Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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DOROTHY EDITH BRAUER Tiny. A bunch of energy. Able hockey maid. Friendly and happy-go-lucky. Plays basketball with a vim. Get ready for the surprise—her hobby is rollerskating! It’s just like her, though. Up and doing. Wide awake. Ambition—to be a bookkeeper. Blue eyes. Light hair. Basketball and hockey enthusiast. Short and sweet. FRANCIS McCAY CLARK Tall. Blond. Letterman in baseball and basketball. Lover of animals, especially silver foxes. Witty. Member of Dramatic Club. Pastime-talking and dancing. Clarkie. Clear blue eyes. Earned monogram in basketball. Good sport. A jolly friend to have around. ETHLYN IRENE COWELL Petite. Dusky hair. A bundle of enthusiasm. Protegee of Ambler which enjoyed her literary talent. Latin Club. Always active. Worker in Hi-Y. Dramatic Club. Sang in Napoleon Naps and El Bandido. Always giggling, ready for fun. A Math Club member. Treasurer of Reading Club. Musical Choral and Glee clubs. Dag-mar, in The Goose Hangs High. In spare moments can be found at the piano. Loves to sew. A future designer of dresses is our Ethlyn. MARY VIRGINIA DAVEY Jinny is another lady from G1 enside-We 1 don. Merry. Lovely golden hair. Artist of some note. Writes. Ambition —a commercial artist. Winsome. Member of the Art, Latin, French and Dramatic clubs. Look at some of her sketches gracing the Art Room. HELEN LUCILLE CAMPBELL Twice captain of Swimming Team. Two monograms in swimming. Captain, two monograms in tennis. Manager, letter in basketball. Assistant manager, monogram, two letters in hockey. Abingtonian staff. Student Council. Junior Fourth Estate. Commencement speaker. Hi-Y treasurer. Math Club. President, vice president, secretary of Reading Club, junior class and A. A. Vice president Senior class. Reading, gardening, piano, Wants to be a school teacher. “Oh! Me!” MARY ALICE COLLMER Enjoyed A. II. S. from Room 3. Eats, sleeps, and dreams bookkeeping. Studious. Out for swimming and basketball. Goes smilingly about her work down in the commercial department. Hard-working. Runs the lightning calculator. Appeared in the 1931 Christmas pageant. Mary claims that large metal pretzel cans are adequate protection against mice. CHARLES TITUS CRONEY Class Night hot dog salesman. Sports? Four letters, two monograms. Soccer. Track. Captain of Track Team. Nicknamed Legs. Dramatic, Science, Math clubs. Bus line. Chemistry star. Works in drug store. Always found with Bix. JOSEPH DICKEL Tall. Wavy auburn hair. Looks well in knickers. Soothing voice. Interesting accent. Literary editor of Oracle. Charter member of Junior Fourth Estate Publicity Group. Musical - Band, Boys’ Glee Club. El Bandido tango dancer, Dramatic Club, Membership in National Thespians, Hugh in The Goose Hangs High. Allround development. We forgot his poetry. The Oracl«

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DOROTHY IRENE ACHE For June, 1 932 Excellent work in Latin. Jolly. Member of Latin Club, Glee Club and Spanish Club. Conscientious. Appeared in El Bandido, Rhoda in The Goose Hangs High. Some day expects to hear regularly that old, expression, “Good night, nurse.” WAYNE HARPER AMBLER Baseball man for four years— captain last. Short but fast. Twinkling eyes. Muck Worster’s shadow. A ready grin. Latin, Spanish, Dramatic, and Hi-Y member. Soccer. Kimberley in The Goose Hangs High. Athletic representative and vice president of Athletic Association. Aims high—Yankee second base-man; but expects to be Phillies’ bat boy. MARY ELIZABETH BARNETT Here’s Barney. Marvelous dancer. Demonstrated her talent at Class Night. Lots of golden hair. Slender. French, Dramatic, Debating clubs. Swims. Riding is one of her hobbies A merry laugh. Glee Club. Barney wants to be a professional dancer. We may find her on Broadway soon. WILLIAM ENOS BIXLER Some athlete! Star track man. Can he sock a soccer ball? Glance at his hard-earned letter. Hi-Y boy. Track and swimming candidate. A mathematician, but ask him about advanced algebra—he really doesn’t believe in it! Known as Bix. Going to be a general in the army—that is, he plans to! Spanish and Mathematics clubs. Plays golf and more golf. He’s earned his four stripes! ADELINE ELIZABETH AMBLER Laughing eyes. Brown hair. Add. Member of hockey, swimming, basketball and tennis teams. Dignified. Pleasant. Vice president of Debating Club. Jane in Eligible Mr. Bangs. Active member of Nature, Dramatic and Latin clubs. Secretary of Girls' Athletic Association. Better