Saint Benedicts Academy - Benedicta Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Elllilllt. And True RITA McDONOUGH Rita St. Theresa One of the first brave seniors to get a new look hairdo . . . enjoys people who like to have a good time . . . giggles constantly . . . spends sum- mers swimming at North Park . . .always with Ruthie and Betty . . . plans career in Nursing . . . Glee Club 2, 3, 45 Vocation Club 25 Pesronality Club 35 Dramatics 2, 35 Vice-Pres. of Home room 35 Per- gonzgity Club 35 Librarian of Glee Club 45 Benita ta . MARY MCGILL Mary St. Joseph Possesses typical Irish beauty . . . active in the Catholic Theater Guild . . . enjoys singing and music . . . wants to become a private secretary . . . claims Lorraine, Marcy, and Ella as her pals . . . Vocation Club 1, 45 Glee Club 3, 45 N.F.L. 3, 45 Orchestra 2, 2, 45 President Vocation Club 45 Secretary N.F.L. 4. STELLA MURPHY Murph St. Andrews Friendly and charming . . . pretty blue eyes and blond hair . . . spent only her senior year with us . . . according to her statistics, tall boys, especially W. D., are tops . . . doesn't care for those 'tblue Mondays . . . jokingly claims that her beauty comes from 8 hours of sleep . . . has inseparable friend- ship with Dosie, Bernie, Betty and Dot. ERMA O'BOYLE Poodles St. Anne's Humorous and full of life . . . fascinated by the color red . . . crazy about football . . . this gal from Mars came to S.B.A. in her soph year . . . buddies are the R.O.S. also Pat and llaule . . . Voca- tion Club 2, 3, 45 Glee Club 3, 45 Library Club 25 Dramatics 2, 3, 45 Sewing 45 Vice-Pres. of Latin Club 3. JEANNE PAPANIA Jeannie St. Mary's Lots of fun and usually smiling . . . future am- bition is to be a typist and get myself a husband . . . favorite occupations are eating and sleeping . . . dislikes beauty parlors . . . Values her friendship with Pat, Rusty, and Angie . . . Vocation Club 25 Glee Club 25 Personality Club 3. MARION PAVLIS 'tPugie St. Wenceslaus A perfect all-round pal . . . always full of fun and mischief . . . lovely blond hair, laughing eyes, and cute dimples . . . enjoys diving, swimming, baseball, and dizzy people . . . dislikes going to the dentist and dry, dull classes . . . to these last she says phooey and oh, how ignorant! . . . aspires to be a stenographer . . . Vocation 1, 3, 45 Dramatics 2, 3, 4, Benita 3. DOROTHY PRIOR Doc St. Mary's Canton, Ohio Quiet, thoughtful, and likable . . . came to S.B.A. during her junior year . . . enjoys asking uestions . . . considers the piano, mushball, and tennis very entertaining . . . is now aspiring to be a Benedictine nun . . . can usually be seen with Mary Ann . . . She'll make a wonderful nun, as she's been a swell classmate. 19 i Nw .Z p,, A,A, I y 1 Q w l if S if Rita McDonough Mary McGill Stella Murphy Erma O'Boyle Jean Papania Marion Pavlis Dorothy Prior Mary Rita Rochford MARY RITA ROCHFORD Re Rc St. Athanasius Sweet Irish lass with natural wavy hair . . . full of the three V's . . . vim, vigor, and vitality . . . a member of the St. Benedict's basketball team . . . true friends tops the list of her likes . . . pals with Almeda, Edith and Chris . . . Vocation Club 1, 35 Dramatic Cluub 2, 2, 45 Basketball team 3, 45 Library Club 3, 45 History Honor Society 4.

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-f 'Q W MK K 'A . C gs I 3 , ,ki I A f I ii ,k,, . , . - lvl. , i mi it Bernadine Krautheim Lorraine Kress Mary Lou Kummer Anna Mae Lang Flora Madden Patricia McCue Betty Ligday Joanne Marshall JOANNE MARSHALL Jo Assumption Quiet, lovable, and gracious . . . entered S.B.A. as a senior . . . possessor of raven hair and match- ing dark eyes . . . lights up when she laughs . . . likes sad pictures . . . would like to build a school for underprivileged children . . . values her friend- ship with Pat, Mary Grace, and the gang from Bellevue. We Would Be Womanl BERNADINE' KRAUTHEIM Bernie St. Joseph Always ready for a good time . . . one of the debators in P. D. Class . . . loves cookies with l'oamy fillings . . .enjoys skating and dancing . . . would like to do secretarial for C. I .... never seen without Betty, Vanessa, and Stella . . . Orchestra gl ipeech Club 2, Science, Biology., and Chemistry u 3. LORRAINE KRESS Lorraine St. Joseph Sweet, neat, and Strawberry Blonde . . . innocent blue eyes . . . haunts St. Joseph's dances . . . aspires to be the perfect secretary . . . claims her best pals are Marcy, Ella, and Mary . . . Vocation Club 3, 4, Dramatics 1, 2, 3. MARY LOU KUMMER 'tMary Lou St. Teresa Sunny disposition . . . friendly and willing worker . . . quite a whiz at a typewriter . . . always seen at the Friday night Federation Dances . . . hopes to be a secretary . . . likes dancing, traveling, collie dogs, and driving . . . usually seen with Edie, Anne, and cuz ' Joan . . . N.F.L. 1, 2, 3, 43 Archery 2g Library 2, 