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

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RICHARD HOLMES Civic Committee (4); Slide Rule Club (4); Spanish Club (4); Indoor Track. (2, J, V4); Outdoor Track (2, 3, W4), Rah! Rah! cheek jacket, bow-tie, tab shirt, camel hair coat, crew hat, and “BASS. Yes, that’s none other than Dick, better known as Gingc, ' who spends lots of time with a certain blonde. GUY HOPPER Glee Club (3, 4); Speech Banquet (4); Weather Vane (3, 4); Mask and Mirtie (2, 3, 4); German Evening (4); Spring Festival (2, 3, 4); Senior Play (4). This keyboard wizard as a surgeon will wield delicate instruments, Guy’s boundless imagination and rampaging wit reveal the alert mind perched atop his lanky frame. WALTER HORNER Senior Play Committee (4); Track (W2, W3, W4); Lady of the Lake (2); Football (2); Commun- ity Fair (2). Walt,” one of the renowned hillbillies on Senior Day, has been quite active in track during his three years. This superb miler,” won three letters in track and was captain of the Cross-Country Team. MARTIN HOWARTH Basketball (2, 3, 4); Baseball (2, 3, 4). Martin is a very temperamental young fellow on the court, but a perfect gentleman on the diamond. He had the distinguished honor of being the first junior ever to captain a varsity baseball team. Mount's” chief ambition is to work in the Western Electric Plant in Kearny. SHIRLEY E. HUNT French Club (2, 3); Collectors Club (3, 4); Hockey (4); Soccer (4), If you see a mass of brown curls atop a pretty head, and it’s a petite lass who's carrying it all— well no doubt it’s Shirley. She’s usually rather quiet, but her natural ability and grand personality will take her far. DONALD HUTH Photographic Society (3); Band (2, 3, 4); Orchestra (2, 3, 4); Correspondence Committee (4). Don,” that smiling tuba tooter” with wavy hair, is the envy of all the girls. He also entered the Rialto Harmonica Contest last year. His hobby of photography is only surpassed by his superlative sign collection. twenty-nine

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ELIZABETH HINCEL Senior Play Committee (4); Glee Club (2, 3); Spring Festival (2); German Evening (3). Elizabeth is a blonde, blue-eyed girl whose cheerful smile and happy disposition cause a few hearts to beat faster. Nothing is too much for Elizabeth to do, once she has made her mind to do it. She’s witty, capable, and willing to work. BETTY HOFFMAN Academic Committee (3) ; Civic Committee (Chair- man 4); Senior Play (4); Weather Vane (2, 3, 4); Catalyst Club (4) ; Latin Club (3); French Club (2, 3, 4); Community Fair (4); Annual 4 - Betty seems to have a corner on vivaciousness, honesty, kindliness, and a host of other worthwhile attributes, as well as being a fine student and a gifted musician. ROBERT AUGUST HOFSTETTER Prom Committee (4); Slide Rule Club (3); All State Band (4); All State Orchestra (4); Senior Play (2, 4). Do you know that Bob plays the French horn, organ, and piano? Yet he maintains a high scholastic average. Although a business man at heart, Bob suffers at times from Terpsiehorc.m Tnclinicus.” EDITH B. HOLDEN Senior Play Committee (4); Annual (4); French Club (2, 3, 4); Latin Club (3, 4); Catalyst Club (4); Community Fair (2, 4). Never call her Edie unless you want a display of feminine fury from this cheerful miss. Edith, one of our fluent French speakers, is also apt to emote” at a slight tickling coincidental with Spider!” GEORGE R. HOLLAND, Jr. Finance Committee (2); Junior Prom (3); Senior Play Committee (4); Catalyst Club (3); Slide Rule Club (3); Football (2, 3, 4); Track (2, 3, 4); German Evening (2, 3). Besides football and track, George's interests run to driving, dancing, and lately, sophomores. He seems obliging enough when a good pun is cracked, bur reserves special-brand chuckles for his own bidden humor. HARRY J. HOLMES Cross Country Team (4). Afield or afloat, Harry is in his element, for he is adept at hunting, fishing, swimming, hiking, and bicycling. However, Harry’s first love is a skiff, homemade on which he lived last summer, Ashore he buries bis nose in Motor Boating and con structs model boats. twenty-eight

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CHARLES JOHANSEN Weather Vane (4); Annual (3, 4); French Club (4). Charlie, or more intimately Jo,” another of Miss Bordner's famous clan, belongs to that bulging group of aspiring high-schoolers, the sharp-dressers. W c don’t know whether it’s personality or bow-ties that attract the females and we're in quite a dither as to what inspires his car-wrecking.” ROLAND JOHNSON Swimming (3). Roland Johnson, a transfer, wears his heart on his belt. The huge brass buckle tells us he hails from Carson Long. Last year, Roland was one of Nep- tune’s sons who daintily tickled the waves with his toes. However, because of illness, he has not been able to participate this year, FREDERICK JONES Fin Committee (3); Senior Play Committee; Catalyst Club (3, 4); Football (3, 4); Baseball (4). JonesyV’ affability and cheerfulness and ability to plunge right in have won him many friends in spite of his comparatively recent arrival in our school. He is a good dependable fellow and is a fighting Jack-of-all-trades in football. DOROTHY KAISER Civic Committee (2); Academic Committee (3); Mask and Mime (2, 5, 4); Latin Club (2, 3); Hockey (2, 3, 4); Soccer (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2, 3, 4); Tennis (2, 3, 4). When Dorothy, who is very well read, comes out of her sltell, she's a delightful companion, whose sense of liuinor captivates her friends. WILLIAM B. KELLY, Jr. His Eye (2, 3); Collectors’ Club (2, 3, 4); Mask and Mime (2, 4); Glee Club (2); Spanish Club (2, 3); Football (2); German Evening (2, 3, 4); All State Chorus (3); Community Fair (2, 4). Bill, our champion ticket salesman, is trying to sell himself to the University of Alabama. He hopes to enter the art end of advertising. FRANK KENNEDY Vice-President (2); Athletic Committee (4); Basket- ball ( V2, V3); Football W2, W3); Baseball f V3); Golf (2); Community Fair (4). Irish,” one of the school humorists, never hurries and loves everything slow and sleepy. Always in a good humor, this versatile athlete makes others happy unless they detest teasing. Frank likes the Kiris. thirty