East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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January ’44 EXODUS EILEEN SHORTSTUFF HOLLI- DAY 854 East 75 Street H. R. President, Glee Club, Rid- ing FLORENCE FLOSSIE” HOLOWINKO 8100 Simon Avenue Whirlo Sec., Riding ERWIN BUCK HUFENBACH 1 0007 Ostend Avenue Hi-Y, H. R. Treasurer, Wrestling, Ha!! Guard Captain CORA CORKY HULBERT 1478 Addison Road Vice-President L a u r e a n, St. Council, H. R. Pres., Chmn. Ticket Comm. Sr. Revue, Sr. Revue GLORIA JO JOSEPH 6801 Edna Avenue Athenaeum, Laurean, German Club, F. N. L. Club, Sr. Revue, Exodus CYRILLE ROSE K KOHN 9326 Amesbury Avenue Athenaeum, Laurean, Sr. Friend- ship, Sec. Jr. Friendship, inter Nos. F. N. L. Club MARGARET SNUFFY KOPREK 9000 Kenmore Avenue Athenaeum, Laurean, French Club, Whirlo, Sr. Revue Script Comm, and Chmn. Publicity Comm. ALBERT AL LANCASTER 1779 East 20 Street Orchestra LOIS JEAN LANCLAND 6614 Wade Park Avenue Jr. Friendship, Choral Club, Glee Club, H. R. Officer, Bank Teller PAULINE PAUL LEMBO 1852 Lakeview Road National Honor, Athenaeum, Laurean, Sr. Revue, Bowling Club, Choral Club DOROTHY DOTTIE LOCKWOOD 5620 Quimby Avenue Glee Club ANNA MAE PENNY LOHMAN 1956 East 79 Street Bookery Clerk, Captain H. R. Sports, Chora! Club, Sr. Revue, H. R. Treas. ! I

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EXODUS January 44 CLASS HISTORY (Continued) Despite all this, we were taking an ever-increasing part in school life. Marillyn Bolton, Lillian Butler, and Bonnie Watters were coming to the front of the band ranks. Robert Clark was again elected secretary of his homeroom. Lois Jean Batten was ably assisting on the stagecrew. It was at this time that Emmet E. Smeltz from Lincoln High School became our new principal. The opening of the 1 1A term found many changes in East High School. Aeronautical physics was offered to would-be aviators. In addition to the old, familiar fire drills, we were instructed how to act in the event of an air raid. We were asked to take part in the collec- tion of scrap metal which was to be used against our ruthless enemies. It was also in 1 1A that the greatest single blow came to our class. It was resolved by Congress that the draft age should be lowered to include 18- and 19-year-olds. One of the first results of this law was the enrollment of girls in the marching band. But not only the students were affected by the Conscription Bill. Early in December the boys lost one of their homeroom teachers when basketball Coach William Fleishman joined the Army. With the realization that most of the boys and a few of the girls would soon be in the service, the Victory Corps was instituted in the high schools. There was a branch of the Vic- tory Corps for each division of the armed forces. It was the puipose of this Victory Corps to help prepare us for various jobs in the armed forces, and it proved invaluable to many of our class later on. Finally the day which many of us had awaited so anxiously arrived. Seven of our mem- bers were inducted into the National Honor Society. Those seven classmates who had shown outstanding ability in scholarship, leadership, character, and service were Eleanor Cappell, Robert Clark, Beverly Dame, Anne Fenton, Ann Haggerty, Bonnie Watters, and Cordon Whit- ney. In the 1 2B Pauline Lembo, Martha Waldrup and Bob Mertz joined them. New mem- bers inducted in the 1 2A included Lillian Butler, Marian Crandall, Almira Svatek and Doro- thea Swirsko. The opening of our senior year found us with only one boys’ homeroom. The draft was really beginning to take its effect! Those of us who were left were menaced from still another quarter. The temptation to leave school for high wages offered by industry was great, but most of us compromised by finding a part-time job. Even though we were seniors, we were given gym, and for the boys there was gym five days a week. But none of us who entered the armed services ever regretted all the training. Despite all the handicaps, however, we were still maintaining a leadership in the school. Santo Regalbuto was elected president of the 1 2B class and also drum major; Ann Haggerty was acclaimed Mantle Orator, and Eleanor Cappell became Managing Editor of our news- paper, the Blue and Cold. At last the semester toward which we had all looked for so long arrived. We were 12A’s! Out of the original 222 there were only 74 of us left. There were only 16 boys, since most of the others had been forced to graduate in summer school in order to complete their education before being called away to the services. We were determined to have all of the activities usually associated with graduating classes. 10

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EXODUS January ’44 CLASS HISTORY (Continued) After cheering our football team under the captaincy of Ernie Santora, we began to make plans for our senior revue. After considering the small size of our class, we decided to draw talent from all the school. Who will ever forget Bill McGraw as Frank Sinatra,” the beau- tiful singing of Beverly Dame, or the graceful antics displayed in the Fine Arts Number?” The Senior Revue was followed by plans for our dinner dance, but again we were cheated by the war. Because of the rationing program it was impossible to have a dinner, but we decided on a prom at which light refreshments were served. It was held at the College Club on December 1 1. The social climax of our entire high-school life, we made the most of the opportunity, realizing that most of the boys would soon be in the service. After the excitement of the prom was over, we began to make plans for our com- mencement. Again because of our size, we decided to have an outside speaker. After many days of rehearsal, our commencement was finally held in the John Hay High School auditorium on January 27. Our president, Anne Fenton, told us the part our education would play in achieving victory, and Ann Haggerty passed the mantle on to the incoming seniors. None of us will ever forget the thrill of receiving our diplomas, which represented twelve years of educational endeavor. As we left East High School, some of us to go into the armed forces, a few to enter col- lege, and the greater part to enter a world of business, we felt that we had received advantages which only a fine school could give us. Despite all our handicaps and restrictions, we had enjoyed twelve years of education which has helped to equip us to face the varying situations of our troubled world. U