Mount Lebanon High School - Lebanon Log Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Over The Teacups all persons, is right. Oh, there's Jean Barnes, she's here from Hollywood, you know. Yes, writing script or something, or am I thinking of that funny kind of money President Scott is talking about? And there's a surprise! Who ever thought of Jack Scott as President of the United States? I wonder how Dotty Ervin likes living in the White House? Here comes Rae Laughlin up the walk. She's a teacher in Mt. L. since last year, I hear. Yes, there's another profession our class has added a lot to. Rae, and Mildred Smith, Phyllis Miller, Virginia Richards, Mary Clatty- and Betty Plackett is the gym teacher at Mt. L. now-I guess that is all of them. But look down here at the stenographers. Virginia Cardarelli, Gladys Clark, Ruth Loos, and say! Betty Spence is a woman executive in our own Gimbel's. Isn't that fun? Yes, I think Shirley Graham did have a job in a store-or was it a store of her own?-down in Baltimore, but she's married and settled down now. For that matter, so is Marty Wolf, has a home back in Pittsburgh, and is happy as can be. Our class has certainly added a lot of recruits to wedded bliss. Rita Wolfenberger, Betty Grant, Ducky Dittmar, and Gail Culin. And of course Peggy and me. Oh, darling, you aren't going to call me Mrs. Congdon after all these years, Gerry sounds so much more informal. If there isn't Margaret Krebs coming up the walk. My dear, she's an artist now, quite prosperous and terribly happy. She's married to another artist from our class-Frank Saunders! 'Member how he used to draw cartoons all the time? And say, Betty Armstrong and Bill MacQuown are both Working for the same advertising company down town here. Yes, Betty draws and Bill directs, or something. You know Paul Dejohn is in advertising. We have a lot of business men from our class, I don't know what they all do, but just look at the millions of them: Clerc Entwistle, and John Derfler are accountants, and Paul Slater, Dick Miller, George Schiel, Paul Montgomery, Don Hatch, Bill Mohl, and Mary Jane Beachler-though you could hardly call her a business man-are practically captains of finance. June Greene? Yes, that's she, isn't it? Why, she's the managing editor on a woman's magazine in New York. The boy she used to go with-oh, you mean jack Orr? My dear, he's a flagfpole sitter! Isn't that just like Jack? But speaking of journalists-Tom Else, and Muriel Murchison are both high up in that sphere. Tom is some kind of foreign correspondent-I believe they call it freeflance, and he just travels all over the world. Oh, there's Jimmie Opferf man, the drugfstore maggot-I mean magnate! I always get them mixed up! Yes, and did you know that Ruth Seidel takes charge of the medicinal end of his busif ness? She was a chemist for a while, in one of our Pittsburgh hospitals, the same one Bernice Anderson is bacteriologist with now. Oh, here comes Bill Dillner. He's a specialist in transportation work. Look back of him-there are john Homer and Percy Matthews skulking in the shadows, those foresters are terribly shy, I guess. There's Flo Countryman, the head of the Good Housekeeping Institute, still keeping at her beloved domestic science work. Oh, look at the limousine coming! Bless my soul, it's 'Sis Coullie! She must have married her millionaire after all. You want to know what Ralph Bald's doing? Why, he and Hennie Ackerman are the doubles champions, upholding the reputation for U. S. Isn't that grand? Sports? Yes, we're pretty well represented there, too. Walt Ballard is coach at Notre Dame, and Bud Munhall is assistant coach at Pitt. Billy Yost? He's in sports too, football advisor for Carnegie Tech, and they're winning like all get out. Oh, darling, do you have to go? Yes, I know it's six o'clock, but-well, if you promise to come and see me again before you -go! It's so thrilling to hear all about your travels and everything. A I THE LEBANON LOG

