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

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CEORCE CREINER George may not be the fastest driver in W.H.S., but probably no one can burn brakes out faster than he. All one need do, he says, is to put on the emergency brake when stopping and forget to release it when driving on. Of course, such a practice is quite expensive. He also derives a great deal of pleasure and refreshment from resting on an algebra book during study periods. WARREN CROFF Outdoor Track (2, 3, 4); Union County Junior Historical Society (4). When Warren isn’t working in a certain grocery store down town, he may be seen gallivanting around in that Jitterbuggy he has. Of an inventive turn of mind, Warren is particularly interested in electricity and has made many interesting devices. Reputedly a woman-hater, Warren spends his leisure on music and sports rather than dating.” PAUL CRIFFITH Paul i a happy-go-lucky chap who doesn't mind, at all. being called lazy. He pretends a great dislike for work of any kind, and for school particularly. He has no respect for the hardworking students, and generally has some trick up his sleeve to play upon them. Band wakes him from his day dreams now and then, and his friends all believe he’ll do something worthwhile some day. WILLIAM HAFLEY Mask and Mime Club (4); Finance Committee (4); Senior Play 14). Do you remember the boy who came back? Bill came back this year to give us a long hearty laugh in his original portrayal of Peter, the Hermit, in the ’39 Mask and Mime fall production, Seven Keys to Baldpate. The crazy hermit lives on in Bill’s daily classroom personality, much to his schoolmates' constant delight. SONYA CRILL Art Club (2); Mask and Mime (21; Gym Program (3); Band (3. 4); Orchestra 3, 4). Sonnie eats carrots to curb her temper, practices Dale Carnegie on her pals, and dances beautifully. She plays almost the loudest flute in the band and also strums piano keys. When she grows up. she wants to possess hundreds of dogs, monkeys, and birds. Sonnie is very kind-hearted, sending cards to sick little boys. CHARLES HALL Mask and Mime (2, 3, 4); Tennis (2, 3, 4); Swimming (4); Athletic Council (2); Music Festival (3). Attention, girls! Here’s a handsome, athletic man, who is a smoothie” dancer. Some slay lie hopes to be an architect and design beautiful buildings. Besides earning letters in two sports, he has made himself known on the W. H. S. stage. Remember him in the Seven Keys to Baldpate”? twenty-nine

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ALYCE CARY Orchestra (2, 3, 4); Athletic Council (2); Music Festival (2); Academic Committee (3, 4 ; Glee Club (5); Senior Play Committee (4); Typing Committee (4). Alyce is a rare individual to whom everyone tells his secrets. She is always smiling but is very quiet and not talkative. I laving secretarial aspirations she works hard all year but relaxes during the summer on the sunny shores of I.avaletle. Alyce’ chief interest is music. SAM CETTLE Sam is a newcomer from Washington and says that everyone seems to think that he knows the President or a favorite senator. Actually he is unfamiliar with celebrities although he has had some experience with a certain Westfield policeman who accidentally became the target for a snowball. Boxing and baseball are sports in which Sam participates and he enjoys watching basketball. In the future Sam will study Diesel engineering. LESTER CEBLER Football (2, 3, W4); Latin Club (2); Biology Club (2); Basketball (4). One of the strong men of our football squad. Geb” never seemed to have a care in the world besides trying to avoid the adhesive plaster which continually adorns his nose. With a good Irish ancestry and a certain patrolman behind him. he earns an honest living in a local A P. May I.es always retain us in his wonderful memory. JANET COODMAN French Club (2, 3, 4); Latin Club (2); Gym Program (2); Red Cross Council (2. 3); literary Club (4). Only Janet’s contagious laugh can make a stale pun go over in a big way. Rotating from prep school proms to college house-parties, she certainly makes the rounds. Janet wears her clothes with real style as we all noticed when she cut such a fine figure m the Girls’ Gym Program. STELLA CIALLOMBARDO Spinish Club (2, 3, 4); Mask and Mime Club (2); Typing Club (3. 4): Soccer (3); Basketball (3); Senior Typing Committee (4). I his attractive little girl has many good qualities which make her an outstanding personality. Red,” as she is called by her intimate friends, is one of the smallest members of our class. Her two main talents are acting and dancing. and her main ambition is to travel to California. MARCARET CORDON French Club (2) Library Council (2, 3, 4); Spanish Club (2, 3); Forum (4). This sweet-faccd girl with the long curls can often be seen cither in the library or in the hall outside, her arms filled with magazines and books. She is a brilliant student and intends to become a social worker. Margaret has a great number of foreign correspondents and receives mail from all corners of the world. fwenty-eighf

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OILMAN HAND Typing Club (2); Baseball (2); Basketball (2); Catalyst Club (3); Track (3, 4); Mask and Mime (4); Football (3); Senior Play Committee (4). Gil,” Westfield High's star 100 and 220-yard dash man. docs not confine his running to the hard floor and cinder path. Much of it is done Friday and Saturday nights when il peul ctre gallant. Gil passes his summers delivering milk to lovely Beach Haven customers. MARY HANN Glee Club (2. 3, 4); Correspondence Committee (4); Hi's Eye (4). Although petite and vivacious. Mary is a conscientious and serious-minded girl. She is praised by her teachers, for she is helpful and considerate at all times. Rumor has it that Mary has fixed her affections upon a 193 8 alumnus of Westfield High. Perhaps it is he to whom she writes letters during the last ten minutes of library periods. WALTER HANSCEN Football (2, 3, 4). Walter is a bov who loves to pi ay practical jokes on people. Interested in mechanics, he has shown marked ability in handling many devices. Loving speed with both bicycles and automobiles. he is always trying to break a record. Pigskin is also the precision man for missing fenders by fractions of inches. He is the first cowboy that has never ridden a horse. ELIN HANSON French Club (2, 3, 4); Mask and Mime Club (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2. 3. 4); Hockey (2. 3, 4); Baseball (2. 3, 4); Volley Ball (2, 3). Although she has many outside interests. this statuesque blonde finds time to lead in earning both athletic and academic honors. Winner of the College Woman’s Club Scholarship, F.lin will matriculate at New Jersey College for Women where she Will not lx- inconveniently far from Westfield. |EAN HARRISON Cheer Squad (2, 3, 4); Hockey (2, 3) ; G.A.C. (3); Gym Program (3, 4); Mask and Mime (2); Latin Club (2); German Evening (2, 4) . We never know which romance is winning with this attractive cheer leader. She exhibits pep and vivaciousness on the dance floor, in the classroom, and on the football field. I ler main ambition is to have the pisrman call at least a dozen times a day. WILBUR HARRY Art Club (3, 4); Senior Play Committee (4). Pete has the fine power of stick-to-itiveness, for he always completes tasks. One of his interests is art; another, psychology. His main interest, however, is in the field of radio. It is said that he can take radios apart and put them together in A-l condition. Possibly this fellow will be seen in later years with a television company. thirty