Chartiers Houston High School - Charconge Yearbook (Houston, PA)

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GLASS HISTORY Here we are at last! We have reached the highest tower of the Castle of Chartiers. lt's a proud moment, one that we have been looking forward to for many years. Can we ever forget when we first entered our Castle as freshmen? We came with banners flying and hopes raised high. But those all-mighty upper classmen lost little time in putting us down a peg or two by smearing us up with the traditional frosh warpaint of lipstick. Remember all those chapters of Ivanhoe that we had to struggle through in English? And recall how we thought that Mrs. Barr would never get through giving us material to put in our Civics notebook. Our records show that we didn't do too much that year, but we were starting to get the hang of it a little better. The next year we entered C. T. H. S. as sophomores. Under the supervision of Miss Lawton as our class advisor, our class started its social career. We spon- sored our first Juke Box Dance, an annual event. It was a cold, cold night but there was still a good turnout of loyal Chartierians. We were starting to get more representation in the school athletics and we were ioining up in the school clubs. Continuing our way up the tower we found ourselves to be Juniors. We really worked hard that year! Remember how we first tried our hand at drama when we put on our Junior play, Who's Batty Now? Oh! What a play. Can you recall the bats fiying around, eggs breaking, and Aunt Googie practicing her Yogie by standing on her head? Do you remember the beard Wayne Cimino grew for the part of the criminal? To raise additional money for the Prom, we sponsored Doc Williams and his Border Riders. lt was a huge success and a night of fun that many will not forget. And now we come to the biggest event of the year the Junior-Senior Prom. Oh! Those many roses we had to make for our theme of A Garden of Roses . Did you see Mil Frank driving that truck around the afternoon of the Prom? What a job! That night it looked so wonderful-at least we all thought so-and the heavenly music of Art Hannon's Orchestra fput us in just the right mood.J We had plenty of help from our class adviser, Miss Rutherford. And then that day came that we entered the C. T. H. S. portals as Seniors. It had taken many years of hard work. Room 'I7 was never more glorious than with our class of 1949 occupying it. Some of our Seniors in Chemistry class surely did raise a stink. l guess they were experimenting. This year our play, Great Caesar's Ghost, was also a comedy. That ghost sure did do some mighty mysterious things! Now, we have come to the top of the tower and see that it is nearly all over. Yes, graduation is just about here, but we aren't as happy about leaving the Castle of Chartiers as we once thought we would be. We all have many happy school memories that we can look back to later in life. Now we must leave the portals of our Castle of Chartiers and enter the portals of the future. 21

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GEORGE STRONG Whacky Pilot Academic Activities-Rel. Ed. 1, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 3, 4, Jr. Play 3, Football Mgr. 4, Wrestling 4, Buccaneer Staff 3, 4. Whacky can get himself out of the worse predicaments! Thru magic it seems. JACK VULCANO jack Barber Academic Activities-Wrestling l, 2, 4: Base- ball 2, 3, 4, Basketball 3, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Charconge Staff 4, Buccaneer Reporter 2. Some of those discussions that he and Miss Mumper discuss are out of this world! MARIE E. WOODS Mimi Telephone Operator Commercial Activities-Sub Deb 2, 3, 4, Charconge Staff 4, Librarian 3, 4. When you see Marie hopping a bus, you'll know she's on her way to Can- onsburg. To See Eddie. GEORGIA ZANKOWSKI Pe1e'f Beautician Commercial Activities-Jr. Tri-Hi-Y 'l, Sr. Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Buccaneer 4, Librarian 3, 4, Girls Ensemble 3, Char- conge Staff 4, Jr. Town Meeting 3, Teen Talk 3. That cute bundle of Red Hair is none other than our Georgia. RALPH THOMPSON Bun Aeronautical Engineer Academic Activities-Glee Club 3, 4, Jr. Play 3, Basketball 3. He is the boy who likes to give the girls a thrill with his romantic songs. JAMES WARNE Jim Photographer Academic Activities-Camera Club 4, Charconge Staff 4, Football Mgr. 2. What would we do without Jim to take pictures? He's tops at it. FRANCIS ZANIN Porky Pro Golfer General Activities-Football Mgr. 2, Wrestling 'l, 2, 4, Baseball 3, 4, Student Council 2, 4. You almost have to step on Porky if you don't see him, but believe me, he lets you know he's coming. VALERIA ZURCA Val Pianist Commercial 8- Academic Activities-Jr. Tri-Hi-Y 'l, Sr. Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Buccaneer Staff 4, Charconge Staff 4, Librarian 3, 4, Teen Talk 3, Student Council l, Class Officer 3, 4. Val is really a swell girl, as Presi- dent of the girls Y Club, you couldn't find a better one.

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L 'yn bmp 0 Tfv en BABY Plcrunes l. Violet Schuliz 6. Dorothy Cramer 2. Lillian Armani 7. Wayne Cimina 3. Mariorie Plunketl 8. Frank Beionte 4. Luella Anderson 9. Eleanor Dorchak 5. Merwyn McCracken l0. Richard Malinak Lois Franlz Shirley Morgan Doris ShaHer Pal Powell Albena Gruclen Don Ramsey Kay Meier Ed Fulton Thelma Craig Marie Woods Rose Piasenre Georgia Zankowski Dolores Gouirand Dorothy Balazy Evelyn Polk Barbara Bodmer Tony Bebout Valeria Zurca Elsie Borda Francis Zanin Leru Herron Lillian Melone