Trafford High School - Reflector Yearbook (Trafford, PA)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Continued from page 21 0-ne of the great occasions of the year was the Senior class play Don't Take My Penny which Miss Bierer and Mrs. Lloyd coached. A complete success -------- except financiallv. Great honors were bestowed upon Geraldline Brickel who was chosen May Queen with Eva Todaro and Virginia Patrick as her Senior attend- ents. ' Among the noted warrfiors o-n the athletic fields were Charles Glass, Harold Koepka. Bob Bacon, Frank Lawrence and Dorothy Sh0DC W110 WWI honors for the Seniors because of' thier might and muscle. The Seniors endeared themselves to the Faculty wh.o gave much effort to fitting themselves for the great contest of Graduation. For example Karl Hamel turned on the fan in chemistry class to remove pungent odors and almost suff'icated the entire class. Thev argued with Mr. Schrockin history class and spelled the words incorrectly for Mrs. Saunders in Busin- ess English. A rebellion of great importance over school board rulings resulted in fl school strike which lasted three days. With their motto do it tomorrow---never today emblazened upon their shields, the 'Class of 1947 goes forth to invade and conquer new terr- IIOTIEES. SENIGR CLASS WILL We .do hereby appoint and charge Mr. Legory, the lawful icustodian of the clas's funds, to faithfully attend to look'ing up the numerous bills we owe and to settle all accounts of the departing class from the exhausted pennies of an already depleted treasury. No money are we taking with: us from this expensive institution of education, neither shall we leave any debts behind us. To our kind:-hearted superintendent, Mr. Seville, We bequeath our many thanks fo.r his keen foresight and strength that enabled him to kecp us close to the line even though we were wilful and contrary at times. A To the members of our beloved faculty, who look upon our demise with smilles of joy. We bequeath? the satisfaction which comes from duties well performed, and a peaceful rest from tlre weary task of making grad- uation shrouds. We also leave them a large amount of sympathy for tht-if depressing attemps to pound knowledge into our craniums. In addition we bequeath them our regrets that their work with us was so barren of results we leave them, but we don't leave them much! To the Board of Education we bequeath our desire for the betterment of the schools of Traffond in every department - a desire which has been both inculated and increased by our acquaintance 'with their high and noble standard. Our Well-known capacity for exaggeration we bequeath to the comm- unity at large, whose favorite topic of conversation is What I would do if I were a member of the Board of Education. 22

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ZUZIK, AGNES Aggie . Absentee slip typist . . Sec. to Mr. Rob- ' inson .... Very nice to eVeTY0I'1e . . Beautiful set i of teeth. A SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Continued from page 13 During basketba.ll season we contributed six girls to help- win the games. They were Dot Shope, jean Mertz, Mary Lou Morocco, as forwards and Dona Furimsky, Louise Turchian. and jo Ann Miller as guards. That year our Junior girls came in second in inter-class basketball but the boys lost four of their good. players, Charles Glass, Leonard Golick, Frank Lawrence, and Bill Kellner. Mary Lou Morocco and jean Mertz were Junior! beauties in the May Queen's Court. Gerry Brickel and Louise Turchan continued their chieer- leading just as peppy as when they started their Freshman year. We hfad good times in bookeeping classes. Dorca.s Seybert and Eleanor Fedor were the upsetters there. We will always remember the Physics classes and parties we had and eats including potato salad. M11. Kelly al- ways objected but soon found out he could eat just as much as the rest of us. The most important social event of this period was the Prom. We had a good time decorating the gym withi streamers from one wall to the .other and the moon shining through. The center piece was a lily pond surround- ed withi grass. There were lounge chairs and couches. The guys and gals danced to the music of Tommy Carlyn. We will never forget the