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Over The Teacups My dear, I am so glad you're here! I said to Peggy only this morning, I do hope Beth Bowden can get here to tell us all about her worldftravelsf' I think a travelerfwriter is so interesting. Peggy Dennis? Oh, yes, she's married, and has two children and the loveliest home you ever saw. What? Oh, yes, for a highfschool reunion this is going very well. It's so hard to get hold of some of these people, Bernard Summers, for instance-he's an engineer, you know. Engineers! My dear, just listen to this list we made up. Memphis Morrison, Bob Clapperton, Jim Sands, Russell Dettling, jack Gunderman, Art Forster, Ray Long, Bob Buehn, jim Rich' ards, and Harry Wayman, all engineers. We surely ought to have enough bridges, and dams and things. Yes, we had quite a time. Oh, and guess what happened! We called up a secretarial agency to get a helper, and Martha Slater answered the phone! She and Doris McVicker have gone into business, and just listen! Louise Holmes, Myranna Burns, and Eva Bright all work there. Sort of a reunion every day. Grace McConnell was there talking and so I just invited her right then. Why, she's a private secretary in some big concern. Josephine Sethner used to work for Martha, but she moved back to Pittsburgh. My dear! If that isn't Ed Carson coming in the door! He's the only man on Wall Street that made enough money in the past year to buy chewing gum! He and Ed Bechtel-the inseparables of Wall Street! They're going to retire now, I hear, so maybe Bob can make some money. Oh there's Leona Willoughby over there. I hope they get her to play the piano while she's here, she plays so beautifully. Didn't our class turn out some musicians? Elizabeth Osbourne, Lovell Gray, Kay Wassel, Jean' nette Bradfute-she's a singer, you know. Ernest Pozzi? Yes, he has the jazziest orchestra on the radio today, didn't you know? Well, there's a fellow traveler of yours over there, Lorene Fairall, and if that isn't Louise Wilmot with her! Yes, they're sisters now, as we always expected they would be. Darling, am I seeing wrong, or is that really Joe Spoerlein? See him? Well, I haven't seen him for so long, but all last winter while he was down in that Antartic place I was frightened stiif. And there's Steve Telegdy, who flew one of his planes. Quite a flyer, I understand. Oh, and look at the list of flyers we have. Helen Gump, and Norman Feller, and Bob McPeak, and of course, Steve. Isn't that grand? Oh! Dee Dee Linder, how you scared me! But, my dear, what's happening to your fashion house in Paris while you're cavorting in gay Ameriky? No, really? Beth, Doris Krieger is Dee Dee's partner in that dress designing house in Paris! I knew she was over there some place, but-not really! Beth, did you hear that? Ada Minnotte is an authoress, and living in France, as she always wanted to. How nice! And Dee Dee, did you happen to see Marge Johns while she was in Paris on her lecturing tour? Oh, say, talking about dress designers, did you know Betty Britner is one in Pittsburgh now? Yes, our American Patou. What? Oh, goodbye, Dee Dee, sorry you have to run off so quickly. Yes, we will-and honey, will you tell Helen Young over there in the corner that she just has to come and see me? You know, Beth, Helen's a doctor now, and-oh my dear, the doctors we have in our class! Let's see the list. Jay Linn, Louis Kostyal, Henry Lileas, Lois Joyce, Earle Wilgus, Catherine Haus, Bob Culbertson-all of them cutter'uppers and getfwellers. And Eleanor Potter, Velma Ball, and Mary Jane Vierheller have gone into nursing. And not only doctors-just see all the lawyers. Joe Adderley, Matt Collins, Paul Wick, Don Smith, Bill Cunningham, Dwight Cappel, and Bill Cappe. Quite a list, isn't it? But speaking of professions, I think Mary Brazel has chosen a unique one. Interpreting secretary in the Spanish Consulate. That word consulate reminds me. Did you know Diefy has a job in the U. S. Consular Service? Yes, really. Of THE LEBANON IOG

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At the right are pictures of a few of the Seniors who were too young to know better. Note especially the absence of the careworn looks. Some are gurgling with pleasure as they watch proud mama and papa saying, See the birdie? Others act rather nasty, just daring you to ask them to act like good little boys and girls . A few toddle along and willf ingly smile for the nice camera' man g some even haughtily refuse to believe anybody is around. Ah, these babes of fourteen years ago! The scene shifts to three years later, school clothes take the place of rompers. Readirf, writin', and 'rith- metic keep the young strugglers busy trying to forge ahead. Each one tries to outdo the other-though some give up right at the beginning. The enthusiastic students unwillingly, we hate to say, take time out to pose for the middle picture. Top 1. Bud Munhall 2. Ruth Seidel 3. Joe Spoerlein 4. Bill Cunningham 5. Gene Snell 6. Lorene Fairall 7. Ruth Nelson 8. Bob Clapperton, 9. Pick them out Bob McPeak, Paul Slater, Helen Young, Ernest Pozzi, Mary Clatty, Don Smith, Mildred Smith, Mar' tha Slater, Norman Feller, Ralph Bald, Ed Carson. Bottom 10. Mary jane Vierheller 11. Tom Else 12. Louise Wilmot 13. Martha and Paul Slater 14. Irene Boor 15. Jack Orr 16. Betty Plackett. BELIEVE IT OR NOT