Sewickley High School - Sewickley Yearbook (Herminie, PA)

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LOOKING AHEAD ln a darkened room the lonely prophet wrth furrowed brow and questronrng glance gazes thoughtfully rnto the haze of the crystal ball Hrs face lrghts up as the mrst begrns to clear and rn the glass he sees reflected Under the glrtter of the Penthouse Palace managed by Walter Rrghter wrth hostess acrothy Shankle vye hear the golden vorced stars Marjorre Wagner and Rrchard Green house srngrng the newest of the popular tunes as the dancers swrng onto the floor The manager r drsturbed because two of hrs entertarners Nrna Jones and Leonard Harrrs 1 ong and dance team haye not yet arrrved I'here r a record crowd tonrght rt rs drfficult to drstrngursh famrlrar faces from mo e Or stranger nd yet a he look over the brrllrantly lrghted ballroom rt rs hard ro oy trlook the drstrngurshed figures of Wrllram Mrller founder of The Snoratorrum gua an etd to cure rn omnra and Charles LaBernz owner of the Sewrckley Theater and r rref tockholder rn the I-legner Hardw re Co as they watch John Lockhart Brrgadrer General rn thc Unrted States Army dancrng by wrth Anna Marte Qurg superrntendent ol n Army l-losprtal Ar a corner table are found Ralph Feezel head of hrs natronally famous Model Agency wrth hrs mo t ought after models Marilyn Parker Mary Lou Rrtchey and Mary Rral Hurd They greet wrth a smrle of recognrtron Howard Frsher who has crgan fed hr oyyn Date Bureau whrch through adyertrsrng sponsored by Joseph Harrrson has become most successful Ircnncfh Malone concert pr nrst who receryed the New York Crrtrc Prrze last tar for hr rnterpr tatron of tm Moonlrght Sonata rs wrth hrs eflicrent secretary Wzlla Jane Srftrg attrrctrng a large group of admrrers John Coulter who was recently appornted drrcctor or the Boy Scouts of Amerrca and Catherrne Stehle wrnner ol thc Pulrtrer Prrzr for poetry come up to congratulate therr old frrends llre New York Frmes rs vsell represented Frances Kramer rrusrc crrtrc rs seen Pt ly lieu cr and Helen Merrrman of Cookrng Experts sectron are tryrng to brrbe tl e yy rrter rnto gryrng them the recrpe for the clubs eytclusrye drsh and wrth them rs M ry Sm: h yy ho has sayed many sleepless nrghts through her Lost and Found column rn the same paper Sbe rs eyen now lookrng for somethrng that mrght prove n rtcm lor the folloyyrng day and rn her search accrdentally bumps rnto Marte Morley rn hrrge of the Hrstorrcal Research Dep rtment of the Carnegre Museum The cene shrfts and now rnto yrew comes Helen Turner foot specralrst rn a tech rrcal conyersatrcn yrrth Dr Kenneth Snead now a member of the staff of the New Arthur Jenkrrs vyorld champron speed typrst wrth hrs brother and publrcrty manager P njamrr, and therr companrons Hattre Lee physrcal educatron rnstructress at a .routlrcrn collrge and Deane Curtrs teacl er of brologrcal chemrstry at that unrversrty The norse crases the center of the floor clears and the spotlrght shows Geneva MrcCanalcss acrobatrc dancer makrng her first publrc appearance thrs evenrng The ball rs no longer clear the lrghts haye grown drm as the scene changes Good eyenrng ladre and gentlemen Statron SHS wrth James Barley your radro port repor cr brrngrng to you the outstandrng Athletrc Conventron of years All 're celcbrrtres of the sports world are present Tonrght we wrsh to rntroduce James ll harr y neyy prtchrng nnd of the Prttsburgh Prrates and Trm Abercrombre famous Olymprc star wrth hrs efficrent manager Norwood Sanger The world rs on edge yartrng lor the comrng bovrng bout betvyeen Franklzn Ford and the Champ Joe Lours Thc or standrng athletes of the year are Frank Harlstock the tallest man ever to make rlrc Ikll Amerrcan Football team John Pascuzzr who shocked the world wrth hrs r traorclrnary shot put record and Davrd See who defeated hrs opponent rn the Natronal 'Dpcn through the encouragement of hrs devoted caddy Regrnald Savage Harvey Krng yt ell knoyyn gymnast rs here thrs evenrng wrth basketball star Frances Barber The noldcr ot the Woman s Amateur Srngles trtle Vera Buzard rs accompanred by Mark fan fcrway mathematrcal professor at Princeton whom she defeated last summer a l ye t Gregg Mrllzgan hrgh pressure salesman rs everywhere thrs evenrng wrth lr lrne on ho prtalrrafron The entertarnment planned for the guests wrll soon get under y ay but meanwhrle rhere wrll be a slrght pause for statron rdentrfrcatron Thc broadcast ha receded the room rs quret and the ball rs blank but Trng a lrng a 'rng' Wrth that sound Thomasrna Russo and Elrzabeth Domemck rn therr prcturesque tea room the Tele a Tete rn Greenwrch Vrllage know that rlrerr nrst guests of the ey enrng hare arrry ed Thev go to recerve