Richland High School - Portal Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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l l I l The Junior-Senior Prom honoring the Class 0-T i947 was held at the Oakhurst Tearoom about eight miles west of Somerset on Route 3l. The Toastmaster for The occasion was Mr. Wissler, who is a postmaster when it comes To giving The low- down on the students. Alyce Vitzenty welcomed The seniors and faculty To The festivities, and Ronald Geiser made a very fitting response. Entertainment included several violin solos by Mr. Gaston, a piano selection by Violet Baum- gardner, and a vocal number by Wilbert King. The banquet proved to be a lot of Tun, and The menu was tops with everyone. Alter The dining was Hnished The Tables were pushed aside, The Hi-Toppers put everyone in The mood, and dancing was The order of the evening. JUANITA HARBAUGH-Sonia Henie on roller skates . . . school? . . . she would rather skate . . . fellows? . . . she loves 'em all. ROBERT HARBAUGH-Never seen without Ronnie . . . one swell fellow . . . has a smile that sends you . . . quite a worker . . . must be camera shy. BETTY JANE HARVEYeSmall, but oh! . . . so sweet . . . future? , . . a loeautician . . . fond of sports . . . a girl everyone likes. SHIRLEY HELMAN-A top student in the Commercial Depart- ment . . . one of Al Jolson's most faithful fans . . . person- ality? . . . gets along with everyone. JEAN HENRY-Quiet . . . good conversationalist , . . true To one man . . , wake Jean up . . . she's day dreaming again . . . is that o ring on her ringer? DELNO HORNER-Good at recitations . . , friendly with everyone . . . girls! . . . ah! . . . girls! . . . parties . . . dances . . . Ted goes for both. MARY JANE HRABOSKYW- Janie is always full of fun . . . never a dull moment when around her . . . will make some lucky man a good secretary . . . some day. Harbaugh Helman Horner Harvey Henry Hra bosky IS HEHIJU llUUl . . . Eighteen . WE HAVE CHOSEN

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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

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MARY LOUISE HUNTER-Shy . . . quiet . . . likes horses . , . wants to be a horse rancher . . . dislikes sweet potatoes for some reason. HELEN KILLIAN-Commercial student . . . with Helen studies come first . , . looks to the future , . . hoping to be some handsome boss's secretory . . . personality A-I. WILBERT KING-That boy has rhythm . . . and a voice . . . competition for Crosby . . , where there are girls, there's Will . . . lakes? . . . he has them on hand. STELLA KONIECZNY-A commercial student who is always on the go . . . likes folk dances especially well . . . o career or not a career . . . a question to be decided. HELEN KORMANIK-Basketball . . . that's where Helen shines . . . how she can dance! . . . sails through shorthand . . . lots of fun . . . cute, too. EVELYN KRETCHMAN-Quiet but studious . . . likes to read . . . would just as soon have a good time with the girls . . . a blond, though . . . watch out, boys. Hunter King Kormanik Killian Konieczny Kretchman JOYCE LUTHER-Mmm . . . is she pretty? . . . Bob thinks so, too . . . Chino blue eyes . . . blond, wavy hair . . . swell girl . . . can't wait 'til school is out . . . to get married. DOROTHY MAINHART-Blond? . . . brunette? . . . well, one or the other . . . Dot's always laughing and ioking . . . school? . . . that's no ioke. WILLIAM MANGUS-SchooI's O. K .... but books!! . . . ugh! . . . BilI's another ioker . . . best period of the day . . . dinner hour. RICHARD MATEY-What a hunk of man! . . . class president . . . smooth dancer . . . football, basketball . . . Dick's in them both . . . those beautiful set shots . . . just what we needed. GEORGE MATTIS-Little man with a good nature . . . amiable . . . favorite class? . . . study hall, of course . . . always picking on big guys . . . he gets away with it. SHIRLEY MCCOMBIE-A music enthusiast . . . missionary . . . she hopes to become one . . . o regular ierker at Green Acres . . . soda ierker, that is. Luther Mangus Mattis Mainharl Matey McCombie GREEN AND WHITE FOR OUR CLASS COLORS . Nineteen