Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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LOIS JEAN SMITH-Jean wants to join the W. A. F. C.'s and with her pleasing personality she will make friends wherever she goes. Talking is her hobby and strange as it may seem, Study Hall is her favorite subject. EUGENE SCR.ITCIlFIELD-I-iere's a boy with an ambition that is O. K., that is, to be a doctor. We hope he'll make it. Gene plans to attend West Virginia University after High School. ROSEMARY ARGIR-0- Mary, for short is going to be a school teach- er. Right now she belongs to The Girl's Athletic Club which is a good start if she wants to teach gym. We think she would be all right nt it. Don't you? DON WOLFE-This red-headed senior answers to the name of Wolf-Wolfe. lVery original to say the least.l Red comes here from Pittsburgh. K1'?ub and Thes- pians are his activities. EVELYN DELORENZO- Evie, as yet. doesn't have an ambition but hei' hobby is learning songs. What- ever she decides to be. we are sure she will be a success. Her activities are Red Cross, National Honor Society, and Athletic Club. MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON - Mimi had added a lot to West High for her services as Public Address announcer and her lead in last year's Junior play Ever Since Eve. Mimi plans to be a buyer of womcn's clothing and with her adeptncss in speech she'l1 surely succeed. Her other activi- ties are president of Thespians. president of National Honor Soci- cty, and membership in Masque and Gavel and Girl Reserves. FRANK FLEMING-Probably the last place you'1l go before you reach your fi.nal destination will be to see Undertaker Frank. He's really a jolly good fellow and swimming is his hobby. O JENNIE RUBEN- Dais we is going to follow alon h es of Bookkeeping at wh' is ver i Y good. She plans to e a account- ant. Bookkeepin suher favorite subject. LEONARD QUENON, JR.- Len, Queer, or Poad, as this senior is called, may soon become a fresh- man in the Army. His favorite subject is Physics and he's looking forward to Chemical Engineering. His activities are National Honor Society, Thespians and Hi-Y. VALJEAN WADSWORTH- Red's ambition runs along the teaching line, in the elementary grades, to be exact. Her hobby is bicycling: playing the piano also takes up a little of her spare time. Y JACK HARBERT- Hai-by hopes to become an aviator in the Navy Air Corps and we suppose you know his hobby is football. He is president of the Lettermen's club, was secretary-treasurer of the Sophomore Class and senator of the Junior class. He has been a member of the football squad all four years and was captain of the team this year. WILLIAM HENRY-This handsome guy is an usher at one of our the- aters. Bill likes to collect records and dance. 4Ltucky girll As yet he hasn't decided what he will do in the future. 19 'sw I Ma

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A J V, QW is . Pr BETTY LOUISE DAVIS- Betty Lou's hobby is collecting photo- graphs. She has two ambitions: to become a nurse or a WAVE. We are sure she will succeed in whichever one she chooses. Her activities include Girls' Athletic Club and Red Cross. WILLIAM EDWARD CONTURO- Black-eyed Billy is very fond of dancing. We are told that he car- ries an extra pair of shoes when he goes out on a date. His ac- tivities include Kl?ub, National Honor Society. Hi-Y. National Thespians and he was also in the Junior play Ever Since Eve, KATY YAQUINTO-Snappy, little black-eyed Katy is very fond of collecting movie-star pictures. That is a rather old hobby. but we are glad that Katy enjoys it. John Payne is, I hear, her favorite. Her ambition is to become a secretary, Katy lists no clubs because she is far too busy to bother with them. TIM IRELAND- Dimp1es has a lot of work ahead of him if he is to be the Vice-President of this country. We'll all know where to turn in our complaints now. and Timmy , will have to do his best! His activities include Masque and Gavel, and K1?uh. EDWARD JAMES McGI-IEE- Ed is a new student to our school this year. He came from Shinnston. His interest is in radio and he hopes to become an electrical en- gineer some day. KATHLEEN DAVIS- Kay fanc- ies dancing. She is taking a com- mercial course with American His- tory and Business English heading her list of favorites. After gradu- ating she plans to attend Fairmont State Teachers' College and then become a nurse. 