Avonworth High School - De Rebus Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ESQUIRE MODELS IQ? EDXVIIN BAII FY IAIVIES BAI DXNIIN lVlARl0'N BAIQNIIAIQI lxINNrIII B fxsoIII EDWIN BAILEY We Iust couldn t thmk up enough adjectlves to descrIbe EddIe If we trIed you had to know thIs amuslng fellow to ap precIate hIm brought forth gales of laughter wIth hIs Impromptu actmg In the Avonworth Exchange Program yet was serIous as sIn about hIs favorIte subject muslc played trombone In our super band and IS plannIng to take up muslc as a career Edwm ranks tops wIth all hIs classmates IIIvI BALDWIN Known as Curls to hlS many frIends Immy was one fellow who could really fight out there on the football Held belonged to the Avonworth PublIcatIons Club seemed to lIke huntIng and flshmg once gave a swell talk on the values of the skunk In EnglIsh class had a ready smIle for everx one whIch made h1m one of the most pleasant lookIng boys In the senIor class MARION BARNHART Came to Avonworth In hIs Iumor year and stayed Into the mxddle of hIs senlor year He fimshed hIs schoolIng at Greenbrler MIlItary Academy deprIvIng the band and orchestra of hIs fine trumpetmg Barny was quIte well known to both students and faculty known for hIs wIttIcIsms whIch usually amused the students and chastIzed the facultx KENNETH BIASOTTI Ken was another nevvcomer durIng our junnor year who made hImself rIght at home In Avonworth talked In that soft New England drawl whIch every one loved to hear or wce I ersa spent a good bIt of hIs tIme In school thInkIng up wIsecracks to make In class could be found In Avalon OI Bellevue along wIth Harry SBIIZ outslde school hours C K lil . f . ,.. :fy ' ' Q ' V . . . . . . U H . ,-1 'I , K . I . . ,za f .- , ,. , K. C ' . , I we ,.. r . . . :AvA'. I ,IE . . Q 7 Q n

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Mademorselle Page I I Way Together Way To Go ibout the Amerrcan Legron Award? rm Evans 1nd Anna ane Goodwrn got rt here Marron Pollock and Graham Renberg recerved the Hvxards rn Emsworth Tom Haney and Wally McCoy recerved lrke medals at Sacred Heart and ohn Morrow respectrvely Remember swelterrng May Days on a dusty athletrc freld and also the year rt rarned buckets full on all the lovels May Dayers Peg Korb Patsy Berg and Anna ane Goodwm haxe been our addrtron to the court attendants Our slergh rrde on a cold anuary evenrng rn 1940 up at Huffmyers farm proved to be a nrce one ln March of 1940 Drck Selby took the County Champronshrp rn extemp Mr Kuhl our class sponsor has had a lot to put up wrth Thanks Mr Kuhl We re xerx grateful for all your patrent gurdance and democratrc rdeas You ve had more to put up mth rn the past year perhaps than all the rest Ye old P O D class became qurte popular durmg our field trrps around Easter trme How mad we were when Coach Aultman was trans ferred to Emswortl How proud and happy we were when the all senror Hve rn basketball xxent to the stadrum We hated to see Mr lButchJ Kelly turn hrs amazmg talents over to Uncle Sam when the draft came along Hard one to lose Wrll ra look at the head on that and Nrce one complete our rather BEN AVON SENIORS IN 4th GRADE Presrdent Drcrc SELBY Sponsor MR KuHL Vrce Preszdent Iota KELLY Treasurer MARGARET ANN MCKEE Secretary MILDRED IOHNSOIN that by you know who' G R s on Monday Hr Y on Thursdays clnorr practrce on Wed nesday and Young People s on Sunday even mgs were all announcements that made chapel really ours' A prrnted newspaper and what an An ua' We thank you Mr Espy Hanshumaker an hrs women Nrxon and the stage Martha an the productrons Otterson and hrs rngen urty Ruth Mars Ann and the band Patterson and hrs car Ida Iulre and therr Seven Keys Stag and hrs wrt Duff and hrs overalls Evans and sports McMrllan and Cook all plus many more make our memorres fond ones We know that berng graduated rnto a world of war makes thrngs look dark and hard But we can take rt We re ready to take the world on and wrn' We ve gone a long way together and we strll have a long way to go But rf the future years are at all as nrce as the ones that have just passed we shall look forward wrth excrted antrcrpatron 1 I I . . Z . A . e ' J ' . 1 X 7 . . x I ' . : ' -' - limited phraseology. And then l'll check on , , , - . , . , I - . . , - .. . ,, d . : . 5 d . Z . . - gg g .- ,

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MADEMOISELLE MCDDELS RUTH RUTH ANN ABELI MAR1 HA PATSY ALEXANDER BAKER BARRIS BENNETT BERG RUTH ALEXANDER Swoose was one of those girls who were always on the go liked to go places and do things settled down enough to come to Young Peoples and Girl Reserves played a really smooth clarinet in both the band and the orchestra went in for camping life in the summer donated her athletic prowess to Girls Sports Club was sports writer for the AVONEWS and wrote up clubs in the DE REBUS RUTH BAKER Short and sweet just about describes Ruthie to a T paraded before the band durmg football season as one of those pretty drum majorettes everyone raved about had more than her share of responsibilities as chairman of assembly programs for Student Council treasurer of the Girl Reserves and co- advertising manager of the Avonworth Publi- cations . . - besides this Ruth plaved first vio- lin in the orchestra and played the lead in Th Clutching Claw. ANNABELLE BARRIS Annabelle was a newcomer to Avonvxorth in the eleventh grade but she fitted r1ql't into the scheme of thinqs was chieflx prominent in the art department made a great many of those clever posters that decorated the school sang with the Girls Glee Club and belonged to the Girl Re serves had fingernails three inches long that looked like those seen in nail polish ads plans to be a commercial illustrator MARTHA BENNETT Martha was another fine student of Avonworth High was a capable copy editor for the AVONENVS and spent most of her time over in the commercial room alonq with Ida Kuhn belonged to Girl Re serves serving on the dinner committee . . . was student director for the last three plays directed by Mr. Mai e - , . helped produce and write the original mystery, A Livinq Death along with lack Qtterson and Iohn Nixon . . , plans to teach English some day. PATSY BERG Lithe agile P tsy was as gay as a May breeze . . . spread her talents over a wide variety of things was secretary of Girl Reserves sang second soprano ln the Girls' Chorus . , . also was vice-president of the Stu- dent Council and an advertising olicitor for the Publications Club . . , liked particularly to swim and draw being good at both . . . served as attendant to May Queen. Grace McCaren. in her junior year.