Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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CHARLES A. WETZEL . . . Is introduced as C. A. . . . favors sports and eating ... in hand four years . . . ardent fan of Yankees and Dodgers . . . dislikes nosy people . . . will make a good writer. D. KATHRYN WHITEMAN . . . Collecting pictures is amusing pastime of attractive “Cass’ . . . likes driving, dancing and Bill . . dislikes homework and walnuts . . . will make a charming secretary. BARBARA WHITNEY . . . Luckily for us, curly-haired “Bobbie” came to L. H. S. in her senior year . . . delightful Elaine” in senior play . . . enjoys tickling the ivories . . . yearns to become a nurse . . . blond men appeal to her. LEE T. WILLIAMS . . . “Ripper” takes to dogs . . . veteran of wrestling and football teams . . . shuns all studying and thoughts of school . . . desirous of being either a successful playboy or a millionaire. ALLAN WOOLFORD . . . Versatile senior play stage manager and actor ... an asset to A Cap-pella for three years . . . toots the trumpet vigorously ... a certain red head controls his heart interest . . . success will be his for the asking. G. BRETNELL WILLIAMS . . . Handsome Honor Society member . . . peppy soph, class president . . . G. ff G. co-editor . . . renowned for his “Sideline Scribbles . . . Student Council stalwart . . . romantic hero of sr. play . . . future Yaleman. LOIS ANN WOEFEL . . . “Waffle . . . cheerleader with inspiration and pep . . . gathers jive records . . . resents early risings . . . adores Ocean City days . . . dreams of frequenting the clouds as an air hostess. DOLORES M. WORTHY . . . Pleasant to everyone . . . member of Suburban Distributive Education Club . . . sweet on a certain Marine named Art . . Wednesday night shoppers leave her limp . . . has designs on decorating. ROBERT H. WRIGHT, JR. . . . Soorts-minded Chalky” . . . veteran basketball and baseball player . . . lends voice to A Cappella . . . shuns early rising . . . always ready to eat . . . yearns to play major league baseball. WALTER ALLEN ZORN . . . Veteran Zcrk,” three years in the Navy . . . now preparing to teach physical ed . . . Walt played freshman football and baseball . . . managed basketball for three years. JACK YATES . . . Goes in for ice skating and hoag-ies . . . repairs anything . . . dancing is tops with Jack . . dislikes romantic, mushy movies . . . longs to travel far and wide. WILLIAM E. HELMS, JR. . . . Blond Bill” sports a baseball “L” . . . shuns homework . . . good-natured sound system operator . . . delights in driving a Chevrolet and listening to popular tunes . . . aims to join Army.

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n rn a raws ELIZABETH THOMPSON Answers to B A. . . hobby's collecting pictures . excellent swimmer . . . active member of D. E. Club . . . likes a certain little senior . . . dislikes Wednesday night shoppers . . . aims to be in advertising. WINIFRED RUTH TRAINER . . . Fun-loving “Winnie . . . prefers roller skating to homework . . . often seen at Chez Vous . . . dancing and swing music rate high . . . math whiz . . . looks forward to college and the life of a housewife. SONIA VIRGINIA VOLLRATH . . . Stuffed-animal zoo owner . . . colorful oil painter . . . “So seeks satisfaction in sleeping . . . varied interests range from dancing to sports . . . averse to work . . . dreams of an Alaskan Cruise. ERNEST WAKE . . . Hard-hitting “Ern . . . veteran matman . . . expert hunter and trapper . . . usher in senior play . . . dull places and people chill him . . . takes to travel . . . future lieutenant in the U. S. Marines. ALFRED H. WALLER, ird . . . “Alf is a hunting enthusiast . . . vexed by snobbishness . . . finds school rather pleasant—vacations even more so . . . anticipates career in the field of chemistry. RICHARD M. WERKHEISER . . . Dick is looking forward to being a journalist . . . enjoys listening to good music and reading ... is revolted by snooty people . . . enthusiastic sports fan. I ELIZABETH A. TOWNSEND . . . Active in Honor Society . . . business manager of Lahian . . . Lizzy's” favorite pastime is writing letters . . . member of School Beautiful committee . . . plans to study bacteriology. WILLIAM A. VALENTINE . . . Sports-minded “Shorty . . . energetic courtman in basketball and tennis . . . never shirks home room responsibility . . . usher for senior play . . . hankers to sec the world. ELIZABETH H. WAGNER . . Sunny-haired “Belt . . . our drummer girl . . . speedy varsity “hockcyitc . . . skillful skctchcr of animal life . . . cravcr of excitement and exciting people . . . longs to be popular . . . and is. FRANKLIN G. WAKEFIELD . . . “Wake is a whiz in phvsics and chemistry . . . connoisseur of popular records . . . skilled in the radio repair field . . . shuns slippery dance floors . . annoyed by history homework . . . future electrical engineer. ANNA MAY WELTE . . . “Ann sports a cheerleader's “L . . . dislikes her peanut size ... a sparkling personality . . . spends spare time eating and dancing . . . chooses secretarial work as her vocation. GUSTAVE WESCOTT . . . Gleeful Gus . . . adores Ocean City days . . . thrills at the mention of French fries . . . fascinated by the cinema . . . dreams of making millions after college days.

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MADELEINE BARNES . . . Well-liked “Mad . . ambitious horseback rider . . . crazy about skating and Marines . . . conceited people annoy her . . . will make an able sec-retary. MARY E. COMERFORD . . . Laughing “Betty . . . handy on inter-class basketball court . . . participant in Freshman-Sophomore bowling club . . . swoons to the tunes of the King Cole Trio . . working toward a secretarial position. MARIE FITZGERALD . . . Answers to “Fitty . . . pretty and popular . . . dancing. Ocean City, and brunettes arc her favorites . . . dislikes the “Moose . . . resides in Aldan . . . ambition is to study aeronautics. ELLEN LOUISE HART . . . Popular “Pete . . . chic dresser . . . ace G G reporter . . . sweet soprano in A Cappclla . . . WPEN radio starlet . . . ardent ballet and classical music enthusiast . . . will write A-l scripts for major networks. PAUL DANIEL LAND1 . . . Paul throws the shot for our track team . . . easily annoyed by conceited girls . . . shudders at English homework . . . happiest when in Ocean City . . . plans to live a life of leisure . . . sports a winning personality. MARY LOUISE VIGUERS . . . Responds to the name “Lover . . . has a one and only . . . ambitious knitter . . . loaned her voice to chorus three years . . . associate member of Hi-Y . . . will be a grade “A secretary. ELAINE ALICE WHEELER . . . Willingly accepts home room responsibility and Hi-Y tasks . . . happiest when eating submarine sandwiches and swimming in Florida . . . a despiser of early rising . . . Boots” yearns to grow tall. PATRICIA WHITE . . . Pretty, popular Pat . . . co-editor of C G . . . secretary of LAHIAN . . . active member of Student Council and Hi-Y . . . chairman of senior play publicity committee . . . famous for her shiny face . . . aims to be a female Welles. WAYNE WILSON . . . “Mad Anthony . . . dependable worker in home room responsibility . . . kept busy getting out of trouble . . . sports-minded . . . syncopates to Woody Herman . . . man about town . . . Uncle Sam may send him to college under the NROTC. Thirty