Richland High School - Portal Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THINK WISELY, ACT WISELY, AND PROFIT GREATLY' Allison Baumgardner Berkstresser Balogh Berkebile Bloom WAYNE ALLISON- A star on Richland's football team in I946 . . . tall . . . A-I personality . . . Shorty spends his time eating . . . or maybe dating Vera . . . wants to be a musician. IRENE BALOGH-Very attractive . . . and sharp at shots . . . in basketball, of course . . . Inky has o laugh for all your iokes. VIOLET BAUMGARDNER-Neat and tidy as a pin . . . Senior artist . . . don't mention grapes to her . . . vice-president at Senior Class . . . PORTAL business manager . . . ambition? . . . white uniform and cap. JERRY BERKEBILE- Jake is always ready with o ioke . . . can't keep out of trouble . . . sharp when it comes to dancing . . . favorite expression, Come on . . . tinds the cheerleaders most attractive. LOIS BERKSTRESSER-A long stemmed beauty . . . Fla has grace and charm . . . likes to sleep, read, and eat bar-b-ques . . . usually makes her entrance into school a little late. JUNE BLOOM- Vicki dreams of being a music teacher . . has high hopes, too . . . one of Richland's maiorettes . . gets along with everyone. Sixteen Brush Caldwell Cooper Burkhart Campbell Carle WILNA BRUSH-Small, quiet, and sweet as they come . Bay likes to bowl . . .wants to be a beauicion . dislikes politics. V MARDELL BURKHART-Toll, blond, pretty as ci picture . . . main summer sport . . . swimming . . . studies? . . . Men manages to get them done . , . men? . . . well, there's Harvey. LUCILLE CALDWELL-An asset to the Senior Class . . . Lu likes anything exciting . . . school? . . . slightly dull . . . can't wait 'til it's over. DORIS CAMPBELL-Cute, tactful person . . . a born actress . . . talks a leg oFf anybody , . . keeps 'em laughing . . . her one and only escort . . . Harve. AUDREY COOPER-Slim, blond beauty . . . one of Richlancl's peppy cheerleaders . . . school? . . . that comes after basketball and football. PHILIP CORLE-Shotgun and fishing pole his most treasured possessions . . . A's and B's go hand in hand on PhiI's report card . . . Gail takes up his leisure time.

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In the following section one may 'view the 1948 version of the student body. The Seniors know you will enjoy their pictures, and they hope you will also look at the pictures of the iinderclassrnen.

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IS OUR MOTTO . . . Donato Gallagher Gerber Fetter Gearhart GiHin ROBERT DONATO-Small . . . rough and ready for athletics . . . will do most anything tor a laugh . . . Brownie's the life of the party . . . schoolroom, too . . . girls? . . . he'll take them all. RICHARD FETTER-That cowlick . . . impossible to tame down . . . chums with the fellows . . . always fun . . . ready with a iake . , . Ag. student. RICHARD GALLAGHER-Likes coconut cream pie . . . dislikes social snobs . , . wants to be a designer . . . very good along these lines . . . swell ideas. LELAH GEARHART-Studious, but not a book warm . . . always time for plenty af fun . . . very busy editor of the Echo . . . believes in keeping everyone happy. ROBERT GERBEReTall . . . dark, wavy hair . . . nice build . . . football star . . . favorite expression, Get aut . . . prefers girls out of school. RONALD GIFFIN-Jack-of-all-trades . . . from soda ierk to auto mechanic . . . especially Ford cars . . . huh, Ronnie? . . . curly hair . . . blue eyes . . . run everyone! . . . here comes the Blue Beetle! lHE Silllllll ULHSS . . . The hard working quartet known as the Senior officers demonstrated the true meaning of coopera- tion. All four were honor students, and they exe- cuted their duties well. Richard Matey was presi- dent, Violet Baumgardner, vice president, Lelah Gearhart, secretary, and Philip Carle, treasurer. Mr. Samuel was the class adviser, and lviiss Dodd his assistant. Guiding a Senior Class through the year successfully requires leadership, initiative, and sacri- tice. Seventeen