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1953 YEARBDOli Friends' Central School 68th and City Line, Overbrook Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania

FOREWOR1J As we, the Class of 1953, look back in this our yearbook, we compare our lives thus far to th e theme of STEPS. We ha ve started at the bottom of the staircase and have slowly reached a landin g-not the top. but one landin g in a series. As we reach the end of this yearbook and start an other fli ght, we look up and see our individual goa Is a head. Th ro ughout our yearbook, steps have been used Lo ymbolize th e progres we have made from year to year. Our next fli ght leads into life.

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TO IJR. EUSH Jn this yo ur first, anrl this our last year at Friends' Centra l, we, th e class of 1953, dedicate our yearbook to you in deep ap· preciation of your help in our final step at this school and we wish Lo you every success as you guide future classes toward their life goal.

DR. MERRILL E. BUSH

... and we wish, also, Lo pay special tribute to the men of the Maintenance Staff: PaL Lee, Jr.; Pat Lee, Sr.; Jack McCann; George Moore; and Edward Lukens.

"As half in shade and half in sun this world along its path advances . . . " 4

THE FACULTY

Sta nding : Mi ss Blackburn , Mr. Sma ll, Miss Trapn ell, Mr. V edova, Mr. Comrie, Mr. Pittman, Mr. Andrews, M r. F a rraday, Mr. H a rvey, Mr. M cVi cka r, Mi ss Brill, Mr. Kirk, Mrs. W oe rn er ; Sea ted: Mr. Burgess, Mi ss Munroe, Mi ss Bryant, M r. Emerson, Mi ss Whitcraft, Dr. Bush, M rs . Benner, Mrs. Goe bbcls, M r . Burrowes, M rs. H am.

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I st row: Ki rk, Pa ul , Perl off. 2nd ro w : Buckley, H ill. 3rd row: Sipler, J ess , J ames.

CLASS OFFICERS The class offi cers of 1953 gave excellent leader ship to our class. They did a fine j ob of settling the man y problems and keeping order in th e joint class meetin gs, although it so metimes required po undin g th e gavel extra hard . Leading th e Fifty-threes at the head of the steps wer e F rancis James and Sylvia Hill, our class presiden ts. Their first assistants were Carolin e Kirk and Howard Sipler as our vice-pr esidents while Winni e Jess and Bill Perloff played the r ole of secretaries and kept the mi n utes in o rder and up to date. Roundin g out the admin istration wer e th e keeper s of the class fund s, our treasurers, Sall y P aul an d Bobby Buckley. Due to our very capable class offi cers, the class m aintained an attitud e of friendliness and co-operation throughout the year.

John Eager beaver of our class ... makes sets for F. C. plays . . . " Your proofs must be in tomorrow! " . . . takes trips to Maine in 4 days . . . " Have yo u seen Sall y?" . .. Ph ysics- his favorite ubj ect ( ?) .. . rarely sits still ... never has a spare momen t . . . does anyone a favor . .. " But we c:m' t have a test today !" . . . those duPonts .. . ca n find any place in the co untr y .. . knows all the nooks and cranni es of F.C.S . .. . one of our first drivers . .. hates Township Line police . .. Mr. Foley's fri end. 7th grade. Varsity Soccer 10, 11 ; Bowling 10, II. ACTIVITIE S: Student Co un cil 9 ; Service Clu b 10 ; Stage crt>w 10 ; Stage Manager 11 ; Yea rbook 12 ( Photography editor ) . ENTERED:

SPORTS:

JOH N MATHEW BATES

CLASS OF 1953

Joa11 Always blushin g .. . Physics is a "Small" job ... Red and Blue . .. one of the brid ge club ... sextet veteran ... " Let's multiply !" ... Dusty ... Moth er Branen ... " The Old Lam plighter" . . . in PARticular ... " the bear" ... th ose slumber parties . . . " It must have been one of m)' relatives" ... that s iphon ex perim e nt ... " Wre-e-e-e-e-eck !" ... " I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses" 9th grad e. II J. V. H ockey 9, J. V. Hockey 10, II , Varsi ty Hockey 11 , 12; J. V . Basketball 9, I 0. ACT IVITI ES: Chorus 9, 10, 1 1, 12; Blue and Gray 10 ; Sextet 11 , 12; " Pygmalion" 11 ; " H anse l and Gretel" ENTERED:

SPO RT S:

JOA T CLEO BRA E

Peggy Curly hair ... "Hare today and goon tomorrow" ... those big brown eyes ... "Just One More Chance" ... that new Nash ... operation icicle ... "oh, let's!" ... founder of the 53's ... Lancaster Avenue Patrol ... "Again" ... rope climber ... "I'm gonna quit; I'm through with the whole business! ! !" ... over the wall of the Palace ... "Too Young" ... a member of the Anna Virumque Marching Chorus. Nursery school. II Varsity Hockey 9, Varsity Hockey 10, 11. 12 ; II Varsity Lacrosse 9, Varsity Lacrosse 10, II , 12 (captain ); ]. V. Basketball 9, II Varsity Basketball I 0, Varsity Baske tball II , 12. AC TIVITIES: News 9, I 0 ( managing editor and editor ), II (co-editor ); Community Chest 9, 10 (chairman ); Cheerleader II , 12 ; Student Council II , 12 (vice-president ); Girls' A.A. 9, 10 (sec retary ) , II ( vice-president ); Co-editor of Yearbook 12.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

PEGGY ANN BRUMFIELD

FRIENDS' CENTRAL

Buck

Man with the "88" . . . Margate City ... hot speedboat . . . alway3 willing to help a friend ... leading scorer in Inter-ac basketball ... lived through 2 years in the bb ... those Friday morning speech es ... "That's life" ... "I'm from Tex1s" ... those 20 minute trips to Berwyn ... "It's n:!ver too hte to get a date." ... hea1 t of gold.

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Kind ergarten. Varsity Soccer 9, 10; Varsity Basketball II, 12 (captain ); Varsity Baseball II , 12; Varsity Football 11 , 12; Fahlen M emorial Troph y winner 12 ; Bas· ketball Trophy winn e:· 11. AC TIVITIES: Boys' A.A. 9 ; Chorus 10 ; Ne ws II (Business manage r ); Yearbook 12 ("Ad s" editor ) . C LAS S OFFICE: Treasurer I 0. E N TERED: SPORTS:

ROBERT RICHARD BUCKLEY

Yom That haircut! ... comes from Upper Darby . .. power man on the footba ll team . . . likes parties and women ... alwa ys smi lin g . . . Mar y Jan e ( hm·m ) .. . does lots of homework al night ( ?) . . . di slikes dances .. . Lhird baseman . .. big league material ... nice guy with a bi g heart . . . " punchy" .. . likes boxin g and Mi lton Berle . . . hates co wboys. E N T E R ED : SPORTS:

12th grade. V arsity F ootball 12; V a rsity Bas ketball 12.

RI CHARD JOSEPH CAHILL

CLASS OF 195 3 Caroly n

On e of 53's originals . . . Haverford . . . " I'm not allowed out for a month! " ... minus seven words a minute . . . Martin and Lewi s fan .. . member of Arma Virumque Marchin g Chorus . .. " the boys" ... one of the brid ge club .. . 3 pairs of argyles per week . . . Briti · h Roya l Fam· ily . . . " Gone Fishin '" .. . can get more don e in 24 hour ... Lhat blonde hair ... those cars parked on Lhe opposite side of the r oad. Jst grade. II Va rsi ty H ockey 9, 10. V ars ity H ockey II. 12 (M a nager); J. V . Bas ketball 9, II V a rsity Basket· ball 10, V ars ity Basketb all 11 ( M a nage r ); II V arsity L acrosse 9, 10, V a rsity L acrosse 11 , 12 ( M a nage r ). AC TI V ITI ES: Stu de nt Coun cil 9, 10, 11 , 12 ( Secreta ry); News 9, 10, 11 (Co-editor ); C horus 9, 12; Student d irector of " H anse l a nd Gretel" 9; C hee rleader 10, 11 , 12; Co-editor of Yearbook 12. CLASS OFF ICE: V ice- pres id en t 9.

EN T ERED : SPORTS:

CAROLY

MAE CA

Lew

Friends' Select's lover ... look out for the left hook ... big shiny black Packard ... Oh, my l those loud sweaters! ... "Wha' you say?" ... always combing his hair . . . what! a sin ger !! . . . "Who's going to Haverford tonight ?" ... Wawa himself ... with the hea ter switch out any car will run . . . always helping everyone with his little typewriter. ENTERED:

9th grade.