18 PHYLLIS MURTHA- Sy wants to join the Women's Air Force and her hobby is losing door keys. She is a newcomer to our city from Ramsey High in Mt. Pleasant. Pa.. and adds life to any party. She is very studious, at least above aver- age, for her favorite subjects are chemistry, solid geometry, French, Latin. American history. physics. English and triginometry. BETTY JEAN CLARK-Attention! I-Iere's something new. Betty likes to embroider. We'll have to sec some of her masterpieces. She also wants to become a secretary. IAMES WILSON- Jimmie wishes to do something in the field of Av- iation. As you probably would suppose. he is a member of the Aviation Club. His favorite sub- jects are math and physics. BETTY FLYNN-Betty, a newcom- er to this institution of learning 1?l hails from Morgantown High. She plans to be a nurse and likes to sew. She is a member of the Girls' Athletic Club. BETTY WILSON-Going to the movies, dancing, and reading oc- cupy Janie's time. We almost forgot to add day-dreaming to the list since it takes practically all of her time. Her ambition is to be a WAVE or a stenographer. WILLIAM MUTO- Porky seems to be pretty easy to please. He tells us his hobby is anything . but on the other hand. he doesn't want to be an unknown because his ambition is to be a General in the Army. He was in the cast of the Junior play last ycar and is a member of the National Thespians. He is also the foreman of the stage crew.

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4:1-W , CAROLYN CASTEEL - Carol, one of our future secretaries, is really good at the typewriter. Col- lecting movie star's pictures is her hobby. Her favorite subjects are histroy and English. 1More power to you.l VERNON ARNETT-Tall. blue- eyed Pete would simply love to join the Navy. However, being a senior he wants to see how his name would look on a diploma. He has no hobby but he occupies the activity period by going to the Military Club meetings. 'U W FREDDIE BRUNO- Freddie en- joys anything conccrning politics. He entered Fairmont Senior High from Miller Junior High. He was a member ot' the Maple Leaves Staff in his junior year After leaving school he plans to attend West Virginia University. MANUEL GARCIA. JR.-Manuel's ambition is to become a profession- al baseball player. We've seen him play and if he can't make the grade. no one can. He came to Fairmont High from Miller Junior High and his favorite subject is the same as many another boy's- Mechanical Drawing. RODNEY RIGGS- Duke , as this blue-eyed senior is called, wants to retire young so he can follow his hobby-fishing. He is taking a classical course and his favorite subject is-American History. The Duke's ambition is to become a Lieutenant Commander in the U. S. Navy. He is far too busy for any activities but we know he used to belong to the Choral Club. JOSEPHINE BRUNO- Jo's spe- cialty is the Girl's Athletic Club We bet she can toss that ball through the basket everytime. Well, every other time anyway. She certainly has a popular hobby. that is, collecting stamps. .ix-' t . N sum li LEROY DOWNS- Red has an ambition which we believe a lot of us have and that is. to get out of high school. After graduating from high school he plans to join forces with the U. S. Army. MARY MARTHA BUNNER-lVIar- tha is one of our blue-eyed Sen- iors. She's full of pep and her hobby is going to the movies. After graduating she hopes to be number please , oh! sorry-we mean a telephone operator. Red is a member of the Spelling Club. CLARA SAVIO- Ca':ky loves to dance. You should see her out there going to town with the late- est step. She's really good. To sit. behind a desk. type. and every- thing else that goes with a steno- graphic job is her aim in life. BETTY TONKERY- Daisy, Daisy You know the old song. Well. it seems that Betty's bicycle is a one- seater. Riding one is her hobby. Spelling club is her activity. az. 45145 RUTH WINEMILLER-Here we find a girl who is very fond of walking. which, of course, is very fortunate for her now that gasoline is rationed. She also enjoys col- lecting any kind of trinkets. We've noticed that she wears quite a few of them, too. Ruth has no activi- ties but she is planning to enter Business College. HERBERT BAILEY. JR.- Bailey, one of our faithful participants in basketball, wants to become an airial gunner. It seems as if he has changed his ambition since last year. Maybe the war had some- thing to do with it. He plans to attend West Virginia University. ,La-2