West High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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TONY FALCONE Drumming Tyrone is argumentative, courteous, fiirtatious, sleepy, friendly. Reminds you of gas stations, swing music, girls, big parties, one of the Big Three . Booster Club 2, 3: Corridor Guard 1, 29 Motor Traffic Club 1, 2, 3. HUBERT FELTON Graduating Bert is confident, dramatic, sleepy, popular, quick- witted. Reminds you of Wise's, Liberty Annex, Dorothy Howell, truckin', swimming. Hi-Y 43 Lariat Staff 43 Orchestra. BILL FLETCHER Radio Sleepy is bashful, conscientious, dreamy, honest, lanky. Reminds you of pipes, caddying at Fairlawn, chocolate ice cream, dimples. Corridor Guard 2. ALLAN HIRSCH Tennis Al is appreciative, dignified, loyal, trustworthy, venture- 501116. Reminds you of Chevrolets, dances, Sophie, hamburgers, Mr. Schoner. Rooster Club 43 Corridor Guard 45 Lariat Staff 3. FRED LEE Eating No. 5 is erratic, eccentric, nervy, talkative. Reminds you of Alma Foster, Big Six, the Fuller Brush Man, Model A Fords. Sr. Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Police Force l, 2. DON RIGGLE Loafing ' fSnooks is venturesome, talkative, sleepy, reckless, chumm y. Reminds you of dancing, Jr. Business Training, double dates, V-8 Fords, mills. MAURICE STEELE Ice Skating Morris is daring, headstrong, sarcastic, sensitive. Reminds you of ice skating, cars, girls, dancing. Motor Traiiic Club 2, 39 Corridor Guard 2. JOHN TAORMINA Professional Golfer Cruby is big-hearted, curly-haired, gay, flirtatious, trust- worthy. Reminds you of dancing, parties, baseball, golf, roadsters. Golf Team 2, 3, Boxing 1, 25 Trafiic Club 13 Graphic Arts 3, 4. DAVID VANNI ' Gqlf 'Crash is bashful, complimentary, sociable, helpful, at- tentive. Reminds you of the Beacon Journal, Tommy Dorsey, card games, golf games with his brothers. Motor Traffic Club 1, 2, 3. Class Will By FLORENCE VANNI N Know all men by these presents, that we, the graduating class of West High School of the City of Akron, County of Summit, State of Ohio being of unsound and unbalanced mind and memory do make, publish and declare this our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and 'making null and void all others made by us heretofore. Item One. We, the class of January, '39, be- queath all our graduating expenses, broken windows, marked desks, disngured statues and broken hearts to be taken care of by the incoming class. Item Two. To the teachers of West High School who have had the privilege of teaching this class we leave all our difficult questions, alibis and thanks for the patience they used in guiding us to the light. We will our athletic and musical ability to be used in times of distress, but retain our school spirit. Item Three: After the payment of our just debts we bequeath all the rest of our property at the time of our departure to the following fortunate groups and individuals: I Rose Rothkin leaves her witty remarks to Leonard Savage. Louie Fabre leaves a group of broken hearts but takes Mary Jayne Tait's with him. Rose Saitta wills her dark eyes to inspire any hope' ful songwriter. . Mary Weems respects Hilda Stockton's wish and leaves her that typing award. Jack Lederman wills his booming voice to Miss O'Hare to keep the library quiet. Irving Reigle, David Vanni and Leon Krist save their teachers the monotony of having seen the same faces for so long a time. Harriet Plyler leaves her schedule mixups to any- one who wants them. Denise Veheyden leaves a picture of Bob Pyers, her one and only, hanging in the main corridor for all the girls to admire. 