Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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TED PEARSE. Ted is the top most man of Parle, so naturally he sits high in everybody ' s heart. In their vice-president the senior A ' s picked a fellow who is full of fun and frivolity and who is a scholar, athlete, and friend of everybody. ARNOLD PEDERSEN. Amy is a numismatist and aspires to be a druggist. It Is doubtful whether he means a soda jerker or a pharmacist. Amy, like Don Bestor, wears spats in the band, but Amy only plays the mellaphone. EDWOOD PEDERSEN. Ed believes in keeping his thoughts to himself. However, he excels in history to such an extent that everyone envies him. He is one of Park ' s foremost hikers — hiking for the enjoyment of walking, not riding. DOROTHY PETERS. Dot wants to dance her way to fame and fortune. Her name is always to be found on the Honor Roll, and she has been a member of the Commercial Honor Club, Wichaka, and German Club, and an S.C.A. cashier. GLENN PETERSEN. Shorty is the famous little man of Park. He claims he wants to be a sailor. He has quite a yen for librarians, especially one In this school library. MARTHA PETERSEN. To look at Marty you would never think that she is one o f Park ' s most athletic little ladies. Nevertheless, she is and hopes to be a gym teacher. Perhaps Miss Shaw ' s successor, who knows! VIRGINIA PETERSEN. Gin loves to talk, so she joined the debate team, where she could make use of this gift. She has only one reason to graduate — to get to Madison where she can keep an eye on somebody. FRANCES PIZATOWSKI. Curly is quite the titterer— she titters here and titters there. Another thing she does is almost go crazy with all the work Mr. Hallisy gives her. HELEN PLACKO. Helen never has to take a little footstool along when she goes to a parade. She, like many other Park students, has answered the call of the open road. Needless to explain, she likes hiking. JOSEPH PLUCKS. The boy who refuses not to be seen or heard. A class is very quiet whenever Joe is absent. His ambition is to be a journalist, and his favorite hobby is reading. PAULINE PODLUCKY. When Paula is not carrying half of Miss Perham ' s reference books around, she is practicing her vocal lesson. She ice skates and plays the piano — and wants to play the organ. RAE POMMER. All the way from Miami, Florida, came Rae. Her favorite sports are almost unknown to girls way up here — sail-fishing and shooting. Then, of course, there ' s Ray with a y . ETHEL POTASH. Huh! huh! huh! we can ' t get over it — we mean Ethel ' s nickname which happens to be Ethches. Ethel was a student director of the modern version of The Merchant of Venice and has been a member of Wichaka and Commercial Honor Club. ROBERT POTTORF. Robert is one of those fortunates who was elected to the National Honor Society in his junior year. His activities include Science Club and Einsteinites. Swimming and home work are what he likes and dislikes most. SENIOR A ' S 26

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,,. fv HOWARD OBERTIN. Transferring from St. Catherine ' s, Howie presented himself to the feminine half of the student body. To be a drummer in Hal Kemp ' s orchestra is his greatest ambition. English is his favorite subject. MELVIN ODDERS. Mel ' s quiet, dignified actions should be an example for the underclassmen. He is one of those who exercise their vocal chords for Mr. Schulte. He has a high ambition — to play hide-and-seek with the clouds in his aeroplane. WILLIAM ODOWICK. Bill ' s pet hobby is singing all the latest hits during study hall. He plays a good game of basketball, and his favorite subjects are History and English, and that makes one wonder a bit. HELEN OLESKE. Helen ' s non-scholastic outside activities keep her very busy. She ' s put in the call for the recipe for reciting when you haven ' t studied your lesson. Has anyone any suggestions? CHARLOTTE OLSON. Charlotte would have had trouble finding any so quiet and reserv nformation about hei sd that Walter We do know, Winchell however, that Chuck Is one swell kid and she certainly has no enemies. JEAN ORR. If anyone is in search of Toddy on a nice summer day, be sure to go to all the bathing beaches first. Then, [f you don ' t succeed look for some dogs or a dog kennel. ROBERT ORR. Evidently Bob wanted to know about our world past and present as he has taken all the history and science offered in Park. He may not be so fond of math, but he balances this by his love for basketball. ELEANOR OTT. Did you ever see this Park