West High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Skeezix is absent-minded, bash- picfufzai nal' iwihwifef Eugene Battels Engineering Bat is absent-minded, cheerful, loyal, mischievous. Reminds you of Mae, going to Ak- ron U games, his solid yellow drapes. Pet Peeve: Exams. Ronald Butler Pilot Curly is bashtul, clever, mis- chievous, popular. Reminds you of Lord Tollillorf' swimming, nice clothes. Pet Pt-eve: People who talk about you when you're not around. Swimming Team 2, 3: Honor S0- ciety -13 Senior Glee Club Ll, 3, -1. Carl Dimengo Pilot 'tHols , is absent-minded, athletic, daring, talkative. Reminds you of baseball, Crystal Candy Shop, Fred Stockdale, Charles Szeles, sleeping in class. Pet Peevez School. Harold Eriksen Navy Pilot Tiny is blunt, boisterous, loyal. Reminds you of sodas, milkshakes, Highland fights. Pet Peeve: People who chew gum like a cow chewing cud. Junior Red Cross 33 Corridor Guard 3, 4. Robert Riggs Aeronautical Engineer Marion L. Tate Nurse Shorty is amusing, kind, impish, tidy. Reminds you of The Girls' Guild, pretty hair, being busy, brown sweaters. Pet Peeve: Girls who smoke. Tutor 1, 4. Liva Walker - Nursing Liva is bashful, patient, courteous, absent-minded. Reminds you of staying home, keeping busy, reading, slow motion. Pet Peeye: Talkative people. ful, faithful, intelligent. Reminds you of an absent-minded professor, clean clothes, straight hair. Pet Peeve: Prejudices. National Honor Society 4: Junior Red Cross 2, 3. anaaaq 616.44 will We. the class of january, l944, being of sound mind and body-yes, a bunch of 4I:'s-do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. ARTICLE ll As a class we bequeath the following: To the freshies four years of labor: to the sopho- mores, Stella, the black cat, a Jinx to all: to the juniors, our studious mannerg and to the l2B's we leave our Memorial fees, Rodeo contracts, caps and gowns, and, in general, everything that is con- nected with graduation. ARTICLE lll To Mr. Schoner we leave Walter Lippman, with a rope around his neck. To Mr. Culp and Tommy Brown we leave many happy hours in which to argue Ford gas mileage. To Miss Bockstahler we leave Shakespeare. To Mr. Snearline we leave lab fees, made by broken test-tubes, thistle tubes, and flasks. To Miss Bump we leave Spanish, French and any other language you may have left over. ARTICLE IV As a class we leave to Mr. Mase, that eminent auditorium sleuth, one slightly used lie detector. As a class we leave I5 second periods for T. B. and T. E. to change flat tires. As a class we leave to Stan Gustely one bale of hay for the West High mascot, Winwesty. ARTICLE V CThese are left by special requestl Hammit K. Bellamy leaves the little woman to Superwolf Maidenswoon Ed Curling. Poor girl. Bob Hendershot leaves several of his many volumes of telephone numbers to -lake Conn. George Curley gives to Mrs. Kauffman, with pleasure, all those area and volume formulas, such asSxTxL L xLxA. parm- fourteen Maxene Andrews leaves for Randolph Field, Texas. Someone told her that there were more Air Cadets in that part of the country. Mary Louise Gross leaves to Tom Egan a collec- tion of sharp records- Harry james' Flash , T. D.'s Boogey , Glen lVIiller's 'iBlue Rain . Ronald Butler leaves to Bob Cole and John Simpson a ping-pong table to play off those 3-2 scores. To that cue-ball of the class rooms, the esquirer of West High, the zippers renowned booster, Mr. Robert Foote Harris, Dick Gerber leaves-no, not four roses, but a bouquet of lilies. Charles Szeles leaves Fred Stockdale. Thank goodness. Margie O'Brien bequeaths her Beautiful engage- ment ring to none other than Gladys Mull, that is, if she can find it. Paul Kariotis leaves a city, district, and state basketball championship to Coach Piotter and Company. P. S. and P. K. also leaves dear old Naomie to Floyd Azar. jim Materna leaves. Period. Chester Ashworth leaves his failing establishment of spot and take to George Abraham. ARTICLE Vl Knowing that a few notes from his viola would eliminate all opposition to the ideas expressed here, we have appointed Tom, 'ihand rne my music , Brown the executor of this will. We now affix our signature to this document on this fourteenth day of january, nineteen hundred and forty-four. Class of january '44 Witnessed by: Eugene Battels Mr. and Mrs. Pruneface

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elaftd Jfdfllofzy of fanaafuf, 7944 On January 20, 1940, a cheery flock of 17 freshmen came stampeding to the corral gates of West High. They were cordially received and decided to stay a while, some of them longer than they expected. The tenderfeet were put in bunkhouses operated by Murdock, Williams, Bockstahler, Snear- line, Schoner, and Culp. Yes, they were the innocent victims of protection agencies, chapel tickets, and elevator passes, and inci- dentally, Dick Gerber is still trying to lo- cate the elevator. 2 During their first year at West the foot- ball team, headed by their new coach, Bill Scheidt, won the 1940 championship. Mr. Scheidt, previously gym instructor, suc- ceeded Russ Beichly. The Senior Glee Club won honors in the state choral contest: the girls were rated excellent while the boys were judged superior, the highest rating that can be given. Upon returning in the fall they found five new teachers added to the faculty: Miss Rose Crano, Miss Grace Courtney, Mrs. Jeannette Hoskins, Mr. Walter Lipps, and Mr. Robert Mott. The Senior Glee Club presented 'tThe Mikado , a smash hit, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Hanson. The football team was not so successfulg the only bright spot was a tie with South. ln the fall of '42 West High inaugurated the public address system, whose fund was started by the graduating class of '41 and aided by numerous other organizations and clubs. Mr. Robert Mott took over when Coach Bill Scheidt was called to the colors after spending ten years at West. West High received word that West's first casu- alties in the second World War were Larry Vandiver and Harold Summers. The following fall the class, realizing that the time was drawing near to leave dear old West, finally went to work. They elect- ed Paul Kariotis as class president, Charles Szeles as vice-president, and Mary Louise Gross as secretary-treasurer. They chose blue and white as their class colors. West got a new football coach, Mr. Charles Piot- ter. During his first year of coaching he drew an All-Ohio Center in Bob Erben. Just before the basketball season started, basketball coach Mott and faculty manager of athletics, Mr. David McCallops, left for the armed services. However, West cagers had quite a successful season, with the re- turn of Paul Kariotis after a year's ab- sence. They won 12 out of 17 starts. When the last roundup came in the fall of 1943, the Senior Glee Club gave their annual operetta, choosing Iolanthe , in which George Curley, Dick Gerber, and Ronald Butler took leading roles. Five members of the class were elected to the National Honor Society: LaRee Martin, Dick Gerber, Ronald Butler, Eugene Bat- tels, and Robert Riggs. For the second time in four years, West Cowboy's football- ers won the city championship and for the second successive year West had the All State Centerg this time it was Floyd Azar. Graduation for each and everyone of us is a sad occasion, even more for the five and six year men who have been attached to school so long: and whatever they do, wherever they go, they will always look back with joy on their days at West. Class of January, 1944 Charles Szeles