10 Mary Schiller leaves her starched collars to Eva Klarman. , Margaret Goldstein wills her baby tooth to Sarah Silver. Any girls in the class who happen to have curly hair can leave it to Miss Todd who likes Shirley Temple curls. . Eddy Waitzkin bequeaths his art troubles with Mrs. Freeman to Harold Scroggy. Larry O'Toole leaves Margaret Nielsen with a sad heart. Juanita Colvin wills her broad smile to Maxine Suttles. Russell Kulchycky leaves his willingness to work to Joe Krimmer by special request. Diana Krist bequeaths her habit of falling in love to Dorretha Coles. T Sylvia Zlatkin leaves her blue eyes to Jeannette Weintraub. Harriet Schlang wills her happy-goflucky manners to Judah Stampher. l Gertrude Marienhoif bequeaths her sarcasm to Mr. Schoner. Norman Zucker leaves Miss Allen's rhetoric class in peace and quiet. Margaret Lauck, Marjorie Marshall and Alfred Rin- aldo will their bashfulness to Herman Ziruolo. - To anyone who is a lover of soup, Evelyn Tucker leaves five bowls of soup a week. Item Four. VVe hereby make, nominate and ap- point Richard Maloy and the entire cast of the Ghost Story as executors of this our Last Will and Testa' ment. In testimony whereof we have 'set our hand to this our Last Will and Testament on the second day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. Signed: , FLORENCE VANNI. The Rodeo

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Icmuary, 1939 MARY VASEI Babe is cheery, casual, helpful, obedient, unreserved. Reminds you of crowded buses, Mr. Sehoner's history tests, early departure from school. Swimming DENISE VERHEYDEN Dense is cynical, cool, eccentric, individual, sarcastic. Reminds you of Bob Pyers, Kenmore, Turkeyfoot Lake, canoe rides. six o'clock alarm bells, Glce Club. jr. Glee Club 1, 23 Sr. Glee Club J, 4: Dramatic Club 2, 33 Girl Reserves 1 Z 3. EDWARD WAITZKIN Commercial Art Elly is artistic, complimentary, sociable, obliging, sincere. Reminds you of Buchtel girls, the art department, Cleveland style of dancing, Sr. Glee Club. Orchestra 1, Z3 Dramatic Club 33 Sr. Glee Club 3. 4. Seeing Nancy DONALD WATSON Don is adventurous, chummy, friendly, honest, witty. Reminds you of getting stuck in the mud, dances, Fords, hamburgers, double dates. Gregg VVriters 4g lli-Y 3, 4. BERTHA WEEMS Eatin Bertie is jolly, obhging, particular, plucky, patient, Reminds you of Fred Reese, banana pie, the Ideal, Milky Ways, page boy cuiffures. Girl Reserves 3. Singing MARY WEEMS Dolly is talented, congenial, generous. daring, clownish. Reminds you of Sonja Henie, East Market Gardens, sessions at thc piano. bicycle rides, Alton Merieweather. Sr. Glee Club 43 Jr. Glee Club 33 Gregg Vt'riters 1. SYLVIA ZLATKIN Driving Sylvia is confident, aloof, casual, calm, sarcastic. Reminds you of Dave, weekends at Canton, Betts , NVise's, tough history assignments. Red Cross 1, 2, 3, 43 Booster Club 2, 33 Library Club Zg Service Group 2, 3, 4: Motor Traffic Club 1, 2, 3. Working ELMO WILLIAMS 4'Bulldog is argumentative, big-hearted, friendly, noisy. Reminds you of soda crackers, girls, golf courses. mustaehes. Tr. Glee Club 3, Captain Police Force l, 2, Corridor Guard 1. NORMAN ZUCKER Selling Tickets Zook is ambitious, amusing, generous, plucky, self-contident. Reminds you of Billy House. selling tickets, Lucky Luciano, arguing with Miss Henry. Red Cross 3: Tutor 2, 3, 41 National Honor Society -1. Movies . GERALD ANDERSON jerry is, ambitious, brilliant, calm, earnest, friendly. Reminds you of Y.M.C.A,, study in r.r,, Colonial Theater, football games, Ohio State. Motor Traffic Club .ig Booster Club 3.

