Swissvale High School - Swissvalian Yearbook (Swissvale, PA)

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LA RY ELLIOTT Football 3 4 H Y 3 Varsity Club 3 4 Larry is one of the un fortunate fellows who had the long trek from the Square every morning But at any rate he was always awake and ready for mischief when he got here' JOHN ERIKSON Mechanical Drawing I 2 3 Football Swede did not finish the year with us but he had many friends among the student body He was a slick dresser and to look at him it wasnt hard to tell where he got his nickname' PHILIP ESCHER We missed Phil s friendly grin after he graduated at mid term and left SHS However we could always find him at Allen s getting the experience he will need when he owns his own drug store ELIZABETH LOUISE FRANK Bets loves to laugh so that shows she s good com pany Dancing and skating rank high with this future department store buyer who is getting valuable experience at the local five and ten DONALD R FRIEDMAN Art 2 3 4 Val istic 3 4' Camera Club 3 4' Swissvalian 4. One of our local Rembrandts Don is very much interested in art and photog- raphy. He has what it takes to make good in the commercial art field. FRANCES C. GALOFSKI Public Speaking 4- Y-Teen 3. Dancing and reading are the two pet hobbies of this Swiss Miss. Fran claims her chief interest in life lies in being a test pilot but if this doesnt work out shed like to be a housewife. page fourteen ,uv- EDWARD E EMANUEL Art 2 Varsity 2 3 4 Basketball 2 Football 2 Baseball 2 How glad we were to see Eddie back home at SHS after his time in the Army for we all think hes a swell fellow Ed wants to be a malor league baseball player Well surely be his fans' ANTHONY ERRERA Football 3 Bowling League 4 Tonys hobby is certainly dif ferent collecting cigarette lighters This big easy going fellow wants to be a high ranking Navy officer AUDRIE MAE FINAN Y Teen 3 4 A Cap pella Choir 3 Dramatlcs 4 Public Speak ing 4 We admire Audrey for her neat hair attractive appearance and smooth dancing Any way y u I k t t she was nice to know LO S FREETH Chorus I 2 3 Lois is one ot those girls who is a lot of fun to be with Her nice disposition and kindness made her many fr ends at Swlssvale High ROBERT JOHN FULL Chorus 2 A Cap pella Choir 3 4. We never could hear enough of Bob s guitar playing. Besides hes the Dennis Day of SHSs A Cappella Choir. DONALD GEDDIS Science Club 3. Bet- ter known as Whitey Don s main hobby is building model planes. As he is scien- tifically inclined he would like to do re- search work for a large institute like Carnegie Museum.

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RICHARD DECESARE Football 4 Volley ball 3 Dick IS one of our nlce loolung hugh school Romeos He llkes to travel and would like to tlntsh hrs schoollng at Grave Cnty College ln research CHRISTINE DELUCA Student Council 2 Chorus 2 3 Y Teen 3 4 Lat: Club 'J A Cappella Cho r 4 Being a good scholar and pleasant companlon are two of Chr s s greatest achievements In the future If you need a doctor call on Chrrstme' ANNA DIANA Chorus 3 Y Teen 3 Here rs one of those rare persons an attrac tlve grl who ns always dependable and always even tempered Making the world a beautiful place to llve tn IS her ambl tlon as she expects to be a beautlcuan JANET LOUISE DICKSON Latln Club Teen 3 4 Vallstlc 2 3 4 Art 'I 4 Quill and Scroll 3 4 Swlssvalran 4 Attendant to Prom Queen Lovely to look at Janet wlth her artnshc talent wants to be a commercnal artlst LOUISE MARY DORAN Latm Club 2 Art 2 3 4 You can always count on Lou for good conversation and an erloyable tame The prlnc pal lakes an her life are dancing and baseball and for the future she has her eye on a secretanal career GEORGE DAVID DUMBAUGH Football Mgr 3 4 Baseball Mgr 2 Bowlmg League 4 HIY 3 4 Student Councnl 3 In George tanned the Navy we have ITIISSSII hrs madcap humor and hrs presence at all the dances ADA D ELIA Dramatucs 4 You d always be able to tlnd Ada If the school had a swlmmlng pool' She us a bustllng bee hlve of acttvlty Adas neat petite and strlctly all reet' GEORGANN DEVOE Vallstlc 'I 2 Sales man 2 Dramatncs 4 Art 2 Georganns favorite hobby IS roller skating at which she as quute adept She should enter the field of art or of dramatlcs slnce her abll mes Ire un that dlrectlon JACQUIN DICKSON YTeen 3 4 Student Councnl 2 3 Collecting mlnlature horses may have been the reason why Jackie has become such an ardent equestrlenne She plans to spend the summer on a ranch Iearmng more about her favorite pastlme CATHERINE F DOCHERTY Chorus 4 Doc says her ambltlon IS to be a sec retary to a handsome boss But rn the meantime she spends her time danclng and skatlng and enloymg lnfe In general GLORIA G DOUGLAS Bowling League 4 YTeen 3 Chorus 2 3 4 Roller skatmg and bowlmg sound like very tame Inkes when you conslder Glorys ambmon to take a trap around the world and stop over In Pans for a try at rnodellmgl MARY JOANNE DUNN Latin Club 2 3 4 Valustxc 2 3 4 Maporette 3 4 Cheer leaderl Mechanlcal Drawmg 'I 2 3 4 Swlssvalran 4 Jas VIVUCIOUS personality and sparklmg blue eyes have brought brlghtness to the Class of 48 page thu rteen