J. V. Basketball I 0, Varsity Basketball II (Manager), 12 ( M anager); J. V. Bas,.ball 10; Varsity

SPORTS:

Soccer 12 ( M anager). ACTIVITIES: Student Council 10, II, 12 ; Service C lub IO ; News II , 12.

LEWIS FRA KLI

CORE

FRIEN1JS' CENTRAL

Del Teddy Bear ... enjoyed Williamsburg ... Toni ... his awful loud shrieks ... good friend oi Miss Brill .. · . "Who asked ya ?" ... baseball backstop ... porcupine lid ... gets along with others (especially females) ... Captain Vedova's be.;t pal . . . "That's my name!" ... likes the Pr es id e ntial Apartments ... drives a shiny Chr sler (none too slow, either). II th grade. Varsity Football 11 , 12 (Cap tain ); Varsity Baseball11 , 12 ; Varsity Wrestling 11 , 12. ACTIVITIES: Chorus 12. ENTERED: SPORTS:

/ ALBERT A THONY DEL VECCHIO

Bruce Our mad scientist ... has his own theory of relativity ... slid e rule king, can't figure without it ... Mrs. Benner's board eraser ... Olaf's "bro ther" .. goodwill agent of F. C., second only to Mr. Emerson ... operator of the movie projector ... only man at F. C. who can work the loud speaker system . . . camera fiend ... member of bowling team ... doesn't dare drive a car ... " I don't see what's wrong with it, after all!" . .. " I don't intend to underwrite this dance" ... " hm-m-m. " 5th grade. Bowling 9; Varsity Bowling II , 12; J. V. Soccer I 0. Varsity Socccr II , 12. ACTIVITIES: Studcnt Council 9; Scrvice Club 10, II. 12 (Presiden t ) ; Chorus 10 , II , 12; News 11 ; Franklin Institute Science Show- third prize I 0. Er-ITERED:

SPORTS:

BRUCE ELDRIDGE DE PALMA

CLASS OF 1953 •

Mary lane Always rarin' to go ... cute as a button ... J o's partner in crime-chemistry lab ... Bermuda shorts ... "He's a cute little man! " ... "What sparks a champion" ... funn y ... "I almost got that one, ha, ha!" ... " Where's Charley?" ... Oscar Mayer ... the hand of fate ... "A-round the Corner Boop-boo !" ... "What's that white streak?" ... Just M. J. in her Plymouth . "I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses" . 7th grade. II J. V. Hockey 9, J. V. Hockey 10, II Varsity Hockey 11 , 12 ; J. V. Basketball 10. ACTIVITIES: Service Club II , 12 ; " Hansel and Gretel" 9. CLASS OFFICE: Treasurer (assistan t ) 9. ENTERED: SPORTS:

MARY JANE DOREY

Ruthie One of 53's originals ... pretty hair . .. sleepy· tim e gal . . . little but wicked behind the wheel ... slow-poke ... an apple a day ... "I'll die if I get a messy roommate! " ... Florida tans ... th ose Penn dates ... early bird ... " I just don't kn ow" ... hates to be complimented ... seems quiet but can she talk! ... loves cold weather. Kindergarten. II J. V. Hockey 10, 11. ACTIVITIES: Chorus 9, 10, 11 , 12 ; Service Club 11 , 12 : "Hansel and Gretel" 9. CLASS OFFICE: Treasurer 10.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

RUTH LOIS GABEL

FRIENDS' CENTRAL Palsy Beautiful face .. . trip to Greece ... " I'm working for the Democrats" ... that guitar ... those long talks ... Putney camp ..."What do you think, Palsy?" Well, number one ... no. 2 .. . no. 3 ... lots of spirit Friday morning! .. . driver of th e bug! ... "Oh, Dem Golden Slip· pers" ... those beach partie3 . .. "Have a hard boiled egg?" .. . conference Fpree3 ... "How do yo u spell that wo rd?" . . . faraway places . . . " Have to go back to Europe real socn" .. . " I tried to type it!" ... "What an interesting per· son3lity." 7th grade.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

J. V. Hockey 9, I 0 ; J. V. Basketball 9, 10 :

Varsity Tennis 9, 10. Service Club 9, I 1, 12 ( vice-president ) ; Blue and Gray 9, 10, I 1 ; Chorus 9, 12; " Hansel a nd Gretel" 9; Yearbook 12. CLASS OFFICE: Vice-president 10.

ACTIVITIES:

ALICE GIBBO

Greenie

Captain Green . . . " I do n't lnve a nythin g to wear" . . . r un s like a duck . . . cha uffeur to the games .. . " My bangs won't grow" ... Green's boardin g house ... In ge . . . conferences with Liza .. . " Wh at's the name of th at" . .. "Martha's fallin g"-Splash . .. tickets to P enn games . . . Colgate too thpa ste .. . one of the Arma Vir umque Marching Chorus . .. ex-hummer ... Miss Magee's girls . . . " He got lost following a trolley car" .. . passers-by, vendors, etc. 4th Grade. II Varsi ty H ockey 9. 10; Varsi ty H ockey 11, 12 (Captain); J. V. Basketball 9; II Vars ity Baske tball 10, Varsi ty Bas ketba ll 11 , 12; II Vars ity Lacrosse 9, 10; Varsi ty Lacrosse 11, 12; Varsity Baseballll , 12; Blazer Award 11. ACT I VITIES: C horu s 9; Se rvice Club 9, 10; News 10. 11 (G irls Sports Ed itor); Yearbook Staff 12; " H anse l and Grete l" 9. ENTERED:

SPORTS:

MARTHA BATIE

GREEN

CLASS OF 1953

A ud

The seamstress ... fi gure and hair . .. an ap ple a da y ... " W-e-el-l, you see, it's this way" . .. that scientific spark and Small twinkle ... giggle3 ... mother long-legs . . . Tomm y's ga l .. . not so dumb . . . " Meet Mr. Ca llaghan" .. . music student ... " Let's go see th e " Bi g Ma n." .. . " Well , I'll tell ya .. ." ENTERED: SPORT S:

II th grade. II Vars ity Basketb all 11, 12; J. V. H ockey

12. A C TI VITI ES:

Serv ice Clu b 12; C horus 12.

AUDREY AG ES HARDE BERGH

Milce Baseball captain ... " That's for sure !" ... no problem about dates . .. so uthpaw batter and can really hit ... loves Pat's home cooking ... bowling enthu siast ... soccer goa li e ... never saw llth grade ... his form er ambition: to be a hermit ... one of th e brid ge club. 7th grade. Base ba ll 9. Varsity Baseball 10, 12 (captain) ; Varsity Soccer 10, 12; Varsity Bowli ng 10. ACTIVITIES: Studen t Counc il 10. CLASS OFFICES: President 9 , 10.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

MICHAEL GRIER HARLOW

FRIENDS' CENTRAL

A del Good sense of humo r ... oh! these chemistry lab periods ! ... cute . . . "No sports today!" .. . never late early ... " Gads" ... Penn rooter .. . "My brother's smart ; he'll get it! " . . . those backward dun garees ... that historieallaugh ... freckles ... "Where's your note?" ... school spirit!! ... ' Oh, my father! " . . . "Hi, Barclay, where's yo ur raft ?" ... the Ocean City Kid ... 7th grade.

EN T ERED: SPORTS:

J. V. Hockey 9; J. V. Basketball 9, 10.

ACTIVITIES:

Chorus 9; Service Club II ; " H ansel a nd

Gretel" 9.

