St Wendelin High School - Foslin Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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THOMAS LICHTLE . . . Tall and handsome . . . dark wavy hair . . . fastidious in attire . . . a familiar sight on the dance 1lCOI... attends basketball and football games zestfully . . . you'll find Tom swimming in the summer . . . an excellent student . . . knows all the answers in bookkeeping . . . speedy typist . . . good at math, too . . . won American Legion essay honors in sophomore year . . . server since grade school days ...member of the glee club and the Tenebrae choir all four years . . . used to be the backbone of the grade school choir . . . plays the piano . . . will stop and listen any time to Rhap- sody in Blue . . . reads . . . fascinated by those gory myster- ies . . .movies a lot . . . slaves in Pop's office . . . willing member of any committee for class social affairs . . . has a beautiful ski sweater . . . also, terrible horn on his bike . . . aspirations not completely deve1oped . . . enjoys acting . . . junior Kiwanian . . . birthday Iune 6 . . . quiet but interested and interesting. PHILOMENA DI CESARE . . . One of the lucky lasses with naturally curly hair . . . cardigan sweaters rate high with her . . . will queen it over a kitchen some day . . . proficient in home-making arts . . . loves caring for children . . . attends all extra-curricular activities . . . gets highly excited at basketball games . . . also does her part in aiding the cheering squad dur- ing fooball season . . . enjoys singing alto in Glee Club . . . a three year member . . . has a good attendance record . . . rarely late: rarely absent . . . always willing to be helpful . . . can be depended upon for her quota in all class projects . . . persevering worker . . . Fanny to her intimate friends . . . bookkeeping is her favorite subject, judging from the time she spends on it . . . could be called one of our silent partners . . . seldom heard . . . a shy, sweet manner . . . easy to get along with . . . has a temper, but rarely shows it . . . sports a cheery bright red coat . . . glad to see January 22 come around. DANIEL SCZESNY . . . Call for Dan, Sez, or 'most any- thing, and he'll corne a runnin' . . . well, anyhow, he'll come . . . . clocker for the basketball season . . . his flowing locks sometimes hamper his vision . . . hence, the title Veronica . . . never lacks a clever answer . . . dresses like Ioe College . . . the knife crease in his trousers is a trade secret . . . with us since the first grade . .a personality kid . . . that debonair air. . .a man of the world . . . future vice-president . . . never gives a girl less than two good looks . . . often referred to as the kid in the black Ford . . . burns up the pavement . . . every once in a while does a walk around the reservoir . . . has everyone drooling with his description of foreign dishes . . . a true gourmet . . . possessor of an easily-recognized chuckle . . . probably caught his leisurely gait from his pals Bob and Bill . . . annual event is lune 18. Page Twenty-Four

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DONNA MARIE IONES . . . Giggle, giggle-definitely as- sociated with Ionsey . . . whizzes land we do mean Whizzesll in a blue Chrysler . . . is Well known for her squeeze box ability, often entertains with it . . . has a monopoly on all the popular sheet music . . . flashes the greenest eyes! . . . aspires to tackle nurses' training . . . hopes to be a nurse at the Mayo Clinic . . . loves the Navy . . . celebrates her favorite an- niversary on October 13 . . . always has a joke to tell in her own inimitable manner . . . is partial to green and to fuschia . . . collects all sorts of foreign coins, and has an exhibit to be proud of . . . loves jewelry-Wears the cleverest pins and brace- lets! . . . partial to exciting history stories when it comes to reading . . . thinks her most exciting event was breaking her leg in the eighth grade-still enjoys telling about it . . . Wears the most attractive pin-stripe suit . . . likes glads . . . sighs when she hears lt Had to be You. ARTHUR YONKER, Ir .... Art to most everyone . . . lunie to his closest buddies . . . notorious for his spelling . . . a whiz in math . . . also in physics . . . astounds class- mates with his simple explanations of scientific mazes . . . likes fast traveling . . . often seen in a Ford coupe . . . hobby is mfaking things, in which he is quite proficient . . . keeps all the girls happy at dances . . . attends every St. Wen- delin extra-curricular event, but enjoys games the best . . . birthday 