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

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MARY CROCCO Girls’ Sports (2, 3); Spanish Club (3): Community Fair (3); Academic Committee (4). Just in case you've been under the misapprehension that Mary is shy, her friends can certainly inform you dif-ferently. This half-pint, who makes up for her size by mile-a-minute chatting, delights in skating, swimming, PepsiCola. and. above all, Shell gasoline! Hecnuse she conscientious and good-natured. we know that future success lie-N in ■'tore for her. RUTH DAWSON Mask and Mime (2. 3. 4); French Club (2. 3. 4 ; Creative Writing 14» Hi’s Eye 14); Weather Vane (4). ‘Ibis excellent prompter is often lie-hind the scenes. Journalistically inclined, Scotty acted as assistant editor-iu-chief f the Hi’s Eye this year. With her effervescent personality, Ruth . main worries are making people believe she has red hair and green eyes and keeping her string of beaux untangled. PEG CROSBY French Club (2. 3, 4); Red Cross (2. 3. 4); Mask and Mime (2); Latin Club (2); Academic Committee (3. 4); Junior Prom; Choir (3, 4); Senior Play. A most attractive and capable senior is Peg, who demonstrates great enthusiasm at boys’ varsity games. In handling a large share of the work in connection with various ticket sales and in actively participating in choir and athletics, she has evinced quiet and unassuming leadership. LAURA Dl FRANCESCO Gills' Sports (2, 3); Mask and Mime (2. 3. 4); Make up Committee (2. 3, 4); Gym Program (4). With a smile for everyone — and a pretty one at that— ’’Larry may be ••een each morning driving her new Graham to school. This conscientious blonde senior is contemplating very earnestly being a beautician. To help prepare herself for this work, Larry has been an active member of the make-up department in Mask and Mime. RAY CROW Cheer Squad (2, 3, 4) ; Mask and Mime (2, 3, 4); Senior Play (3. 4); Collectors’ Club (2). One of our famous and most obliging five-year men. Ray is well known as the leader of our excellent cheer squad. Versatility is one of his main traits as he is a good mechanic, actor, and poultryman. Ray will long be remembered for hilariously donning a smock, wig. and paint brush on Senior Day. FRANCES DRAKE French Club (2); Latin Club (3); Catalyst Club (4); Mask and Mime (3, 4); Gym Program (3); Choir (3. 4); Red Cross (3, 4); Senior Play Committee. Although the pillar of the ticket committee and an expert at knitting, needle point, and the latest shades. Gran isn’t so good at parking her green hornet within sight of the school. Normandie Reach and ham on rye are her delight. Gran abhors tardiness. PEG CROSBY—Most Systematic—BOB COLLINS Page Twenty-four

