Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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DORIS ELIZABETH GILMOUR Doris, Frankford’s presentation. Wavy, blonde hair. Blue eyes. Dramatic Club. Assistant stage manager of Senior Play. Swimming. Etiquette C1 u b. Class hockey. Public Speaking Play. Clever hostess. Bridge. French Club. Charmingly quiet. FLORA MARIE GLORIAXXA GRASTY Pianist. A study in real life. A combination of laughter, sincerity, and pride. Sunny smile. Many friends. Indian squaw'. Latin and Dramatic clubs. A picture of joy. EDITH HANSEN Smiling. Blue eyes. Edie. Commercial and Spanish clubs. Basketball. El Bandido. Glee Club. Track. Swimming. Never serious. Dramatic Club. Roller skates. Class hockey and swimming. Always arguing. Jig-saw puzzles. Further references: Freda Sowers. JOHN HENRY HEISS Good-natured Jack. Big boy. The more to like. Baseball enthusiast. Soccer and football squads. Champion bowler. Dramatic, -Science and Math clubs. Generous. Bridge fan. Najoleon Naps. Can take a joke like a gentleman. DOROTHY MATILDA HOGG Flockey star. Blonde. Writes letters. Dot. Track. Dramatic Club. Class basketball. Reads. Hi-Y. Student Council. Those blushes. Latin Club consul. Class treasurer. Honor Roll. Senior Play. Missionary-to-be. Commencement orator. Prize winner. Versatile Dorothy. PHYLLIS FREED HOLT Quiet. Reading, Dramatic, and Commercial clubs. Brown hair. Agreeable personality. Phil. Exhibition dancer in Class Night program. Very efficient. Makes everyone around her happy. LOUISE ELIZABETH HUGH Commercial Club. Glee Club. Conscientious. Sonia. Class basketball. Blushes. A Cappella Choir. Senior Play Committee. Likes children and singing. A smiling, blue-eyed blonde. MARJORIE DOROTHY HULL Tall. Slender. Curls. President Library Club. Class track. Reading, Dramatic, Latin clubs: Sonia. The Thirteenth Chair. El Bandido. A (low of words. Fond of smiling. Nonchalant. Amiable. Corresponds w'ith Presidents. The lady of the library. ABRAHAM JACOBS Dark eyes. Math shark. Soccer. Chief electrician for the Senior Play. Vice-president of the Math Club. An authority on advanced Algebra. Quiet. Science Club. Concentration is his middle name. MARION ELIZABETH JOHNSON Auburn hair in profusion. Brown eyes. Class hockey. Commercial Club. Orchestra. Etiquette Club. Typist. Reads. Plays the fiddle. Unheard but not unseen.

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GRACE DREW Tall blonde. Girls’ track. Glee and Dramatic clubs. Talks. Napoleon Saps, El Bandido. A Cappella Choir. Reads. French Club. Interested in others’ troubles. Artist at the piano. ELEANOR SARAH DUXSMORE Scotland’s lassie. Dark brown hair. Wants to live across the seas. Oracle typist. Does she know shorthand ? Charming. Untiring worker. Commercial Club. Has weakness for Macbeth. FRANCIS EVAN ELWELL, 3rd Franny to you. Can he build model stage coaches? In Franny’s words, right you are. Science Club. Remember the P. T. A. play? “Bully old dear,” wasn’t he? Pan-American Club and Band. Does that curly hair come from thinking? WILLIAM SMITH ENGLE Jovial disposition. Ever see Bill without a car? Loves to tinker with machinery. Science, Aircraft and Stamp clubs. Vice-president of the last. Enjoys reading. Sometimes called Skinny. A born mechanic. NANCY ELIZABETH FOWLER Tickets! Tickets! Anyone seen Nan? W hen she isn't managing the tickets for the Opera or the Operetta, she is singing or being useful somewhere in the high school. Commercial, Glee and Dramatic clubs. Six operas and operettas. President of Library Club. Cleveland Octette. If you want something done in a hurry, ask for Nan. ROBERT ROWLAND FRAIM Always laughing. Science and Mathematics clubs. Expert manager and electrician for school productions. Likes to tell jokes. Ardent amateur photographer. Honor Roll. President of Science Club. Camera Club. W riter. Runs the movie machine. Excels in Chemistry. Class clown. Looks good in a bathing suit. A gentleman, a scholar, and a wit. ALFRED WALTER FREELAND Gay. One of the most reliable boys that ever entered Abington. Editor-in-chief of the Oracle. President o f Pan-American Club. Loves the Poconos. Science, Math, Stamp and Latin clubs. Junior Fourth Estate. Walks at night. Champion typist. Responsibility personified. The Thirteenth Chair. Commencement speaker. Dignified. A future bank president. WILLIAM PAUL FRICK ER Mercury incarnate. T rack and football star. Happy-go-lucky. One-woman man. Likes the environment of a post office. Commercial and Science clubs. Favorite occupation, walking. First to enter the portals of matrimony. NATHAN HENRY GELLERT, Jr. Chicken. Latin Club. El Bandido. Mathematics and Science clubs. A Cappella Choir. Sonia. The Marriage of Nannette. Fond of gardening. Loyal. Glee Club. Senior Play. Witty. Interested in electricity. Wild about boats. A fine fellow. JOHN ELWOOD GIBSON Jack. Strong physique. Sincere look. Frank expression. Unconquerable determination. Biology and P. O. D. student. Active in school publicity. Competent tutor. Heap big Indian Class Night. A sketch of pride and poise.

