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

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FIRST ROW —left to right —Dorothy (offers. Eva Scaletta. Sue Williamson. Nancy Boring. Pat Shahade. Gretchen Greer. Barbara Benshoff. Claryne Bowman. Ruth Baum. Pat Radford. Joy Hartland. Gretchen Erdmann. Sharon Bloom. SECOND ROW —Donald Eckel. James Merritts. Richard Yernaux. Ann Reed. Betty Lou Valentine. Ina Livingston. James Blimmel. Peter Ogle. Grace Hahn. Marlene Daisley. Evelyn Eisaman. Edward Kegg. Dorothy Williams. Marlene Rider. Marlin Sherman. Ruth Nadel. THIRD ROW—Pat Martin. David Willett. Ted Ewald. James Quest. Ann Ruff. Elaine Moll. Dwaine Berkebile. Robert Hahn. Janice Ray- mond. Robert Smeal. Ted Bachik. Michael Walzer. Ann Hershberger. Joanne Salem. Connie Bosley. FOURTH ROW —Donald Young. Judy Holl. Joyce Squire. Leslie Clemenson. Don Wertz. Arthur Reese. Pat Owens. Gene Brown. Joan Luy. Shirley Robb. Arlene Barnes. Glenn Kaltenbaugh. Thomas Kahl. Paul Hammett. Patrick Gleason. Rose Marie Amershek. FlrTH ROW —Dean Joy. Ralph Williams, Steve Carnev. Thomas Johns. Gene Stevons, Gordon Pogal. Robert Shaffer. Robert Sharkey. Raymond Peterson. Daniel Blaschak. William Kniss. Carl Jones. Robert Hubbard. Jack Lawson. James Gray. So look who is a senior now! Yes, after twelve arduous years we have reached a ma- jor stepping stone in our education. At times, perhaps, we may have felt as though we should drown in this great sea of knowledge before we reached that stepping stone to dry land. With our teachers acting as lighthouses, we were safely guided to graduation by their sympathetic and encouraging light shed on oft-times dark and troubled waters. At this stage of our voyage to graduation we can all report a most pleasant and informative cruise. Land ahoy! The post of president of the senior class was capably filled by Gordon Pogal. His able assistants included Arthur Reese, Shirley Robb, and Janice Raymond. Together, this group held the reins of class government firmly in their efficient hands to guide us to better co-opera- tion and understanding among our classmates. Nineteen-fifty-two will long be remembered by us as a year when our classes were filled with many laughs, jokes, and, of course, the inevitable tests and assignments. There is an old adage which says, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy so we quickly rem- edied the situation by our senior dance, The Snow Swirl. If a successful dance is judged by a large turnout, beautifully gowned girls, an air of gaiety, a magnificently decorated dance floor, and a superb orchestra, then The Snow Swirl deserves a gold medal and blue ribbon. A royal air was given to the gala affair when Donald Eckel and Grace Hahn were chosen as King and Queen of the dance. One of the highlights of every senior class is the class play and ours was no exception to the rule. Miss Allendorfer chose the humor- ous play entitled My Sister Eileen by Ruth McKenney. The entire play was skillfully cast and we shall long remember Pat Gleason as Mr. Appopolous and the two vivacious sisters, Ruth and Eileen Sherwood, played by Anne Ruff and Dorothy Williams. A gold star on the doors of the entire cast and a dozen perfect, long-stemmed roses to Miss Allendorfer for her skillful direction and staging. The fine art of dramatics usually goes hand in hand with music and Westmont High School had many talented musicians to its credit. Foremost among them was tiny Gretchen Erd- mann and her huge marimba. In the few years that she entered the Forensics, Gretchen cap- tured some of the highest honors. One of the unsung heroines in our school is Claryne Bow- man. For years Claryne has played the piano