West Reading High School - Vaquero Yearbook (West Reading, PA)

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DONALD l IICNNING Don Refreshment Stand, 4. Uncle Sain has already caught up with Don. However, he has 1nade arrangements to stick with us until gradu- ation. He is one of our jazz hounds and has a whole library stacked high with records to prove it. After the war, he plans to become an accountant, so-watch those figures, Don! GRACIC HINNILRSHITZ G0osc ' Glee Club, 1, 23 Monitor, 3. Goose looks forward to being a stenographer when her school days are over. Her favorite pastime is playing the latest recordings, although much of her leisure time is spent skating at Arena Gardens. Incidentally, have you ever wondered whose Reading High ring Goose is wear- ing? GERTRUDE HOHL Gert Track, 1, 25 Class Play, 45 Girl Reserves, 3, 43 Glee Club, l, Z, 3, 4, Christmas Cards, 4. Gert thrives on Tommy Dorsey recordings, veal cutlet, and spinach. Her hobby is eating, Codd, isn't it?j She took able charge of the Christmas card sales this year and turned in a swell record on them. 12

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FAE HARRIS AKFaeJ! Dramatics, 23 Girl Reserves, 35 Student Council, 3, 45 Class Play, 4. Fae is an enthusiast in the sports and social world. De- sires to be a model after she's graduated. Although she is taking the general business course, she does not par- ticularly relish the idea of being somebody's stenogn. Her favorite pastimes are reading and listening to up-to- the-minute recordings, plus a certain Penn State student. BARBARA HEINS Bubbles Dramatics, 2, Girl Reserves, 3, 45 Tennis, 3. Babs', is taking the Academic course, with intentions of becoming an interior decorator. She is quite a movie- goer and is also seen at most of our varsity basketball games. Wheii. that nothing-to-do mood hits her, she usually falls back on a good magazine packed full of stories. However, much of her spare time seems to be occupied in faithfully keeping up her correspondence. THEODORE HEIST r1R0CkLvJl Orchestra, 1, 2, 33 Basketball, lg Student Council, 1, MacDowell Chorus, 3, 4. Rocky is the jive-hound of our class. He fairly emits rhythm and is a mainstay of the MacDowell Choral Club. His passion is cutting Varga girls out of Esquire and plastering them on his desk. He inherited the moniker Rocky from a local jitterbug because he does quite a bit of rug cutting himself. 11

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NORMAN KOCH Norm Norm takes the General Curriculum with shop work as his specialty. He keeps up on all the latest movies which come to town. French fried potatoes appeal to his taste, but it's thumbs-down when it comes to liver. His hobby is saving clippings from newspapers on write- ups of our local Drum and Bugle Corps. ROBERT LEBO Bob Dramatics, 23 Orchestra, l, Z, 3, 43 Class Play, 45 MacDowell Chorus, 3, 45 Band, 1, 2, 3, 4. Bob takes the General Business course. and above all. likes business problems and shorthand. He finds English quite dull. On a Saturday night he is found at the West Reading Hotel, eating lobster tails and a mouthful of spaghetti. Most of his time he spends listening to records, as well as collecting them. He thinks Harry james is tops. DAVID LEVAN Benny Soccer, 3, Student Council, 1, 2, Treasurer, 3, 4, Yearbook, 4. Benny is taking the Commercial course and is the treasurer of our class, and a very efficient and reliable one. Benny has quite a few favorite subjects. They are Business Problems, Shorthand, and Bookkeeping, but he dislikes English. Benny's favorite recreation is ping- pong. He's a whiz at beating ace ping-pong players, too. Ben can be seen tearing around VV. R. in his dad's delivery truck. 13