Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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MADISON YERKES SAURMAN Blond hair, blue eyes. Intra-mural baseball and football. Band three years. Unassuming and quiet. Clarinet and saxophone, his hobbies. Spends his leisure time practising on them. Musical aspirations. ELIZABETH DOROTHY SCOTT Curly blonde hair. Blue eyes. Dot. Honor Roll. Reading and Dramatic clubs. Student Council. Scribe of Latin Club. Vice-president Hi-Y. Civic Attitude Award. Dignified. Ask her about periphrastics! Student, reader and musician. VIRGINIA ALVINE SEIFERT Ginny. Dark wavy hair. Gray-blue eyes. Abingtonian staff. Babs. A Prince There Was. Latin and Glee clubs. Girls' Hi-Y. A Cappella Choir. Second consul of Latin Club. Loves reading. Enjoys good plays. Student Council. Can she learn languages? Junior Fourth Estate. RICHARD STONEMAN SHEIL Abington’s traveler. Gob. Happy when he’s hiking or camping. Art, Aircraft, Latin and Stamp clubs. Quiet and likable. Interested in Boy Scouts. A rover. JAMES WARD SMITH Jimmy. A born leader. First Consul of Latin Club. Bab. A Prince There Was. Poise. Loves to draw. Deep thinker. Three civic awards. Vice-president o f Student Council. Forceful debater. Collects stamps. Honor Roll. Aspires to the role of college professor. A perfect choice. MARJORIE HELEN SMITH Brown hair. Green eyes. A Cappella Choir. Abingtonian. Collects souvenirs. Honor Roll. Glee and Latin clubs. A Prince There Was. Archery. Wants to be a laboratory technician. President German Club. Interesting person to know. Those dog poems. JOHN JOSEPH SPEESE Spike. Chin of determination. Football and track let-terman. Dramatics. Debating. Honor Roll. Boxes for a pastime. Fond of politics. A man who says what he thinks. Exponent of liberalism. EDITH MABEL SPENCER Laughing blue eyes. Light brown hair. Edie. Honor Roll. Student Council. Debates. Hi-Y. Latin and Dramatic clubs. Versatile. Sally and Company. A Prince There Was. Secretary of class. Secretary of Dramatic Club. Treasurer Girls’ Hi-Y. Civic Attitude Award. Likes dogs. Personality plus. FELIX SUMMA Crisp curls of black. Brown eyes. Vocational, Mathematics and Science clubs. Mathematical wizard. Intramural basketball. Mathema tically gifted. Shy. Genuine. EDWARD ROBERT THOMSON Ted. Always in lab or music room. Glee Club. A Cappella Choir. Hard worker. A Prince There Was. Band and Orchestra. Note that laugh. Likes to shoot a gun and toot a cornet.

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EDWARD PERRY MOORE Smiling blue eyes and light brown hair. Science and Camera clubs. Athletic. Out for baseball. Football monogram. Retiring. WILLIAM NICHPARENKO Nick. From South Philadelphia High School. Radio fan. Chairman of the Radio Club. Hikes. Sleek brown hair. How he could argue on Sam Johnson. A born salesman! % WARREN OWENS Suave valet in A Prince There Was. Auburn-haired artist. Abingtonian staff. Reserved—except when he’s with Jimmy Smith. Latin Club treasurer. Junior Fourth Estate. Honor Roll permanent. ALBERT RUSSELL PARKHOUSK The President. Led junior and senior classes. All-around man. Vice-president of Ath letic Association. Efficient. Student government awards. Personality plus. Soccer captain. Track. Basketball. Smiling head cheer leader. Abingtonian business manager. Clear thinker. Honor Roll student. He who knows Russ likes him! Junior Fourth Estate. NORMAN HERBERT PEIFFER The quiet boy from Los Angeles. B a I dy . Good-natured. Track, Spanish. Aircraft and Glee clubs. Sonia. Keen sense of humor. A Cap-pel la Choir. A Prince There Was. Passion for jig-saw puzzles. Mechanical engineer. Flying high. FRANCIS WILLIAM PHILLIPS Tall. Blond. Good looking. A persistent and willing worker. Science Club. Quiet. Loves to drive a car. Ardent baseball fan. A reporter. Attractive personality. JUNE MARY PIERCE June. Blonde. Hazel eyes. Sally and Company. A Prince There Was. Dramatic, Latin, Glee clubs. A Cappella Choir. Devotee of music. El Bandi-do, Sonia. Bells of Capistrano, Lady of The Terrace. Dietitian to be. Contagious smile. RUDOLPH KURT POLAK Rudy. Band letter. Boxing championship. Debating. Young America and A Prince There Was. Orchestra. Stage manager. Chemical photographer. A wit. JOHN SIDNEY ROSSITER Johnnie. Tall, blond and handsome. Football manager. Basketball squad. Student Council. Dramatic and Latin clubs. Writes woodsy stories. Winning personality. Seeks higher education. Inconveniences himself to show another courtesy. ELEANOR RUTH SAURMAN Blonde hair. Blue eyes. Commercial Club. Bells of Capistrano. Class hockey. Destined to become world’s fastest typist. A Cappella Choir. Glee Club. Announcements. Competent.

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WILSON CLEMMER TRIOL A SKETCH Willie. All-around athlete and clubman. Four-letter man. Basketball. Baseball. Football co-captain. Swimming. Blue, blue eyes. Science, Glee and Camera clubs. Sonia. President Athletic Council. Persistent. Loves to travel. KATHRYN MINERVA VINCENT Class basketball a n d hockey. Curly lashes. A competent secretary. Trips the light fantastic. Demure. Reliable. Commercial Club. Peculiar grin. Where’s Vinnief Find Eleanor! DAISY ELIZABETH WARMERDAM Day. Light brown hair. Blue eyes. Commercial Club. Enjoys hockey and keeping accounts. Fated to be somebody’s bookkeeper. A sweet expression. HARRIET LORRAINE WATSON Dancing gray eyes. Blonde curls. Jane’s Siamese twin. Wattie. Commercial Club. Writes poetry. Likes to draw and swim, but spelling,—Oh my! Dances. A designer. JOHN ERNEST WAUGH Coke. Science Club. Studying for dentistry. A skater. A golf fan. Our gang comedies. A quiet, elegant gentleman. Tall straight trunk—massive houghs— glossy leaves of green. Rugged hark—knotted limbs—centuries have seen. Edward Gillingham, ’34. JOSEPH WILLIAMS Sj ecs. Snappy cheer leader. Bells of Capistrano. Penn Chorus. Black hair. Science Club. A Cappella Choir. Glee Club. Freckles. Collects stamps. Aspires to be an accountant. “Can I help you?’’ LOIS ANNETTE WILLIAMS Attractive. French, Reading and Dramatic clubs. Blonde. Willing worker. Plans to be a kindergarten teacher. Loves to read. Sunny disposition. Latin Club. Sweet. MARY ELIZABETH WRIGHT Betty. The class beauty. Gypsy like. Loves to read and dance. Reading and Commercial clubs. Prompter for the Senior Play. Likes lots of buttons. Charming. ELSIE JANE YOST Tiny. Curly brown hair. Class hockey. Announcements. Varsity basketball. Dancer. Commercial, Spanish and Glee Clubs. Bells of Capistrano. Junior Fourth Estate. Talker. Loves to wear brown. Fond of reading and swimming. A twinkle in her eye.