Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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LAURA M. VANDEGRIFT Speaking of crowded hours! LAURA was a member of Student Council, Hi-Y, and Junior Fourth Estate, Abingtonian typist, feminine lead in Anybody's Game, and class hockey and basketball player. Commencement speaker, she won commercial honors. LILLIAN M. WESSELS LIL won her monogram for swimming, played class hockey and basketball, and is an expert dancer. Etiquette, Commercial, and Dramatic clubs attracted her, and she started her business career by soliciting ads. JEAN M. WEICHARDT REDS showed her dramatic ability as Lulu in Anybody's Game. Interested in dancing, graceful JEAN joined the Modern Dancing, Dramatic, Etiquette, and Style clubs. She hopes to have a stage or screen career. E. CLYDE WRIGHT CLYDE never missed a day of high school and even went on Saturday to the Temple Convention. Actor in Anybody's Game, vice-president of the Current Events Club, he loves two sports, baseball and arguing. RICHARD H. YOUNG DICK was too busy to miss a day. Besides singing in the minstrel and operettas, and belonging to the Dramatic Club, Hi-Y, and band, he wrote sports for Abingtonian and Yearbook and played basketball, tennis, baseball, and football. 24 .

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FRANK SHARP, JR. FRANK has been the towering light of the basketball team for four years. A member of the Etiquette, Vocational, and Current Events clubs, he likes horseback riding, driving, and hunting, and has musical ability. VIRGINIA R. SHEIL Sketching filled this artist's leisure time after she played class hockey and basketball. A member of the Etiquette, Bird, Style, Dramatic, and Local History clubs, GINNY is studying the use of the comptometer. WILLIAM SHINN BILL was a member of the boys' chorus in the Minstrel Show. He once held a place on the Honor Roll and was in the Commercial and Garden clubs. EARLE H. SMITH, JR. A pianist and organist, EARLE hopes to continue with music as his career. Endman in two minstrels, actor in Anybody's Game, and interested in photography, he belonged to several clubs. Those suspenders! JANET J. SMITH JANET, excellent in sports, served on Student Council, was vice-president of the Hi-Y, sang in three operettas, won Civic Attitude awards, was a Commencement speaker, played in Anybody's Game, and was an honor student. ROBERT J. SMITH BOB helped sports as cheer leader, tennis player, and swimmer. His good voice was heard in A Cappella Choir, Glee Club, and Robin Hood. President of Magazine and Little Theatre clubs and Yearbook associate, he still made good marks. NELDA B. SOWERS NEL, a true sportswoman, earned three letters and three monograms in hockey, basketball, and track. Besides holding two class offices, she was secretary of the Commercial Club and did her bit as announcement typist. ALICE M. STOCKER ALICE, a member of Oracle and Yearbook staffs and Junior Fourth Estate, showed her dramatic ability in Anybody's Game, was on the track team, and belonged to the Bird and Local History clubs. ELEANOR R. THEURER EL, a staunch Commercial Club member, served as announcement typist. Although she enjoys reading and seeing movies, she looks forward to a career as bookkeeper. LORRAINE E. TITLOW Abingtonian editor, Hi-Y, Junior Fourth Estate, announcement typist, act tress in Anybody's Game, treasurer of the Little Theatre Club, Commercial Club member, and Honor Roll student—that's LORRAINE. Her autograph collecting and creative writing occupied her spare time.

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CLASS Mackie Wunderle Mary Niblock Allen Okamoto John Donahue OF JUNE, 1937 CLASS OFFICERS Victor Koenig President Mackie Wunderle........Vice-President Mary Niblock.................Secretary Allen Okamoto .............. Treasurer John Donahue Athletic Representative CLASS MOTTO Count that day lost Whose low descending sun Views from thy hand No worthy action done. CLASS COLORS Blue and Silver W. H. ALBRIGHT Sponsor CLASS FLOWERS White Rose and Forget-me-not VICTOR KOENIG President SPONSOR’S MESSAGE To the June Class of 1937: It is up to the June class of 1937 to help to prove to the parents and other taxpayers of Abington Township that the money spent for school purposes pays large dividends. It is expected that each graduate of Abington High School has learned how to work as well as how to use profitably an ever increasing amount of leisure time. Abington has a right to expect that her graduates become good citizens, rendering service in the community; for from those to whom much is given, much is expected.