Richland High School - Portal Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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dem? Dear Diary: What a day this has been! It has been four years since that eventful day in 1946 when we were graduated from Richland High School. And by the way, is that new school building something, and has the town shot up around it! There's talk of changing the name to Geysertown instead of Geistown. But I'm getting off the subject. I started out to jot down a few notes about the people I saw today, and as I said before, What a day this has been. I think I'd always remember it even though I didn't keep a diary. To think it's 'l95O, but really the kids of the class of '46 don't look so old yet. As we were standing on the corner waiting for a city-bound bus, we saw Donald Baumgardner driving down the street in his milk wagon. And there in the coal truck following him was Ralph Gerber. Well, the bus came, and who do you think the driver was? Our own Wilbert Plunkard. As we boarded it and glanced around for a seat we caught sight of Joan Long. She was on her way to Glosser's where- she is having her ups and downs as an elevator operator. We asked her for news of some of our class and she told us that Virginia Brush has earned the title of America's No. I roller skater. Looking out of the window we saw Dallas Stiles painting a billboard. I'll bet he never dreamed he would be painting a billboard advertising the appearance of Sara Lehman and her violin with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, And, oh yes, recalls Joan, Dolly Luker is now an orchestra wife. You know she married the drummer in that swing band that came to town. The bus stopped at Main Street and as we said goodbye to Joan and Pink whom did we run into but Lillian Miller? Lillian was on her way to lunch after a busy morning at the beauty shop. We decided to join her, so we proceeded to the nearest drug store. To our surprise we were served by Rita Christner. Across the counter we saw Fawn Baer filling a prescription of nerve medicine for Mr. Lundquist. Rita informed us that Margie Coller has organized a very successful girls' football team. Next we decided to visit Nellie Horner who is laid up in the hospital after crashing in her airplane. We took a second to greet Fae Gilbert as we passed the ticket window of the State Theatre. Upon entering the hospital we were met by Shirley Lane who is Nellie's private nurse. First we went with her to consult Clementine Fuller, the dietitian, regarding Nellie's troy. Entering Nellie's room we saw a large basket of flowers which she told us were delivered by Owen Fye who is operating his own green-house now. Suddenly we heard familiar voices coming from the radio across the hall. It was Marian Boyer and Don Karr in their regular daytime serial, and who do you suppose is their sponsor? lt's The Hotsy Totsy Hamburg Stand, owned and operated by Dean Schell. Upon leaving, Nellie asked us to mail two congratulation cards for her. One, to Iva lHarbaughJ Hershberger, and the other, to Ted Bozich. Glancing at our watch, we noticed it was time to go to the station to send Bob Penrod, Teresa Piras, and Jack Vogel on their way to Hollywood. Bob is going out to make some stiFf competition for Van Johnson, and Teresa is just going after Van Johnson. Jack will occupy the position of stand-in for Dennis Morgan. As the train pulled into the station, we saw that the engineer was none other than Eugene Geibig. As we were leaving the station, we met Jay Luther who just got back from a newspaper convention in New York. Jay is editing his own paper now, so he was just the man we wanted to see. We felt sure he'd have the low-down on some of our former classmates. He told us that Marian Graffius was an entertainer at his convention, and that she is absolutely another Betty Hutton. He also ran into Vearl Birkhimer who is operating a dancing school there. And guess what! When telephoning his paper here, Jay was greeted by the voice of Ruth Jessell who is a long-distance telephone operator. Leaving Jay we proceeded up Main Street. Our next visit was with Vivian Kline in her dress shop. While talking with her we learned that only this morning she hired Dolores Petrossi to model her gowns. Vivian credits half her success to her skillful seamstress, Pauline Schaller. A customer

