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

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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.

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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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MASCULINELY SPEAKING CHARLES BOLEKY We always thought Chuck a bashful soul until his last year of high school when he changed radically good looking full of fun he was a popular num ber with both senior and junior girls sal his hobby was chemistry but Mr Black some in his freshman year by exploding a tear gas fountain pen BILL DONOVAN Bill was one of the fem quiet seniors who came from Emsworth didn t talk much but was liked bx everyone played for the Emsworth Independents down at the Y didnt look as if he were fast un less you saw him dash out of the school after his last class in order to get a ride home to Emsworth plans to be a draftsman at the Armory SAM DUFF Sam was really an all-around fellow . . . played on the football team . . . he the important position of vice-president of Ben Avon Hi-Y . . . was treasurer of the National Honor Society . . . lent his powerful voice to Boys Glee Club , . , worked many long hours with Mr. Espy to put out a super-colossal DE REBUS , . - served as editor of AVONEWS for one semester . . . Sam s serious expression hid his underlying devilishness . . . played the part of lawyer in the Clutching Clays. IIM EVANS--Tall, handsome Iimmy really shone where sports were concerned . , . made his letter in football and basketball for three straight years under Sager and Aultman . . - incidentally, he captained both outhts in his senior year . , . was president of the Varsity Club, sports editor of the AVONEWS . . . vice- president of the National Honor Society and belonged to Hi-Y . . . had a distinct preference for platinum blondes. BOLEKY BILL DONOVAN SAM DUFF lm EVANS . Page I4 Esquire times wondered . , . he caused quite a rumpus CHARLES 1-1 . Y ld I Al 7