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

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allmqglwwi ELIZ: Oh, that reminds me! I've been hearing about VVarren Drexler's collection of old violins. I'd like to see it! BETTY: I had an appointment with the dentist yesterday, and the man nearly killed me. I'm going to hunt a new one. MARD: Why don't you go to Bob Holmes? IIe's just opened a new office in Mt. Leb- anon, and has hired Janet Albright as his ollice assistant. ELIZ: It's a bit off the subject, but I must tell you before I forget. I saw Jerry Mc- Closkey, Bob Richards, Hazel Goldaine, and Elsie Neely at the Italian Terrace on Fri- day night. They seemed to be having a grand time. BETTY: Here's Grace Rebholz and Thelma Campbell. I saw them wheeling baby car- riages down the street today. They both seemed very happy about the whole thing. ELIZ: Look at Vaughn Gordy. You'd never think that he's cleaned up Pittsburgh poli- tics in such a short time. MARD: Bob Leech helped a lot through the publicity he printed in his paper. They say that Paul Cain did all the reporting on that job. BETTY: Vernon Augenstein and George Knotts got a lot of publicity in his paper, too, about their non-stop flight around the world. ELIZ: And did you see last week where lrVilma Usher had a house party? There was a long description of it on the society page Dorothy Hartman, Bill Hamilton, Clarke McCormac, Jean Travis, and William Llewellyn were among the guests. MARD: You'l1 never guess whom I met last summer in New York-Jane Nelson. She's a fashion editor for Vogue. You'll be surprised to know that Ruth Heil is her assistant. BETTY: Here's Jim Taylor's picture. Do you know where he is now? MARD: Why yes, I saw him in New York last summer too. He, Carl Singhouse, and Ken Blackburn are the town's most popular playboys. ELIZ: I heard that Jack Berg made a fortune in the stock market. They say that his Long Island home is a dream. MARD: And didn't Virginia May marry a wealthy New Yorker? BETTY: I'll say she did! Oh, look, there's Bob Montague. He's a professor at Har- vard. I wonder if he's still as absent-minded as he used to be. ELIZ: You know that Charles Fetterman is head warden in a New England prison. He's worked some marvelous reforms there. BETTY: Ed Mikelonis is chief electrocutioner at the same prison. I don't particularly envy him, do you? MARD: Incidentally, Mary Jane Knoff is head of a social welfare community in Phila- delphia, and has written a book about her work. Katherine Kranse is her assistant. ELIZ: Say! Did either of you read that article in the Readefs Digest about Jim Ecken- rode's getting a fortune by collecting diamonds and orchid bulbs in Brazil? He's some- thing of an adventurer. BETTY: Cturning the page and smilingj I was at the circus a few weeks ago and you'd never guess who the lion tamers were-James Welch and Tom Aston. MARD: Here's Walter Bruno. You know that he's taken over his father's barbers' sup- ply house and is doing a fine business. ELIZ: There's George Coward. He was just appointed chief color-guard to tl1e Presi- dent. I'l1 bet he feels proud. BETTY: You'd never guess who's in the navy-John Fitzgerald. He's become quite an old salt. MARD: Clooking at her watchj Oh, how late it is! We really must be leaving, Elizabeth. We're going to Syria Mosque to see Bob Wycoff and his ballet. Cshe risesj ELIZ: I'm sorry you must leave, but do come again soonb BETTY: We'd love to. Goodbye. And thanks for the memories. 22