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ALFRED CONNELLEE Football 3. W4); Baseball (2. 3. V4): Athletic Council 3. 4); Intramural Basketball (3. 4). Wrestling (4). Our smiling center, the backTxmc « f the football team, i also part f the backbone of the senior class. , | not only a mathematical wizard, but also an expert in physics. He plays an excellent Romeo to Edie's Juliet, and he'- always on hand when her gray Plymouth metis a push. JUNE CONRAD German Evening i2. 3, 4); Girls’ Sports (2. 3. 4); Glee Club (2 . Band (3, t . Choir (4): G. A. C. (41. Red Ci' s Council 2, 3, 4 . Always ready to talk is June, whose particular interests are athletics, music, and Maine. June is also ready to travel, and according to her the most interesting school trips are taken by the baud via New York. Doanc College. .Nebraska, will be her future Alma Mater. ALLAN COOK Track Manager (2. 3. 4); Latin Club (2, 3); Forum (3. 4); Weather Vane (Business Manager 2, 3, 4); German Evening (2. 3. 4). Community Fair (3 . ProprrU termed professor ' by his .nliuiiing classmates. Allan has become a school celebrity. Me can dish •nit more astronomical facts and German dates than a stack of encyclopedias. When he isn't bu-y watching the stars, he divides hi' time between two im-l oitant jobs—literary and athletic. EDITH JOHANSEN—Most Versatile—EDMUND CRANCH HOWARD COURTNEY Spanish Club (2, 3). Finance Committee (4); Civic Committee (3). Howard's green fiuick is familiar tn all his friends as a convenient taxi. He has shown his ability at leadership by being elected to the presidency of the local Epworth League. He has enrolled in Lehigh University, and we see success ahead for him in mathematics. His interest ill our pretty, prize winning artist is very evident. EDMUND CRANCH Baseball (2, 3. 4): Academic Committee (2); Spanish Club (2. 3, Treasurer 4); Band (2. 3, 4); Red Cross (2. 3. 4). Because of his famous hair cut' Big Ed” or Hamrod” is also known .»' Fuzzy.” 'Hus musical boy i a second Harry James on the trumpet and just this year revealed himself a' a vocal discovery. Although Ed seems slow, that W canu- from sjwedy work on the baseball diamond. JOHN CRAWFORD Athletic Council (31: German Evening (3. 4). John i' a kind of Scotch non-conformist. h r it is certainly hard to get him t keep his coat in a locker or do other customary things. He has a passion for bacteriology and allied subjects, but loathe- doing required school work. When he unbend- and deigns to smile, he has a surprising way with young ladle- on street corners. Page Twenty-three

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ARNOLD ECKHART Swimming (2, 3): Baseball (2. 3. 4) Choir (2); Literary Club (4) Spanish Club (4); Senior Pla Committee (4); Intramural Bas ketball (4). Eck. as he is called by his classmates, i a nice fellow with a pleasing personality. Much of his spare time is spent changing the tires on his trusty “Chevy ; however, he does have the opportunity of taking the wheel of the Green Packard occasionally. DOROTHY ERICKSEN Academic Committee (2. 3); Typing Committee (3. 4); Weather Vane (4). This vivacious blonde can be seen every day in the typing room helping fellow students and teachers. No task is too hard for Dot to tackle, and she can always be depended upon. Motorcycling and roller skating arc only a couple of her many interests. It also seems that Dot finds much interest in many surrounding towns. BERTON EGERT Photoplay Club 14); Annual. Burt, our class photographer, is noted for his sleepiness and his southern attitude toward hurry, lie is Dick Dinzl's able asistant. who was seen during the lunar eclipse of November. 1938, providing some comic relief, lie was, believe it or not. perched on a bicycle, water pistol in hand, shouting like a wild Indian. However, he hail his more sober moments during school hours. WILLIAM EVANS Athletic Council (2. 3); Basketball (2. 3); Football (2. 3. 4), Baseball (2. 3. 4); Red Cross Council (4); Civic Committee (4). Spanish Club (4). Honored as the most valuable football player of 1939, “Big Dave is the iron man of the gridiron. His other inter-e ts are baseball and basketball, in which he excels. Easy going, he never becomes ruffled but exhibits a quiet strength much admired by his class mates. RAY ENGESSER Baseball (2. 3. 4); Football (2): Civic Committee (3). Distinguished by curly blond hair (the envy of all the boys) ami his bright blue Model A. Ray may often be found out of town evenings when he should be doing his homework. His main athletic interest seems to lie in baseball. Though Ray is very quiet in school, there is no holding him back when he gets out among friends. WILBUR FERGUSON Tennis (2); Slide Rule Club (3, 4); Corrcsjiondence Committee 4). “Fergie. as he is known to his inti, mates, seems serious around school; but when he is working out in the Y bowling alley, or at a ping-pong table, he cannot be called quiet. Not a lady-killer, he spends much time with Ins model airplanes. During study periods his concentration should be emulated by many of our less industrious classmates. FRANCES DRAKE—Most Dependable—GEOEEREY KNIGHT Page Twenty-five