Crafton High School - Ginkgo Yearbook (Crafton, PA)

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' Q . if ' ms.-A 'EINN Q nv . N 45 x ngkgn hi.,,gh:,':4 xl Wffif 22329 1,-..,. 1-1 1 ,f-pf-, va 5., RFN , ' r M 35'if '? A L -A L N l L. , K x Q LXAL f IL- Q V nf A '3QENBi I jfx'1i?sQ?gi.f.Q3Qf'f:fK W E-F' X Q l gtS,fZHfe'3'fw?fx kiwi' ' W 'T f AQ f - W . - -- ,4 ykiiigi ,ig ., Ngzy, S my v.e4lj'ga:? ,gfmj nf I4 Z Bvhiratinn To one Whose unfailing courtesy, constant in- itiative, endless industry, keen sense ot values, and accurate discriminations in all situations have con- tributed much to the efficiency with which the Work in the administration office is carried on-to one Whose personal charm, varied interests, broad sym- pathies, and general progressiveness merit the admiration and esteem in which she is hold by co-workers, teachers, students, and patrons - to Miss Reba Ragus Campbell, secretary to the Su- perintendent of the Cratton Public Schools, this is- sue ot the GINKGO is appreciatively dedicated. Page Four-THE GINKGO 'Ebb-. 2 ff 6 .1257 f'J0j:2 ,! 3. Yi NIISS REBA RAGUS CAMPBELL Pugr Fiw-WTIIE GINKGO TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor .... Foreword - - ln Memoriam ....................... . ..... ............... Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools, Attorney for School District .,...o...,........................... Superintendent of Schools --- Office of the Superintendent ...... Office of the Board of Education .... Principal of the High School -,... Office of the Principal .... Office of the High School --- Faculty ................. Counsellor ............ Office of the Counsellor ....... School Calendar for 1945-'46 .... Seniors .................... luniors ..... Sophomores .... Freshmen - - ........... - - School Diary for 1944-'45 .... Athletics .......... - - - Organizations - - - Snapshots .... Arts ..... Alumni ........ Advertisements .... Acknowledgments - - - Page Seven-THE GINKGO LYNN R. GOUCHER EDITOR Page Eight-THE GINKGO Zllnremnrh In the World of tomorrow it is certain that youth will occupy a much more important position than ever before-not only as the builders of peace but as the beneficiaries of its many advantages as Well. Aslthough we who now are leaving school and en- tering upon a new life may be considered the youth of the immediate future, still it is our responsibility to plan for the youth who are to come after us. Surely no one can question the fact that We, who are still young, know the needs of youth and con- sequently are as well qualified in our Way to help in the planning for a better World as are those older than we. We have therefore made Planning for American Youth the theme of the current issue of the GINKGO. Since We hope that there will be no need for too much seriousness in the future, we have kept our book from becoming profound by treating the theme in a lighter vein than the subject possibly warrants, yet it is our endeavor through the GINK- GO of 1945 to help lay the foundation of a better world for the youth of tomorrow. Page Nine-THE GINKGO ilu illirmnriam MR. DON I. HOTCHKISS Mr. Don I. Hotchkiss, a member of the Board of Education of the Crofton Pubolic Schools from 1927 to 1934, died on Au- gust l4, 1944. During his sixteen years as school director Mr. Hotchkiss served twice as president of the Board of Education, and for a number ol years as chairman of the Athletic and Physical Edu- cation Committee. Although he was interested particularly in intra-mural and interscholastic athletics, he spared neither time nor thought in meeting the educational and physical needs of the Cralton Public Schools. Tireless, painstaking, and conscientious in the discharge of his duties, he naturally accomplished much for the good of the local school system, and thereby earned the respect and grati- tude of everyone interested in the Welfare of public education in Cralton. Page Ten-THE GINKGO BOARD OF EDUCATION SCPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ATTORNEY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT l NNW Mr. Walter D. Moser Vice President Miss Mary E. Foster Mr. Stanley Malone Secretary Mr. Harry I. Deibel Dr. L. H. Almy President Page Eleven-THE GINKGO Mr. Denton M, Albrialit Superintendent of Scliools Mr. Edmund l.yncli Mr. Dudley R, Mereditli Mr. Guy B. Hoae Attorney for the Scliool District FACULTY EDWARD G. BAYNHAM, A.B.. M.A., Ph.D. Instructor in Social Studies AB., A.M., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh 'GRACE L. BORGERDING, B.S.. Litt.M. Instructor in Commercial Subjects B.S., Carnegie Institute ot Technology Litt.M., University ot Pittsburgh MARTHA RUTH BOYLE, B.S., M.Ed. Instructor in Commercial Education Sponsor ot Girl Reserves Club B.S., University of Pittsburgh M,Ed., University oi Pittsburgh ELEANOR BRICKELL, B.S. Instructor in Commercial Subjects B.S., Indiana State Teachers College ZELLA CHAMBERS 5-,Ls Supervisor ot Art ,:fqf, ' University oi Pittsburgh ' MARY KATE FORD, B.L.I. Instructor in Dramatics and English Sponsor of Drama Club B.L.I., Emerson School ot Oratory SIGRID E. GAYVERT. A.B.. M.A. Supervisor ot Vocal Music A.B., University ol Pittsburgh M.A., Carnegie Institute oi Technology E. VICTOR HANEY, B.S., Ed.M. Instructor in Mathematics, Science, and Pre-Flight Aeronautics Sponsor ol Model Airplane Club B.S., Albright College Ecl,M., Pennsylvania State College l. BERNARD HOGG. B.S., M.A.. Ph.D. Instructor in Social Studies B.S,, Slippery Rock State Teachers College M.A., University of Pittsburgh Ph.D., University ol Chicago FLORENCE RACHEL HOLIDAY Instructor in General Home Economics Beaver College, Philadelphia S. GLENN KEEPER, B.S. Instructor in Mathematics Faculty Treasurer of Athletic Association B.S., Grove City College DAVID H. KISER, A.B.. M.A. Instructor in English and Iournalism Adviser to NEWS O' CRAFT Stafl A.B., M.A., University ot Pittsburgh IANE P. MAZUR. B.S. Instructor in Commercial Subjects Faculty Treasurer of GINKGO In charge ol Activities Financial Accounts Sponsor ot News O' Craft Staff B,S,, University of Pittsburgh REID MCGIBBENY. B.S. Instructor in Industrial Arts B,S., California State Teachers College 'On leave ot absence tor service in the Armed Forces of the United States Page F ourteen-TH E GI N K GO FACULTY CHARLES E. MCLAUGHLIN, Litt.B.. M.Ed. Instructor in Spanish Sponsor of Spanish Club Sponsor of Hi-Y Club Litt.B., Grove City College M.Ed., University ot Pittsburgh ANNA LORA MORELAND, A..B. Instructor in Physical Training Sponsor ot Girls' Athletic Association Sponsor of Leaders' Corps A.B., University ol Pittsburgh GEORGE E. PARFITT, B.S. Instructor in Science Sponsor of Student Council B.S., University ot Pittsburgh 'IOHN E. REED. B.S., I.itt.M. Instructor in Social Studies B.S., California State Teachers College Litt.M., Ufniversity of Pittsburgh 'HAROLD L. SERVEY, B.S., Ed.M., M.S. Director oi Visual Education Instructor in Biological Sciences B.S., Albright College M.Ed,, University of Pittsburgh M.S., University ot Pittsburgh IOHN D. SMALL. A.B., M.A. Director of Band and Orchestra Instructor in Instrumental Music AB., M.A., Carnegie Institute ot Technology EDITH F. SPAMER, A.B., M.A. Instructor in Latin and English Sponsor of Gens Togata Sponsor of Romani Hodierni A.B., University of Pittsburgh M.A., Columbia University MARY CLAWSON SPRINGER, A.B.. M.A. Instructor in French Guidance Counsellor Sponsor of Girl Reserves Club Sponsor of French Club A,B', M.A., University of Pittsburgh MARY E. STEINMETZ, A.M. Instructor in English In charge ot Publicity lor Girl Reserves Club AB, Thiel College THOMAS P. STEWART, B.S. Instructor in Commercial Subjects B.S., University of Pittsburgh HELEN F. TIMDLIN. A.B., B.S. Librarian Sponsor of Library Club AB., Bethany College B.S, in L.S., Western Reserve University EDNA C. VOGELEY, A.B., M.A. Instructor in English Adviser to GINKGO Staff AB., M.A., University of Pittsburgh MARLIN B. WENRICH, A.B., M.Ed. Director of Athletics AB., Lebanon Valley College M,Ed,, University of Pittsburgh REBA CAMPBELL Secretary to the Superintendent Slippery Rock State Normal School 'On leave ot absence tor service in the Armed Forces ot the United States Page Fifteen-THE GINKGO GLADYS PRICE HOWE, A.B. Instructor in Sociol Studies AEK, Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity FACULTY ,'v DOROTHY MAE DILLON Secretory to the High School Principcil Crofton High School MAY M. STRAITIFF, A.B. Instructor in Biology and Mathematics Sponsor of Biology Club AB., Grove City College OFFICE OF THE COUNSELLOR Student Conleree Mrs. Mctry C. Springer Counsellor SCHOOL CALENDAR AND DATES OF CERTAIN MAIOR AC'l'IVITlES September October --- ------ November December lanuary - February March --- ----- Apirl .... May .... June .... FOR SCHOOL TERM OF 1945-'46 First Semester Schools open for general teachers' meetings and organization purposes on Friday, August 31. Schools open for pupils on Tuesday, September 4. Western District Convention of the PSEA for attendance of all teachers and no school for pupils, Friday, October 12. Vacation-Thanksgiving-November 22 to 26. Schools reopen on Monday, November 26. High School and Alumni Football Dance in Gymnasium, Fri- day, December 14. Vacation-Christmas-Thursday, December 20, to Wednesday, Ianuary 2. Schools reopen on Wednesday, Ianuary 2, 1946. First Semester Final Examinations on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Ianuary 29-30-31, 1946. Second Semester Beginning of Second Semester-No school for pupils, Friday, February 1. Annual High School Midyear Musical, Friday, February 8. Holiday-Washington's Birthday, Friday, February 22. Girl Reserves Club Dance, Friday, February 22, in High School Gymnasium. High School Guidance Program Cl0th Annuall and Patrons' Day, Thursday, March 21. Annual High School Play, Thursday and Friday, March 28-29. Vacation-Easter--April 19 to 23. Schools reopen Tuesday, April 23. lunior Prom, Friday, April 26, in the High School Gymnasium. Annual National Music Week Program-High School Grades, Friday, May 10. High School Play Day for Girls on Athletic Field and Athletic Program for Boys in High School Auditorium on Thursday, May 16. X High Schooll Senior Class Second Semester Examinations, May 28-29-31. Holiday-Memorial Day-Thursday, May 30. Senior Dinner Dance in Crafton, Friday, May 31. Second Semester Final Examinations, Iune 4, 5, 6, 7. Baccalaureate Service, Sunday, Iune 9, at 8 P. M. in High School Auditorium. High School Commencement f4lst Annuall, Monday, Iune 10, at 7 P. M., High School Athletic Field. Annual School-Community Picnic, Wednesday, Iune 12. Page Seventeen-THE GINKGO Semi rs X.X,'X'.N.. N'A.. YN.'N'.N,'X'x,'X. 'X. 'N'A., Y'.X..'N'.N.'YX. N'A.YX'XXXXYXYX'NXYNYN.NXYNYN.'NXY.X.'YN'YX.NXYXYXXX.'NXXX'N'xNXX 'YN .!.7 .f.7'.!lf!.7' J2fJ7'J7A'f!.7f.7!.7'J7'.!7J7A'!J.7CfJ?'.!7'.A'fA'fJ.7 .!.7' .A'!'.A !' .!.7'.!.7'.!.7'..f.V'.!.7'J.VJ.7'.!.7 .f' .47'.A'f!.7' NAU Youth Need to Understand the Rights and Duties of the Citizen ofa Democratic Society? fif , ,Q g -A . KR g A w ve, A V .W ,L A new was .4 a H g--i-A-- ' ' f 'f:fsgyz'3S145f:LmHgf41 54-sfffazrgafwsqaqfg 1 - Q f'At Ease Cf.7I!'J7if.7:fl'f.A'f.Cf'.L'!'.A'f.A'f.ff.ff.ff'.ff.ff.Z'f'!y' .ff'!.7.Cf!Y!7.ff'.ffJ7.fy'l'f.fY'.Cf'.CflfJYZf.ff!Yfy'.ffZ.'f'7 fXXIlY 'QX1X.'X'.X.'X1.KX,'Y,X.,'?CX'X.'Y'.Y..xiiYXY.XX3.'Y.Xixx'i.XXfiX.'i.XX'XY.iY.Y'X'B.'Y-XX'XiXX 'YX.'X'.X.'Y.Y.XlXX.'Yfx'X.Xi'kfX'?CYf'fY,Y , l r S E N I O R C L A S S COLORS: Navy Blue and White OFFICERS First Semester George Horner Patterson ................. .,.... P resident Ralph Don Davies --- ...... Vice President Ann Shane ...... --- Secretary-Treasurer Second Semester Richard Couch .... ................. ...... P r esident William Evans --- ...... Vice President Ann Shane .... --- Secretary-Treasurer ADVISER Mrs. Mary Clawson Springer SPONSORS Miss Martha Boyle Mr. Glenn Keeler Miss Edna Vogeley Page Twenty-THE GINKGO rl A BETTY ADAMS-A newcomer to Crafton from Cleveland . . . has already made a place for herself . . . has pretty hair and a smile that takes anybody . . . is artistic . . . liked by all who know her . . . here's to your success, Betty. Girl Reserves, '44-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Announcing Antonia, -453 GINKGO Staff, '45. 'IACK ADAMS-Slow but sure , , . is happy-go-lucky . . . cares little for school, especially homework . . . is a great hunter . . . really alive when he follows the bunnies . . . knows how to handle a truck . . . good luck, lack. IOHN ALAMOVICH-A welcome newcomer, in his junior year, to the halls of C.H.S .... is a hardworking student . . . likes to trade punches with Dan Davies . . , can take a lot of kidding . . . has respect and esteem of classmates , . . faces a bright future. Phy-Chy Club, 44145. ELLEN IANE ALBRIGHT-Is tall . . . has reddish-gold hair and beautiful brown eyes . . . is devoted to her studies . . . a consistent A student . . . friendly, helpful, and cooperative . . . has a mischievous smile which she displays often . . . is one fine friend io have. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'43g French Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-425 National Honor Society, '44-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '44-'45, GINKGO Staff, '42v'43, '45, Biology Club, '42-'43, Orchestra, '41-'45g Musicals, '41- '-45, Girls' Chorus, '41-'43g Romani Hodierni, '42-'-13, For Distinguished Service, '45. BETTY ANGEL- Miss Pep of the Senior Class . . . is truly a grand girl . . . crazy about all sports . . . a faithful booster for all games . . . popular with everyone . . . adds joy to any party . . . lots of luck to you, Betty. Girl Reserves, '42A'45g The Iesters, '44-'45g Girls' Chorus, '42-'44, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Po ular Song Club, '44-'45, Concerts, '42-'44, National lfonor Society, '45, Secretary, '45g GINKGO Staff, '45, IOHN ASHBROOK-Sports blue e es, brown curly hair, and a fair complexion . . . is fbstidious . . . one of Miss Gayvert's best singers , . . has a grand sense of humor, which makes him lots of fun . . . good luck to you, Iohnny. Spanish Club, '43-'44, Phy-Chy Club, '43 44g NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43-'45, Editor-in-chief, '44-'45, GINKGO Staff, '44-'45g Small Ensemble, '43-'44, The Iesters, '44-'45g Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Boys' Chorus, '43-'45, Green Chartreuse, '45. GERALD BAKER-- Ierry is the guy with the infectious laugh . . . has an excellent speaking voice . , . can be counted on at all times to help a pal in distress . . . is a fine lad , , . will do his stuff when the time comes, Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45p French Club, '42-'43g Hi-Y, '43-'45g Model Airplane Club, '42-'44. WILLIAM BECK-Tall, bashful, and curly-haired . . . is a good student , . . a most likeable lad . . . can be heard discussing air lanes at all times . . . is waiting impatientl for the cljayc when he will be in the wild blue yondYer . . , To io, beware! Phy-Chy Club, '43g Waltz Dream, '42g Musicals, '42-'43, Biolo y Club, '42-'43, Rio Rico, '43, Mixed Chorus, '42-'43, Boys' Chorus, '42-'43, Model Airplane Club, '41-'45, 'ln the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Twenty-one-THE GINKGO PATRICIA BOSSERT-Lots oi fun . . . is a regular gal . . . wants to be a journalist . . . will make a grand one . . . possesses a sunny personality that will always make her loads of friends. Girl Reserves, '41-'44, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens To- gata, '41-'42p NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '42-'45, GINKGO Staff, '44-'45, Biology Club, '42-'43, Library Club, '41-'42, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, National Honor Society, '45. IRAN BOWSER-The girl with the beautiful smile and the sparkling eyes . . . has left us to go to Oakmont . . . made many friends during her short stay in Craf- ton . . . Oakmont's gain is Crafton's loss , , . good luck, lean. 'GEORGE BRADBURY- The guy with a million friends . . . likes everyone and everyone likes him , . . is handsome . . . vigorous . . . really puts his heart into what he likes . . . here's hoping his lucky star will shine forever. Hi-Y Club, '42-'43, Cheerleader, '44, The Iesters, '44-'45, Band, '41-'43g Orchestra, '41-'43g Popular Song Club, '44-'45, SHIRLEY BROWN-Quiet but fun-loving . . . is artistic . . . sincere . . . doesn't take school too seriously . . . plays the piano beautifully . . , likes to roller- skate . . . will be successful as a commercial artist. Girl Reserves Club, '42-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'42, The Iesters, '44-'45, Orchestra, '-ll-'-15p Mixed Chorus, '42-'43, Girls' Chorus, '42-'43, Library Club, '41-'42g Musicals, '41-'45g Romani Hodierni, '42-'43. MARTHA BRUNK-Has soft, blonde hair and a lovely complexion . . . works hard and gets good grades . . . is serious and sincere . . . has the friendly manner that gains friends easily , . . possesses the stick-to-it attitude that makes for success. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45y Spanish Club, '42-'43g French Club, '43-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'44, Girls' Chorus, '42- '44, National Honor Society, '45. PATRICIA BRUNT-Sometimes quiet . . . always charm- ing . . . often pert and vivacious . . . can win any- one to her point of view with her warm-hearted smie . . , loves to dance and cook up a good time . . . will always be popular. Girl Reserves Club, '4l-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44g Bi- ology Club, '43-'44, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '42-'43g Girls' Chorus, '41-'43g Popular Song Club, '44- '45g Musicals, '41-'43. MARY IEAN BUEHLER-Ambitious . . . kind . . . a genu- ine friend . . . has the ability to make her own clothes . . . is a lover of all sports, especially basket- ball . . . deserves the best in life. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '42-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45g Popular Song Club, '44-'45g Mu- sicals, '43-'45, HARVEY CARLEN-A shy, quiet fellow . . . attends all chorus classes faithfully . . . helps Miss Gayvert constantly . . . contributes many things to the senior science class . . . is a good guy . . . admired by a . Hi-Y Club, '43-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '42-'45, Bo s' Chorus, '42-'45, Stam Club, '42, Model Airplane iub, '41-'42, Musicals, '4i'45g Green Char- treuse, ' . 'In the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Twenty-two-THE GINKGO HARVEY CARLSON-Well liked by everyone, including the girls , . , has wavy brown hair that's always mussed . . . likes to draw . . . is an es ecially good Cheerleader . . . always intends to studoy, but . , . has a wonderful sense of humor . . . good luck, Harvey. Cheerleader, '44-'45, Biology Club, '43-'44, Museum and Research Club, '43-'44. THOMAS CARTER-A steady, sincere friend . , . plans to be a chemist . . . will undoubtedly be a success , . . aims to attend W. :Sr I .... likes hamburgers, Checkerboard sweaters, and redheads . . . is intelli- gent, resourceful, full ol ideas . . . one grand fellow. Orchestra, '41-'42, Band, '41-'44, Model Airplane Club, '41-'43, Craft Club, '41-'42, IRMA CATHCART-Has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a warm, friendly smile . . . has all these and is a good student too . . . loves to have a good time and alwrays manages to have one . . . is one grand friend to ave, Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Leaders' Corps, '43-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '44-'45, GINKGO Staff, '45, Biology Club, '42-'43, The lesters, '44-'45, Library Club, '41-'42, Romani Hodierni, '43, National Honor Society, '45, Vice President, '45. FLORENCE CATRAIN-Has large, serious eyes , , . talks earnestly and convincingy . . . knows how to wear her beautiful clothes , . . enjoys sports and does well in them . . . is a swell girl who deserves the best of everything. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'44, Spanish Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, RICHARD CHERRY-One of Miss Vogeley's pride and joys . , . has ability to go far . . . is an example of fun in a small package . . . loves a rough gym period . . . will be a success when he settles down. Biology Club, '42-'43, Band, '41-'42. MARY LOUISE CHISNELI.-Has sparkling eyes . . . is jolly . . . has a fleasant disposition that accounts for her man! frien s . . . craves fun and a swell time . . . a ds to the enjoyment of any social affair. Girl Reserves Club, '4l-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '42-'43, The lesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '43-'45, Announcing Antonia, '45. RICHARD COUCH-A first-rate student , . . an interest- ing companion . . . never passes up a chance for a good pun . . . likes to dance . . , never misses a Crafton social . . , is a good conversationalist . . . shines in chemistry . . . is one of Miss Gayvert's right- hand men. French Club, '42-'45, President, '44, Gens Togata, '41- '42, Phil-Chy Club, '43-'45, Student Council, '41, Na- tional onor Society, '44-'45, GINKGO Staff, '43-'45, Waltz Dream, '42, Musicals, '41-'45, Small Ensemble, '43, '45, Rio Rico, '43, Orchestra, '42-'43, Band, '41-'45: Mixed Chorus, '41-'45, Boys' Chorus, '4l-'45, Basketball Manager, '45, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, President fsec- ond semesterl, Senior Class, '45. IEANNE COULTER-Personable . . . quiet and unas- suming . . . is the type of girl for whom one's ad- miration and respect grow daily . . . is a truly good student and a true friend . . . well on the road to success already. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Na- tional Honor Society, '44-'4, The Iesters, '44-'45, l5ibig?:ry45Club, '43-'44, Stage Force, '45, Production ta , ' . Page Twenty-three-TH E G1 NK GO IAMES COVENTRY-Laughs a lot . . . enjoys a joke, even one on himself . . . blushes easily, but doesn't mind it . . . likes ice-skating and plaid shirts . . . very friendly to everyone . . . one good fellow. Biology Club, '42-'43, Band, '41-'43, Football, '44, Mode Airplane Club, '42-'44. COLLETTE CRAWFORD-Full of pep . . . is lots ot fun to be with . . . great at all sports . . . a wonderful dancer . . . easy to get along with . . . has many friends . . , is efficient, reliable, and dependable . . . a very good student . . . sure to go quickly to the top. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Leaders' Corps, '44-'45, French Club, '43-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43, GINKGO Staff, '43-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, National Honor Society, '45, For Distinguished Service, '45, THOMAS CULBERTSON-Tall . . . has wavy hair that is the envy of every girl . . . has a smooth complexion , . . Miss Vogeley's problem child in English class , .. likes a lot of fun . . . is an essential member in a group of merry-makers . . . truly a grand lad. Hi-Y Club, '43-'44, French Club, '43-'44, Biology Club, '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '-il-'44, Boys' Chorus, '41-'44, Model Airplane Club, '42-'-13. BETTY ANN DAMITS-Constantly kidded about her name . . . came to Crafton last year and readily made loads of friends . . . has a good sense of humor . . . is interested in anything pertaining to beauty culture . . . is well liked by all. Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Announcing Antonia, '45, DANIEL DAVIES-Says he dislikes school . . . has brains when he needs them . . . is an expert in radio work . . . heads the money collectors at sport events . . . will make his mark. Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45, Stage Force, '41-'42, Model Airplane Club, '41-'43, Athletic Association, '43-'45, Production Staff, '45, 'DONALD DAVIES-The gentleman of our class . . . is good-looking . . . dresses neatly . . . possesses a smooth manner . . , is well liked by all . . . and has the stuff that will make his popularity endure. Hi-Y Club, '43-'45, Student Council, '42-'44, The Iest- ers, '44f'45, Boys' Chorus, '41-'42, Football, '44, Library Club, '41-'43, Museum and Research Club, '43- '44, Vice President, Senior Class, '44, National Honor Society, '45. 'DONALD DAVIS-Tall, blonde, and-what a man! . . , is a smooth dancer and an athlete . . . always ready for a good laugh, and one jump ahead of you . . . takes an active interest in school activities . . . is well liked by everyone. Hi-Y Club, '44-'45, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43-'45, GINKGO Staff, '45, Small En- semble, '44-'45, Biology Club, '43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Boys' Chorus, 713545, Football, '44, Basketball, '44-'45, Musicals, '43-'45, Museum and Research Club, '43-'44, KATHERINE DE MARK-Known for her infectious laugh and her jokes , . . can be seen running to and from classes . . . has enough ep for a dozen . . . is the kind of person one woulad like to see more of. Girl Reserves Club, '42-'43. 'In the Armed Forces of the United States. Page ,Twenty-four-THE GINKGO VIRGINIA DENARDIS-Has a heart of gold . . . is witty both in school and out . . . fun to be with . . , has a warming laugh and sparkling eyes , . . is sure to make a go at anything she attempts. Popular Song Club, '-443-15. WILMA DIGGANS-Quiet and reserved . . . has plenty of brains, but is too shy to turn them on . . . is approachable, unselfish, and thoughtful of others . . . bound to succeed. 'VIILLIAM DUNBAR-ls tall, good-looking, bashful, and athletic . . . has a pleasing personality that gains him many friends , . is intelligent and hard-working . . . is a sure bet to come through and land on iop. Gens Togata, '41-'42, Biology Club, '42-'43, Orchestra, '43-'44, Band, '41-'43, Museum and Research Club, '42-'43g Musicals, '-42344. GLENN ELLIOTT-Quiet . . . unassuming . . . works hard in school . . . is an enthusiastic builder of model airplanes . . . a faithful rooter at home foot- ball games . . . can be counted on to succeed at whatever he attempts. Spanfh Club, '42y Phy-Chy Club, '-13-'44, Student Coun' cil, '41, Biology Club, '42-'43, Model Airplane Club, '41-'43, Craft Club, '41-'42. WILLIAM EVANS-ls tall . . . has curly hair . . . possesses a grand sense of humor . , . is intelligent and cooperative . . . full of fun . . . one at ihe friendliest fellows in the class . . . never :nisses a chance to do a good .u:ti. Spanish Club, '42-'43: Phy-Chy Club, '-13-'-15, Presi- dent, '45, Student Council, '42, '-14115, President tsec- ond semesterl, '45g GINKGO Staff, '-15, Biology Club, '42-'43, Vice-President, Senior Class, '45, BETTI IANE FERRETTI-Has calm dark eyes and a gentle laugh , . , is friendly, demure, and unaffected . . . wears attractive hair-do's , . . is a :newcomer to Craf- ton . . , Crafton likes her, Girl Reserves Club, '44-'-457 Girls' Chorus, '-14-'-15, Popular Song Club, '-14-'-15. HITA FRANKS-Has innocent-looking big brown eves contradicted by an impish smile . . , sees the hu- morous side of life , . . enjoys everything she does, even studying , . . is klclded, but lovcd, 'uy icr iiany friends. French Club, '44-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '-14-'45, GINKGO Staff, '42-'45, The lest:-rs, '14-'15, Cfrl Re- serves Club, '-'ll-'-15. CHARLES GARDNER-Full of fun . . . doesn't get ex- cited at the thought of school . . . has snitched forty winks many a time in class , . . is a :-'lice chap . . . engagingly naive . . . can really swing out on the trumpet . . . Harry lames, beware! Gym Club, '41-'42, Biology Club, '-12-'-13: The Iesters, 'fig-'43, Band, '41-'45, Orchestra, '41-'-15, Musicals, '41- '4 . 'ln the Armed Forces of ihe United States. Page Twenty-five-THE GINKGO LILLIAN GIESECKE-Quiet and reserved . , . has a wonderful disposition that will bring her many good things on the road ot lite . . . is a good piano player . . . likes dogs for pets . , , is a sincere friend. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'-157 The Iesters, '44-'45. LYNN GOUCHER-Is unpredictable , . . always brim' ming over with pep . . . has a hearty laugh . . . is tull ol fun . . . can be seen dashing to Room 103 all hours ot the day . . . is the owner ot brown curly hair and brown eyes that make him dark man of the class. French Club, '42-'45, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'45g GINKGO Staff, '44-'45, Editor-in-chief, '45, Biology Club, '42-'43, Football Manager, '44, Stamp! Club, '41-'42, Popular Song Club, '44-'45p National onor Society, '45, An- nouncing Antonia, '45, Student Council, '45. SALVATORE GRANDE- Rip van Winkle' in the modern . . . ordinarily quiet . , , always willing to contribute to a worthy cause . . . unselfish and thoughttul . . . cares little for school , . . is seldom serious . . . lots ot success to a swell guyl Biology Club, '42-'43, Boosters' Club, '45. MARY PAT GRRSER-Possesses beautitul black curly tresses . . . has a wonderful sense of humor . . . a personality ot the rarest type . . . can hardly count her many friends. