Saint Benedicts Academy - Benedicta Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Four y physically, Today, ho 'US 21 SICTIIT' to Americ the boys v girls of the fi s Yes, t days of all but ou dissolve in the new i Yes! For lesson dril Shattered Dreams ears ago the class of '43, with high ideals set out to equip themselves intellectually, and spiritually for successful careers of their own choice. vvever, a vast change has spread over the world and June 1943, will show picture than did our dreams in 1939. Our country's cause is looking n youth-American girlhood to fill vacancies that in ordinary times would hold. Occupations or professions which were unknown to the 'past are today open and waiting for our time, energy, and skill. e hour has struck. We pack away our happy care-free life. No more 'gtails and freckles, Gone, too, have our mischievous pranks that itted our teachers. Cone are the days when dreams, like pearly clouds, o the concrete realities of life. Are we ready? Are we prepared to meet ues that have risen out of the attack on Pearl Harbor? God willing, od and country is not a beautiful dream, an idle fantasy, but a stern led into our hearts and minds from our early school life until we have passed ouxl iinal tests. Truly God is our love's first duty, But thou, native Flag, its second. Jean Piroth i

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1 liiihui WL f Court of Appeals DEFENDANT A IAS ACCUSED OF DEFENSE , ' GLORIA BEAIIMONT Gfor Never being ready Can't Egger out what I shouldivear. ALICE BICKERT Uicky Our best dancer St. Boniface's every Sunday night. AUDREY BLACK AAUS Always on time Can't afford to be late. EILEEN BREITENBACH Blondy Skating on Sunday nights jerry goes that same night. LoIs BRENNEN Lois Our sweetheart of song Owe it to singing in the chapel. MERCEDES BRILL Ccfde Having rhythm She's a drum majorette. MARAIORIE BRUNNER Mlargie Having an angelic look Never judge a book byfits cover. ADELAIIIE BUECHELE Atllie Truck riding Can't be particular ,these days. MARY AGNES BUTLER Angus Buying so many stamps George is 'a Marine. MARGARET CHEETHAM Peggy Interest in North Catholic Band Want to see them get ahead. IRENE CoI.L Rlme Using ink iradicator Bookkeeping is difficult. MARY LUCILLE CONNELLY Mge Having beautiful hair Everyone has her good points. VIRGINIA FUEHR Ginny Always writing victory poems Have to keep the boys in the service happy LAVERNE GUCKERT Gltckie Preparing delicious meals It won't be long now. MARY HAGAN Mlary Being so sweet Personality has charm. LAVERNE HAHN Vtlfrnie Always late Waiting for the mailman. URSULA HAAIDUK Srila Always smiling I use Colgates'. HELEN HOLDCROF1' Pzitsy Being thin Food rationing. ALMA Hoi-IMAN Alma P. D. Wiz ' I get inside information. BERNICE KIM Iivrnie Knowing all the answers Someone has to be smart. DOROTHY KNOEBEL Dotty Hurrying after school Have to get to work on time. ETHEL KOZLER Eihel Being a good actress Practice makes perfect. CECILIA KRAVICH Ccle Wearing a page boy hair style Takes 10 minutes to put it up. RITA LOWENHEIM Bltgi Studying Must make up for lost time. MARY GRACE MCCARTER Gracie Pretty eyes . I get a lot of sleep. RITA MCLAUGHLIN Star Never eating candy Have to save my teeth. RUTH MEYERI. Aipgel Having blonde hair Fran likes it. JEAN PIROTH Jeanie Always doing her best Aim to please, is my motto. JOSEPHINE RAITANO Jae Being a shorthand whiz Quick work if you can get it. DOROTHY SCI-IMITT Schmitty Artistic ability Inherited the trait. JUNE SCHIILTZ Shorty Being quiet Little girls should be seen and not heard. CATHERINE SLATTERY Klzte Always knows the answers Webster's only l5c. MARY JEAN STEFFL Slkf Impromptu speeches All I can say is, 'Lit's tragic. MARCELLA TIIANER Dell Ilsing much paper in typing Rubber shortage, you know. KATHLEEN WATERS Klzthy Liking dark polish Shows up my nails. TJARYROSE WEBER Mlimino Always having money She's our treasurer. l Gloria Beaumont y Patsy Holdcroft l l l l l l l l . l l

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MARY ELE1-:NE YVALSH llIARIAN E. GIMBER 'n Hilemoriam On December 4, 1941, death overtook our beloved classmate, Mary Eleene Walsh in her sixteenth year. Her char- acter and personality during her two briel' years at the Academy endeared Mary Eleene to all who knew her. Most keenly does the class of '43 remember her cheery, Hi girls, her kind, sympathetic manner, her joy in living, her last but futile effort to begin her junior year, her loyalty and love for S.B.A., her teachers, and the girls. Adelaide Buechele, '43 Marian E. Gimber, one of our dearest classmates, died August 22, 1940, at the age of sixteen. For the five short months God permit- ted us to know her, Marian conquered the heart of every girl by her understand- ing character and gentle disposition. She was among the best loved girls of her class. Her one ambition was to give her- self to God, to become a novice. Marian will continue to live in the hearts and memory of her classmates. Rita Lowenheim, '43