known as “girl who dashes across the lot for lunch.” Good pal. Efficient stenographer. Quite a dancer. Poetess. “ Keen ” describes Add. MARGARET HELEN BAILEY Merry laugh. Only girl in solid geometry, physics, and trig. Interested in science. Wants to be a dietitian. Tiny. Known as Peg. Member of the Latin, Dramatic, Math and Glee clubs. Appeared with the chorus in Napoleon Naps, and FA Bandido. Likes Dr. Seuss’ il-ustrations in Judge. All in all, Peg’s a wise child. JANET MERRITT BASNEY Tall. Slender and willowy. Genial. A mass of curly, brown hair. A nice voice. Sang in the choruses of Napoleon Naps and El Bandido. Won her numerals in class basketball. The girl with the good-looking car. An enthusiastic member of the Latin, Reading and Dramatic clubs. A diligent worker. Has a well-balanced sense of humor. And who ever saw Janet without Helen! STEWART JOHN BRACK IN RIDGE Step up and get acquainted with Stewart. Scoots is a tall, dark-haired track star. Member of the basketball squad. A monogram man. Quiet. Modest. Popular. Allied himself with the Science Club. Commercial club Interested in outdoor activities—can always tell of interesting experiences hunting, fishing. Likes the theater. Hopes some day to be a director. Camera Club. Always busy doing things for Abington in his unassuming way. , W

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VIRGINIA ELIZABETH EASTBURN Brown eyes. Shy. Soft, brown hair. An art ist. Efficient art editor of Oracle and member of Junior Fourth Estate. Took Art Club prize. Member of Spanish Club. An authoress. Ask Ginny to show you her portfolio of actors and actresses. Destiny- famous portrait artist. Have you seen her self portrait? HELEN CAMPBELL FREEMAN Steady, dependable. A quiet forceful manner. Appreciative of good times. Versatile. Book-loving. Distinguished herself on t he A bin gto n ian Staff. Junior Fourth Estate. Latin Club. An able negative debater. Ready laughter. Willing to work. El Bandido chorus. Eunice in The Goose Hangs High. Lent her services to Reading and Dramatic clubs. Destined to be a successful secretary. Take lots of ability add a pleasing personality and you have Pat. RUSSELL PAGE GREEN That joker from Noble. It describes no one but Russ. Want proof? Joke editor of the Oracle. Gorgeous tenor voice. More proof. Member of the cast of the Belles of Beaujolais. Cherry Blossoms. Napoleon Naps. El Bandido. Sonia. One of the Detroit Octette. Saw action in The Goose Ilangs High. Vice president of the Math Club. Member of Spanish Club. Glee Club. Bovs' Hi-Y. The life of a party. Curly hair. Those eyes! ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE HAINES The ever-smiling Archie. Light hair. Merry blue eyes. Sometimes clouded with perplexity. Editor-in-chief of the Oracle. An honor student. Gets 96 on a P. 0. D. exam with a black cat sitting in his lap. Ambitious. Efficient. Impish. Sportsman. Charter member of Junior Fourth Estate Publicity Committee, Tennis letter man. A consul of the Latin Club. Math and French clubs. Boys’ Hi-Y. Capable leader. Commencement speaker. or June, 1932 MILDRED ELIZABETH EARLE “ Hi Ya Zilch!” and a smile is Millie’s way of greeting every one. And have you heard that giggle? Tell her a joke and she’ll run up and down the scale for you. On a dance floor this small titian-haired lassie is in her glory. Member of the Commercial and Library clubs. Although cut out for a stenographer, her secret ambition is to be an inteiior decorator. Millie has her serious moments. JULIUS JOHN GASSMANN The piccolo and sweet potato player from Weldon. And can he toot them! Band. Tall. Reserved. Known as ‘‘Uncle Yulius.” Science, Spanish and Math clubs. Drives—both car and motorboat. Efficient science student. Wants to be a mechanical engineer so that he can fix his car. EDITH MABEL GRIGG Little girl with lovely hair. Attractive. Lots of friends. French Club. Out for class hockey. Drives a Ford. A dancer. Dramatic Club. Curious. Trusts the world. Latin Club. Tell Edie a story—she likes them. HELEN ELIZABETH HANSEN Here comes Swede! Laughing. Glorious blonde hair. Beautiful contralto voice. In Cherry Blossoms. Madame de Canisy in Napoleon Naps. Jeanne du Barry in El Bandido. Radiant. Commercial Club. Lovable. Vice president of Girls’ League. Dramatic and Glee clubs. Industrious. Ultimate destiny, Eddie Cantor’s Stenog. Typist for Junior Fourth Estate. Ideal girl—ask Marcella. Member of the Detroit Octette. Played on class hockey team. Flowers spread joy, Swede’s joy is to spread flowers of kindness.