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

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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

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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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SENIORS EDWARD EUGENE MORGAN: This lad hates women who smoke fthey are scarce nowadaysj. Just give him Vera Vague, Sammy Kay's orchestra and a game of basketball and he will be happy. Gene's hobby is swimming. Activities: Camera Club and Aeronautics Club, JENNIE BELCASTRO: Jennie says wisely the men nowadays are too optimistic. However, she likes blue, dancing, John Payne and Harry James. Collecting pictures is her hobby. Junior Red Cross and Girlls Reserves are her activities. MARGARET CORLEY: Margaret asserts that she dreams of the U. S. Navy, an excellent way to keep from getting your lessons. Might we also mention skating, swimming, and Gary Grant, Girl's Athletics, TrifHi-Y. JOHN STEWART: John is a smart boy. Already he realizes that women know too much. Industrious, he spends his time working. John frankly states that teachers are his pet hate. His activities: Printing, Motion Picture, Spelling, Kl7ub, Camera Aeronautics, Junior Red Cross. WAYNE MOORE: Wayne speaks emphatically of an aversion to rain, even his favorite song is 'RRain Keep Out of My Eyes. Betty Grable calls forth no such epithets, 'Rl Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Double Feature Show would be more appropriate for her. MARY JO SPRAGG: Mary Jo is strongly in favor of dancing as a pastime and hobby, with jitterbugging occupying the place of honor in her affections, also bowling and tennis. Choral Club, Junior Red Cross, and Girl Reserves. JACQUELINE DAVIS: Bowling claims Jackie's attention as a sport. Jackie collects souvenirs as a hobby. School does not rate anywhere as being interesting, she has no preference as to subjects. Arts and Crafts and Girls Reserves, are the clubs in which she participates. STRATTON DAVIS: Women! I love 'em all is Stratton's war cry. Yet he wants to be a bachelor. Chickens are Stratton's pet hate, Tough Humphrey Bogart and lively Betty Hutton are his screen adols. His interesting hobby is women. Student Government, Junior Red Cross, and Military Club are his activities. ERMA MAE HANNING: Men are too unfaithful says Erma and sings Don't Sweetheart Me as a warning. But she does like Mrs. Johnson's boy: Van, History contracts are hated by Erma but she goes for blue and Military Bands. Bookkeeping is her favorite subject, BEATRICE A. BENNINGTON: Perhaps this young lady hasn't been around very long-or else she has been completely fooled, Beaky actually can not see a thing wrong with men. When she is not swimming or hiking you may End her glued to the radio. swooning in time with Bob C:'osby's orchestra. She belonged to Girl's Athletic Club '42. ERNESTINE RIDENOUR: Ernie is a commercial student Whose hobby is going to the movies to see Van Johnson and June Allyson, She is a reporter for the HifLife and her activities include Arts and Crafts and talking. BETTY PARKER: Friend Betty is an avid snapshot collector, Dancing, listening to the zaniness of Bob Hope on the radio, and swimming keep her occupied. As for the masculine angle, she has trouble in choosing her dream man, can't decide, Girl's Athletics. Page Twenty-nine