Swissvale High School - Swissvalian Yearbook (Swissvale, PA)

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For 4 years they have Worked and played ev Robert Atricli lfctwarrl Anrtersfm fieorge .AlNll'YSOt1 Xxlitlium Anclerson ,Xlary Auhctr- paul Austin Attri-it llaestzirli tif-tty Bain Betty Batdt Ruth Ballfu l'4torr'nr'c Bnlzaretti Xvillianr Burclcs Harriet Barnum Anthony liattistetta Hurry Benner Dewitt Bernstein loseph Blancto Rhea Bust lalm liour Xlitclrett Braun Robert Brown Elizabeth Brozoyicll Ntnry liiirrettu Ruth Bunn ROBERT ALRICH . . . Band, Swissvalian, Mechanical Drawing. A pleasing tail witty a cooperative spirit: Xvhen it comes to worte, tie itoesnit tear it. EDWARD ANDERSON . . twlt-'UPI' t-Y'Pt, 1Il I'Pl' Il'OTY'yv tiilcties setctom in u hurry. GEORGE W. ANDERSON . . . Business Manager Swissvalian, Business Manager Junior Play '40, Class Treasurer '38-'39, '39-'40, '40-'41, President Student Council. Vytitti fairness ami iletermination Heltt reacti his tligtlest ctestination. WILLIAM ROBERT ANDERSON . . . Basketball, Mechanical Drawing. Dittgent ami sincere, faces life ivittmut a tear. MARY HELEN AUBELE . . . Glee Club, Junior Prom Committee, Forum Club. Sweetness, wittl quite a tilt Ot Cheerfutness anrt ot' wit. PAUL AUSTIN . . . Mechanical Drawing. Let ttie wortrt go on its way- Paut is always realty to play. ALFRED JOHN BAESLACK . . . Orchestra, Quill and Scroll, Swissvalian, Business Manager junior Play '40. Collecting coins is Attreftls tlotitmy: Ht'lIl SOHIPIIKIY H1't UH Igllllllly Illtttly. BETTY BAIN . . . Glee Club, Swissvalian, Quill and Scroll. A lass polite, conscientious, tfver so willing. initustrious, BETTY BALDT . . . Valistic, junior Play '40, Swissvalian, Forum Club, Senior Girls' Club. Stieis neat, a wortzer, unit amtzitiousz 5,195 sweet, no stlirteer, anit eaprieious. RUTH BALLAS . . . Art, Glee Club, Valistic, Forum Club, Senior Girls' Club. A trierutty smite anal a pleasant manner ulitt tletp to carry tltgtl tier tmauner. FLORENCE BALZARETTI . . . Glee Club, Senior Girls' Club. Florence. with tier itaneing art, Vylitl :lance tier way into your tieart. WILLIAM D. BARDES . . . Art. Xvimpy, who acts so tooni-y, t5 tu us, our ivlicleey Rooney HARRIET C. BARNUM . . . Senior Girls' Club. A witty tattzer. a yoeiat trienit, A classroom tmrtcer, with a wiseeraeleiug trenil. TONY BATTISTELLA . . . Basketball Manager, Mechanical Drawing. Ntannger Tony, come next tall, lvitt surety be misseit in lzasleettzatt, HARRY D. BENNER . . . Mechanical Drawing. His Cheerful smite anti manner tenrts To gain for Harry many frienrls. DAVID BERNSTEIN . . . Mechanical Drawing. Unassuming ami reservert, His martz in lite will be rteservert. JOSEPH CHARLES BLANDO . . . Although soft-spotzen. toels not slow At making friends, as we all tenow. RHEA MAE BOST . . . Junior Play '40, Glee Club, Senior Queen, Senior Girls' Club. Carefree, clever, conversational, Her flashing eyes are quite sensational. JOHN WILLIAM BOUR . . . Glee Club. tact? is as ,arte floes: A glib tongue that continues to Htvu::.'l MILDRED VIRGINIA BRAUN . . . Ouill and Scroll, Swissvalian, Nova, Forum Club, Senior Girls' Club. Brilliant, polite, stieitt reacti tier goat: Stiels always on the tzonor roll. ROBERT BROWN . . . Band. This tart is lenown to all us Brown Youltt never see trim wear a trown. ELIZABETH BROZOVICH . . . Art, Senior Girls' Club, Swissvalian. Her fine taste in Arts, we tenow. Vtlitt, ttirougti the years, tiftgtlttj' glow MARY CATHERINE BUCCELLA . . . Band, Orchestra, Senior Girls' Club. Efficient, rtitigent-that is lvtury: bhellt maize someone a ,line secretary. RUTH VIVIAN BUNN . . . Senior Girls' Club. Small ancl pretty is Ratt: Bunn, A tively lass anct full at fun, Page ttifte