miss when she didn ' t seem to be lost in a fog ? Oh, well, perhaps it ' s because she doesn ' t like sophomores, or maybe she ' s thinking of those Friday night dances. ONYX OTTO. Onyx will make some one a very decorative secretary. The pendulum of her studies swings to the commercial department where Park ' s handsome male teachers are plentiful. EILEEN OZARD. Eileen wrote senior write-ups on the Kl pi staff, and divided her years at Park between Wichaka and Tri Alpha. Her favorite study is dramatics, and she assisted In the production of A Full House. ANN PALAT1NO. Ann travels through the halls of Park with a famous football player. Her favorite sport is baseball; her favorite subject, Clothing; and her favorite part of the school program, school assemblies. CHESTER PALINSKI. Chester is a basketball player of no little note. Though quiet, he loves to hear other people ' s shouts, being an exponent of the art of sling shot shooting. He is mechanically inclined. RICHARD PARENT. In the summer time Richard hangs around that little ice house across the street from Aties Service . His one ambition is to be an aviator and let us hope he doesn ' t break his neck while attempting to make a three-point landing. JACK PAYETTE. Don ' t run when Jack ' s deep voice booms out, for he always says something to cheer you up. He Is an all round athlete, outplaying six- footers on the baseball diamond. He plans to study medicine. SENIOR A ' S 25

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ROBERT PRIDEAUX. Bob came down south from Horlick and succeeded in adapting himself to our atmosphere. Although he spends most of his time in his tennis shoes. he does manage to keep up in his studies, though he says it ' s no snap. VERNA K. RASMUSSEN. Verna has chosen secretarial work as the occupation she wants to follow. We are sure she should be successful, for she is con- scientious in all work she now undertakes. VERNA M. RASMUSSEN. Verna ' s an active R girl and G.A.A. officer. Basketball, dancing, and gym work help keep her in trim. She hopes to direct a gym class herself some day. JOSEPHINE RECUPERO. Joe can say as many words in a minute as Vincent Lopez can play notes on the piano. Her chief interests are found in Latin, basketball, and chorus. Then, too, she has been on the Honor Roll. CHARLES RETERT. If it isn ' t in dramatics class, it is in the Student Council that you ' ll hear him seriously speaking. Retert climaxed his rhetorical activities at Park by play- ing the lead in Nathan Hale. We still wonder how Nina Beth came to play opposite him. LUCILLE REINKE. Maybe it has been fairly hard for Lucille to keep awake during school hours, but nevertheless, she has been an honor student (she must not have been sleeping all the time). Lucille excels in German, a subject that she thoroughly enjoys. RAY RHEINSCHMIDT. Greek gods dwell not in myths alone—!! Ray possesses Apollo ' s physique and so forth and wants to travel as far as Hermes did. He has been an enthusiastic member of the Rifle Club, and has proved himself an ice skater of no littie ability. JOHN RIDER. John was one of the students who transferred from Horlick. His favorite study, so he says, is history! He is one of Park ' s studious members who talk but little, but he knows whereof he speaks when he does. Enough nice things can ' t be said about Gwen. T 5 s and honors, she was I , in of the Wichaka i n d d be r h e r as ' ■ ' i .■ pretty heroine in M i d - GWENDOLYN ROBERTS, one of her numerous offit football banquet last fall, summer Night ' s Dream? IRMA ROGNSVOOG. The radio holds no little interest for Irma. When she isn ' t listening to it, she Is reading, or maybe practicing for the chorus of which she has been a member since she came to Park. JOHN ROHAN. John sits up nights figuring how he can get more sleep, probably the reason he falls into the hand of Morpheus during school hours. H reformed criminal having taken that part in a mock trial. RICHARD ROMAN. Richie, the blond Romeo, staged a comeback from the football team to counting books in Miss Perham lass. He his Friday nights down at Willy ' s dancing with Whitie. He wants to be a iaker, CASIMIR ROSZKOWSKI. All of those students with excellent memories probably remember Kayo in the Merchant of Venice Up-to-Date. He has been a member of the Cartoon Club and the Science Club. He spends • hours constructing aeroplane models. MAYLIN RUFF. Step riqht up this way, folks, and se Park! Maylfn can think of more crazy tilings I Many teachers are going to miss Mr. Ruff and his SENIOR A ' S v3 [. % 27