Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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FREDERICK J. T. HORNE, Jk. Here is the first of that famous team of Zepp and Horne. A loyal supporter of the Garnet and Gray, an efficient comanager, Fred makes up in personality what he lacks in size. Football Manager (4). Golf (1, 2, 3, 4). Student Council (It. Garnet and Gray (2, 3, 4). Math Club (3, 4). Surveying Club (3, 4). Senior Dance Committee (4). Junior Prom Committee (3). Monitor (4). JAMES ROBERT JESSUP Besides being president of the Student Council, and former National Honor Society president. Bob is a stellar forward on the varsity basketball team, a brilliant tennis captain, and a true and loyal friend. President of class (2). Secretary and Treasurer (1). Basketball (2. 4). Tennis (1, 2. 3, 4). President of Student Council (4). National Honor Society (3, 4). Senior Dance Committee (4). ALICE ELIZABETH JONES “Did you ever see a dream walking? Well, I did” .... and her name is Alice. She’s a lovely blonde with an overabundance of personality. She loves to dramatize, play tennis, and knit. One of these days she’ll he famous. Class Vice-President 2». Hockey 12, 3, 4). Tennis (1. 2, 3, 4). Captain (4). Student Council 14). Garnet and Gray 13. 4). Hi-Y 4 . Dance Committee (1. 2, 3, 4). National Honor Society 14). MARIE J. KILEY Here comes a rushing commercial student. Who is it? Why it’s Marie Kiley, one of Mr. Christ’s annoyers who stays till into the wee hours of the evening to finish her budgets. Although quiet, we can see she has a lot of fun wherever she goes. THOMAS D. KINNEAR Specifications: Slight, blond and handsome. Tom is famous not only for his good looks, but also for that big car and overcoat. Wherever anything is going on. there you may be certain of finding Tom. Unaccompanied? Oh, no; there is always a fair lady with him. HELEN MARIE JACK This winsome miss is known to hail from good old East Lansdowne. A certain alumnus is the best person to advise you on her virtues—and they are many. She seems quiet, but can she be peppy and talkative! Golf 13). Dramatics 12). Senior Dance Committee 14). Student Council Banquet Committee 14). ELEANOR CATHARINE JOHNSON This is the breeze that has taken half of the male population of the school by storm. Well known as a lady in waiting at May Day, she achieved fame as one of the most vivacious and pert members of her sex. You’ll have a job buckin’ this wind! Sophomore Dance 12). School Convention 14). CLIFFORD KELLY This is Kelly, the one and only, a ficry-tempered popular product of good old English 1?) stock. Besides talking a good game in everything. Cliff proves he is as good as he sounds. Witness his stellar soccer playing! Extreme sleepiness in Problems class is his only known vice. Football 12, 3). Soccer 14). Golf 11. 2, 3. 4). Monitor 13. 4). KATHRYN H. KING A second King leaves these sacred portals. With a finger in every pie. Kay fills an important place on every dance committee, on the hockey team, in fact, everywhere. She is a swell artist, good dancer, popular and attractive wherever she goes. Vice-President of Class 2». Hockey 2, 3, 4). Student Council (2, 4). Secretary of Student Council (2). Hi-Y 13, 4). Decoration Committees (1. 2. 3). National Honor Society 14 . ELIZABETH CORYELL KLINE Feminine Damon and Pythias, that is Judy Holloway and Betty Kline. Contrary to popular belief, she does have a voice—quite a nice one. Loyal to her pal, Judy, her many friends, and the school she deserves the place she has held with us these many years. Hockey 2, 3, 4). Basketball 11. 2. 3. 4). Golf (3. 4). Hi-Y 14). Senior Dance Committee (4). 23

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BLANCHE HAUS Blanche is the object of all the girls’ jealousies. No wonder—with brunette locks such as hers. Never does Blanche’s hair look awry or mussed, no matter how tedious the day. The hoys seem to admire it also, or it may he her smile. Who knows? HELEN ELIZABETH HERBERT Though Betty seldom says much, we can see that she notices a lot. However, she has quite a lot of spirit when it’s aroused: one of her favorite hobbies is to argue with the teachers. Nevertheless, all the teachers seem to enjoy it and like Betty. THELMA GERTRUDE HOCKMAN You have certainly seen Thelma going around school, hut the question is. “Is it Thelma or Theresa?” However, when you really know her, you can tell a difference. She is quieter than her twin. In spite of that, she is full of cheer and a real pal to all who know her. DANIEL A. HOFFMAN Lansdownc’s original get-rich-quick man! Dan is a keen economist (just let him get started in Problems class), and is not had at all in picking at the piano. As chief electrician, he is the moving force behind the stage crew. Wrestling (4). Stage Crew (2, 3, 4). EDWARD D. HOMILLER Yes, Ed is the bright spot in the class. An accurate surveyor, an exacting scientist, a stupendous mathematician, he seems hound to become a great engineer. He also is active on tile Garnet and Gray and Lahian business staffs, and seems to he a veritable walking encyclopedia. What a man! Lahian 2. 3. 4). Garnet and Gray (4). Math Club (3. 4). Surveying Club (3, 4). National Honor Society (3. 