Trafford High School - Reflector Yearbook (Trafford, PA)

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CLASS HISTORY CLASS OFFICERS J. Lovett, M. R. Stajakovich, L. V. Meager, J. Berg. Seniors! Ah, the joy of it all! To most of' us it really isn't difficult to recall that day in September, 1944, when into the House of Education we entered ---- 58 of us, full of pep and vitality, and anxiously waiting to tackle Algebra, Latin and English. Which, to our dismay, ended up in tackling us. To prove to our upper classmen that we weren't as gre-en as they supposed, we decided to organize and Choose class officers. Our well conducted election fhmll, proved to be successful and Pete Kucan was chosen president, Chester Szmyd vice president, Dorothy Noll secretary, and Joan Peduzzi treasurer. In spite of all the brawls in class, and fight- ing with the teachers, not counting Ungie's trips to the office, our class had some really fine beginnings. Joann Peduzzi and Mary Rose Turchan helped grace the May Queen's court in their beautiful yellow gowns. Also, to help pep up our cheering section at the games, Joann Peduzzi was sel- ected as our own special cheerleader. Our Freshman parties turned out to be Sadie Hawkins' Day Dances. Any boy lucky enough to get away was spared dancing with a girl. We owe our thanks to Miss Byers and Miss Bierer for helping to make our parties a success. Also to Mr. Steve Turchan, who aided in securing dancing partners for the female members of the class. We wish to add, that in our Freshman year we discovered that we had some talent in our midst. In the presentation of Ask the l'rofessor , Mel Ray, Doc Shane, Bill Camp, and Howard Hauth, played the leading roles, and we might add it was a hit. Both the Freshman Boys and the Freshman Girls were not so suc- cessful in Basketball, being defeated in all our Intrainurazl games. Our pride was shattered. Finally, after much struggling, we advanced to our second year in this mysterious house and occupied the seats of the Sophomores. Now, at last we had someone to pick on! We were no longer Greenies. Our class elections Went over smoothly this year and Thomas Shane came out on top as President, Pete Kucan, Vice President, Joann Peduzzi, Secretary, . and Johnny Lovre, Treasurer. Elva Rubright and Betty Radosh were chosen as attendents in the May Queen election and they both wore aqua gowns.

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MAFALDA VECCHIO Mafa1.da Tri Hi Y . . Chorus . . Operetta . Miss Bueihner's Secretary . . . good student . . . rather quiet . . has a secret flame. SHELDON WEYANT Shutz Hi Y . . Student Council . . enjoys teasing girls a good ki.d . . . seldom seen without a big smile. MARGARET VERGOT Tootsie Tomahawk . . Reflec-tor . . Operetta . . Minstrel always laughing . . an all round real pal . loves western music. ANNA MAE ZERAVICA Anna Mae Tri Hi Y . . . Minstrel . . Chorus . . . Operetta Mr. Lloyds able secratary . . Katherine and she are inseperable. MELVIN VUIC Gerby Interclass Basketball . . Hi Y . excellent bowler popular wi-th his classmaltes . . . rack boy at Louie's . . . silent scholar? EILEEN ZORICK Linka 'I'omahaWk . . . Reflector . . Tri Hi Y . . Honor student . . Senior Class Pllay . Interclass Basket- balll . . . Minstrel . . fx Murphy girl. JACK WELSH Dig-Z Hi Y . . an ablle artist . . . can tell you how to accomplish anything .... very famous for his dead pan humor. KATHRYN ZYHONWSKY Kusha Tri Hi Y . Chorus . . Operetta . . Miss Bierer's dependable secretary . . . pleasant disposition Anna Mae's pal. 17

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Our Sophomore parties seemed -to be getting more life into them and the boys were no longer afraid to -venture florth on the dance floor. Our parties were sucessful we discovered, because of the Youth Center, where the boys lost all or almost all of their shyness. h After finding out we had another year of Latin to go, most of us wished to quit school, being that all of our time would be spent in pine- paring cheating slips for exams, But convinced by Mr. Legory that there was no place like school, we settled down and began the life of a Sophist- icated Sophomore. This year we made a startling recovery. The Sophomore girls won the Ginls' Intramural Championship, and the team boasted such star players as Dorothy N olll, Meryl-e Shope, and Mary Rose Turchan. What .happened to the boys we'll never know. lt was that year that 8:00 every morning, I5 sleepy eyed ansd heavy hearted, potential golfers trotted their weary way up to the football field where Mr. Kelly waited to give instructions. Most of us gave it up as a inuch too strenuous sport. Our contribution to the majorettes were Elva Rubright, Betty Radosh, and Mary Rose Turchan. joan jones joined joann Peduzzi, in cheerleading at the games. The Sophomore boys added to the blend of male voices in the jr. and Sr. chorus. During the course of the year, we uncovered the now famous musician, Mel Ray who, at that time, played with Dorothy Noll and Meryle Shope in the school band. A trying year it was, and we were glfadly bidden farewell by our much relieved teachers and we entered our third year as jovial juniors. with the exception of Betsy Kline who left us to get married. Oh, whlat a class! In spite of all the hustling about, we spared enough time to elect our officers. joe Baric, President, Tom Shane, Vice President, joann Peduzzi, Seoretaiify, and Eileen Zorick, Treasurer. Eileen was just a new addition of the class who hailed from Cincinnati, Ohio. Eileen had to take over joann Peduzzi's job of collecting dues. lt seems joann lost the srecord of who did and who did not pay Freshman dues. But, due to our honesty, the situation was cleared and joan was spared the angry words of Mr. Robinson. Our basketball season fared well winning honors for both boys and girls. ln the midst of things arose our own boys team, The junior Comets , who were brave enough to tackle the junior Varsity, and the faculty teams. They lost all their games with the fac-ulty. Ah, yes, what a Wonderful year it was. After Mr. Robinson went one round with each junior boy, and settled down as Champ , he decided that we needed some money. Eileen Zorick, who was class treasurer, said that we were hopelessly poor. Then came the campaigning and selling. We subscribed for magazines, sold stationary and everything imaginable. Our class play, Aunt Tillie Goes to Town , in which l'atty Nale, Sophie josephic, jane Baker,. joann Peduzzi, Bill Camp, Carb Mikan, and Thomas Shane carried the leads, was a great success. The proceeds helped a lot in our pla.ns for the junior and Senior Prom. We can certainlly take pride in our decoration and fine management of thie prom in which our 'Vat one time junior Boys realljy were on the ball. Every one was eager to help in any way he could, because it meant not going to classes. That year everything was a success, even French which most of us took in our stride, until the novelty wore off' and we grew tired of carry- ing the book around. Our beautiful May Oueen attendents were Dorothy Noll and Al- berta Bonde who added the blue of their gowns to the pfiocession.