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And now the i eniors Sv WE introduce you tirst to tlflOS6 seniors wtlo liave maintained an average ot 90 or above during tlleir lligll sclfnool career. BAESLACK, ALP'RliD KLEIN, lWORMAN BATN, BETTY Kosr, Lois BRAUN, MILDRED Viirrii, JTLAN BUCCELLA, lVlARY CA'l'lIIiRINE XJVETZEL, JUANNE CASTNER, PAUL VXIIIITE, JEAN EBERSOLE, NORDIA NVICKERITAM, lVlARJoR1E FIANO, JOHN XAIILKINS, IDAN FIRST, PHYLLIS XRIILIJAINIS, PATRICIA YETKA, ALFRED Class Histor E, tile graduates ot till, liave deeply enjoyed our tour SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Li!'0l'f.f0 Alllll'TSllYl, ljilltf ixflITDIJIlHlfl, Ray ltorquc-r, ltal BJCKCC. Page fjourtvcii years in Swissvale Higti School. Vve recall laow we Began our t1igl1 scliool career as treslsnmen in tlie Diclcson Building. We were so mucli more important tlwen tlian we were just one year previous as eigtmtll graders. The year ,38 made us soptmomores. How excited and selt- important we were as we entered tlie liigli scliool Building vvitli. tlie juniors and seniorsl That tirst weelc in scilool we lost ourselves in tlie l1alls, and tile upper-classmen passed us witlw supercilious glances. But our turn would come, and it did. ln ,50 we were joyous. joliing juniors. Now it was our turn to scott at time struggling soplwomores. How unimportant our previous class parties seemed widen compared witli our glorious Junior Proml But ,57, 538, and ,59 are gone. Vve entered 1940 as seniorsg and now. June ,4l, we are ready to graduate and leave our liiglq sctlool days lpellincl. Some ot us will continue our educa- tion in colleges and universities. Otliers must enter directly tlwe various tields ot employment, lout all ot us can retain satistaction and enjoyment ttirougli memories ot our days in S. H. S.

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Tlieirs is a class of many talented persons Sv Alice Butler .lanic-s Byrne Virginia Calicnclo Lyle Callalian .loscpli Capasso lxflary Carr Paul Costner Rui Ccnnwmc Olga Clmmpa Rutli Clirisly Louis Cimina Xlxillliillil Cline Eclwarcl Cuolcc Susie Crawiorcl Robert Culgan .losr-pb Cullmgs Vscrcnil Diiilcy IACOIIHTCI Dixxx' IQOIIBCII DZIVNF .IEXIIICS Day l:riiIIClS DCCCSEIIIT Flora DCIIITVII Vinfiont DIMHTZKJ ifd Dcmbimzy ALICE LOUISE BUTLER . . . Senior Girls' Club. EDWARD COOKE . . . Mechanical Drawing. To Alice life is gay ami sunnyg A depgnrlable, observing lad: Siiesll always rjnrl a sail note funny. To be his friend were Ugry glad, JAMES BYRNE . . . Glee Club, Football, Swissvalian, Student SUSIE M. CRAWFORD . . . Glee Club, Senior Girls' Club Council. Easy going, quite a writer, Self re liant-danrl U. fig liter. VIRGINIA CALIENDO . . . Senior Girls' Site faces eacli tasle witii ease ami care: Club. Sliels iiepcnrlable, courteous, Linrlly, anrl fair. LYLE CALLAHAN . . . A spirit tliat slwuis, Ulvever say clielu Anri a goocl naiurecl grin, ivitli. never a sigli. JOSEPH CAPASSO . . . A will to advance is tlzat of loe'sg Jclftfl SUCCPSS tUlll?l'8l79l' lik! QOQS. MARY EILEEN CARR . . . Glee Club, Senior Girls' Club. Tlirougli fair anfl foul, trouble anal trial, Youlll always Hncl Mary wearing a smile, PAUL CASTNER . . . Art, Business Manager Junior Play '40, Senior Announcer. A likeable fellow, anri around sport, Of tliings tliat talee tliinleing lie'll never fall sliort. RUTH MATILDA CENNAME . . . Senior Girls' Club. Rutli is talkative anrl full of lun, Brit give lier a taslzf-fitwill be well fione. OLGA IOANNE CHAMPA . . . Senior Girls, Club. Olga anirnates tlie aalage, ulvice tliings come in a small pacleagefl MARY RUTH CHRISTY . . . Valistic, Seni Aloof, soft-spoleen, never a. wliine, A frierul to alt, and all tlie time. LOUIS CIMINO . . . Mechanical Drawing. An obliging lacl witlz never a frown: H6'S IIOHIIJ to Q0 Llp CLR!! Yl8l79Y' Q0 LIOLUII. or Girls' Club. Srisiels ambitious, inclustrious, anal smart, Youlll always finfl Susie cioing li er part. ROBERT M. CULGAN . . . Art. Enougli. of anatomy to insure a wing A gooci-naturecl fellow ivitli a liroaii grin. JOSEPH D. CULLINGS . . . Football. From Derry to our wortliy liall Came Joe, to ltelp us play football. SERENA R. DAILEY . . . Senior Frivolous is Serena Dailey, Facing eacli flay serenely, gayly. Girls' Club. MATTHEW LEONARD DAW . . . Mechanical Drawing A sincere, fliligent, anzl jovial loci: Vifliatever tlie task, iicill not aio bail. ROBERT LANE DAW . . . Art. Altlzougli our Robertls easy-going, Heis a true frienfl well wortli tlie knowing, JAMES HARRY DAY . . . Mechanical Drawing. lim. lias a. sincere flesire to learn, T118 SHCCPSS hifi! lllll79 11.9 is SUV!! to earn., FRANCES DE CESARE . . . Basketball. His olreamv eyes anrl attractive loo ks vxfill get liiln more tlian is given in boolzs. FLORA DENOVA . . . Senior Girls' Club. Florais willing, sweet, anrl sity: Happiness never will pass liar by. VINCENT DI MARZO . . . Vinnyls never in a lzurryg Hels calm., cielilwerate, witli never a flurry. , CHARLES EDWARD HWILLIAMH CLINE . . EDWARD PAUL DGBOZY - - - Orchestre A gooil looleing cliap iuitll plenty of Zestg igulls quietness anfl self reliance At any job lreill rio liis best. Will bring rewarfis of many triumplis. Page Sixteen