4). Dance Committees 2, 3, 4). JOSEPH GEORGE HEFFRON Joe is undoubtedly Lansdowne’s greatest matinee idol. His acting is absolutely too devastating. But Joe (Seventeen) Heffron is also famous for his snappy array of clothes, his big bass voice, and his naive and droll manner in and out of class. Football (1). Track (3). Soccer (3. 4). Student Council (4). Dramatics (2, 3, 4). Senior Dance Committee (4). LILLIAN ELISABETH HIRST Betty’s a girl with a lot of mischief in her. to say nothing of her hearty chuckle. Maybe this is what attracts the males, because Betty is always teasing them and making them like it, too. Any class could he interesting with Betty’s giggle pervading it. Class Basketball (2, 3). Dramatics 2). Chorus (2). THERESA IRENE HOCKMAN You can’t tell the twins apart? Well just you say something funny; Theresa will burst into such hilarity as you never have heard before. Besides being famed for her giggle, her pleasantness has won many a heart. Theresa has a great fondness for swimming and dancing. JEWELL HOLLOWAY One of the most charming girls in our class is Judy. And what a cute western accent she has! Seeing the huge circle of friends she has tells just how nice she is. By the way, her clothes are the envy of every girl. Hockey (2. 3, 4). Basketball (1, 2, 3.4). Golf (3.4). Hi-Y (3, 4). Junior Prom (3). Sophomore Dance (2). MARGARET LOUISE HOOVEN Peggy Ix u. the best dancer, talker and all-around sport in the senior class! This small hit of humanity is indeed a bundle of energy. She plays hockey, drives her clutchless car around, and is “in” on everything. Hockey 2, 3, 4). Basketball (2). Ili-Y (3, 4). Senior Dance Committee (4). Junior Prom Committee (3). Dramatics (2, 3). 22

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WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE Bill is one of our athletic stars from East Lansdowne, who despite the had luck of our gridiron squad this year, was always in there fighting. We will always remember him as a hard worker and a swell fellow. Football (3, 4). Baseball (4). Track (1. 3). Class Basketball (1, 3. 4). Math Club (3, 4). Business Manager of Minstrel (4). HELEN ELIZABETH LEARY Helen is one of the most poised members of our class. Nothing ever ruffles her. and since she is studying to be a nurse, coolness is a great asset to her. Oh. to be a patient under Helen’s care! Golf 13). Math Club 13). Junior-Freshman Dance Committee (3). Invitation Committee for Junior Prom (3). CHARLES H. LEFEYRE The answer to a blonde girl’s dream is Ghas. His black hair and eyes hold the heartbreaking record, while his basketball and football brilliancy won for him an enviable athletic record. Class Treasurer (2). Football (4). Basketball 2. 3. 4). Track (1, 2. 3». Track Captain 4 . Vice-President of Student Council (3). Treasurer of Student Council (4). Junior-Fresbman Party Chairman (3). ROBERT EV ERETT LI DWIG Silence—the whole class is reading essays—when all of a sudden a wholehearted laugh arises from somewhere in the fourth row. Bob has found something that tickles him. Not the least bit thick is Bob. for he is willing to laueh at any joke, even if it’s on himself. Track (4). BETTY JEAN MADDEN “B. J.’ those two magic letters for class loyalty. Besides being taxi to the track and soccer teams she is Lahian editor, salutatorian, and what’s most important a genuine girl and a swell friend. Oh, B. J., what would we do without you? Golf Manager 3. 4). Student Council 4 . National Honor Society 13, 4). Lahian 3, 4). Editor-in-chief 14). Math Club «4 . Hi-Y (4). Dance Committees (2. 3, 4). THEODORE R. LAYTON Tall, slender, and athletic. Ted stands out in any crowd. Star pass-receiver on the Garnet eleven, and hard-working basketball center, these are just a few of the accomplishments of this part of the Lefevre-Layton duo. Football (4). Basketball (3. 4). Track 12, 3, 4). Student Council 14 . National Honor Society President (3. 4). Senior Dance Committee (4). ALFRED PORTER LEBER A1 is L. II. S.’s foremost Eagle Scout. He plays a mean trumpet and is a leading figure in both Chess and Stamp Clubs. Al is normally quiet and unobtrusive, but who could miss that fur coat and lusty guffaw? Stamp Club 12. 3, 4). Chess Club 2. 3. 4). Math Club 13, 4). Dance Committee 3. 4). Band 11. 2. 3. 4). Orchestra 11). Monitor (2. 3). National Honor Society 14). LILLIAN MAE I.OIIR Lil’s an athletic type of girl whose fond ambition is to become a teacher of gymnastics. Her splendid record in track assures her success in this line; but somehow we doubt the certainty of this accomplishment. . . . she knows a mighty fine person whose name is Walt. Hockey 2. 3). Basketball (1). Sophomore Hop Committee 12). JOSEPHINE MARIE MacDONALD Every body know's and likes “Jo”; maybe it’s that smile. We often wonder how she can be such a good student and at the same time have so many outside interests (??). “Jo” loves to dance, too. Golf 13, 4). Class Hockey 11). Garnet and Gray (3). Lahian (4). Dramatics (3). Orchestra 11). Sophomore Hop Committee 12). Latin Tea Committee (3). DOROTHY M. MARTIN Dot is one of those people whose presence is seen rather than heard. There arc a few people who say they can prove that Dot has been really excited. The girls know her better than the boys, but they all agree that she is a “swell kid”. Math Club Secretary 14). Assistant Librarian (2, 3). 24