21st of Iune . . . born at Mercy Hospital, Tiffin . . . tells a very amusing anecdote concerning his first day at school. . . attended Nazareth Hall Military School for two years . . . never ill-humored . . . constantly wearing that grin . . . usually in a hurry . . . always chewing gurn, and we mean always . . . a weakness for potato chips . . . could eat them anytime . . . reads chiefly fiction and science books . . . would like to be a business man or a mathematician . . . fond of red . . . did more than his part in the Foslin ad campaign. NORMA LONSWAY . . . A gal without a nickname-rare distinction! . . . shiny black hair that curls sooo nice . . . love- ly dark eyes which reflect her temperament . . . a real stu- dent . . . likes shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping-is profic- ient in them, too . . . excellent in spelling . . . proof?-the many contests she's been in . . . skillful at dressmaking but can't forget that once she had to put a collar on five times . . . shoulders responsibility competently . . . enjoys walking--for tunately, since she has a four-mile hike daily . . . might be the reason for her naturally rosy cheeks . . . reads well orally Ccould it be because her dad's a teacher?J . . . pet peeves: iron- ing . . . and railroad tracks-especially in the morning . . . would like to own a collection of shoes . . . and jewelry . . . reads fiction by preference . . . claims she drove a car onces with drastic results . . . boasts the ability to play one piece on the piano-- Doctor, doctor . . . presents are in order on November 18. Page Twenty-Three

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MARGARET ABOWD . . . Dark, flashing eyes mirror her in- nermost thoughts . . . avid record collector of sweet and hot music . . . Vaughn Monroe is tops with this girl . . . cherishes his recording of Stardust . . . thanks to the speed of a certain '41 Chrysler, Peg isn't always late . . . thinks dancing is an art . . . would rather dance than eat, twell, almost! . . .Novem- ber 2 is the day of days . . . usually seen in slick sweaters, which she knits herself . . . Oh, really? is characteristic . . . always has a witty remark on the tip of her tongue . . . original . . . is in her element on an entertainment committee . . . Poe is her author . . . tennis, her sport . . . American Legion essay winner as a junior . . . Chartruese rates . . . gets a kick out of debating . . . likes daisies . . . hopes to be a chemist . . . di- rected the 1946 Foslin skit which brought the school's big- gest laugh . . . tells us she leads a very dull life, but we know Peg. IOANNE SCHARF . . . Daughter of Cy Scharf, St. Wen- delin's first coach . . . one of those vivacious gals who never run down . . . likes St. Wendelin so much that after one year in Cleveland she came back to graduate . . . always an honor student . . . American Legion Essay honors three times . . . math and science are her subjects . . . co-editor of Foslin . . . enjoys making impromptu speeches . . . good, too . . . her recipe for conversation: mix thoroughly with jokes and sprinkle with puns . . . is annoyed by unenthusiastic people . . . writes more letters than anyone we know . . . scribbles verses . . . likes Robert Burns . . . vows she will eventually master the art of parking a car. .. Black Magic is easy on her ears . . . likes Andre Kostelanetz for class, Spike Iones for corn . . . hfas a reputation for lung power at games . . . says most memorable event during high school was the 1945 Protest Tournament . . . likes to tell about getting Tommy Dorsey's autograph . . . who wouldn't? . . . a spanking is in order Sep- tember ll. MARY LOU HAMMER . . . Hopes to be a stenographer some day . . . everyone's best pal . . . always willing to help, and with a smile . . . types and types-for everybody . . . fav-- orite sport is baseball . . . member of Glee Club for past two years . . . birthday every November 15 . . . is often heard re- marking You're some of my relation . . . steady employee at Hall's Grocery . . . good student . . . enjoys that long walk every morning and evening . . . always snipping her hair . : . Oh! that checkered jacket! . . . movies often, likes most of them . . . listens to the radio in spare time . . . finds the simple things make her the happiest . . . has a temper, but it's like an April shower . . . enjoys letting the Gregg pothooks flow from her pen . . . fond of non-fiction . . . those snapping brown eyes! . . . laughs easily . . . a friend in need is a friend in- deed when it comes to typing for the Foslin . . . another fan of roses. Page Twenty-Five