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

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SENIORS ROBERT MOROOSE: While pursuing his hobby, women, Bob Croons Don't Fence Me In. His other interests include American History, swimming, light brown, and women of course. His school activities are Boy's Athletic and Military Club. CHARLENE COLLIER: Cee belonged to Girl's Athletic in her Sophof more and junior years and belongs to the TrifHifY, Girl Reserves and HifLife Staif this year. She goes for jitterbugging, Van johnson, the color blue, dancing, swimming, skating, Spencer Tracy, Harry james' band, and Journalism. LOUISE SARDELLA: Darling Donald O'Conner rates gardenias with Louise, who places her favored pinfups of his homely physiognomy among her souvenirs . She cuts a carpet to minute shreds in her agony of syncopation. Girl's Athletics. VINCENT OLD: Vincent is a man of the great outdoors who indulges in skating, and football and of the indoors too, who goes to shows to see Gloria de Haven and plays basketball. Military and HifY. DORIS DRAKE: Doms obviously has the ambition of becoming a sales' lady. She lists her course as being mainly Distributive Education and indicates that she likes it too. She too, is one of the legion Harry james fans, and as for her favorite among the emoters of the silver screen Van, Sweet Man Johnson is tops. DOLORES WILLIAMS: Deezie is a traitor to her sex. She hates girls. Deezie croons I'll Walk Alone . She jitterbugs, skates, types and collects novelty pins. Her activities are Thespians, Tri-HifY and Girl Reserves. CLARA STEVENS: Oh, the homework, complains Clara, and finds a host of kindred souls who would prefer spending time at Swing Shanty or Sixth Street to pursuing the fast retreating figure of knowledge. Eating and listening to Sammy Kaye are her time-killers. Girl Reserves. LAURA LEE DONEHEW: Dumbo loves her mailman because he looks like Clark Gable. jealous girls just don't click with her. She was a member of 'Choral Club, Motion Picture, TrifHifY, Spelling, Student Government, Girl Reserves, and junior Red Cross. WILMA JEAN VAN METER: Wilma lets her mind wander to the glorious subiect of sailors, of which she says, 'iMy Dreams are Getting Better All the Time. Writing letters, skating, jitterbugging, ad innnitum, occupy her affections, after sailors. GENEVA HEBB: Oh, them awful laps, says Geneva, giving them the raspberry. Men, too, get a ribbing, they take too much for granted. Now, if the subject is blistering jive notes, she swings her saddlef shoes dementedly in the most solid of swing. CARRIE FLEMING: This is one of the million gals who hate to get up in the morning. But once she gets up she reads and reads. Jeep collects poems, too, a very literary person. She belonged to Girl's Athletic Club in '42. GYPSY FRALEY: Gypsy hates people who get in her way, and men are too conceited according to her. Picture collecting heads her list of hobbies. Her activities include Girl's Athletic Club, and TrifHifY. Page Twenty-seven

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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.

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SENIORS FIRST ROW: JIMMY HOLBERT: Says Jim There's nothing the matter with pretty girls. Jim is much amused by the zany comedy of Danny Kaye, and the patter of Kay Kyser. Hedy Lamar is his dream damsel. I.ettermen's and Military Clubs. MADALEE CURRY: Mad is simply crazy about blue and Xavier Cugat. Bing Crosby singing I'll Be Seeing You really makes her swoon. Belonged to the Girls' Athletic, and Girl Reserves of 1942. J WALTER BOGGESS: Walt's dream girl is Lana Turner. He also likes blue, trigonometry and football, Harry James playing I'm beginning to see the light will make him swing and sway. When not dancing, Walt bowls, and goes to Swing Shanty. ROSE IZZI: Rose's pastime is movies and she especially likes to watch Van Johnson and Betty Davis on the screen. Rose states frankly that she doesn't like school. Her hobby is reading. Her activities are Choral Club, Girl Reserves and Science Club. RALPH MINOR: This boy likes red but he doesn't like teachers. Harry James' band is on his hit parade, along with Baseball and Mechanical Drawing. SECOND ROW: BETTY JONES: Girl Reserves, Junior Red Cross. This young red head is a star in American History, but she seems to have a dislike for cooking. Red's hobby sounds interesting-collecting foreign money. CAROLYN BLAKEMORE: This fair damsel believes that the truth should be brought to light. The statement, Men lie! issues from her lips scornfully. But not always the disdainful lady, she goes for Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton and Harry James. She has belonged to Red Gross all three years of high school and Junior Retailers Club in '44f'47. HESTER JARRETT: Hester says there is nothing wrong with men and she dennitely does not want to be a spinster. She spends her time dreaming of Bill. Her activity is , Girls Athletic Club. GERALD REESE: Gerald says when asked what is wrong with women: Everything! Women is the craziest people! He likes work, likes green, and Tommy Dorsey. Boys Athletic, Student Government, and Lettermen are his activities. CARMELLA YERACE: Carmella really enjoys reading and listening to Harry James. Typing is her favorite subject tif anyone has onej and basketball her favorite sport. Her activities include Commercial Club and Student Government, THIRD ROW: BETTY HEATER: Betty is no hobbyist, badminton, Lon McAllister and dancing are objects of concentration, and in the case of McA, of palpitation. Harry James as usual, captures the best blue ribbon for his blowing. MARTHA DIETRICH: Bubbles likes to skate and write letters. She hates cats ftype unspeciliedj and says men argue too much, She likes jitterbugging to the music of Harry James. TrifHifY, Girl Reserves. JAMES DAVIS: This strange character says that all women are annoying, Except of course, Rita Hayworth. He's still searching for his dream women. tHe must realize that Orson has Rita preoccupiedj. When not eating or sleeping this airfminded student studies airplanes. MARJORIE WINTER: If they would just put Betty Hutton and James Craig in the same picture, Marge is sure it would win the academy award, Guy Lombardo playing Till Then is her idea of a winner. Page Twenty-eight