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

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SENIORS Charles Slep . . . Slcppic was a Yingling aid on the stage crew . . . continually scurried about with Phoenician checks . . . concentrated on Janes . . . raced a green Ford coupe. Betty Stouffer . . . loyal Girl Reserve worker . . . 'busy as a bee studying at noon time . . . silent, capable, and willing . . . exemplary commer- cial student . . . neat appear- ance. Irene Swarney . . . partici- pated in girls' intramurals . . . earned a much deserved letter in her junior year . . attended all football games with a person- al interest . . . chatterbox. iV MARc pwtD EN Thomas . . . Margie was co-captain of the senior girls' volleyball team . . . home run girl of mushball . . . knew all new swing dances . . . has artistic inclination. Yale Waincer . . Aba-Dab was a star on the gridiron and basketball court . . . excellent ping-pong player . . famous for his ready bull sessions . . . Oscar Belles hair-cut. Reed Smith . . Cicero was editor-in-chief of The Yoiiler . . played the sousaphone in the band enthusiastic mem- ber of the debate team . . . cam- era and tennis fiend. Peggy Suppes . . . Peggy was head news editor of the school paper and assistant editor of yearbook . . . chemistry star . . . pompous Mrs. Kirby in senior play . . . honor student. David Thomas . . . Killer had difficulty in keeping awake and staying out of mischief . . . What, late again? ... clever pen-sketch artist . . . veteran hunter . . . speed demon. Julia Virus . . . Jay was an all around athlete . . . hard working secretary of Yodler staff . . . vice president of Gym club . . . cooked the best cats ... al- ways had a ready smile. William Warren . . . Bill per- formed duty as guard on foot- ball team in praiseworthy man- ner . . . able to defend himself by his knowledge of jiu-jitsu . . . Romeo to all the girls. 21

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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

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Ethel Weil . . . Frenchie trans- ferred to VV.-U.Y. from Allen- town High School. Allentown. Pennsylvania in her senior year . . . moved to Erie. Pennsylvania after a short time. Edward Yinc.linc, . . . was a crack physics student . . . earned the title M.S.T.—Master Stage Technician . . . annoyed the teachers with cultivated cough . . . sneezed on brightly colored handkerchiefs. Frederick Yanker . . . Fred will be remembered as one of our gridiron sensations . . . dis- position changed as often as the weather . . . smooth dancer . . . chased deer (dear) with dex- terity. Laura Yost . . . Yosty had a crush on all the student teachers . . . Essie in the class play . . . forever recited The Raven . . deeply grieved at Ronald Col- man's marriage. Senior Sequences . . . hopes, ambitions, and plans for the future as they were three months before graduation . . . Miriam Barn- hart. Anna Jean Drager, Mildred Haynes, Mildred Lentz, and Jack Sheesley intend to enroll in a business course, the girls at Cam- bria-Rowe and Jack at Bentley School. Boston Joe Evans and Jack Grogan ex- pect to enter Notre Dame . . . aeronautical careers are planned by Merrill Glasser and Edward Yingling, who will enroll at Pitt, and by Fred Yanker, who expects to go to I ri-State, Indiana . . . professional careers are planned by Charles Hannan, Robert Ideson, and Jack Ogle, who will study at the University of Michigan, and by Robert Scharmann, who will enroll at Dartmouth, and Freda Sattel at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry . . . science and chemis- try courses will be taken by Edgar Hanks at Gettysburg, by John McCleary at Penn State, and by Wesley Rohrer at Jr. Pitt . . . Florence Kaminsky intends to study at Wilfred's Academy of Beauty Culture, Pitts- burgh, and Margaret Thomas plans a career as a stylist after studying at Juniata . . . Joanna Hager is preparing to enter Vassar to study theatrics and designing . . . Jane Maley and Richard Shaulis will go to Indiana State Teachers' College . . . others who have decided upon a career but not a school are Betty Reid, June Schell, and Laura Yost, teaching; Frances Hamilton, and June Lechler nursing; Stella Frank, art; Donald Matthews and Bernard Rhodes, journalism . . . others planning to attend college but who have not decided upon a course are Jane Berkebile. Penn State; David Blough. Susquehanna; Helen Blozovitch, Temple; Lucy Frank, Carnegie Tech; Robert Miller, Cleveland Radio Institute; Arthur Long, Muhlenburg; Reed Smith, Duke; and Peggy Suppes. Connecticut College for Women. 22