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Cabinet, '44-'45, The lest- ers, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45. EILEEN GRAY-A little girl who proves that small packages contain the best gitts . . . is a nice person to know . . . witty , . . willing to help anyone who wishes help . . . has a smile for everyone . . . good luck to you, Eileen, Girl Reserves Club, '42-'45, Spanish Club, '42, The Iesters, '44-'45, Girls' Chorus, '44-'45. IANE HALE-The original Ianie . . . is sincere, gen- erous, and dependable . . . one ol the prettiest girls in the Senior Class . . . is a snappy dresser . . . tops on many a list. Spanish Club, '43-'44, Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, The Iesters, '44-'45g Orchestra, '-123455 Band, '41-'45, Popular Song Club, '45, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Musicals, '41-'45. DORIS HAMILTON-Silent member ol our class . . . has pretty brown hair and a smooth complexion . . . is attractive . . . triendly . . . can give and take . . . the best ot everything to you, Doris, Popular Song Club, '44-'45. KATHERINE HARRIS-Our queen of boogie-Woogie . . . is dependable lor entertainment at the socials with her tickling ot the ivories . . . has plenty ot per- sonality, and a smile that gives one a litt . . . is one ol Ingram's contributions to Cralton. 1.49 sa Page Twenty-six-THE GINKGO fm' i DANIEL HARSHMAN-The handsome, wavy-haired au- thority on model airplanes , . . is a good student . . . plans to join the Air Corps . . . will be a success at whatever he attempts . good luck, Dan. French Club, '42-'43, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'44, Stage Force, '42-'45g Biology Club, '42f'fl3, Model Airplane Club, '41-'45g Production Staff, '45. 'WILLIAM HAVENER-A quiet, shy shap who :neans what he says . . is faithful and dependable. . .always has his homework in on time . . . is interested in aviation , . . will make good in life. Model Airplane Club, '-fl-'-'12 MARY ALICE HAYES-Vivacious girl with twinkling blue eyes , . . has a heart for the Navy . . . adds a so- prano touch to the Mixed Chorus . . . has a wonderful disposition which will take her tar , . . liked by all. Girl Reserves, 'Lil-'45, Cabinet, '44-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '42-'45p Small Ensemble, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-5157 Girls' Chorus, '-115457 Girls' Athletic Associa- tion, '44-'45, Musicals, '41-'45, AUDREY HAZLETT-Another lngramite . . . is Miss Gayvert's stand-by . . , always dependable . . can be counted on for entertainment and a good laugh . . . is a good sport . . . a staunch friend . . . will win a place tor herselt. Cwirl Reserves Club '13-'-15, Cabinet, '-t4-915, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'44, GINKGO Staff, '45, Musicals, U13- 15g Small Ensemble, '44-'45p The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45y Girls' Chorus, '-13-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Museum and Research Club, '43-'44. , w LOUISE HEINEMAN--industrious . . . shy , . . reliable . . . prefers walking to school from Ingram to riding . . . is always neatly groomed . . . likeable and friendly . . . easy to get along with . . . is sure to make good. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44g The Iesters, '44-'45, Orchestra, '43-'45, Library Club, '43-'44, Musicals, '44-'45p Production Staff, '45. 'IAMES HERRICK-Gets along in school . . . doesn't fall over backwards doing it . , . has a flair for making speeches . . . sees the humor in every situa- tion . . . is a nice fellow . . . a friend to all. Hi-Y Club, '44-'45, Phg'-Chy Club, '44-'45g NEWS o' CRAFT sian, '43-'44, ioioqy Club, '42-'43, HELEN HERRMANN- Sleeping Beauty . . . enjoys a good joke, even when it is on herself . . . doesn't take school too seriously . . . is ambitious enough to work after school . . . popular with both sexes, Boosters' Club, '44, Girl Reserves Club, '41-'-12, '44-'-15, Gens Togata, '41-'42g NEWS O CRAFT Staff, '44-'-155 The Iesters, '44-'45g Band, '42-'45g Maiorette '43-'45: Mixed Chorus, '42-'44, Girls' Chorus, '43-'44, Library Club, 311342, Musicals, '42-'44, 'WILLIAM HEHRON-A typical Irishman, with his red hair and freckles . . . is one of our beloved heroes of the football team . . . our loss was Navy's gain when he left last Ianuary . . . will be long remembered for his jalcpy and his favoring the Iuntor girls. Football, '44. 'ln the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Ticiclzty-sciieiz-THE GINKGO MARILYN HIGH-Tall blonde from Ingram . . , usually quiet in school, but is always fun in a crowd . . . has artistic ability . . . is a good player :n any sport . . . swell friend to have . . . isn't particularly fond of school . , . will make the grade. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, Library Club, '44-'45 PATRICIA HOFMANN-Really an all-American girl . . . is true-blue . . . intelligent . . , enthusiastic about spoils and the outdoors . . . takes her school work seriously . . . enjo s her social life hugely . . . wins lasting friends easily . . , will be popular wherever she goes. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'43, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'43, Cheerleader, '43-'44, Library Club, '41-'42, Musicals, '42-'43, Museum and Research Club, '43-'44. BARBARA HOGE-Is tall, slender, and pretty . . . has one of the sweetest dispositions in the Senior Class . . . plans to be a kindergarten teacher . . . will make a perfect one , . . is one sincere friend . , , a grand person to know. Girl Reserves Club, '4lf'45, Cabinet, '44f'45, Leaders' Corps, '42-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'-'14, Gens Togata, '43, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '-11545, Mixed Chorus, ' -'4. Girls' Chorus, '41-'45, Musicals, '42-'-15, Library Club, '41-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-45, Popular Song Club, 44-'45, National Honor Society, '45. 'DALLAS HOLMES-Greentree's gift to the girls . . . also Miss Vogeley's pride and joy . . . has a smile that would melt anyone's heart, and brains to back it up . . . is a member of the Army Air Corps Re- serve . . . to tap it off, he's free. liEY43Club, '43-'45, Student Council, '44, Biology Club, PATRICLA HOWARD-Destined to be the perfect secree tary . . . has the ambition needed to succeed , , . is efficient, reliable, helpful , . . interested in others . . . we wish her much success, bcause she surely deserves it. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, Leaders' Corps, '45, The Iesters, '411f'4S, GINKGO Staff, '45. CHARLES ILLIG-Could be called Mr. Casanova ot '45 , . . has a way with the lovelier sex fmight be his height and buildt . . . is generous and sympathetic . . . pals around with Iim Herrick . . . plans to go to Pitt . . . we're with you, Chuck. Spanish Club, '43, French Club, '42-'43, Small Ensem- ble, '44-'45, Rio Rico, '43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Band, '42-'45, Mixed Chorus, lfif'45, Boys' Chorus, '44-'-15, Library Club, '42-'43, Popular Song Club, 14345, Musicals, '42-'45, Green Chartreuse, '45, PATRICIA IONES-Sweet , . . is serious . , . lovel . . . always smiling . . . does well in school work . . . wears beautiful clothes , . . wears a diamond on her third finger, left hand . . . may her lite be filled with sunshine. Boosters' Club, '42-'45, Girl Reserves Club, 'Ill-'45, Leaders' Corps, '42-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'42, GINKGO Staff, '43-'45, Waltz Dream, '42, Biology Club, '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Library Club, '41-'42, Girls' Athletic Association, '-14-45, Po u- lar Song Club, '44-'45, Romani Hodierni, '-42-'-13, An- nouncing Antonia, '45, National Honor Society, '45. PATRICIA IOYCE-Our little package of dynamite . . . happy only when she has her finger in everye thing that goes on . . . has a mischievous smile . . . is one of the best, Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Cabinet, '44-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Biology Club, '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'-15. at 'In the Armed Forces ot the United States. Page Twenty-eightMTHE GINKGO K' MARGARET IUDD-One of Miss Gayvert's reliables . . . is good-natured . . . industrious . . . conscien- tious , , . has a mind of her own, and definite ideas on things . . , is sincere and frank . . . will succeed. The Iesters, '44-'45p Mixed Chorus, '44-'45p Girls' Chorus, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Musical, '-44145. MARY EVELYN KARR-Friendly and patient . . . a good listener , . . has a sweet smile, which is seen often . . . works hard when she wants to . . . desires to be a secretary . . . will make a good one. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'43, Biology Club, '42-'43, Library Club, '41-'42, Popular Song Club, '44-'45. IACQUELINE KERCHNER-A newcomer to Cralton . , . has already found good friends here . . . has a quiet voice and a pleasing manner . . . is the possessor of beautiful glistening black hair . . . capable and willing . . . enjoys school . . . will undoubtedly find success in life. Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, ORA IANE KING-Has lovely curly hair and pretty eyes . . . is often serious . . . quiet, except when in a gang . . . dependable and helpful . . . often gay . . . sure to succeed in the business world. Girl Reserves Club, '41J45p The Iesters, '44-'45g Girls Chorus, '41-'43, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'4f PAULINE KIRSCH-Dependable . . . is a deeply sin- cere friend . . . lots of fun to be with . . . versatile . , . clever in handiwork, especially sewing . . . artistic . . . will work hard for something she be- lieves in. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Cabinet, '42-'45, S anish Club, '42-'43, Leaders' Corrs, '42-'45, Gens Tggata, '41-'42, Small Ensemble, '4 -'45, The Iesters, '4 145: Mixed Chorus, '42-'45, Girls' Chorus, '42-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Musicals, '41-'45, Production Start, '-15. 'ROBERT GEORGE KRAMER-Was one of the main- stays of a light but aggressive football line . . . is definitely good looking . . , apparently shy . . . has winning ways . , . can make the grade when it's necessary . . , is slated for success. Biology Club, '42-'43, Orchestra, '42-'43, Band, '41-'43, Football, '44, RUTH KROLL-Makes up in quality what she lacks in size . . . has a ready smile for everyone . . . is quiet and unassuming, but loads of fun . . . is headed toward the top. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'44, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, CHARLES KURCINA-Is always on the honor roll . . likes a good gym period , , . has a sense of hu- mor . . . makes aood speeches . . . has manv friends , . . knows now to be a friend . . . faces success. Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45, Stage Force, '43-'44, Library Club, '41-'42, National Honor Society, '45. 'ln the Armed Forces ol the United States. Page Twenty-nine-THE GINKGO FRANK KURCINA-Well-read , . . is the psychologist of the class . . . a good student . . . like his brother, is a good speech maker , . . wins friends easily , . . can see a joke. Spanish Club, '43-'44, Waltz Dream, '42, Biology Club, '43-'44, Library Club, '42g Museum and Re- search Club, '43-'44. MARGARET IRAN LANDGRAF-Has beautiful blonde hair . . . is usually very quiet . . . a devoted Sinatra fan , . . enjoys buying and wearing pretty clothes . . . has a sweet disposition . . . is a first-rate girl who deserves the good things of life. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Cabinet, '43-'44, Leaders' Corps, '41-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '42-'-15, Girls' Chorus, '42-'45p Popular Song Club, '-'14-'45g Musicals, '-'ll-'-15. MARY I-ANE LANE-One of Ingram's charming contribu- tions to Crafton . . . is athletic . . . willing to help a pal at any time . . . sometimes wants to be a nurse . . . sometimes wants to be a secretary . . . would be good as either . . . deserves the best. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45p Mixed Chorus, V13-'-15g Girls' Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Mu- sicals, '43-'44, 'ROBERT LANGER-ls usually seen in the company of Bill Dunbar and Dick Cherry . . , gets along in school , . . is athletic . . . makes friends easily . . . will succeed in any field that he enters. Biology Club, '42-'43, Romani Hodierni, '-12-'-13. MARY IANE LAVORGNA-The gal with the Pepso- dent smile . . , is energetic and vivacious always . . . enjoys a good joke, and can make the gab . . . is always groomed just so . . . slated for suc- cess. Girl Reserves Club, 'f3-'i4, The Iesters, '-143715, Popu- lar Song Club, '44-'45. SARAH IANE LETTERS-Effcient and dependable . . . easy to get along with . . . industrious . . . always willing to help another . . . has numerous friends . . . is somet.mes quiet and shy, but always full of pep . . . has a wonderful sense of humor . . . is a good sport . . . sure to get on in the world. Girl Reserves Club, 'fll-'15, Cabinet, '-13-'45, Leaders' Corps, '44-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '-'13-'45, GINKGO Staff, '44-'45, Library Club, 'ill-'-12, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45. STEPHEN MADDEN- Min Brains of '45 . . . is a friend to all . . . a teacher's delight . . . proficient in a hundred different things . . , always smiling , . . a regular fellow , . . success awaits him. Hi-Y Club, '43-'45g French Club, '12-'44, Student Coun- cil, '42g National Honor Society, '44A'-45, President, '-15, Stage Force, '43-'45, GINKGO Staff, '41-45, Waltz Dream, '4lg Musicals, ll- Ji: Mixed Ensemble, '-'3-35, Iunior Class President, '43-'44, Mixed Chorus, 'ill-'45, Boys' Chorus, '41-'45, Football, '43-V445 The Iesters, '44-'45p Biology Club, '42-'43, Rio Rico, '43, Museum and Research Club, '42v'43, Production Staff, 945. IOSEPH MARZZARELLA-Added his share of fun to the halls of C.H.S, in his junior year . , . can work when he has a mind to , . . likes to trade punches with Dan Davies . . . can take a lot of kidding . . . has the affection and esteem of classmates . . . faces a bright future. French Club, '44-'45, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'45. 'In the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Thirty-THE GINKGO 'N BERNADETTE MCCOY-Cute and full of pep . . . wears her many clothes well . . . certainly roves that good things come in small packages . . , lhas a good sense of humor . . . adds life to any party . . . will be missed around the halls of C.H.S. next year. VA ih K g5irl45Reserves Club, '41-'45, Popular Song Club, ANN MCGINN-Tall, dark, and sweet . . . has a wonderful personality . , . likes to talk, and has a Southern accent which makes her fun to listen to . . . must be in on everything or she isn't happy . . . will make the grade. Girl Reserves Club, '42-'45, French Club, '43-'45g NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '44, The Iesters, '44-'45, Announcing Antonia, '45, IACQUELINE MCKIM-Definitely a ood thing in a smal package . . . has beautifu? eyes and hair . . . is original . , . always out for a good time . 1, . enjoys dramatics, in which she shows much ta ent. . G'rl Reserves Club, '41-'43, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'42, GINKGO Staf, '42, Biology Club, '42- '43, The Iesters, '44-'45g Band, '41-'42, ixed Chorus, '41-'43, Girls' Chorus, '41-'42p Librarv Club, '41-'42, Musical, '41, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43. IEANNE MCNAHY-Our Ieanne with the light brown hair . . . has fascinating dimples . . . a human stick of T.N.T. fm'eaning trim, neat, terrificl . . , is Dopular with everyone, and loved by her friends . . , bound for success. Girl Reserves Club, 'ffl-'45, Cabinet, '42-'43, '44-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42p Romani Hodierni, '42-'43p Biology Club, '43f'44y The Iesters, '44-'45: Orchestra, '44-'45: Band, '4Zg'45p Girls' Chorus, '41-'42, Announcing An- fonia, ' . VIOLET MCNUTT-The gal with the laughing eyes . . . enlivens any class, especially shorthand , . . is the kind of friend to have, and many can claim her as such , , . will reach the top, and quickly. EHMA LOUISE METZGERiPo1sed, lovely, friendly . . has a captivating manner . , . is interesting to listen to . , . dresses attractively . , . has made many friends in her short time at Crafton . . . good luck, Erma, in whatever you undertake. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45p Popular Song Club, '44-'45, AUDREY MONIOT- Mo-lo' '... a pretty little girl with beautiful black hair and a pleasant smile . . has enough pep for a dozen . . , one of lngram's gifts to our class . . . is versatile . . . a swell pal to all . . . sure to succeed. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Cabinet, '44-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '43A'45, Musicals, '43-'44, Popular Song Club, '-f4-'-l5, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, 'RALPH MORTON- lfoe . .the Navy's indispensable . . . has been sorely missed at Crafton High since he went off to help Uncle Sam . . . is a happy-gd lucky gob with plenty of personality . . , will be long romembered for cowboying around with his coal truck. Stage Force, '43-'45. 'In the Armed Forces of the United States, Page Thirty-one-THE GINKGO CHRISTINE MOSER-Beautiful in a warm, irresistible sort of way . . . seems to be looking right into the person she talks to . . . is good-natured . . . serious . , . charming . . . will grace any niche into which the luture places her, Girl Reserves Club, '41-'44, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens 'l'ogata, '41-'42, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43g Cheerleader, '43-'44, Mixed Chorus, '43-'44, Girls' Chorus, '43-'44, Musicals, '42-'43g Museum and Research Club, '-13 -14. RUTH MURSCH-Pretty . . . amiable . , . reliable . . . will do almost anything for a friend . . . enjoys be- ing helpful . . . has her own ideas, and they are usually good ones . . . is good in all sports . . . is tops as a friend, Girl Reserves Club, '4lf'45g Leaders' Corps, '-43-'-15, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'44, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '42-'45, Waltz Dream, '42, Small Ensemble, '44-'45, Secretary-Treasurer of Iunior Class, '43-'44, Bnloav Club, '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '42-'45, Girls' Athletic Associa- tion, '43-'-45: Romani Hodierni, '-12-'-15. SHIRLEY MURSCI-IiGenial . . . an all-round girl . , . has personality plus . . . enjowis all sports . . . is a good forward . . . a smooth s ater . . . pals around with Doris . , . will be missed greatly next year. Boosters' Club, '43-'44, Girl Reserves Club, '41-'-'15, Cabinet, '42-'43, Student Council, '43, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '44-'45, Small Ensemble, '44-'45, Rio Rico, '43, The Iesters, '44-'45g Mixed Chorus, '41-'45, Girls' Chorus, '41-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Musicals, '41-'45, Announcing Antonia, '45. MARGUERITE NICHOLS-Has lovely blonde curly hair to match her blue eyes . . . adores corn on the cob and milk . . . loves to sing . . . has a clear, sweet soprano voice . . . is a good student . . . looks grand in green . . . has a warm, friendly smile . . . lots of luck, Peggy. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Leaders' Corps, '42-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens To4gata, '41-'42, Small En- semble, '44-'45, The Iesters, '4 -'45, Orchestra, '41-'44, Band, '41-'45, Mixed Chorus, '42-'45, Girls' Chorus, '41-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, 'Zig-'45, Musicals, '41-'45, Announcing An- tonia, ' . . , ERNEST NIMAI.-Will be remembered for his dimples . . . is always laughing . . . argumentative . . . can work when he has a mind to, but at present is too interested in the Navy Air Corps . . . lots of luck, chum. Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Boys' Chorus, '43 45, Musicals, '43-'44, EDMUND ORMAY- Eddie, the personality kid from Ingram . . . is determined, though easy-going . . . has brains that he can put to work when he wants to . . . is a humorist, as Miss Vogeley will verify . . . a truly good kid. RITA O l'OOLE-Our lovely Irish lass with the sparkling eyes . , . is ambitious, philosophical, sincere, and unpredictable . . . has a sense of humor that drives Dolly nuts . . . is Miss Vogeley's Bad Girl . . . our Pin-UpAGirl. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'44g Girls' Chorus, '43-'44, 'HOMER PATTERSON-The most popular boy in the Senior Class . , . is tall, dark, and handsome . . . . . . intelligent . . . ingenuous . , . 'thinks before he speaks . , . makes friends easily . . . is the kind of fellow who will be long remembered. President ffirst semesterl, of the Senior Class '44, Football, '43-'44, ag-,Q Ww- 'Etiliir is 'In the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Thirty-two-THE GINKGO NANCY PEEBLBS-Another of Crafton's famous blondes . . . loves cokes and bright red skirts . . . has a contagious laugh , . . blushes easily . . . loafs around with the gang . . . always has a giggling good time. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45p Gens Togata '41-'42g NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '44-'45, Small Ensemble, '43-'45, Orchestra, '41-'44p Mixed Chorus, '43-'45g Girls' Chorus, '42-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Musicals, '41-'45, Romani Hodierni, '-12-'43, BETTY PETKOVICH-Tall, dark, and quiet . . . makes a good center for any team . , . hails from Rook . . . really knows her shorthand . . . has a swell dispo- sition , . , and a smile, rarely seen, that lights up the darkest room, Girl Reserves Club '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'45g Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45. IAMB PETRIE-One half of the famous Petrie broth- ers . . . is usually silent . . . but can be rounded up to particigate in many school debates . . . displays brains w en the need arises . . . helps the war effort by delivering for a local business concern . . . good luck, Iim. 'WILLIAM PETRIE-Dark and handsome , . . easy to get along with . . . likes to have a tgood time . , . and contributes towards the making o one . . . has a swell personality . . . is popular with both boys and girls. Waltz Dream, '42, Cheerleader, '44, Rio Rico, '-13, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '41-'44, Boys' Chorus, Library Club, '42-'43p Popular Song Club, IAMES GORDAN REA-Bellevue's gift to C.H.S ,.,. is another example that good things often come in small packages . . . an ace at basketball . . can be counted on to come through with colors flying at whatever he attempts. Hi-Y Club, '44-'45, Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45, Orchestra, '42-'43, Band, '42-'43, Romani Hodierni, '43-'Mg Mu- sicals, '43-'44. CATHERINE RENVERS-Friendly and helpful . . , is a grand sport , , . an excellent typist . . . faithful worker on NEWS O' CRAFT Staff . . . spends most of her study eriods under the direction o Mr. Small . , . always hlelps the excitement along. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43-'45g Biology Club, '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Orchestra, '41-'45, Band, '42-'45g Library Club, '41-'42, Musicals, '41-'44, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, 'DONALD REX-Has beautiful red hair that many a girl is envious of . . . is steadfast, witty! and lots of fun . . . expects to be in the service y the end of the year . . . will be sorely missed by al. GINKGO Staff, '45p Hi-Y Club, '43-'44, Football, '-14. VERA REX- Rexie . . . the witty miss from In- gram . . . is blessed with the gift of gab . . . has never been known to be down , . . chases the gloom . . . will laugh her wa! to the top . . . and stay there by keeping everybo y happy. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Mu- sicals, '43-'45g Small Ensemble, '44-'45p The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '4f3+'45g Library Club, '43-'-14, Girls' Athletic Association, '-14-'-155 Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Production Staff, '45, 'ln the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Thirty-three-THE GINKGO 'CLIFFORD ROBERTS-Quiet but sometimes surprises his friends with outbursts of speech . . . gets along well in school fwhen he's therel . . . his good na- ture will put him on top, MARY CLARE ROEMER-ls as sweet as her name . . , a honey with honey-blonde hair . . . is the sort of girl you want to be friends with , . . one of lngram's gifts to C.H.S .... has plenty of personality . . . can always be depended upon . . . lots of luck, Mary. DOROTHY RUDOLPH-Blonde half of the swell twin team . . . has innocent-looking blue eyes . . . pos- sesses a wonderful sense of humor . . . is active in all sports . . . a snappy dresser . . . the life of any party . . . an unusually good combination of intelligence and good looks. Girl Reserves Club, '4lA'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Popu- lar Song Club, '44-'45, GINKGO Staff, '44, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'44, KATHERINE RUDOLPI-I-The other half of a swell twin team . . . has lovely eyes and dimples . . . bubbles over with enthusiasm . . . loves to dance . . . enjoys all sports, especially horseback riding . . , always dresses attractively . . . has personality plus. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Popular Song Club, '44-'45. NANCY IANE RUTTER-Tall and blonde . . . has a bright, merry laugh . . . is very good-natured . . . possesses a sweet, expressive singing voice . . . is well liked by everyone . . . friendly and helpful at all times . . . thanks, Ingram, for this peach of a girl. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, French Club, '43-'44, Small Ensemble, '43-'45, The Iesters, '44!45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '43-'45, Library Club, '44-'-15. VIRGINIA SCHEPNER-The good-humor girl . , . is a neat dresser . . . really a swell pal . . . is full of 'aep and enthusiasm . . . thinks long and often of the Navy . . . is an influence in our class that couldn't be replaced. Girl Reserves Club, '42-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45. IRENE SCHOENEMAN-Liked by all , . . always en- joys herself wherever she is . . . keeps any class lively . . , likes to keep up to the minute on every- thing that's going on . . . has a leasant laugh that raises the spirits of those around her. Boosters' Club, '42, Girl Reserves, '41-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Phy-Chg Club, '45, Biologl' Club, '42-'43, The Iesters, '44-'4, Girls' Chorus, 'l-'43, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, Musicals, '41-'43, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Announc- ing Antonia, '45, PATRICIA SCHWARTZ- Sweet and lovely . . , is shy . . . ossesses brown eyes and shining brown hair , . . hjas given her heart to the Navy , . . is the quiet part of the Irene-Polly-Patty trio. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43- l5p Biology Club, '42-'-13, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '41-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, Musicals, '41-'4 'In the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Thirty-four-THE GINKGO ,, y ANN SHANE-ls tall and blonde . . . always eager and willing to help out , . , makes a grand center in basketball . . . loves the Mixed Chorus and bri ht fingernail polish . . . dislikes hats and high-heelled shoes . . . is a fine student . . . lots of luck, Ann. Girl Reserves Club, '4l-'45, Cabinet, '43-'44y Leaders' Corps, '42-'45p S anish Club, '43-'44, Gens Togata, '41-'42y National fgonor Society, '43-'45p GINKGO taff, '42-'43, Secretary-Treasurer of Senior Class, '44-'45, Bi- ology Club, '42-'43y The lesters, '44-'-45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'44y Girls' Chorus, '-'ll-'44, Girls Athletic Associa- tion, '43-'45, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, For Distin- guished Service, '45, 'WILLIAM SlCKLESA'l'he boy with the taking smile and the friendly word . . . is lngram's gift to the Class of '45 . . . likes class debate . . . is quick to supply answers tif he knows theml to his teachers' ques- tions . . . is surely a swell fellow. Cheerleader, '43-'44, The lesters, '44-'45, Football, '44, Library Club, '44-'45, 'IAMES SIMPSON-Friendly . . . has a million-dollar smile , . . is easy to get along with . . . serious, but not about school . . . a good dancer . , . a smoothie . . . can be counted upon to make his mark. l'2EY45Club, '43-'45, Biology Club, '42-'43, The lesters, CLARE SMITH-Shy and courteous . . . has pretty black hair . . , likes sports . , . is a whiz at basket- ball . , . a good skater . . . capable of making highest grades . . . sure to go far with that very sweet smile. