Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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MARIE F. LICHETTI MARIE was a faithful hockey player, never missing a practice in three years. She was an active member of the commercial group, but her ambition is to be an airplane hostess. HELEN S. LITCHFIELD HELEN, who hailed from Brighton High, Massachusetts, belonged to the Glee Club and A Cap-pella Choir, and appeared in Anybody's Game. She spends her spare time playing the piano and making hooked rugs. MARIAN C. MALONEY MARIAN has done a very good job as advertising manager of the Abingtonian, besides being an active member of the Etiquette and Dramatic clubs. While dancing is her hobby, she aims at a secretarial job. JANE G. MAURER JANIE made the Honor Roll, was vice-president of the Etiquette Club, belonged to Hi-Y and Senior A Theatre group—all in one year. She saves anything from stamps to photographs. DOMINIC E. MERCALDO DOMINIC showed his talent as a musician in the band for four years, his dramatic ability in the minstrel show and senior play, and his speed on the track squad and varsity cross country team. CAROLINE F. METZ METZIE was treasurer of the Travel Club as well as business manager for the senior play. She models boats and wants to teach handicraft, but she did well that important job of typing announcements. GORDON MULLEN GORDON, who earned his letter as a star swimmer and diver, is ambitious to make the Olympics. He belonged to the Camera, Printing, and Life Saving Clubs, and his hobby is collecting coins and stamps. ROBERT NAYLOR BOB played three years of soccer, making varsity his senior year. He appeared as .Dennis Gibbs in Anybody's Game. His club activities included the Science and Current Events clubs and Student Council membership. M. LOUISE NICHOLS While LOUIE participated in the Latin, Dramatic, and Nature clubs and the Hi-Y, she found time to belong to the Student Council for two years. Her ambition is to be a kindergarten teacher. GRACE M. NICKERSON GRACE, who came from Utica Free Academy, was a prompter for Anybody's Game. NICK enjoys reading and traveling, but we enjoyed her New York accent and helpful attitude. 21

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V. KATHRYN GREENER MICKEY was class songstress. Ambitious for a professional career, she sings on the radio and has taken part in Glee Club concerts and operettas. Mickey may be small, but she can play an accordion. EVELYN M. HANSEN EVE was an active member of the Etiquette and Travel clubs. She likes to listen to the radio and save clippings about Abington. To be a private secretary is her ambition. MARY M. HARTMAN MARY has been a staunch member of the Commercial and Travel clubs. Her favorite hobby is knitting, but she aspires to be a secretary. HELEN HASSENPLUG Honor winner everywhere—letters in hockey and basketball, monograms in track and tennis, Commencement speaker, Yearbook staff, Latin Club consul, Class Night chairman, Hi-Y treasurer, Local History Club vice-president, HASS received three Civic Attitude awards and graced the Honor Roll. HELEN H. HERZ HELEN served three years on the Oracle art staff, was co-captain of the debating team, and belonged to the Latin, Commercial, and Etiquette clubs. Probably a future lecturer. KATHERINE A. HICKS KATHERINE has been for four years a member of the Travel and Commercial clubs. Her hobbies are dancing and knitting, but the class hockey team boasted her support. MILDRED L. HOERLEY Class hockey, Honor Roll, and Student Council membership indicate MILDRED'S varied abilities. Active in the Latin and Dramatic clubs, she had a clever role in the senior play. FLORENCE H. JOHNSON Although FLOSSIE was a member of the band and orchestra four years, her success as business manager for Anybody's Game” and ad collector for the Abingtonian indicate a commercial career. HERBERT KUHN HERB, the all-round boy, was president of the junior class and vice-president of the senior class. He won letters in football, basketball, and soccer, and took prominent part in operettas and musical events. ARTHUR F. LEFFERTS Jack of all trades—and good at all. ART made the Honor Roll, tennis squad, Junior Fourth Estate, and Student Council, was editor-in-chief of the Oracle, spelling champion, and aopeared in Anybody's Game. 20

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ELIZABETH E. OTT BETTY” will have to stop saying Shucks when she becomes a private secretary. She belonged to the Scrapbook, Travel, and Camera clubs and served as secretary of the Printing Club. ELEANOR L. REED REEDY, who likes to make scrapbooks and take pictures, has been a three-year member of the Leathercraft Club. Out for hockey in her junior year, she now wants to become a physical education teacher. RICHARD F. PETERS PETE liked his German well but printing better. In his junior year, he won his monogram for track and as a senior helped manage the wrestlers. In Anybody's Game he played the masculine lead. EDWARD L. REIM BINKEY, voted the cutest boy in the class, earned his letter in wrestling and a monogram in soccer. He yras a member of the Local History Club for three years. His hobby is tropical fish. MARY N. PHILLIPS PHIL, class optimist, made a suit for her senior project. She was prompter for Anybody's Game and, having served as president of the Care of the Sick Club, is going into training as a nurse. KENNETH C. PLEWES KEN received Civic Attitude Awards, was an honor student, and member of the Band and Math Club, but found time to win letters in football and wrestling. For building model boats, he gained the Rotary Hobby Prize. GEORGE A. RAESLY AMBROSE displayed his talent as an actor in Anybody's Game, besides going out for track and soccer teams. He would rather drive racing cars than eat. DOROTHY A. SCHAEFER DOT, typist for the Abingtonian and member of the Junior Fourth Estate, belonged to the Little Theatre, Style, Etiquette, and Local History clubs, and was on the oublicity committee for Anybody's Game. He hobby is stamp collecting. MARY C. SCHLAFER MARY has been a member of the Commercial Club for her four years at high school. A devotee of crocheting and fond of reading, she aims to be a mathematics teacher. JOHN G. SCHWARZ JOHN, the Iron Man of Railroads, argues on the I. C. C. or any subject connected with trains. He majored in mechanical drawing and served on the football squad but, of course, aims to be a railroad executive.