Youngwood High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Youngwood, PA)

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Bob Heskey and I rll Hoffman wish to leave therr water guns with Mrs Adams 'Vlr s Reybuck to you Margaret Katrc gives her chewing gum to Helen Klrngensmrth Arlrne Faust rs going to take her hatred for boys wrth her as she might reed rt for future use Glenn Snider wrlls hrs flrrtrng abrlrty to Raymond Lang who alreadv has plenty of rt Bob Qtern concedes hrs fickleness to 'vlurn 'vlartrn Betty Freeman bestowes her typewriter to the class next year Bob Zundel rs going to leave hrs bass horn to anyone who has enough wrnd to blow rt C arl Wagrcr bestowes her acting abrlrty to Nancy Boyle hWarren Stroble rs going to leax e hrs Fc rd for the Seniors to run round rn Fancy t at lack Olson wrlls hrs educational Joke books to the Juniors It might give them a Sense of humor Bally Mrl er and Evelyn Robertson leave therr close friendship to Mildred 'vlarkle and Laverne l'ruxel Alice Repasky bestowes her athletic abrlrty to Ruth Prescott Ronald Robertson grants hrs good looks to hrs brother Eddie Albert Marr bequeaths hrs basketball to the boys next year Veronica Nrper leaves her love for Drck DeForrest to anyone who wants rt Jeanne Zundel wants Cfarl C arroll to take her place rn the C lee C lub Wayne Pegg bequeaths hrs freckles to C'hrrstrne Poerro I aVon lackage concedes her giggles to Betty Mae Harrison Eleanor Mrller leaves her copyrng abrlrty to John C' harles Henderson C onrad Pansrc wrlls hrs big feet to John lVIcC'lellan They don t come that brg 'Vlary Kay C rrftin rs going to leave her bottle of finger narl polish that she uses rn study hall to Ruth Mates Don t smear rt on the desk Ruth Catherine Prescott and Frances Thompson concede therr height to Jane Srllrman and Kitty Pahel Martha Small concedes her pig tarls to Mary Jane Rhea Earl Helrnan rs going to leave Lorrs O Keane to find her way rn the halls alone Fred Lewrs and Paul Oravetz wrll therr bashfulness to Earl Mrnerd E J Mrller rs going to take hrs detective books with hrm Brll Eberly and Joe Blahovec are going to warn the Cwhemrstry classes that rt rsn t always wrse to cork a test tube And they should know Wendell Ober leaves all hrs Eng rsh books to hrs brother and hopes he does better Jack Barron wrlls hrs absentee slrps to Qonny Robbrns Meade I amb bestowes hrs big nose and good humor to Donald C oughenour Royden Fultcn leaves hrs brown eyes to Bammy Qrllaman James C enard and Dan C'affney hope that 'N rck Brdar wrll contrnue to wrrte lov e notes VN e do hereby srgn our seals to this our Last Wrll and Testament thrs fourth day of 'vlay nineteen hundred and forty two Vlfrtne s Nlrss Lyle Betty Osselburn Class of 1942 2a Q 5. . Y . . A V ' A ,Ss r. l I A L i , W i 1 ' ' , ' Ar rx ' D - . V L KY A ff . . Y 1 -1 l Y I a . a I ' L -I V . J. g v . K . I W ' 1 ' 1 1 1 f I I . .I oe Frelick and Milford Smith will their long walks to school to Craig Faust ' X ' . 1 I 1 J 1 Q . V ,1 .-.n , I y l . , .L J , . If . . , . s - e y A I 1 3 ' . J ' . . . , Y u ' 'Q I I I 5 L , ' I V . L n . . , ,. . . . n . I I A . . I I ' 1 A 1 ' 1. ss: . ' I