Junior class play 'AA Ready Made Family , with Ted Surmacz foaming at the mouth. Of course it was only soap suds. And the baby talk Jo Ann Miller used. Mr. Robiiinson, our faculty ruler, h-ad a tough time to get the play under way but without him it would never have been a success. We kept Mr. Stark hustling to think up enough jokes to tell our junior homeroom for we were a. pretty fast bunch of jokers ourselves. Since we had attained an enviable class standing, we began to look for new fields to conquer. Th'e humble band that had invaded the Freshman trenches three years before, now became Seniors, the mighty leaders of the realm, a.nd the In- vincible Class oi' 1947. The wise and sagacious Ted Surmacz was again elected our leader, the other officers being Charles Glass, vice-president Alice Schaab, secretary, and Robert Bacon, treasurer. The Senliors. numbering 57, greatly impressed themselves upon the lower tribes of the Temple of Learning and became noted for their ability and diligence. The only deserter from the class was Harry Portik who was lured into the outside world by a band of waifriors calling themselves the Marines. Continued on page 22 21

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SENIOR CLASS To joe Simmons we leave our love a.nd best wishes for his success in the future. To the school in general we leave the out-of-way nooks where we have been wanting to hide usually 'in couples if the girls could inveigle the boys to wa.ste th-e time we should have spent in studying. To the school library we leave the collection of volumes setting forth the charms, the escapades, the achievements, and the startling knowledge gleaned from our examination papers. To the junior class, as our rightful and worthy successors, we leaveg Cal Our seats. Occ-upy them, but do not try to fill them. I 1 fbj Our senior dignity. May you uphold it with becoming SCTIQUS' ness, endeavoring to overcome your usual hair-brained and frivolous flipp- ancy. To the Freshmen and Sophomores. collectively and individually, we convey ou.r power of saying the wrong thing in the right place, or the right thing in the wrong place. just how this is accomplished we are not able to explain. Each one will need to work the matter out for himself. There is no 'doubt that much benefit will result from the effort. The fbllowing valuable pe.rsonal bequests, freely and fully given, shoulld be treasured as a continual remlinder of the abundant and over- whelming generiosity of the class and the indivliaduals' thereof. We trust these responsibilities will be assumed promptly anrd bring important results: Geraldine Brickel leaves all her old flames to Helen Hauth. 1. 2. Yolanda Cercone leaves her flashy red hair to Irene Lovre. 3. 'To Quente-n Quick. Frank Lawrence leaves his basketball ability. 4. Eleanor Fedor leaves he.r swing and sway to Minnie Cambell. 5, Alice Schaab leaves her brains in Commercial Work to Mae Wilson. 6. joe Kopnitsky wills his quietness to Earl Burkett. 7. Glenn Briickel leaves his quick temper to Carl: Mikan. 8. Emma McMunn leaves her ability to stay in classes to Melva johnson. 9. To the female teachers of THS, john,Ha.rtley leaves his Love and Kisses. Io. Violet Delia leaves her typing ability to Evelyn Burnett. II. Melvin Buchin leaves his love to Betty Radosh. 12. Dorothy Shope wills her beautiful dark eyes to ,lane D.rost. 13. Charlotte Whitaker leaves her sfinging ability to Patty Nale. 1 1. William Kellner leaves to jack Welch, his witty personality. 15. Paul Mendicifno leaves the teachers off TI-IS peace , 16. Betty McCully has willefl to Eileen Zorich, the famous Senior trumpet p ayer. 17. Beulah Sarbo does not leave David Culp to anyone. 18. To Nancy McLaughlin, Helen Watterson leaves her goo-cl sense of humor. 19. Charles Glass leaves his girlfriends to Lee McBride. zo. lean Corcoran leaves her ability to stay out of school to Thomas Shan 21. Jo Ann Miller leaves her French vocabulary to Bill Ungerman. 22. Fred Rockage leaves his phone number to Evelyn Snopko. Weslie Wiser and Marilyn B.rown leave ------- together. 24. Louise Turchan leaves her experiences of love to Marie Connor. 25. Robert Bacon leaves his fish tales to joe Baric. 26. Leonard Golich leaves his dark hair to Mr. Schrock. 23 A WILL