Girls Vocational High School - Herald Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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November 29 1948 December 13, 1948 December 17, 1948 December 20 1948 February 7 1949 February 21 1949 February 25 1949 March 14 1949 March 21 1949 March 25 1949 Apr1l4 1949 Aprll ll 1949 Apr1125 1949 May 9 1949 May 16 1949 May 27, 1949 June 6, 1949 The colorful performance called A History of Costume was presented by the Semor Clothmg class They modeled costumes from the year 1492 to the future year of 1950 It was presented xmder the capable dlrectxon of M1ss Watt Mlss Olga Mllke talked to us on her travels to the land where she was born, whlch was Lebanon It was a gay expenence for us hstemng to her d1ff1cult1es and how she got out of them She also told us about the people themselves and how they dressed, wh1ch storles at tlmes were qulte humorous For the f1rst tlme The Cmderella Weekend Show' whnch lS sponsored by WEBR was conducted r1ght in our own aud1tor1um Our own gxrls partlclpated as con testants and jenme Balhstrea, A Semor, won a sultcase and a chance to appear on the program later ln the week to compete against other w1nn1ng contestants, for a free tr1p to New York The annual Chrxstmas program was taken over by the Glee Club wh1ch was under The most able direction of Mlss Ormond The gxrls sang many Christmas carols and It turned out to be a very enJoyable program A tr1o cons1st1ng of Mrs Wxlham Pmkow at the cello, Mrs Emxly Davxes as plamst, and Mrs Maman Knaler as violmist enthralled us w1th the classlcal 1n strumental melodies Th1s was greatly apprecxated by the g1rls as shown by the1r applause Mr Robert E Sommer talked on Salesmansh1p and tried to mterest the girls Ill making Salesmanship their vocatlon Mr Sommer added a few jokes and the gxrls recelved much beneflt from his talk. Accord1on1st john Oddo A Lafayette Hlgh School Semor, enterta1ned us w1th h1s var1at1ons of popular and classncal solos Among the outstandmg numbers were Sabre Dance, Seboney Body and Soul, Peg O My Heart and h1s own 1nterpretat1cn of just Because As an encore he played Now IS the Hour w1th the audlence Jom 1ng in Ill A one act play ent1tled just Another Saturday by Iohn Wxley was acted by the class of BC2A The cast gave a very excellent performance Through the help of Mlss Frltz we were entertamed by Mrs Lons Grey who IS a member of the Faculty of Cornell School of Labor Relatlons Her talk about unem ployment 1nsurance Workman s Compensat1on and Chlld Labor Laws as they effect g1rls and women The Glee Club of Seneca Hlgh School cons1st1ng of thxrty boys gave a concert ln our aud1tor1um under the able d1rect1on of the1r muslcal dlrector, Mr Stanley Kmg The glrls were overwhelmed by the excellent performance of the smgers The Chromat1c Club whlch cons1sted of mstrumental and vocal music entertamed us w1th an excellent program The Easter Assembly cons1sted of a dellghtful muslcal program glven by the Glee Club under the d1rect1on of M1ss Ormond Mutxny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff was a very enjoyable fnlm whlch fea tured Charles Laughton nn one of the greatest successes of hxs career The Beauty Culture Class under the supervlsnon of Mrs McDonald demonstrated various halr styles and tips on good grooming The models were the Beauty Cul ture puplls and the work was done by themselves The class of VC4A gave a performance based upon I am an Amerlcan Day It was dehghtful as well as be1ng educatlonal Movmg Up Day whxch IS a trad1t1onal ceremony 1n many colleges took place for the f1rst tlme th1s year It cons1sted of g1Vl.l'lg each class the nghts and preroga tlves wh1ch they will enJoy as an advanced class next year Th1s proved to be a very fine assembly and we hope xt wxll be held each and every year to come Our annual Athletlc Day was held and var1ous awards were presented to wmners Several of our athletes performed gymnastxc feats 51 , ll Il , . . s I l . . , u . . . . . . D , , , . . I March 7, 1949 A film The Tale of Two Cities proved to be very educational as well as interest- . gi , - ' ll ll ' , . . , . . . , . , . . . . . ' , nuun