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'43, Leaders' Corps, '44-'45, French Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '4l-'42g Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45. SYIVIA SMITH-Quiet and reserved . . . witty in her quiet way . . . honest and sincere . . . capable ot accepting responsibility . . . always willing to help . . . has a smile for anyone and everyone . . . haiithe ability to go far . . . is sure to succeed in ie, Girl Reserves, '43-'44g Phy-Chy Club, '44-'45, Romani Hodierni, '43-'44, DOLORES SOIVIMERS-Tall and slender . . . is quiet in school, but is lively in a crowd . . . a hard and sincere worker . . . dependable . . , efficient , . . makes excellent grades . . . is bound to go places. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43-'45, GINKGO Stall, '45, Small Ensemble, '44-'45, The lesters, '44-'45, Girls' Chorus, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '44- '45g National Honor Society, '45. ROBERT STEVENSON-Quiet when in school . . . really appreciates a good joke . . . likes all sports, but baseball is his favorite . . . is a math wizard . . . honest and reliable . , . a fellow we couldn't get along without . . . good luck, Bob. Spanish Club, '43-'44p Phy-Ch! Club, '44-'45g GINKGO Staff, '45, Biology Club, '42-' 3. DONA STRAITIFF-Is talented in many different things . . , draws and paints beautifully , . . plans to ma e art her life's work , . . has reddish-brown hair and bright blue eyes . . , possesses a twinkling laugh , . , looks especially lovely in blue . , , is a sincere friend. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'43, French Club, '42-'44g Gens Togata, '41-'43, NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '42-'45, Stage Force, '44-'45, GINKGO Staff, '44-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45g National Honor Society, '45, Pro- duction Statf, 'fl5. 'ln the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Thirty-five-THE GINKGO RITA STRITZINGER-Sympathetic . . . has an angelic expression and a warm heart that make everyone like her . . . strives to do the right thing . . . loves to sing and play the piano . . . draws well . . . always enjoys hersel . . . is gracious and kind. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'43, Leaders' Cor s, '43-'45, French Club, '43-'45, Gens To-Fata, '41-'43, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, NEWS O' CRAP Stall, '42-'45, GINKGO Staff, '45, Small Ensemble, '43A'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Band, '42-'44, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '42-'45, Musicals, '42-'45, Announcing Antonia, '-45. 'THOMAS SULLIVAN-ls usually quiet . . . when he does say something, delights all with his wonderful speaking voice . . . likes math . . . is a loyal fellow . . . liked by all . . . here's to you, Tommy. Football, '44, SUSAN SUTHERLAND-Always has her lovely blonde hair arranged in the latest style . . . has cute blue eyes and beautiful coloring . . . is petite . . . dances like a dream . . , has many, many friends because of her sweet disposition . . . can carry responsibilities when it is necessary . . . will succeed. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Cabinet, '43-'45, Leaders' Corps, '42-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-42, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, NEVVS O' CRAFT Stall, '43- '45, Waltz Dream, '42, Biolog Club, '42-'43, Rio Rico, '43, The Iesters, '44-'45, Girls' Chorus, '42-'43, Library Club, '41-'42, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, Musicals, '45, FRANCIS TAYLOR-ls studious and hardworking . . . enjo s the jokes ot Bob Langer . . . can make a good' speech . . . like many others of our class, helps overcome manpower shortage by working alter school . . . drives a delivery truck . . . is tops with everybody, Hi-Y Club, '43-'45, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Library Club, '41-'42. HELEN VAN DER KLOET-The streak of lightning . . . is the center ot excitement . . . is unpre ictable . . . vivacious . . . lots of fun perpetually . . . well liked by all . , . a good dancer Girl Reserves Club, '4l-'45, Cabinet, '41-'42, Gens Togata, '41-'42, Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Biologny Club, '42-'43, Spanish Club, '43-'14, The Iesters, '44-'-1 , Boost- ers' Club, '44, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Band, '42-'45, Announcing Antonia, '45. ELINOR V-ATER-Enviously called Duchess . . . a delight in any class . . . is lair, attractive, and re- ireshing . . . can alwa s be relied upon . . . bound tor the highest rung, thanks to her intelligence and poise. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Mixed Chorus, '43-'45, Girls' Chorus, '43-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Library Club, '43-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '45, Musicals, '44 'CHARLES WENRICH-Handsome . . . dependable . . . has a good head on his shoulders . . . is serious but always ready for a good time . . . knows how to meet any situation and anybody . . . a lad who will go lar. French Club, '42f'44, Phy-Chy Club, '43-'45, Student Council, '41-'45, President, '44-'45, National Honor So- ciety, '45, GINKGO Stall, '42-'43, Waltz Dream,' '42, Vice-President of Iunior Class, '43-'44, Biology Club, '42-'43, The lesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '41-'43, Boys' Chorus, '41-'43, Football, '43-'44, Basketball, '42-'45, Baseball, '43 44. PEGGYLOU WHITE-Tall, blonde, and pleasant . . . came to us from West Virginia in her junior year . . . is an all- round girl . . . willing to help at all times . . . does her work well. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45, Mixed Chorus, '44-'45, Girls' Chorus, '44-'45, Girls' Athletic Association, '44-'45, Popular Song Club, '44-'45, An- nouncing Antonia, '45, 'In the Armed Forces oi the United States. Page Thirty-six-THE GINKGO BETTY LOU WILLENBERG-Quiet, refined, unassuming . . . is a good sport any way you look at it . . . looks slick in her C.A.P. uniform . . . is a promising contribution from Ingram . . . bound to be successful in whatever she does. ESTHER WOLF-Tall, blonde, and lovely . . . will be remembered for her athletic ability . . . is friendly, pleasant, and congenial . , . also a good dancer . . . is natural always . . . will be valuable in any office. Girl Reserves Club, '43-'45, Student Council, '44, Library Club, '43-'45g GINKGO Staff, '45. PAULINE WOOD-Pretty and peppy , . , likes to be in on what's going on . . . is generous . . . has a good brain and knows how to use it . . . all of which explains why she has so many friends, both girls and boys. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45, Spanish Club, '43-'45g Gens Togata, '41-'42p NEWS O' CRAFT Staff, '43-'45, Biology Club, '42-'45, The Iesters, '44-'45p Mixed Chorus, '41-'-15, Girls' Chorus, '4l-'45, Library Club, '41-'43, Girls' Athletic Association, '43-'45, Musicals, '41-'45g Romani Hodierni, '42-'43, Announcing Antonia, '45, ht VfiAff N. C. 7-..L ELEANOR WRIGHT-Quiet and reserved . . . shy . . . is unselfish . . . thoughtful of others . . . has a nice disposition . . . has the ability to attain much . . . sure to succeed in anything she attempts. Girl Reserves Club, '41-'45g Spanish Club, '43-'45g Phy- Chy Club, '44-'45p Girls' Chorus, '42-'45g Popular Son Club, '44-'45g Romani Hodierni, '43-'44, Musicals, '42-'45 BETTY YOUNG-A newcomer to Crafton . . . is well liked . . . earnest . . . has a warm smile . . . enjo s good music . . . plays the piano . . . has a lovely singing voice . , . wears attractive clothes . . . has made many friends at C,H.S. Girl Reserves Club, '44-'45, Small Ensemble, '44-'45g Mixed Chorus, '44-'45, Girls' Chorus, '44-'45g Popular Song Club, '44-'45. 'RAYMOND MUELLER-A fine tellow to know . . . pos- sesses a good sense of humor . . . likes Spanish . . . is working for Uncle Sam as an air gunner . . . doesn't get zeros in his marksmanship . . . hopes to get Zeros in the future. 'GEORGE SHOENBERGER-'Gifted with a keen sense of humor lus a fast-workin mind . . . on his seven- teenth birtllliday enlisted in glncle Sam's Navy . . . is sure of success in his new career . . . good luck, Admiral, 'fn the Armed Forces of the United States. Page Thirty-seven-THE GINKGO SENIOR CLASS SONG CLASS OF 1945 KTO the tune of Two Sleepy Peoplenl Here we are, We've come to say goodbye. Our high school days are almost o'er. lt's hard to realize That we are four years older, and we hope we've grown more wise, For we are the Class of '45, The fun we've had! We've worked a little too. We Won't forget our teachers all And friends who've been true blue, Especially those who now have gone, their country's job to do, For We are the class of '45. We'll all remember the times we used to carry home our books, The dances, football games, and chorus too, The times we dicln't have our English and the way Miss Vogeley looked The thrill we'll always feel when we see that Gold and Blue. The time is almost here, we'll soon be leaving you To find our places in the world, To see what we can do. The mem'ries of these four swell years will never never die, So, thanks from the Class of '45! Betty Young, '45 Page Thirty-eight-THE GINKGO QUEEN AND TOPPERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS Queen PATRICIA BOSSERT Chosen by the members of the Senior Class, and crowned at Tortuga Tavern, on Aprill 6, 1945 TOPPERS Elected by the members of the Senior Class, and topped at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 Most Able Scholastically: Most Likely to Succeed Ellen lane Albright Ann Shane Stephen Madden Best Dancer: Collette Crawford Dorothy Rudolph Susan Sutherland Charles Wenrich Most Versatile: Ann Shane Stephen Madden Best Looking: Patricia Bossert Homer Patterson Most Quiet: Patricia Schwartz Glenn Elliott Richard Couch Most Popular: Patricia Bossert Horner Patterson Most Athletic: Dorothy Rudolph Charles Wenrich Best Dressed: Florence Catrain Iohn Allamovich Most Witty: Bernie McCoy Donald Davis Page Thmy-me-THE GINKGO uni urs 'vx QQ All Youth Need to Undersland the Influence of Science on Human Life. ,Y K, , ..,.- ' 'AC F fi f'fn -N W ui X gk I M X if ,X fm I K ' Q X t 'Vvk 'V . kkfx. , K I? 5 A A M F? P V , . 42- Mig' K 3 Q ,X Q' .yf-1- .,d ,f ,W J' ,ff 5 XR , ,, f Mx S , M Q P - if ,J Q f f x f 6 A XM' 1 ' A f R' xm 5 A K XX I 5 jg' V . , - H, F W V N' 'A E V 5 5 it--hL . M h I . Y ...'u.'.s.li..... .412 WXAX T - ' fri- 1 X , l '4Don't Get Hurtlv L. ---v-----v..-----v- 9Q-5 ..... JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Thomas Goelz -M ., v .v ,, v .,.,,,. A. President Charles Griffiths -U ssisss.s. Vice President Phyllis Sutton --- ,ss,-e,,,s. ,.ss S ecretaryflreasurer ADVISER Mr. David Kiser SPONSORS Mrs. Gladys Howe Mrs. lane Mazur Mrs. Anna Lora Moreland Page Forty-two-THE GIXKGO JUNIGRS novs Top Row: Third Iohn McCullough, Arthur Becker, Robert Weaver, Harry Bailey, Richard Carter, Richard I-lavener, Stephen Krepps, Phillip Sullivan, joseph Froetschel, james Dally, Thomas Goelz, james Sims, Edgar Burford Row: David Vea, Edward Herrle, Richard Marton, Fred Fischer, john Beach, Ioseph Sebrosky, Ralph Christy, Robert Petrie, Stanley Collier, Iohn McDonald, james Harshman, Donald Doughty Second Row: Dean Couch, Robert Burkhardt, jay Barth, Donald Gittin, Robert Fisher, George Hiteshue, William Capper, Robert Stanley, Frank Vater, Charles Karr, Barry Dietrich, Lawrence Kasper Bottom Row: Iames Simpson, lack Day, Richard Blair, john Warner, Norman Thorn- hill, Leroy Whitley, Arthur Davis, james Gibson, Ierome Harmon, Martin Melia, Charles Griffiths GIRLS Top Row: Third Norma Clark, Sally Toe, Alice Adams, Ieanne Clark, Ruth Scothern, Donis Wolbert, Olive Ann Beckerleg, Barbara Hess, lean Dawkins, Irma Hamilton, Beatrice Hannah, Martha Hardy, Beverly Carlson, Doris Haver, Barbara White-Spunner, Marjorie Moser, Dolores Enscoe, Shirley Pearce, Geraldine Standow Row: Lourena Mellott, Dolores Warren, Dolores Dear, Nancy Burgh, Marjorie Roberts, jane Henry, Florence Rudolph, Phyllis Sutton, Mary Kay Moren, Dolly McNamee, Katherine Scott, Nancy Chapin, Lois Hender- shot, Elizabeth Richards, Lois Fabian, Bertille Warner, Anna Marie Symosko, Marjorie Lane, Naomi Hann Second Row: Miriam Brooker, Anne Craig, Mary Agnes Flanagan, Alice Cherry, Patricia Gannon, Ioanne Myers, Peggy Owens, Gloria Hojlmquist, Diane Turner, Ilo lane Hancock, Mary Martha McCurdy, Barbara lllig, Mary Ann Ianotta, Ioan Teichart, Dorothy Ieschke, Margaret Ingram, Bobbie lean Brown, Wilma Dunn Bottom Row: Dorothy Patterson, Hazel Schrader, Josephine Krmel, Doris Koontz, Martha Charlier, Virginia Capes, Iessie Woollett, Patricia Meredith, Emily Miller, Dolores Iungling, Helen Wolff, Eileen Schwan, Georgia Iune Crouch Page Forty-three-THE GINKGO THIS IU NIOR YOUTH Adams, Alice --- Bailey, Harry --- Barth, lay ...... Beach, Iohn .... Becker, Arthur --- Beckerleg, Olive --- Blair, Richard --- Brooks, Charles --- Brooker, Miriam ..... Brown, Bobbie lean --- Burlord, Edgar .... Burgh, Nancy ..... Burkhardt, Robert .... Buss, Harry ...... Butler, lrene ..... Capes, Virginia --- Capper, William -- Carlson, Beverly --- Carter, Iames .... Chapin, Nancy --- Charlier, Martha --- Cherry, Alice ..... Christy, Ralph --- Clark, Norma .... Clarke, Iean ..... Collier, Stanley --- Couch, Dean ..... Craig, Ann ...... Crouch, Georgia -- Dally, Iames ..... Davis, Arthur .... Dawkins, Iean .... Day, lack ...... Dear, Dolores .... Dietrich, Barry ...... Doughty, Donald .... Dunn, Wilma ...... Enscoe, Dolores --- Fabian, Lois .... Fisher, Frederick ...... Fisher, Robert ........... Flanagan, Mary Agnes Froetschel, Ioseph ....... IS UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF - - - - Cheertulness - - - - Telling corny jokes - - - - Keeping wavy hair - - - - Student psychology - - - - Friendliness - - - - Keeping on the good side - - - - Shining cars - - - - Deep thinking - - - - Quietness - - - - Unselfconsciousness - - - - Snoring - - - - Singing in chorus - - - - Getting on the honor roll - - - - Arguing - - - - Being industrious - - - - Animated talking - - - -Ushering - - - - Smiling - - - -Cheering people up - - - - Iitterbugging - - - - Telling tall stories - - - - Laughing - - - - Basketball - - - - Athletics - - - - Graciousness - - - - Being a celebrity - - - - Playing boogie-Woogie - - - - Upholstering - - - - Being intelligent - - - - Catching passes - - - - Modesty - - - - Quiet friendliness - - - - Running a projector - - - - Styling hair - - - - Science in general - - - - Quietness - - - - Dependability - - - - Being pleasant - - - - Bowling ' - - - - Growing blond hair - - -. Peace and quiet - - - - Wit - - - - Sleeping in class Page Forty-four-THE GINKGO of everyone THIS IUNIOR YOUTH Gannon, Patricia --- Gibson, Iames .... Giffin, Donald .... Goelz, Thomas --- Griffiths, Charles --- Hancock, Ilo lane --- Hamilton, Irma --- Hannah, Beatrice --- Hardy, Martha --- Harmon, Ierome .... Harshman, Iames --- f IS UNDERSTANDING 'I'HE SCIENCE OF - - - - Ierking sodas - - - - Being liked by one and all - - - - Arguing with Dr. Baynham - - - - Maintaining good looks - - - - Writing poetry - - - - Modern fashions - - - - Telling tall tales - - - - Vim, vigor, and vitality - - - - Somehow getting Spanish answers - - - - Yoga - - - - Apparent quietness in school Hastings, Kathryn .... .... I nfectious laughs Havener, Richard --- Hendershot, Lois --- Henry, lane ...... Herrle, Edward --- Hess, Barbara .... Hitshue, George .... Holmquist, Gloria Hopper, lean ..... Illig, Barbara ....... Ingram, Margaret Ieschke, Dorothy Iungling, Dolores Karas, Iulia ...... Karr, Charles ...... Kasper, Lawrence Killmeyer, Marcus -- Koontz, Doris ....... Krmel, Josephine Kuberek, Robert .... Kyle, Theodore --- - - - - Baseball ' - - - - Basketball - - - -Humor ' - - - - Curling his curly hair - - - -Confusion - - - - Sneezing - - .... Pharmacy ----Getting those forty winks in class - - - -Music - - .... Sports - - - - Sewing - - - -Roller-skating - - - - Fascination - - - - Being water boy - - .... Singing -- .... Maintaining good looks - - - - Home economics - - - - Bookkeeping - - - - Late dates - - - - A Pepsodent smile Lampe, Dolores .... .... D ancing Lane, Marjorie --- .... Singing Marion, Richard ...... .... B oing a real screwball McCullough, Iohn ....... .... P ersonality McCurdy, Mary Martha .... .... L anguages McDonald, Iohn ....... .... K nowing all the answers McKeon, Ioseph .... .... N avigation McNamee, Dolly .... .... T ournalism Melia, Martin .... .... D riving a truck Mellott, Lourena .... .... S miling Meredith, Patricia .... - - - - Delivering orations Page Forty- five-TH E GI N K GO THIS IUNIOR YOUTH Miller, Emily ......... Moren, Mary Kathryn Moser, Marjorie ...... Myers, Ioanne ........ Owens, Marguerite --- Patterson, Dorothy .... Pearce, Shirley ..... Petrie, Robert A ,....,.. Richards, Elizabeth --- Roberts, Marjorie --- Rudolph, Florence .... Schrader, Hazel -- Schwan, Eileen --- Scothern, Ruth --- Scott, Katherine .... Sebrosky, Herbert .... Sebrosky, Ioseph --- Shields, Richard .... Simpson, james -- Sims, james ....... Stabb, Anthony ...... Standow, Geraldine -- Stanley, Robert ....... Sullivan, Philip ..... Sutton, Phyllis ........ Symosko, Annarnarie Teichart, joan ........ Thornhill, Norman .... Toe, Sally .......... Turner, Diane .... Unger, Kenneth -- Vater, Frank ---- Vea, David ....... IS UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF - - ..... Having a good time - - - - - - Dancing - - - - - Talking - - - Cheerleading - - - Being just herself - - - Redheads - - - Long eyelashes - - - Football - -.. lndividuality - - - - - Watching the world go by - - - - - Drawing - - - - - Representing Greentree - - - - - Short haircuts - - - - - Refereeing basketball games - - - - - Wearing smart clothes - - - Owning some car - - - - - Having a lively sense of humor - - - Algebra - - - - - Shyness - - - Breaking girls' hearts - - - Looking smooth in his Navy uniform - - ..... Having sparkling blue eyes - - - - - Getting into teachers' hair - - - - - Delivering mail - - - - - Being well liked - - - - - Being a good sport - - -Being among the best dressed - - - - - Pertect manners - - - - - Voice culture - - - Art - - - Swabbing the ship's deck - - - - - Good sportsmanship - - - - - Roping a steer Warner, Bertille -- ..... Drawing News O' Craft cartoons Warner, Iohn ...... ..... R oller-skating Warren, Dolores ........ ..... S horthand Weaver, Robert ......... ---Confusing certain teachers White-Spunner, Barbara --- ----- Scholarship Whitley, Leroy ------- Wolbert, Donis --- Woslff, Helen -.-- Woollett, Iessie --- --- ---Arguing - - - - - Telling jokes - - - Photography - - - Running around Page Forty-six-THE GINKGO QUEEN AND TOPPERS OF THE JUNIOR CLASS 1 QUEEN Ioanne Myers Chosen by the members of the Iuriior Class, and crowned at Tortuga Tavern,' on April 6, 1945 TOPPERS Elected by the members of the Iunior Class, and topped at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 Most Able Scholastically: Most Likely to Succeed Helen Wolff Ann Craig Donald Griffin Donald Giffin Best Dancer: Most POpulC.tl': Lois Fabian Ann Craig Dean Couch Most Versatile: Ann Craig Iames Dally Best Looking: Iames Gibson Most Athletic: Ruth Scothern Charles Griffiths Best Dressed: loanne Myers Kitty Scott Thomas Goelz Iames Sims Most Quiet: Most Witty: Patricia Gannon Marjorie Moser Robert Fisher Harry Bailey Page Forty-seven-THE GINKGO ophomo e XZX.'YX.'Nl, 'i.X.. X.. v ,, ,v ,,,,,, ,, ,,,, 'XX. X .X.'x. 'XXXXN'1.X. Y,N..T'AZ.X133'.X3.'XX.'Y.X.'X. .Cf ,,v,,,,,,,, J' ,,,,, .A'!'.f.7'J.7 .f.7'J74'1'J7Zf!YCf'.f7J7f7J7!ff7'.ffCfCfZ!'.A7'.Cf'.Cf!YJ7'.A'!J,7'.f' All Youth .Need to Develop Respect for Other Persons. I 1 1 3 i x I 1 I , . ,.....-.f- .,., , I ,,f V5 E ! 2 gif 661 Love Me! JZ' A 'A ',kZ 'Aa? '4!,?!0 '7'A '?3',3?5 A'A l'3 X'.X.,'Y.XXX.'Y.X. X.. VXX.,'X1, YN.. N3.'X'B.'X'3.N'.XD.X3,X'.N.X'A.N'.XX3.X'A.NXXK.'Y.XY.X'Y,N.'V.X v , , 'X ,,,,.. - - - --- v SOPHOMORES OFFICERS Larry Wilson -U ,....,,sA.... ...,.,, . P resident William Smith --- r,....,,,i. W,r,.. V ice President Dorothy Kasper -- o.....,,i. A-, Secretary-Treasurer ADVISER Mr. E. Victor Haney SPONSORS Miss Eleanor Brickell Mr. Charles Mcloauglilirl Pagf' Fiffyfrfm c:1.vKc:o SOPHOMORES Bovs Top Row: Third Richard Beebe, Iohn O'Mahony, Robert Wells, Thomas O'Rourke, Iames Toe, Iohn Hughes, Eugene Spano, Lawrence Wilson, Iohn McGovern, Denton Albright, Iames Eckles, Robert Killmeyer, Frank Wigginton Row: Iohn Brooks, lack Plowman, Armin Toelke, Ioseph Madden, Richard Straitift, Francis Crist, Richard Price, William Allott, Rol Kinney, Robert Dobson, Iarnes Bowman, Robert Best, Arthur Hanley Second Row: Robert Scott, Theodore Walton, Donald McCready, Thomas O'Toole, Charles Pennell, Gerald Moren, Richard Pettit, Ierome O'Brien, William Smith, Mikael Keremes, Iames Businger, William Howe Bottom Row: Frederick Keller, Ralph Bockert, William McCalmont, William Donley, Robert Vogel, Stephen Wachnowsky, Frank Kelleher, Iohn Stevenson, Richard Wright, Thomas McClure, George Kramer GIRLS Top Row: Third Ruth Burns, Betty lane Klein, Virginia Mead, Normagene Colborn, Iane Boyer, Ann Ralston, Giloria Smith, Mary Witt, Anna Marie Petkovich, Amelia Kolanko, Rose Raspanti, Anna Sarbin, Lillian Mikulski Row: lane Garbart, Elsie Stewart, Kathryn Martin, Iane Ehrman, Nancy Waddell, Emmy Lou Gladden, Anne Gray, Dorothy Kasper, Barbara Barr, Nancy Gallagher, Ianet Malone Second Row: Shinley Phillabaum, Naomi Bulger, Nancy Shane, Miriam Bode, Ruth Powell, Nancy Davies, Marjorie McKown, lean Flynn, Ieanne Waldron, Mercedes Daley, Ann Bigler, Ann Hartz, Marie Di Giorno Bottom Row: Ellen Rodenberg, Nancy Mae Anderson, Marjean Linn, lean Heckler, Mary Hulsman, Myrtle Marzzarella, Marguerite Stoakes, Phyllis Misk- low, Ioan Brotherton, Mary Herrick Page Fifty-one4THE GINKGO THIS SOPHOMORE YOU'I'H IS RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF Albright, Denton Allott, Wiilliam --- Anderson, Nancy --- Barr, Barbara --- Beebe, Richard --- Best, Robert ..... Bigler, Ann ..... Bockert, Ralph --- Bode, Miriam --- Bowman, Iames --- Boyer, lane ..... Bradbury, Robert Breen, Iames ,... Brooks, Iohn .... Brotherton, Ioan --- Bulger, Mae --- Burns, Ruth --- Businger, Iames Colborn, Normajean Crist, Francis ....... Daley, Mercedes --- Davies, Nancy .... Depp, Harry .... DiGiorno, Marie -- Dobson, Robert ,-- Donley, William -- Eckles, Iames --- Ehrman, lane --- Flynn, lean ..... Gallagher, Nancy -- Garbart, lane ........ , - - Gladden, Emmy Lou Gray, Ann ......... Hanley, Arthur --- Hartz, Ann ..,... Page F ifty-two Studying A good time Drawing for News O' Craft Being seemingly timid and shy Food Catching mice Worrying over assignments Arguing Good jokes The Chartiers Theater Holidays Peace and quiet Excelling in all sports Telling jokes Glaser's good pastries Sweetness The latest popular songs Colllecting trains Saturday nights Wolfing Always saying a cheery word Fun Driving Smiling The knack oi making hair wavy Seeing the humorous side of life Wit Youth Pretty blouses Being unassuming The invention of speech Football games Awing people with her beautiful eyes Iones and Brown's lnselbrick Big bows -THE GINKGO THIS SOPHOMORE YOUTH IS RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF Heckler, Iean ............ .... L ipstick Herrick, Mary --- Holmes, Ioseph .... Howe, William .... Hughes, Iohn .... Hulsman, Mary .... Huot, Sylvia .... Kasper, Dorothy'--- Kelleher, Frank .... Keller, Frederick --- Keremes, Mikael .... Killmeyer, Robert -- Klein, Betty ....... Kolanko, Amelia .... Kramer, George --- Lindsey, Carolyn -- Linn, Marjean --- Madden, joseph --- Malone, Ianet --- Mann, Marjorie .... Martin, Katherine -- Marzzarellla, Myrtle McCa1mont, William McClure, Thomas -- McConaghy, Bernard McCready, Donald McCurdy, Dudley -- McGervey, William - - - - Her violin - - - - Silence - - - - Being tall . ---- The U. S. Marines - - - - Sweetness - - - - Pretty hair - - - - Sincerity ' - - - - Screwballs - - - - - Long telephone calls at Davis's - - - - - The 12:25 chorus rehearsals - - - - - Being easy-going - - - - Chewing gum - - - - Good sportsmanship - - - - - Popularity - - - - - Mr. Keefer's help - - - - - Arguing - - - - - Noontime riots - - - - - Industry in chorus - - - - - Enjoying a good laugh - - - - - Ardent support of her volleyball team - - - ..... Gabbing ---- ----Good dancing - - - ..... Miss Spamer's English classes - - - ..... Blushing --- .... Skill in all sports - - - - - Well-groomed hair - - - .... Truck driving McGovern, Iohn ..... .... C ommuting to C.H.S. McKown, Marjorie Mead, Virginia .... Mikulski, Lillian --- Misklow, Phyllis --- Moren, jerry .... O'Brien, Ierome --- - - - - - - - - Daily races with the tardy bell - - - - Miss Gayvert - - - - Looking bored while not being bored - - - - Dancing - - - - Reliability - - - - Sunday afternoon horseback riding Page Fifty-three-THE GINKGO 'I'HIS SOPHOMORE YOUTH IS RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF O'Mahony, Iohn ..... O'Toole, Thomas .... Pennell, Charles ..... Petkovich, Anna Marie Pettit, Richard ....... Philnlabaum, Shirley -- Picard, Richard .... Plowman, lack ........ .... Powell, Dorothy Ruth Price, Richard ....... Ralston, Elizabeth --- Raspanti, Rose .... Rodenberg Eileen --- Sarbin, Anna --- Scott, Robert .... Shane, Nancy --- Smith, Gloria --- Smith, William .... Spano, Eugene -- Stevenson, Iohn --- Stewart, Elsie Mae --- Straititf, Richard ..... Stoakes, Marguerite - Teolke, Armin ....... Vogel, Robert ....... Wachnowsky, Stephen Waddell, Nancy ..... Walton, Theodore --- Wells, Robert ..... Whetsell, George .... Wigginton, Frank --- Wilson, Lawrence --- Witt, Mary Adellaide - Wright, Richard ..... Wright, Robert .... The 3:50 belll Study halls Music ---- ---- Sincerity Drumming Her brother's antics ----l-lis memories ot C.H.S. A sense of humor Her selling ability His fickleness Dashing to school - - - - White saddle shoes - - - - Nice personalities - - - - Honesty - - - - Miss Brickell - - - - Chatter ---- A good time - - - - Friendliness Well-controlled people Laughs A tasty bit of gossip - - - - Playing the sax Liking people Mr. Haney The Rhythmaires --- .... Playing the accordion Bangles - - - - The walk from Greentree A rough football game Brown wavy hair Playing boogie-woogisf' - - - - Versatility Compliments Drawing trolley cars - - - - Evasiveness Page Fifty-four-THE GINKGO QUEEN AND TOPPERS OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS SPRING QUEEN Nancy Waddell Chosen and crowned at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 QUEEN Nancy Waddell Chosen by members of the Sophomore Class, and crowned at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 TOPPERS Elected by members of the Sophomore Class, and topped at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 Most Able Scholastically: Most Likely to Succeed: Nancy Shane Emmy Lou Gladden Larry Wilson Larry Wilson Best Dancer: Most Popular: Iane Boyer Iane Boyer Iack McGovern George Kramer Most Versatile: Most Athletic: lane Boyer Shirtley Phillabaum Robert Wells lames Breen Best Looking: Best Dressed: Nancy Waddell lean Heckler Iohn O'Mahony William Allott Most Quiet: Most Witty: Nancy Anderson Iean Flynn Ted Walton Iohn Hughes Page Fifty-me-THE GINKGO reshmen , .!.7'.A7'.f.7'.A7'.!.7'.!' .A'!'.A'f'.A'f.A'!'J.7'.C!'!7'J7'.f7'.ff!.7'J7J7.A'f.A'f.f.7.A'f J' .A'f'.f.7'.!.7 A A .A7'J' A .A7'.A7' A A A A A A A A A .A7'.Af'.A7 ..f' .f7 .f.7'.A !'.l:f' J' .f.7'.A7'.fZ!' .A'f'.A'f.A'f.A'f'.A'f.A'f.C!'!.7.A'f'J7'.A'f.A'!'.f.7J.7Cf.f.7.l.77.7'.A7'.f.7'.A'f'.l.7'.A7'.A'!'