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GLADYS ELIZABETH JONES Blue eyes. Blonde liair. Quiet Peggy. Etiquette and Latin clubs. Secretary German Club Loves to read and eat. Good dancer, ask the boys. To be neat seems to be her main object in life. A secretary born. LEONARD HARRY KELLY Len. Curly hair. Oracle staff Parliamentarian of Hi-Y. Reserved. Junior E'ourth Estate Star reporter. Marvelous dancer Soccer and Swimming teams Diver. President of Aircraft Club. Lively. Band and Orchestra. Clever drummer. Science, Math and Glee Clubs. El Bandido and Sonia. A Cappella Choir. A modern minuteman. DOROTHY JOAN KNILEY Soft blonde hair. Blue, blur eyes. Quiet. Attractive. Dramatic Club. Soft spoken. Never in a hurry. Latin Club. The Thirteenth Chair. Happy when shopping. Stars in English and P. O. D. Just Dot. STANLEY DART Li FEVRE Slender. Tall. Stoic. Blushes furiously under strenuous circumstances. Class Treasurer. Football, basketball, baseball, and soccer squads. General Motors of Class Night. Wants to join the navy. Likes to whistle. Wisecracks. A man’s man. BLANCHE FRANCES LICHETT1 Beautiful hazel eyes. Curly brown hair. Dramatic, Hi-Y, and Commercial clubs. Class hockey. Hi-Y Service Desk. Student Council. Homework always done. Vice-president of Commercial Club. Quite a skater. Likes to laugh. Honor Roll. Commencement speaker. Passion for peanuts. Delightful combination. ELIZA B ET H MARGUERITE Mac-lay Betty. Hazel eyes and brown hair. Dramatic and Latin clubs. Helpful. Refreshment Committee of Hi-Y. Ifager. Treasurer and president of Reading Club. Tall. Slender. Napoleon Naps. Sonia. Raises guppies. The Thirteenth Chair. Goldfish. Dignity in person. GERTRUDE ELIZABETH MARTIN Reddish brown hair. Blue eyes. Latin Club. Glee Club. Program committee for Senior Play. Bakes cakes. Makes candy. Reading. Driving. Tennis. History star. The more she sees, the less she speaks. JOSEPH ALVANDOR McNEAL Spartan stature. Commencement speaker. Star discus thrower of Varsity track. Science and Dramatic clubs. Believes that perseverance is the key to success. Journalist. Practices the same. Abington High’s Demosthenes. MARGARET LOUISE McNEAL Genial but dignified. Reticent and amiable. Peggy. Kind smile. Believes that if you smile, the whole world smiles with you. Fond of teasing Flora. Beautiful Indian squaw in Class Night exercises. Latin, Dramatic and Pan-American clubs. Serenity. HENRY MEISEL Husky. Soccer Captain. Ardent admirer of Emerson. Treasurer Hi-Y. and Vocational Club. Science Club. Track. Swimming. Athletic Representative. Who doesn’t know that melodious tenor voice? Glee Club. A Cappella Choir. Poet. Our future missionary. Arguing a specialty. Carnegie Medal hero.