Westmont Hilltop Senior High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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SENIORS George Moran . Chutzie specialized in double talk triple threat man on gridiron favorite of student basket- ball pools . . . member of con- vict hair-cut crew. Anthony Popovich . . . Pop was member of witty Duzzy- Pop combination . . . score keeper and manager of basket- ball . . ticket taker at Mid- Winter Cruise . . . senior A basketball threat. Betty Reid . . . faithful mem- ber of chorus . . . perfect seam- stress . . . Scotch from head to toe . . . love her neighbors . entertains friends with time- ly and witty remarks . . . blond. Fern Ringler . . . industrious French student . . . plucks the guitar . . . sings cowboy ditties . . . collects poetry . . . reads religious and philosophical liter- ature . . . loves wide open spaces Viola Safko . . . aided lunchers in cafeteria . . . valuable ally to girls' athletics . . . typist for The Phoenician . . . secs the glory of the imperfect . . . plays Spanish guitar. Jack Ogle . eligible bachelor . . . pompous Mr. Kirbv in senior play . . kept the records of the Hi-Y club ... the old- faithful mathematics student . . . dryly humorous. Royal Price . Pud was a smashing football guard . . . rattles about in antique fiiver . . . takes long summer trips . . out- side of school he is a horticul- turist at greenhouse. h hi Bernard Rhodes . . . senior class president . . . conscientious business executive in commer- cial play . . . stalwa t J-Man in the senior class production . . . brilliant honor A • Wesley Rohrer Joe Gang, the Mad Monk . . tore through tests with faithful orange Par- ker . . originated squiggle. squab, and squabble . . . stamp and model airplane enthusiast. Charles Salem . . . one of leading scorers in intramural sports . . . earned varsity letter as senior football manager . . . more serious half of the dittos' . . . dubbed Jazzy and Sally. 19

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Mildred Lentz . . . ready smile and wit . . . someone’s perfect secretary . . . piano artist . . . capable seamstress . . shows taste in selection of clothes . . . familiar figure at Alwines. Arthur Long ... I lucy quoted Hamlet s soliloquy in fifty-four seconds . . . picked major league final ratings with amazing ac- curacy ... his pet hate is social imbing. Donald Matthews . . . Don earned statewide recognition for his newspaper collection . . . has a surprising whimsical quality . . corresponds with English friend . . . well liked by his senior classmates. Ruth McCalli m . co-chair- man of gym club . . . band trom- bonist . . . expert on skiis . . . hunts, fishes, plays basketball . . . Monday night sport is lis- tening to Lux Theatre. ± crl ryv) Mildred Little . . . discon- tinued her high school edu- cation early in the first semester of her senior year. Jane Maley . . . petite director of Girls' Chorus . . . astounds all with her vioes . . . will cause many a heart throb as future st udent-teacher . . . senior ac- tress. Marian May . . . hopes to be an air stewardess . . . dotes on Richard Greene . . . tennis whiz . . . never without chewing gum . . . favorite book is Rolling Years John McCleary . . . Ferdinand the Bull . dynamic center of football team caused many heart-throb as basketball guard . . . future chemical engineer . . . runs own school bus. SENIORS Mary Jane McGough . . curly-topped transfer from Som- erset . . . short but sweet . . . de- livered enviable speeches in English class awed classmates with her tap dancing technique. Robert Miller . . . freshman class president . . . nursemaid to children on balcony during basketball games . . . called Henry or Robert, depending upon his hat . . . rushes about in a black Dodge. 18

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Emmet Salem ... led football cheers . . . fighting coach in intramural basketball . . . var- sity letter-man in basketball persuasive dues collector of senior class . . . champion pea- nut dispenser. Freda Sattel . . . Fritzic was Mr. Ott’s problem child . . . used southern drawl as “Rheba in senior play . Rhebishka . . . played an off-key violin . . . Walter Winchcll chatter. June Schell . . . sang in the Girls’ Chorus . . . confirmed jitterbug . . . plays Hawaiian guitar . . . collects pictures of movie stars, especially of Fred MaeMurray . . . prefers roman- tic fiction. Gladys Shank . . . transferred from Joseph Johns in junior year . . . belonged to the Girl Reserves . . blue eyed member of the Girls’ Chorus . . expert skiicr. Frank Sambor . . . studied with left hand on chin . . . u little on the miscroscopic side . . . bicycle enthusiast . . . me- chanically inclined . . . favorite news boy of Rosemont district. Robert Scharmann . . . Bob’s biggest worries were his ’’Che- vies’’ . . . titian haired roman- ticist . . . was class program artist for four years . . . bald- headed grandpa in senior play. Muriel Sell . . . member of Girls' Chorus and Biology club . . . Parker penmanship . . . con- stant patron of skating rinks . . . enjoys musical comedies . . . busybody at stamp collecting. t Richard Shaulis J . transfer from Cochrartl. . . outstanding rchc £a lcaat . . . second Fritz WreiVcf went to phy- sics cljfss just to cat ice . . . for- ever flipping coins with Freda. SENIORS Clarence Shaw . . . Pete ever- lastingly argued in P.O.D. class . . . participated success- fully in intramural basketball . . . one of the many fellows who held up the radiators in the upper hall. Jack Sheesley . . . Strauss was active Hi-Y member for two years . . . never seen without his crutches . . . captured by the charms and wiles of many ladies . . . classic profile. 20