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

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' V i l'iHlTfiiyll ,I , iyi'.ll+l,l.4.'llgi, l g Yi ge f , Bork, Marion Duff, Jack Lowery, Bob Fuhr, Everett Craighead, and Bumps Manning and their A-one articles. Particularly Bork's spicy editorials and the mysterious Mr. or Miss X who wrote the gossip columns. The interest- ing murals that Bumps did on the early de- velopment of our country put a little old zip into Room G. Near the end of the year the National Honor Society held its spring induc- tion and four Juniors were admitted: Betty Hentig, Gail Mills, Larry Spencer and Joan Walworth. The first important event to happen in our Senior year was the induction of three new members into the National Honor Society: Bill Doerr, Barbara Ebaugh, and Jack Lowery. Remember almost every morning you could hear the strains of Mandy and Old Man River fioating through the halls. When the Minstrel Show was finally given we saw those hilarious, dynamic, intellectual, Senior end- men, Bob Chalkeye Fuhr, Whitey Snowball Craighead and Chuck Dusty Bachman. And, of course, the handsome interlocutor, Bill Haney, was also a Senior. Gail and Maggie in Ain't She Sweet, and those dances of the end-men that really surprised us. A good bit of credit goes to Jack Lowery in charge of scenery and Betty Graham in charge of make- up. Thanks to both for swell scenery and smiling black faces. The outstanding thing of November was the Football Banquet. And why not? Avon- worth had its first undefeated season in about that many years, Who could forget Bud as President of Student Council getting up and saying Hunaccustomed as I am to public speak- ing. Yes, Bud, we know but the next time don't pull out pages and pages of notes. Along with football goes credit to the three Senior cheerleaders, Lois Bright, Addie Edmondson, and Leta Stratford who helped a lot with their Junior pals to make a successful season very colorful. Oh yes, remember one Pep Meeting when Addie mysteriously disappeared from the stage and didn't come back. What happened Addie? Mr. Rank left for the Army, Mrs. Harris came and some of the Senior boys left but we're all happy now for a while. More will be leav- ing soon after graduation. Where will we have it? No, not formal in the gym! That is messy. Well, why not? You don't have to wear the formals do you? No, but-That is the way it started and it ended up in the very colorful Poinciana Prom. It was a formal, the decorations were very picturesque with Spanish posters, palms and Mexican peons as waiters. Yes, we even splurged and bought ourselves a beautiful big cake, funny thing, it was good too. In March Ben Avon was provided a place to spend its spare time, due largely to the efforts of the second period P. O. D. class and the responsible committee set up for this purpose. The Youth Lounge was a welcome change for us and we hope that the succeeding classes will take up our idea and enlarge on this form of pastime, The group who deserve much credit for acquiring the Boro Hall are Joan Walworth, Bud Utberg. Jack Lowery, Betty Burger, and Stan Ewing. Although there was no school paper this year, because of the war, the news seemed to get around just the same with prolific use of blackboards and the bulletin boards. Jack Lowery and Joan Walworth made some very colorful boards for advertisement of the Senior Dance. We were quite aware of the war, with so many of our classmates leaving for the services. Although they won't be here to receive their diplomas, we are sure that they will be an honor to Avonworth no matter where they might go. Now that you have had a brief review of the senior class, turn the pages and meet them -these men and women who have arrived at the parting of the ways so soon after, yet so long since they first began their high school careers. We introduce: The Class of '44. .. 6 If 24 tm Q-li Ii B 3 J A '99 ' . O 41-all-Q I Q ,, Q13 -..,, I GQ. 0, A .fm l ,. :fit

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Au 94 Um Slafuf 'fand we're stuck with it LIU' The Senior Class of Avonworth High School requests your presence at the gradua- tion exercises to be held on June first, nine- teen hundred and forty-four at the Avon- worth athletic field. Can it really be that the class of '44 has come to the parting of the ways? It seems sa though it were only yesterday that we be- gan our high school career. Remember our Freshman year, and our first class meeting? The green Freshman had a class of ninety people, the largest to ever enter the school. Remember our Freshman Dance? We cer- tainly made the gym look patriotic with those red, white, and blue decorations. The Freshman band members were wonderful help to Mr. Kelly in collecting money for those zooty band uniforms. The Freshman girls came to school with shining faces, holes in their socks, and slips hanging below their dresses. Of course, G. R. initiation. How could you forget it? The following year featured some of the funniest things that ever happened to us plus a wonderful Sophomore Hop. Remember Mousie Gordon came that year with brains, big ears, squeaky voice and feeble jokes. Hal- loween came along and the Sophofnores pre- sented the Graveyard Shamblef' The jan- itors won't forget it anyway. How could they, with spiders, bugs, and cornstalrs which it took them two weeks to burn. Never again! The boys particularly enjoyed fifth period speech class with Mr. Robie, The Congo and water pistols. Mr. Nolstead's Math class enjoyed the Congo to such an extent that they could echo it back word for word. The climax of our social year was the Soph- omore Hop. We had yellow and green deco- rations with balloons of all colors as a chandelier. Then those Juniors, the mean things, started to tear down the decorations and Mr. Tischer stopped the dance an hour early. Doggonit! It was in this fabulous year our basketball stars made their debut. Also Bill Doehr, Lefty Graham, Elmer Ritchie, and Stan Ewing received letters for their work in football. Avonworth acquired its first and last base- ball team. Bill, Lefty and Larry represented the Sophomore class very well. Ritch was kept from what promised to be la sensational career when he received a painful compound fracture of the jaw from a batted ball before the Beaver game. Paul Lawry and Skip Hulme were fourth and fifth men, respective- ly, on the championship golf team, garnering many important points which helped clinch the season and the section. As Juniors we started our year with get your hot dogs, candy and coke here. The supporters at the football games bought them and ate them without a thought. We know what trouble it was to get them, especially the candy. Marion Duff took her Chevrolet and made many a trip to McKees Rocks just to buy candy to fill your hungry mouths. We elected Bob Bork president and Toughy Kuhl sponsor. Those two combined kept the class going strongly and successfully all 'round. The Sports Carnival and Spring Frolic were The year some more brilliant ideas of the Juniors. Carnival consisted of wrestling matches, a bas- ketball game between the Juniors and the Sen- iors and Margaret Clarke, Gail Millis, and Leta Stratford were the Cheerleaders for both teams, The Seniors beat us by just one point. The Spring Frolic had those intellectual demons Bork, Hulme, Fuhr and Bachman. Also there was the popular band of the year before, The Bradley Blueettesf' April fifth and the Jeep Jump with Dave Carey's band saying good-bye to the Seniors. Margaret Clarke and her committee worked hard and long to make the last dance for the Seniors a success. Remember when Dr. Wright was replaced by theoretically Mrs. Warren. First period U. S. History class missed Mr. Kuhl one fine morning in early spring. They learned later father and son doing fine. Again in the field of sports, the Class of '44 really came to the front with five of the nine lettermen on the ba-sketball team being Juniors. On the gridiron, Larry Spencer, El- mer Ritchie, Carl Utberg, Stan Ewing, Harry Kaufman were the outstanding players of the Junior class. The band gained four new majorettes, Dolores Schraepfer, Helen Vanderpool, Leta Stratford and Betty Hentig, who did a good job in leading the band on the field and in the many parades downtown. The AvoNews of that year could not have been so successful if it weren't for those Juniors and their ex- cellent work. We can still remember Bob

