Parkesburg High School - Venture Yearbook (Parkesburg, PA)

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Vice-President Treasurer Adviser MOTTO Here's where we launch; where do we anchor? FLOWER Red Rose COLORS Red and Gold AWARDS |50C SCHOLARSHIP GIRL'S CITIZENSHIP AWARD BOY'S CITIZENSHIP AWARD ATHLETIC AWARD

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Perhaps the most memorable event of our .junior year was the Christmas play. Our class was given the honor of present- ing this play. We presented a satire on a Hollywood movie studio. All will long remember the hill-billy quartet composed of Tuck Long, Mick Rogers, Piggie Gillespie, and Wiggie Thomas. They stole the show. This was just one of the many amusing acts that were depicted, that will long be remembered as one of our many successes during the year. Thus we spent three years. Much of our success we owe to our teachers and advisers. We turned to our senior year with a sense that the best lay before us. Seniors 1 We were seniors at last! Proud and, yes, a little scornful, were true descriptive phrases of the way we felt when we saw the looks of envy on the faces of the fresh- men. Miss Ake, our class adviser, was ill and couldn't return to school until just before Thanksgiving vacation. Mrs. DeRenzo substituted for her. Our class play was the big event of the first semester. The play. He Couldn't Marry Five, was pre- sented and proved to provide many laughs for the spectators — a great success, one of which we can be truly proud. The annual Christmas play was again a project of our class and seemed to be enjoyed by everyone. Probably our most difficult project was the preparation and publication of Venture 1951. The major crisis of the senior year finally arrived--the time to write senior essays. As usual, our class took them in stride. Now came final examinations, and as in other years, cramming, bull-sessions, and finally two-day brain racking when the examinations were finally taken. Then Baccalaureate, Class Day, and Commencement came and went, and we are at last gradu- ates of Parkesburg High School. Four years of high school have ended. But the knowledge, friendships and inspiration we gathered there will go with us into the future. RECORD OF CLASS OFFICERS Freshman Year Junior Year Pres. Larry Townsend Vice-pres. Mildred Swyderski Sec. Jack Varnes Treas. Malcolm Boyd Pres. Malcolm Boyd Vice-pres. Leon Long Sec. Mildred Swyderski Treas. William McCarty Sophomore Year Senior Year Pres. Larry Townsend Vice-pres. Malcolm Boyd Sec. Jack Varnes Treas. Mary Ann Gilbert Pres. Malcolm Bo d Vice-pres. John Robinson Sec. Mildred Swyderski Treas. William McCarty

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Judith Carole Althouse September 8 Commercial He Couldn't Marry Five 4; Salad Days 3; Office 3,4; Safety Patrol 1,2; Venture 4; Hi-Lites. business manager 3,4; Christ- mas play 3,4. Considerate.....blondie (?).....cute. ... .commanding......... commuter to Upper Darby. Malcolm Boyd July 27 College Preparatory Intramural basketball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 3,4; Soccer 2,3,4; Hi-Lites. business manager 3,4; Christmas play 3,4; Class President 3,4; Vice-President 2; Class Treas- urer 1; Venture 4. Industrious.....sports-minded.....congenial.....conscientious ....studious. Elizabeth May Canan December 17 Commercial Chorus 1; Cheerleader 3,4; He Couldn1t Marry Five 4; Christmas plays 3,4; Hi-Lites 1; Venture 4. Do you serious? .....New York bound.....pantomimist.......... ardent television fan.....smile for everyone.