ADELE DREWES HARSHAW 16

Blonde, bea utiful, and statue.::que ... " o stuff ?" .. . " the Red and Blue" . . . ambition: Helen Ha yes . . . destin y : Imogene Coca ... M. J.'s partner in crime-chemi tr y lab ... " Girl , this game mea ns a lot to me !" ... " An chors Aweigh" .. . " Th at's funn y, you kn ow! " ... " ew button, see" ... Main e ... " I'm Sendin g You a Big Bouqu et of Roses" ... the Scho ol Lan e express .. . " A ra h ra h !" . . . P ygmalion 's Liza . Watch out, Colb y, here comes a heat wave ! I I th grad e. II J. V. H ockey 12. AC TI VITI ES: News II , 12; Serv ice Clu b ll , 12 ; " Pygmalion" 11 ; Y carb::>ok ( Art Staff ) 12. EN T E R E D :

S P O RTS:

JOAN HAYWARD

CLASS OF 1953

H en

Always lau ghing ... can 't whisper ... " I'm just not that type" ... there's a Ford in her future ... should er pads .. . " I don' t want to bore you but - -" ... Dor ( o) thy ... fa vorite sport: Jacks . . . alwa ys sa ys th e right thin g . . . the bug .. . Valley Forge . . . double:pointed needles .. . " Only - - more days" . .. " But I didn 't know that it was a private hom e" ... destin y : social chairman at Girard. 9th grade. II J. V. H ockey 9, J. V . H ockey 10, II V arsity Hockey 11 , 12; J. V. Basketb all 9, I 0, II ; II Va rsity L acrosse 10, 11 , 12. ACTIVITI ES: Chorus 9, 12 ; Service Club ll , 12; " H a nsel a nd Gretel" 9. E N TER E D : S PORT S:

SALLY LEE HENLEY

Left y Mr. Burrowes's best student ... " Is that due to· da y?" . . . good man on the soccer team . . . black hair ... " Boy, am I mad! " ... always clownin g . . . quite a hit with the sophomore girls ... has a ash, WOW! ... likes small girb ... "My buddy was tellin g me" ... used to go upstate a lot ... likes to hunt ... art history fiend .. . a chorus man . .. wears white bucks to football games . . . sticks up for his rights ... "Will somebody loan me a pen ?" ... great sense of humor. EN T E R E D : S PORT S:

5th grade. V a rsity Baseball 11 , 12: V arsity Socce r II

12. AC TIVITI ES:

Chorus 9, I 0, II , 12.

DAVID ELWOOD HEP ER

FRIENJJS' CENTRAL

Syl " Cuddles"' . . . oh, th ose angora sweaters .. . funn y as a barrel of monkeys ... the Monday an d Tuesda y dod ge program . . . music ... ballet . . . art .. . "There's a meeting" ... " Hom e this weekend , men! " ... alwa ys ready for a laugh ... "Throw th e chimes out of the lun chroo m! " . . . " Cotta catch a bus !" . .. " Close that door" .. . alwa ys gettin g her hair cut ... " we want coffee" .. . "Should I get a second dish of i ce c r e am ?" ... Fr e n c h and we i g ht .. . " Whooop-de-do !" EN T E R E D : SPO RT S:

I Oth grade.

J. V. Basketball I 0, II ; J. V. H ockey 11 , 12.

ACTI VIT IES: News I 0 ; Serv ice Clu b II ; Chorus 12 : Yearbook (Art Staff ) 12. C LASS OFFI CES: Vi ce-pres ident 11 ; Presid ent 12.

SYLVIA LOUISE HILL

Ginny

Those pretty eyes . . . " I' m going to see Alain!" .. . our star sopran o from Oregon ... always has a story to tell ... "My yo unger sister looks older that I do !" ... future Florence ightingale ... "I'm homesick !" ... th ose bangs ... always has her knitting with her ... "French is getting me down!"' ... Nancy's friend. ENTERE: >: ACTIVITIES:

12th grade. Service Club 12; Chorus 12; Sextet 12.

VIRGINIA BROUSSE HOLLEY

CLASS OF 1953

Pete

One of the Bryn Mawr Avenue gang ... "Go, Chris, go !" ... loves to drive in second gear ... gunn er ... Saturdays at Lyo ns ... hits the books for at least five minutes each night .. . " Play it cool and sta y loose !" . . . gang leader Hughes .. . that collegiate look ... fancy man on the basketball court . .. half of the O'Brien-Hughes combination. ENTERED: SPORTS:

]J th grade. Varsity Football 11 ; Varsity Track II , 12.

PETER JO EPH HUGHES

Francis

Mr. President ... Germantown kid ... summer hango ut: Brant Beach . . . all-around guy . . . frequent trips to Norristown . . . drives a blue Ford . .. Swarthmore's loyal rooter .. . pride oi Mrs. Benner ... white bucks and striped ties .. . plays football and basketball ... Monday morn· ing blues ... last of James clan at F. C. ... "Who sha ll I take oul this weekend?" ... curly brown hair ... plays the field ... member of the Arma Virumque Marching Chorus. I st grad e. Football 9, Varsity Football II , 12 ; J. V. Basketball II , Varsity Basketball 12. ACTIVITIES: Boys' A.A. 9, II (secretary ) ; News I 0 (managing editor), II (sports editor ) ; Student Coun· cil I 0, II , 12 (president ) ; Yearbook 12. CLASs OFFICES: Secretary I 0; President II, 12. ENTERED: SPORTS:

FRA CIS MARSHALL JAMES, III

FRIENDS' CENTRAL Winnie

A brain ... poodle hair cut ... woman driver ... belts . .. "That's George!" ... Roberta's sidekick ... one of the bridge club ... Bozo .. . the class chauffeur . . . "Save me a seat" .. . Sandwich Shop ... "O-liver" ... Martin and Lewis fan ... "Oh, goodness" ... lady scientist ... "l'm gonna kill myself" ... Wallingford .. . prompter ... Bob ... "My brother Win" .. . the farm-house parties ... "Billy's my pal" .. loves Sauter-Finegan music .. . "Bill." 7th grad e. II J. V. Hock ey 9, 10, J. V. Hockey 11 , 12 (captain) ; J. V. Basketball 9, 10. ACTIVITIES: News 10, 11 , 12 ; Service Clu b 11 ( Com· munity Chest chairman ), 12 ; "Pygmalion" 11 ; Chorus 12 ; Yearbook 12 ( Art Staff and Copy Edi· tor ); "Hansel and Gretel" 9. CLASS OFFICES: Secretary 9, 12. E N TERED: SPORTS:

WI !FRED ER ST JESS

Harpo

Imported from Stone Harbor ... quiet, except in algebra ... tales of the Beach Patrol ... "Yeye-ye know" ... could he run that fifteen play? ... fell for Mrs. Goebbels ... "Don't get all shook; I was on ly foolin' !" ... that convincing ( ?) smile ... "S h-h-h , I gotta concentrate! " ... a fast man on the gridiron and track ... "I'll be at the roller rink." .. . lifeguard (?). ENTERED: SPORTS:

II th grade. Varsity Football II , 12; Varsity Track II ,

12. ACTIVITIES:

Chorus II.

PAUL PHILIP KAIGAN

CLASS OF 1953

Bobbie Newcomer from Olney .. . That orthodox method of eating ice cream ... Sandwiches from Mars ... Song contest solo ? ... Jo Hayward's janitor in chemistry ... Keeper of the tight lips in Friday morning assembly . . . Following sister to Goucher ... "I got a mental against it" ... "College going, Bard!" ... "I'll look it up in my manual" ... "We told them we were from South Philly." 12th grade. II]. V. Hockey 12. ACTIVITIES: Service Club 12 ; Chorus 12.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

ROBERTA CHARLOTTE KATZ 21

Caroline Impeccably neat ... " I won ' t go to the Sandwich Shop!" ... sweet ... Gene Kelly fan ... Acros3 the street from Howard Johnso n's ... one of the Arma Virumque Chorus ... only card game she plays, Casino ... Liny feet ... "Well" ... "And how! " ... "Yo u make one and I'll make one." 10th grade. II J. V. Hockey 10; J. V. H ockey 11 , 12 : J. V. Basketball I 0, II ; II Varsity Lacrosse 11. ACTIVITIES: Service Club 11 ( Carni\'al Chairman ). 12; Yearbook Staff 12. CLASS OFFICES: Treasurer 11 ; Vier-president 12.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

CAROLINE KIRK

FRIENDS' CENTRAL K Pretty ... Hate3 to travel ... "We'll put the meatballs in the middle of the table and nobody will know who took them" . . . "Does Venida make them?" ... one of the Arm a Virumque M:;n-ching Chorus ... "We're just good friends" ... "not that I've been there" ... all those Don\ . . . "Bring in your mon ey tomorrow" ... the elevator man ... "Palsy went to Miquon" Temple night school ... those lunch es ... Rittenhouse kid ... 7th grade. II J. V. Hockey 9; II Varsity Hockey 10 ; Varsity Hockey 11, 12 ; J. V. Basketball 9; II Varsity Basketball 10 ; Varsity Basketball 11 , I 2 ; II Varsity Lacrosse 9; Varsity Lacrosse 10, I I , 12 ; Varsity BaseballlO, 11 , 12 ; BlazerAward 11. ACTIVITIES: Chorus 9; "Hansel and Gretel" 9; Service Club I 0, 12 ; Senior Prom co-chairman; Chairman of Community Chest 12 ; Yearbook Staff 12. C LASS OFFICES: Presiden t JJ . ENTE RED:

SPORTS:

KAREN LOUISE KLEI

Hank

Jerry Lewis: Hank's double . .. "Dean" ... class clown ... "I'm going steady !" ... with him work comes first ( ?) . . . fur·collar jacket ... "Got the wheels" ... collegiate dresser ... usuai· ly found at Baldwin . .. our star tennis player ... that priceless little green book ... "Sam's having a party!" ... last job: gravedigging-he met many new friends at it . . . Miss Bryant's favorite pupil ( ?) . 5th grade. Socce r 9, I 0, Varsity Soccer II , 12 ; Basketball 10 ; Varsity Tennis 9, 10, II , 12. ACTIVITIES: Cheerleader I 0.

