solid Geometry. His activities include Arts and Crafts, Aeronautics, Boxing and Wrestling, and Military Club. ED BRUBAKER: Bro has become famed for his outstanding participation in football and basketball during the past year. He held the position of captain of the Polar Bears during the '44 football season. He has also been active in Boxing and Wrestling and Letterman's Clubs. Bru's favorite subject is history and his pastimevloafing. JEAN CAROL CUNNINGHAM: Jean Carol can be found in off hours driving a car or spending long hours draped over the telephone in rapt conversation with an unnamed gentleman. The gal has located her dream man but won't divulge said information for the press. A former HifLife scribe, Girls Athletics, and TrifHifY. MARTHA FURMAN: Martha is definitely a Harry James fan. Her hobby is playing the trumpet and me thinks she's very good at it. She hates jealous people, and believes that Men are too conceited and indef pendentf' Her activities include Thespians, Choral Club, Bridge Club, and Band. ANTHONY SPADAFORE: Tony has a horror of crazy girls-but girls in general are his dream women-no specification. He spends hours in making electric motors, and in the chemistry and printing rooms. He is in Printing, Physical Science, Motion Picture, Junior Red Cross, and KL?UB. He is also a representative in Student Government. DAVID VILLERS: Papa is interested in photography and has been a member of the Motion Picture Crew for three years. Also interested in physics, his favorite subject, he has belonged to the Physical Science Club. He helped edit our Maple Leaves last year, ran for president of Student Government in his junior year, and has contributed to the Stage Crew for three years. JOAN HENNEN: Why is the Hennen telephone line always busy? Because Joie's favorite pastime is talking on the telephone? She is very secretive about her dream man, but it definitely isn't Frankie Sinatra. Her activities are Thespians, '43, '44, Choral Club, '42, '43, '44, '45, and Bridge Club, '43. LOUISE ANDERSON: Louise is a ujitterbug' and consequently is crazy about Harry James and the song You'll Never Know . Donald O'Conner is her idea of a real man. Playing the piano, she says, is her favorite pastime. Her clubs include Girl Reserves and Twirlers. SHIRLEY HIRSH: Shirley wearily states that everything is wrong with men and women. But she will perk up at the sight of Alan Ladd and Phyllis Thaxter. She spends the rest of her time listening to and collecting the fastest Tommy Dorsey records. Commercial Club and HifLife are her activities. GAYNELLE McCLUNG: Her pastimes: Reading, walking, swimming, and dancing. Malaguena sends her tumbling up and down the room. Bef sides a samba here and there, Gay likes green and public speaking. Arts and Crafts, Masque and Gavel, HifLife and Motion Picture Crew, JEAN MASSEI: When Frankie Sinatra croons Night and Day, Jean is simply out of this world! She spends her spare time sketching, but jitterbugging is a super substitute. Basketball, the color yellow, Katie Hepburn, and Van Johnson head her list of favorites. Girl's Athletic, Physical Science, and Spelling are included in her activities.