Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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BERT SUMNER “Butch” His hair might be what you’d call rose blonde. He is always in the hall on business — (monkey business?) Bert seems to have a weakness for brunettes. He’d like to race Sir Malcolm Campbell or Armstrong. JOYCE TERRY i' To be a nurse is her aim. r Joyce is the kind of girl who ican be depended upon, and (Who is always willing to Vjhelp. She likes to knit, and hates liver. EUGENE WANDELL “Gene” The merry twinkle in his eye belies his reputation for being serious. One of Van’s pals. IDA WELLS Short and jolly. She says she’d like to be able to cook when and what she pleases. Doesn’t like to meet strangers. If she had a day to do as she pleased, she’d use it for a worthy cause—to catch up on her back work. CARLTON WITTIE He's a serious chap whose pet aversion is snakes. He, too, likes to tinker with cars. If he had a day to do as he pleased, he’d take a long boat ride. DOROTHY TALADA “Dot” A faithful friend. We don’t wonder that she wants to be a home economics teacher— she wields a deft needle and doesn’t burn water while boiling it. “Dot” is very fond of dancing, swimming, and camping. MARIAN WALLIN A collector of poems, and another potential nurse. Marian would like to be able to play some musical instrument. She is the possessor of beautiful fingernails—so pretty they had to be mentioned. LAWRENCE WEED You can usually find him in the typing room, but we don’t know’ why. His pet aversion is dandelion greens. Lawrence likes to tinker with a car. JACK WHITE Radio is his hobby, and joking his favorite diversion. His laugh is infectious. Jack is a German student, and writes all his notes in German. Is that fair? LOIS ZIMMER “Dutch” “Dutch’s” pet superstition is the wearing of someone else’s birthstone ring. She would like to travel all over the world, but has to be satisfied with taking long walks. How about rollerskating or horseback riding, “Dutch”? Page fifteen

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GEORGE ROBINSON He would make a public speaker, but that isn’t his idea. George is interested in all things mechanical, and takes great delight in ‘‘tinkering”. He’d like to take a ride in an open cockpit plane. DONALD SHAY “Don” “Don” can be relied upon to do the task assigned him. He has a weakness for wasting nickels in slot machines. CARLYLE SMITH “Lyle” Here’s a quiet fellow whose chief interests are hunting and fishing. He prefers dark colors, and likes to read. “Lyle” likes to travel. LYNN SMITH ' Lynn has high aspirations —aviation is his chief in-. terest. The fact that he plays a trumpet does not indicate that he’s an angel. EVELYN SPENCER She sings, and dislikes prunes and murder stories. Evelyn collects stamps, post cards, and souvenirs, and likes to write letters. She also saves the ones she receives. She’s an omnivorous reader. PAUL STAFFORD A basketball player who hates farming. Paul doesn’t have a lot to say, but he did tell us that his favorite song is “I Have No Use for the Women”. Now, how can that be? Give the girls a chance, Paul. (He blushes divinely) ELOISE ROCKWELL “Tommy” Any kind of sport suits her, just so it’s chock-full of action. She just can’t stand inactivity. With “Tommy” around, there’s never a dull moment. She likes to camp, and wishes that she were a boy so she could be a forester. CHARI ES SKINNER “Scoop” “Scoop” takes his duties as class president seriously. His reputation for being bashful has been ruined by senior parties—eh, girls? A radio fan. JOSEPH SMITH “Joe” A fisherman is he—and a zealous one. His favorite occupation, however, is sleeping “Joe’s” suppressed desire is to sleep for twenty-four hours. (Suppressed?) CHARLES SOPER “Soapy” “Soapy” is a baseball player, who twangs a mean Jew’s-harp. A good-natured, earnest fellow. He has intermittent attacks of Ford trouble. IRENE SPRINGER “Renie” This serious-eyed miss wants to take up beauty culture. She usually wear brown, which, indeed, looks well on her. Irene likes to dance and swim. ELMER STROPE Elmer is a super-violinist. He’s another one of these retiring fellows, whose secret ambition is to pilot an airplane. He likes to read and go to movies. Page fourteen

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class msTecy Aye, Aye, Sir, the class ship of 1936 has dropped her anchor safe and sound at her home port. What a glorious, beautiful trip it has been together for four years, taking, battling, and conquering the hardships of a great sea voyage! It was a warm, sunny day in September, 1932, that the class ship of 1936 was launched and started on her four year voyage with her decks full of young boys and girls. What a happy, studious group it soon turned out to be. Late in the year when far out at sea, the class of 1936 was organized and Paul Anderson took over full command of the ship. With “Andy” as captain we reached our first port safe and sound, having made a few good contributions to the field of athletics, and having earned a high record for scholastic ability. On our second voyage, as sophomores, Charles Skinner had command of the ship. We were well used, by now, to the customs and habits of sea voyages. The class ship of 1935 held a dance to welcome us to the long line of graduate and under-graduate ships. We became one of the prominent ships on the voyage, giving T-Dances, contributing material to athletics, and buying our class pins. Thus we again reached a long-sought port. We then discovered that our journey as sailors was half over. We had entered our junior year on the sea, with none other than Paul Anderson, our first captain, in command again. What a year, with the students more enthusiastic about the voyage than ever before! The voyag-eurs during their third year took part in athletics, purchased class rings, erected a small booth for the sale of junior candy, had a bake sale, and T-Dances. The funds from these events helped the ship of 1936 to stage the gala event of the year for the senior ship of 1935—the Junior-Senior Prom, and finally to make port, free from debt. At last we, the ship of 1936, join the endless line of ships at the home port. All of the students have looked forward to reaching this one goal—graduation. We have reached our goal after a short, happy, eventful year with Charles Skinner in command again. We contributed material to the field of athletics; made a great success of our senior play, “Growing Pains”; organized clubs; took leading parts in the operetta; and, with the help of many others, edited this Annual. Our voyage of four never-to-be-forgotten years is over. We have reached one of the greatest ports of our life. What other ports of life are we destined to dock at? Who knows? We are all hopeful that the mates on the 1936 ship will reach other great harbors of fame and fortune. So we, the travelers on the class ship of 1936, bid each other, and Athens High School, “Farewell and Happy Landing.” Bette Davies Page sixteen