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

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ERNEST ABKEN Senior Play Committee 14); Art Club 2) ; Archaeology Club 2. 3). Dutch. blue-eyed, light-com-plexioned. and six feet three, endures life on campus, quietly getting his education. Art has been one of his most important school interests. Nature and the great outdoors are Ernest’s special realms, and as a lumberjack, he would have been perfect. As it is. he spends his spare time hiking in the local woods and fields. MARGARET ALLEN Service Club 13, Vice-President 4); Latin Club Secretary 3, President 4); Writers' Club (2. 3); Girls' Sports 2. 3. 4) ; French Club (2, 3. 4) ; Orchestra (2). Margaret is outstanding in sports such as horseback-riding, tennis, and modern dancing, and is one of our most active club women. She is known as one of W.H.S.'s sweetest girls, besides Don’t believe her when she says. I can't do that'' She always can. ERNEST ACHTERMANN Chorus 14) ; Glee Club 4) ; German Evening 12). Those bright, eager eyes could only mean Count , and he'd probably be plotting something special in the line of practical jokes. He’s another of those abused who developed various hobbies to keep their minds off physics Seriously, he’s really adept in the construction of model airplanes. He left us for the army where we’ll depend on him to Keep 'Em Flying. ROBERT ALBRIGHT Slide Rule Club (2. 3. 4) ; Swimming (2. W3, W4) ; Catalyst (3) ; Honor Society 4) ; Mask and Mime 4). Bob is another of the quiet-till-you - know - them individuals, of whom W H S. seems to be full. However, his good nature and sense of humor make him of a not too plentiful type. A really smart fellow, ace swimmer, and slip stick expert, he likes to tease his brain with figures, both geometrical and arithmetical. CLARKE AMBROSE Nominating Committee 2. 4); Senior Play; Hi-Y (3. 4); Swimming 12, 3. 41; Forum 13. 4); Track (2. 3. 4). Mask and Mime (4) ; French Club 12. Vice-President 3 . This tall, suave person, a Casanova of the senior class, can usually be seen wolfing one of the opposite sex of the junior class. Clarke is a potential swimmer and javelin thrower, well-known about school for his curls, grey Oldsmo-bile, and stage presence. PHILIP ANDERSON H.-Y (3. 4); Band (2. 3. 4); Chorus (2, 3, 4); German Evening 12) ; Glee Club (4). W.H.S. lost one of its finest baritones when Phil left school last January to attend the University of North Carolina. Though this four-year man was rather aloof in school, he was noted for being the life of the party at more informal gatherings. His blue Pontiac was a tremendous asset to numerous senior boys. • 17

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WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WAR . our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure It is rather for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us . . that this nation, under Cod, shall have a new birth of freedom ... and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. These words of Abraham Lincoln, written during the Civil War, have an eternal ring of freedom that makes them peculiarly applicable to the great world-wide struggle in which we are engaged today. Westfield High School has dedicated itself to the attainment of that goal of world peace and brotherhood for which our nation is striving. Westfield youth is doing all in its power to aid our national war effort, and also to plan the kind of world in which we want to live tomorrow. Do Not Hoard posters, created by the Art Department, flaunt patriotic colors from the school corridors and from the windows of town stores. Newspapers piled on curbstones Sunday afternoons are collected in trucks by the boys of the Hi-Y and the Student Defense Council. Questionnaires sent out by the Westfield Defense Council are distributed to households in every part of town by members of the Student Defense Council. “Any Bonds Today? has now become the cry of homeroom teachers, from whom students may purchase War Savings Stamps and acquire albums for their safe keeping Air raid drills and the boarding-up of the glass partitions of the auditorium have made Westfield students aware of the dangers that all America must face. The Physical Education Department in co-operation with the nation's Physical Fitness Program has helped the students to develop individual physical preparedness, constructive mental attitude, and knowledge of emergency procedures. The Junior Red Cross has collected funds, knitted garments and afghans. and prepared tags for identifying the wounded. Boys in the manual training classes have built model planes for the Government. Besides these and other tangible contributions to the national war effort, Westfield students have thought long and deeply about what part youth can play in shaping the character of things to come One of our students participated in a panel discussion of this topic on the Town Meeting of the Air broadcast. Several others have taken part in Forum assemblies and in the League of Nations contest. The present is always important to youth, however, and Westfield students are able to keep intelligently informed each day about world affairs by reading the bulletins posted by the history classes on the map in the main hall. Westfield has done its part in the national effort this year Let us hope it will continue to do so increasingly until Victory is won. 16 •

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JACK BACON Basketball 12, 3, W4 ; Baseball 2, 3, W4). In basketball he is a super swish-er and makes some of the most unbelievable shots, with one hand or two. In baseball also, Bones is a fireball pitcher and hopes to do some hurling for the local nine, jack is one of the more enthusiastic supporters of the New York American League Baseball Club, commonly known as the Yankees. JANICE BELL French Club 2, 3. 4) ; Writers’ Club 3. Secretary 41 ; Chorus 2. 3, 4); Honor Society (3, 4); Mask and Mime 12. 3) ; Modern Dance (2, 3). Entertaining men of the armed forces at the YMCA is one of Janice’s special interests besides studying music and pre-med courses. Janice is one of the intellectual elite of the National Honor Society. A pretty girl with a pleasing personality, she charms us all. MARY LOU BACON Red Cross (3, 4) ; Mask and Mime (4) ; Spanish Club (3, 41; Badminton (2); C.A.C. (3). Attractive Mary Lou’s wonderful sense of humor makes her an invaluable friend to have. She also has that enviable susceptibility to a smooth coat of tan which she developed last year while she was in Florida. Perhaps you can get her to tell you about Pensacola, which seems to have pleasant connections for all the girls. CENEVIEVE BENDER Service Club (4) ; Spanish Club 14) ; Forum (3, 4) ; Girls' Sports (3, 4) ; Mask and Mime (2). A ready blush and laugh announce Sweet Genevieve.” There’s just no time to be sad when she's around. If you can find her in A107 or 300, she’ll help you with your homework. At Forum she excels in the culinary art, and when report cards come out, she actually goes into ecstasies. HOWARD BATT Class President 13) ; Football (2. 3. 4) ; Track (2, 3. 4) ; Hi-Y (3. 4) ; Chorus (4) ; Literary Club (4). Howie always has a smile on his face or some new scheme in his head. His 35” Ford coupe causes him endless trouble, but in spite of frequent flat tires and an empty gas tank, he surely does get around. This heroic captain of the B squad is famous as a first rate screwball and cut-up. BETTY BERARDINELLI Modern Dancing (3 . Boop needs no introduction; she's always around to add to the conversation. Betty makes it her business to save Errol Flynn pictures and see his latests as they come to the Rialto. Another special hobby of this peppy girl is dancing, and another idol, the Navy. The old saying, a dimple in her chin, the devil within. is no fooling where she’s concerned. 18 •