Trafford High School - Reflector Yearbook (Trafford, PA)

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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.

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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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We bade fond farewell to two of our members, Leslie VViser, who left to join the United States Arrnyg and Laura Hegland, who left to finish her high school days elsewhere. Also that year we gained a new addition to our class. Sheldon Weyant, otherwise known as Shuntz , l3ucky's ray of sunshine. During the summer months we almost lost a few of -our male mem- bers. It seems they had been working 'too hard on the railroad all day and decided to take a midnight swim at one of the nearby pools. To their surprise they were discovered, and they barely got away. They survived the incident, discovevring they had everything they started out with but some lost money and a pair of missing shorts. We closed the doon on the third year here as jovial juniors and opened a new door, the last one of' the last flloor of this house which bore the inscription Seniors Welcome . So we entered, as strong as we started out three years ago. Fifty- eight students, still eager to learn and willingto be subjects under our new ruler, Mir. F aulk. We will remember him long as our pal in chemistry class, which, by the way, was the source of all the unpleasant odors in the building. A Miss Bierer, having to struggle six weeks with us on a course on Parliamentary precedure will no doubt remember long our first class meeting. Mel Ray, otherwise known as Feet.s Stojakovich, was chosen as class president. jimmy Lovett was chosen as vice president, LaVerne Meager, secretary,and john Berg, treasurer. On the football team we boasted six members. Evo, Erwin, Lovre, Babe, Ungie, and Berg, who did their share in helping the team in victory 'and defeat. johnny Lovre and Pete Kucan were the only senior basket- ball players on the Varsity. 'Ln the girls sports section, Meryle Shope, Mary Rose Turchan, Mary Eleanor Pogue, Eilee-n Loutsenhizer, Marie Connor and Dorothy Noll put forth their best efforts as players on the girl's varsity. We are very proud of the beautiful display of gowns and of our lovely May Queen Joann Peiduzzi, along with her two senior attendents ,loan jones and Dorothy Noll. We all agree that the students were wise in their decision. On March 12, 1948, the .Senior Class presented to the public our Senior Class play, We Shook The Family Tree in which Patty Nale and Thomas Shane took the leading roles. The remaining members of the cast were: Bill Camp, George Paich., Mel Ray, Sophie josephic, jane I..aVerne Baker, Joann Peduzzi, Carl Mikan, Eileen Zorick and LaVerne Meager. Although we were alilowed only one night to put our pllay on, it was a success. 4 Early in February Mr. Schtrock d-ecirded that we courld take the whole class and make a visi-t to Torrenfce. We were studying about mental deseases in history at the time. We traveled by Lincoln 'Coach and everyone was warned to take p-lenty of food, for the trip was long. We promised not to mention that Tootsie Vergot ate llrom the time we started on the trip until the time the bus pulled into Trafford. When we were all set to leave the sanitariumg Mr. Schrook first had to convince the authorities that a few of the students weren't really permanent patients of the hospital. The trip was a very interesting one. As we don our caps and gowns anbd step up to receive our diplomas we leave behind pleasant memories 'anld turn to look at a future with bright promise. We know we'll always remember You, the faculty, You. our classmates, and You. our Alma Mater. 20