Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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ORACLE 1945 WILLIAM H. DECKER Engineering Bud . . has a way with girls . . can really cut a rug . . cheer leader in senior B year . . collects match covers . . plans mechanical engineering course at Penn State. RICHARD C. DeKALB General Archie . . cute blonde . . treasurer of Senior A class . . Cat and Canary . . dry sense of humor . . his hobbies, airplanes and girls . . sang in Holy City and A Cappella . . Walt's steady partner . . plans Air Corps Reserve. JOHN W. DEKER Engineering Deice . . excellent mathematician . . takes showers with glasses on . . good looking . . Student Council member . . Honor Roll . . Cat and Canary . . track and soccer teams for three years . . Holy City . . Current Science Club president . . plans college. EVELYN R. DENBY Commercial Evie . . have you heard her tickle those ivories? . . likable . . Honor Roll student . . switchboard operator . . Glee Club . . A Cappella Choir . smooth dancer . . somebody's stenog. HARLAN C. DURFEE Engineering Durf . . Abingtonian co-editor . . YEARBOOK . . varsity football . . Cat and Canary . . Holy City . . A Cappella Choir . . A. P. S. L. Latin Award . . often on Honor Roll . . Commencement speaker . . respected for character . . intends to enter ministry. SELMA JANE EBLE Classical Boom . . swimming captain . . varsity hockey, tennis . . never missed Honor Roll . . Civic Attitude Award . . Student Council . . Cat and Canary lead . . Senior A. .A. representative . . Abingtonian. YEARBOOK, J. F. E. . . Internos . . Commencement speaker . . Swarthmore next. WILLIAM H. EPPEHIMER Vocational Eppe . . trombone in band and orchestra . . Holy City . . Paul in Cat and Canary . . enjoys sailing and music . . best known for his girls . . plans to go to Naval School of Music. DOROTHY M. FLETCHER General Dot . . quiet redhead . . likes horseback riding and ping pong . . Badminton Club . . Elizabethan Sing?rs . . wants to travel . . always jolly . . YEARBOOK . . college, next stop. LAWRENCE E. FOYLE General Larry . . good sport . . captain of football team . . snappy jitterbug . . likes grils . . swings sax . . hit Honor Roll twice . . Student Council member . . hopes to join Navy Air Corps. MARIE J. GEIGER General Re . . quiet and shy . . Nature, Canteen, and Craft Clubs . . likes reading and sewing . . ambition—to get married. 13

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MF DORIS L. CLAMPFFER Commercial Attractive brunette . . oh, those blue eyes . . Teletype, Home Nursing, Sewing clubs . . Glee Club . . main interest—that Navy man and jitterbugging . . collects records . . will study beauty culture. MARY CLYDE Commercial Toots . . girl with many sister3 . . sense of humor . . senior play coach . . YEARBOOK . . typist for Abington-ian . . member of Glee Club . . loves to play piano . . library worker . . ambition—air-line hostess or secretary. WILLIAM C. COCHRAN Scientific Beezy . . left school early to start at Ursinus . Student Council . . Civic Attitude Award . . Oh. that dry wit! . . his ambition, to become a doctor . . Abingtonian . . sailing, hunting, and fishing enthusiast. JACK E. COOK General Cookie . . Drafting Club president . . strong varsity football lineman . . likes girls, sports . . remember how he glided across the dance floor? . . hopes to become draftsman or join Sea Bees. M. CAROLYN COOK Scientific Cookie . . busy hockey manager . . YEARBOOK . . Internos senior year . . talkative . . J. F. E. . . wants to be nurse or secretary . War Bonds and Stamps chairman senior year . . plans includes college. ALMA M. COONEY Commercial Almie” . . Abingtonian staff . . YEARBOOK . . lovely brown-eyed brunette . . interested in Army . . commercial department's right arm . . cashier in cafeteria . . smooth personality . . secretarial career . . and then marriage. KENNETH F. COOPER Vocational Coop . . clarinet tooter in band and orchestra . . crazy about radio and aviation . . curly hair . . plans to be a flyer . . in A. A. F. reserve now. EDGAR M. CORSON Scientific Fritz . . vice-president of Science Club in junior year . . always using wippy theories to prove his point, especially in geometry . . late dater . . intends to enter college jo become a chemical engineer. NEWTON P. COX Classical Newt . . senior vice-president . . Student Council . . talented actor in Cat and Canary . . two Christmas plays . . Elizabethans, A Cappella basso . . known for rare Latin translations . . the Voice . . fluent English . . shot putter for track team . . future Baptist minister. WARREN F. DAHL Vocational Dolly . . member of varsity wrestling team . . ardent sports fan . . one of machine shop's best . . future plans point to Blue and Gold of Navy. 12

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ORACLE 1945 ELEANOR J. GEYER General Tall brunette . . enthusiastic football supporter . . member of Canteen and Abingtonian Clubs . . future office worker . . loyal Abingtonian . . likes to sew. EDWARD D. GILSON General Ted . . track team . . Cat and Canary villain . . singing is his dish . . A Cappella Choir . . Student Council two semesters . . Old English Christmas . . Elizabethans . . mad about girls . . aims for Navy. ANN GIMBEL General Constantly talking . . hockey varsity . . YEARBOOK . . Glee Club . . music enthusiast . . wears a pair of silver wings . . attended high school in Tampa and Miami Beach . . bicycled across country . . heading for college. W. HARRISON HALL General Har . . president of Camera Club . . Cat and Canary cast . . ever see him without a camera? . . fascinated by old jalopies . . Abingtonian and YEARBOOK photographer . . wants to be professional cameraman. ROBERT E. HANDSCHUMACHER Scientific Hans . . class president and Romeo three years . . three Civic Attitude Awards . . constant Honor Roll and Student Council member . . Commencement speaker . . YEARBOOK . . Cat and Canary lead . . president of Science and Debate Clubs . . enjoys chemistry , . plans for Drexel . . finalist for Westinghouse Scholarship. JANE E. HARRAR Commercial Janie . .cute . . girls envious of her hair . . Student Council . . vice-president of Alumni-in-Service and manager of Badminton Club . . advertising for Abingtonian . . will hold position as secretary . . until Mr. Right comes along. PHYLLIS S. HARVEY General Phyl . . sunny disposition . . musically inclined . . Elizabethan Singers . . sang with A Cappella choir . . Susan in An Old English Christmas . . likes to cook and sew . . plans teaching course in college next year. JEAN L. HEMMERLY General Noisy brunette . . Student Council . . Abingtonian typist . . Glee Club . . interested in Navy . . student coach in senior play . . those brown eyes . . likes singing . . will train for nursing. JANE L. HiNCHCLIFFE Classical Janie . . petite and trim . . lovely soprano voice . . A Cappella choir . . Elizabethan Singers . . Holy City pianist . . Internos . . assembly organist . . college career ahead. MARKELL A. HOLLOWAY General Mark . . quiet . . unusually talented . . plays smooth sax in band and orchestra . . equally skilled on clarinet and piano . . individual style in arranging and composing . . a musician's life for him. 14