Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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®be Jfirather Pmte 13 DOROTHY BARNARD . r fy - A1 . I'l yJjS' Dolly Dimples She mcriteth praiseworthy comment Entered in Junior year. Debate Club; French Club; Senior Day Committee; Costume Committee; Thanksgiving Play. We might well call Dorothy a prodigy because she always has her homework done, but we have decided to call her just Dot . Her French accent is of an individual brand-------- not Parisian, certainly! DORRIS BARRETT -«-c- ounnyQ Charm is the gift of the Gods Thanksgiving Day pictures (4) ; Christmas play (4) ; Spanish Club (4); Civic Committee; Quotation Committee. When Doris becomes a full-fledged nurse, we’re all going to have serious operations so she can lake care of us. Won’t she look sweet in a nurse’s white cap and apron? MILDRED BARTLEMAN Bron n Eyes, Why Arc You Blue? ’Art is power. Springtime (I); Senior Play Art Committee; Senior Day Play; Thanksgiving Play; Costume Committee (3); Easter Play Art Committee. We haven’t quite decided whether Milly's shoes have oily soles or whether the hall becomes oily at the touch of her feet. At any rate, Milly always manages to slide into 117 every morning at S:29l 2. GUS BECKER Wairii £ A c;?r As fine a youth as ever there was. Class Football (3-4) ; Living Pictures (4); Senior Play (4); Class Day Committee (4). Gus, ye big building contractor has built up some scholastic standing in W. H. S. However, we have decided that Gus must be naturally bright. for he always gets A in Physics. He also proved himself to be a natural fencer, in the Class Day Play, tripping no less than three people with his elongated carving knife. f

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12 ®lie ;B3eatl|er 33mir MILDRED AKS Five Foot Tvfo Speech is great but silence is greater. Track (I-2-3-4); Class Baseball (3); Glee Club Concert (1-2); Class Day Play (4). She may be small, but oh. how she can talk. She can tell you her life history in five minutes. Cheer up Min , that’s all right. WALTER AUSTIN Trees Strength of heart and might of limb. Football (3-3); Track (3-4); Senior Play Committee; Class Day Committee; Christmas Play; Debate Club (4); Spanish Club (4); Junior Prom Committee; National Athletic Scholarship Society (4). 'Wally is the boy with the horse-laugh in English class. In trig he dusts the blackboard. Aside from these scholastic achievements, Walt plays football, high dives disastrously, and jokes continuously. MARJORIE BAKER I'm Coing to Charleston Bacl( to Charleston ' I came. I saw, I conquered. Entered in Senior Year. Art Committee for Senior Play; Christmas Play ; Senior Day Program Committee. Midge blew in from East Orange at the beginning of this year, upsetting the regular routine of the school. Midge is pep personified, if the number of her dates are indicative. JAMES BARKER Baby Jim I traveled among unknown men. In lands beyond the sea. Entered Senior Year. French Club (4) ; Senior Day Play (4). Jimmy renowned for his extreme youth, his Ford, and his excellent impersonation of women, breezed in from Texas to join us for his Senior year. He is a shark in Latin and has proved his dramatic ability by playing, and very successfully too. the part of abused Herbert in the Senior Day play.

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©Itr 333catljfr ;@ane 11 GEORGE BRAY When I Was Seventeen. “Much study had made him very lean.” Class Track (2 3); Class Football (3-4); Class Basketball (1-2-3); Varsity Basketball (4); Debate Club (4); Hi-Y Club (4); Senior Day Play. The engine of George’s flivver once melted and ran out the exhaust pipe, for which reason he walked to school for some time. Whether or not this soured his view on life, we do not know, but since then his argumentative qualities have been noticeably present with him when in 101. When in a cheerier mood, however, he plays basketball and cuts up like a normal Senior. JOSEPH BURD Mindin' My Business He seems a modest youth. Glee Club (I-2-3-); Civics Play (I); Weather Vane Captain (3-4); Union County Music Contest (3); Christmas Play (4); Senior Day (4); Class Day Committee (4). Our little Jo gets the best marks in gym on the days when he is absent! He is a persistent Weather Vane captain and has many subscriptions to his credit. Senior Day he made his debut on the stage as Joan Frye’s twin brother. GLADYS BURGE Where Did You Cel Those Eyes? The lustre in your eye. heaven in your cheek, pleads you fair usage. Living pictures; Glee Club (1-2-3); Class Day Property Committee; Class Track (2-3-4); Junior Prom Committee. Brown eyes and a sweet smile usually bode ill but we can safely say that Glad-Eyes has never caused any trouble, save for certain commotions around the heartstrings of brunet-lically-inclined ’’hommes.’ HAROLD CLARK My Sugar. He that serves fair ladies may at least expect kind looks and kind words. Varsity Football (2-3-4); Captain (4); Varsity Basketball (3); Varsity Baseball (4); Class Football (I); Class Basketball (1-2) ; Senior Play. Slim, the Red Grange of our school, enjoys the proverbial popularity of a football captain and hero. Whether on the athletic held, the stage, the dance floor, or in the classroom. Slim” adapts himself to the occasion with equal success.