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September 20 1948 October 4, 1948 October 8 1948 October 15 1948 November 8 1948 November 19 1948 November 22 1948 November 24 1948 HSSEHIBLIES Mr Regan mtroduced the Freshmen, outlmed general policxes and talked about the school 1n general A musxcal assembly under the dzrectlon of Mxss Rebecca E Ormond, m wh1ch the whole assemblage took part This assembly wlll be remembered by all students of GVHS for a long tlme Our entertamers were four Kens1ngton Hxgh School football players W1th them was thelr Coach Charles Bergstrom, who talked a l1tt1e about football IH general Handsome Bob Wxlde capta1n of thelr team, talked to the g1rls about varlous football tact1cs, but who was mterested m football taCtlCS'7 Thls assembly ended wxth a great cheer for the1r team, led by two of our cheerleaders Thls assembly was s1m11ar to that of last week Thxs tlme, Bennett football play ers fthe opponents of Kensmgtonj appeared before us Coach Harold Braun also explamed ln detall the tact1cs of football and the four players demonstrated dxf ferent plays as they do on the fxelds Harvey Yeates talked a b1t about hxmself and h1s fellow football teammates Two expert cheerleaders led us m some var lous Bennett cheers, and we all sang themr and our Alma Mater songs smgmg of operatlc songs from vanous musxcales She IS one of our g1rls and we take prlde ln looklng up to her for she has aCh16V6d recogmtlon m her professlon Two members of the Chamber of Commerce presented to Ioan Housman our Queen, the trophy ln our school audltorlum for our spectacular presentatlon of the float of g1rls dressed in wh1te gowns at the mght football game of October 21 Bennett vs Kensmgton Each school partlcipated mn th1s joyous occasnon, but GVHS won the trophy for the best spectacle Our annual Fashlon Show sponsored by the Slmphcxty Pattern Company under the dlrection of Mlss Norma Rlsman was enloyed by everyone Th1s year the IUHIOI' Clothmg g1rls served as models These beautlful creatlons gave the girls many 1nterestmg ideas on up to date fashlons Mxss Arnold, a Red Cross Representat1ve, spoke to us on the ever present condx txons m the European countrles Hazel Hays presented Mlss Arnold w1th a check wh1ch was a donatlon from the school and also a contrxbutlon made by the cloth mg students Th1s program was sponsored by the Iumor Red Cross Councxl under the dxrectlon of Mlss Beatrlce C Massman The Glee Club of GVHS presented a Thanksglvmg Program under the excellent d1rect1on of Mxss Ormond, asslsted by Mlss Frltz at the plano Thanks Be To God was sung by Dolores Cole and Frasqulta Serenade by Evelyn Taylor Mr Regan then wlshed the g1rls a joyous Thanksglvmg 50 5 , . . . . , , . . . , . . . . . . u October 25, 1948 an alumna of GVHS, Rita Metzger, was here to entertain us with her beautiful , . . . . , . . .- o . o u 1 , - 9 . ' !

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GLEE CLUB Flrst row Dorothy Szymanskx Harrlet Roccom, Lorrame Waldron Arlene Multerer, Theresa Seltter Evelyn Nowak Murlel Otto joan Forster Mlldred Muenzenmaler, Margaret Muschltz, Antoinette Brus cia, Evelyn Taylor Rlta Wawrowskl Second row Adellne Wujek Natahe Maglera, Gasprina C1r1na Barbara Sammarco Susle Eoannuccl Frances Krzes Eleanor Rogers, Theresa I2.Ilk0WSkl, Elsle Welss, Mary Keane, Mary Thuman Kathleen Hoke, Lauretta Boyd Isabelle Sette Mane Butler, Mary Serf1ll1p p1 Thlrd row Rosma Parlsl Florence D1Franco, Joan Housman, Hazel Hays Clalre Llndner, Ahce Kuwlk, Dolores Palys, Ahce Ma1chrzak Ehzabeth Saunders Frances Plduch, Loulse Glover Maryann Wojnowska Theresa Shwmskl Carmela Rosatz Dolores Slaughter, Dolores Myers Marletta Barber Zelma Duchanska Charlotte Popek, Ioan Perry, Patrlcla Manmng, Dlanne Carlm Normne Halter Marle Bonfante Fifth row Susanne Keys Dorothy Thuman,Cather1ne Capece Al1ce Urban Henrletta Duke, Carolyn Sperlmg Gerald1ne m0SlIlSki Betty Hartman, Carol Gross, Florence jaskler N the evemng of April 29 1949 our Glee Club with nts membership of one hundred and forty six glrls presented a publlc concert Attlred ln crlsp, pastel colored gowns and dress es, the chorus sang in three part harmony under the dnrectxon of Mxss Rebecca E Ormond The songs rendered were as hlgh sp1r1ted as Road to Romany by Brahms and as touchmg as The Lost Chord ' by Sulllvan Two members of the Glee Club Evelyn Taylor and Dol ores Cole entertamed the audience w1th solo rend1t1ons Our guest artrsts were Rlta Metzger an alumnus who IS now a professwnal smger and John Oddo from Lafayette Hugh School who favored us w1th accordxon numbers To the fulflllment and complete satlsfactlon of the Glee Club and its director, the concert was a great success as nndzcated by the enthuszastxc applause of the audlence 52 . - ., . . . , . y , . , , . . . . - , . .u - . . , . . . . , , . ., , . . . y , , . . . - .. . . - . . ., . , . . . . . . , . , . . , , . . ., ., Q , . u Fourth row - Geraldine Niewczyk, Anna Neumayr, Anna Conorozzo, Natalie Kasprzak, Dolores Brunn, , . . . . . , . , . . . - , . , . , . . , . . , . D 0 . ' , . , . . ' 5 1 - - ' 7 , . . . . . . I . ,