East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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EXODUS Jan., June '42 June Class Officers Ed Hayes, President Harold Allick, Vice-President Ruth Berglund, Secretary Ray Calati, Treasurer Frank Mohorcic, Sergeant-at-Arms Dinner Dance Committee Harold Allick, Chmn. Catherine Andrews Frank Arcuri Wilma Astor Sarah Barclay Don Blech Betty Brodbent George Cruzen Helen Dereska Bill Diehl Fred Janice Fleming Marion Ceiss Tony Ruggeri Helen Jagelski Doris Klemm Betty Kucharski Custa Milharsic Jerry O’Connor Harry Rice Mary Rozeski Wirt Dick Betton, Chairman Soiior Revue Merle Miller, Chairman 12A Mixer Committee 20

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Jan., June ’42 EXODUS Hail of Fame January Class June Class Dorothy King Donald Butler BIGGEST BLUFFERS Coletta Jaros Don Dawson Ella Bollinger Evelino Mastrangelo CUT-UPS Charlofte Mahr Jack Stranahan Leona Mady Don Harris BUSIEST Catherine Spellacy Ray Stanish Wayne Turgeon Betty Thoms HAPPIEST Shirley Sanker Ted Benedict Jim Haddad Laura Auble MOST ATHLETIC Wilma Astor Stan Carras Connie White Joe Mirilovich BEST DANCERS Virginia Norri-s Bob Connor Dorothy Cray Bill Flanigan FASHION PLATES Virginia Sachs Ed Hayes Lois Ann Obrock Dale Clark MOST VERSATILE Marjorie Kirts Dick Betton Jane Metzger Leigh Baker DREAMIEST Janice Fleming Phil Nelson Mary Hodges Ronald Smith CLEVEREST Sally Barclay Richard Egan Lillian Hing Jim Adams MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Lillian Wynne Jerome Shapiro Dorothy McCuffin Frank Umstead OFTENEST IN DOGHOUSE Rita Douglas Eugene Filsinger (S Jane Fong George Fong MIDNIGHT OIL BURNERS Dorothy James Donald Wiley Edith Murray Joe Boger CRAPE-HANGERS Evelyn Wlosek Tony Paradise Lorraine Stilin Alden Wilson MOST BASHFUL Elizabeth Farnfield Roger Fox Lorraine Winston Jack Whitelock BEST TALKERS Helen Dereska Ed Wyke Barbara Bradner PRETTIEST GIRL Marie Zullo Bob Woodruff HANDSOMEST BOY Harold Allick Alice Hein Dick Manning LAZIEST Blanche Krause Ed Asbeck 19

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)an., June '42 EXODUS June '42 Class History By Catherine Spellacy On September 12, 1939, a gallant crew of 520 aviators came as new ap- prentice pilots to the great airliner, East High. They had come from the trainer ships Addison, Willson, Patrick Henry, Fairmount, and Empire with new blood and new ideas. They came together to pilot a course which would be remembered forever in the annals of East High. Their first days spent as ground crew at their new field were enhanced by a 1 OB Mixer given by the Student Council. At the Mixer new friendships and acquaintances were made, and East High became a new training ship on which many would receive their last training before their “solo flight.’’ But this first year was not all fun. On Recognition Day 172 members of that crew were mentioned because they had been on the job every day. Others were recognized for honor roll, merit roll, and the extra-curricular ac- tivities in which they had already found a place. Musical ability was displayed by Marjorie Kirts at the piano and Jerome Shapiro with his violin. In the first year of this new adven- ture the “muscle-men’’ of the class did not have many opportunities to display their athletic ability. But Frank Mohorcic, an exception to this rule, was definitely “on the beam” and played varsity basketball side-by-side with those wonderful seniors. In the second year of this long flight most of the gallant band had found the parts of the ship at which they could operate best. They were now recognized as a necessary cog in the mechanics of the plane. They won distinction in the classroom, in clubs, in Student Council, on the athletics field, with the Blue and Cold and everywhere they possibly could. Har- old Allick, Catherine Spellacy, Ray Stanish, Katherine Andrews, Ed Hayes, Dorothy Cooper, and Fred Haddad made important flights for the Student Council. The athletes of the class made names for themselves on the football field, on the basketball court, and on the baseball diamond. Frank Mohorcic continued his basketball and in the spring played an important part in baseball. Stan Carras carried the ball across the line many times for Old East High, and pitched many win- ning baseball games. Rudy Medevic, Joe Mancini and Carl Habenstein also played important parts on the football field, and Carl and Kenneth Weiss and Harold Allick won their letters in basketball. None of this crew ever lost sight of their beacon, the light of learning, and while they were still learning to fly many of them made three-point land- ings. During the second part of the journey 19 members of the crew were taken into the National Honor Society. But the last lap of this adventure brought by far the greatest glory to this noble band. To start out the last part of their journey, they chose a set of leaders to pilot them for one semester. Harold Allick was pilot, Dorothy Cooper, co-pilot, and Kathe- rine Andrews, Ray Stanish, and Fred Haddad assisted. When the 1 2B Mixer was held, the atmosphere was differ- ent from that at the 1 OB Mixer. The air was filled with confidence and un- derstanding. These pilots were now sure of themselves. They knew the course they were flying, and they un- derstood the ship that they flew. The airliner began to journey into higher skies. The ceiling was reached when Katherine Andrews received the mantle of the school at the graduation of the January class. When she re- ceived the mantle, she gave to this crew the responsibilities and duties which come when they become senior pilots. They were now responsible for upholding the traditions which belong to East High. As they approached the take-off runway for the climax of their adven- ture, they chose new leaders to pilot them on the last part of this perilous journey. Ed Hayes and Harold Allick were chosen as pilot and co-pilot, and 21