Fairview Township Karns City High School - Afterthought Yearbook (Karns City, PA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of the CLASS OF 1949 We, the Senior Class of Fairview Township-Karns City I-Iigh School, county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, being in sound mind and memory and realizing that we are to pass from High School life into a higher world, make this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by us. To the dear, honored, and beloved faculty of Karns City High School we leave our brilliant sayings, our cute ways, and our gentleness. To the Juniors we leave all our half-chewed wads of chewing gum flook for 'em under the seatsJ. To the Sophomores we leave all our old nightwork papers, pencil stubs and our worried looks before test time. I, Phyllis Colbert, will my ballet routine to Bert Kepple. I, Phyllis Williams will my neatness to Tom Sanich. I, Marilyn Stroup, will my faithfulness to one boy to Elsie Quest. I, Evelyn Crawford, will my hair to Roy Earley. I, Ken Bauer, will the position of treasurer to Tom Olcus. I, Frances Matijak, will my speed at shorthand to Naomi Jordan. I, Carl Daubenspeck, will my comfortable sleeping position in P.O.D. class to Wilma Betros. I, Josephine Rice, will my love story magazine to Richard Sheakley. I, Edith Smith, will my good nature to Jeanette Ellenberger. I, Yvonne I-Iolben, will my study halls to Leon Geibel and Ed. Corbet. I, Doris Vensel, will my long finger nails to Marian Olcus. I, Anita Gamble, will my dancing ability to Jim Barnes. I, Roberta Campbell, will my light hair to Norma Lowers. I, Shirley Fleeger, will my shyness to Jim Morris and Lon Coverdale. I, Mary Ann Todorich, will my square dancing ability to Bill Wulfert and Ronald Bowser. I, Bob Smith, will my typing abilities to Marilyn McKinnis. I, Doris Fink, will my flirting nature to Dixie Larimore. I, Eileen Murtland, will the mimeograph to Harry Runbaugh. I, Audine Eisenhuth, will my faithfulness to Fred Rupert. I, Abner Sheakley, will my height to Ferdinand Hawk. I, Barbara Hays, will my driving speed to LaVonne Shively and Harriet Stroup, I, Joan Hayes, will my unruly hair to Mary Collier. I, Maxine Craig, will my good attendance to Cleora Campbell. I, Gloria Yough, will my good grades to Kenneth Gifford. I, Audrey Campbell, will my size to Earl Craig. I, Dorothy McMillin, will my trips to Baltimore to Jim Olson. We, Joan Day and Margaret Rankin, will our talking ability to Loretta Hanold and Alice Barger. I, Clyde Hillwig, will my singing ability to Raymond Gray. I, Mary Ann Todorich, will my soft-mellow voice to Sandra Barger. I, Bill Woods, will my basketball ability to Bob McElravy. I, Audrey Donaldson, will my curly hair to Margaret Kusner. I, Wanda Snyder, will my agreeableness to Wanda Reep. I, Mary Double, will my baby sitting abilities to Randon Holben. I, Dixie Jordan, will my dramatic abilities to Wade Wilson. I, Bernard Stevens, will my childishness to Ken Burke. I, Dan Morgan, will my building muscles to Jo Anne Jameson. I, Robert Whitmer, will my devilishness to Shirley Barger. I, Anne Sturges, will my drum major abilities to Robert Stahl. We, the Forty Niners, do not wish to will Mr. Banks to any future Seniors. We, the Senior Class of 1949, hereby appoint Charles McCollough, who has so patiently been our Senior Advisor. to be the executor of this our last will and testament.