ENTERED: sPORTS:

HENRY WOLFE LAVINE

CLASS OF 1953

D. L. Frenchy . .. Dragon Lady ... Our Ambassador to Beach Haven ... Oh, tho3e blind date3 (Jerome) ... "Guess what, Sally, the hsl Paoli Local just left" ... Always on a diet, but how she loves to eat (especially hoagies and garlic pickles ) ... Mr. Burgess's right hand . .. "My father says 'no'" ... Tom-Dick-and Harry ... "Sam's Song," and "I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses"' ... "I'll have a cup of soup, please." 9th grade. II J. V. Hockey I 0, II , 12 ; J. V. Bas:~ c tball 9, 10 ; Varsity Baseball 10, II. ACTIVITIES: " Blue and Gray" I 0; News I 0, II ; Cochairman of th e Soph Hop ; Student Director of Pygm:tlion 11. CLASS .. 07FICE S : Pr2siJent I 0. ENTERED: sPORTS:

DOROTHY LOIS LIEBERMAN 23

Frank

Tall, dark, and handsome ... " But Mrs. Benn er, I do know it!" ... second home: Kentucky .. . one of the bunch from Lansdown e Friends .. . bright boy in physics { ?) .. . never stops combing hi s hair . . . " Heather on the Hill'" .. . Vosler's Greenhouse ... that narrow brid ge on the way to school . . . ambition: gentleman farmer . . . always has helpful ideas ( ?' . . . "Did you do your tri g yet?" 7th grade. Football 9, V::mi t J Football 10, II , 12; Basketball 9, J. V. Basketba' l 10 ; Varsity Basketball II ; Base ball 9, Varsity Baseball 10, II. ACTIVITIES: Student Council 9; C h orus 9. I 0. II . 12; "Hansel and Gretel" 9. CLASS OFFICE: Secretary 9. ENTERED:

SPORTS:

FRA CIS SWABY MARKLA D, JR.

FRIENTIS' CENTRAL

Jo y

Cute 3 3 a fr eckle ... "Your mind!" ... "Anybody got the wh eeb?" ... J. M. and P. C... . "Let's go to Medford Lakes" . . . Roses .. . That la ugh? ... "Open the window, its warm" ... "Remember the time when- " ... Information Please ... "Let's go steady" ... Joyjuice ... Ocean City kid ... " I never did my Spanish last year" ... "Because of You. " 1Oth grad e. II J. V. Hockey 10 ; J. V. H ockey 11 ; J. V. Basketba ll I 0 ; II Varsity Bas ketball II. ACTIVITIES: Chorus 10, II ; Service Club 11 , 12. ENTERED:

SPO RT S :

JOY CHANDLER MILHOUS 24

Debty ummer theater star ... " Boy, I'm so angry" ... a date every weekend . . . open house at Deb's ... that burglar alarm ... her compbxion ... pretty clothes ... "Soap and water?" ... three o'clock kid . . . those teleph one calh . . . her smile ... yellow Chevy ... ·'So what's n :! W ?" ... always cutting her hair ... industriou J ... one of the Triple-Trio. 4:h grade. II ]. V. H ockey 9, 10 ; ]. V. Hockey 11 ; 1I Varsity Hockey 12; J. V. Basketb all 9, 10. 11 ; Varsity Base ball 11 , 12. ACTIVITIES Student Council 9. I 0. I I. 12; Chorus 9 ; News !0, II, 12 (co-ed itor ); Sextet 12; " H a ns el and Gretel" 9; Yea rbook Staff 12. ENTERED: SPORTS:

DEBORAH RUTH

HLLER

CLASS OF 1953

Toots "Leggy-toots" . . . th ::c t bugh ... "You're kidding" ... short 1:nd sweet ... Eddi e Fisher fan ... "Oh hh , Bobby" ... "That's cute" ... lives in the ~ ti cks .. . Min:poo ... Aunt C::>w . . . M. 0 . . . Ocea n City kid . . . "G uess whnt I got in chemi. try?" ... those Friday mo:ning announcem ::: nt~ ... tho3e expre3sions ... an ice cream eJter . .. gull:bh ... " Monkey" . .. cn n t3lk with her h3nds ... "My Pop. " 7th grade. II V ars ity Hockey 9; Varsity Hockey 10. 11. 12; II Varsity Basketball 9; Varsity Bas ketba ll 10, 11. 12 : Varsity Baseball 9, 10, 11 , 12; Blazer Award 10. ACTIVITIES: Chorus 9, 10, 11 (Secre tary), 12 ( Pres ident); Girls A.A. 10, 11 , 12 ( Pres ident); " H anse l a nd Gretel" 9; "Pygmalion" 11 ; Yearbook Staff 12. CLASS OFFICE: President 9. ENTERED:

SPOR T S:

MARLENE ALLEGRA MILLER

Rog

Roger th e codger . . . free tickets to City Line Center ... th at rocky Army jacket ... '·Speedy" of the soccer team ... in and out of love every mon th ... "G uess what I got in physics?" .. . from Friends' Select . . . tha t letterman .. . can always be seen at th e Hot Shoppe ... "Rog. take us home?" ... collegiate! ... th at big Buick ... Mrs. Ben ner's favorite ... "Let's go get a hoagie." ENTERED: SPORTS:

12th grade. Varsity Soccer 12.

ROGER EBBER MILLER

FRIENDS' CENTRAL

Art

Art ... high fl ying shortstop ... Upper Darb y ... quite a man with the women ... can always be found under a basketball hoop ... known for his "34" jackets ... "I'll be 160 by ba se b::~ll season" .. . strictl y major league material . .. "a heck of a community man " . . . "That babe's O.K.' . .. " I'm really hittin g the books now" .. . " Remember our agricultural days" ... " Oh, my aching back." ENTERE D : SPORT S:

12th grade. Varsity Baseball 12.

ARTHUR A. MOST ARDO 26

Bob The Haverford High P. G. .. . '4Ll Plym outh hot rod . .. geometry brain ... "See ) ou in the rec room." ... alway3 cracking jokes ... converted to white bucks ... "What room do we have Spani3h in?" ... Mr. Pittm::m 's model ... q ui et type (?) ... hate3 cit) sli ckPrs ... "Where yo11 go in '?" . . . N oonesk) th e s urve) or ... alwa )'3 has a date ... "SaYe me a place." ENTERED: sPORTS:

12th grade. Varsity Football 12; Varsity lhskctba ll 12.

ROBERT SCOTT NOO E, JR.

CLASS OF 1953

Ouie

"You k now !" . . . blue Chevrolet . . . great at soccer and lnsketball ... "W hat are yo u doin g this weeken :P " . .. lover . . . blonde hair . .. Ocean City Kid . .. loves Mr. Vedova's classes ... "Where's Pete?" . .. co ll ~giate: white bucks and striped tie3 .. . knows Haverford well ... "She's cute !!!'' . . . plent y of bracel et3, ring;, :::n.l sweaters to give out .. . worried about getLin .s bald. 7th grad~. Fo:;tba!l 9; Varsity Soccer 10, 11 , I 2; Basketball 9. 10, Varsity Basketball II, 12; Baseball 9. 10 ; Varsity Tracl; 11 , 12. A ::TIVITIES: News 1 I, 12. ENTERED: SPorns:

WILLIAM JOSEPH O'BRIEN, TII

Sally

Full of pep .. . " Hurry u;J'' ... F. C. S.'s Dizzy Dea n . . . "Where's my fl as hli ght ?" ... Casey, Crime Ph otographer . . . simple . .. th at Sp::mish accent .. . shorl y ... "Ask J ohn if he is going?" .. "Collars up" ... a l w::~y.;; ready to h:lVe fun .. . a lway.;; on tim e .. . 2nd tPam hockey capt3in ... " Is th e p:uty at l l or 2?" ... "Where are yo ur glasses?" ... "Who locked th ose doo rs?" ENTERED:

7th grade.

J. V. Hockey 9 ; II Varsity Hockey ! 0. ll. 12 (cap tain); J. V. Basketball 9 ; II Vars ity Basketball

SPORTS:

10. II ; Varsity Baseball 9, 10, I I, 12. C horus 9 ; Se rvice C lub II , 12; " H ansel a nd Grete l" 9 ; CLASS OFFICE: Treasurer 9, 12.