4, Orchestra 2, 3, 4, Dramatics 2, 45 Vocation Club 4, Missionary Club 3, Benita 45 Quill and Scroll. e ANNA MAE LANG Ann St. Joseph Fun making and friendly miss . . . possessor of mischievous dancing blue eyes . . . spontaneous gig- gle . . . always prepared to have a good time . . . knows all the latest hair-dos . . . known by her light blonde bangs . . . proudly claims Stabbers, Dot, Judy, Ann, and Kathryn to be her friends . . . Speech 1, Dramatics 2, 35 Glee Club 2, 35 Vocation Club 4. BETTY LIGDAY Betts St. Alphonsus Chatters all the time . . . lovely blonde with a friendly nature . . . a gal from the big city . . . lends a hand to cheering section at basketball games . . . future co-ed . . . leisure time spent dancing or with Rita and Ruthie . . . Swimming 1, 25 Drama- tics 2, 2, 45 Vocation Club 2, Personality Club 3. FLORA MADDEN Flo Assumption Cheerful and fun loving . . . collects miniature dolls . . . puzzled by the question which Joe has Flo . . . soon hopes to be wearing a uniform at Pittsburgh Hospital . . . spends her after school time whirling around the dance floor . . . best friends are Millie, Barb, Marg, and Ann . . . Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4, Swimming 2, Benita StaH'4. PATRICIA McCUE Pat St. Teresa Attractive, enthusiastic miss . . . Paule's better half, for vice-versal . . . peppy and carefree . . . likes fun and lots of it . . . plans to take a course in nursing at Pittsburg Hospital . . . would like to be an air-hostess after training . . . Orchestra 2, Archery 2, Art 3, 45 Dramatics 2, 49 Sewing 45 Science Honor Society 23 Benita 3, Benedicta 4, Quill and Scroll 4.

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, 'C f. 1 Q ,,- - 3 41 f its 'QE J . X fx' Q, . , 5 M . K 5 -5. 'i ' 'V ,g s .44 . V - ,ffI':s,,: Betty Ryan Dorothy Schulz Anna Snyder Kathryn Stokes KATHRYN STOKES f X r Lorraine Saffer Dorothy Shields Dolores Srsic Nancy Lee Svoboda Katie St. Andrews Attractive black-haired miss . . . sweet person- ality . . . likes redheads . . . dotes on french fries and walking in the rain with Dosie . . . swoons over Mel Torme . . . dislikes streetcars . . . member of the Stabbers . . . pals with Sis, Dosie, Annie, Judy, Nancy, Alice, and Lois . . . Dramatics 2, 3g Glee Club 2, 35 Personality Club 3, Vocation Club 4. Help Us Then, Mary BETTY RYAN Betts St. Boniface Energetic personality . . . talkative and enthu- siastic . . . likes a boy named Zip . . . three shadows are Ness, Bernie, and Stella . . . hopes to be a Hhello girl at the Bell . . . Dramatics 1, 3g Glee Club 2, Personality Club 3. LORRAINE SAFFER Lorraine St. Athanasius Vivacious and lovable personality . . . melodious giggle which matches her singing voice . . . keeps the other Lorraine happy . . . enjoys dancing at Nativity with a certain someone . . . desires to be a singer or an artist . . . pals with the gang from Bellevue . . . Vocation Club 2, 3, 4, Dramatics 2, 3, 45 Art Club 1, 2, 2, 4, Glee Club 3, 4, Orchestra 1, History Honor Society 45 Benita 4, Benedicta 4, Na- tional Honor Society 4g Quill and Scroll. DOROTHY SCHULZ Dot St. Athanasius Smiling, light-complexioned little miss . . . pre- fers spaghetti at a special place . . . dislikes slow and grouchy people . . . desires to become an ef- ficient stenographer . . . inseparable friendship with Annamae, Joan, Essie, and Nanc . . . her pet saying, Oh Nuts . . . Dramatics 2g Glee Club 2, 3, Personality Club 35 Swimming 1. DOROTHY SHIELDS Ness St. Mary's Ambitious and full of fun . . . enlivens the lunch period . . . has a habit of falling asleep in class . . . favorite name is Danny . . . future goal is the model housewife . . . never seen without Stella, Bernie, or Betts . . . Dramatics 1, 35 Glee Club 25 Personality Club 3. ANN SNYDER Sis Most Holy Name Charming miss with entrancing blue eyes . . . often accused of what is known as giggling . . . hopes her crystal ball reveals her to be a dress de- signer . . . her most talked about subject is Burr . . . proud of her friendship with Alice, Nanc, Judy, and member of the Stabbers . . . Vocation Club 1, 2, Glee Club 23 Personality Club 3. DOLORES SRSIC Srs St. Nicholas Dancing personality of 301 . . . interesting and attractive miss . . . came to S.B.A. in her Junior year . . . a woman in white she is headed to be . . . buddies are the R.O.S .... likes bus rides to foot- ball games . . . Mixed Chorus 3, Orchestra 3, 4, Vocation Club 3, 45 Dramatics 4, Basketball 3, Ben- edicta Staff 41. NANCY LEE SVOBODA Nanc St. Aloysius Quickly sighted by her beautiful blonde tresses . . . claims that no dances are so nice as Millvale's . . . George and spaghetti are her favorites . . . will do some kind of work then get married . . . best friends are Alice, Ann, Judy, Katie, and Joan . . . Vocation Club 1, 25 Basketball Club 2, Glee Club 3, 43 Basketball team 3, Benedicta 4.