Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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JOHN E. STEWART General Stew . . good-natured . . collects pennants . . now radio technician 3 c in Navy . . interested in girls . . out for football team . . hopes to attend Penn . . first serviceman to receive diploma through credits gained in Navy. SUMNER F. SHARMAN General Shar . . seaman 2 c . . president of camera clickers . . track and swimming letterman . . swung golf club . . lazy . . musician . . future engineer or gentleman farmer . . in Navy now. RICHARD A. MacNEEL General Dick . . talkative . . left school in last year to wear a gob's suit . . liked horseback riding . . vice-president of Current News Club . . ambition, to own a small business . . medical discharge from Navy. NORMAN C. ROWDON Commercial Shorty . . good-natured . . comm3rcial class Don Juan . . football monogram . . horse enthusiast . . owns his own . . wrestling and baseball interests . . happy-go-lucky . . has jockey ambitions . . now in Navy. PHILIP E. HENRY General Phil . . deep thinker . . clarinet and sax in band and orchestra . . Elizabethans . . wants to travel . . joined Navy in senior year . . interested in music and aviation . . ambition, to be a civilian again. MYRON C. COLE General Mose . . easy-going and good-natured . . loves to fish and hunt girls? . . member of Ping-Pong Club . . ambition—aviation, but Marine Corps came first. Service Graduates The six boys pictured above received service diplomas because they had completed at least two and a half years of high school work. Others who have entered the service since graduation are as follows: William H. Decker Richard C. DeKalb . William H. Eppehimer Hans Herman Peters Richard H. Robinson Ellis I. Shook ....... Kenneth Snyder........ Ernest G. Zebe Coast Guard Army Air Corps Navy Army Navy .........Navy ......... Navy Coast Guard Others have probably entered the service since this 1945 Yearbook went to press. To these, our regrets that their names are not listed. 10

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January Class 1945 M. B. Messinger, N. Cox, R. De Kalb, R. Handschumacher (Seated) M. Waeltz, S. Eble OFFICERS PRESIDENT Robert E. Handschumacher VICE-PRESIDENT Newton P. Cox, Jr. TREASURER—Richard C. DeKalb SECRETARY—Marie K. Waellz ATHLETIC REPRESENTATIVE Selma J. Eble We of the present have profited by the experiences of the past. We, too, will have to be courageous, open-minded and eager to make right decisions. For only by constant study and by applying what we learn can we be successful in doing our part in the progress of mankind.

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' Ann' . . flashing brown eyes . . quiet and likable . . interested in Navy . . Abingtonian and Badminton Clubs . . favorite occupation—eating ice-cream . . looks forward to being a good receptionist. JEANNE A. BARNDT General Jonny . . varsity letter in cheer-leading . . monogram in basketball and hockey . . interested in Navy . . noted for gymnastic ability . . aims for marriage and the Waves . . career woman next year. RUBY MAE BARRETT Commercial Rube . . quiet and reserved . . collects G. I. letters . . excellent dancer . . hockey and softball teams . . Craft, Style, Canteen Clubs . . plans business school and secretarial career . . then marriage. ALBERT H. BARTHELMEH General Fonse . . that red, red hair . . faithful to Printing Club for three years . . horses and horseback riding his passion . . hopes to own a large dairy farm. LOIS A. BLACKBURN General Loie . . came to us from Frankford High . . J. F. E. . . takes life easy . . plans junior college in September . . aims for secretarial position. ELEANOR F. BLACKLOCK General Hails from Vergennes, Vermont . . Honor Roll student there . . music festival . . Glee Club . . going to Castleton Normal School in Vermont . . wants to be a rural teacher. JANE R. BROCK Commercial Fun-loving . . student coach for Cat and Canary . . J. F. E. typist . . likes to bowl and swim . . plays piano . . future air hostess after cadet nursing. CLARENCE W. BROWN Classical Brownie . . genius but full of fun . . literary member of Abingtonian . . YEARBOOK . . Elizabethans and A Cappella Choir . . consistent Honor Roll marksman . . shutter bug . . villain in Cat and Canary . . engages in wrestling and table tennis . . Commencement speaker . . will study law at Penn. NICHOLAS W. BUTCH Engineering Nick . . ever forget those bow-ties? . . class humorist . . twice on Honor Roll . . constant Student Council member . . Cat and Canary . . YEARBOOK . . Holy City . . sophomore and junior treasurer . . sold hot dogs at football games . . will attend Drexel. DORIS J. CAMPBELL Classical Abingtonian news writer . . heads Intemos entertainment . . natural born actress . . YEARBOOK . . Mammy in Cat and Canary . . highly excitable and gullible . . Holy City chorus . . loves Chinese . . aims for college. 11