.A'f ' Gfflll Youth Need to Develop Salable Skills? r. s a 3 2 I Q I K I i ,1- .1- 'Af j'f'1-Q I D0n't Con use Meg I'm a 'ew an. Y.X, XX.'X'.X..'X A,'X'X.. X .X., Y.X.,'X.. X. v ' N .X.N..'X., , , v X, , , v 'Y.X.'YX.. , v v X'.X. X'.X. , 'X'.k.'YXX'XX.X.'Y.XNLX.'XXX'k.'Y.XX'R.'YXXX.'X'AX'XXX. Nl'Ak. X'.X,'X'A., X1,'X'A. Y'.X..'Xk, X'.N. N. 'X'A.X.X.'X'.X,'X3.'Y',X,'X1.X,XTx'X'.X,'X'X,'X'k.'Y,X.'Y',X.'K.xX',X.'X1X.'Y.XX'A.'X3XX.'Y.X'X'.X,XXX1,'Y.XX3Y,X.'N1X.XX.N3.X. FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS b Robert Hannum .... .............. ....,.,.. P r esident Ronald Warner ,,,,A ..,Y.AA, V ice President Dolores Flanagan .,,v ....-,,,,, - -A Secretary-Treasurer ADVISER Dr. Edward Baynham SPONSORS Miss Edith Sparner Miss Mary Steinmetz Mrs. May Straititt Page Fifty-eight4THE GINKGO FRESHMEN GIRLS Top Row: Third Agnes Rose Edens, Marguerite Pennelrl, Iacqueline Dawkins, Natalie Zaradzki, Gloria Burford, Margaret Ieschke, Sara Louise Dugan, Ann Simpson, Helen Wigginton, Nancy Van der Kloet, Ioy Selby, Mabel Luscher, Mary Alamovich, Marilyn Siefert, Mary Mueller, Mildred Ieftreys Row: Mary Rygg, Mary Donovan, Betty Froetschel, Ioan Mack, Carol Bossert, Norma Lee Marburger, Nancy Doughty, Margaret Capes, Leah Hen- dershot, Nancy Hutchison, Eleanor Fossett, Aileen Harrington, Eliza- beth Schock, Ioan Barnes Second Row: . La Verne Kaiser, Nancy Stoakes, Dorothy Adams, Gertrude Smith, Mary Margaret Wengryn, Stella Keremes, Evelyn Wolff, Barbara Small, Shirley Houze, Frances Kusterle, Dolores Flanagan, Ioan Crum, Ioan Shoenberger, Nancy Crist, Kathleen Smith Bottom Row: Mary Margaret Scanlon, Marian Boyd, Barbara Kernan, Ann Coughey, Anne Anderson, Sally Myers, Audrey Wright, Patricia Panella, Mary De Mark, Suzanne Mellott, Patricia O'Mahony, Virginia Nichols, Mary Greer BOYS Top Row: Third Richard Shannon, Peter Dragan, Iohn Parsons, Ioseph McCarthy, Rich- ard Hartz, George Gannon, Edward Vogel, Thomas Businger, Anthony Kueshner, Robert Gillum, David Gray, Robert Keller, Ierome Barrett, Clyde Gilson, Robert Hannum, William McFarlin Row: Iames Farley, Robert Swindeltl, Frank Blough, Iames Iames, Gilbert Friday, Herbert Conley, Robert Tarter, Roy Conner, Earl Colson, Frank Lindsey, Louis Yanchus, Alan Bailey, Sanford Rosser, Ron Warner, George Leech ' Second Row: Regis Harrington, Iack Russell, Michael Gorman, Iohn Anderson, Iames Paterson, William Phillabaum, Frank Bumbaugh, Thomas Hartz, How- ard Depp, Arthur Picard, Donald Hayes, Richard Tait, Theodore Vea, Edwin Leaf, Iohn Voigt, David Dally, George Albright, Charles Porch Bottom Row: William Stephens, Earl Hoffman, Russell Evans, William Hanley, 'Thomas Robertson, Louis Bladel, Edward Witt, Theodore Martindale, Iohn Huck, Charles Hulsman, William Hopper, Cook Hadly, Robert Hoge Page Fifty-nine-THE GINKGO THIS FRESHMAN YOUTH Adams, Dorothy .... Adams, Ruth ..... Alamovich, Mary --- Albright, George --- Anderson, Iohn --- Bailey, Alan --- Barnes, Ioan --- Barrett, Ierorne --- Bladel, Louis .... Bossert, Carol .... Boyd, Marian ...... Bumbaugh, Frank .... Burford, Gloria ..... Businger, Thomas .... Capes, Margaret --- Colson, Earl ...... Conley, Herbert -- Conner, Roy .... Crist, Nancy --- Coughey, Anne -- Crum, Ioan ..... Dally, David ......... Dawkins, Iacqueline .... De Mark, Mary ........ Depp, Howard ......... Donovan, Mary Elizabeth Doughty, Nancy ........ Dragan, Peter --- Dugan, Sara .... Edens, Agnes --- Evans, Russell .... Farley, Iames ...... Flanagan, Dolores .... Fossett, Eleanor .... Friday, Gilbert ....... Froetschel, Elizabeth --- Gannon, George ..... Gillum, Robert --- Gilson, Clyde --- Gorman, Iohn .... Gorman, Michael --- Gray, David --- IS DEVELOPING THE SKILL OF Understanding people Loafing at Witt's Bakery Handling children Keeping an even keel Working in the shop Giving a toot on his tooter Using her Boston accent Verbosity Loafing with upperclassmen Being sweet Being charming Alluring tactics Keeping her hair beautiful Explaining the street car business Staying slender Shaking hands Bowling Picking out loud shirts All things musical Chewing gum Flashing a sunny smile Leadership Being neat Playing volleyball Attracting attention Co-operating Talking , Sleeping in class Arranging a coiffure Being loquacious Paying his debts Enjoying life Tripping the light tantastic The boogie-Woogie beat Blushing Keeping unruffled Keeping the school alive Wolfing Duding up Throwing the pigskin Doing the wrong thing Sinking baskets Page Sixty-THE GINKGO THIS FRESHMAN YOUTH Greer, Mary -- Hadly, Cook .... Hanley, William - - - - - - Hannum, Robert - Harrington, Aileen Harrington, Regis Hartz, Iohn ....... - - - Hartz, Richard ..... - - - Hastings, Vivian - - - - - - - Hayes, Donald ,-- Hendershot, Leah - Hoffman, Earl --- Hoge, Robert .... Hopper, William - - - - - - Houze, Shirley .... - - - Huck, Iohn ....... Hulsman, Charles Hutchison, Nancy - - - - - - Iames, Iames ..... - - - Ieffreys, Mildred ..... Ieschke, Margaret Kaiser, La Verne - - - - - - Keller, Robert --- Kelton, Charles .... - - - Keremes, Stella -- Kernan, Barbara - - - - - - Kuberek, Karl ...... - - - Kueshner, Anthony Kusterle, Frances - - - - - - Leaf, Edwin ....... - - - Leech, George .... - - - Lindsey, Frank .... - - - Luscher, Mabel ..... - - - Mack, Sally ...... Marburger, Norma Lee .... - - - Martindale, Edward .... - - - McCarthy, joseph Mclfarlin, Wililiam Mellott, Suzanne - - - - - - Mueller, Mary .... Murphy, Patricia - Myers, Sally ...... - - - IS DEVELOPING THE SKILL OF Acquiring an attractive personality Playing hockey Driving Without a license A sportsman Being easy to please Ticklin' the ivories Being noisy Deer hunting Being reserved Perfecting his first-basemanship Inventing hair styles Being a stage handy-man Arriving late Playing baseball Maintaining silence Model making Making faces Assuming the air of a model Being pleasant Batting her blue eyes Naval maneuvers Smiling Combing his hair just right Inttlicting his jokes on others Appreciating good music Winsomeness Rounding up blood donors Gaining friendships Inexcitability lntellectuality Keeping his hair curly Using his excess energy Being athletic Handling the library Hoarding A's Studying Working in wood Playing around Rhythm Pleasing shyness Wearing attractive clothes Cracking jokes Page Sixty-one-THE GINKGO 'I'HIS FRESHMAN YOUTH Nestor, Gloria .......... Nichols, Virginia ..... O'Mahony, Patricia .... Panella, Pat ....... Parsons, Iohn ..... Paterson, Iames ..... Pennell, Marguerite .... Phillabaum, William --- Picard, Arthur ..... Porche, Charles --- Robinson, Thomas --- Rosser, Sanford --- Russell, lack ..... Rygg, Mary ,..... Scanlon, Mary .... Schock, Elizabeth .... Seifert, Marilyn .... Selby, Ioy ........ Shoenberger, Ioan --- Simpson, Ann ..... Small, Barbara --- Smith, Gertrude --- Smith, Kathleen --- Stephens, William --- Stoakes, Nancy --- Swindell, Robert -- Tait, Richard ..... Tarter, Robert ......... Van der Kloet, Nancy --- Vea, Theodore ...... Vogel, Edwin .... Voigt, Iohn ...... Warner, Ronald --- Wengryn, Mary --- Wigginton, Helen .... Witt, Edward ...... Wolff, Evelyn .... Wright, Audrey --- Yanchus, Louis --- Zaradski, Natalie -- IS DEVELOPING THE SKILL OF Being beautiful Winning friends Seeing the sunny side Expressing her opinions Pulling strings backstage Being genuinelynmodest Making people happy Keeping sociable Being friendly Horning in Appearing quiet Eating Upholding the band and orchestra Spreading happiness Being petite Practicing generosity Creating fun Making Latin posters Growing long fingernails Wearing shorts Getting into arguments Keepink up the Smith tradition at C.H.S. Acquiring friendships Being seen and not heard Maintaining calmness Charming the girls Dick-taiting Dancing Chewin' the rag Saving war stamps Musical harmony Acquiring knowledge of sports Annoying teachers Remaining little but attractive Attracting friendships Hurling witty remarks Getting out of jams Becoming acquainted Backing up the line Accomplishing her purpose Page Sixty-two-THE GINKGO ,L Jug. m QUEEN AND TOPPERS OF THE Chosen by the FRESHMAN CLASS QUEEN Dolores Flanagan members of the Freshman Cllass, and crowned at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 TOPPERS Elected by members ot the Freshman Class, and topped at Tortuga Tavern, on April 6, 1945 Most Able Scholastically: Most Likely to Succeed Norma Lee Marburger Evelyn Wolff Edwin Leaf Best Dancer: Leah Hendershot Clyde Gilson Most Versatile: Ioyce Selby Evellyn Wolff David Dally Best Looking: Dolores Flanagan Robert Swindell Most Quiet: Shirley Houze Theodore Vea Ronald Warner Most Popular: Audrey Wright Robert Swindell Most Athletic: Agnes Edens Robert I-lannum Louis Yanchus Best Dressed: Ioan Shoenberger Clyde Gilson Most Witty: Agnes Edens Charles Kelton Page S ixt y-three-TH E GI N K GO September September September 5 6 8 September 15 September 19 October 12 ..... .... October 13 --- ---- October 20 --- ---- October 28 --- ---- October 31 ..... .... November 3 November 9 November ll November 17 November 18 November 22-27 ........ December 14 December 16 December 17 December Z2 Ianuary l -- lanuary 2 -- Ianuary 5 --- ---- Ianuary 13 -- Ianuary 23, 24, 25 ....... Ianuary 25 -- SCHOOL DIARY FOR 1944-'45 Back again! Smiles galore! Classes. Smiles no more. NEWS O' CRAFT sponsors NeWsreel. Team crushes Rox! 12-6. We all buy our year's War stamp. Columbus discovered America and YOU discover that reports come out! Western Convention District Meeting of the P.S.E.A. CNo school to youll Our team earns muddy victory over Brentwood. CRemember?l Leaders' Corps breaks the ice with the first Saturday evening social. Boo! School's prettiest girls and handsomest boys auctioned off at GINKGO Slave Market. American Education Week. The Little That ls Good pre- sented in assembly by public-speaking class. We take Carnegie fourth year in a row-6-O. lNice going fellasll Annual Football Alumni Dance enjoyed. Everyone has that deflated feeling. We pause in our third year of War to have Thanksgiving. Business men treat our gridiron heroes to Football Banquet. lSchlurrp!D lesters present Christmas Carousel. Uest a social? Choruses inspire the community with a program of Christmas music at the First Presbyterian Church. ' Girls go home to sweep out the chimney. Boys continue work at the post office or freight station. KMA Merry Christmas to alll Are you kidding? Basketball five opens a barrage on Coraopolis. Direct hit! 38-31. We learn a lot about the United States Chaplain Service from the Reverend M. Alvin Teichart. GINKGO Carnival Rhythmaires make debut. CNever a dull rnomentll You guessed it-EXAMS! Senior Dinner Dance in Gold Room at Roosevelt Hotel. CMoved up so that many fellas could enjoy it before visiting Uncle Sam.l Page Sixty-four-THE GINKGO Ianuary 26 Ianuary 29 --- ---- February 1 February 8 February 15 February 26 March 2 - March 14 - March 20 --- ---- March 29 -- ---- April 1 --- April 2 --- April 12 --- April 16, 17 --- ---- April 3 --- April 6 .... - - - April 10 --- May 4 --- May 17 --- May 25 --- May 30 --- May 31 --- Iune 3 .... Iune 5 .... Iune 5 .... Iune 6 .... Iune 8 .... ZZZzzzzzz CSeniors.J I ' Second Semester begins. CMr. Leaf's plea: Come back, all is iorgiven. J 1 All the boys are unusually nice to the girls. Ah, yes! C.H.S. Pina1ore -Girl Reserves Club Dance. Annual Midyear Musical Program presented. Ianitor complains about condition of students' desks. Paper-Caper sponsored by NEWS O' CRAFT. Nauseating odor radiates from chemistry lab. CAbout this time every yearll Ianitor complains about condition of students' desks. Easter vacation begins. Spring is here! Choruses present inspiring Easter program for community at First Presbyterian Church. Up and at 'em again! Easter vacation is over. Our President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies at Warm Springs, Georgia. Senior Class Plays presented- Green Chartreuse, For Dis- tinguished Service, Announcing Antonia. Mr. Keeler takes a day off. Tortuga Tavern -GINKGO announces toppers and queens, Mr. Keeler returns from his day's vacation. Iunior Prom with Ioey Sims. Seniors enjoy their last dance. Girls have their first annual Play Day at the Crafton Athletic Field CFellas wonder what's different about it.7 Class of '45 is in the -limelight. Class Day. Memorial Day- Lest We forget. No school. Ianitor complains about condition of students' desks, Baccalaureate Services held. tSeniors take a serious look at the futurel Commencement exercises at Crafton Athletic Field. tWe all wish Godspeed to our Seniors! Wanted: A new janitor! Annual School Picnic. Everyone agrees that the day has its ups and downs, Underclassmen: Au revoir. Seniors: Adieu. Page Sixty-five-THE GINKGO 'W ' o Athi?---1-Q EiEQQQQQQEEQQEEEQQQSQQZZZZQZEZZZZ - .... -- .... ......... EE--- --- fgflll Youth Need to Develop and Maintain Good Health and Physical Fitness. ri--. , ' . 4- I ,' ,Q ' mv V! sk- fi, N f in A . - i ' . X -. 'f iff-f'-, -.. , .--,, ., f ,,,. SSSSSb--- Y U J E '6Keep Out of the Gamef' A -AA--AA-- A -A . X. X, X'.k.. XIX.. X1. X'A.'Y.X.. X'3.. YX. X'.X,'X.. J' .A'f'.!:f'.lIfJ.7J.7 .A'fZ7'.A .f'.A'!'.A'f!.7'..A f' .!.7'.f.7 ..A'f:4'ff.V'.!.7'.f.7'.A7'.A'fJ.7'.A'C!l'!'.f V A R S ITY Pczgf Sixiiv-figl1f V THE GIXKCIO VARSITY LETTERMEN roomur. Iames Breen .... Ralph Christy -- Iames Coventry - Iames Dally .... Donald Davies -- Donald Davis --- Thomas Goelz - - - - - - '45 Charles Griffiths Ierome Harmon - William Herron Ralph Christy .... James Dally .... Donald Davis --- Robert Kramer --- Stephen Madden Iohn O'Mahony -- Homer Patterson - Donald Rex ..... William Sickels -- Thomas Sullivan - Robert Wells .... Charles Wenrich - Lynn Goucher, Manager BASKETBALL --- '46 Eugene Spano --- Robert Wells .... Charles Wenrich - Marcus Killmeyer .... --- '46 Richard Couch, Manager Ralph Christy .... --- ' Thomas Goelz -- Charles Griffiths Ierome Harmon - William Hopper - George Bradbury Harvey Carlson Patricia Hofmann Dolly McNamee BASEBALL Thomas McClure - Donald McCready Iohn McCullough Robert Scott .... Louis Yanchus --- Charles Karr, Manager ........ '46 CHEERLEADERS Ioanne Myers --- Christine Moser -- William Petrie --- Katherine Scott -- William Smith ................ '47 Page Sixty-nine-THE GINKGO ATHLETIC COACHES Mr. Marlin B. Wenrich ........,. Head Coach of Football, Boys' Basketball and Baseball Mr. Reid McGibbeny ..... ..... A ssistant Coach ot Football, and Boys Basketball Mrs. Anna Lora Moreland ...... Coach ot Girls' Basketball and Volleyball STUDENT ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Daniel Davies, '45, Treasurer William Allott, '47, lay Barth, '46, Iohn Beach, '46, Frank Kelleher 47 William McGervey, '47, Richard Shields, '46, George Shoenberger 45 Robert Stevenson, '45 Mr. S. Glenn Keeler, Faculty Manager CHEERLEADERS Top Row-Christine Moser, Harvey Carlson, William Smith, Ioanne Bottom Row-Katherine Scott, Dolly McNamee, Patricia Hofmann Page Scve11tyfTIIE GIXKGO Myers FOOTBALL ...M , , -, , , ,- ,. , wt, .Y-. . ' 1 t . fm i. , SQUAD Top Row-Charles Karr, Richard Blair, Frederick Keller, Donald McCready, William Sickels, Robert Wells, Phillip Sullivan, William Dunbar, Thomas Sullivan, Mr. Suehr, Lynn Goucher, Joseph Madden Middle Row-Mr. McGibbeny, Ralph Christy, Louis Yanchus, Donald Davies, Thomas Goelz, Donald Davis, Ioseph McKeon, Ioseph Sebrosky, Donald Rex, Iames Sims, Mr. Wenrich Bottom Row-Charles Wenrich, Charles Griffiths, Iohn O'MahonY, lames Coventry, Robert Kramer, Homer Patterson, William Herron, Stephen Madden, Iames Dally, Ierome Harmon, Iames Breen MR. MARLIN WENRICH and MR. REID MCGIBBENY, Coaches Although the Crafton eleven finished the '44 football season with an even record, their campaign can be considered successful for at least two reasons: First, the squad used the T-formation for the first time, and therefore lacked experience, second, the team as a whale was exceptionally light and was probably outweighed in every one of its games. However, under the able leadership of Captain Charles Wenrich, the Craftonites, playing every game with undaunted spirit and determination, at the end of the season had recorded four victories, an equal number of de- feats, and a tie. The Cougars were particularly impressive in the games they won, and with a little more weight undoubtedly would have made a better showing in their other contests. The victory over its traditional rival, Car- negie, Was Crafton's fourth in as many years. Since many lettermen are slated to return for the 1945 season, Coach Wenrich may with reason look forward to a successful campaign. No matter what kind of material Pop has to work with, he can be depended upon to turn out a squad full of fight and the will to win. Page Seventy-one-THE GINKGO FOOTBALL GAMES CRAFTON 12 -- MCKEES ROCKS 6 On the evening of September 12 the Cougars opened their gridiron season at Crafton. The first half of the game consisted mainly of see-saw drives and punts. No scoring was done until the third quarter, when McKees Rocks scored on a line plunge but failed to convert. ln the fourth quarter Breen broke loose in an off-tackle play and ran sixty-five yards for the Cougars' first-touchdown. Crafton also failed to gain the extra point, leaving the score tied at 6-6. The Cougars then drove deep into McKees Rocks' territory, where Breen scored on a 10-yard pass from Wenrich. Crafton again failed to convert, and thus made the final score stand--Crafton 12, McKees Rocks 6. LANGLEY 32 - CRAFTON 6 The Langley team's tremendous weight advantage and superior defen- sive play resulted in Crafton's worst defeat of the season. However, the loss was not entirely in vain since the Cougars gained some much needed ex- perience. The Langley men, playing on their home field, scored four of their five touchdowns in the first half. The first touchdown came as a result of a blocked-kick, deep in Crafton territory. Pass interceptions were responsible for the three succeeding scores. At the half-time period the Blue and Gold were trailing by a 25-0 count. Things were different in the second half, however, for with renewed spirt the Craftonites brought their opponents' offense to a virtual standstill. Late in the third period, after recovering a Langley fumble, the Cougars scored on a plunge by Breen. The scoring was completed in the last quarter when the Langley gridders, upon recovering a blocked Crafton punt, pushed over their fifth touchdown. Although the Cougars lost the game, they won in first downs, seven to six. CLARK 13 - CRAFTON 0 On a Warm October day the Cougars journeyed to Carnegie Field to encounter the Clark High eleven. Both teams fought hard during the first quarter, but neither could secure enough yardage to score. ln the second period Clark, crossing the goal on a pass interception and converting the extra point, obtained a 7-0 advantage. A 25-yard off-tackle play in the third quarter provided Clark players with their second and final score. Near the end of the last quarter the Blue and Gold gridders drove back, but before they could tally, the referee's whistle blew and ended the game in a 13-0 victory for Clark. DORMONT 19 - CRAFTON 0 Dormont invaded Crafton with an eleven which proved to be just a little too powerful for the Crafton squad. However, the Dormonters did have to fight every inch of the way to gain the victory. Oftener than once the Cougars stopped their opponents within the 10-yard line. In the opening quarter the Dormont men scored their first touchdown on a bullet pass. Their remaining two scores came in the second and fourth quarters, on 20-yard runs. The fullbacks for both teams were the outstanding players of the game, Breen sparkling on both offense and defense for the Blue and Gold, and Dormont's fullback scoring all three of his team's touchdowns. BRIDGEVILLE 0 - CRAI-'TON 0 The Cougars' trip to Bridgeville ended in a scoreless deadlock, their only tie of the season. ln the first quarter the Blue and Gold started off in fine fashion by pushing their opponents right back to within their twenty-yard line. However, the Bridgeville defense stiffened in time to halt the Crafton on-rush. The remainder of the game was a see-saw affair, wtth strict defen- sive play highlighting most of the action. Near the end of the contest Bridge- ville threw many forward passes in desperation, but they were all either knocked clown or intercepted by the Crafton players. lim Coventry sparkled on defense for the Cougars, and was undoubtedly the outstanding player of the game. FOOTBALL GAMES CRAFTON 20-BRENTWOOD 6 The Cougars trampled a slightly favored Brentwood eleven into the mud of the Crafton Athletic Field to the tune of 2U to 6. Playing in a virtual sea of mud and a driving rain, both teams scored within two minutes of the be- ginning of the game. Crafton drew first blood when Griffiths grabbed off a Brentwood punt and scampered unmolested 40 yards down the sidelines to cross the goal line, The extra point was added on a plunge by Yogi Harmon. Striking back swiftly, the Brentwood team scored by using a re- verse upon receiving the Crafton kickoff. Their try for the conversion was halted and the Cougars retained a one-point advantage. As it turned out, this point woulld have proved sufficient, but Crafton went on to score twice again. Breen scored on a plunge through the center of the line, and Goelz chalked up another six points when he recovered a blocked punt in the Brentwood end zone. The final point, added by Breen when he skirted right end for the conversion, gave Crafton an impressive 20 to 6 victory. STOWE 12 - CRAFTON 0 An aggressive and speedy Stowe eleven, playing on their home field, eked out a close victory over the Crafton team in a bruising, gruelling game. By scoring a touchdown in each of the first two quarters, the Stowe Stallions gained this win, and thus remained undefeated. However, they were later eliminated from the race by McKees Rocks. Although slightly out- played in the first half, the Cougars fought the remaining part of the contest on even terms with their opponents. Highlighting this game for Crafton was the defensive play of Iim Dally, at end. CRAFTON 12 -- WEST VIEW U The Cougars reached their top form of the season in defeating West View. Playing on their home field, the Cougars scored in the second and third quarters on runs of 6 and l7 yards by Fullback Breen. However, the out- standing player of this game was Chuck Griffiths, who set up both of his team's touchdowns by some fine running. The first score came in the second period when Breen went over from the 6-yard line after being hemmed in by a host of would-be tacklers. A neat block by Chats Wenrich enabled Breen to cross the goal line. In the third period, with Griffiths doing most of the ground-gaining, Crafton reached West View's 17-yard line, from which Breen raced around right end for the second score. Both extra point attempts were unsuccessful, the game ending 12-U in Crafton's favor. Indicative of the play were the first downs, of which the Blue and Gold men had 17 to their opponents' 2. CRAFTON 6 - CARNEGIE 0 The Cougars celebrated Armistice Day by defeating Carnegie, their tradi- tionazl rival, in what was the hardest fought of the season's games. Playing on a slippery, muddy home field, the Blue and Gold succeeded in drubbing Carnegie for the fourth straight year. There was no scoring by either team until the beginning of the fourth period, when the Cougars finally gained enough momentum to carry over their opponents' goal line. The needed punch for the touchdown was provided by Breen, who skirted his right end to go over. Late in the game as it was, Carnegie, bound not to give up, still offered a scoring threat, and a desperate last minute passing attack was nipped by some rather sensational defensive play on the part of Charlie Griffiths. When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score stood 6-0, in favor of Crafton. ' Page Seventy-three-THE GINKGO FOOTBALL PLAYERS IAMES BREEN-Fullback C311 Always sparking his teammates onward, lim was ever on hand when the Cougars needed a fast-sweeping end run or a smashing line buck. Breen work- ed unusually Well on both the offensive and the defensive, and few will forget his brilliant run in the McKees Rocks game. When trapped deep in home territory, Breen would boot the pigskin far out of the danger zone into enemy territory. Iim really did his part in putting the Cougars into the show this season. RALPH CHRISTY-Haliback C292 Ralph is the ball slinger who carried his assignment out to wonderful success, and packed in many thrills and happy moments for both the fans and the Crafton squad. His speed and surefootedness was an unexpected factor for Crafton's opposition to work out. The way Christy dodged back and forth through enemy territory often made the opponents' waill of defense look sick. Without doubt, Ralph was one player whom Crafton could not have done without. ln visions of next year's success, the Cougars see the form of Ralph Christy looming conspicuously. IAMES COVENTRY-Tackle f35l At the beginning of the season lim sustained a bad laceration of the 'lower lip which kept him out of action for the Clark game. Covie started out at left end but later was transferred to tackle, where he played an excel- lent game. Pop, as well as the Cougar players, could always depend upon Iim's being in the enemy backfield breaking up plays and smearing many a ball-tooter of the foe. lim excelled in the Bridgeville game, where the Cougars held the enemy to a O-O tie. He also worked gridiron wonders in the Carnegie game. Covie was undoubtedly the year's outstanding defensive lineman. His graduation will be a great loss to the Blue and Gold. IAMES DALLY-Right End 1271 Finishing his second year of varsity football, Dally made a fine showing for the Cougars-snagging passes, blocking, tackling, and breaking up enemy plays. Always in there spurring his teammates, Bo kept his end position well remembered by the Cougars in the stands and on the field. Iim made his grand showing for Crafton in the hard-fought Stowe game. lt's too bad that lim leaves this year, for his position will be hard to fitll. DONALD DAVIES-End f23l Don began the season at tackle, where he worked hard and accom- plished much. However, in the Clark game, he suffered a knee injury which put him on the sidelines for several days. Upon returning to action on the gridiron, he was transferred to end where he again showed his worth by catching the short fast passes over center. Davies could be depended upon to stop end-runs, down interference, and tackle the ball carriers. When not supposed to receive a pass, Don was busy attracting enemy backfield men or blocking for his team mates. Being a senior, Don will be graduated in Iune and therefore will be lost to next year's squad. DONALD DAVIS-Center 1241 Whether on the field or on the bench, Chick's spirit and supply of energy never diminished. When he was playing he had many surprises for the opposition, and very seldom was he excluded from a tackle in the center of the line. Often he saved his team from defeat by upsetting an opposing runner who thought himself to be in the clear. Those unusual interceptions of his will be remembered a long time at Crafton. Don will be greatly missed by the team next season. THOMAS GOELZ-End 1425 Tom was tenacious in holding onto the ball, an accomplishment which proved to the advantage of the Cougars in many games. His hard block- ing and rough tackling made him an outstanding member of the Blue and Gold. Put to the task of playing end, Tom finished the season very suc- FOOTBALL PLAYERS cessfully, his few minor mistakes being soon forgotten. His performance on the football field was a credit, not only to himself, but to the team as well. There is no doubt that Tom's return next year will have a great effect on the season's success. CHARLES GRIFFTTHS-Halfback f25l Chuck was an all-round, dependable player. His speed enabled him to gain much wanted territory from the defensive enemy. Blocking was a big part of his job, and often there was no opposing player to interfere with the Crafton runner because Chuck was on the job. Charlie was a halfback whose gridiron ability was a big factor in the success of the Cougars' football season. To top all this, Charlie always showed fine sports- man-like conduct, both on and off the playing field. Everyone will be glad to know that Chuck has another year to play for Crafton. IEROME HARMON-Halfback 1521 Ierry's terrific force plus his weight gave Crafton many of its needed first downs. His plunges packed a hard