Chester High School - Annual Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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MELVIN TONGE Mel. Pet aversion: red heads. Wants to take a trip to Honolulu. Nice girls there, we hear. Best friend: Jeep. Hero: Smiling Wack. CONCETTA MARIE TROFA Tyna. Miss Carroll's typist. Likes Eyre Lot and Petunia. Ambition: visit South Sea Islands. A. A., newswriters, Annual, Welcome, dramatic club, baseball. School: Modemella's. RUTH ELLEN TULL Sweets, from room 214. Dunbar. Dra- matic society. School: Wilberforce. Hero: Jimmie Junceford. Pastimes: dancing, movies. Likes study periods. General course. JOSEPHINE LEONA TURECK Commercialite from St. Hedwig's. Dis- likes self-satisfied people. Jo's ideal is Franny F. Girls' A. A., newswriters, dramatic society. Pleasant. Capable. KATHRYN TURNER Kitty, from Crozerville. Likes lunch period best. Dislikes overbearing people. Hero: Mr. Devor. Future school: Modern- ella's. Attractive blonde. Good and will- ing typist. LEWIS FARRAH TURNER Lew. Blonde, nice-looking. Admires Charles Gehringer. Interested in Doris and sports. History club, A. A., dramatic society. Modest. EDWARD URBAN Ed is a former Deweyite. Hobbies: hik- ing and reading. Dislikes public speak- ing. Friends: Walt, Ben, and Al. Pet aversion: homework. Future? GRACE ANGELINE VENUTI Commercial student from Marcus Hook. Admires Miss Bloom. Aims to spend life writing poetry. Quiet, but giddy. Is it possible? ELIZABETH W. VOLKHARDT Bette. Smedleyite. Collects miniatures. Hero: Richard Greene. Ambition: have long fingernails. Annual staff, student council, A. A., dramatic society. Will attend college, probably Ursinus. PAUL IRVIN WAGNER Speed. Likes girls. Pastime: photo- graphy. Best friends: everybody. Wants to see the N. Y. World's Fair. Go to it. Speed. Honor Society. Good student. MARY VIRGINIA WARD Attractive. Dislikes swelled heads and compositions. Pet ambition: to have blonde hair (without bleaching it). Likes faculty programs in chapel. Admires Bette Davis. DOLORES WELSH Lorry's from Resurrection. Likes agebra, physics, Miss Hunter. Hero: Mr. Smith- ers. Pet ambition: to get A in physics test. Dependable. Likes romantic books. TWENTY-FOUR r I K

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 % M HAROLD T. SMITH President of Dunbar, A. A. Well liked. Studious. Likes football, track. Aversion: gossiping girls. Smitty. College Prep. Aim: to contribute to mankind. Honor Society. HERBERT T. SOUDER Smedleyite. Machinist. Welcome staff. Class executive committee. Likes basket- ball and shop. Heroine is Bea Wayne. Future schooling: Drexel. Honor Society. Dependable. FRANK WILLIAM SPECKHALS ■’Bud. Smedley. Pet ambition: mechan- ical engineer. Dislikes home work. Fu- ture school: Drexel. Likes girls, and they like him. Nice looking. WALTER WOOD SPENCER Walt. Hates physics class. So quiet that you'd think he'd like talkative girls, but he doesn't. Collects stamps. (They're quiet, too). ELEANOR GERTRUDE STEIN Enjoys sports, dancing, and movies. Good student. German club, dramatic society, girls' A. A., Welcome, and An- nual staffs. Will be a journalist. Honor Society. WALTER STELMASZYK Patternmaker from Smedley. Hobbies: swimming and boating. Wants to be a hermit. Hero: himself, he says. But who's his heroine? Handsome, capable. EDWIN R. SUTTON Ed. Industrialite. Likes mechanical drawing and girls. Dislikes school hours. Enjoys woodworking, wants to become play boy. Good luck! EDWARD SYDLOWSKI Industrial. Dislikes physics. Wants short- er hours in school. Pet aversion: war. Vocation: machinist. Industrial Society. Good student. Shy, but nice. EVA E. SYNOVEC One of Dewey's finest products. Hopes to be somebody's secretary. Likes chap- els and gym period. Quiet. Hero: Nelson Eddy. Honor Society. Capable. ANTHONY SZURHOWSKI Doc. Enjoys raising and racing pig- eons. Sounds interesting, doesn't it? Lin- coln is his hero. Admires Mr. Clare, too, and enjoys shop. MICHAEL TASHAK Mutt. Star football player. Likes cards, boats, and Sally. Wants to see good swing orchestra at school. Likes girls. ISOBEL THOMSON Isie, from Smedley. Admires Richard Greene and John. Dislikes arguments. Dramatic, camera and Latin clubs. An- nual and Welcome staffs. A. A. Class executive committee. TWENTY-THREE

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% FLORENCE HILDA WEST Flossy. Franklin. Likes Latin and music. Best friends: Charlotte, Isobel, and Mary. Hopes to be nurse or aviatrix, perhaps both. WILLIAM WITHERSPOON WHITE Likes biology and music. Can be ser- ious. Hobby: composing, boating. Hero: Leopold Stokowski. May attend Wake Forrest. Dramatic society. President of mixed chorus. HORACE FRANCIS WHITTAKER Slim is from Dewey. Likes shop and English. Wants to get married. Pet aver- sion: Oh, Nuts.” Good student. Popular. LISETTA WILHELMI Peg. Pretty brunette. Smedleyite. Friends: Howard and Bob. Pet aversion. Complacent people. Likes tennis and golf. Future: undecided. Pleasing per- sonality. ELIZABETH WILKINS Betty attended Smedley. Likes English, problems. Hobbies: riding, swimming, driving, Frank. Ambition: to go to Ber- muda. (on a trip or permanently?). GLADYS MAE WILLIAMS Quiet, well-liked. Good student and mu- sician. Will teach music. Pianist for glee club. Welcome news editor, Honor So- ciety, Annual. Active in many clubs. ROBERT WILLIAM WINDSOR Duke is a Smedleyite. Future school: College of Hard Knocks. Best friends: Bill, Ralph, Carl, Clyde, and Ahl Ex- pects to be professional loafer. EDWARD JOSEPH WOJCIEHOWSKI Earsy. Smedley. Likes Mr. Clare and all girls. Friends: Butch, Val, and Sam. Hero: Clark Gable. Wants to be State Trooper. BEATRICE WOOLEY Bea. Likes office practice and Miss Riley. Hobby: singing. Ambition: beat the Andrew sisters. Nice personality. Glee club, choir. MARCELINE DOROTHY WOOTEN Marc. Likes dramatics. Pet ambition: to become a nurse. Friends: Mildred, Eva and Viola. Member of Dunbar, pro- gram committee. JOHN BLAIR WRIGHT Lem. Main ambition: to invent some- thing. Best friend: Carl. Pet aversion: the office. Will attend school of aero- nautics, he hopes. BLANCHE A. ZAKIELARZ From St. Hedwig's. Favorite subjects: stenography and typing. Hates loud people. Will be private secretary. Al- ways leaves school promtply at five o'clock. Honor Society. TWENTY-FIVE