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

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Mademoiselle Page I9 PCJSING PRETTILY IEAN IERELE - Always laughing was cheery lean . . , she seemed to be one of our happiest seniors . . , sang in the Senior Girls' Glee Club . . . had a rather faraway look in her eyes most of the time which some people attrib- uted to her thinking of a tall, dark, and hand- some boy from Avalon - . . took a lot of kid- ding from the commercial teacher in her good- natured way . . , A'Stag insisted on calling her Brenda for some reason or other. MILDRED IOHNSON-MlldF6d'S neat ap- pearance was envied by the other girls . , . dressed like a model . . - carried herself per- fectly . . . was known to be always kind and generous towards everyone - , , stood high scholastically in the class, especially in com- mercial work where she was outstanding . . . proved to be a very competent secretary of the senior class , . . wrote interesting articles on fashions for the AVONEWS. PEGGY Lou IoHNsToN-Always willing to do a hard job well defines Peg . . . worked over- time as business manager of the Girl Reserve Club . . , was prominent in music . . . played clarinet in band, violin in the orchestra, and sang in the Girls' Chorus . . . wrote about these musical organizations for the annual . . .made a fine French Club President . . . could cook up a super dinner or throw together a modish dress- MARY KNAPP-Not quiet, not loud: but just right, Made the most noise when she played the drums in the band . . . because of her athletic interests, was selected sports chair- man of the Girl Reserves and was girls' sport editor of the Publications Club . . . doesn't have an enemy in school because of her like- able personality , , . her excellent sewing and cooking should keep her from being a career woman. PEGGY KORB - Lovely Peg of the big brown eyes was a favorite with everybody. - . dressed and looked more like a model than a school girl . . . was an enthusiastic Girl Reserve . . . helped the Senior Drama Club greatly as its vice-president . , . sang alto with the Girls' Chorus . , - played in the Clutching Claw and the lead in the original mystery play, A Living Death . , . worked hard on the adver- tising staff of the Avonworth Publications. IEAN lVllLDRED PEGGY Lou MARY PEGGY IERELE IoHNsoN IoHNsToN KNAPP Kona

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SUPERMAN APPEAL IIM KOFMEHL Iimmy was another new comer to Avonworth during his senior year immediatelx captured the hearts of three fourths of the senior girls with his fine phys ique nonchalant manner disregarded them all but one lucky blonde cheerleader proved himself a more than capable sportsman by his fine work on both the footbwll and basketball teams made the Varsity Club by makmq letters in both of these sports DON Mr CLELIAND Don unfor unatelv left us in the middle of th senior year to at tend the Oklahoma Military Academy however he was with us for 111 the precedmq years Don took a lot of kidding but it did nt seem to dim his spirits in 'mx way served as circulation manager on the old AVONEWS staff liked sports of all kinds although un able to make his letter we all wished he could have finished with us WA1.1.Ac:E Mr:CoY Debonair W ally liked everyone' in turn vias liked by all . . . thrilled more than one spectator with his amaz- ingly high vside and handsome punts on the football field where he played a bang-up game in the fall of 41 - . . had quite an important role as erry in the senior play The Clutching Claw . . . was a Varsity Club member and a member of the Publications Club . . . was in the same jitterbug class as pal Ctterson. OE MCMILLAN Leetle oey' vias about the best basketball player pound for pound vse've ever had . , . vias co-captain of the te'1m which he led in number of points . . . hurried over to the Presbyterian Church Thursday exenings to ofliciate at Hi-Y meetings as its president - . . vias a prominent member of the Varsity Club and Publications Club. beinq sports editor of the AVONEVVS . . . loved to argue with 'Professorn Kuhl and have dates with a young miss from Emsworth. IM KoFMEHL DoN Mc CLEL LAND WAl.I.ACE MCCOY ou Mr:M1LLAN , Page I8 Esquire . C B I 3 . - 1 I C I - ' ' ' - Q . U . C V . . . - 7 ,. l l -H l ' ' 7 V c c I

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MEN IN THE MAKING ROBERT NlORGAN BOB NESBII' OHN Nixon Al K OTTERSON ROBERT MORGAN Bob knew more 1nter estmq data about everythmg m general than most of the Quxz K1dS loved to get the floor m Englnsh or P O D class and tell hrs 1nter ested lxsteners sclentxllc explanatlons of SCICH tnhc facts devoured magazmes such as Pop ular Mechan1cs hrs favorlte subject was hara karl for the most part he was known to be very qulet BOB NESBIT Notlceable around Avon vuorth for hls beautlful wavx blond halr Bob was daft on the subyect of huntmg could expound on th1s art for hours at a tlme to any ardent listener whosoever was pres xdent of the popular Huntmq and Frshmg Club llked to read especxally books on his favor 1te sport seemed to prefer underclass wo men spent most of h1s spare evenings at the skatmg rmk IOHN NIXON Known to h1s many frnends as Nlck ohnny was one boy who sur prlsed a great many people wlth h1s clever comlc actlng durlng hxs senlor year both on and off the stage was outstandxng ln the Clutch 1nq Claw and What A L1fe llked sl1m brunettes partlcularly ones from Nebraska was partxcularly actmve ln that hardworkmg group the stage crew helped Wflte and pro duce the last play of the year A Lxvmq Death ACK CTTERSON lack had a personalttx any boy could be justly proud of was tal ented chxefly ln the art l1ne pamted scenery posters pretty gxrls drew all those clever cartoons for your DE REBUS also worked wuth the stage crew danced any and every style 1magmable appeared ln practically ez ern Avonworth Hlgh play productxon of the last four years was easnly one of the out standmg members of hrs class ln servlce to the school and to hls fellow students L f ,if - ,.. - 7 . . ' . 9 ' . . . , ' 1, ll . n I . . H I . ,. .. . H . . , . . . , . . . ' u . . . ' 1 vv I - v ,i I . v v ' - . V. , . .