St Wendelin High School - Foslin Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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DON GOSHE Good-naturedness personified . . . a star football athlete with three to his credit . . . once made a spectacular 72 yard dash for a touchdown . . . enthusiastic basketball fan . . . intramurals for two years . . . will dance when the spirit moves him . . . on Ianuary 8 became a member of the Knights of Columbus . . . Goat hopes his navy ambitions materialize . . . do not dis- turb when in deep concentration . . . couldn't be without his letter-sweater . . . still likes to page at random through the Boy Scout Manual . . . important day, Iuly 18 . . . most prompt and punctual student of St. Wendelin High . . . just like a Whiz kid at bookkeeping . . . his brown curly hair is much envied by the girls . . . future ambition: confirmed bachelor. DONALD ELCHERT Don is called everything from Donnie to Al . . . was recently initiated into the Knights of Columbus . . . football manager in his freshman year . . . played center as a junior . . . played end when a senior . . . valuable man on the basketball floor. Saves many a straining situation with his unceasing wit . . . favorite pastime is teasing . . . wears a specialty haircut . . . has a mania for throwing snowballs and seldom misses his objective . . . instigator of many mischievous pranks . . . has a friendly Word for everyone . . . celebrates Octo- ber 31-this year by registering for Uncle Sam's Service . . . can't sing so Well . . . has served at the altar during the past six years. THOMAS GEOGHEGAN A lad with a witty expression for every occasion . . . commonly known as Doc . . . brilliant physics student . . . likes math, too . . . hopes someday to be a Navy radarman . . . member of the K. of C .... adds one year to his age every August 27 . . . participated in sports in his junior and senior years . . . takes active part in all school affairs . . . a little more than five foot eight . . . tried, since his freshman year, to learn to dance . . . still persevering . . . com- pliments many with his favorite expression, you're crazy . . . is chief devel- oper at Ma1chion's studio . . . uses dream moments to twirl watch chain .. . seldom gets any place on time . . . sings in the Glee Club . . . the only S. VV. H. student whose father is in the Service. Donald Goshe Donald Elchert Thomas Geoghegan

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IEANNE VALTER Ieanne, a daily Comrnunicant, is the type of girl everyone wants to know and nobody ever forgets . . . is known to some as Mert . . . has only one ambition, to be a success . . . is invariably heard exclaiming, There goes a sailor . . . never misses a football or a basketball game . . . spends spare time playing the piano . . . is an addict of popular sheet music and of phonograph records . . . most often seen in red or blue . . . is an habitual late comer but never misses school . . . likes commercial subjects . . . would just as soon spend all her class time typing . . . thinks she could survive forever on ground beef sandwiches and dill pickles . . . treasurer of Ho-Chi Club, of which she is a charter member. RAYMOND BODART Proud owner of a '34 black Ford with four good tires . . . generous when it comes to chauffering . . . riding in his car is like floating on the air CYou're seldom onthe roadl . . . measures 5' 11 . . . brown eyes and dark hair . . . wonderful specimen of masculinity . . . feels a year older each March 27 . . . made the Glee Club in his senior year . . . shows a preference for advanced math and physics . . . thoroughly enjoys playing a good game of baseball . . . loyal supporter of the Mohawk athletes . . . likes to watch hockey . . . trips 'to Bascom helped him cop second class honors in 1945 Chronicle Campaign . . . will long remember initiation into K. of C .... famous for his perpetual smile . . . outstanding in mechanical drawing . . . won prize in Sportsman Club CO1'1'l9Sl. MARGARET DROLL Tall and stately with dark brown hair and sky blue eyes . . . quiet but ob- servant . . . as good a friend as one could want . . . has the secret desire to be an aviatrix . . . admires Amelia Earhart . . . will probably be a beautician . . . Marg she is to chums . . . typing is her favorite class . . . hates to do dishes . . . likes sport clothes . . . is partial to green . . . could not be without two silver bracelets . . . or her '45 class sweater of scarlet and gray . . . pos- sesses all the grace of a model . . . a smooth dancer and loves dancing . . . swimming is great stuff with her . . . enriches the tone of the sopranos in Glee Club . . . thinks 3:30 the best time of the day . . . first saw the light of day on April 20, 1927. Ieanne Valter Raymond Bodart Margaret Drgll

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ALMA BABB Here is a lass who takes an unusual pride in typing . . . maintains it as an art . . . square dancing is her specialty, proficient in it, too . . . wants to be alone when writing letters or studying . . . likes to pal with Evie and prob- ably sees more movies than any other senior . . . will choose blue every time . . . has special weakness for fruit . . . finds basketball exciting . . . Babby's birthstone is a diamond . . . pet peeve-homework . . . serious-minded in class, but always eager to share bits of humor with friends . . . one of the few quiet members of the class ever since its formation . . . a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality . . . one of a family of fifteen children . . . has six younger sisters. ADELINE TINKOVICZ Warbles and whistles whenever occasion permits . . . that's Tink . . . singing is her joy, her ambition, her hope . . . has already begun career by vocalizing with local bands . . . as senior she put her unbounded energy into cheerleading . . . often seen in her town car . . . basketball games are the stuff . . . writes poetry at the drop of a rhyme . . . and essays too takes shorthand only SHE can read . . . a good-natured girl who laughs off her misfortunes . . . greatest struggles are her work sheets in bookkeeping . . . Ho-Chi member . . . thinks homework not so nice . . . long, black hair is some- thing from which she'll never part . . . Iune 15 she will be 18 . . . sing your troubles away says Adeline. GERALDINE KNETTLE Is popularly known as Ierry . . . travelled some during her life . . . tried several high schools, but likes St. Wendelin best . . . came here as a sopho- more . . . began high school at Amsden . . . played bass drums at Luckey, Ohio . . . fun to be with . . . charmingly carefree . . . giggles a lot . . . is credited with saving a lad's life by administering artificial respiration . . . was highly lauded by newspapers for her heroism . Ierry often takes long hikes in the country . . . is skillful on skates ...' wouldn't miss a noon talking on the corner of High Street . . . one can expect to hear her saying at any mo- ment, Oh, gee whiz! . . . favorite color is blue . . . is a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality . . . a soprano in Glee Club. Alma Babb Adeline Tinkovicz Geraldine Knettle p W, ,ff