Sewickley High School - Sewickley Yearbook (Herminie, PA)

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CSN-5 QMS ENE ENS GN5 SEWIHI C'-Z3 9,665 63343 6131? Qdfai Prophecy It is very strange this evening to see, as if in a dream, before me, this sea of faces. It recalls to me a similar event way back in 1932, to be exact June 21, IQ32, at Sewickley High School. But, now my dream fades, and all is dark. My mind cannot concentrate with the facility of former years. I am very old: perhaps that is my reason for soliloquizing so over past events. Alas, I have strayed from my subject--to return-I have itl It was a Class Night at the home of the Red and Blue which particularly caught my fancy in that year now one half century old. It was not the place, nor the time, but the superlative ability of the class which attracted my attention, and I have made it my businesss to keep a close record of the activities and achievements of these men and women, who have, everyone, made a record which is quite enviable in the world down yonder. lt seems that I have it around this misty place some- where, but where can it be? In my diary? No-- In my account book? No- In my book of notable accomplishments? Ah! here it is in black and white, bearing at tribute to those excellent young people, now successful in the wide world. At that time I listed their names, and their achievement was listed as each attained it. Ah! it does my heart good to read it again. Let me see :-- JOHN ELLIS-now renowned for his financial success. He got his chance in the low stock market and took it. KENNETH EIVIMERT--to whom the gods have bequeathed a life of contentment in the wholesale grocery line. JAMES FULLMAN is a photographer and mathematician of singular fame, especially interested in astronomy. JOSEPH HALEY-'owner and founder of the Haley Chemical Research Corporation. WILLIAM HELMER and MICHAEL JOSEPH-intrepid explorers and hunters. EDWARD ELLIS-risen to success in the engineering profession. JEANNE LOWERY--who forsook a successful career as modiste to marry a man of fame and fortune. SARAH MARUCA-one of the fastest and best in the typewriting game. ADELLA MINICK and RUTH NARDO are living happily with two fine husbands. Rumor hath it that they are both prosperous and contented. ALICE PURVIS-now traveling in South America with Glenn. They travel just for the fun of it. MARY ROACH-a dancer who carries the leading part in a prominent Broadway success. CECILE RUPERT and KATHERINE SCHURING are prominent business women, running one of these 'Help-you-in-any-way' concerns. J. RUSSELL EMMERT is a wealthy young broker. FLORENCE AZAR-now spending her time in Paris studying Art, and having a gay time as alwavs. BERNICE BRAWLEY-editor of the advice to the lovelorn column of The Sewickley Herald. FRANCES CHALLIS-is now a noted designer of women's clothes in New York City. Her sister RUTH has won the women's amateur tennis championship of the U. S. ELIZABETH CAVIN is head of the Commercial Department in her old Alma Mater, Sewickley High School. ETHEL CHUBB-a noted horsewoman both on the continent and at home. ISABEI. CLARK-is the first woman test pilot of planes. FRANCES FERGUSON Cala, here is a spicy onej has just been sued for breach of promise by an Italian Count. DOROTHY FISHER whose love for beauty has made her the proprietor of a huge greenhouse, while ELIZABETH GRASON goes out for beauty in another line. She is a beauty specialist in New York City. FLORENCE GREUEY--one of the nation's most efficient office managers. VIVIAN FORD has become a famed concert pianist. MARGARET HANDY is a prominent business woman now with the U. S. Steel Corporation. DOROTHY PATTON has forsaken the world and settled down to a peaceful married life. HATTIE JACKSON is a mathematics teacher at New York University. MARY KEDAR is now president of a Los Angeles bank. She went West soon after 1932-and didn't go into the movies. KATHERINE KORDESCHICK has achieved fame as a Certified Public Accountant. PAUL BALLES is the manager of a nation-wide plumbing supply house. ANTONIO BOVA is a pineapple retailer in Chicago. JAMES BOYD is in the contracting business with McPherson Bros. He is publicity agent- rather free for pleasure. Twenty-e'ht QM? QW? C2352 QYETQ QYTQ I 9 3 2 QN3 Qliill QNE1 QN3 SAN?