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Class History By SIDNEY GLICK Early in the year 1935 a group of players, hav' ing completed eight years of training in the neighbor' ing grammar schools, came to West High to play an important football game. They were the freshies of the class of '39. Their goal was graduation and they had an excellent chance of reaching it, for they were coached by those six famous coaches, Hinkle, Culp, Tucker, Murdock, VJilliams, and Bockstahler. The freshies were given the ball on the 9-B line, first down and four years to go. Because they entered with a small team the players did not boost ,the school's enrollment very much and West ranked seventh in the city. The team was fortunate in not having to endure the torture of the tardy bell. It was eliminated the year they entered. The first thrill of the year came in March when the basketball team went to Columbus for the Efth consecutive time. joy was changed to sorrow, how' ever, when West was beaten by Dayton in the def ciding game. In May The Marriage of Nannetten, an operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, was given by the glee club. Margaret Goldstein was the only member of the team to make the Lariat Honor Roll which was pub' lished in the same month. Everything was running smoothly until the op' position put Examination , that great defense player, into the game. Playing a great game Exam com- pletely disabled many of the players. Thoroughly tired, the team was ready for a rest. Time out was called in june for three months. Time was called in again in September when the players were completely rested and ready to go. Mr. Hinkle's duties as coach were taken over by Mr. A. J. Snearline. the former having been transferred to another school. A new fouripage Lariat was published that year to replace the two page edition. The new paper was issued every two weeks. ' Late in November the glee club scored a touch- down by presenting Tibbal and Eldredge's operetta, The Captain of Plymouth. The Christmas pageant, The-Little Town of Bethlehem, ' was presented for the third time on the auditorium stage under the direcf tion of Miss--Norma Williams. Time was called out to give the players a chance to enjoy Christmas. The game started again right after the New Year, the players finding themselves face to face with Final Exam . Having learned from 'experience the danger from this opposing player the team took no chances and prepared themselves thoroughly. Little difficulty was encountered and the fist year was com- pleted safely. . ' - The spring semester of '36 was eventful only in the field of sports. Besides the basketball team, West was represented in the city by a boxing, swimming, and baseball team, all of which were new sports at West. Louis Fabre and Irvin Reigle both found posif tions on the baseball team. The team spent most of its time in hard work, and they came out victorious when they again faced Icmuary. 1939 Final Exam in june. The players were then given three months to catch their breath before starting to work again. The whole school was proud of Coach Beichley and his football team who were undefeated city champions. Irvin Reigle was a member of that team. Louis Fabre and Irvin Reigle, the athletes of the class, were both on the 1937 basketball team which beat North High to win city honors. In May the Senior Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Albright Hanson, presented Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado. Russell Kulchycl-ry was a member of the cast. Paying little attention to Exam the team again took a few months' rcst and came back in the fall to see West again win the city football championship. Late in january the glee club and orchestra gave a concert here at West High. Leo Anastos played in a woodwind quartet. With the humbling of Final Exam the team completed the third quarter of the game and started on the fourth and most important period. Early in March the team met to elect officers. Louis Fabre was elected presidentg Mary Schiller, vice' presidentg Rose Saitta, secretaryg and Rose Rothkin, treasurer. The Trysting Place , a play given by the Dramatic Club, was presented to the school on April 6. Bert Felton played one of the leading roles. Soon afterwards the Senior Glee Club traveled to Kent to enter a music contest. The girls won a superior rating and went on to Columbus .to win an' other superior rating and the state championship. The team gladly took the three months time out which had to rest them enough for the final plunge. The new Rodeo staff in September included Florence Vanni as girls' editor and Russell Kulchycky as boys' editor. The team met for the second time in October to elect new officers. Abe Daven was elected new vice' presidentq Russell Kulchycky, secretary: and Betty Rogers, treasurer. No change was made in the presif dency as Louis Fabre was unanimously reelected. The Ghost Story was given by the Dramatic Club on October 27. Mary Schiller and Bert Felton were included in the cast. With the close of the semester drawing near, Miss Clark, that famous sports writer, announced the selection of the school's outstanding senior players. Norman Zucker, Margaret Goldstein, Leo Anastos, Jack Lederman, Edward Waitzkin, and Sidney Glick were picked as new members of the National Honor Society. The Senior Glee Club played to full houses two nights when they presented Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta Iolanthe. ' Much of its success was due to Eddie Waitzkin. Now with the presentation of senior chapel the senior activities come to a close. The .team will settle down to a few weeks more of hard practice prior to crossing the goal of graduation. 11