ACT I VI T IES:

SARA DANIELS P AUL

FRIENDS' CENTRAL

Bill

" Where's my lens fluid ?" ... little r ock in a footba ll uniform .. . " Hey, Mothaw! " . . . Jan et ... " T ca n' t go till I feed my d ogs." .. . that big green Buick convertible . .. " I'll get him next time." . . private phone, no less (pri vate bill, too) . . . "A w, Mrs. Benn er! " ... too bad, Ike wo n . .. " I sa w the ni ce;;;t r edhead ." .. . a m ce guy ... one of the br id ge cl ub. 7th grade. Varsity S::>cccr 10; Vars ity Foo tball II , 12; Bas ketball 10 ; Varsity W res tli ng 11 , 12; V a rsi ty Te nnis 10, 11 , 12. ACTIVITIE S : Service Club 9; Sen ior Prom Co-cha irman; Yearbook Staff 12. CLASS OFF ICES : Secre tary 11 , 12. ENTE R ED:

SPORT S :

WILLIAM HARRY PERLOFF, JR.

Reich One of '53's ori gin ah .. . alwa ys talkin g .. . a smile fo r ever yone . . . gold hockey stick gal .. . French pr onun ciation ? . . . "Must tell Anne" . . . Uncle Jo hn 's gifts . .. an Episcopal and P enn Charter fa n . . . Woofi e .. . " Auf Wi edersehen" . . . '·Help me remember" ... Ocean City waitress . .. co llects cann on-balls ... " Oh , Ann e, don't leL me cut my hair" ... Co mmunity Chest headaches .. . Look out, Dickin so n! J st grade. Vars ity H oekey9, 10, 11 , 12; II Varsity Basketball 9, 10, II ; Varsity Bas ketbal11 2 (co-ma nager); II Varsi ty Lacrosse 9; Y ars ity Lacrosse I 0, 11 , 12. ACTIV IT I ES: C horus 9, 11 , News 9; Servi ce Club 10, 11 (Treasurer), 12 (Treasurer) ; Sextet 12; " H a nsel and Gretel" 9.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

ELIZABETH PFLAUM REICHLE

CLASS OF 1953

Pinky Pin gatz ... that Ipana smile .. . oh! th ose cashmere sweaters ! .. . " I had a crack up, but it wa ~ his fault! " .. . the Manassah Mauler . .. real whiz in the lab . .. " Hey, girl! can I give yo u a lift ?" . . . little black book . . . locker room pugilist . . . " I got the 'Caddy' tonight! " . .. the pompadour romeo . . . Swat-it-Sal! of th e tennis courts. 8th grad e. Foo tball9 ; Soccer 10, Varsity Socce r 11 , 12; Basketball 9 ; Bowling I 0, ]. V . Bowli ng 11 ; Base ba ll 9 ; V a rsity T ennis 10, 11 , 12. A C TIVITI ES: " Blue and Gray" 10; News 11. EN T ERED: S PORT S:

PI!\C S PERILSTEI

SALL

Dan

Another from across the nver . . . partial to wrestlers .. , "Well , try!. , ... Mildred's favorite ... The pegs and high risers ... Oh, that curly black top! ... li ' l or Ford . . . the Scotchmen won't miss him . . . " Let's all ge t together and buy jackets." ... the speed demon on the football team . , . short. but sharp. J;~TEHED:

l2rh grade.

;,pon-rs: Yarsily Foo lba ll 12; \ arsil y \'\'res ilin g 12.

DANIEL WEBSTER SCHLETT

FRIENDS' CENTRAL Sipe Neat hair- always in place . . . "Q uit me:; in ' around! " ... ca n be found with a blonde from the i unior class ... all-around guy ... "You Ehould go !" ... "The Girl That I Marry" ... A. A. prexy ... pet peeve: guys who kn ow it all (or think th ~ y do) .. . "At least I ha ve a date!" . . . 19? '! Phillies' pitcher . . . all those nickn::~m es ... deadeye basketball he!lver ... Physics whiz ("?) 7th grade. Football 9; Varsity Soccer 10, II , 12 (Capta in ); Basketball 9, J. V. Basketball 10 , Varsity Basketball II. 12 ; Baseball 9, J. V. Baseball I 0, Varsity Bas ~ ball 11 , 12. ACTIVITIES: Boys' A.A. I 0. I I ( Vi c~- pres: d r nt ). 12 (presid ent ); Chorus I 0. II . 12 ; Yearbook Starr 12. CLASS OFFICES: Treasurer 9 ; Vi ce- president I 0, II , 12. ENTERED: S PORT S :

HOWARD DWIGHT SIPLER

Don Rugged guard on the football tea m ... the hunter ... always clowning with Lew's car ... "Where's Rittenhouse Square?" ... man from Maine ... "Get the little red book!" ... F. C.'s pickup truck ... hustler of school events ... "Where'd she come from?" ... member of the Arma Vir· umque Marching Chorus ... " 1o, the other way." .. . forest fire-fighter ... "Jezebel" ... "These pants don 't fit! " Kindergarten. Football 9, Varsity Football 10, 11 , 12; Basketball 9, ] . V. Basketball 10, 11 ; Baseba ll 9, ]. V. Baseball 10, Varsity Baseball 1 !, 12 . ACTIVITIES: Student Council 9, 10, 11 (Treasurer ), 12 (Treasurer ); Boys' A.A. 11 , 12 ( Secretary ); New ~ ( manager ) 11 ; business manager of the Yearbook 12. C LASS OFFICES : President 9, 10. ENTERED: SPORT S:

DONALD BRIDGHAM SMALL

CLASS OF 1953

Stump " Odd fellows " . . . the night-hawk . . . walks through the fields picking "glovers" ... member of the royal family ... the friendliest guy ... will "battle books" at Gettysburg ... one of the Bryn Mawr Avenue gang_. . . F. C.'s touchdown ace ... originator of the "Nash seat" ... drive3 a green chariot ... the homesteader of Springfield . . . "Strange things will happen!" 12th grade. Varsity Football 12. ACTIVITIES: News 12. ENTERED:

SPORT S:

JOSEPH JOHN STUMPF

Reid " Mr. Peg Pants" ... hot-rod Ford with duals ... loves loud radios .. . "Lttle pa ysa n" ... hates conceited girls . . . " Who's a fink ?" . . . white bucks ... "A nybo::! y have an extra pencil?" .. . can be found in the pa y phone on Friday .. . " good hosr." ... loud shirts, big ties ... always with Bob . . . . "Gan gwa y, yo u guys, here I come!" . . . wants to grow an inch o he can wash the top of his car ... yo u can always hear him leave sc hool even if yo u can 't see him. 8th grade. Football9 ; Soccer 10, Varsity Soccn II , 12 ; BasPball 9, I 0, Varsity Baseba ll I I, 12; Varsity Wres tlin g II , 12. ACTIVITIES: Service Club I 0; C horus 9, I 0, I I, 12. CLASS OFFICE: Treas urer II.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

REID STARKEY THOMAS

FRIENDS~

CENTRAL

Annie Our hasketball captain . .. c hur c h goe r .. . "Eddi e,. are yo u hurt ?" ... G. A. admirer .. . likes 'em tall, dark, and handsome ... " If Betsy sta ys home toda y, I'll kill her !" ... Ocean City waitress . . . early mornin g jo yrid e .. . those prett y brown eyes .. . six dates and a Marine ... '·Little Zid" ... double-dates with Betsy. 7th grade. II Varsity Hockey 9, 10. Varsity H oc key 11 ; Varsity Basketball 9, 10, 11 , 12 (Captai n ); II Varsity Lacrosse 9, V ars ity Lacrosse 10, 11 , 12; Varsity ilasC'ball 11 ; Blazer Award 11. ACT I VITI ES: C hor us 9, II ; Service' C lub 10, II , 12; Girls' A.A. 9, 12; " H ansel and GrC'te l" 9. CLASS OFF ICE: Secretary ( assistant ) 9. E N TERED:

S POR T S:

A NE MARIE TRA TWEIN

Dede Full of pep ... Vassar-bound ... " Goin g home by train ?" ... Bermuda shorts ... Annapolis .. . Ye Old e Mill ... " Hey, Hey, Good lookin g !" .. . that l. D. bracelet ... th e laug h ... " Don't work too h ard" ... scarf . . . a knitter ( ?) . . . Jim's p al ... Dartm outh ... th at bbck car . .. " I'm on a diet! " ... " I n ~ed girls for th e Cotillion" ... " o kiddin '?" ... " Hunkapcller. " I O: h grade . II J. V. Hockey 10, II V a rsity H ockey 11 , 12; II J. V . Bas ketb all 10, II V a rsity Basketb all I l. AC TI VI TI ES: N ews 10, 11 (M a nagin g Ed itor ), 12 (Coed itor ); Service Club II , 12; Yearbook (Art Staff ) 12. ENTE R E D : SPORT