wallop for the opposition, and more than once Ierry ended with two or more players pulling him down. Yogi's skillful interference seemed to wedge his victim between the ground and himself, and often sent his enemy flying clear from the path of the Crafton runner. When he defended the goal, he produced some real opposition for rivals to get around. Ierry's presence on the field next season will be more than welcome, for the Blue and Gold will certainly need him. WILLIAM HERRON-Left Guard f26l Playing equally well on the offense and the defense, Pinky was al- ways down low blocking holes in the line, spoiling plays, and downing enemy ball-carriers. Bill was in the game constantly doing his share of the offensive work, making holes, blocking ends, and standing firm on punts. Many of the Cougars' opponents, fooled by Herron's small stature, were dis- astrously surprised upon contacting him in action. Since Bill is a senior, he won't be back next year. ROBERT KRAMER-Guard C323 Since Pop switched to the T-formation this year, the guards had the never-ending job of building an irresistible wall around the quarterback. Bob Kramer was appointed to this job, and only on rare occasions was this wall ever penetrated. The harder his rivals pounded Bob's position, the tougher he made it for them. Countless times he stopped their hard charg- ing attacks and discouraged their selection of plays. Bob graduates this year, and leaves behind him a high standard for the person taking his position to live up to. STEPHEN MADDEN-Tackle C451 Steve was the husky tackle who smashed sizeable holes in the enemy's line so that Blue and Gold carriers might tear through untouched. He supplied many hard jolts for opposing runners as he stopped their attacks time and again. His hard blocking paved the way for many long gains and played an important part in Crafton's victories. Steve had an inexhaustible amount of football spirit, which he showed every minute. Everybody is sorry to see Steve leave this year. It is hoped that someone as capable as he will carry on in Steve's position next season. IOHN O'MAHONY-End 1403 If Iohnny's football playing of last fall is an indication of what he will do on the gridiron next season, Crafton fans are facing a treat in the pigskin parade of '45. ln every game Iohnny played last season he made sure his end was well guarded, and the chances for getting by it were slim. His speed, combined with his pass-receiving ability, placed the Cougars in the danger section of the .enemy's goal line during many games. lt was nothing for Iohn to pull down frequently an enemy player behind the scrimmage line for a five-yard or ten-yard loss. His return to the field next year will add high quality strength to the Cougars' line. ' FOOTBALL PLAYERS HOMER PATTERSON-Center C40 Always in there plugging, Stoop could be depended upon to open a nice hole in the center of the line at any opportune moment. ln T-formation the center snaps the ball to the quarterback and then has a man to get Well, Homer, making excellent blocks, always got his man, which aided the Cougars' offensive. Stoop leaves the roster this year, a fact which gives Pop a center problem next season. DONALD REX--Halfback C491 ' Buck's first year of football proved to be a brilliant success, for he was a hard-hitting fleet-foot who made a wonderful blocking back. Don suffered a slight back injury, this, however, did not hinder his ability to play his usual good game. He was always in the game, battling hard no matter how heavy the odds against the Cougars. With his fast running and superb blocking, Buck showed his stuff in the Langley game, He'll be missed by next year's squad. WILLIAM SICKLES-End C463 Catching those passes over center with tremendous agility and speed, Bill worked hard on his out-post at end. ln there battling every minute on defense, Sickels stopped many end runs and off-tackle plays. Down the field on punts and blockingenemy punts made, Bill surely was an all- round end. Being a cheerleader last year, Sickles this year at practice took plenty of razzing from Pop , nevertheless he showed his worth by sticking it out. Bill won't be able to aid the team with his presence next year, for he gradu- ates with the Class of '45. THOMAS SULLIVAN-Fullback 1531 Tom was one swell fellow to have on the squad. His spirit never dropped once, even when the odds seemed against the Cougars. While playing, Tom always kept cool and more than once showed that he was capable of running the ball, blocking, tackling, and receiving passes. Tom's undaunted spirit and heads-up football playing will be greatly missed by next season's team. ROBERT WELLS-Tackle C43l Bob was Crafton's large tackle who made the game tough for Blue and Gold rivals. Both in blocking and in tackling he exceeded. His ability and sportsmanship made a big impression on the fellows who played with him, as well as on those who played against him. Everybody in Crafton High School will certainly be glad to welcome Bob back to the squad next season. CHARLES WENRICH-Quarterback 1213 Having been transferred from center to quarterback, Chots proved to be as adept at the quarter position as he had been at center. Since the Cougars adopted the T-formation this year, a great deal of responsibility was placed on the quarterback's shoulders, but Wenrich called plays and handled the ball like a veteran. He was always in the game on defense, making numerous tackles and interceptions. Being a letterman for the last two years, Chots will undoubtedly be sorely missed on the squad next season. LYNN GOUCHER--Manager Lynn, the Cougars' manager, could be seen working around the field repairing bleachers, lining the field, or caring for the grounds. He was al- ways busy helping the fellows with equipment, taping or replacing cleats, and doing many other small, apparently trivial, but necessary, jobs. The man- ager of any team has much work and receives very little glory or praise, and Goucher was no exception. He worked conscientiously and untiringly for the good of the team. Pop could always depend upon Lynn when some task needed to be done speedily and efficiently. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1945 September 14,Evening-McKees Rocks -- Home September 21, Evening-Langley ........ Home September 28-Scott Township .......... Home October 5-Dormont .................. Away November 9-Carnegie -- October I l 2-Bridgeville ...... -------------- Away October 19-Baldwin Township, October 27-Stowe 'Township - November 2-West View ...... Home Away Home Away BASKETBALL TEAM Top Row-lohn O'Mahony, Thomas O'Rourke, Robert Wells, Donald McCreacly, Frederick Fischer, Mr. Wenrich Bottom Row-lohn Voigt, Ralph Christy, Charles Wenrich, Donald Davis, Iames Dally, Eugene Spano, Richard Couch M., MARLIN B. WENRICH, Coach The Cougars, faced with a tough season, emerged victorious over three teams, only to lose technically those honors because of the ineligibility of two players. Handicapped when two first-string players, Marcus Killmeyer Cstricken with pleurisyl and Charles Griffiths Crendered ineligiblel, left the squad, the Crafton basketeers Llost most of their hard-fought battles by a very slim margin. ln a 53-18 score they suffered their worst defeat, at the hands of Brentwood. Taking their greatest victory from McKees Rocks by a score of 64-25, the Blue and Gold battled hard every minute ot every game and really provided tough competition for their foes, and game opposition to them. Page Seventy-seven-THE GINKGO BASKETBALL PLAYERS RALPH CHRISTY-FORWARD Working equally Well on defense cmd offense, Ralph, the short, curly- haired ldlewood lad, could be depended upon to dump in a few points in every game. Swishing side-shots was routine with Christy, and he often scored by faking a shot and dribbling in to the basket for another two points for the Cougars. Always in the game and always sticking with the ball, this right forward often intercepted enemy passes and made a play end in a Crafton basket. Fortunately for the Blue and Gold, Ralph will be back with the Cougars next season. I AMES DALLY-LEFT GUARD Always in the game fighting hard to get the ball off the banking board, Bo, Cougar guard, was a constant bulldog in breaking up enemy plays. Dropping back to prevent opposition plays on interceptions just when things seemed favorable to the foe, Dally was in the opponent's way to spoil his two-point plans. lim took very few shots, but he set up some nice plays which often resulted in scores for the Cougars. Dally, although a junior this year, will not play next season, for he has already entered the Navy. DONALD DAVIS-CENTER With his untiring play and aggressiveness Don helped the Cougars no end last season. The best defensive player on the team, he always was right in the thick of the scrambles for the ball, and he usually came out the winner. As the season progressed, Chick, gaining experience and practic- ing ceaselessly, became an expert on pivot shots and often surprised every- one in making almost impossible baskets. Don, undoubtedly the best scrap- per on the '45 team, leaves a vacancy on next season's squad which will be hard to fitll. , MARCUS KILLMEYER-CENTER Despite the fact that Marcus, because of a foot disorder and an attack of pleurisy, was unablle to play the entire season, he is looked upon as one of Crafton's outstanding players. An excellent basketeer, Marcus played equally well under the basket and in the pivot position. Sinking shots from any spot on the floor, Killmeyer could be counted upon to pile up a mountain- ous score for the Cougars. EUGENE SPANO-RIGHT GUARD Since this was Eugene's first season on the squad, he was naturally new most of the fans, who enjoyed watching him sink those long shots off the banking board. Using excellent form, Spano played well on both defense and offense. When freezing the ball was necessary, Gene could really keep it well out of enemy hands. Spano returns next year to help the Cougars form a winning squad for '46. L Page Seventy-eight-THE GINKGO BASKETBALL PLAYERS ROBERT WELIS-CENTER A dead-eye on long shots, Bob could swish the net as well as any other lad on the team. Setting up plays, breaking up plays, and shooting from the corner were Bob's specialties. Cougar rooters will be glad to know that next year Wells will step in as Crafton's first-string center. CHARLES WENRICH-FORWARD A fast, aggressive attack was the technique chosen by Captain Wenrich, the versatile left forward for the Cougars. Opponents of Crafton respected the captain for his calm and tireless fighting spirit. Chots was a sure-shot from his favorite position on the side from which many of the Cougar points were swished. Much to the regret of -local fans, Charles, now in the Navy, has ended his basketball playing for C. H. S. RICHARD COUCH-MANAGER During practice or during a game Dick, an energetic, industrious man- ager, could always be found cleaning equipment, keeping score or time, helping the players with foul-shooting, or even taking a kidding from Pop. Manager Couch not only worked hard himself but so directed his two capable assistants, Ioe McKeon and John Voigt, that all jobs were done well and done prornptly. To Dick and his crew goes a vote of thanks for their untiring effort in keeping the team well equipped, comfortable, and in good spirits. BASKETBALL SCORES FOR 1944-'45 'Crafton 38 ........................... Coraopolis 31' Crafton 30 .... .... M t. Lebanon 32 Crafton 33 .... ...... D ormont 35 Crafton 26 .... ...... B rentwood 29 Crafton 42 .... .... M cKees Rocks 56 Crafton 20 .... ....... C arnegie 43 Crafton 30 -- ....... Stowe 27' Crafton 32 .... ...... C oraopolis 37 Crafton 35 .... .... M t. Lebanon 42 Crafton 21 --- ...... Dormont 33 Crafton 18 --- ...... Brentwood 53 Crafton 64 --- --- McKees Rocks 25 Crafton 30 -- ..... Carnegie 40 Crafton 35 -- ..... Stowe 4l 454 524 'Forieited on ineligibility. Page Seventy-nine-THE GINKGO BASEBALL TEAM Top Row-William Smith, Charles Hulsman, George Kramer, Phillip Sullivan, Frank Vater, Louis Yavnchus, Charles Karr, Mr. Wenrich Bottom Row-Ierome Harmon, Iohn McCullough, Don McCready, William Hopper, Robert Scott, Charles Griffiths, Ralph Christy, Thomas McClure, Thomas Goelz MYR. MARLIN B. WENRICH, Coach The '45 baseball team, in spite of inexperienced players and inclement Weather, began the season with the aim of making as fine a record as that of the team of '44, which chalked up only two defeats. At this Writing the '45 team has played only three league games, Winning one, that with Bald- win, by a score of 7-U. This game has raised the hopes of the fans, for in it the Cougars displayed Well-placed batting skill and excellent fielding. Page Eighty-THE GINKGO April April April April Aprill April April May May May May BASEBALL TEAM Ierorne Harmon - - - - - - Pitcher Charles Hulsrnan - - - - - - Pitcher lohn McCullough - - - .... Catcher George Kramer - - .... Catcher Thomas McClure - - - - - - First Base Ralph Christy - - - Second Base Louis Yanchus .... - Third Base Thomas Goelz .... - Third Base Charles Griffiths .... - Short Stop Frank Vater ..... - - - Short Stop Robert Scott ...... - - Left Field William Hopper .... .... R ight Field Donald McCready .... Center Field Phillip Sullivan - - - .... Outfield Charles Karr .... .......... M anager William Smith .... - - - Assistant Manager SCHEDULE FOR 1945 ---- ------Findlay ---- ---- -----Ava1on ---- - - - - - - - - -Coraopolis - ---- -----Findlay ---- ---- ----Baldwin --- West View .... Mt. Lebanon Baldwin --- West View - Mt. Lebanon Shadyside - Page Eighty-one-THE GINKGO Home Home Home Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Away GIRIS' CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL GAME In the annual Girls' Championship Basketball Game, played on March 14, 1945, in the high school gymnasium, the Senior Blues, captained by Betty Petkovich, defeated the Iunior Golds, captained by Phyllis Sutton. Since the teams were evenly matched, the game, with a final score ot 5-10, proved to be one of the season's best and one of the most exciting. Both teams played excelllent ball, the Iunior Golds putting up a stitt tight in an attempt for victory. The Lineup Senior Blues I1-l1'li0I Golds Forwards: FOfWC1fdS3 Florence Catrain NGUCY Cl'1C119i1'1 Audrey Monjot Marjorie Moser Dorothy Rudolph Kate Rudolph Centers: Ruth Mursch Betty Petkovich Side Centers: Mary lean Buehler Vera Rex Mary Clare Roemer Guards: Patricia Bossert Catherine Renvers Centers: Martha Hardy Phyllis Sutton Side Center: Mary Martha McCurdy Guards: Beverly Carlson Ruth Scothern Annamarie Symosko Page Eighty-two-THE GINKGO CLASS UF 1945 .REUNION FIRST SATURDAY IN IUNE, 1950 DON'T FORGET! Org niz tions XZN'Y,X31.'XX.'X'.XX'.k,'N'A.'Y.N'NXY.X.'NlXX'A.'Y,X31XXXT 3XX1.XXYXiXXBKKXXiXX'X'X3X1XX.N3,N3.YXYX.XXXXXXXXX3.X1. All Youth Need to Be Able to Use Their Leisure Time Well and to Budget It Wiselyf' ,. W. i t QI- '- 1 iyki in A I I I I S L 9 4 U 2, -7? X ' .,w'N-.-:vie -rfjfmg K 2. .N :.- I s V I 3 I :Muiij :., ki . . . X, ,4,,, ,. 4 ,M,.,r,,,fm,,.1V . W, ,. .ng-QQ,-nf fx-5-gg.x15+K-5:-i A-A--f -'- -ga ff -T'Cx3'XK X -,NTNT -7' f3lN53IXX1X3.'XX. X .X,'Ni- Q Ti?-TF .TQNTC-7 KQXT I x 'f What a nion! .fIf'.!' .f .7.7'.!:f'.!.7'J'.7'.A'!'.!.7'.f' lfJ7'.fZ!7J7Ju'O1'fJ7fJZfJ7X'1.CfZfZ.'ff.'fY7A'f7If'fY .fyxftfy J:f.f:f'.Af'.Af'JfAfxfJ.7f.7'.AfJyy.z-f.Af:f:A'xyyy:cf:f J7:f'yy:fy:fJyJf4'fJy:A'f.A'f'.f.xf.7s.A'f-.A'f-.AfA.Aff .A'f..fZf'.A'f'J7'..A'f2' 1,7 5, A, 1 Q Q Q2 'if w -'u s Q M 4 . 1 AQ' 'fgf 1 mm,- iw' . gxiiiiffc' STUDENT COUNCIL Top Row-lack Russell, David Dally, William Evans, Edwin Leaf, Dean Couch, Ierome Harmon, George Kramer, Arthur Hanley, William Donley Bottom Row-Esther Wolf, Georgia Iune Crouch, Charles Wenrich, Mr. Parfitt, Ann Craig, Charles Griffiths, Katherine Scott, Ioy Selby, Patricia Panella NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Top Row-Lynn Goucher, Stephen Madden, Richard Couch, Dolores Sommers, Charles Kurcina, Donald Davies, Dean Couch Middle Row-Ellen lane Albright, Dona Straitiff, Irma Cathcart, Patricia Bossert, Martha Brunk, Diane Turner, Mary Martha McCurdy, Helen Wolff Bottom Row-Barbara Hoge, Patricia lanes, Collette Crawford, Mr. Leaf, Ann Shane, Ieanne Coulter, Betty Angel Page Eighty-sixfTHE GINKGO STUDENT COUNCIL Mr. George E. Pariitt, Sponsor OFFICERS I Charles Wenrich ............................ President William Evans ...... ............ .... A c ting President Charles Griffiths .... ...... V ice President Ann Craig ....... --- Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Presidents of homerooms OBIECTIVE Promotion and control of student activities PROIECTS AND ACTIVITIES Nomination of GINKGO Staff candidates Supervision of the awarding of activity letters Sponsorship of noon-hour dances Supervison ot the juke box Procurement of names ior the Honor Roll Sponsorship of the annual Football Dance Supervision of Clean-Up Campaign Supervision of noon-hour baseball games I Entered the Armed Forces of the United States. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Mr. Edwin B. Leaf, Sponsor OFFICERS Stephen Madden ..........................,,,, President Irma Cathcart ..... .................... V ice President Betty Angel ......................... Secretary-Treasurer DETERMINATION OF MEIVIBERSHIP Candidate must be: A member of the eleventh or twelfth grade In the upper thirty percent of his class Voted in by a committee of the facullty after a careful consideration of his activity record, personality card, and such facts as those bearing on leadership, service, and character OBIECTIVE Promotion of character, service, and leadership SPECIAL PROIECT Sponsoring of Guidance Night . . . March 20, 1945 Page Eighty-seven-THE GINKGO BIOLOGY CLUB Top Row-Donald McCready, Eugene Spano, Larry Wilson, Iohn O'Mahony, Iohn Stevensofn, Robert Dobson, Iames Eckles, William McCalmont Third Row-Rose Raspanti, Amelia Kolanko, Ellen Rodenberg, lean Heckler, Anne Gray, Mae Bulger, Marjean Linn, Ianet Malone, Marguerite Stoakes, Nancy Gallagher, Ioan Mack, Shirley Phillabaum, Anna Marie Petkovich Second Row-Robert Scott, Ierry O'Brien, Arthur Hanley, William Smith, Mary Herrick, Marjorie McKown, lean Flynn, Betty Iane Klein, Iames Businger, Thomas O'Toole, Theodore Walton, Richard Straitift Bottom Row-Miriam B'ode, Ruth Powell, Mary Hulsman, Kathryn Martin, Elsie Mae Stewart, lane Boyer, Ioseph Madden, Mrs. Straititt, Emmy Lou Gladden, Nancy Waddell, Ann Hartz, Phyllis Misklow, Dorothy Kasper LIBRARY CLUB Standing-Iean Dawkins, Mrs. Timblin, Helen Wigginton, Lillian Mikulski, Frank Bum- baugh, William Phillabaum, William Hanley, lohn Beach, Richard Tait, Beatrice Hannah, Nancy Rutter, Ellen Rodenberg, Norma Lee Marburger, Ioan Mack, Esther Wolf, Mabel Luscher, Carol Bossert, Mary Greer, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, Eileen Harrington, George Gorman Seated-Iacqueline Dawkins, Nancy Crist, Anne Anderson, Marjean Linn, Martha Hardy, Mildred Iettrey, Beverly Carlson, Betty Schock, Ioan Barnes, loan Crum, Dolores Flanagan, Audrey Wright, Marian Boyd, Eleanor Fossett, Ann Cougliey, Ann Simpson, Patricia O'Mahony, Patricia Panella QP, B I O L O G Y C L U B Mrs. May Straitiff, Sponsor OFFICERS loseph Holmes --- ............... ......... P resident Ioseph Madden --- ........ Vice President lane Boyer ..... --- Secretary-Treasurer REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Knowledge of and interest in biology OBIECTIVE To find how biology applies to conditions of everyday living SPECIAL PROIECTS Study of war-time medicines and surgery Study oi the part science is playing in conserving and supplemen natural resources LIBRARY CLUB Mrs. Helen M. Timblin, Sponsor OFFICERS William Sickels .............................. President Nancy Rutter ..... ............. .... A c ting President Helen Wigginton --- ........ Vice President lean Dawkins .... --- Secretary-Treasurer REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Interest in library Work OBIECTIVE Library service to the school SPECIAL PROIECTS Care of hall bulletin boards Posting of library information on homeroom Care of library books and magazines ' Entered the Armed Forces of the United States. bulletin boards Page E'ghty-nine-THE GINKGO ting our GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Top Row-Barbara lllig, Dona Straitiit, Ann Shane, Rita Stritzinger, Mary Pat Graser, Ruth Mursch, Barbara Hoge, Phyllis Sutton Third Row-Dorothy leschke, Mary lane Lane, Beverly Carlson, Irene Schoeneman, Patricia Schwartz, Audrey Monjot, Gloria Holmquist, Mary Martha McCurdy, Georgia Crouch, Wilma Dunn, Betty Petkovich Second Row-Patricia lones, Pauline Kirsch, Helen Van der Kloet, Marguerite Nichols, Sarah Letters, Mrs. Moreland, Florence Catrain, Mary lean Buehler, Betty Angel, Catherine Renvers Bottom Row-Peggylou White, Beatrice Hannah, Martha Hardy, Mary Alice Hayes, Vera Rex, Barbara White-Spunner LEADERS' CORPS Top RowfGeorgia Crouch, Collette Crawford, Patricia Iones, Pauline Kirsch, Margaret Landgrat, Barbara Hoge, Marguerite Nichols, Rita Stritzinger, Susan Sutherland, Patricia loyce, Shirley Phillabum, lanet Malone Middle Row-Barbara White-Spunner, Patricia Bossert, Patricia Howard, Evelyn Wolit, Katherine Martin, Virginia Nichols, Dorothy Kasper, Doris Koontz, Clare Smith, Sarah lane Letters, Mary Martha McCurdy, Beverly Carlson, loy Selby, Audrey Wright, Helen Wolff, Margaret Owens, Phyllis Sutton Bottom Bow-Wilma Dunn, Patricia Gannon, Diane Turner, llo lane Hancock, lrma Cathcart, Mrs. Moreland, Ruth Mursch, Ann Shane, Ann Craig, lane Ehrman, Marjorie Lane CHRLSVATHLETHIASSOCIATHNN Mrs, Anna Lora Moreland, ,Sponsor OFFICERS Sarah lane Letters ................ ....... P resident Florence Catrain .... --- Vice President Marguerite Nichols .... ...... T reasurer Pauline Kirsch ................................ Secretary REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP One hundred points earned in alter-school athletic activities OBIECTIVES Making it possible for girls to Win a GAA. letter Stimulating athletic activities in the high school Play Day at the athletic field, May l7, 1945 SPECIAL ACTIVITY Operating snack-bar at some of the Saturday night socials LEADERSCORPS Mrs. Anna Lora Moreland, Sponsor OFFICERS Ann Shane ..... .......... - - - .. .... President lrrna Cathcart --- --- Vice President Ruth Mursch --- ...... Secretary Ann Craig .................................... Treasurer REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP Election by members of the club Approval by committee ol the faculty Maintenance ot a C grade in scholarship, and an A or B grade in physical education OBIECTIVE Encouragement of leadership, good conduct, and service SPECIAL PROJECTS 5 I Care of War stamp sales Procurement of cigarettes lor USO Canteen Christmas Party Promotion of Red Cross blood donor campaign SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Mothers' 'Tea-April 20, l945 Luncheon-Iune 5, 1945 Page Ninety-one-THE GINKGO LE CERCLE FRANCAIS Top Row-Virginia Capes, Mary Martha McCurdy, Bertille Warner, Barbara lllig, Eliza- beth Richards, Patricia Gannon Third Row-lean Dawkins, Irma Hamilton, Ritamae Franks, llo lane Hancock, Richard Couch, Rita Stritzinger, Patricia Meredith, Ellen lane Albright, Ioan Teichart, Barbara White-Spunner Second Row-Florence Rudolph, loanne Myers, Ann Craig, Margaret Owens, Richard Blair, Mary Agnes Flanagan, Mrs. Springer, Clare Smith, lane Henry, Nancy Chapin Bottom Row-Nancy Burgh, Margaret Ingram, Collette Crawford, Georgia lune Crouch, Wilma Dunn, Helen Wolff SPANISH CLUB Top Row-lames Simpson, Iohn McCullough, lay Barth, Virginia Capes, Beverly Carlson, Martha Hardy, Eleanor Wright Middle Row-lames Harshman, Patricia Meredith, Dolores Enscoe, Marjorie Lane, Naomi Harm, Phyllis Sutton, Anna Marie Syrnosko, Bobbie lean Brown Bottom Row-Beatrice Hannah, Patricia Ioyce, Ioarine Myers, Mary Agnes Flanagan, Mr. McLaughlin, Lois Hendershot, Robert Weaver, Iohn Beach LECERCLE FRANCAIS Mrs. Mary Clawson Springer, Sponsor OFFICERS I Richard Blair ..................... ....-.. Margaret Owens ........ .... V ice Mary Agnes Flanagan .... ..... Ann Craig .................................... REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Enrollment in a French class OBIECTIVE President President Secretary Treasurer Promotion of interest in the French language SPECIAL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Luncheon-Fort Pitt Hotel . . . April 19, 1945 Tour of Nationality Rooms in Cathedral of Learning, University of Pitts burgh-April 19, 1945 Tea with representatives from Brentwood, Dormont, and Mt. Lebanon High Schools-Commons Room, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pitts burgh-April 19, 1945 Demonstration-Creation of Crepes Suzette, by M. Lucien Chene-May 2 1945 S P A N I S H C L U B Mr. Charles S. McLaughlin, Sponsor OFFICERS Lois Hendershot - - - ............... - - - - - - - Iames Harshman ....,. .... V ice Iohn Beach ............. ....... Mary Agnes Flanagan .... ........... Ioanne Myers ........................ Program REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP Enrollment in a Spanish class President President Secretary Treasurer Chairman Interest in the application of the Spanish language OBJECTIVE Practical use of the Spanish language Page Ninety-three-THE GINKGO ROMANI HODIERNI Top Row-Gloria Smith, Frank Wigginton, Denton Albright, Dudley McCurdy, lack Plowman, Thomas McClure, William Allott, Richard Price, Mikael Keremes, Virginia Mead Middle Bow-Mary Witt, Katherine Martin, lean Heckler, Normagene Colborn, Mae Bulger, Miriam Bode, Marjean Linn, Marguerite Stoalces, Nancy Mae Anderson, lanet Malone, Shirley Phillabaum, Nancy Waddell, Elsie Mae Stewart, lane Garbart B'ottom Bow-Ruth Powell, Barbara Barr, Mary Herrick, William Howe, William Smith, Miss Spamer, Nancy Shane, lane Boyer, Emmy Lou Gladden, loan Brotherton GENS TOGATA Top Bow-Ronald Warner, Gilbert Friday, Thomas Robinson, William Phillabaum, Patricia Panella, Audrey Wright, Betty Schock, Mary Greer, Carol Bossert, Mildred Ietiery, Bobert Hoge, Roy Connor Middle -Row-Robert Tarter, George Albright, Helen Wigginton, Barbara Small, Evelyn Wolti, Shirley Houze, Leah Hendershot, Virginia Nichols, Nancy Crist, Norma Lee Marburger, Mary Andrea Bygg, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, Marian Boyd, Dolores Flanagan, Ioan Crum, Nancy Hutchison, Edward Witt Bottom Row-Marian Boyd, Dorothy Adams, Mabel Luscher, Ruth Burns, Nancy Van der Kloet, Ioan Barnes, Miss Spamer, Charles Hulsman, Ioy Selby, Patricia O'Mahony, Marguerite Pennell ROMANI HODIERNI Miss Edith Spamer, Sponsor OFFICERS William Smith --- .............. ....... P resident lane Boyer ..... --- Vice President Nancy Shane ........ .... S ecretary Emmy Lou Gladden ................ ....... T reasurer REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Enrollment in the second-year Latin class OBIECTIVE To stimulate interest in the study of the Latin language and in the study oi Roman civilization SPECIAL PROIECTS Participation in the sixth annual Latin Week celebration- February 25-March 3, l945 G E N S T O G A T A Miss Edith Sparner, Sponsor OFFICERS Nancy Van der Kloet ............. ......... P resident loan Barnes ........... ...... V ice President loy Selby ........................... Secretary-Treasurer REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Enrollment in the first-year Latin class ' OBIECTIVE . To stimulate interest in the study ot the Latin language and in the study of Roman civilization 4 SPECIAL PROIECTS Participation in the sixth annual Latin Week celebration- February 26-March 3, 1945 Assembly Program-Second Ward School-April 5, 1945 Page Ninety-Jive-THE GINKGO MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB Top Row-Ierry Moren, Frank Kelleher, Theodore Vea, Mr. Haney, Robert Best, Dudley McCurdy Middle Row-William Beck, Carl Colson, Howard Depp, Donald Hayes, Leroy Whitley Bottom Row-Daniel Harshman, Iohn Huck, Frank Bumbaugh, Rol Kinney, Herbert Conley THE IESTERS Top il'-tow-Iohn Parsons, Charles lllig, Ierry Baker, Charles Wenrich, Iarnes Petrie, Stephen Madden, Donald Davis, Iohn Ashbrook, Harvey Carlen, Thomas Culbertson, Ellen lane Albright, Betty Petkovich, Nancy Rutter, Mary Pat Graser Third Rowfflarl Hoffman, Peggylou White, Ieanne Coulter, Betty Adams, lean McKim, Vera Rex, Shirley Brown, Betty A'nn Damits, Ora Iane King, Shirley Mursch, Margaret Iudd, Patricia Ioyce, Patricia Brunt, Patricia Howard, lrene Schoeneman Second Row-Audrey Hazlett, Helen Van der Kloet, Ieanne McNary, Collette Crawford, Dona Straitiff, Mary Louise Chisnell, Patricia Iones, Eileen Gray, Mary lean Buehler, Irma Cathcart, Polly Kirsch, Ruth Mursch, Helen Herrmann, lane Hale Bottom ROW-Marguerite Nichols, Louise Heineman, Dolores Sommers, Mary Lavorgna, Donald Davies, Ann Shane, Iames Simpson, Patricia Schwartz, Lillian Giesecke, Betty Angel, Catherine Renvers, Susan Sutherland, Audrey Monjot MODELAJRPLANECLUB Mr. Victor Haney, Sponsor OFFICERS Daniel I-larshman ..............,.., ,,,,,,. P resident William Beck .... ..... V ice President lerry Moren ......................... Secretary-Treasurer REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP The construction of a complete scale or flying model airplane OBIECTIVE The promotion ot an increased interest in aeronautics SPECIAL PROIECTS Outdoor contests between flying models made by club members Display, in the high school, of solid scale models THEJESTERS Miss Mary Kate Ford, Sponsor OFFICERS Iames Simpson .... ........... ....... P r esident Donald Davies --- .... Vice President Ann Shane ...... ....... S ecretary Patricia Schwartz ............................. Treasurer REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Enrollment in a public-speaking class OBIECTIVE Promotion ol interest in drarnatics and allied arts SPECIAL PROIECT Presentation of plays for assemblies and for various outside organizations SOCIAL ACTIVITY Party for the Freshmen-December 21, 1944 Page N inety-seven-TH E GI NK GO fvsf! PHY-CHY CLUB Top Row-Robert Stevenson, Charles Kurcina, Iames Rea, lohn Alamovich, Donald Giltin, Martin Melia, Thomas Carter, Frank Vater, Harvey Carlson, Thomas Goelz, Richard Martin, Ierry Baker, Glenn Elliott Middle Row--lohn Warner, Richard Couch, Charles Wenrich, Georgia Iune Crouch, Wilma lean Dunn, Irene Schoeneman, Eleanor Wright, Irma Metzger, Diane Turner, Betty Richards, Margaret Owens, Gloria Holmquist, llo lane Hancock, Robert Stanley Bottom Rowhlack Day, Dean Couch, Robert Burkhardt, David Vea, Barry Dietrich, Mr, Parfitt, William Evans, Donald Davis, Helen Wolff, Barbara White-Spunner, Dolly McNamee HI-Y CLUB Top RowAlay Barth, lames Coventry, Donald Davis, Harry Bailey, Harvey Carlson, George Hiteshue, Barry Dietrich, Robert Stanley Middle Row-Robert Burkhardt, Dean Couch, Richard Martin, Ierry Baker, David Vea, Frank Vater, Arthur Davis, Martin Melia, lohn McCullough Bottom Row-Iames Rea, Iames Dally, lack Day, Donald Davies, Mr, McLaughlin, Stephen Madden, Francis Taylor, Harvey Carlen PHY-CI-IY CLUB Member of Pennsylvania State Iunior Academy of Science Member ot the Science Club ot America Mr. George E. Parlitt, Sponsor OFFICERS William Evans --- .............. ......... P resident Barry Dietrich .... ........ V ice President Donald Davis ........................ Secretary-Treasurer REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP Enrollment in a chemistry or a physics class Maintenance of an average grade of C or better OBIECTIVE To stimulate interest in scientific fields SPECIAL PROIECT Participation in the Science Pair at the Buhl Planetarium-April 7-21, 1945 HI-Y CLUB Mr. Charles S,xMcLaughlin, Sponsor OFFICERS - Stephen Madden .............................. President , David Vea ..... ......... V ice President I Francis Taylor ...................... Secretary-Treasurer REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP Candidate must be male student of eleventh or twelfth grade Candidate must be voted in unanimously by members of club olarscrrvs ' Development of character SPECIAL PROIECTS Participation in Hi-Y Council Participation in County Hi-Y Musical Correspondence with former club members now in the Armed Services of the United States SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Social Hour- The Gym Gyp -April 21, 1945 Spring Outing-May 25, 1945 it Page Ninety-nine-THE QCINKGO GIRL RESERVES CLUB Cabinet Top Row---Miss Boyle, Audrey Hazlett, Nancy Rutter, Barbara Hoge, Susan Sutherland, Patricia Iones Middle RoweAnn Craig, Mary Pat Graser, Sarah Letters, lanet Malone, Barbara lllig, Miss Steinmetz Bottom Row-leanne McNary, Mary Alice Hayes, Pauline Kirsch, Patricia loyce, Audrey Monjot, Evelyn Woltl Seniors Top Row-Mary Pat Graser, Ann Shane, Esther Wolf, Betty Lou Willenberg, Louise Heineman, Ieanne Coulter, Dolores Sommers, Patricia Brunt, Mary Clare Roerner, Kath- erine Rudolph, Susan Sutherland, Dorothy Rudolph, Virginia Schepner, Patricia Howard, Eileetn Gray Third Row--Peggylou White, Eleanor Wright, Mary Louise Chisnell, Mary Lavorgna, Audrey Hazlett, Vera Rex, Nancy Rutter, Shirley Mursch, Ora lane King, Marguerite Nichols, Margaret Landgrat, Ruth Mursch, Barbara Hoge, Nancy Peebles, Pauline Kirsch Second Row-Collette Crawford, Lilliatn Giesecke, Catherine Renvers, Betty Angel, Sarah lane Letters, Mary Alice Hayes, Mary lean Buehler, Helen Herrmann, Bernadette McCoy, Audrey Moniot, Patricia Ioyce, Erma Metzger, Iacqueline Kerchner, Betty Ain Damits, Shirley Brown Bottom Row-lean McNary, Helen Van der Kloet, Irene Schoeneman, lane Hale, Patricia Schwartz, Miss Boyle, Mrs. Springer, Miss Steinmetz, Ritarnae Franks, lrrna Cath- cart, Betty Adams, Betty Young, Martha Brunk GIRL RESERVES CLUB Miss Martha R. Boyle, Sponsor Mrs. Mary Clawson Springer, Sponsor Miss Mary E. Steinmetz, Sponsor MEMBERSHIP Open to any girl in the school OBIECTIVE Promotion of friendship and cooperation among the girls of the school SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Social hour following Recognition Services-December 5, 1944 U S A, Pinafore -Annual Girl Reserves Club Dance-February 23 l945 MEMBERS OF THE CABINET Polly Kirsch ..... Barbara Hoge --- Patricia Iones .... Mary Pat Graser --- Audrey Monjot .... Susan Sutherland Audrey Hazlett ..... Sarah Iane Letters Nancy Rutter .... Barbara lllig .... Patricia Ioyce --- Ieanne McNary -- Mary Alice Hayes Ann Craig ........ ....... Ianet Malone --- Evelyn Wolff - - I - - K Conference ,,,----,,------,--------,----- President - - - - Vice President - - - - - Secretary ----------- Treasurer - - - - Finance Chairman - - - - - Pubilicity Chairman - - - - - - - Program Chairman - - - - - - - Social Service Chairman - - - ......... Music Chairman - - - Worship Chairman - - - - Social Chairman - - - - - - Camp Chairman - - - - - - Senior Representative Iunior Representative - - - Sophomore Representative --- Freshman Representative Place Representative Summer-Iune 27, 28, 29, 1944 ,-- --- Zelienople, Pa. .... Pauline Kirsch Page One Hundred and One-THE GINKGO GIRL RESERVES CLUB IU NIORS SOPHOMORES AND FRESHIVIEN Pagr Om' Hundrefd and Tw0fTHE GIXKGO GIRL RESERVES CLUB Iuniors Top Row-Marjorie Lane, Geraldine Standow, Marjorie Roberts, Hazel Schrader, Barbara White-Spunner, lean Dawkins, Iean Clark, B'arbara Hess, Marjorie Moser, Lois Fabian, Nancy Chapin, Dolly McNamee, Mary Kay Moren, Katherine Scott, Iane Henry, Florence Rudolph, Lois Hendershot, Dolores Dear, Dorothy Ieschke Third Row-Shirley Pearce, Eileen Schwan, Doris Haver, Bobbie lean Brown, Diane Turner, Iessie Woollett, Patricia Gannon, Irma Hamilton, Anne Craig, Wilma Dunn, Georgia Crouch, Mary Martha McCurdy, Bertille Warner, Beverly Carlson, Anna Marie Symosko, Barbara lllig, Dolores Warren Second Row-Ioan Teichart, Elizabeth Richards, Alice Cherry, Virginia Capes, Patricia Meredith, Emily Miller, Ioanne Myers, Margaret Ingram, Helen Wolff, Mary Agnes Flana- gan, Margaret Owens, Gloria Holmquist, Dolores Iungling, Dorothy Patterson First Ftow-Beatrice Hannah, Iosephine Krmel, Doris Koontz, Phyllis Sutton, Dolores Enscoe, Miss Boyle, Mrs. Springer, Miss Steinmetz, Naomi Hann, llo Iafne Hancock, Nancy Burgh, Miriam Brooker, Martha Hardy. Sophomores and Freshmen Top Row-Sarah Dugan, Virginia Mead, Iacqueline Dawkins, Betty Schock, Nancy Hutchison, Normagene Colborn, Nancy Van der Kloet, Helen Wigginton, Anne Ralston, Gloria Smith, Ann Simpson, Rose Raspanti, Amelia Kolanko, Anfna Marie Petkovich, Ruth Bums, Katherine Martin, Iean Heckler, Mary Adelaide Witt, Ioan Barnes Fifth Row-Patricia O'Mahony, Anne Anderson, Nancy Shane, Virginia Nichols, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, Margaret Pennell, Agnes Rose Edefns, Ruth Powell, Marjean Linn, Iean Waldron, Mercedes Daley, Elsie Mae Stewart, Ellen Rodenberg, Phyllis Misklow, Nancy Waddell, Iane Boyer, Emmy Lou Gladden, Navncy Gallagher, Barbara Barr Fourth Row-lane Ehrman, Mary Rygg, Mildred Ieffreys, Mabel Ann Luscher, Mary Greer, Ioy Selby, Ioan Brothertan, Mary Herrick, Anna Sarbin, Nancy Crist, Ioan Mack, Iane Garbart, Nancy Anderson, Mae Bulger, Shirley Phillabaum, Marilyn Seifert, Nancy Doughty, Mary Alamovich Third Row-Miriam Bode, Nancy Stoakes, La Vern Kaiser, Barbara Kernan, Alice Coughy, Stella Keremes, Mary Wengryn, Nancy Davies, Marjorie Cowan, lean Flynn, Dorothy Kasper, Gloria Burford, Margaret Ieschke, Mary De Mark, Mary Hulsman, Anne Gray, Marguerite Stoakes Second Row-Kathleetn Smith, Carol Bossert, Shirley Houze, Barbara Small, Patricia Panella, Audrey Wright, Marian Boyd, Dolores Flanagan, Ioan Shoenberger, Ioan Crum, Marie Di Giorno, Anne Bigler, Anne Hartz, Myrtle Marzzarella Bottom Row-Margaret Capes, Leah Hendershot, Norma Lee Marburger, Suzanne Mellott, Evelyn Wolff, Ianet Malone, Betty Kline, Elizabeth Froetschel, Mary Scanlon Page One Hundred and Three-THE GINKGO POPULAR SONG CLUB Miss Sigrid Gayvert, Sponsor OFFICERS Audrey Hazlett -H ..,,.,....O... ,,,,,,,,, P resident David Datly OOOOO ..........v OOOOOOO V 1 ce President Betty Young OO,,,,OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I ,OOO Secretaryl reasurer Learning to si REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Interest in the singing of popular sonas OBIECTIVE ng songs that are popular today and so been popular throughout the years SENIORS AND IUNIORS SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN nas that have POPULAR SONG CLUB Seniors and Iuniors Top Row-Iames Harshmari,'fCharles tllljggy Ruth Scothern, Iean Clarke, Dolores Dear, Iosephine Krmel, Doris Koontz, Mary Pat Gligser, Patricia Brunt, Marjorie Moser, Virginia Schepner, Betty Lou Willenberg, Florence Rudolph, B'arbara Hess Fifth Row-Shirley Pearce, Lillian Giesecke, Iohn Ashbrook, Patricia Iones, Patricia Schwartz, lane Hale, Katherine Rudolph, Lois Fabian, Dorothy Rudolph, Mary Clare Roemer, Lois Hendershot, Mary Kay Moren, Dolly McNamee, Iane Henry, Katherine Scott, Marjorie Lalne Fourth Row-Geraldine Standow, Betty Angel, Eileen Gray, Olive Beckerleg, Emily Miller, Patricia Ioyce, Bernadette McCoy, Audrey Monjot, Phyllis Sutton, Anna Marie Symosko, Hazel Schrader, Lourena Mello-tt, Dolores Enscoe Third Row-Dolores Warren, Miriam Brooker, Marjorie Roberts, Virginia Denardis, -Ruth Kroll, Dorothy Patterson, Dorothy Ieschke, Ora lane King, Margaret Iudd, Irma Metz- ger, Iacqueline Kerchner, Mary lean Buehler, Betty Ann Damits, Mary lane Lavorgna Second Row-Peggylou White, Elealnor Wright, Margaret Landgraf, Pauline Kirsch, Dolores Sommers, Betty Young, David Dally, Audrey Hazlett, Vera Rex, Gloria Holmquist, Doris Haver, Diane Turner, Iessie Woollett Bottom Row-Eileen Schwan, Dolores Iungling, Alice Cherry, Ruth Mursch, Nancy Peebles, Barbara Hoge, Mary Iane Lane, Naomi Hatnn Sophomores and Freshmen Top Row--Ierome Barrett, Louis Bladel, Michael Gorman, George Kramer, William McCalmont, Armin Toelke, Lawrence Wilson, Robert Dobson, Robert Tarter, Roy Conner, Edward Witt, Robert Hoge, Sally Myers, Iacqueline Dawkilns, Dorothy Adams, Nancy Gallagher Filth Row-Thomas Hartz, Anne Gray, Betty Iane Klein, Carol Bossert, Mabel Ann Luscher, Helen Wigginton, Nancy Van der Kloet, Ioan Barnes, Nancy Hutchison, Betty Schock, Mary De Mark, Gloria Burford, Margaret Ieschke, Mercedes Daley, Anna Marie Sarbin, Ann Simpson, Margaret Capes, Mary Alamovich, An'ne Wilson Fourth Row-Regis Harrington, Mary Hulsman, Mary Greer, Kathleen Smith, Nancy Stoakes, Marguerite Pennell, Agnes Rose Edens, Mary Rygg, Nancy Crist, Evelyn Wolff, Marjorie McKown, Iean Flynn, Dorothy Kasper, Phyllis Misklow, Marian Boyd, Audrey Wright, Dolores Flanagan Third Row-William McFarlin, Rita Kaiser, Stella Keremes, Mary Margaret Wengryn, Shirley Houze, Patricia O'Mahony, Barbara Small, Virginia Nichols, Norma Lee Mar- burger, Anne Bigler, Ann Hartz, Nancy Davies, Marie Di Giorno, Gertrude Smith, Anne Coughey, loan Shoenberger Second Row-Mary Elizabeth Donavan, Eleanor Fossett, Ruth Burns, Sara Dugan, Ann Anderson, Betty Young lSecretary7, David Dally, Audrey Hazlett tPresidentJ, Susan Scanlon, Rose Raspanti, Amelia Kolanko, Anrna Marie Petkovich, Ioan Mack Bottom Row-lane Ehrman, Suzanne Mellott, Eileen Harrington, Nancy Doughty, Marilyn Sietert, Barbara Kernan, Ioan Crum, Patricia Panella Page One Hundred and Five+-THE GINKGO BOOSTERS' CLUB Top Row-Richard Couch, Betty Young, Iane Ehrman, Donald Davis Third Row-Donald Gitfin, Harvey Carlen, Erma Metzger, Helen Herrmann, Barbara Hess, Marjorie Moser, Eileen Gray, Daniel Harshman, Helen Van der Kloet, William Evatns Second Row-Patricia Iones, Shirley Mursch, Catherine Renvers, Rose Raspanti, Sarah Letters, Dolly McNamee, Audrey Monjot, Ioan Teichart, Stephen Madden Bottom Row-Audrey Hazlett, lane Henry, Florence Rudolph, Dean Couch, Iohn O'Mahony, Ieanne Coulter, Louise Heineman, Jessie Woollett GINKGO Staff, Sponsor REQUIREIVIENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Procurement of at least one advertisement for the GINKGO . OBIECTIVE Assistance, through the procurement of advertisements, in financing the GINKGO MEMBERS Harvey Carlen lean Coulter Dean Couch Richard Couch Donald Davis lane Ehrman William Evans Donald Giftin Eileen Gray Arthur Hanley Daniel Harshman Audrey Hazlett Louise Heineman lane Henry Helen Herrmann Barbara Hess 1 . Patricia Iones Sarah Letters Stephen Madden Dolly McNarnee Erma Metzger Audrey Mofnjot Marjorie Moser Shirley Mursch lohn O'Mahony Rose Raspanti Catherine Renvers Florence Rudolph Ioain Teichart Helen Van der Kloet lessie Woollett Betty Young Page One Hundred and Six-THE GINKGO WEARERS OF THE ACTIVITY C Iohn Ashbrook, '45 Mary Barrett, '44 Patricia Bossert, '45 Ann Craig, '46 Codlette Crawford, '45 William Evans, '45 lean Gebauer, '44 Charles Grube, '44 Althea Kincaid, '44 Virginia Leech, '44 Charles Loney, '44 Stephen Madden, '45 Edna Mikus, '44 Ruth Mursch, '45 Doris Roberts, '44 Dona Straititt, '45 Rita Stritzinger, '45 Susan Sutherland, '45 Gwen Ann Walley, '44 Page One Hundred and Seven-THE GINKGO NS 'X'A.. X1, X.. , ,,,,,,, 'X.. , x.. ,,,,, , X. , X3.N'.X..'NZN. Y..X..'X'A. Y.XX..N..'XL. N A.. Y.N.'X'A.. X'.X., Y,X..'XX. X'k. Y.N.'X'k.'YX uN'..X..'Y.,'x..'Y,X.X'3.XXX1..'Y,X. Y'.,X, XXY,X..'N.. XlN'ZX..'YN..'X1.'Y.X.'X'A.. YTxX,XX'.XX3X.XN3.'YX'.NB.'N3NB.'XX.'X1N'.XYXX'AXXN3.'Y.XX X'X..'N'LX. X A. All Youth Need an Appreciation of Literature, Art, Music, and Nature. Te. ..., A all VPAI ,...,,f,, Lff ! Who Writes This Stuf?', ' Q . ARTS LEARNING THE PRODUCE BUSINESS THE HARD WAY Little did I realize the pitfalls of working at the A 6. P until I put in a day at the produce counter. The job looked easy and I was whistling happily as I laid out the forty-five cents a pound tomatoes in their little beds of tissue paper. Before I knew what was hap- pening one of Crafton's housewives had Walked up and pinched hcnlf of them. With difficulty I diverted her to the special price on some slightly decayed grapefruit. I soon found out that people don't believe in signs, for each customer would walk up to the sixty-nine cent sign over the oranges and ask, Are these oranges sixty-nine cents? 'lhen there were the shoppers who thought that I was personally responsible for the prices -like the woman who came in and asked, I-low much are these apples? When I told her, she screeched: You mean that you can stand there without blushing and tell me those apples are twenty-one cents a pound! The look she gave me made me feel I should grab the cabbage knife to protect myself. On the other hand, there were the cus- tomers who put on a great show of friendli- ness. They would siclle up and whisper con- fidently , Have you got any bananas? When l would say that they were all gone a flood of protests would be released. Weill, my neigh- bors all seem to have them, or My husband sees lots of them in East End on his way to work, or I'll bet Marie's got boxes of them in the back room. Ah yes! the back room, a haven of refuge for the harried employees. One day a little girl wandered into our little clubroom. Her frantic mother, not wishing to go in, called to her, You come out this minute. There-'s rats and heaven knows what back there! I struggled manfuilly to serve the customers, only to receive a bitter blow two months after I had quit-a letter from the president of the company, which read: Dear New Employee: iThey hadn't even missed me.J - We want to be sure you understand our policy-courteous treatment, honest weight, and fair prices. The customer is always right! Aw, nuts! Thomas Carter, '45 V wE'1.L BE BACK! Ohr nation calls usg but we leave with thoughts of our return-coming back to Mom's home-cooking--the fire in the living room on Christmas eve-Dad, his pipe and his paper, settled comfortably in his favorite chair in the corner, or coming back to the smell of freshly cut jgrass in mid-afternoon-sitting in the shade of the maple tree in the front yard, thoqgh you know you should be weeding the garden--seeing the prettiness of the little gal down the street, with the turned-up nose, and a twinkle in her eyes. Yes, I'll admit these thoughts don't conform to the higher ideal of post-war achievements, buttsomehow a fellow just can't reconcile himself to the so-called nobler things of life at a time like this. It's those little, unim- portant things, forming spiritual threads of a strong rope, that tie one's heart to the things he hates to leave. Duty bids us part, but we'll be back! There is yet to be created a mortal that can keep a Yank from the U.S.A.! Daniel Harshrnan, '45. OUR FOUR YEARS AT C. H. S. This is our last year at Crafton High. In Iune a hundred and thirty of us will graduate, leaving room for an equal number of green freshiesn such as we were four years ago. These four years for us have been full of good times, laughter, and everything else imaginable. For us the freshman year consisted of so many things. It was room 209 and the back table where we were so quiet-in compari- son-that Mr. Servey moved one of the more talkative boys back to our table. Then we were the ones who talked the loudest and longest. lt was algebra class, with football stars McCready and Gould. lt was Ken Ham- ilton and his immortal Sail on! Sail on! It was beating Carnegie, and the snake dancers climbing up on Albrights' roof, and losing to Burgettstown in the championship game. It was Pearl Harbor, and listening to the declara- tion of war over the radio during class. And it was an unexpected holiday in March when the snow really came down. Our sophomore year was to be the first of three somehow involved with Mr. Kiser. That year it was Caesar and the first of oral Eng- Page One Hundred and Twelve-THE GINKGO lish. It was two study halls a week in room 3, and Mr. K. saying, I know you girls are working, but would you please not make so much noise. It was collaborating on a short composition on horseback riding, which came in quite handy for both of us. This year it was Latin Club, and trying to persuade eighth- graders that there was a logical reason for taking Latin. lt was Commando exercises and the Gym Exhibition. It was triangles and parallelograms, and sitting downstairs where we could see, for a change, at assembly. lt was once more winning from Carnegie. It was Mr. Reed's classes and arguments. lt was a month's vacation in the winter, when the boilers broke down, but it was also school until Iune 24. The junior year found us once more in Mr. Kiser's room, this time 102. lt was also the first year we were seated alphabetically. You can imagine our dilemma since one of our names begins with A and one with S. It was Kiser's Kuties vs. Reeds Rioters, and a swell game that raised lots of money, even if the Kitties did lose. Much to our disgrace, it was room 102 always at the tail-end of the list of the sales of War Stamps. It was the French Club banquet and Passage to Marseilles. It was Saturday night socials and the pictures in the Press. It was Steve Madden, Iunior Class president, and more money than we knew what to do with. lt was the Iunior Prom . . . our prom . . . and getting in free just like the seniors. lt was the school flag and the Honor-Roll, and the seniors leaving in Ianuary. It was Sinatra vs. Crosby, and take your pick. Now we come to this year. This last year is public speaking and eight o'alock rehears- als for Miss Ford. lt is Roosevelt defeated- in Crafton High! lt is News O'Craft and writ- ing and drawing for it. lt's Ashcan, nee Ash- brook, editor. This year is chemistry with electrons, atoms, valences, and lots more. It is also lab and feeling proud, when for once, you have not only done everything right but what's more-even finished it! But it's also outwardly looking quite contrite as you walk up to Mr. Parfitt and say, We've broken an- other test tube, knowing all along that he's thinking, What again! It is the football team winding up an otherwise dismal season by taking over Carnegie. fThat makes four straight . . . a perfect record for the Class of '45l. This year it's Macbeth and Miss Voge- ley and her bad boys. lt's the Slave Market and all the money Stoop Patterson and Betty Adams helped to bring in for the GINKGO. It's the Dinner Dance, moved up to Ianuary so that there would be at least a fefw boys there. It will be Class Play, the Iunior Prom, this year for US, Commencement, and then nothing . . . nothing but memories and old GINKOES! These four years have been crowded with so much . . . with chorus and orchestra re- hearsals, concerts, operettas, class plays, va- cations, and swell assemblies like the Tele- vision Kids and George Bailey, magician ex- traordinary, movies with Cary Grant and Clark Gable, and the serious and beautiful assem- blies at Christmas. lt has also been writing each year for the GINKGO and hoping to get something accepted. They have also been four years at war . . . a war that, up to now, outside of many shortages, hasn't touched us much, though we become more aware of it every time the Senior Class's male population diminishes, and we wonder if there will be any AT ALL left for Commencement. They have been four years we all will re- member . . . in a different way, of course . . . four wonderful. glorious years that we're sorry to leave but that hold promise of more and better things to come. Ellen lane Albright, 45 Dona Straitiff, '45 PROGRESS Ma and Pa say that in their day when they brought home a report card even their parents could understand it. It was a simple matter of immediate approval, just plain satis- faction or the hair brush. How we have progressed! Now our par- ents reach for a long pencil and a big pad of paper. They search through the stack of report cards, trying to find one that they think they can figure out. Some hours later Pa takes his pen in hand and signs them all, because they have to be returned immediate- ly. He can't quite decide whether to con- gratulate his child or think up some appropri- ate punishment. So in desperation he reaches for the hair brush and brushes his thinning hair which has become mussed from his efforts. This is really a break for us. Sanford Rosser, '48 Page One Hundred and Thirteen-TH E GI NK GO A PET PEEVE Now let us consider the average brother. You ask him to go upstairs for you, and he asks you if your legs aren't in working condi- tion. But heaven help you if you don't buy him a comic book when he is sick in bed. He never comes to a meal with clean hands Ceven when he shows up before the meal is overl. When you ask him if you may borrow a nickel from him, he very pointedly tells you that you have to pay back that eight cents which you borrowed exactly nine weeks and two days ago, before you can borrow another cent. When you come home from school starved for that last piece of chocolate cake which your mother told you you might eat after school, you see your brother gulping down the last bite. But before you can say a word, he is out the back door. And why can't he refer to your girl friends as girls instead of drips or hags or some other such names? If some morning your mother mentions the fact that the dog MUST be washed before the company arrives the next day, your brother is sure to call up after school and say' that he wants to stay for din- ner and sleep at Iimmy's house. And when your mother asks if it's all right with Iimmy's mother, why, of course, it was all her idea in the first place. lf one of those rare times comes when he does something you ask him to do, you can be sure that there will be an arithmetic book stuck under your nose, with a demand for help. These are just a few of the things brothers do to get your goat, to say nothing of the time when you have a few minutes and want to take a nice hot bath, only to find the bath tub full of cold water and floating battleships. Oh well, even if we can't live graciously with him and sometimes detest him with all our heart, could we get along without him? I'm sure I couldn't. Anne Ralston, '47 KING WINTER King Winter piles snow flakes deep on the high mountains of the West. ln each one of these snow flakes he has imprisoned a little snow elf. When spring comes, the little fire demons, dancing in the sun's rays, melt these snow flakes and set the little snow elves free. The snow elves go gliding and splashing down the mountain to play in the streams which furnish water for the golden fields of grain. By the end of summer they are again imprisoned, this time in pearly grains of pop- corn which are placed in cans until you are to play with them. Some cold winter evening when the gang is sitting around a crackling blaze, put the snowy kernels in the popper, call upon the fire demons, and they will burst open the grains and out will pop the little snowy elves, all white and fluffy. lane Ehrman, '47 BEHIND THE PARADE or WHAT WE GO THROUGH TO SEE A FOOTBALL GAME FREE The order had been given, Be at the field at eight, or else! The groans could have been heard through the whole Second Ward School. Some, in 'defiance of the order, left their instruments at the school. The rest sadly tramped in the general direction of the high school. Forgetting the order, l rose at the usual time f7:45J, only to be shocked out of my stupor by seeing my brother going down No- ble Avenue. Fully awakened, l dressed in a flurry, raced down the steps three at a time, stole a sandwich from my sister, and ran out the door, only to have to come back to pick up my horn. Knowing that my only hope was that Mr. Small would be late, l ran from home to the field, with the determination of beating him to the draw. Arriving there at 8:05, l was dismayed to find that half the members of the band, in- cluding the instructor, were still absent. Therefore, I went to the bleachers and warmed up my horn by tooting it vigorously. When 8:15 rolled around, most of the members of the band, including the instructor, were pres- ent. At a shriek from Mr. Small's whistle, we trudged out into the ankle-deep mud. Faced with the obstacles of mud, fog, and cold, we accomplished little. But the battle was not over. Returning to the high school by 9:25 was no easy task for those who could not pack into the cars available. The moral of this story is that if you like to sleep late and also are determined to be- come a member of the band, you should move close to the vicinity of the athletic field. George Albright, '47 THE HORNET'S NEST Yes, l was visiting my grandmother that fateful day-the day I shall never be able to erase from my memory. lt happened when my sister and l decided to pick apples. That sounds harmless, you say? Ah, yes, but wait till you hear my tragic tale. Beneath the apple tree stood an old delapidated garage, and propped against this was a ladder. As Page One Hundred and Fourteen-THE GINKGO my sister gathered the apples on the ground, I ascended the ladder, armed with a rake, and began to relieve the tree of its burden. Then it happened: I gave one great pull and some- thing soft and squishy fell on my head. My first impression, that it was a rotten apple, was quickly expelled when I saw millions of spots in front of my eyes. But the spots had wings- and the wings were fastened to millions of long yellow bodies, which circled once over my head and began to peel off in perfect for- mation. The force of the attack was so ter- rific that the next moment I found myself on the ground, although I never quite knew how I got there. I began racing around the lawn, trying to flee from my assailants. Grand- mother, hearing my wails of terror, stumbled after me, trying to beat them off. By that time all the neighbors had congregated, shout- ing to each other that Grandmother was beat- ing me. Leave that child alone, Mrs. Bott, or I'll call the police. It's disgraceful, they screamed. From then on I knew nothing of what hap- pened, until I woke up on the kitchen floor, suffocating from fels-naptha soap, mud, and black salve. V -Mary Agnes Flanagan, 46 I WONDER WHEN Along comes a cool brisk breeze of Febru- ary and with it is a hint of the Girl Reserves' dance. But what's this? It's not like it has been for the last few years. Do we actually hear the murmuring of feminine voices trying to decide which boy to take! Well, Bill took me to the Christmas Ball, but then Iim takes me to school every day, and Tom always asks me to go to the Colonial after socials. Oh, I just don't know which one to ask. As we move along a little farther We hear plaintive masculine voices: Gee, I hope Kate asks me, 'cause I drive her around more often than Pete does. Well, I'm expecting Mary to ask me! After all, don't I take her skating at the Gardens every week end? Yeah! But what about all those away bas- ketball games I took her to? So it goes on and on. Ah, at last we see what's wrong. Why, of course! It's the year l9OU, and your guess is as good as mine. ' Doris Haver, 46 SO LITTLE TO GIVE So little is this pint of blood to give That a gallant one might live! I hope this little part of me May bring some boy home, safe and free. La Verne Kaiser, 48 INGREDIENTS Flowers, sunshine, Birds and bees, Green leaves playing In the trees, Songs and laughter, Hearts in tune Make the lovely Days of Iune. Ann McGinn, '45 IVIISS FORD'S MEN Miss Ford's handy men are we! We do our duties with much glee. Our duties are to work the lights, To change the scenes, put things to rights To work the curtains, manage props, And set to work when the curtain drops So now we hope you will agree That Miss I:'ord's handy men are we! Iohn Parsons, 48 LATE!!! At half past eight I left the house To try to get to school. Rise at eight and you'll not be late, Who made that wretched rule? I ran a block and puffed and sighed- My head began to burn! I found I had forgot my books, I knew I must return. From out the door I came once more, This time I came too fast- I missed the steps, fell down all eight, A minute more had passed. I grabbed my stuff and ran like mad, Five minutes yet to go- Across the street, just missed that truck, I tripped on my big toe. 