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A guy with ambition and a will to succeed Is our classmate, Bill Woods, whom we all are agreed. He's friendly to everyone, girl or boy, young or old, But a certain freshman lass has his heart we are told. Fairmincled forty-niner is Miss Gloria Yough, To her Clarinet Solos, we all talce a bow, Her reed-splitting art will lead h-er to fame, And we'll lcnow her by sound as well as by name. WILLIAM WOOD Bill Boys Chorus 1, Band 1-Z-3-4, Prom Decorating Committee, Hi-Lite 4. GLORIA YOUGH Gloria Band l-2-3-4, Girls Chorus 1-Z-3-4, Mixed Chorus 2-3-4, Marching Band 1-Z-3-4, Band Librarian 2-3, Trio 3-4, Mixed Octette 2, Clarinet Solo 2-3-4, Clarinet Quartette 2-4, Hi-Lite 3-4, Afterthcught 4, Senior Play, De- claimer 3, Junior Square Dance, Junior Prom Decoration, Cinderella Ball, Band Judge 4, Basketball 1, Magazine Campaign Z-4, Secretary to Mr. Williams. S E N I 0 R C LAS S With an able executive force in command, we, the grand old Seniors, were led eventfully and successfully through the grand finale of our school life. Bob Smith, as President, wielded the iron rod at our numerous meetings, with Vice President Barby I-lays as his assistant. Sis Rice sharpened her pencil and acted as a secretary should-composing the minutes and sending out letters. Ken Bauer, our competent Treasurer, was kept busy collecting money for our name cards and graduation announcements. After having been informed that we were to select our class motto, colors, song, and flower, we got down to work and came up with the following: Enter to learn, go forth to serve, as our mottog our colors, blue and gold, our very appropriate song, After Graduation Day, and our class flower, the yellow rose. Included in the goings on of our Senior year was a very interesting and educational tour of the Pullman Standard Car Company in Butler. We,ll never forget our class play, The Baby Sitter. Is was a hilarious success as a comedy. The auditorium walls nearly caved in with the resounding echoes of laughter. The Music Department would have virtually collapsed without the aid of the musically in- clined Class of '49. Of the thirty-eight Seniors, thirty-four were engaged in musical activities. Whether this record has ever been or ever will be surpassed. it is doubtful. Since we had a terrific man shortage, fonly nine men as compared with twenty-nine girlsj we are extremely proud of the fact that five Senior men went out for sports in a big way. The Senior Class was well represented in Athletic Council by Marilyn and Ken. Marilyn and Wanda are to be complimented on their splendid job as cheerleaders. Marilyn served faithfully in that capacity for four years and Wanda for two years. Yes, you must admit that in Athletics and Music the Class of '49 excelled. We put forth our noble efforts during the magazine subscription drive. With Gloria and Doris at the helm, F.T.K.C. went soaring over the top. As we somberly march down the aisle to receive our diplomas, from whence we go forth out into the wide-wide world, we happily look back over our years at F.T.K.C. The happiest years of our lives are behind us.

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CLASS PROPHECY OF '49 I prepared for my trip to New York to see the production Rio Ritan by boarding the Trans World Airline. Much to my surprise there was Anne Sturges as hostess. She gave me a copy of the New York Daily News in which appeared a love lorn column by Audine Eisen- huth and Mary Double. As I read on I saw an advertisement which stated that Audrey Don- aldson had taken over The Blondex Hair Tint Company, I also noticed an article in The News which stated that the paper would be taken over by a new company, The Automatic Mimeograph Company, owned by Eileen Murtland. I looked up from my paper, and there was Dorothy McMillin boarding the plane. She sat beside me and informed me she owns a Beauty Salon in Baltimore and has Evelyn Crawford as her manicurist. Dorothy asked me if I had seen any of the paintings made by the famous artist, Bernard Stevens. Joan Day is his efficient secretary. I told her that I was the proprietor of an exclusive dress shoppe in Pittsburgh, and was taking some dresses that Josephine Rice designed to Hawthorne Modeling Studios where Joan Hays works. I disembarked from the plane at La Guardia field and took a limousine for the Astor Hotel. As I rode along Times Square I noticed a sign at one of the cinemas that the play Macbeth was running, and the part of Lady Macbeth was being portrayed by Doris Fink. Riding on further, I noticed that Wanda Snyder was giving skating exhibits at the Rockefeller Plaza. At the White Turkey Restaurant, which is owned by Phyllis Williams, I stopped to chat with Yvonne Holben who had taken the day off from her duties as a lawyer to see the performance. She told me after the psrformanse she was going to a party which was being held in honor of the 10th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sheakley. Mrs. Sheakley is the former Audrey Campbell. Yvonne and I hailed a taxi, and to my surprise the driver was Carl Daubenspeck, who took us to the Roxy. As we entered the lobby we were greeted by Margaret Rankin who ushered us to our box. As the lights dimmed, soft music was heard from the orchestra under the baton of Jerry Hames, whom we knew as Bill Wfoods, and he had as his first trumpeter Shirley Fleeger. Next on the program was Marilyn Stroup, Metropolitan Cpera soloist, who sang the lead in Aida, she was accompanied by Barbara Hays at the organ. Then the first Male Quartette composed of Ken Bauer, Clyde Hillwig, Dan Morgan, and Bob Smith rendered their version of The Ranger Song. After intermission Gloria Yough mounted the podium and played Rhapsody in Blue on the clarinet. For the hnale, Dying Swan was presented by Miss Phyllis Colbert, the now famous ballerina who teaches in Paris. After the performance, I went backstage to Phyllis' dressing room to invite her to my apartment to talk over old times. She told me that Edith Smith is a receptionist to Dr. jones, whom we knew as Abner Sheakley and Doris Vensel is his nurse. She also told me that Maxine Craig is now happily married. I was glad to hear that Bob Whitmer had finally fulfilled his ambition and is now doing professional refereeing at Pitt Stadium. It was nice to know that two of our friends are working together, Mary Ann Todorich is an ele- mentary teacher in a school on the North Side of Pittsburgh and Frances Matijak is a Physical Education teacher in the same school. Phyllis gave me a clipping from the Chicora Herold in which I read that Anita Gamble and Dixie Jordan had a double wedding at the Chicora Methodist Church. We walked a short distance to my penthouse and retired after an exciting and en- joyable evening talking about the Forty-Ninecsf' Roberta Campbell 20