Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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fxcalihlr - 1944 752151 mill zmh esizrment Of the Members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-four VAN WERT HIGH SCHOOL Van Wert, Ohio ,,.l.1.-ii -.

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18 fxcalibur - I 94 4 Rlllllkllll Will'r1:l:AFT fBuclfj Will: prnril ur wiih paint lli lI nrulri' 111111 what you ai'n't. Iixvnlilmi' Stall: V-Fluh: Prom Com- millm-1': Fuotlrzlll l, Z, il, -lg Boys' Intra- murals. w'll.lll'll l.. xVll.l.lKfXl5llY i1'vc-zuvrl Tlmziglz l'i'i'li'ri' ie: his Munir, llis sl1ilnn s qriifr' fha' samf. lfimilmll I. -l: Buys' Intramurals. BARBARA Lui' W1LK1E fliarbl Simi' mnsif' is hw' fall, Shi' iiors it bvst of all. G.A.A. : Girl Reserves: Lyro Club: Band l, LZ, Il, il: Orchustra l, Z, 3. 4. J. AI.I.i:N Wll.I.hlLllI'l' illvnvl lI1 s lilrvd by rrwry mir, Iii' uusf' hv's luis of fun. H5-Y 3. 4: National Honor Szwiuty 3, 112 iltuili nl Count-il fl : Excalibur Staff: Priilv nml Prvju1licv : The Very I.igrl1l Brigaxlrnz lhorus I, IS, 4: Prom f'l?ll'll'l1lfli'i'I Ori-hvstra l, LZ, 23, -15 Choral L'isnc'ul't.g Boy llotu1'i:m. BETTY JANE WlI,LI.ANlS fSl'l0l'f'Yj ll'hi'ri'1'1'r Hrtljf glows, She s always on hm' mfs. Chorus l, 2. 3: Chrxml Concvrt. Jmlus XVINSLI-LY Him! l11'r'ausr hi s u gffrml frirnri, Un him you 11171 fli'p1'1ui. Hi-Y il: Bunml 4. ' I I 'SF ix-.,,.,f' lirmzn Jmm Wxwngns .l lNtlI'!l man is lu' Uul on thi' riurli' hlzn' sra. Units-il Stairs Navy. llumm ll. Ylll l'ZY flllllli Wlzrn his srllool iirljls uri' rlunr, 'I'l11-gf will nur slap has fun. Q VIXIAN RIIT11 WYISE KVivj 'l'haiiyl1 Vivian is l1lllil'.Il'i5l', llvr lrrazitgl ialrvs Hu' IIVIZC. G.A.A.: Girl Reserves: Excalibur Staff: Chorus l. Z: Girls' Intramurals: Choral Concert: Sluiln-nl Librarian. Ili llil'1ll'I' Z1 msn lcls'1'lcu KZ1 NYI Zingf's full of 1'ILwr Un rurh duff of thi' !l1'lll'. Vhurils 1, Z 1 l4:l:4lu'llmll l,15gBuys' lIlL1'a- muruls: Choral Cunccrt. DUN YOUNG KSmokej His nickname' may In' Smulcv, And nzuybv' :Ns a julcr. Buys' Intramurals. Jliwmn L. Flil.lil'Ili fllcorgvi lmrfs not lil.'1 ll limi:- .lf fhzs ri'r rr not rl lyun'.' Nu lPlL'tLll'C.

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90 fxcalifur-1944 SE IIJH PHUPHEEY ,Ioan Agler is now a commercial advertiser for Chubby Tots Frocksf' a noted Paducah, lowa, concern. Sylvia Albright's smiling countenance is seen on all the bill- boards over the country. She is the leading model for Chubby Tots l7rocks. Hobert Allen has really left this world, for only two months ago he drew up the final plans for the newest rocket ship, 6'Venus, Here I Comef, He left yesterday for his first trip. Patricia Bagley now has her name in lights since Tommy Dorsey retired because of old age and turned his entire band over to her. Gerald Bailey is one of the leading stunt men for the Leo the Lioness. So far he has suffered only a few minor injuries lcompound fractures of both legs, broken neck. split vertebra, and habeas corpusl . Ruth Baltzell is the proud owner of The Purple Cow Dairyf' David Balyeat is the head buyer for Wfri- Color Ties, Inc. Donald Barber is one of the trustees for the uDear John Tractor Com- panyf' Earl Barson has really proved his worth-he is known to one and all as the sec- ond Valentino. He can currently be seen in the screen version of the stage play Roses Are Red Compared to Pink Carnationsf, Patricia Baxter finally realized her life am- bition, she appears as the Before and After for Superstrength Hair Tonic, guaranteed to make your hair grow thirteen inches every night or your money back. Robert Beams lvas been a high success ever since his book, HHOW To Be a Bachelor and Like lt,l' was published. Barbara Beard had intended to become a lawyer but after tl1e Armistice there were too many young men in the law school so she quit. She now is the manager of g'Beardsies' Pet and Fish Shoppef, Gene Bebout is the trainer of the colossal table-tennis trout, The Wallopersff Do you remember when Gale Beck was one of the highest bowling scorers in Van Wert? Well, at the present time hefs the worldis bowling champion with an average score of 993.678 per game. Joanne Bernheisells extraordinary lung power finally put itself to good use for she is now a Metropolitan Wfagnerian Star. Peg Bern- beisel is happily married, and, with her husband and six children, she has a wonderful time raising pink and white rabbits on a Montana Ranch. Handy Black deals exclu- sively in junk. His specialties are Model 4'A's,' and 1929 'LChevves. ,lack Blue works for the Fuller Mop Co. and consequently travels quite a bit. Daniel f4'Bud,,t Bricker surprised every one. He decided to study mathematics seriously and at the present is very busy carrying on where Einstein left off. i'Bob Brubaker is a professional cheerleader with the 'allog Patch Crawlers, one of the na- tionally known football teams. Rose Burley runs a super-market in the suburbs of Convoy. It is revolutionary as it is more on the order of a cafeteria. Kathryn Busch, as you know, joined the WAVES after graduation and was shipped out of the country after a few weeks, training. Well, she liked it so well in the South Pacific that she married a native, and there she is to this day. Dottie ,lean Canny always wanted a home of her own, so now she and Paul live happily in their little Mexican hacienda Casa Blaneaf, ,lack Clifton is a drum tester for '4Nibbles Musical Instruments, lncf, They say that any drum that can stand up under his playing can stand up under anything. Melville Cole is head water boy for the Chicago Blue Cloves. Loren Collins owns and operates his own open- air traveling show. His specialty number is his trained pinching bugs. June Conley, well- known for her lovely voice, recently won a National Hog-Calling contest. The judges agreed that her tones were incredible. Clyde Coon entered into stiff competition with Bing Crosby fand we donit mean musieallyj. He wants to make certain that football is continued at his Alma Mater. Bill Cotterman is one of the leading men as far as the radio industry is concerned. He is the Lone-Rangeris under-study. 5'Pud Cryer's hair finally did her some real good in that she is now the glorious f'Crown of Hairll which is seen in all the leading magazines to illustrate how wonderful Meme Shampoo is. Bob Davidson and his sax Clorrie77 are world known. Clorrie not only is Bobls musical outlet, but she is also his dummy for bis ventriloquist act. 1 ls Charlie McCarthy madll ,lack Davis lost his heart to some brunette and for the last ten years hels been following her around trying to find it. ,lim Davis' fluent speaking ability finally landed him a permanent position with station DEF as their 6'l.ucky Hit: auetloneer. Haul Dougal joined the Navy to see the world and from latest reports he s still out seeing.