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ENS ENS ENS EN-5 6315 SEWI H1 E145 QMS Q55 Qi-Q E156 Class Will KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: WE, the Class of 1012, of Sewickley High School, being of sound mind. memory, .md understanding, declare this to be our last Will and Testament, endowing the following prized possessions to the faculty, whose unfailing inspirations have always guided us through all our diliiculties, and to our underclassmen who, we hope, will continue our good work. ITEM I. 1. To the Faculty we will our love and apology for all the pranks and fun we have had at their expense. 2. We also leave the hope that they will have the pleasure of having more classes like ours. ITEM II. 1. To our immediate successors, we leave Rooms 220 and 213, with all that goes with them. 2. We also endow the Class of '33 with the use of the front door, after Easter vacation next year. ITEM III. 1. We also leave to the Class of '34 the memory of our ideals of sportsmanship and character, which they will do well to follow. ITEM IV. 1. To the Class of ,35, we will those two characteristics for which we are known -athletic ability and desire for competition. 2. We likewise leave that commendable courage to bear up under the trials which they must undergo. ITEM V. 1. To the Classes of '36 and '37 we leave our ability for success in all contests which they might enter. ITEM VI. 1. To the entire student body we will our sincere desire for a successful future, and promise to be of help when the occasion may arise. ITEM VII. 1. We nominate and appoint our beloved teacher, Miss Mary E. Hubbell, executor of this, our last Will and Testament, and direct that no bond be required of her by reason of such appointment. 2. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal at our residence of Sewickley High School in the Village of Sewickley, County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania. THE CLASS OF '32. fL. S.j Witnesses:- MRS. R. L. PETERSON MR. L. H. CONWAY Twenty-seven QQ Q762 Q7?'Q Q7?'Q QWTQ I 9 S 1 SNS QN2 QN2 CINS QN2

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GN,-5 GN5'C?N,6 ENS GN-6 SEWIHI QMS 6,655 QM? EEK? GMU GEORGE CAMPBELL is now a U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania. So you know he still talks. GEORGE CHUBB, a brother of the illustrious Ethel, is amateur golf champion of U. S. He doesn t rest on any one else's laurels, but wins his own. ROBERT COCHRAN-now out in Hollywood doubling for Buster Keaton, the stone-faced man. JOSEPH COOK, whose only rival was Mr. Thome, is rapidly catching up to him in Math. He now is successor to Professor Einstein. WILLARD DOTY is the originator of the world's funniest comic strip. JIM DOUGHTY is kept quite busy between fighting fires and plumbers. TIMOTHY MERRILL, rumor hath it, is now a master of ceremonies in Roxy's theatre. His humor has come into just the best place to shine. PAUL MILLER, who has had the good fortune to become basketball coach at Podunk Center. makes out especiallv well at discipline. BILL TIERNAN has formed a co-operative partnership with Ford. WILLIAM PYLE is now taking the Stebbins Boys' place on the radio and FERN MECHLIN has made the first successful round trip flight to Reno. ANNE JENNINGS is basketball coach at Vassar. Her teams win, too. SALLY SMART is foreign representative for GIZELLA WAGNER'S ultra-smart clothing shop. HUGH SLOAN has been on the R-K-O circuit singing for several years. DAVE WALKINGSHAW and his orchestra have taken Whiteman's place in Chicago. SHIRLEY CAMPBELL is giving daily talks over the Columbia network. She is an ardent worker for the Women's Political Party. ELIZABETH RYE has come back to Sewickley High School as French instructor. Our class would never have expected that. BEATRICE MCFARLAND is one ol' the biggest reporters for The Sewickley Herald. They added a new department for her. GEORGE PURDY in common with ALBERT MURPHY has risen to great heights in the medical profession. George always was a sympathetic soul, but what has Bud done with his rough touch. WILLIAM E. JETTER has arisen to the heights of the oratorical world, rivalling Daniel Webster. I-Ie's a great force in American life. DAVID MCCONNELL has become the owner of the Hearst Newspaper Syndicate. That smooth- ness of his has made him successful. ISAAC KOHLER has rivalled Eddie Tolan as a sprint star and wins victories galore. VIRGINIA YOUNG is now social secretary to one of our country's wealthiest women. CHARLES SCHLUMPE has achieved great fame as an all-around sportsman. He has made a fortune. too. CLYDE MOON and WILLIAM KAIN have doubled for Laurel and Hardy on several occasions. JOHN MUMMEY and ART SHEATS have made the Ringling Bros. Circus with their acrobatic genius. , And all have read articles in the New York Times by its editor-in-chief, BRADLEY MCCORMICK. The paper is still the first in the land. All have praised the good work of our able Supreme Court Judge, EDWARD RUFF. You wouldn't believe he could assume the necessary dignity. but he does. The concert stage has been greatly uplifted by the clarinet soloist, SANTO PORTO, and his able accompanist. GEORGE SHELDON. High school showed them the road to success. And shining high in the athletic Hrmament is CHARLES STONE, one of the best tennis players on the Davis Cup Team. MARY SPEC is proprietor of a huge department store in Chicago, showing off her executive ability to good effect. HELEN ZERR has married a riverman and settled down to a peaceful contented life. In the theatrical world we find RUTH BENZENHOEFER and JACK DREYBUS co-starring in lt Happened on Skis in Brazil. a writing of that excellent dramatist GLADYS HAMILTON. CHARLES WILLIAMS and RALPH MILLER, builders of bridges and masters of men are conquer- ing unknown parts of the world with their engineering genius. Alas, the list has ended and a gallant one it is. XVhat will twenty-five more years mean to their standing? We believe it will continue as bright as now. I shall wait until that time and then see them again. Twenty-nine CWD SWE E279 QJEAQ QW? I 9 3 2 QTN2 QN31 GND 97953 SNS