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Class Will of 1942 Vle the class ol 1947 of Xoungwood High School VK estmorel md C ounty Iennsyl yanla Lmted States of Amerlca bexng tc tally sane of mind 1nd not ey en shghtly fa tlgued from our arduous ltbor and belng of a far more generous n xture th in any pre cedlng graduatlng, class because of our possessmg such tn oy er tburdaree of talerts 'md abllltles do hereby make publlsh and declare thls our last ll all md lestament P lrst lo the Ifaeulty we leaye the memorles of the hal d struggle they had gettmge us to use our own bralns Second lo the lunlors we leaxe our front seats ln assembly and hop e they wlll use them mor than we dld rl hlrd lo the bophomores the joy of hay 1ng known us and the splendld example we haye st before them I' ourth lo the lf reshmen we leaye our know lt all countenances Dorls N ogt wllls her square dancmg ablhty to Betty Loucks Bette Craig leaye her hlgh marks to Janet lxunkle lzurydlce Myers and Kate Jone WlSh Jean Trout to haye some ot thelr chubbmess John Hudock concedes h1s corny Jokes and elaborate gestures to X ernon Vl ashabaugh Vlctor Placey bequests h1s boxlng ablllty to Pete Petruocl Don t hlt anyone Pete Bull '1 ruxel leaves hlS black way y halr to Paul L1s1k Veromca Uhrmek W1llS her shorthand book to Fern Moore Walter 'l homas and Bob True grant thelr qulet but studlous ways to Don F lsher Helen and Sophle Blzub leave thelr slsterly loye to the bprlnger twlns Betty Lowe concedes her cooklng ab1l1ty to the Freshmen They ll need lt Paul bmlth leaves hls klSSlHg technlque to Jack Brown lxot more than thlrty minutes Jack C rler VN atklns leaves hrs blonde ha1r to Vl estley Baker Mlldred Beatty and Betty Harrold concede thelr neatness to Robertha C ramer Earl Warhelt leay es hls pohteness to C harles Ferguson Jlm C,ault WlllS hls ambltlon to 'lommy Marsh 1ll But don t preach all the tlme '1 0 mmy Mary C ummmgs and Margaret Hamrock wlll their dlsorderly conduct ln study hall to Norma Bagley Not that she needs any bophle Costablle grants her loye for Physlcal Educatlon to WXIZIFJCJFIC3 C rosby Daryl Baughman wllls hls fast drly mg to Bull Balr Keep em flylng Blll Martha Ey ans and Bethelda lxunkle concede thelr quletness to Ellzabeth F lsher Would she look out of place? Gladys Cfreenawalt wllls her hlllbllly songs and gultar to Dorls Sams Ann lxampltch wants Nlelya Bomplanl to haye her yodellng ablhty Sarah Brunot bestows her French to the underclassmen Clara Mlller leay es her long bus rldes to Thomas Flhcky Joe Barna wants James Collms to sleep IH school for hlm 24 I l v A . -1 ' h ' ' ' W. ' . . ' v J .. , L - ..4 n, , . 1. U, C ' , A C , It 'Q ,Z Q f. V' 1' 1 , ' 7 ' ' E 2 ' - r ., .. .. . 2 v 1 A . A, . . lk. U i V . . .i v 4 .. a ,, 1 C u y J , Aix, C x . Y' 1 . rw w - - , . . , . V . . , ,,, . . , . .1 . ., w I , K. J ' v ' 1 . ' I ' K . , . ,, , . . I . 1 a v I c v sit T a ra 1 , , -'- A S K, vi , ,, . , .. , , . , V Q n I Q - I A , . . . ' . . .. , . N . . . . . v . . 7 N , V . . . 7 , 1 . . - . u . ' . . , . , . . .. , f , ' . f 1 n . , Y , . I I . . . Y . I , . . . . . . y ' ' ' 1 Y. . . . . . . , . . , . . -f . . , , . . . . . , 7 . V . . Y f . .. v A . J A V 1 . , . . .

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Class Prophecy of 1942 Number 30196 C old chills ran up my spine as I heard my draft number being announced over station W HJ B by Senator Ronald Robertson Secretary of VN ar Walter A Thomas had been drawing numbers all evening and among those previously drawn I had recognized the numbers of Daryl Baughman local merchant Albert Mari head of Personrel Depart ment at Robertshaws Fred Lewis W6StlHghOUS6 s head sclentist and hlS assistart Wil 11am Truxal Youngwood would also lose an efnclent plumber in the person oi Robert True whose number also had been chosen Havlng expected this incident for a long tlme we prepared ourselves for army lfe Most of us sold our cars to Jack Bax ron and Wayre Pegg owners of the Barron ard Pegg auto store They gave us all good bargalns since we were selectees Finally the day of our departure arrlved All Youngwood was out to see us off A bandstard had been erected and we heard Robert Zundel s J iv ers swmg out Sweet Georgia Brown with John Hudock taklng the vocal chorus Bill Hoffman member of Draft Board No 3 and Meade Lamb its attorney were there to see us off wishing that they could accompany us We noticed that our conductor and engineer were James Genard and Paul Oravetz Conrad Pansic scoop reporter of the Youngwood Bugle was there also with h1s pencil and pad busy taking statements As we boarded the tram we fought back the tears as Zundel s orchestra played Good bye INOW accompamed by his trio the three madcaps Gail Wagner Alice Repasky and Veronica Nlper of Greensburg where to our surprise we met the faculty of a very exclusive girls school which included Betty Harrold Margaret Hamrock and Kathryn Lou Jones Kathryn asked that we remain for lunch We immediately did when we found out that their efnclent cooks were our friends Betty Lowe Sophie Costablle and Ann Kampltch In Pittsburgh we registered our names with LaVon Tackage and Jack Olson typlsts for the Induction Station We received our typhoid and other shots practlcally pam lessly from the needle of Dr Jeanne Zundel assisted by her nurse Eleanor Miller Hav mg a few spare hours we visited a number of defense industries We dlscovered Veronica Uhrmek in charge of the Purchasing Department for Carnegie Illlnols Steel and Mary Kaye Grlfhn and Martha Evans in its filing department On our tour through the steel mills we were lead by Grier Watkins chief guide who told all about steel and its manu facture Returning to the induction station we received our equipment from the hands of Joe Barna Quartermaster Having settled ourselves we spent the night there We arose early the next morning and were sent to Camp Lberly Md named for our school chum Bill Eberly who was an army ofncer stationed in the Philippines After a day or so under the vigorous training of Sergt Joe Blahovec and Corporal Royden Fulton we decided that army life wasn t so bad after all On weekends we were free to do as we pleased so we made various Journeys On one of these a trip to Washington D C we met a large number of old friends Warren Stroble for example who was too busy with his work on the War Labor Board to see us was one of these We also met the Blzub sisters on the Capitol steps Helen asked us if 26 I I I 1 .1 ' ' 1 , , . . A - , . A I A A , . A ' ' s an ' . H ' u A - A rs ' 1 ' A l Q 1 I , I I I ' I 4 1 K6 . 1 1- 1 l I' 7 as i 1 yr ' ' ' 1 1 - 1 1 , , , . The trip to Pittsburgh was comparatively uneventful except for a stopover outside . v . I . , . 1 J 1 , 1 1 , u V 1 . . I . . , . U . 1 , 1 . 1 l 1 1 I is . , . i' . . . , . . , . - , . 1 A . ' 1 . . . 7 . Q' . , ., 1 1 , A I 1' ' 'J l . 3 , I 1 1 4 1,