DOROTHY DORWIN UNKEFER

CLASS OF 1953

Von Head first in the snow ... " Ever y Lim e we look at television we have to leave" . . . boy's Spanish whiz ... " Hello" ... non chalant ... middle musketeer ... " Wait 'til you see m y car! " ... shotgun s . .. midnight visits ... model airplanes ... flash fiend-Sally Paul's t11·in . .. " I she in a good hum or ?" . .. bri ght socks . .. Oh! that tie ! .. . " Is he th e new German boy?" ... girl-craz y. 10th grad e. V a rsity Soccer 10 ; V a rsity Foo tball 11 , 12: J. V. Basketb all 10, V arsity Bas ketb all 11 , 12; J. V. Base ball 10, V arsity Base ball 11 , 12. AC TI VITI ES: C horus 10. 11 , 12; News 10. EN T ERE D: S PORT S:

WILLIAM WARREN vo N UFFEL, JR.

Flip Beautiful eyes ... 'Delicado" and "Blue Tango" .. . "P urple !" "No ! Blue!" ... ice cream with chocolate sa uce ... sextet veteran . .. "How im· mature, Philippa! " . . . her sidekick: Sue .. . Da ves ... "When I was on the Riviera ... " . . . " Hi, You·all" ... knitter ( ?) ... " Rea lly?" .. . our pianist for Song Contest ... from the wild~ of ewtown Square to the wilds of West Phila. Jl th grad e. II J. V. Hockey 11 , 12 ; J. V . Basketball 11. ACTIVIT I ES: Chorus II , 12 (Secretary ); Sextet 11 , 12; Service C lu b 11 , 12.

E N TERED: SPORTS:

PHILIPPA CAMPBELL WERLE

FRIENIJS' CENTRAL

Janie The harpist . .. always knitting . . . one of th e bridge club ... bi·weekly excursio ns to New York ... election eve slumber ( ?) party ... "I LIKE IKE " ... blonde hair and black eyebrows ( ?) ... one of 53's originals ... Giants fan . . . Cum Laude kid . . . perennial Song Contest lead· er . .. our goalie and catcher . .. member of the Arma Virumque Marching Chorus . .. "Only $75 to costume all those people?" . .. "Gad !" ... Princeton 's swastika. Jst grade. II Varsity Hockey 9, 10. Varsity Hockey 11 , V. Basketball 9, 10 ; Varsity Baseball 9, 10,

ENTERED: SPORTS:

12 ; J. 11. 12.

AC TIVIT IES : Chorus 9, 12 ; Student Council 10 ; News 10. 11 ; Servi ce Club II ; Song Contest lead er 9, 10, II , 12 ; Student producer of "Hansel and Gretd" 9 ; Yearbook Staff 12.

JANE BEN ETT WEIDE SAUL

Butz Second ambassador from Graefelfing ... versatile ... always ready to help ... smooth foreign relations in solid and trig ... another in the De Palma family ... soccer fullback with a healthy boot . . . helps Bruce run amplifiers . .. moun· tain climber at heart ... cheerful smile ... his indoor sport: ping-pong ... introduced to F. C. S. in the summ er theatre stage crew ... ambition: world economist. 12th grad e. Varsity Soccer 12; Varsity Tennis 12. ACTIVIT IES: C h orus 12; Service C lu b 12.

ENTERED: SPORTS:

OLAF WIRTH

CLASS OF 1953

Mary belle Philadelphia's favorite ... " Happy Birthday" ... the Big Bell ... gullible ... " Open house at Marybelle's tonight! " . .. the geometry brain ... " Who put that trash in my desk ?" ... going one way on 15th street ... funn y ... "Take off the brake !" ... where's 69th Street? ... "Oh! wait a minute! I'll think of it" ... ambassador from Germantown. ENTERED: SPORT S :

9th grade. II J. V. Hockey 9, 10, 11; II J. V. Basketball

9, 10. ACT IVITIE S: Chorus 9, 10 ; Service C lub 11, 12; " H anse l and Gretel" 9.

MARY BELLE ZEARF AUS 35

The First Twelve Steps Peggy Brumfield toddled up the steps of the Lower School after lrv's baseball. "What i' dis?" our toothless wonder demanded. "It's Friends' Central and you're trapped," the rude voice of Time replied. Thus began the illustrious class of '53. The Brat, our first athlete, was soon joined by two more of the same variety: Bobby Buckley, carrying a basketball under his arm, and Donnie Small with his football, proudly sported their 25-pound-team letters on their jerseys. At the age of five these precocious wonders adopted yet another, Ruth Gabel. All she liked to do was push down other people's snowmen and skip rope. On the first grade landing we found four new arrivals. Carolyn Cannon even then was clutching crumpled yearbook contracts in her grubby little hand. Over in the corner we frequently heard a dull roar and an intermittent "Keep quiet, and stay on pitch!" It's Jane Weidensaul teaching Mozart's Alphabet to the 1953 Junior Choral Society. Over in the other corner we could often hear an imperious pounding of a gavel; Francis James was calling the First Grade Council to order. "Betsy Reichle, will you please be quiet!" The first day of fourth grade we saw Martha Green chugging around the hockey field for the third time, and we couldn't resist asking, "What are you doing? " "Oh, I'm out of shape- for the '52 hockey season, you understand." We came across Debbie Miller in the library anxiously surveying long lists of names of lnter-Ac prospects. The only new '53 in fifth grade was David Hepner, our legacy from the class of '52. The sixth step was highlighted by the discovery of Bruce DePalma working hard behind a mountain of scientific apparatus. His free use of chemicals has often been censored as a safety measure for the school. At last we arrived at the first big landing, the seventh grade and gateway to the Upper School. Hank Lavine must have done some smooth talking, because all of a sudden we found that the former fifth grader had joined us in a sudden flash of mentality. In the seventh grade too, Mary Jane Dorey started those famous trips from Germantown, with the longest list of chauffeurs imaginable. Miquon sent a large delegation of Democrats to the fast-growing class. Billy Perlo:ff, Palsy Gibbon, and Karen Klein all marched in , in deep mourning over the coming election of 1952. We notice, however, that Bill didn't paint his neatly dented Buick black, nor did Palsy or Karen cease to live because of the disaster. Two more '53's, later famous in F. C.'s sport annals, came in that year, too. Our right-handed Dizzy Dean- Sally Paul, and the Sophomore Blazer Gal- Marlene Mil· ler, burned up the fields and courts from that time to this. These were not the only athlete:;; to enhance our class in seventh grade, however. Anne Trautwein, sister of the famous Ziddy, started to put those basketballs where they should go, and Howard Sipler really made F. C. soccer fans sit up and take notice. The big event of the seventh step was the advent of the '53 Underground Telegraph in the person of Winnie Jess. We'll rem em her her sympathetic ear. Another fine mind was added then, too: Adele Harshaw, who always used her good intellect in brilliant excuses to get out of sports. "Where is the stage, and what has to be done to the lights?" a pleasant voice behind us asked. We turned around and saw John Bates for the first time, a flashlight in his hand and a roll of wire over his shoulder. Here was a stage manager par excellence. The field of music was not neglected either, for Frank Markland entered F. C. to give the choruses a boost. To round out the seventh step Parade of Experts, Bill O'Brien set up week-end classes for instruction in "How to be a Perfect Romeo." Pinky Sall took the course in eighth grade, and gave the under-class girls a whirl. Our advocate of the "Hot Rod," Reid Thomas, started his famous operations on his car.