'Ihen up the hill I huffed and puffed, At last I was 'most there. I dropped my math, the papers flew, By now I didn't much care. I crashed the door, and raced upstairs. Young lady, you are late. You should not loiter on the way, Tomorrow you'll come at eight! ' Pauline Wood, '45 IT'S THE WAR If a bikeiyou have to ride- It's the War! If in knots your nerves are tied- It's the War! If your bills are not all paid, And you have to learn first-aid, And you cannot get a maid- . It's the War! Don Davis, 45 Page One Hundred and Fifteen-THE GINKGO THE BALLAD OF THE KIND POET A friend of mine who could not write A ballad, asked of me If I would dash one off for him, A ballad filled with glee. I got to work and set it down As fast as I could write, And when I had completed it, He smiled with fond delight. I wrote another poem too, To turn in for myself, His went into the GINKGO While mine is on the shelf. And so you see I'm out of luck, And though I'm not a poet, 'Ihe stuff I write is very good- But who is going to know it? Harry C. Bailey, '45 CHEAP! When you buy a bond you have no fears, For you'll get your money within ten years. But that blind soldier has no guarantee That at the end of ten years he will see. Virginia Capes, 45 LUCK A penny for your thoughts, my dear, The teacher said to me. I started. She said, Do not fear, It's very plain to see- That you are dreaming far away, Of things I cannot seeg I wish you'd wait another day To have your reverie. She turned to face the class just then, And smiled a horrid smile. I have a test-for you know when- The time for it is now. I smiled at her, I smiled some more, For I could see the time. There was but just one minute more Before the bell would chime. It rang throughout the empty halls, She turned to us in sorrow: I guess, she said, the test, instead, Will have to be tomorrow. Tomorrow's Saturday, I cried, We won't be back 'till Monday, And then I'll pass your test, you'll see, I'll study all day Sunday! Helen Wolff, '46 THE MISTAKE Sylvia's face grew red. My dear child, she coolly asked, What was that word you said? Sylvia wiggled and squirmed with fear, And slid down in her chair, But that didn't help a little bit- Teacher's eye followed her there. The rest of the pupils giggled, laughedp Sylvia then grew faint. What WAS that awful word she had said? Sylvia had said Aint ! Ann Hartz, '47 A TOAST Here's to the boys of C. H. S. Whose dinner time is now called mess. They stand in line to get their chow, Do they enjoy it?-Oh, boy, and how! They look for mail both day and night: When they get none, their nails they bite. They like to get cake, candy, and gum, So let's be sure to send them some. When they come home to see us here, Let's greet them with a great big cheer. They are our heroes, brave and true, Who've done their best for me and you. Louis Bladel, '48 MY FRIENDS I am fond of Mr. Baynharn, Mr. Haney is a riotg But I like Pop best of all, Because he is so quiet. Robert Hannum, '48 BIOLOGY The third period was here at last, Biology class that goes so fast, I entered the room to hear a boy say, We're going to dissect a mouse toda . With scalpel and scissors we went to work fThis was a job we all wanted to shirklp Off came the sking off came the feetp Here there was no shortage of meat. The room was gripped by a horrible stench, And this was the class I thought was a cinch! Frank Kelleher, '47 YH Page One Hundred and Sixteen-THE GINKGO Miss Steinmetz stared with cold brown eye: BETWEEN THE BELI.S As I, books in hand, emerged from my homeroom and headed for my second period class, I was pushed by the shoving mob of herd-like pupils scaling the stairs to the first floor hall. What a fight! loe Tucker, our fight announcer himself, would have been kept busy describing the awful details. One step- two-three-back one, then another forward plunge to survive in the struggle to reach the top. What a relief! l didn't do too badly. I made it. Now all that remained to be done was to pass the picket line which surrounded the water fountain. So I took a deep breath, and forged through the line with less effort than I had anticipated. There was the door- way of 109. What a welcome sight! I slipped inside to the security of my desk and the peace of my algebra class. Edward Martindale, '48 MY PAL In the library I try to study The physics of a helpful buddy. What a pal! When we have a difficult test, Who is full of zip and zest? My pal! When I'm bashful and start to stammer, Who tries to help me with my grammar? That's right-my pal! When in math I am really stuck, You know who helps me with his luck? Uh-huh-my pal! But when the term is finally done And proudly I disptlay my one, A faithful pal I have no more- For you see he got a four ! Robert Burkhardt, '46 MY SICK EXCUSE Miss Dillon, I beg of you, please give me a pill, My temperature's rising, I'm really quite ill. Why in algebra, do you know, I almost col- lapsed, My temples were throbbing, my pulse faintly lapsed. What did you say-'I don't look very Weak'? I fear you are wrong-my heart's sprung a leak. With a sudden fright I sank to the floor, Crack went my head-I'll do that no more. A blue pass in hand, I groped eagerly home. I'll try this no more-Oh, the ache in my dome! Florence Rudolph, '46 A LITTLE EFFORT I've tried poetry, and I've tried prose, I've often been told that anything goes! When I try to be funny, the result is dumb When I seriously write, it seems too glum! Now, math and Latin I can do in a pinch, And English and history, although not a cinch Are a whole lot easier in their way Than being an author on GINKGO DAY. Mary Andrea Rygg, '48 REALITY I thought I had a dream last night- A perfect fantasy- Visions came of soft blue light, A magic symphony. And mixed with this, the rustling of A light blue swirling gown, Two people, dancing on a cloud, Up high above the town. The music swelled, he held her tight, And they were heaven bound. They passed through worlds wondrous bright And paradise they found. Then finally the music stopped, But the dream continued on. It was not like the dreams I'd had That when I woke were gone. The dream and he were very near, And they were true. You see, The dream was not a dream at all- This was happening to rne. Marjorie Lane, '46 THE QUEST Our senior year will soon be o'er, But no one has a kick, For we'll go forth, out in the world To see what makes it tick. Glenn Elliott, '45 DAYS AT SCHOOL I've never been a teacher's pet, I never made a good mark yet. When school I leave, in years to come, I'll probably leave just as dumb. Iohn Gorman, '48 Page One Hundred and Seventeen-.THE GINKGO GIRLS' B CHORUS GIRI..S' A CHORUS Miss Sigrid E. Goyvert, Director Page Om' Hundred and Eighteen-THE GIXKGO GIRLS' B CHORUS Top Row-Margaret Capes, Sarah Dugan, lane Boyer, Betty Klein, Anne Ralston, Dolores Lynn, Dorothy Kasper, Mary Andrea Rygg, Ruth Powell, loam Barnes, Gloria Smith, Helen Wigginton, Anne Simpson, Ioy Selby, Ieanne Heckler, Iatne Garbart, Phyllis Misklow, Kathryn Martin, Kathleen Smith, Mary Alamovich Third Row-Anne Anderson, Mae Bulger, Marjean Linn, Nancy Anderson, Nancy Gallagher, Sylvia Huot, Mary Greer, Rose Raspanti, Normagene Colborn, Barbara Kernan, Nancy Van der Kloet, Dolores Flanagan, Marian Boyd, Patricia O'Mahony, Marilyn Seifert, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, Ioan Schoenernan, Elsie Mae Stewart Second Row-Nancy Shane, Patricia Panella, Shirley Phillabaum, Ianet Malone, Anne Coughey, Mildred Ieffery, Natalie Zarodzki, Margaret Ieschke, Marguerite Pennell, Nancy Waddell, Emmy Lou Gladden, Mary Herrick, Barbara Barr, Eleanor Fossett, Ioan Mack, Ruth Burns, Miriam Bode Bottom Row-Evelyn Wolff, Stella Keremes, Marguerite Stoakes, Virginia Nichols, Mary Wengryn, LaVer'ne Kaiser, Mary Margaret Scanlon, Audrey Wright, lane Erhman, Ioan Crum, Nancy Stoakes, Nancy Doughty, Ioan Brotherton, Betty Schock, Virginia Mead, Nancy Crist, Miss Gayvert GIRLS' A CHORUS Top Row-Nancy Rutter, Audrey Hazlett, Nalncy Chapin, Marjorie Moser, Peggylou White, Eleanor Wright, Beatrice Hannah, Martha Bell Hardy, Barbara Hoge, lane Ehrman, Hazel Schrader, Ora lane King, Iean Clarke, Phyllis Sutton, Barbara White-Spunlner, Betty Young, 'Ruth Mursch, Mary Pat Graser Third Row-Vera Rex, Barbara Illig, Shirley Phillabaum, Florence Rudolph, Virginia Mead, Mary Iane Lane, Rita Stritzinger, Iessie Woollett, Nancy Peebles, Normagene Colborn, Marguerite Nichols, Iane Garbart, Dorothy Ieschke, Mary Louise Chisnell, Marjorie Roberts, Mary Iean Buehler, Audrey Monjot Second Row-Wilma Dunn, Patricia Gannon, Georgia Crouch, Nancy Shane, Ianet Malone, Mary Martha McCurdy, Bobbie lean Brown, Marjorie Lane, Miss Gayvert, Patricia Schwartz, Margaret Iudd, Mary Kay Moren, Ruth Burns, Beverly Carlson, Shirley Mursch, Ilo Iane Hatncock Bottom Row-Evelyn Wolff, Naomi Hann, Marguerite Stoakes, Patricia Meredith, Virginia Nichols, Gloria Holmquist, Ioan Brotherton, Ioanne Myers, Polly Kirsch, Helen Wolff, Mary Agnes Flanagan, Mary Alice Hayes, Elsie Mae Stewart, Nancy Burgh, Ioan Teichart, B'etty Richards, Margaret Owens Page One Hundred and Nineteen-THE GINKGO MIXED CHORUS Top Row-Peggylou White, Nancy Rutter, Beatrice Hannah, Nancy Peebles, Barbara Hoge, Richard Couch, Charles Illig, William Allott, Harvey Carlen, Richard Hartz, Iames Harshman, Alan Bailey, Lawrence Wilson, Iean Clark, Phyllis Sutton, Betty Young, Ruth Mursch, Mary Pat Graser Third Row-Mary lane Lane, Audrey Hazlett, Rita Stritzinger, Patricia Schwartz, Marjorie Lane, Stephen Madden, William Phillabaum, William Smith, Lawrence Kasper. Stephen Wachnowsky, David Vea, Donald Davis, Iohn Ashbrook, Mary Louise Chisnell, Marjorie Roberts, Mary Iean Buehler, Shirley Mursch, Audrey Monjot, Elsie Mae Stewart Second Row-Patricia Meredith, Georgia Crouch, Marguerite Nichols, Bobbie lean Brown, Margaret Iudd, Iames Paterson, William Howe, Iohn Stevenson, lack Day, Robert Burkhardt, Robert Stanley, Vera Rex, Nancy Burgh, Ruth Burns, Ilo Iane Hancock, Barbara lllig Bottom Row-Gloria Holmquist, Naomi Hann, Helen Wolff, Pauline Kirsch, Ioanne Myers, Mary Agnes Flanagan, Mary Alice Hayes, Frank Bumbaugh, Thomas O'Toole, Dealn Couch, Mikael Kerernes, David Dolly, Edwin Leaf, Mary Martha McCurdy, Ioan Teichart, Betty Richards, Peggy Owens, Miss Gayvert MIXED ENSEMBLE Top Row-Charles Illig, Stephen Madden, William Allott, Donald Davis, Lawrence Kasper, William Howe Middle Row-Audrey Hazlett, Marguerite Nichols, Rita Stritzinger, Richard Couch, Iohn Stevenson, David Dally, Betty Young, Ruth Mursch, Nancy Rutter Bottom Row-Helen Wolff, Pauline Kirsch, Mary Alice Hayes, William Smith, Dean Couch, lack Day, Mikael Keremes, Shirley Mursch, Vera Rex. BOYS' CHORUS Top Row-William Allott, Stephen-Madden, Richard Couch, Harvey Carlen, Richard Hartz, Iames Harshman, Lawrence Wilson, Donald Davis, Richard Price, Iohn Ashbrook Middle Row-Charles Illig, William Howe, William Smith, Lawrence Kasper, Robert Burkhardt, Iack Day, Miss Gayvert, Stephen Wachnowsky, David Vea, Alan Bailey, Robert Stanley Bottom Row-Frank Bumbaugh, Dean Couch, Iames Paterson, William Phillabaum, Iohn Stevenson, Thomas O'Toole, Mikael Keremes, David Dally, Edwin Leaf Page One Hundred and Twenty-one-THE GINKGO ACTIVITIES OF THE CHORAL GROUPS Miss Sigrid E. Gayvert, Director Assembly Sing ....... ............................ - - September 8, Navy Day Celebrdlldn .... .................... , ,, October 27 Mixed Ensemble 1 Choral Clinic at Schenley High School ..,,........A,.,.. Y ,, ,.,.,,, November 2, Mixed Chorus Crofton Parent-Teachers' Association Meeting, National Education Week v November 9, Mixed Chorus Assembly Program --- ................. H-- Mixed Chorus American Legion Program ..,., -- , .,,.,........ ...... . Mixed Chorus Thanksgiving Program .................................,..., A-.. ,na Senior and Iunior Girls' Chorus Boys' Chorus November 10 November 16, November 22, 1 1 1 1 Christmas Program at First Presbyterian Church ol Cratton .... .... D ecember 17, Mixed Chorus Christmas Assembly Program ......................i.., December 18, Mixed Chorus Caro-1 Sing in halls of Cralton High School ............. December 22 Mixed Chorus Edgar Allan Poe Program ..............,............................... February 2, B'oys' Chorus with Girls' Chorus and Girls' Ensemble Concert ,... -. ....................,................................. February 15 All Choruses Cratton Parent-Teachers' Association Meeting .,...... February 27, Boys' Chorus Cralton Parent-Teachers' Association Meeting-Guidance Program --- -.- March 20, Mixed Chorus Easter Program at First Presbyterian Church of Cralton .... --- April 1, All Choruses Iuvnior Civic Club Program .............,......................... --- April 2 Boys' Chorus, Girls' Small Ensemble Popular Song Club Assembly Program ........................... -.- April 6 Cratton Woman's Club Program ......... , ............. --- April 6 Mixed Chorus In-and-about Pittsburgh Music Educators' Festival ....... .... A pril 14 Program at Ingram United Presbyterian Church .......... -.- May 7, Girls' Small Ensemble Concert, Annual National Music Week ................. --- May 11, All Choruses American Legion Memorial Service ................... .... M ay 27, Mixed Chorus . Baccalaureate Service --- ..-....-......-. .... - - Iune 3, Mixed Chorus Commencement --- ..................... .... I une 5 Mixed Chorus Page One Hundred and Twenty-two-THE GINKGO 1 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Presented on December 18, 1944, by the Girl Reserves Club and the Department of Vocal Music ol Cratton High School. Miss Sigrid Gayvert, Director ol Vocal Music Miss Martha Boyle, Spolnsor of the Girl Reserves Club ' Miss Mary Steinmetz, Sponsor of the Girl Reserves Club Scripture Reading ., ....,...,.....A,..,,...,....,.....,,. ., ...i,.,, . .,,,,.. ,,,, Helen Wolff Choral, Iesu, Ioy of Man's Desiring .,.,.i,........,..,.v,, - ,,,, lohann Sebastian Bach Cratton High School Mixed Chorus Accompanist, Virginia Mead Negro Spiritual, Go Tell It on the Mountains .i.,,, Arranged by William Henry Smith A Cappella Choir Cantata, Childe lesus ....,.....,..........,......... ,M Ioseph Clokey, Hazel Kirk l The Promise -Gregorian Melody, Sth Century --, ...,,,,,,, Mixed Chorus 2 The Annunciationn-Bearnais Air, 13th Celntury ..,. ..i. B 'oys' Chorus Narrator, David Vea Soprano Solo, Nancy Rutter 3 The Apparition to the Shepherds -Narrator, Stephen Madden The First NoWel -Traditional Air and Words Cratton High School Mixed Chorus 4 The Adoration ot the Shepherds -Narrator, Dean Couch Swedish Christmas Carol ..,....,.,...,,,...,.., - W, Boys' 5 The Star -Narrator, Charles lllig Polish Carol -l3th Century ............,,.............,., ,A Girls' 6 The Wise Men -Narrator, David Dally The Three Kings -Donald Davis, Harvey Carlen, Iack Day Cralton High School Mixed Chorus 7 At the Manger -Narrator, Richard Couch Te'nor Solo, Old French Carol ...................,.,,,,. Lawrence Soprano and Alto Duet-Marguerite Nichols, Mary L. Chisnell Crafton High School Mixed Chorus 8 Mary's Lullaby -Tyrolean Carol ................. ,A Mixed Soprano Solo, Marjorie Lane 9 Song of Devotion -Old French Carol Soprano Solo, Rita Stritzinger 10 The Child lesus -Danish Carol-Soprano, Alto, Tenor ll Adeste Fideles -Old Latin Hymn .......,,...,,.........,...,.,,, Mixed Recessional Hymn ..,........,,.,.....,,.......,.............,,.. Audience and I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day -Longfellow-Calkitn CHARACTERS IN PANTOMIME Chorus Chorus Kasper Chorus Chorus Chorus Israelites-Betty Angel, Margaret Pennell, Barbara White-Spunner, Betty Lou Willenberg, Esther Wolf, Audrey Wright. Mary-Ann Shane Ioseph-Irma Cathcart Angel Gabriel-Patricia Iones Shepherds-Miriam Boyd, Agnes Rose Edens, Ora Iane King, Shirley Phillabaum Wise Men-Iane B'oyer, Mary Kay Moreln, Eleanor Wright Iannette-Ann Craig Isabella-Dolores Flanagan Angels-Betty Adams, lane Ehrman, Emmy Lou Gladden, Barbara Kernan, Margaret Lavndgraf, Dorothy Rudolph, Florence Rudolph, Kate Rudolph, Nancy Waddell, Helen Wigginton Page One Hundred and Twenty-three-THE GINKGO BAND AND CHORUS PARTICIPANTS IN CONCERT Given February 14 cmd 15, 1945 Page One Hundred and Twenty-j0urwTHE GINKGO BAND Top Row-Richard Carter, Iean Flynn, Eugene Spano, Mr. Small, Richard Shannon, Charles Illig, Iacquelyn Dawkins, William Dotnley, llo lane Hancock, Elizabeth Patterson, Ed- win Leaf, Richard B'eebe, Robert Vogel, Richard Tait, Catherine Renvers, lack Russell, Dudley, McCurdy, lack Shell, Suzanne Mellott, Shirley Houze, Richard Pettit, Robert Hoge, Doris Haver, Iohn Stevenson, Amelia Kolanko, Stephen Wachnowsky Third Row tlettl-Iohn Huck, Iames Paterson, Charles Porch, Edward Herrle, Scott Payne, lack Hale Third Row lrightl-George Albright, Charles Pennell, Harry Bailey, Ieanne McNary, Charles Gardner Second Row-Iohm Dougherty, Howard Ralston, Iames Bowman, Alan Bailey, Anthony Kueshner, Helen Van der Kloet, Elizabeth Mann, Ivan Preston, Edward Vogel, Mary Herrick, Norma Lee Marburger Bottom Row-Richard Straititf, Barbara Small, lane Hale, William Howe, Iack Plowman, Richard Couch CHORUS Top Row-Peggylou White, Nancy Rutter, Dolly Sommers, Beatrice Hannah, Barbara Hoge, Pauline Wood, William Phillabaum, Harvey Carlen, Richard Hartz, Iames Harshman, Iean Clark, Phyllis Sutton, Betty Young, Ruth Mursch, Mary Pat Graser, Elsie Mae Stewart Third Row-Virginia Mead, Mary Iane Lane, Audrey Hazlett, Rita Stritzinger, Patricia Schwartz, Marjorie Laine, Stephen Madden, William Smith, Lawrence Kasper, David Vea, Donald Davis, Iohn Ashbrook, Mary Louise Chisnell, Mary Iean Buehler, Shirley Mursch, Audrey Monjot Second Row-Ioan Brotherton, Patricia Meredith, Georgia Crouch, Marguerite Nichols, Eleanor Vater, Bobbie Iean Brown, Margaret Iudd, Thomas O'Toole, Iack Day, Robert Stanley, Vera Rex, Nancy Burgh, Ruth Burns, Mary Martha McCurdy, Barbara Illig Bottom Row-Gloria Holmquist, Naomi Hann, Helen Wolff, Pauline Kirsch, Mary Agnes, Flanagan, Ioanne Myers, Mary Alice Hayes, Frank Bumbaugh, Dean Couch, Miss Gayvert, Mikael Keremes, David Dally, Ioan Teichart, Betty Richards, Margaret Owens Page One Hundred and Twenty-five-THE GINKGO BAND ORCHESTRA Mr. Iohn D. Smcull, Director BAND Top Row-Robert Vogel, Harry Bailey, Charles Pennell, leanne McNary, Doris Haver, Charles Gardner, Edward Herrle, Scott Payine, lack Hale, Denton Albright, Robert Hoge, Catherine Renvers, lack Russell, lack Schell, Dudley McCurdy, Richard Beebe Middle Row-Richard Carter, Ilo Iatne Hancock, Richard Shannon, Richard Pettit, Charles Illig, Suzanne Mellott, Amelia Kolanko, Ieanne Flynn, Helen Herrmann, Mr. Small, Iacquelyn Dawkins, Shirley Houze, Iames Stanley, William Donley, Norma Lee Mar- burger, Betty Patterson, Iohn Stevenson Bottom Row-Anthony Kueshner, Alan Bailey, Nancy Manfn, Ivan Preston, Barbara Small, Iane Hale, Mary Herrick, Edwin Vogel, Lillian Mikulski, Howard Ralston, Iolin Dough- erty, Regis Harrington, William Howe, Richard Straititf, Iack Plowman ORCHESTRA Top Row-Ilo Iane Hancock, Doris Haver, Harry Bailey, Charles Pentnell, Charles Gardner, Dudley McCurdy, lack Russell, Richard Beebe, Mr. Small Middle Row-William Donley, Suzanne Mellott, Shirley Brown, Ioan Brotherton, Peggy Ieschke, Iane Hale, Barbara Small, Alan Bailey, Edwin Vogel, Norma Lee Marburger, Richard Straitiff, Robert Vogel, Iack Plowman, William Howe Bottom Row-Barry Dietrich, Louise Heineman, Ellen lane Albright, Dona Straititf, Barbara Illig, Barbara Barr, Mary Herrick, Catherine Renvers, Iacquelyn Dawkins, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, Dorothy Ieschke, Shirley Houze, Nancy van der Kloet, Edwin Leaf, Richard Pettit Page One Hundred and Twenty-seven--T HE GINKGO MEMBERS OF THE BAND Mr. Iohn D. Small, Director ALTO Mary Herrick Edwin Vogel BARITONE Norma Lee Marburger Richard Tait BELL LYRA Ilo lane Hancocl: Betty Patterson CLARINET Alan Bailey Iames Bowman Iane Hale Tony Kueshner Betty Mann lack Plowman Ivan Preston Barbara Small Richard Straititt Heletn Van der Kloet DRUM Iacquelyn Dawkins William Donley Shirley Houze Charles Illig Suzanne Mellott Richard Pettit Richard Shannon Iames Stanley FLUTE Iohn Dougherty Howard Ralston SAXOPHONE Regis Harrington William Howe TROMBONE Dudley McCurdy Catherine Renvers Iack Russell lack Schell TRUMPET Denton Albright George Albright Harry Bailey Charles Gardner lack Hale Doris Haver Edward Herrle Robert .Hoge lack Huck Ieanne McNary Iames Paterson Scott Payne Charles Pefnnell Charles Porche TUBA Richard Beebe Edwin Leat Robert Vogel COLOR, GUARD Richard Carter Eugene Spano Iohn Stevenson Stephen Wachnowsky MAIORETTE lean Flynfn Helen Herrmann Amelia Kolanko MEIVIBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA ALTO HORN Norma Lee Marburger Edwin Vogel BASS HORN Richard Beebe BARITONE HORN Richard Tait CELLO Catherine Renvers CLARINET Alan Bailey lames Bowman lane Hale Barbara Small DRUM William Donley Suzanne Mellott Mr. Iohn D. Small, Director PIANO Shirley Brown Ioan Brotherton Margaret Ieschke SAXAPHONE William Howe lack Plowman Richard Straitiff Robert Vogel TROMBONE Dudley McCurdy lack Russell TRUMPET Harry Bailey Charles Gardner Iean'ne McNary Charles Pennell VIOLINS Ellen lane Albright Barbara Barr Iacquelyn Dawkins Barry Dietrich Mary Donovan Louise Heineman Mary Herrick Shirley Houze Barbara Illig Dorothy Ieschke Edwin Leaf Richard Pettit Dona Straititf Nancy van der Kloet Page One Hundred and Twenty-eight-THE GINKGO ACTIVITIES OF 'I'I-IE BAND Mr. Iohn D. Small, Director Football Games .................... September 15, 1944-November ll Navy Day Program in Assembly .......................... October Halloween Parade ............. ........ O ctober 30 Concert ........................................ February 14 and 15, Solo Numbers Played for Meeting of the Third Ward Parent- Teachers' Association ............................ March 15, Concert ......................... --- May 18, Memorial Service at Athletic Field .... .... M ay 27, High School Commencement Program .... --- Iune 5, ACTIVITIES OF THE ORCHESTRA Mr. Iohn D. Small, Director High School Assembly Programs ................ September, 1944-Iune, Red Feather Night-Community Fund Drive --- .......... October 23, Concert ................................. .... F ebruary 14 and 15, Senior Class Plays .... .... A pril 16 and 17, Concert ............ ....... M ay 18, Class Day Exercises .... .... M ay 25, Baccalaureate Service .... --- lune 3, Page One Hundredund Twenty-nine-THE GINKGO 27, 1945 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1944 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1 MUSICAL PROGRAM 'I Vocal Music directed by Miss Sigrid E. Gayvert Instrumental Music directed by Mr. Iohn D. Small Cratton High School February 15, 1945 HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA a. Parade of the Colors b. The Star-Spangled Banner C. Roll Off-March ....i . ..... --- Lester Brockton d. The Oracle-Overture W..- ...... Otis Taylor GIRLS' CHORUS a. America fAnthem from the symphony, America l ........,i,..... Ernest Bloch b. Wake Thee, Now, Dearest iCzecho-Slovak Folk Song? Arranged by Deems Taylor c. Star Lullaby tPolish Folk Songl ................ Arranged by Bryceson Treharlne d, The Quest tBohemian Folk Songl ..............,,.. Arranged by Robert Gibb HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA a. Plantation Overture ................,...... .... C harles I. Roberts b, Danza Calabrese fltalian Folk Dancel .... ....... P ietro Morelli BOYS' CHORUS a. The Time ls Now .... ....... F' red Waring-Tom Scott b. Who Did? ........... .....e.............. F rederick Smith c, The Sleigh ........ ...... R ichard Kountz-Ralph Baldwin d. The Lost Chord --- --- Sir Arthur Sullivan-Stuart Churchill GIRLS' CHORUS a. Beauteous Mom .... -U Oliver Wendell Holmes-Edward German b, Andalucia ,...,........,.....,.................. Ernesto Lecuona-Henri Elkan C, Legend ..,. ................,.... .......e. .......,....... P e t er Tchaikovsky Soprano Soloist--Marjorie Lane HIGH SCHOOL BAND a. Cratton High School Alma Mater b, Service-March ....,....,.......... .,.. H arold Bennett c, Paradise of the North-Waltz .............. ..... C . W. Bennet d. Xylophone Solo, Rosewood Polka ........ .... H ertel-DeVille llo lane Hancock MIXED CHORUS a. Battle Hymn of the Republic tHowe-Steifel ........ Aramged by Roy Ringwald Baritone Soloist-Lawrence Kasper b. Meadowlands .............................................. Knipper-Wilhousky c. Alleluia! Christ ls Risen KA'ndre Kopolyotll ....,..... Arranged by Harvey Gaul tEaster Song ol Little Russial d. America, the Beautiful iBates-Wardl ...,...... Arranged by Rob Roy Peery HIGH SCHOOL BAND CI. The l.-OSI Chord ..... . ..wA... ........... A rthur S. Sullivan b. Sullivan's Operatic Gems ..,. -,, Arranged by Lester Brockton c. Symbol ol Honor--March .........................,,,....,,.....--- Ted Mesqng d. America ........--....--..v............. W .e,...................... Henry Carey Accompainists for Vocal Selections Ioan Brotherton, Virginia Mead, Nancy Shane Page One Hundred and Thirty-THE GINKGO C O N C E R T ANNUAL NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK CRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL Vocal Music directed by Miss Sigrid E. Gayvert Instrumental Music directed by Mr. Iohn D. Small Friday Evening. May ll. 1945 HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA a. Parade of the Colors b. Star-Spangled Banner .,,,, ,,,. F rancis Scott Key-I. S. Smith c. Power-March ....,....... ....,,,r,.A,,..,, Harold B'ennett d. Atilla-Hungarian Overture --- . r,..,..,. ...., G ondor Karoly GIRLS' CHORUS a. Lift Thine Eyes tFrom Eliiah l -.,. ..........,.......,..... Felix Mendelssohn b. Country Gardens KMorris Dancej English Folk Song arranged by W. Riegger c. Flowing River ,...,.....r...., ,.