South Whitehall High School - Sowhiter Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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-Clllllll SUWHIHH c BARBARA A. GRIM Allentown, R. 33 Barbara is one of our happy-go-lucky seniors. Her own special delight is blowing bubble gumg hardly ever a day passes that she is seen without it. Because she enjoys basketball, Babs may be seen at the games, cheering at the top of her voice. Barbara is also active outside of school as a teacher in Sunday School. Movies and swing music are'at the top of her hobby list. Barbara's plans for the future are undecided, but because of her pleasing personality we know she will succeed in whatever she undertakes. Course: General Activities: Girls Chorus 23 Mixed Chorus 23 Sowhiter. LORETTA C. E. GRUVER Allentown, R. -733 Although Loretta is one of the quiet girls in our class, you can always count on her for a good laugh. She can usually be found sauntering around the halls with her best friend, Rena. Among her hobbies she rates sewing as the most important. Besides this, playing the piano and scout activities take up a lot of her spare time. Loretta's favorite subject is chemistry. As for the future, Loretta plans to take up aeronautical work. This is a great ambition and we all hope it materializes successfully. Course: Academic Activities: Girls Chorus 4. RENA O. ciUTH Allentown, R. Jil A sunny smile and a friendly greeting for everyone is the way to describe Rena. Reds particularly likes to make new friends. Her hobbies include sports, from basketball down to table tennis, but her favorite hobbies are swim- ming, horse-back riding, and ice-skating. Most of us remember the day that Rena came to school with red hairg she just can't live down that nickname, Reds . Rena's intentions for the future are to enter Allentown Hospital School of Nursing and then to become a navy nurse. lfVe wish her the best of luck. Course: General Activities: Senior Play 4, Home Economics Club 4. 1 1 Page Twcnfy-three

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Illllll EllWHlllll RONALD R. GACKENBACH Guthsville Small but loud, Gabby , being the most talkative person in the senior class, usually lets us know he's around. His participation in the Debate Club proved his nickname to be quite true, as he soldom lost a debate. Gabby finds that ice-skating and swimming dominate his mind as far as sports go, but you will always find him in the stands at all the home basketball games. He is now in the Naval Reserve and sports his uniform quite proudly. After graduation he plans to join the regular Navy. Wfe wish him success. Course: General Activities: Debate Play 43 Debate Club 2, 3, 45 Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4. FERN C. GANTZ Allentown, R. Jil Here is one of our really energetic girls. VVhen Fern joins a group there is never a dull moment, for she usually tells us some of her own special stories. Gantzie is well known for her sunny dispositiong she can see the humorous' side of almost any situation. Fern's hobbies include playing baseball and basketball, roller-skating, and reading comic books. Fern tells us her plans for the future are to reduce, but on the serious side she would like to get an office job. VVe know Fern will be successful in landing that job. Course: Commercial Activities: Junior Play 3: Sowhiter Stallg Trumpet Staff 4. MALCOLM T. GRAVER Allentown, R. 23 Sonny is probably the most serious boy in the class of '48. He is always seeking the answer to some perplexing roblem, or giving advice on almost any subject to his vast number of frien s. His favorite subjects are chemistry, physics, and problems of democracy. His proficiency has led Mr. Leibenguth to rely on him quite a bit in the chemistry lab. Sonny likes sports, particularly basketball. He plans to follow his science career after graduation with continued work at Lehigh University. We know success will crown his efforts. Course: Academic Activities: Senior Play: Science Club 4. 1 Page Twenty-two

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f I 9 fl ll E U WH I lffll i . H l DONALD W. HAAS Coplay, R. ifl Donald is a polished gentleman and a clever dancer. Women bore him, but he evidently enjoys being bored. He is in great demand at social affairs. He has the appearance of always being in the midst of some important task. His hobbies include driving trucks, caring for orchards, and, of course, women. Shop happens to be his favorite subject. His main school activity has been mixed chorus and he has given that group three years of faithful service. Donald hopes to go into the fruit business with his father. Course: General Activities: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4: Debate Play 4. EDWARD R. HAAS Breinigsville, R. 112 Edward is one of the bigger boys in the class. He is a cheerful, happy-go- lucky fellow who doesn't care too much for academic work. VVhile at South Whitehall, however, he has managed to store up quite some knowledge, and we are inclined to believe that he does much better than he claims. Haasy , as his friends call him, likes the outdoor life. He is happiest when hunting, camping, or working on a farm. Edward tells us that he would like to enter Penn State College and take a course in agriculture, after which he would like to settle down to modern farming. Course: General HAROLD E. HAAs Allentown, R. 33 This modest-looking boy is a great politician. Consequently he is a basket- ball manager, and a good one. He is very conscientious, industrious, and has the best interests of the school always at heart. Haasie is an athlete as well, as is shown in his two years of track. He is likely to be found hunting and fishing whenever he gets the chance. Haasie is the mainstay of the printing depart- ment and he tells us that his life's ambition is to follow the printing trade. We know he will succeed in his chosen field, for he is an all-around good fellow. Course: General Activities: Basketball Manager 1, 2, 3, 43 Track 3, 43 Sowhiter. Page Twenty-four j ,l,1,L..l- ,11L.l.-.--