Betty Jean McDonagh rr hostess for the Pennsvlyanra Arr Lrnes and Vrrgrnra Muders first woman test prlot tor the same lrne both are enjovrng a holrday rn New York and are wrth John Halcorsen yyhosc amateur hour rs second only to the orrgrnal Major Bowes program and flbner Rarnbou yy hose horse Goon Grrl recerved the Derby Trophy last May Then come two succ 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MEMORIES OF I-I-I Another school year has come to an end Another Semor class IS about to leave and wnth us we take many memories memorles that we trust wlll lmger ln the happy recalling vue shall do ln the years to come Thus 1 the last class that had the good for tune to enter the Hlgh School bunldlng for the seventh year s work We certainly felt lm portant as we left our home room for another a dlfferent room for ey ery class a locker for our books and coats mstead of desks and cloak rooms Of course we were the babies of the school but we dldn t mmd We were here and that wa the biggest thing to us For the f1rst two years we found but few publxc thxng to take part xn but as spectators we played a blg a part as possible For the flrst tlme we were the owners of Student Assoclatlon tickets You may be sure they were well used We saw to lf that our Keyhole was the best yet our As Freshmen we had more responsxbtlxtles We were the leaders of Junior Hlgh We played a more rmportant part ln school actly mes We had a member of our class on the Oracle seyeral ln the orchestra and others takmg part ln stage guild tennis team track and Junior Student Councll We knew that we too were of value to our school At last our turn came for enterlng the school by the slde door We were Sophomores novy a part of the really grown up hlgh school l1fe Each year our class seemed to grow bxgger but th1s year If was larger than ever Many students came up from Edgeworth We looked about and saw that we must all get acquamted before we would feel at home wxth ourselves We were old enough now to become members of Gul Resery es and H1 Y How we had longed for that day' We were no longer satisfied wxth bemg spectators we wanted to part1c1pate ln everythlng that went on We had representa tue m just about all mam sports Two m m bers of our class were on the cheer leading squad The play Tm Hero was not wnthout the Sophomore touch Thls same year the Glee Club showed speclal abllnty Once nn a Blue Moon a muslcal romance was pre sented We too took part ln II Nevt to the last year' How tlme does fly Nothing could stop us Those Junior Essays' Wlll you eyer forget them? It was a lot of work but what could have been more lnter estlng? Several members of the Jumor Class were elected to the National Honor Society We had sev ral classmates nn The Cat and The Canary At last we are Seniors' It doesnt seem posslble but doesn t lt make us feel nmportant? So many things have happened thls year The Varxety Show wxth the Quzz Klds of Sewrhl and the spellmg champlon a semor most Elghteen a play that gave us a good The Garden of the Moon A special study of Our Democracy was provrded for the students of Allegheny County The takmg of Senior plctures class meetings and cap and govyn measurements all went to make up our preparatxon for Commencement A lot of hard work but a lot of fun too So many dlfferent records made by all of us to take with us out mto the world where more and more dlfficultles come up to be met Four years of hxgh school come and gone but not forgotten and never to be lost We have had experiences of all kmds Fun dlS appomtment happmess and sorrow We have stood together through thick and th1n Nou our high school days have come to an end and we w1ll perhaps no longer be with each other except tn our memories but these memornes shall lmger We hope that the Spnrlt of Se wlckley High 1n lts best and fmest will be the spnrlt that IS ours for all tnmes M McV 4I Tu enlS SLXtI1 2 ' 's - . . , I '. v - ' ' ' ' l 4 Y V I - Q ' V ' A ' AA . y - y S. s , . , s , . . ' ' ' f ' 1 Al- ' as vv ' V' , , Flower Books the most complete, idea of ourselves, and the Seniors' own play, V ' ' . AA YY . ' Y' J Q ' s . 9 Y ' Y Q - V - ,- V ,I . . : . ' ' 5 ' ' . ' , 2 - . ., '