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LIKES To get mail Football Swimming To ride boats Girls To sew Everything To sleep Movies History Girls To read Mush iballj To eat Horseback riding To stand in halls Sports To go to Ripples Football Hamburgers Ice cream To make A's Grilled cheese sandwiches Food Music Boy Scouting To listen to the Pretty hair To be silent Girls To iitterbug Movies Sports To bowl Sailors Drummers Dale H. S. Baseball Hill-billy music Marines Sailors or othe radio r men To hunt animals and girls To play the clarinet Church work Good marks To dance DISLIKES Homework P. O. D. Bow ties Doing dishes Nothing People Going to bed early To work Chop Suey Girls Teachers Work Bees Large pocketbooks Skating To play golf School To be called Jessell Giddy girls Green Rainy weather Tennis Beans Homework Getting up early Spinach Night work Stuck-ups Girls Beauty parlors Show-offs Small cities Silly females Smart people Strict rules Cowboy music Silly people To finish Opera Conceited boys Snow men Loud mouths To be still Grouchy people To be silly To be energetic PASTIME Skating Asking questions Talking with Dianna Being silly Arguing Behaving in class Making noise Fixing her hair Reducing Going to Walnut Grove Just looting Loafing his time away Being quiet Jerking sodas Writing to Glenn Flirting Writing letters Roaming halls Taking life easy Making A's Writing shorthand Studying Going steady Talking over the telephone Writing poetry Wating for others to catch up Talking Looking neat Reading Winking at girls Dancing Swooning Being polite Cheerleading Having fun Working in office Causing a disturbance Drawing cartoons Gossiping to Merritts Joking Primping Laughing and causing trouble Talking about her boy friends Reading her daily mail Combing his hair Giggling -23- AMBITION Nursing To succeed his father To join the Navy To be a secretary To coach football To be or not to be To teach physical education Clerk Nursing To be a businessman To be a mechanic To grow up To be a nurse To grow taller To become Mrs. --- To drive a car To graduate Secretary To play college football To be a college dean To be the president's secretary To be a nurse To be Mrs. Delbert Shaffer To receive an A Get out of Johnstown Sports reporter To be a stenographer To get in the movies To be iail warden To rival Van Johnson To be a secretary To dream of Van Johnson To be a grease monkey To work in an office To own a pet shop To be an artist To be a music dealer To go to West Point To be a beautician To be a nurse To be a private secretary To play college football To teach school Marry Bob and be a missionary Admire his first whisker To be a hat-check girl

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44 interrupted our gab session, but a second glance revealed her to be Julia Vitez. Julia is a lady of leisure since she married her boss and settled down. Julia brought us news that Ramona Repine is suc- cessfully operating a pet shop in Windber. She also informed us that Dorothy Puto is now an airline hostess. We started through the park where we found Doris Merritts on a bench surrounded by books. Doris is studying so she can be a Quiz Kid. We no sooner left Doris but we met Bernard Orloski. Bernard was just appointed City Park Commissioner. Scarcely had we started on when we met the co-ed, Joyce Wagner, accompanied by Donald Wire. Joyce expects to teach her first term in the fall, and Don is being graduated next month with a major in chemistry. Joyce told us that if we'd hurry we may be able to catch Dorothy Wineland in the store across the street where she is selecting her trousseau. Just inside the entrance of the store we found Illene Horner selling books, and among her best sellers was a murder mystery written by Mary Undrosky. Elenora Stull has also taken to the literary field, and is writing recipes for Good House- keeping. Illene says she iust sold a large order of English books to Virginia Konieczny who is now teaching in the new Richland High School. After a few minutes of chatting with Emily Yoder at her counter in the Men's department we called it a day and started home. As l sit alone now with my diary, l seem to be filled with mixed emotions. I don't quite under- stand them, perhaps l might as well not try, but somehow I seem to remember my high school days as happy days. Well, anyway, I certainly enioyed seeing the old gang today. Yes, what a day this has been! 6 me 7066! lAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-SIX We, the Senior Class of '46 of Richland Town- ship High School, of the County of Cambria, and State of Pennsylvania, being not less than four years of age, of sound mind and body, of amiable dispo- sition and guiltless character, and realizing the inability of the under classmen to traverse the road ahead of them unaided, do make, declare, and publish this, our Last Will and Testament: To the faculty of Richland we leave the memory of our screams when we sat on tacks, and a box of aspirin for their headaches of the future. To the senior class of '47 we will our good be- havior in P. O. D. class, and our seniority rights. To all underclassmen we give this advice: Never skip periods or play hockey unless there is no one at home. We have tried it much to our sorrow. Furthermore, to said underclassmen, we leave the privilege of patronizing Von Lunen's. We give to Mr. Franklin Miller our best wishes, and hope that some day in the near future his dream of cooperation will be realized. The senior girls of '46 will their home room teacher, Mr. Criste, to the senior girls of '47. The senior boys of '46 will their dignity to the senior boys of '47. To the sophomore class we will our dream of getting new desks with drawers for Room 107. To the infants of Richland, the freshmen, we leave the problem of finding places for the lunches so