Oakmont High School - Periscope Yearbook (Oakmont, PA)

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are keeping her in trim for her job.-GEORG INA SIMUNCIC, a member of the Commercial Club, who wishes to paddle her own canoe as a journalist, loves to roller skate and collect novelty pins.--CARL SMIDTKE will some day make his hobby, model airplanes, his life work as an aviation mechanic. This Hi-Y and Alma Club member is a whiz in sports. -AUDRHY LEE STEPTOE hopes to be a photographer. This Girl Reserve and Art Club member writes poetry and collects pictures of musicians and football players.-ANDREW M. STILES says he pitches woo and studies history in his spare time. Gashouse at pres- ent is striving to become a mechanical engi- neer.lDORIS IE A N STONER1 Dorie has been useful to O. l-l. S. in many ways in the Girl Reserves, Dramatic, Art, Science clubs and the '41 Periscope. lmpolite boys are naturally the pet peeve of this future teacher.f-- ROSE MARIE SUMRAK- Ro hopes to be a pianist. This Commercial Club member en- joys typing, Her pet peeve is too much lip- stick. -1 MARGARET SWARTWOOD -- Swartz is active in Girl Reserves, Science, and Dramatic clubs. Someday our '41 Periscope literary editor will don a nurse's uniform- LULU ANN VENTURELLA, an energetic Girl Reserve and Commercial Club member, spends much of her time dancing or collecting photos. Beauty culture will be her vocation.--DORO- THY A. VUKOVICHTHer Commercial Club membership starts her toward her goal as a stenog. Dancing is her pastime and too much lipstick her pet peeve.-DONALD H. WEAVER, an Art Club member Who exer- cised his talent for the '41 Periscope, will con- tinue along this line. He also participated in Dramatic and French clubs.iThe Oak Leaf, Art and Commercial clubs, and Girl Reserves boast of DOROTHY WRATCHER'S member- ship. She wants to work in an office. Her hobby is operas. Enjoys golfing and swim- ming.--From Harmar Township comes a small but mighty mechanic-to-be, ALBERT M. YELOVCAN .-CHRISTIN E PEARSONiAl- though Chris has attended at least four dif- ferent high schools, she has been very active in dramatics. A future social Worker who enjoys reading and French. gui H Au Revoir, Seniors C. Smidtke A. Steptoe A. Stiles D. Stoner R. Sumrak M. Swclrtwood L. Venturella D. Vukovich D. Weaver D. Wratcher A. Yelovcan C. Pearson

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E I US 1.,.- em. Mtv.. i my ffl? .W G1 . .... If, l .jf ff .i .l',-. ... ef, -4.-:J. D. Nicholas I. Queenan C. Ricci I. Rosata H. Scheerbaum N. Olpere A. Peruzzi H. Robbeloth L. Saunders A. Shook l. Perz M. Ffestori l. Romanovitch E. Saylor G. Simuncic ol, s 4 I' l N I . X X DOLORES M. NICHOLAS-Cm energetic cheerleader for years, is a master hand at danc- ing. Do honors the Girl Reserves and Oak Leaf staff with her cheerful services,-iNICK P. OLPERE plays golf and swims. He even ad- mits that he will long remember the pretty girls of O. H. S.--IOHN I. PERZ, an active particif pant in Dramatic and Traffic clubs, Hi-Y and basketball, will go far as an aeronautical en- gineer.iIOHN C. QUEENAN aspires to use his talents in the field of aeronautics. As a hobbyist he follows the sports and collects sport picturesi-ANNE PERUZZI, whose de- sire is to become a typist, prefers to Hparlezf vous and ikes to skate, read, and dances- M . ESTORI, who is a member of the cial and Science clubs, wants to be m r of a shop. Skating, dancing, and sew- give her a diversity of pastime.--CORA I CI, now participating in the Art Club, will .e up nursing. She loves to chew gum and go to the movies.-HELEN IEAN ROBBE- LOTH is a member of the Girl Reserves, Dra- matic, Alma, and Art Clubs. She has been a cheerleader of three years' standing. This bud- ding private secretary was chosen Miss H. S. in her freshman year.--IOHN I. ROMANO- VICH recalls his most embarrassing moment when he had to make a speech at a football, pep meeting. Coog, a popular Hi-Y member, aims to be a welder in the field of aviation- IOHN M. ROSATA, a football star, wants to be an airplane mechanic. Chewing gum in arl class helps Stemmie pass his time at O. H. S. -LORRAINE M. SAUNDERS is a staunch member of the French, Math, and Dramatic clubs, and Girl Reserves. Sandy will become an air hostess following a nurses training- ELLEN M. SAYLOR--Even after she has be- come a kindergarten teacher, Ellen will remem- ber when she got the measles two days before the lunior Prom. Girl Reserves, Art, and Science clubs round out her 0. H. S. Curriculums- HAROLD M. SCHEERBI-XUM'S love for guns and hunting explains Gus's ambition to become En army officer. That ought to please Uncle Sam.-ll-XLICE K. SHOCK starts her secre- tarial career by joining the Commercial Club. Her favorite pastimes, skating and dancing,

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CLASS 1943 OFFICERS IOSEPH Wl-IITLEY --..-....-..---.-.- Treasurer LYON PORTER .-4----...-- .-.- V ice President EDWARD LEWANDOWSKI . .. ....... President The Four Officers and Room Representatives PATRICIA DAWKINS ..... ..... S ecretary Plan Eagerly for the Prom 5 ROOM REPRESENTATIVES Standing: Kathryn McCormick Russell Skinner Seated: Marjorie Eva Margaret Wood George I-leyl Robert Henderson Absent: Peggy Connelly Orlando DeThomas A PAGE FROM THE DIARY OF A IUNIOR Friday, I3 Dear Diary: Today should have been unlucky. It was just another ordinary school day. I started off by having my usual race against Old Man Time. With the last bell still echoing, I slid into lO5 and having deposited my books on my desk, returned to the hall to retrieve my mitts. In my lone morning study hall I vainly tried to prepare ALL my neglected lessons. At the Bzz of Old Faithful I faced Miss Barber for a session of Latin ll. The room, whispering scornfully, jeered at me, You don't know your lesson: she's sure to call on you. With book in hand and eyes glued on Miss Barber's face, I waited for her to pronounce the next name, Trembling all over, I heaved a sigh of relief as she spoke to someone across the room. The next two periods in typing and shorthand were quite uneventful. The incessant tapping of the keys and endless upside down, lop-sided short- hand lines characterized these two intervals. My lunch hour was divided among answering Mother's questions, studying American history, and trying to regain my lost energy with the restoring vitamins in a sandwich and a glass of milk. Mr. Muzzey, the historian for the O. H. S. juniors, was then thoroughly and cruelly dis- cussed by Mr. Shuker and his fifth period class. This hectic session was succeeded by the as- sembly period which, in our home room, meant time for notes, gum chewing contests, debates on the war, and an amateur hour. My seventh period was spent in Mrs. Foster's English class where themes and book reports were OALMLY announced in the same breath. These, as any junior will verify, mean plenty of hard work. To maneuver an army of periods and commas through these things is like trying to control the spinning in my head. New worries came in the next period gym class where Miss Gil- lespie withstood the volley of lost gym shoes, forgotten keys, and nightmares of buttonless gym suits. Home again, home again, was our chant as we turned our faces once more toward our domiciles. Thus, dear Diary, you see this ''should-be-superstitious'' day was just normal, junior routine. -Aluera Honsperger, '43