- Chilean Folk Song arranged by Charles Repper d. Spanish Gardens ,..e..... , ....e........,....,...,.........,, W-- David Haupt VIOLIN SOLO Louise Heineman Filth Concerto -Friedrich Seitz Piano Accompaniment-Ioan Brotherton BOYS' CHORUS a. Sourwood Mountain -,,, Kentucky Mountain Fiddle Tune arranged by Tom Scott Soloist-Donald Davis b. Hoodah Day ,,.......,., Traditional Chantey freely arranged by M, Bartholomew c. The Long Day Closes .,,,.. .. ...........,.,.........,..,.... Sir Arthur Sullivan HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA a. Poem-A Tone Poem ......,.. ,.....,.................. ,.,. Z d enko Fibich b. Selection irom Carmen .......... A ..... , ,,,,,..,,, H ,,..l,,,,., Bizet Piano Accompanists for Choruses Virginia Mead, Nancy Shane GIRLS' CHORUS a. When Iohnny Comes Marching Home .....,.. Freely arranged by George Mead b. Amish Chilcl's Song ...,...,. .. .,...,,.......l, Freely treated by Harvey Gaul Soloist-Rita Stritzinger c. Polish Child's Morning Prayer --..,,. ,.... Folk Melody arranged by Harvey Gaul d. The Street ol Little Houses ........,............. Phyllis McGinley, Gladys Rich HIGH SCHOOL BAND a. Alma Mater b. Officer ot the Day-March ,.., ,,,. R . B. Hall c. Festival Overture ............ Otis Taylor MIXED CHORUS a. Holiday Song .... ....,.. . ..,.................,........,. W illiarn Schuman b. Erie Canal .... ,,..-,,,, Early American Work Song arranged by Tom Scott Soloist--David Dally c. Careless Love .. .... Kentucky Mountain Ballad arranged by Tom Scott Soloist-Nancy Rutter d. Alleluia .,,..... ..,-- s.., .....,.,.i.,....,,...........,.. Randall Thompson e. Set Down, Servant ..,, ,s..,.. ..,..,, , N egro Spiritual arranged by Robert Shaw Soloists-Betty Young, David Vea HIGH SCHOOL BAND a. Trumpet Solo .,,,...... .. ...,... , ,..,i...., r-, Charles Gardner G-aiety Polka -Harry Hartley b. Three Bears-A Comedy Sketch ...,......,......... ...., N , H. l-Ong Harry Bailey-Narrator c. The Victor March -. .......,... .. ...... Y ....,,.... . ,.., ..A. , Jae- K. L. King d. America ,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,i-,.,,- , ,,,, H, S. F. Smith+Henry Carey Page One Hundred and Thirty-one-THE GINKGO PLAY CASTS Top Row-Iohn Ashbrook, Ieanne McNary, Helen Van der Kloet, frene Schoenernan, Ann Shane, Ellen lane Albright, Patricia Iones, Betty Ann Damits, Shirley Mursch, Harvey Carleh Bottom Row-Pauline Wood, Marguerite Nichols, Rita Stritzinger, Ann McGinn, Peggy- lou White, Betty Adams, Collette Crawford, Mary Louise Chis'nell PRODUCTION STAFF AND STAGE FORCE Louise Heineman, Ieanne Coulter, Earl Hoffman, Stephen Madden, Daniel Hcirshman Iohn Parsons, Dona Straitiff, Pauline Kirsch Page One Hundred and Thirty-two-THE GINKGO A NIGHT OF PLAYS Miss Mary Kate Ford, Director GREEN CHARTREUSEH Brooke, the Butler ................................ .... H arvey Carlen Sir George Packenham ................. Q ........ .... I ohn Ashbrook The Man .................................................. Charles lllig Time: The present. Place: The study of Sir George Packenham's bachelor apartment in London. FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Katherine Burton ............................................ Ann Shane Mary, the Maid ...................................... Ellen Iane Albright Ethel Harding ......................................... Collette Crawford Time: The present. Place: The boudoir oi Miss Katherine Burton. NANNOUNCING ANTONIK' Mrs. Tuckerman Montgomery .............................. Ann McGinn Mrs. Bixby ..................................... --- Marguerite Nichols Miss Cushing ............... ..... P eggylou White Mary Elizabeth Brown ..... ........ R ita Stritzinger Mrs. Devereaux ......... ............... H elen Van der Kloet Diane Devereaux ...... ........ . . .............. Patricia Iones Gwendolyn ....... --- Ieanne McNary, Irene Schoeneman Eugenie ...,.... .................... P auline Wood Tina ....... ................ B etty Ann Damits Francine .... ............... B etty Adams Concha ....... --- Elinor Vater, Shirley Mursch Yucca ............ - --- ...... ....... M ary Louise Chisnell Brett Henderson .......................................... Lynn Goucher Radio Announcer ......................................... Earl Hoffman The entire action of the play takes place in the Morning Boom of Mrs. Montgomery's Town-house, Park Avenue, New York. Production Staff Stage Force .......... ................... S tephen Madden, Manager Earl Hoffman Iohn Parsons Dona Straitiff Pauline Kirsch Publicity .............. .... D an Harshman, Harvey Carlson, Betty Adams Tickets -..........,. ............................... I eanne Coulter Programs ..,.......................................... Louise Heineman Advertising ........................................ Helen Van der Kloet Assistants: Patricia Brunt and Patricia Ioyce Property and Bookholder ................................. Ieanne Coulter Head Usher ............................................. Audrey Hazlett Ushers ...... Mary Pat Graser, Katherine Harris, Mary lean Buehler, Lillian Giesecke, Susan Sutherland, Patricia Brunt, Ruth Mursch Music --- ......................,...... By the High School Orchestra Iohn D. Small, Director Page One Hundred and Thirty-three-THE GINKGO NEWS O' CRAFT STAFF Top Row-Mary Martha McCurdy, Bertille Warner, Barbara lllig, Michael Gorman, William Donley, Iohn McGovern, Donald Davis, Harold Bailey, lohn Beach, William Allott, Gerald Moren, William Howe, Robert Stanley Third Row-Mariean Linn, Nancy Anderson, Marguerite Stoakes, Shirey Phillabauin, Ianet Malone, Ritamae Eratnks, lrma Cathcart, Barbara Hoge, Nancy Peebles, Ellen lane Albright, Georgia Crouch, Wilma Dunn, Phyllis Sutton, Barbara White-Spunner Second Rowwlean Dawkins, loy Selby, Carol Bossert, Virginia Nichols, Helen Herr- mann, Mary Alice Hayes, Sarah Letters, Shirley Mursch, Dolores Sorniners, Dolly McNaineo, Patricia Gannon, Patricia Meredith, Dorothy leschke, llo lane Hancock, Gloria Holrnguist Bottom Row-Dean Couch, Iohn Day, Patricia B'ossert, Dona Straititt, Catherine Ronveris, Donald Gittin, lohn Ashbrook, Rita Stritzinger, Peggy Landgrat, Ruth Murszch, Susan Sutherland, Ann Craig, Helen Woltf GINKGO STAFF Top Row-lane Boyer, Ellen lane Allbright, Patricia Howard, Esther Wolf, Betty Petkc- vich, Robert Stevenson, Frank Vater, Barry Dietrich, lack Day, William Donley, Larry Wilson, Stephen Madden, Iohn Beach, William Evans, lohn O'Mahony, Catherine Renvern, Sarah Letters, Thomas O'Toole Middle Row-Nancy May Anderson, Mary Herrick, Robert Stanley, David Dally, Edwin Leaf, lohn Voigt, Virginia Nichols, Miss Vogeley, Norma Lee Margburger, Evelyn Woltt, Doris Koontz, Mary Agnes Flanagan, Ann Craig, Dean Couch, Dolores Sominerzs, lrina Cathcart, Ritamae Franks, Betty Angel Bottom Row-Betty Adams, Collette Crawford, Lois Henderishot, Marjorie Moser, Dona Straitiff, Richard Couch, Patricia Bossert, Rita Stritzinger, Dolly McNamee, Audrey Hazlett, Patricia Iones, Iohn Ashbrook, Don Davis ' NEWS O'CRAFT Published bi-monthly by the students of Crafton High School Mr. David Kiser, Adviser Mrs. lane Mazur, Sponsor Miss Mary Steinmetz, Sponsor OBIECTIVE To publish worthwhile and constructive school news cmd editorials EDITORIAL STAFF Iohn Ashbrook .......v.................................................... Editor-in-chief Ann Craig ........... . ...........,....... Assistant Editor Susan,Sutherland .... ..,.,. N ews Editor Patricia Bossert .,.. .... F eature Editor Donald Gitfin .... ,Ms ,,,, Sports Editor Ruth Mursch --- ,,...,.. Service Editor lack Day ......... .... S tatt Photographer Dona Straitiit .... .....,,.,.,, A rt Editor Rita Stritzinger --- ..... Business Manager Catherine Renvers - .,....i. Typing Manager Margaret Landgraf -.- .,.. it .........., .....,.... E xchange Editor Dean Couch ........ ........................... ..... M i meographing Manager NEWS STAFF Iohn Beach Wilma Dunn Phylis Sutton Georgia Crouch Shirley Pillabaum Pauline Wood FEATURE STAFF Ellen Iatne Albright Ritamae Franks Dolly McNamee Dolores Sommers Carol Bossert Ilo Iane Hancock Patricia Meredith Marguerite Stoakes Irma Cathcart Mary Alice Hayes Virginia Nichols Nancy Waddell Donald Davis Marjean Linn Patricia Panella Barbara White-Spunner William Donley Ianet Malone loy Selby Helen Wolff Dolores Enscoe Iohn McGovern Ioan Schoenberger SPORTS STAFF ART STAFF Gloria Holrnquist Nancy Anderson Barbara Illig Bertille Warner PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Robert Stanley SERVICE STAFF MIMEOGRAPH STAFF Ierry Morefn BUSINESS STAFF Barbara Hoge Patricia Gannon William Howe Dorothy Ieschke Mary Martha McCurdy TYPING STAFF lean Dawkins Sarah Letters Shirley Mursch G I N K G O Published annually by the students of Crafton High School Miss Edna Vogeley, Adviser Mrs. lane Mazur, Faculty Treasurer STAFF - Editor in Chief-Lynn Goucher MANAGERS Iunior Class Advertising Iohn Beach Barry Dietrich Deon Couch Iohn Q'MGhOny Mary 'Flanagan Lois Hendershot Business Mariorte Moser Frank Vater Ann Craig William Evans A S0Ph0m01'e Class B EDITORS Ilrlliancy nlerson Th Ianeyroyer Alumni ary Herrick .1 omas ooe lane Boyer Audrey Hazlett Ff'ssg:1aVX15?:SS I Aff , , David Dally Norma Lee Marburger DOUG Stmmff Edwin Leaf Virginia Nichols Clubs Evelyn Wolff Iohn Ashbrook Patricia Iones Treasurer Features Ritamae Franks Richard Couch Patricia Iones Assistant Treasurer Literary Doris Koontz Dolly McNamee Rita Stritzinger EH Prgofreagiss h Sports en ane rig t Donald Davis Donald Rex Stephen Madden Senior Class Typists lrrna Cathcart Collette Crawford Betty Adams Betty Angel Sarah Iane Letters Dolores Sommers Patricia Howard Betty Petkovich Robert Stevenson Catherine Renvers Esther Wolf ALUMNI CLASS OF 1944 All Youth Need to Understand the Significance of the Family for the lndividual and Society. There's No Place Like Home. Name At Present Home Address Mary Anne Atkinson ......... Working .........................-..... ....... I ngram Helen A1111 ..,,..,..... ..... B ethany College, West Virginia ........... .... I ngram Herman Backinger .... ..... N avy, Great Lakes Naval Training Station --- .... Ingram Mary E, Barrett ..... ..... W orking ................................. --- Crafton Harry Black ....... ..... N avy, Overseas ........................ .... I ngram Phyllis Boice ...... .... W orking ........................... --- Crafton Kathleen Boyd .... ..... R obert Morris School ot Business .... .... C rafton Beverly Brooker --- .... Working ......................... --- Ingram Lillian Brooker -- .... Working ................................. --- Ingram Ioan Brooks ....... .... W orking .......,.............,,.....,.... ,. --- Craiton Robert Brotherton --- .... Army Air Corps, Baca Retan Field, Florida --- --- Crafton Dorothy Brown .... ..- .... Working .................................. --- Craltorl Virginia Businger --- .... St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing ..... .... C rafton Kenneth Carlson .... .... A rmy, Camp Blanding, Florida ........... --- Cratton William Carrick --- .... Merchant Marines, Brooklyn, New York --- --- Crafton Betty Lee Carter ,,., ,,.. W ilson College ........................ --- Crafton William Church --- .... Working ............................. --- Ingram Loraine Clark ....... .... W orking .......................... Greentree William D. Clarke ..... .... W orking ........................... --- Ingram Iohn Connitf ............ ..---Pittslourgh Institute of Aeronautics .... .... C rafton Margaret Anne Couch ....... Bucknell College .................. --- Crafton Rita Daley ............ .... W orking ............................... --- Cratton Allred Dean ........ .... A rmy, Overseas ......... -. ............... --- Ingram Richard Dear ..... .... A rmy Air Corps, Kessler Field, Mississippi --- .... Crafton lacqueline Delmer ..... .... D uquesne University ..................... --- Crafton William M. Dickson .... .... N otre Dame College .................... --- Cratton William Dougherty .... .... C arnegie Institute of Technology .... --- Crafton Eileen Douglass ..... .... W orking ,,..........,-........,,-. ,-, Ingram Katherine Fabian --- .... Working ........................ --- Crafton Iames Alfred Forrest --- .... Army Air Corps, Salina, Kansas .... .... I ngram Gracie Foster ........... ----Michigan State College .......... .... C rafton Helen Ann Gallagher ....,... Working ...................... .... I ngram lean B. Gebauer ...... .... W estminister College --- --- Crafton Louise Geinzer ...... - .... Working ............ .---- ..... Ingram William Gibson --- .... Army, Overseas ............ Rennerdaile Florence Glavin --- .... Pennsylvania State College ...... ............. I ngram Robert Gooding --- . .... Navy, Camp Perry, Virginia ........ .............. I ngram Marjorie Grant ...... .,---Working ................................ San Francisco, Cal. Warren C. Green ---- . .... Army Air Corps, Ardmore, Oklahoma ................ Crafton larnes Grier ...... - .... Army, Overseas ...................... ........... I ngram Doris G. Griffiths ---e -..---Working ............................... --- Crafton Charles Grube .... ..... N avy, Pennsylvania State College ......... .... C rafton Richard B. Haag .... - .... Navy, Great Lakes Naval Training Station --- .... Crafton Patricia Hanley ..... .... W orking ................................ --- Ingram Eugene Hannum .... ..... N avy, Pennsylvania State College ....... .... C rafton Twila Harkins ..... ..... W orking ..................,...... --- Ingram Iames Harris .... --..--Army, Camp Gordon, Georgia -- .... Crafton Page One Hundred and Thirty-six-THE GINKGO Name At Present Hgmg Addrggg Mary Elizabeth Hart --- Patricia Heckller ..... Iane Hendershot .... Paul Hertrick ........ Iames B. Hilliard .... Philip Hughes .... Sam Ingram -- Iarnes Irvin --- Stanley Iones ....... Rita Midred Kaiser .... Clara Louise Kasper --- Virginia Kearns ..... Harold Kelton --- Irene Kermes ...... Althea S. Kincaid --- Harry Kirby ....... Norma Klemmer --- Leona G. Koglin .... Irene A. Kollanko .... Helen Kolesar ..... Ruth Krepps .... Barbara Kroll ..... Bernadette Larkin --- Virginia Leech .... Marjorie Leith --- Charles Loney .... Ioan Lutz ......... Donald Main ......... - Dolores Eileen McCarthy Richard McClelland --.. Waillace H. McCurdy -- Walter I. McGervey --. Nancy McKay .....N. Robert McKnight .... Iune McNary ....... Philip McQuade .... Ruth Melia ....... Edna Mikus ....... Beatrice Miller .... Bernice Miller ..... Walter T. Mueller --- Robert Murray ...... Bose Marie Muzzie .. ...- Wellsley College ....................., Ohio Institute for Medical Assistance .... Working ..................,..,,.... , , Navy Air Corps ....... Marines .................. .... Navy, Bethany College .......... Army, Camp Wheeler, Georgia ..........,,.,.. - - - Greentree - - - Greentree - - - Crafton - - - Greentree - - - - Crafton - - - - Crafton - - - - Ingram Army Air Corps, Marrianna, Florida .....,..,.,..,,,,, Ingram Army Air Corps, Yumma Army Air Field, Arizona ..... Crafton WOrki1'1g ---.--........-.................... I ....... Crafton Stenotype School ..............,,,,,,., ,U Greemree Working ....--.-.....-.................. ..-- Grafton Army Air Corps, Kessler Field, Mississippi --- .... Craiton WOrki1'1g -.....---.-..---................ --- Cralton Working --------------------...-.......... --- Greentree Army Air Corps, Kessler Field, Mississippi .... .... I ngram Grove City College .....................,,, ,,-- I ngram Working ............ ,.,,, I ngrqm WO1'kif1Q ---------- ....... C rattan Working --- .... Burgettstown Working - - - ,,-,--- Ingrgm WOTltlI1g .............. , , , Ing!-gm Working ................ -,, Ingram University of Pittsburgh ...............,.,,.,,,, ,,,, C rgffon U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Montefiore Hospital ........ Ingram University of Pittsburgh ...................,,. ,,,, C rqhon Pennsylvania State Colllege .... .... ,,,- C r qftgn Pennsylvania Military College --- ,,,, Crqffon Working ---------..---------- --- Crafton Navy, Overseas ............ ,,-- I ngrqm Pennsylvania State College ---- ,-., Crqfton St. Vincent's College, Latrobe .... .... C rafton Working ................................ - - - Ingram Army Air Corps, Kessler Field, Mississippi --- .... Crafton Working ................................ , , , Crofton Working ........................ .... O akmont Seton Hilil College ................. ,.-, C mfton Carnegie Institute of Technology .... ...... C rafton Working .................................... --- Greentree Working ....-.................................... Greentree Navy Air Corps, Ursinus College, Pennsylvania ........ Ingram Army Air Corps, Amarilla Army Air Base, Texas ........ Ingram Working .......................................... Carnegie Page One Hundred and Thirty-seven-THE GINKGO Name At Present Home Address Iohn L. Nehus ...... Marjorie I. Neish --- Pattie Neipp ....... Kenneth Patterson .... - - - Willard L. Pearce --- Mildred Perch .... Walter Pikunas -- Sue B. Pittock --- Iames F. Puhl --- Lois Rea ...... ' Marilyn Reed ........ - - - Eileen M. Reingrover Harold Rex ..... --- Ioan W. Rex .------ -- --- Letitia I. Richardson .... - - - Mary Roney ....-.- -- --- Earl Russell ........ Virginia Scafoglio .... ..--- Arthur Schock .-.----- - ---- Mary Ann Schroader Frank Sebrosky ..... - - - - - Verna L. Seibel --r- Iean E. Shaffer --- Dolores H. Sherry .... ---- Dorothy L. Shields .... .--- Lester F. Sickels .... Doris Smith ........ Shirley Snebold .... Virginia Spada -- Sally Standow --- Vivian Steiner --- Ruth Stewart ...... - - - - - - Virginia K. Tarter .... - - - Iohn B. Taylor, Ir. -- Kenneth Temple .... Charles F. Utz --- Herbert A. Utz ..... Earl Von Hofen, Ir. ..... --- Olga M. Wachnowsky Richard Walker ........ ---- Gwen Anne Walley .... .... Anne Wilson ......... .... Thomas I. Witt --.- Ruth Zern ---..- Marines, Camp Lejune, North Carolina - Working .............................. - - - - Ingram - - Crafton Working .................................. - - Cratton Army Air Corps, Kessler Field, Mississippi Navy, Pennsylvania State College ....... ---- --- Ingram - --- Ingram Working ............................... --- Rook Army Air Corps, Kessler Field, Mississippi .... --- Craftorl Working .................................. -... Ingram Army, Overseas ......................... -,- Ingram Cadet Nurse Corps, Columbia Hospital --- --- Cratton West Penn Hospital School of Nursing .... --- Crafton Working .............................. -- Cratton Army, Fort McClelland, Alabama ....... - - - - Ingram Cadet Nurse Corps, Columbia Hospital --- --- Ingram Working ............................ -- Cralton Carnegie Institute of Technology --- --- Cratton Navy, Virginia Beach, Virginia ..................,,,. Ingram Working ...................-.......... .. - .. .......... Craiton Navy, Hugh Manley Navy Training School, Chicago --- Crafton Working .............................. ---------.---- Ingram Army Air Corps, Lancaster Field, California ........,, Crqfton Working .....---------.-----..-.-......... .... G reentree Working ............................ .... ngram Grace Martin's School .................. -H Thornburg Cadet Nurse Corps, Rochester Hospital .... --- Crafton Navy, Overseas ....................... --- Ingram Working .............................. ...-..- -.. Cralton Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing .... --- Crafton Working ................................ --- Ingram Working ............. --- Ingram Grove City College ................... --- 'Ingram Working ............................. ....- -- Cralton Cadet Nurse Corps, St. Iohn's Hospital --- - - - - Crafton Working .............................. --- Ingram Meadvillle ............................. -- Crafton Army, Overseas ......................... --- Crafton Army Air Corps, Lowry Field, Colorado .... --- Crafton Army, Overseas ....................... -- Crafton Working ......... .... - - Craiton Navy, Overseas --- -- Crafton Wilson College ............... --- Crafton Working ....................... ..... I ngram Army, Camp Wheeler, Georgia --- Thornburg Working ....................... --- Carnegie Page One Hundred and Thirty-eight-THE GINKGO Advertisements 'N'A.'vA.'tx.'xxYx.'v.x. x.x.'v..x.. x .x. -xx.. 'xa.'x .x.. x A..N'.,x..x .x., x., -xx.. 'x-'x. w'.x.'x':x.'w'.x.'x-xx x. x:x, x':,x.'x':.x. 'x:x., x. x:x.. v.x. x:x. wx.-x. N 'AAU Youth Need to Know How to Purchase and Use Goods and Service In-telligenllyf, Keep Your Fingers off the Merchandise. RHYTHMAIRES Dr. Baynham. Sponsor, Richard Pettit, Dudley McCurdy, George Albright, Charles Gardner. Harry Bailey, Charles Permell, Frank Wigginton Richard Slrcxitilf, Robert Vogel, Iames Bowman, lack Plowman 'Q,N,'g'N,-'N-A , -gag, 'gg' Q, X3X3Y,XXK'B.'1N.X3XX1.'YXN'X3'AX'A.N3.Y.XX11XY,X,'Y,x , 'g'3,-N-X,-X-3.-Q-N-X-xl, -x-.N -v.,x..-x-xx'.x., -v.x.'x'x.'v.x'v.x.'xm.'w.x.'v.x.'x'x.'1x,N'xx'x.N'x.'w'.x.'x 'x:xN'.xN'.A. x., xxx, -N3,-N-xxx -M N any appy 'rofurm 7 XXXX 7 W 7 f x . ' f -N , , I af, - ,,. ',u.:. -',.- Chunks fo ot . U An zmafaal man, wen zf he 21 my dad.' A combination of warm-hearted sentimentalixt and hard-headed busineu man. Y oa fee, he didn't want to wazt zmttl he died to leave me the many. .Yo he made me zndependcnt with a trust fund. Now recgzdarb' as my birthday comei arozmd the postman come: in with a nice check. Happy 'retam.r', mdeed. ' But this young lady hasn't told the half of it: that this living trust will continue as long as she lives, and that her father has given her the right, in the trust agreement, to dispose of the principal in her own will any way she thinks best. All this time-and in years to come-neither she nor her father need worry about the careful in- vestment of the fund. That is our responsibility. as 1 1 Living Trusts have many purposes, and many advantages, which we should like to tell you about. t 3495!-'lY,mPR5TpS9M E955 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation HILIRS S'l'Ulll0 C PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE GINKGO 45 Pub gh Pe 1 7 7 C 214 North Highland A Y Try the New Delicious WONDER LOAF Excellent for Toasting O Baked Only By THE ORIGINAL BAKERS THE ORIOLE MOTOR COACH LINES, INC. t....l. 1079 Greentree Road Pittsburgh C20l, Pa. S. E. HOPPER Compliments Plumbing and Heating of O 126 Dinsmore Avenue Cralton. Pennsylvania WAlnut 1017 Mellon Indemnity Company Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Compliments of the H. H. Robertson Company MELL BANK CORPORATION Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Gnangzll , H11 R Eddie HN' WA. 5311 REALTORS l'3lltS I ESIZHUYHIIII Good Food . REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Reasonably Priced . List with us Your Properties for Sale 516 Grant Street Pittsburgh, Pa We have rnany Prospects in this Section 50 S. MAIN ST. WEST END MELKO APPLIANCE CO. 63 STATION STREET WA. 1007 Electriral Appliances Sales and Service I. W. Mellott Edw. L. Kossler Hook and Ackerman, Inc M ann faeturers H 81 A Gas Fired Boilers Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Something Different in Greeting Cards Mabel Conwon Card Shop 481f2 Crofton Ave., Craiton. Pa. WA. 1537 MOTTOES - STATIONERY - PLAQUES CARSON NEWS AGENCY Clformerly WEGVGTISJ Meet Your Friends At Our Fountain Light Lunches - Giant Milk Shakes Our Specialty HOMEMADE PIE AND SOUP 53 Station St., Cralton. Pa. Best Wishes to the Class ol 1945 from cr Friend Alma G. McWilliams Confectionery Store 3 CLAIRTONICA STREET CRAFTON HEIGHTS For Candies and Pastries D 0 N A II 0 E ' S 440 Penn Avenue, Downtown WA. 3862 Conzpliments of A L E X H A L E Cralton, Pennsylvania Raymond A. Tucker Arthur S. Iohnston Crosby T. Smelzer TUCKER 8: JOHNSTON INSURANCE BROKERS LIFE INSURANCE BEGINS AT FORTY - minutes after birth 1 and continues throughout life as one of the most outstanding methods of saving and of establishing family protection. Chamber of Commerce Building AT. 9700 Compliments of Tranter Manufacturing Company Telephone: Wa. 6321 92 Noble Avenue C. EDWIN HULTMAN COMPANY Hultman Building Cratton, Pittsburgh. Pu. PRINTING BOOKBINDING RESTORATION OF FADED INKS A'l'lcmtic 0919 506 Grant Street Pittsburgh, Pa. Compliments Pittsburgh Horologlsts of a Watches . . . Jewelry Repairing and Engraving Friend REGISTERED WATCHMAKERS Charles Metal Walter Ball I J. W. GUMMO From Golzeral Auto Repairing Body and Fender Work a Comer Barton and Clearview Phone wa. 3043 Well-Wisfler Residence Phone Wa. 8175 .'fLl4ZLULl:0JL Papa Tlwdutam Company. Craiton. Peru-isylvcxnicx MACHINERY MERCHANTS District Agents for Kalamazoo Band Saws . . . Farnco Presses Queen City Grinders 6. Shape-rs Turner-Uni Drive Transmissions GALBREATH MACHINERY COMPANY 306 Empire Building COurt 3413 TIIE FIRST IIATIUIIAI. BANK at MCKEES ROCKS 'I' -X 'I' 'I' STRONG SAFE CONSERVATIVE J. Herbert llershherger 8 Sons Ben Franklin Stores 51: and Illc SI.00 Up Crafton Lumber and Supply Company Millwork-Stock and Special Builders' Supplies Paint - Glass WA1nut 0111 EVERETT'S SERVIGE STATIUN BATTERIES TIRES OC C O O C CK AN S GER S C O O CRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA R. L. YANDA Prescription Drug Store 55 and 57 Cratton Avenue Crafton. Pa. WA. 9456-7 J 0 H N P I L U S 0 SHOE REPAIRING 51 Station St. Crofton, Pa. WA. 7322 EXPERT OPERATORS M O R E Y ' S Beauty Culture Ot its Best 137 Noble Avenue Crofton. Pa. Phone WAlnut 0119 E. B. DAVIS DRUGS Crofton. Pa. lohn G. Froetschel YOUR GRAFTON BARBER 107 Noble Avenue COMPLIMENTS OF V. L. Birchard WALNUT 2200 R. A. WALKER - Realtor General Insuranfe 63 CRAFTON AVE. I CRAFTON. PA. Phone Walnut 4800-1-2 EARL N. .IAMISON CHRYSLER and PLYMOUTH SALES and SERVICE 18 Ingram Avenue Ingram, Pa. ADAMS 8: SCHWEINSBERG Real Estate and Insurance Automobile Insurance Fire Insurance Rents Collected HARRY FABERMAN Cratton Cleaning-Pressing 52 Crafton Avenue WA. 3397 WAlnut 9355 Fine Service-A Square Deal BRICE'S GARAGE Sales and Service 57 Noble Ave.. Cralton. Pittsburgh. Pa. WA. 2800 Ralph S. Adams R. Scott Schweinsberg J 0 N E S D R E S S S H 0 P Open Evenings WA. D820 50 Craiton Avenue Craiton, Pennsylvania B A R D ' S Y 0 U R I C E C R E A M S T O R E vlsrr WALKER BROTHERS' Chartiers and Cralton Theatres For the Best Motion Picture Entertainment Congratulations, Cratton '45 McClelland Kz Crawford Ingram, Pa. M. B. CRAWFORD I. B. MCCLELLAND Greeting From CRAF TON NATIONAL BANK S Phones: ATlantic 7231-7232 Nite Phone: HAzel 3427 BUD SAUNDERS Flowers For All Occasions 222 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh. Pc: Compliments of the South Pittsburgh Water Co. .iii- HORSE SHOE GRILL 644 Penn Avenue Phone COurt 8920 Pittsburgh. Pa. CRAFTON FRUIT MARKET 1931 Craiton Boulevard Crafton. Pa. WA. 3779 Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Gray A. G. HUGHES CONFECTIONERY cmd LIGHT LUNCHES Evelyn Brown Beauty Shoppe 100 Noble Avenue, Craiton, Pcr. We specialize in all branches of Beauty Culture Open evenings by appointment WAlnut 3559 Telephone, FEdercrl 1875 SCHORR'S DAIRY MILK, CREAM AND ALL DAIRY PRODUCTS Q R.D. No. 1. Box 110 McKees Rocks, Pa. Cyrus Williams Rice and Company, Inc. CRAFTON PENNSYLVANIA First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh 600 GRANT STREET PITTSBURGH C195 PENNSYLVANIA -. Compliments ol Read C f R ' C f '?f'D.12fI,'JIfg'!f0P'Iop.e 'e' THE NEWS 0 CRAFT 98 Noble Avenue WA. 3340 ...Ati The Physicians H A R R Y ' S and The Denlisls FOOD MARKET of 1912 Crafton Boulevard, Craiton, Pa. Crafton and Ingram Compliments Compliments of of MACvAY,S HUOT ART STUDIOS 115 Harvard Road Stratmore Avenue and Crafton Thornburg, pa, Boulevard BUY WAR BDNDS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To the teachers and students of Crafton High School for their cooperation. To the advertisers tor their financial support. To the National Education Association for its permission to use the Imperative Needs of Youth. To Mr. Matthew I. Evans, of Hi11's Studio, to Mr. Robert I. Scullin, of the National Printing Company, and to Mr. Don Young, of The Pontiac Engraving and Electrotyping Company, for their interest and labor. To Mrs. Iane Mazur, faculty treasurer of the GINKGO, for her faithful services. To Miss Edna Vogeley, adviser of the staff of the GINKGO, for her assistance. 15.1 ,' Q, 55 '- am' '7' ya M ,' J '21 Q Q, , ef' : 5: 1:1452 ff .X -if V525 -ya. ,X 1 in ,dw . 4451 :ii A . is., ,pl I ftf. M '1 T3 ,Gail -R 52. 5, ::f.q - tg 325 Y 'Lx . u ,QQ f X ,Q , ,. 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