West Pittston HS 1954 Yearbook (West Pittston, PA) - Full Access

A strange thing about the underclassmen is their curious pennames. Some of the origins of these names are easy to understand, such as "Rock" Checkele, "Punky" Richards, "Mully" Spinelli, "Teacher– killer" Jones, "Tex" Bartlett, "Lipstick, Powder, and Paint" Cefalo, "Crazy-Legs" Lloyd, and "Denny" Dennison. How– ever, can you tell me where these mysterious ones came from? "Dynamite" Phillips, "String" Sheridan, "Back Road" Smith, and "Fire Bug" Volpe. But the strangest of all is Rachel "Frenchie" Gilmore! While visiting the various "lots" around school, we have noticed these people starring in their own romantic roles: Mary McGraw and Darwin Dennison . . .Marge Bulford and Dale Matthews .. .Jane Lewis and Tommy Lloyd ... Sue Greenland and Terry Williams ... Jean Felice and John Mul– hall ... Shirley Metz and Gordie Williams ... Maureen Fadden and Joe Nardone ... Jane Lewis and Bobby Bierly .. . Noreen VanTuyle and Donnie Wells... Janice Clelland and Dick Gal– loway. As you all know, the juici– est gossip can always be found behtnd the scenes. You can al– ways count on fin.ding these people there because-Tex B~rtlett is always apologizing ... Nancy Culkin is always gos– siping ... Punky Richards is al– ways clowning around ... Joe Vavrek is always planning dates ... Betty Stead is always wear– ing her cowboy hat ... John Dombrosky is always talking to the girls ... Rachel Gilmore is always giggling. Behind the sports scenes, 36 you can see- Joe Litzi, plead– ing with the basketball to "get in there, baby, get in!" ... Dale Matthews acting as coach .. . Donald Roth helping to manage the football team ... Gordie Wil– liams practicing those famous foul shots. Just by keeping your eyes open, you might notice- E1mer Vosburg blushing when a girl speaks to him ... Ann Spinelli being absent from school .. . Jimmy Smith blushing in lit– erature class ... Carl Mead be– ing welcomed to school ... Polly Morgan swimming because she loves it ... Lenny Brown calling a square dance for P. T. A. ... Tina Butera being rewarded for her work in the magazine campaign ... Cord Sheridan, the gourmet of the class of '55, eat– ing, as usual ... Sam Capone getting all those silver dollars. Football season brought out many hidden facts about the underclassmen. For instance, did you notice Mully Spinelli's two-toned majorette outfit? ... Speaking of stylish outfits, Ra– chel, how about the time you wore flannels to the game? ... Checkele, we hear that the well-dressed man prefers sus– penders! ... Kate Mulhall we understand, is preparing for track season by sprinting home occasionally! Well, here you have some news from the younger set. As you can see, they have not been at all lazy in school activities. Their contributions to the mag– azine drive and yearbook cam– paign, too, have been an im– mense aid to the success of these projects. Thanks! Luck and success when you reach your final role as Seniors!