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JOHN HENRY BAKER 'tlohnnie' CHARIFS BACIIMAN GILBERT BAILEY MARGARET BAIRD JOHN BAKER EILEEN BRIGGS LoIs BRIGHT BETTY BURGER WALTER CLARK MARGARET CLARKE WESLEY COTTON CHARLES ALLEN BACHMAN 'tChuck Lois BRIGHT Lo Known to everyone as Chuck . . . came to Avonworth in his Junior year from Jackson, Michigan, but readily made himself at home . . , always full of fun and popular with boys and girls alike . . . will be remembered as one of the best dressed boys in the class . . . made a name for himself as a comedian in the Minstrel by portraying the end man Snowball' . . . left in January for the Navy. GILBERT RICHARD BAILEY Gil Gil was very quiet both in and out of school . . . is inter- ested in Aviation and is a member of the V-5 . . . worked afternoons and evenings at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co. . . . was one of those rare Senior boys who always have their homework done . . , never gave the A. H. S. girls much of a tumble, but there is a certain girl from Indiana, Pa., who is the apple of his eye. MARGARET IMOGENE BAIRD Margie Good nature, and lots of fun, that's Margie . . . she's five foot two with eyes of bluelish-greenl, a petite young lassie who joined us in her sophomore year from Springdale along with a big handsome brother and several younger Bairds . . . seen most places with Sheila and Ethel, spread- ing little beams of sunshine throughout the gloomy halls of Avonworth . . . it really is pleasant to know such a happy and cheerful person as Margie. 2 Johnnie was greatly interested in radio and photography, and also had a flare for Physics . . . was Miss C'hristy's mainstay in Spanish class . . . favored girls named Dortohy . . , was very active in Luther League work-in fact, he was the assistant secretary of the St. James Lutheran Sun- day School . . . could be counted on as a regular church attended .. , known for his infectious laugh and his frolicking spirit, EILEEN ELIZABETH BRIGGS Bunny Eileen is commonly known as Bunny . . . some lucky man will profit from her Home Ee. of the past six years . . . Bob Houy of the Navy Blue has been keep- ing her occupied for some time . . , very quiet most of the time Was the class' silent charmer . . . w'ho never saw her with- out that Bright smile on her face. which was always pleasant to :ee . . . Lots of fun and nice to be with, that's Lu , . . she made a mighty cute cheerleader and never failed to get some real cheers out of the crowd . . . we'll always remember those evenings at Bright's munching their famous cookies. BETTY IWIARIE BURGER This is our donation to the Powers models . . . look at Betty and you'll see what we mean . . . on top of all that is her gorgeous blonde hair . . . very active in G. R.'s: she made a most efficient treasurer . . . Home Economics is her major and her clothes prove it , . . in spite of a few flings with classmates, her heart's really with the Army Air Corps. WALTEXI ALFRED CLARK Walt One of the gang from the Plumer Avenue district . . . well liked by all, especially Dolores . . . will be remembered for his blonde hair and broad grin . . . worked in a gas sta- tion before he left for the Navy Air Corps in February . . . rather quiet. until he got into a study hall . . . could be seen barneying around Ben Avon in a variety of four- wheeled vehicles. MARGARET CLARKE Maggie From the town of the ST. LOUIS BLUES came Maggie in her junior year . . . very active in G. R.'s and warbled a sweet note in the Choral Club, and the exchange pro- grams . . . Bill Doerr promised to show her a good time, and since she's from Missouri, Well, that girl is getting around . . . we mustn't forget to mention those big brown eyes and that peaches and cream complexion . . . she is most at home in blue jeans and her pappy's shirt. DAVID WESLEY COTTON Wes A really valuable member of our class . . . orchestra accom- panist for two years, member of the band, and contributed his piano talents to almost every musical program around school . . . although his gray Ford is a familiar sight around Ben Avon Wes could often be seen climbing the Heights Hill . . . a regular sharpie in the high school dance band and not bad on the dance floor, either. Hia ceaseless flow of questions drove many teachers to distraction, but every- one gathered 'round when he started to give with the piano.