Trafford High School - Reflector Yearbook (Trafford, PA)

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visitor in our Miss Grace Huttn i Our Secretary Guppy certainly had one advantage over the other boys in the school. He went down to the office for sup- plies every month. On his first trip to the office, he met Mr. Seville's competent new secretary, Miss Louise Yeager. Guppy thought she was superb-'just the l-Lind of secretary he'd want: tall, blonde, very efficient, and very neat. Whenever he found the office empty, Guppy would call her up and talk for hours, just to get out of classes. l Our Nurse Miss Hutton, the school nurse, had a very frequent in the health office every afternoon. Guppy had the class the habit of making his afternoon calls during periods, but Miss Hutton soon got wise to him. Telling him he was suffering from an imaginary disease, she sent him back to class with an excuse. Miss Hutton has been school for the past Eve years. She's not fond of hyperchrondiacs nor valetudinarians, sic. Miss Lo..ii,e X eager First row: Betty Harris Second row: Betty Zeravica, Dorothy Du- brave Third row: Edith Giacomin, Margaret Lovre, Joan Welsh Fourth row: Mary Grace Lovett,Camilla Lovett, Doris Jenkins The Reflector May Queen Group It was time for the May Queen group to enter the gym- nasium. Guppy was sitting in the front row where he had been stationed since eleven o'clock. He will never forget how lovely the procession looked that night-the Senior representatives in yellow gowns, the junior girls in blue, the Sophcmores in pink, and the Freshmen in green. The queen, who was in Guppy's estimation the most outstanding ever to reign in T.H.S., was, to say the least, super-super. Guppy sat with his mouth gaping throughout the ceremony and when it was all over he sighed and sighedfand sighed again. 10

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Our Instructors Sitting: Miss Bierer, Mrs. David- son, Mrs. Lloyd, Miss Megee, Mr. Shrock, Mr. McFadden, Mr. Lloyd Standing: Mr. McLeister, Mr. Ruckle, Mr. Koepka, Mr. Kelly Missing from group: Mrs. Conolly, Mr. Legory Guppy Sees the Faculty Guppy remembers the faculty by their calling cards. Each one brings vivid memories back to him. One especially, is that of Mr, Lloyd's. On it was written Algebra and Geometry. One problem Guppy has never solved is how can such a short teacher wrestle such large subjects. With Mrs. Davidson, Guppy shared his joys, sorrows, and also his?? marks in Civics and English. Coming with Mrs. Connelly's card is always her S0-50 proposition in Civics and History. 450 true and false questions? On Mr. Ruckle's calling card is Bookkeeping and Typing. Guppy has been hearing lately that our Commercial teacher has been seeing every- thing by twos. The reason might be his lovely twin daughters. Guppy knows the writing on the next card, well, as it has often appeared on his corrected Latin and English papers: it is the easily read script ol Miss Bierer. The aroma of frogs and fish comes with next calling card. On it was written Gen. Science and Biology. Mr. Kelly, can you still go home and eat a good dinner after one of your dissecting classes? From Room 29, comes a card in which is written History. Mr. Shrock has many History dates sealed away in his memory: there is one that is outstanding to him, 1939-- the time when a certain Darlene joined the family. The next calling card is written in cyphers--I beg your pardon, Miss Megee, it seems to be Shorthand! Hurry up, Guppy, and get Miss Megee a chair and a glass of water, the commercial girls are taking 110 words per minute. Indelibly written on the next card is Physical Education. Poor Guppy is wondering if he will ever have the muscles and shoulders Mr. Koepka has. Ssh, ssh, let Guppy keep on dreaming. Je ne sais pas is Guppy's answer to Mrs. Lloyd's calling card. Poor la maitresse , after two years of teaching him French and the answer is still je ne sais pas . QP.S. It means I do not know Q. Wading through the Classics, and English Literature, Guppy encounters the calling card of Mr. McLeister. It was written hurriedly, but then who has to straighten out all of the Seniors difficulties? Guppy sadly now turns his step to Room 31. The teacher's calling card reads Army Air Corps . Our pilots must know some Physics and Trigonometry to win our war, so we supplied them with Mr. McFadden, now, however, Mr. Kudrow is pinch-hitting for liim and doing a good job. Guppy really surprised Mr. Legory when he asked for a calling card instead of an excuse. H20 is vital to life, and Mr. Legory is vital to T.H.S. The Reflec tor

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I-IE 1942 GRADUATE! SENIOR CLASS OFFIC ERS Left to right: John S. Harris, Treasurer, Sophie Shurmatz, Secretary, Robert Cor- coran, Vice President, Elaine Mclndoe, Ass't. Treasurer: James Jenets, President Senior C lass H istory When Guppy heard that he was to write the Senior Class History for the Reflector , he became panic stricken. His memory had never been any- thing to brag about, but now it was a complete blank. However, after giving his fellow Seniors the third degree, he recalled a few of the outstand- ing events of his high school life. For instance, he remembered the important feeling he had when Mr. Legory dismissed the Seniors from the chapel exercises before the others, at the beginning of his Senior year. The under- classmen seemed quite small and insignificant that day. Then, there was the day that jimmy jenets, who is everybody's pal, was voted Presi- dent of the Senior class. Bob Corcoran went along as Vice President just for the ride, and Sophie Shurmatz and john Harris were Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. Elaine Mclndoe acted as assistant treasurer. Gallopin' Ghosts , the Senior class play, couldn't have been anything but a success with jane Feigert's contribution as Righty Marie . Guppy recalled, with pleasure, the operetta, Crocodile Island , in which Betty Brezovic and Bill Fleming played the leading roles. And of course, he couldn't forget the day that the Commercial Law Class toured Greensburg. Guppy remembered the fun everyone had trying to decide who our May Queen should be, and how thrilled he was when he learned that Betty Harris had been chosen. Her Senior attendants were Betty Zeravica and Dorothy Dubrave. Probing into his memory a little farther, Guppy could see, once more, the look of complete disgust I1 on the faces of the Junior girls during the pre' ceding year when they discovered that every office was held by a boy. Teddy Federonko was the President, Max Dorosa was Vice President until he was promoted and Tony Folino acted as Secretary-Treasurer for the duration. Guppy recalled the line performance given by Edward Josephic as Vaslav in the operetta, The Forest Prince . The junior Class was given the privilege of presenting as its class play It's A Long Lane , by John Hershey. The May Queen attendants were Elaine Mclndoe and Betty Zeravica. Guppy can still imagine himself in a Chinese garden when he thinks of the prom. During the Sophomore year, Leila Baker dis- tinguished herself by winning a place in the Forensic League contest for the county, as a pianist. Guppy remembered the May Queen procession in which Anna Radosh, and Catherine Wandless proudly represented the Sophomore Class. Elaine Mclndoe shouldered her responsibilities as President of the class, while John Bucar carried out his duties as Vice President, and Helen Zigarovich took notes and money as a good Secretary-Treasurer should. Guppy smiled to himself as he thought of the Freshman dance, with everyone jumping around on one foot and thinking he was doing the shag. When the time arrived for the election of officers, Sophie Shurmatz was selected at Presidentg George Bartakovich as Vice President, and Catherine Wandless as Secretary-Treasurer. After Guppy had finished reviewing his high school days he muttered quietly to himself, Those were the good old days . The Reflector