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ELIZ: Oh, by the way, I hear that Ray Jones was appointed traFfic commissioner. BETLTY: Look, there's Thelma Dublin. She's married now, and has twins-two adorable oys. MARD:. I was at the Century Club last week and heard Betty Volz speak. She's the president and just as attractive as she used to be. ELIZ: By the way, Dorothy Thompson was elected secretary of the International Con- gress of Women's Clubs. BETTY: flaughingj l heard the other day that Betti Vance had won a new kind of mar- athon. She talked incessantly for ten days. MARD: Here's Joe Haller. Remember when he invented an engine to be run by steam generated by Joe Salisbury and Walt McCain? CThey all laugh.j ELIZ: And there's Bud Cline. I'll never forget the time he signed up to be an usher at the class play. He certainly was embarrassed when he found out it was a girls' com- mittee. BETTY: Will you ever forget that class play? Howard Hanna, as the professor, was a scream. ELIZ: VVho is this? Why, it's Mary Brannon. I never would have recognized her. She's a champion swimmer now. BETTY: And here's Iack Creehan. He's still a good runner. I hear that he's going to the next Olympic games. MARD: Speaking of sports, the last that I heard of Dan Robb and Jack Fischer, they were both football coaches. Nice work! BETTY: This is a bit ot? the subject, but I saw Charles Dimmick yesterday. He's run- ning an employment agency and told me to come around if I lost my job. MARD: And I saw Ed Taylor last week. It was obvious that he still prefers redheads. ELIZ: Oh, here's Bud Kirkpatrick. I wonder if he's still as good-looking as ever? BETTY: He probably is. Claughingj Elizabeth, I just remembered what we came over here for. We wanted to know if you had been to see Gwen Yeagle since her appendectomy. ELIZ: Yes, I was at the hospital yesterday, and whom do you think I saw there? George Madden. He was in an automobile accident, but wasn't hurt very badly, just a broken leg and some head injuries. You'll never guess who his doctor and nurse are-George Lacy and Beatrice Hugus. Rather coincidental, isn't it? MARD: You know our class doesn't seem to have had much sickness. ELIZ: No, but don't forget those who were injured in the war. BETTY: Cslowlyj There's Gil Andreen, Frank Spreha, VValter Phillips, Virgil Johnston, and Harold Crowell. They all were decorated for bravery. MARD: Salvatore Bellini certainly did a great thing when he invented that solution to counteract poison gas. He did the world a great service. BETTY: Secretary of War is no easy job, but Clair Heatley did an admirable piece of work in that position during the war. ELIZ: When I think of those war days, I wonder how we ever lived through them. And to think that two girls from our own class, Bette Miller and Charlotte Wyman, worked right at the front. MARD: Let's change the subject. We're getting positively morbid. There's Mat Rey- nolds' picture. I saw in the paper that he's been carrying on a filibuster in the Senate during the past week. BETTY: Here's Connie Bleecker. I do like her theater column in the newspaper, don't you? She certainly was right when she chose Newton Heisley as the year's best newsreel photographer. ELIZ: While we're talking about movies, did you know that Dot Bromwich is a make-up expert at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer? MARD: Bob Seltmann is working there as a sound engineer, John Massol is chief elec- trician at Twentieth Century-Fox. BETTY: Did you see Louis Graham's last picture? He certainly is a ladies' man. ELIZ: Oth, there's Jack de Benedictis. I wonder if he still dislikes girls. BETTY: Who's this? Why it's John Cibos: I saw his paintings exhibited at the Interna- tional Art Exhibit last month. He's really becoming quite famous. MARD: I saw Ted Goldsmith buying a painting out there. He's supposed to have the finest collection in Pennsylvania. 21

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The Rirne of the Ancient Senior I wish I were a mystic who could see the future clearg But since I'm not a prophet, I will try to bring you cheer With tales about your comrades who to you have been so dear. There's Roland Bowman, actor, who has built a little car! He's done a lot to garner fameg we think he should go far. And you know Mary Frances Connor, head in 116, Who eats her lunch from Dotty's plate Qin case you haven't see-nj. In Barclay's poetry we see what Norma's love' can dog In fact we call him poet laureate of Twelve A two. One girl among the class play cast already had some fame, For Dotty Douglas has been acting ever since she came. When looking back on high school years, remember Bob with Jean? For Sands or Faris when apart are seldom ever seen. Among the very greatest brains, Louise's stands quite high, It's someone like that Wible girl who makes us dumb ones sigh. And then there's Roy McCutchen who boasts math his greatest forte- He's often been a help to us with minds of weaker sort. If being in two operettas gains a gal some fame, Then we agree that Bobbie Quail has earned herself a name. Behind a fierce mustache Jack Klippel acted as a cop- His victim on the stage was the only guy he'd ever stop. Don Lewis is an athlete who has other talent too- You see he is an artist who hangs out in Twelve A two. Though famed for brains, our Isabelle, the one and only Gup. Has done a lot around the school while keeping her grades up. When glancing o'er the high school roll, remembering who was there Recall Don Russell, tenor, he's the guy who grows the hair. Our tennis star, and actor too, has helped the class to rank, He's made himself an envied name-you know him-he's George Blank And when you all grow old and gray, remember Edna Didion, One of the nicest gals to know-believe me, that's no kiddin'! Lee Fischer is a playwright Qas if you didn't know itjg Perhaps he is a poet, too, though he doesn't show it. Two cousins who have proved that niceness is a family trait Are Paul Daube and Loretta Daube-two kids we know are great. Jean Evans is a girl who really tickles all those keysg She's one out of a thousand who can make a piano please. Someone who doesn't know might think that Musgravels been so bright Because, instead of courting girls, he studied every night. Who wants a prima donna can find one in Twelve A two g She's Shirley Handel to whom acting isn't new. In trying to get in the mood to act his part so well, Bob Penman gave up bachelorhood-what now, no one can tell! To be a good wall flower demanded all her acting craft, For if you think that Ginnie Dickey's one off stage-you're daft. He used to play at war, and he was then a soldier strong, But Kendall plays with girls now, and seems to like a throng. At dancing Ellen Copeland can be easily called tops- That's why we always hear of her attending proms and hops. 23