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RICHARD LEE GEORGE A I 2 3 A Cappella Chour 3 4 Duck lukes all sports but especually enloys huntung and flshung Nature magazune edutors take note Duck wants to be a wruter' RITA ANN GESUALE Valustuc 3 4 Quill and Scroll 3 4 Latun Club 2 3 4 A Cap pella Chour 3 Art 4 Ruta puts her beau tuful hands unto actuve use by playung the puano and drawung To enter a convent and teach prumary grades us her ambu tuon KENNETH GLEW A Cappella Cholr 3 4 Football 4 Class Olfflcer 3 Ken s vubrant personaluty and sense of humor made hum many fruends among the students Wuth hus hugh pressure actuon he should go far as a salesman DOLORES ANN GRESS Latun Club 2 3 4 Scuence Club 3 Chorus 2 A Cappella Chour 3 Dramatucs 4 Dolly who us always busy un varuous school actuvutues made fruends wherever she happened to be Busuness admunustratuon us what she plans to study un college CATHERINE E GRIFFIN Dancing and rol ler skatung are the chuef unterests un Kay s lufe outsucle of school In school thus com mercual student always worked hard to achueve her ambutuon to be a secretary DOROTHY GURA Art I 4 Dramatucs 4 YTeen 3 Dot was one of our many sports munded gals wuth skatung bowlung and swummung beung her favorute actuvu tues To attend busuness school us her goal LESLIE GEORGE Mechanucal Drawung 2 Les us one of those model aurplane fiends whuch may account for hus beung known as a mechanucal whuz Fom all thus ut usnt surprusung that the Army Aur Corps beckons hum after graduatuon WINIFRED MARIE GIBSON Latun Club 2 mera Club 3 4 Art I Valustuc 2 3 4 Swussvaluan 4 Dramatucs 4 Wunnue s Interest un books us exceeded only by her love of art and the theater No matter what Wunnue partucupates u she us dependable JAMES GREELY Jum us that happy go lucky fellow wuth the wude grun you lust couldnt muss The Navy Aur Corps seems to urge hum to come and try Navy lufe for awhule JOHN GRIFFIN V rsuty Club 2 3 4 Baseball 2 3 4 Known for hus fruendly grun and good fellowshup Lefty was always popular wuth everyone A Ilrst rate ball player he gust luves for baseball season to come around RICHARD MORROW GROAT Varsuty Club 2 3 4 Latun Club 2 3 4 Basketball 2 3 4 Baseball 2 3 4 Student Councul 2 3 An all round athlete Duck has been our hugh scorer un basketball the past two years ln our estumatuon Duck really rates hugh JOHN E HARDER Stage Crew 2 3 Hu Y 3 4 To us plodders John was a mathe matucal genuus Along wuth thus hus work as a one man stage crew and hus 'Fruendly grun made hum well known around school page fifteen