Ninth grade saw the entrance of two theatrical talents: Joan Bran en took care of the stage histrionics, and Dottie Lieberman became Mr. Burgess's right-hand in the directing Jepartment_ Lew Cohen, the man with math on the brain, became the Class Statistician and was always ready to reel off figures, names, and dates to prove a point. Betsy's Upper School counterpart, Sally Henley, who can't whisper, never gave the poor faculty a peaceful moment in their never-ending struggle for quiet in the building. An audience is always necessary for the Class Clowns to function, and Marybelle Zearfaus came for just that purpose. She could always be counted on to be appreciative. Five new '53's joined us on the tenth step. Sylvia Hill, our Speaker of the House, has made us all proud of her by winning several speech contests and serving as the girls' prexy for the Senior year. Good luck in Congress, Syl, we hope the Democrats get back in very soon so you can be elected. What would the Spanish department ever do without Joy Milhous! That Southof-the-Border accent must make Mrs. Ham very happy. We're sure Miss Brill could never do without Caroline Kirk, the Master Music Mender of F. C. Then, too, those rides to school in the morning will never be the same for Mr. Burrowes and Miss Whitcraft after she's gone. Warren von Uffel, who soars into school every morning at never more than eighty miles per hour, was the only boy to join us on the tenth step. Every class must have a Socialite leader, and Dede Unkefer filled this vacant po ition for us. Remember the Cotillion? Our eleventh year was highlighted by an undefeated football team, and one of the most important players of the group was Al DelVecchio, the "Tank" line backer. Hi spaghetti is wonderful, too, almost as wonderful as his tackles. Unfortunately for Pete Hughes, his leg was broken in pre-season practice, but he turned his energies to running the highly successful pep rallies in Friday morning assemblies. The Stone Harbor Flash, Paul Kaigan, came in on the eleventh step, too, to give us a little native color from the wilds of 1ew Jersey. We heard someone wistfully playing "La vie en rose" in the O.P.A. room, and we had to find out who it was. You guessed it; it was Flip Wehle getting in shape for the Song Contest and Serial Theater accompaniments. Jo Hayward, star of F. C.'s production of "Pygmalion," learned to be a "lydy" to the great enjoyment of the audience. A short time after midyears ·Were over, we discovered a quiet new girl had entered our cia , namely Audrey Hardenbergh. We since learned that first impressions are not always correct. AT LA T! The end of our dreams had come true; we were on the twelfth step and guiding the student activities as SENIORS. Seven new boys were added in this last year . eil Rosen, who didn't get enough education last year, returned to take some more courses and quarterback the football team in his spare time. Dick Cahill, Bob oone, (alias the Quiet Man) Dan Schlett, and Joe Stumpf all contributed to the second undefeated season for the football team. Roger Miller, the fugitive from Friends' Select, played on the soccer team. You should hear him translate Chaucer! Art Mo tardo, another Quiet Man, came in too late for football, but he served on the fall committees and got in on the senior activities. Olaf Wirth, exchange tudent from our affiliate school in Germany, gave an international flavor to our classes. Oddly enough, despite his German background, he seems to be the only one who understands Mrs. Benner. Only two girls entered on the twelfth step: Ginny Holley came all the way from Oregon in the big orth Woods to sing to us. Roberta Katz came from right here in Philadelphia to round out the class of 1953. We have been fortunate in having many members of the class since the Lower School and in being joined by such good people all the way up the great spiral staircase of Friends' Central. Jane eulensaul

Francis ]ames

CLASS Drag with the teachers, that's their aim, A polished apple for J ohn and j ane.

I f andsome faces and prett)' eyes Give Howard and Karen the beauty prize.

Always a word to a guy or a gal, Our most flirtatious are Debby and AI.

Hockey shoes and football cleats Make Marlene and Bobby our athletes.

POLL IVith wide-c•y cd stares they'll believe w hat J'OU tell, OuT gullibles, FTank and M arJ•belle.

Carefree cackles, and often sass, Make Mar y jane and H ank clowns of the class.

Loaded with charm and a Gheeriul beam P.:: rsonalit)' plus- Howard and Marlene.

A hend and a brain are all that they ne ed, For Janie and Francis will surely succeed.

Steps In The Future Place: Philadelphia Time: 1963 Alice Gibbon, head of the new United Planets movement, was walking down a street when Bill Perloff, chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Committee, accidentally bumped into her. "Pardon me, miss," he said. " Why, Palsy Gibbon! I haven't seen you in 10 years. I've heard all about your new group." "It's good to see you, Bill. Congratulations on your appointment. You know, I have Betsy Reichle translating French for our organization. Speaking of politics, what do you think of Jane running for president on the Democratic ticket?" "I wouldn't have believed it lO years ago, Palsy. What are you doing in town?" " ot much. I just got in." "Well, how about going with me to the new play in town , the Latin-American version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in broken Spanish. Dotty Lieberman is directing it, and Howard Sipler has the lead. Dan Schlett, who is now a famous drama critic, has claimed that Howard is the second Rudolph Valentino." " Why, thanks, that's a swell idea, Bill." They got on a bus and saw to their surprise that John Bates was the driver. They were riding along talking when Alice said, "There's Anne Trautwein in the front of the bus with a group of little children. I guess they're taking a class trip." At that moment Bill looked out of the window at a construction job. " Do yo u see that work going on over there?" he asked. "That's the new highway from Philadelphia to ewport engineered by Sally Henley. And look, there's Bobby Buckley working a pneumatic drill." " Bill," said Palsy, " do you see that sandwi ch man over there advertising Karen Klein's restaurant? Isn't that Pete Hughes?" "Yes, it is, and look in the window of that dress shop. There's Bill O'Brien dressing the models." "You're right and there's Flip Wehle picture on that billboard, over there, advertising eyedrops." "Have you heard about any of our classmates, Palsy?" "Well, Peggy Brumfield has written a book, 'How to Play Baseball and Like It.' Oh, yes, and that dance studio over there reminds me - Pinky Sail is teaching at Arthur Murray's." Bill and Palsy got off the bus and bought a newspaper. They were amazed to see the notoriety caused by Warren von Uffel's bigamy trial. The chief witness in the case was Mike Harlow, a well known marriage counselor. Sharing the front page spotlight, was the announcement of Olaf Wirth's appointment as Gennan Ambassador to the U. S. Don Small, a famous hunter, was in the hospital after having been shot from the rear while on a safari in darkest Maine. After scanning the important news, Bill turned to the sports page where F. C.'s class of '53 had a monopoly on space. There was an article on Reid Thomas, an upand-coming stock car racer, and one on Lew Cohen, the new world flyweight boxing champion. Marlene Miller, state tiddly-winks champ, was on her way to the nationals. Art Mostardo was playing shortstop for the Phillies and AI D e lVe cc hio was the Eagles' bulwark on the line. The two approached the cashier's window of the theater and of all people, Debby Miller was selling tickets. After exchangin g greetings they started talking about their old classmates.

" Did yo u hear ?'' said Debby. " Ruth Gable's and Carolyn Cann on's busin esses, the Gable School of Driving and the St. Davids' Wrecking Co. have a workin g partnership. Several of our old friends ha ve become teachers, too. eil Rosen is back at F. C. teachin g. David Hepn er is a professor of Spanish at Harvard. Roberta Katz is teachin g cheerleadin g at a mod ern dance school, and Paul Kai gan has taken Dr. Dewees's place at F. C. S. Oh , did you kn ow that Hank Lavine is still going to college?" Well, we'd better get goin g. Swell seein g you, Debby." They went in side and could hardly believe their eyes when the usher wh o led them to their seats turned out to be Joe Stumpf. " What news have yo u heard about our class ?" Bill asked. " The onl y people I've heard about," Joe said, " are Rog Miller and Bob oone who are silent partners in some business. But I don 't know what business it is because they are so silent about it." Palsy, looking at her program said , " Look, Bill, Joan Ha yward is co-starrin g.., " Yes, I know. Did yo u see that Audrey Hardenbergh has made all of J oan's costumes and that Joan Bran en did all of her hair styling with her new home perman ent ?" " Guess wh o's on th e program next week, Billy? Two popular lad y lecturers, Sylvia Hill and Mary Jan e Dorey. Sylvia is speakin g about 'How to Win Fri ends and Influ· ence People.' Mary Jane's subj ect has yet to be announ ced. " " That's a coincidence. And look, it says that Caroline Kirk has printed these programs free of charge so that the mon ey saved can go to the 'Clothes for France' dri ve headed b y Virginia Holley." At intermission time Palsy and Bill went out into the lobby. There they happened to run into Frank Markland , now a farm er. Frank started to talk about old times. "Winnie Jess," he said, " has a place ri ght near min e where she is trying to produce an orchid that will grow on the moon." "Hadn't we better get back to our seats? Hey, what's wrong with that clock on the wall ?" Frank explain ed, " Haven' t you heard , Bill ? That is a new clock that ticks backwards. It was in vented by Ad ele Harshaw, and it completely refutes Bruce De P alma 's new theory of relativity." On their wa y back into the theater, they bumped into a bu3tling young woman wh om they recognized as Dede Unkefer. She told them all about her activities on the Vassar Alumnae Association. " Oh, yes, and I just recently heard from Martha Green. She has received a promotion to an important position in the publicity department of the Colgate Tooth paste Co." Durin g the second half of the performance, they heard Marybelle Zearfa us's new song, " Happy Birthday to You ," sun g by Francis James, wh om .they met la ter at tlw stage door and who took them to Crazy Abe's, the restaurant newly enlarged und er th e management of Dick Cahill. Palsy and Bill were in luck that night. Joy Milhous was their waitress and she insisted that they have their picture taken by the night club ph otographer, Sally Paul. They would have liked to talk longer, but Bill's campai gn was startin g th e n ext day and P alsy had to get back to Mars. " It was wonderful talking to you, Palsy." " See yo u at our next class reunion , Bill." " So long."

