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

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JOSEPH F. 'l'0BR.EY- Por- ky or Joe goes in for basketball is a sport. He is taking everything that will help him become an avia- tor. This is algebra and Aviation club. GLADYS STEVNES- Blonde-haired Stevie , also known as Snowga1l is go- ing to be a housewife. Keep it up Stevle. It won' be long. She lov to ce and has an member of l's letlc Club for Ok s. JANET SHRIVER- Jan plans to be one of our nurses. She likes swim- ming and practically any- thing connected with fun. Math seems to interest her. She's a member of Girl's Athletic Club. I-idfl fi ROBERT AMOS- B0b. as you probably all know, can go to town on the piano and various other instru- ments also. He hopes to have an orchestra of his own someday. First, how- ever, he wants to serve his country in the Air Corps. He is a member of the Hi-Y Club and Bond. LAWRENCE FEEDBACK- Thls young chap wants to join the Navy. He loves to skate. He likes English and math. He was a grad- uate of Falnnont Junior High. JOANN SMELL - JoAnn plays the piano and wants to become a buyer. Brown- eyed Jo is a member of the Thespian and Choral Clubs. She's taking a class- ical course. 29 ARVILEE FONDAW-A girl with an enormous list of activities is Arvillee. She was President of the Soph- omore Class, is secretary of the Junior Class and be- longs to Masque and Gavel, Choral Club, and is Liter- ary Editor of the Maple Leaves. She is also one of our P. A. announcers. Arvillee is a friend to cv- eryone. All of her activi- ties speak for themselves.

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JOHN COZAD-This time. it's tall blonde and handsome. That doesn't seem to hurt his school work be- cause he's one of our best stu- dents, His ambition is to go to Ohio State where he wants to study for an engineering job. He is our chief air raid warden and his ac- tivities include Student Govern- ment, Printing Club, and Masque and Gavel. LENA MAINELLA- Goose One of our brown-eyed Seniors has the ambition to be a clerk. Her hob- by is dancing which she does a lot. Lena's activity is Girl's Athle- tic Club. ll n a.lh1i9Qtn1 SAMMY ABRUZZINO-Sammy's a Wiz in the mathematical field, a gent around the ladies and an all around swell kid. He plans to be a flier engineer, His activ- ities include Study Halls, Study Halls and more Study Halls. RICHARD HUPP- Leo has an- other nick name, but the censor forbid us to use it. He hopes someday to have a job as a joum- alist. His hobbies are golf and skating and he is also a sport fan. His activities include Hi-Life, last year, and this year it is KL?UB and Military Club. JEAN HAGGER- Babe really uses her spare time. By that I mean she has as her hobby read- ing, and her activities include Na- tional Honor Society, Junior Red Cross. and Girl's Athletic Club. Her ambition is to become an army nurse. visit JOSEPHINE STEWART-The Rol- ler Rink is practically Jo's sec- ond home for she loves to roller- skate. She takes part in the Girl's Athletic Club and the Commercial Club. 28 BETTY BERLIN-Here's a person who has a double ambition. She wants to make a trip around the world and hopes to be made a Kentucky Colonel. She also has two hobbies. collecting phonograph records and stamps. Her activi, ties include Honor Society and Student Government. She was a member of the Maple Leaves Staff last year. RAY HENDERSON-Although Ray is musically minded, he has chosen something else as his life's work. To be a mechanical engineer is his ambition. Playing the trump- et is his hobby and he is a mem- ber of the Band, Orchestra and Printing Club. 5 int, VIRGINIA PITROLA - Ginny has high hopes of becoming a nurse. She finds dancing very in- teresting and boy , can she swing it. She took a Classical Course and liked Latin. She was a con- stant member of the Athletic Club for three years. s t AMI-IL if melia is one of t yo ies who likes c ting pow cards. She plans to become a ecretary and is tak- ing a Commercial Course. JOHN ORLOFF- Johnny has the ambition to become a Captain in the army. He is interested in model airplanes and sports. I-Ie is a member of our basketball team. His activities include Spell- ing and Printing Club. HARRY GOLDEN- Izzy's in a bad way. Well, we might as well tell you, he doesn't have an am- bition. You better be thinking, Izzy, He does have a hobby though, and that is motion pic- tures. Ask him about his wonder- ful camera. . I W JA!

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K. V' 'Ji My '. v 'b' 'A 4: ' , X X xxkljxl -.,A .U :J Y Miss Soroknlit Joan Dietrich Wanda Lee Wright Phyllis Tinnell John Cassaday Rose Lee Byer Retha Mae Ruckman Louise Heater Angeline Beafore Alvida. Tork Disfribufive Educafion Distributive Education is a form of vocational education for people interested in a career in some branch of the distributive professions, of which retailing is the most important. Opportunities in retailing include advertising, fashion, sales promotion. designing, window displays, and management. At West High School the course is designed for senior and graduate students who are interested in going into retailing as a profession. Class work is related to the work experience of the individual student. Students spend three hours a day in school and an equivalent number of hours working in downtown. stores during the afternoons. The total number of class hours efach Week is fifteen, and the number of work-hours each week must be at least fifteen. although many students work a total of thirty hours or more in a single week. The total amount of earnings for the 1942-43 group of students from September 1942 to March 1943 was 51,891.54 or an average of 5135.11 per student for the six month period. This year the course was given by Miss Stephanie Sorokolit. Ilorthaleen Hawkins Katherine Marra Frances Marie Astrino Josephine Astrinn 30