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club has placed their names ln the brlgnt llghts They had a busy day contracting wrth a famous orchestra for thelr club and are surprised and pleased to see that they have had the good fortune to meet old frrends The bell rlngs agam and the youthful proprletor rush to greet Bruno Tora Tony Mendrcrno and John Valenzz three vyealthy gentlemen who have been making a great deal of money lately rn the U S Mtnt Wlth them arrlve those competent secretarles Marcella Thzeret Betty Balrzn nd Catherrne Yant who have recently set up their own agency To seek reltef from a tlrmg day ln thelr Kmdergarten ln the qulet of thls shop come Patrzcza Dempsey Vrrgzma Brush and Loretta Quinn yyho haye recorded therr Joint study of child psychology ln an invaluable booklet Mother s Llttle Helpe Takmg the llttle booth to our lef are Davzd Jones mventor of the s upencot boomerang bobble pm Dorothy Blarr elementary teacher Howard Broun well ltnoyyn mmxster and Jo Parrzsh p ychologtst They are tellmg and retelling some of the Jokes told by Jack Edqer professional comedian on his last radno hour and are vyonder mg lf the GOSSIP Column rumors about htm and Sara Leeman of the Story Tellmg Hour for Tmy Tots haye any truth behmd them Howard pomts out tn a magarm le carries photographs by James Canmster world prrre wmner for the nmoosslble news shot of the year Someone has notlced that Raymond Wrrght rllustrator h been domg monthly sketches for Fsqurre Blottlng out my vxew of the booth IS Joseph A McMaster Ill G man yylth hx partner rn detectlve crmxe Joe Rutter busrly dlscussmg the possxbrllty of deportmg Fifth Colummsts A other guests begun to leaye he sees Barbara Bollznger and Alex Taylor yyho gave an outstandmg openmg performance ln the already popular hlt Loye an the Moonllght an orlglnal play by Wzllram Wolfe who ns also here wnth hrs attractlye secretary Geraldrne Campbell The play was dlrected by Glenn Beztel and backed by Austm Clark soldler of fortune The crowd has disappeared the lrghts are out the street rs empty but Under the hot sun of a summer day 1n Arxzona Charles Yost on h1s Dude R nch IS busily making preparatlons for his expected guests wrth the help of that hand om cowboy Art Wzlson the champlon bronco buster As the statxon wagon drtven by Phyllrsmae Clarke now takmg 1 postmans vacatlon fshe has become natnonally known for her famous llbrary Knowledge on Sewrckley Valley Ho pxtal besxde Harrzett Brerdau who astounded the country by her succes ln psycbopathlc cases and IS now 1n a dlscusslon on the present trend of styles wlth Mrgnon McV1cker mllllner for a modlste shop on Frfth Ay enu and Vera Marucff editor of Vogue In the back seat of the car the faultless beauty habits or the nation are a toplc of conversatlon wxth Hazel Johnson Frances LoBeIlo and Lorrazn Kznkade whose face llftmg Jobs are the backbone or the movres Della Poultney who e smlle IS seen from coast to coast advertrsmg Dr Robert Galey s Tooth Powder the hold a monopoly on Ambrrdge real estate! offers her candld opmlons on both subjects Here 1 Davzd Mclielvy from Glenlield where he 15 makrng a fmanclal uccess of the town Pos Ofnce and IS at the present trymg to learn how to stay on a horse He finally gtyes up and halls wlth pleasure James Mrnnemyer who has lust returned from an excavating Job rn the Everglades where he was busrly takmg the mlnnows out of the mlre and Herbert Barrznger who after the publlcatlon of h1s trayelonue Around the World on Your Thumb feels that he desery es a yacatron Walkmg up the road wnth slackened pace are Margaret Brenner recep tomt for a large department store and Vzrgrnra Pflugh charter member of the Knee Htgm Club of Amernca who had to yvalk five mlles from the statlon because they mxssed the bus and m the meantime had lost their way They are awakened out of thexr lethargy by Edward Barger efficlency exper for McPherson Brothers tn h1s new super duper vehxcle with Irene Haluorsen bacterlologlst who m her study of mrcrobe dlscovered a new germ whlch she named after her fellow sclentlst the Danzelzrzm Jermanrum and Howard Stewart edttor and publrsher of the new Unabrldged Ent clo pedla both statmg thelr opmlons on the heated deba e being carrxed on by Margert and Roseanne Meyer ln the House of Representatlyes on the meyttable questlon ' Should the U S hlde the Hrdden Tax? The last to arrnye are Fred Meng crytl englneer and Mary Merrrll dramatic Instructor at Bryn Mawr yyho yyere detamed by a Hat txre The day has worn on and rn the cyenmg their shadoyvs are seen around the campiire ln the dusk of the night while the stralns of Home on the Range are heard through the summer a1r The Ball IS dark once more the mtst ts yery heavy but the prophet no longer worrles Hts work IS done Tyy enty mne LOOKING AHEAD . . . , . . - . S , ' , Z Y . V . ' I v V 7 a , . . v . I . y . I , 13 - I Y I 9 v 7 v -f I . . s ' . ' ' A r Q Y ' ' A 5 . . . . as y v ,V I' I v I ' , a . . . . . . F D 0 I y I 4 V I 5 ' Wheelsl, comes slowly up the dusty road, he sees Jean Davis, head of nurses at the . . C . ' ' ' ' ' . . s . ' , K . . ,, r ' ' V . , . v , v 1 I I Y - D ' V V V ' . . 1' . . . . . , 9 V I S . ' . . Y . I P I I - , . , , ' . . ,' 3 . y . . . . r . . of , r a . , ' lr ' 7 Y I IV , 1 V . I