Washington Township High School - Washtonian Yearbook (Apollo, PA)

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HI 'llllll 0F 'PHE ULASS 0F '52 O l l I I Seems like ages ago, but actually it wasn't very long ago when we were just another gang of Green Fresh- men . What an advancement from 'lowly grade school' . . . new experiences . . . new teachers . . . new curriculum . . . but it was all fun in spite of the big change. Room 7 and 8 were our report rooms . . . Miss Black and Mrs. Peters our homeroom guides to help us in our start at W. T. H. S. After the ordeal of class schedules and a series of introductions to new friends, we turned our attention to school activities. Tried to join them all, but found that wasn't possible . . . thus we devoted our energies on doing the best we could in the clubs we could join and working for a good homeroom assembly. We were successful in our efforts . . . the year rolled merrily along with class parties . . . wiener roasts . . . dances . . . fun of all sorts. We joined the mythical Royal family by electing Gene McGuire and Dolores Menk to the position of Lord and Lady of the freshmen class. Spring found us ready to be sophomores . . . content with our freshmen year . . . except possibly for not making the best of our scholastic opportunities. As sophomores we had climbed one rung in the ladder of high school society . . . but still had a lot to learn about the real work of going to school. We felt a little bigger . . . we frowned on lowly freshmen . . . we worked on some new ideas in assemblies . . . Room 4 under the guidance of Mrs. Bossart presented the Armistice day program and made it very impressive . . . Room 1 with Mr. Shontz at the helm . . . presented a variety skit in the spring semester . . . both were well received by the student body. The class parties were successful . . . our participation in the athletic and activity program was well appreciated and we worked to do it the best way we could. Life was gay in tenth grade . . . but we were still looking ahead to the rank of upperclassman. jolly juniors . . . quartered in room 5 and room 8. . .fall of 1950. Mrs. Peters was once again our home- room teacher in room 8 . . . Mr. Yarnel offered us opportunities galore to prove responsibility and leadership, but had to apply the iron rule once in awhile. Class officers were elected with joe Whiten and Charles Farster as prexy and vice-prexy and Dolores Menk as money and record keeper. Our assembly program took a very serious international outlook as we reviewed the United Nations with student talks and special UN movie. The class dance to raise money for the Senior commencement flowers and the Junior-Senior Prom was a success . . . Mr. Yarnel put the responsibility of leadership for the work in the hands of the class officers and the success of the Yacht Club proved his faith in their ability. Things were progress- ing nicely and we were anticipating our big Junior-Senior Prom . . . when flames swept our reservations at Hillcrest Country Club right to the ground . . . with only one week until our big date . . . lunchtime that day saw Mr. Roberts and Mrs. Yarnel on a fast trip to New Kensington fMr. Y. always stays under the speed limitj and our life was the brighter for the trip . . . as we booked our reservations for The Wildlife Lodge . . . the Prom was beautiful . . . the year complete. Another year off the calendar and we are seniors . . . supposedly sophisticated . . . but seniors nevertheless . . . our democratic practices elected Charles Farster to the class presidency and joe Whiten as Vice-President supported by sec-treas Don Mclntire. Hoping we would all make the grade, we donned our best attire and Shaffer snapped our pictures . . . sharp looking crowd C good photography helpedj . . . and then the first assembly . . . football season- and a good record . . . school spirit way up on top . . . dances . . . all school play . . . zoom! Christmas vacation! Charles Farster elected King . . . Dolores Menk, Queen . . . and Joe Cignetti and Audrey Beighley as our candidates for success after graduation .' . . basketball season in full swing . . . operetta time . . . then Senior Play casting . . . measurements for caps and gowns . . . senior farewell time . . . soft lights and sweet music at Prom time . . . May 29 writes finis to four good years at W. T. H. S.

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'EN 'ei ll lllli Anna jean Wan Jean as she is popularly known comes to us from Mamont. Her many activities include newspaper, yearbook, French Club, Science Club, and operetta . . . Favorite subject is physics and her favorite activity is French Club. Her main Hobby is reading . . . Chief ambition . . . to go to col- lege. Dorothy Faye Weitzel Pretz , our gal from the greenhouse, lives in Oklahoma . . . Activities . . . Tri-Hi-Y, newspaper, chorus and yearbook . . . hobbies . . . roller skating . . . favorite subject . . . is chemistry . . . ambition is undecided but whatever it is we know she'll succeed. If joseph Gearald Whiten Joe , our favorite halfback, . . . comes from the big city of Oklahoma. Joe's activities include four years of football and basketball . . . joe was quite active on the newspaper staff . . . the Hi-Y, boys chonis and mixed chorus as well as in baseball and volleyball . . . His favorite subject is chemistry -his hobbies are hunting, swimming and traveling. His favorite activity is football. Joe's ambition is to become a civil engineer and because of his sparkling smile and his abundance of grey matter we are confident he will be a success.

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f - . - pg :,. 1 SENIOR CLASS ' any OFFICERS Elf az, 5' 25 r L' iQ S- 5 1' i 'F , .z,. S 'iifsf 2 :25 CL to RD joe Whiten, Vice-Presidentg Charles Farster, Presidentg Don Mclntire, Secretary-Treasurf ll lllli CLASS PRUPHECY Via the imagination . . . we look ahead to 1972 . . . and a glimpse of the gang that stood together and received their diplomas in May 1952. Over the hills and down into the 'smokeless' city of Pittsburgh . . . we note a feature attraction at the Nixon . . . starring Bubbles' '... that's the stage name of one of our favorites, Sally Lou Pfeffer . . . note down at the bottom in fine print. . . Howard Homer, manager . . . Cmmmm, must check that laterl . . . over on Fifth Avenue . . . only the best for our boys . . .we see a large neon sign advertising the best plastering in town . . . joe Cignetti and Don Hartman . . . owners and operators . . . 'nuff of this city life for awhile . . . back out to the old stamping grounds . . . Washington Twp. Contractors Limerzhigler and Schimizzi, Prop . . . just built a new building for Dave Bertieri . . . ftalked himself into half of Apollo's best propertyl . . . and he is a big customer for the PRR . . . now supervised by Henry Server, Supervising Agent, Conemaugh Division . . . and his old childhood neighbor . . .Popularly known as Mah' '... Mary Alice Hawk . . . somebody says she's changed that name to Maguire now . . . up over the hill we find the Sure-Bet Used Car Lot . . . owned and operated by Bill Cutter, a successful business man . . . and speaking of businesses . . . Richard Beighley is manager of the Blairton Mkt. . . but Erther Hechman is a very capable assistant . . . fthey're using her picture in the patrons section of the WASHTONIAND . . . and brother has W. T. H. S. changed . . . finally got that building they planned while we were tearing down the original . . . complete with stadium . . . Joe Whiten get the honor there after sixteen years of coaching at the ole 'alma moma'. . . Rurrell Smith and Charlet Fartter, Engineering Corp. decks the metal plaque on the new building. Cwonder if Rusty is still romanticj . . . office secretary Dolores Menh greets us with an old familiar 'daily announce- ment schedule' . . . The classes of Mr. Shontz are now taught by scientists Audrey Beighley . . . and the Crimson and White publishes a weekly with Martha Krump as advisor . . . ,lean Watt as head of the journal- ism Department . . . quite a change from the old days of 1952.