The Final Step CLASS WILL and TESTAMENT

F RIEND S'

CENTRAL

SCHOOL

.JUNE

As the class of '53 mounts the last and final step, All our prized possessions we bequeath toda y; With a sound and sturd y mind , th ese thin gs we leave behind To those standing on the steps along the wa y.

I, John Bates, leave the stage and yearbook to an y junior who will take them. I, Joan Branen, leave Mr. Small's physics co urse, especially my siphon theor y to an y junior brave enough to take it. I, Peggy Brumfield , leave my han gout in Room 37 and three fli ghts of steps to Anne Osborne. I, Dick Cahill, leave m y haircut to Dick Kimmey. I, Carolyn Cannon , leave my Ace banda ge to J o-Ellen Goldenberg. I, Lew Cohen, leave my love of mathematics to Tom Pugh. I, AI Del Vecchio, leave Bruce Beckwith with a sixteen-gam e winnin g streak and some of my weight. I, Bruce DePalma, leave my slid e rule and a bottle of aspirin to Mrs. Benner. I, Mary Jane Dorey, leave a Spanish omelet to Mi ss Bryant so she won 't ha ve to teach next year's second year Spanish class on a n empty stomach. I, Ruth Gabel, leave the hockey fi eld with p leasure: I, Alice Gibbon, leave th e amu.> ement and inspiration derived fr om Mr. Burrowes to the Fetters. I, Martha Green, pass on Debbie Hazzard 's and my own good eyesight to Beth Snyder. I, Audrey Hardenber gh, lea ve broken test tubes to last yea r's chemistr y class. I, Mike Harl ow, lea ve a year earl y to avoid the junior rush.

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I, Adele Harshaw, leave my late slips to any late junior.

I, Jo Hayward, leave the gas jets on to revive Bill Masser on his way to physics. I, Sally Henley, leave m y lan guage skill to J ohn Monks. T, David Hepn er, leave m y friendship with Mr. Pittman to Liz Osborne. I, Sylvia Hill, leave the lock of the senior girls' door to next year's seni or girls' class. I, Ginn y Holley, leave a gun to an y on e takin g French next year. I, P ete Hughes, leave m y apple polishing technique to a needy Junior. J, Francis James, leave my spare time to an yon e who can find it. T. Winnie Jess, leave my crushes to Roberta Cannon. l , Paul Kaigan , leave my report card to an y on e who ca n do better. I, Roberta Katz, leave m y early sports excuses to Gail First. I, Caroline Kirk, leave the dail y school bus rid es to Pat Myers. J, Karen Klein , leave m y operatic ability a n~ my " uke" accompanim ent to Norma Schweitzer. I, Hank Lavin e, leave my twelve dates for th e Senior Prom to an yon e who needs on e. J. Dottie Lieberman , leave my three letters to Ann e Markland and a pi cture of Rita Hayworth to Julie Miller. I, Frank Markland, leave my broken leg to an y one on next year's football team wh o is sill y enough to want it. I, J oy Milhous, leave Frida y mornin g stud y hall to Barton Schwartz. I, Debby Miller, leave the car I wish I had , to my sister to go to school. T, Marlene Miller, leave th e pleasant and short train rides home to Judy Moulton. I, Roger Miller, leave Mrs. Benn er alone at last. I, Art Mo: tardo leave th e basketball skill, which m y mother won't let me use, to one of next year's pla yers. I, Bob Noone, leave my brain s to Mr. Vedova. I, Bill O'Brien, leave m y cool way of jitterbuggin g to " Bashful Bill" Kile. I, Sally Paul, leave to Miss Bryant m y Spanish accent. I, Bill P erloff, leave the Republican party to Sand y Fetter. I, Betsy Reichle, leave my French accent to an yone wh o can understand it. I, Neil Rosen, leave my coaches, but carr y their in spiration on , l , Pinky Sail, leave my collegiate grey bucks with th e brown shoelaces. I, Dan Schlett, leave m y road map to next year's student from Camden. I, Howard Sipler, leave an application for admis3ion to Bucknell to Barbara Pausser. I, Don Small, leave Mrs. Benner's class to an yon e who can follow and understand her. I. J oe Stumpf, leave to Ed Rummel a couple of touchdowns to start the '53 season. I, Reid Thomas, leave m y hot r od to John Monks. I, Ann J Trautwein , leave-the last of th e Trautweins. I, Doroth y Unkefer, leave Mr. Farrada y and his ninth grade biology class to an y future senior. I, Warren von Uffel, leave m y answer book to Mr. Vedova. I, Flip Wehle, leave Sue Carl en to next year's senior class. I, Ja ne Weidensaul, leave Miss Bryant to Virginia Lund gren. I, Olaf Wirth, leave my briefcase to the senior class and leave Mrs. Benner, th e best teacher I ever have had. l , Mar ybelle Zearfaus, leave a birthday cake to the lun chroom.

I st row, le ft to righ t : Hunter, Wern er, Citot, A. O sborn e, Schweitzer; 2n d row: M oore, An ge ll, Sa und ers, Linton, Pa usser, F etter , Snyd er, Li cbrc ich , Goldenberg, Beckwith, Kile; 3rd row: L angner, W ald, M onks, Stein, Kimm ey, Alward , M asser , Schu mpert , Dun h am, J anse n , Miss Bryant ; 4t h row: H asbrouck, Lund gren, C a n non , Willi a ms, Spence, M ill er, Smith , H or ton. E . Osborne. Stambul , M a nl ey.

THE JUNIOR CLASS This past year th e Class of 1954 took part in man y of the &chool activities. As far as sports go, Bruce Beckwith is captain-elect of 1953's footb all tea m, an d Liz Osborne and Barbara Pausser will be co-captainin g next year's hockey squad. Th ese three, with Dick An gell, represented us in th e Athl etic Associa tion. J o-E llen Go ld enberg and Roberta Cannon were cheerleaders. Stud ent Council members included Liz Osbo1ne, Bar bara P a u ser. Br uce Beckwith, Charlie Linton , and Sand y Fetter ; and th e junior class' delegates to Ser vice Committee have been Ginn y Lundgren and Maudie Moore. A welcome addition to our class was Chantal Citot from the Lycee Jean de la Fontaine near Paris, France. With us she enj oyed our trip to Williamsbu rg, one that we shall never forget. Members of th e Double Sextet, which sang at Fri ends' Central an ::l else where. included Maudie Moore, Sue Saunders, Diana Stambul, and Ginn y Lundgren wh o also played the role of Jean in the Senior High operetta, " Brigadoon. " Paul Langn er and Lamar Schumpert represented F. C. S. on Lh e Junior T own Meeting of the Air. Elizabeth Smith and boys' president Sand y Fetter will be thi year 's Students Abroad to Mexico. Other officers were Barbara Pausser , girls' president ; Sue Sa un ders and Joe Liebriech, secretaries ; J o-Ellen Goldenberg and Bruce Beckwith , treasurers ; and Beth Sn yder and Charlie Linton , vice-presidents. Ever yone enjoyed an eventful year and its climax, the Junior Prom.

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I st row, left to right: Ri ccardi , H a rlow, Roa tch, Shore, H enry, Whitese ll, Zilling, Stubbs, First, Johnson, CreskofT; 2nd row: Polites, Lobel, Kirkpatri ck, Jarvis, D emin g, Ga rtner, M ackey, Nusbaum, Hayes, Bidgood , Hinton, Ives, L are, Freeman ; 3rd row: Mrs. Ham , Hud ock, Dickson , Knipe, Miller , Bopp, Atkinson, Pugh, Darcy, Clisby, Blank, Borneman , M erz, Hardin , Mr. Emerson ; Ba ck row: Souder, Moore, Minster, Boardm a n, Appel, D eOrsay, Hopkins, T a rrant, J ess, Cole, Spillman , Rummel, Schn ydcr, Snow.

THE SOPHOMORE CLASS Colin Dickson started the Sophomore social season with the annual picnic to his farm. We explored, ate, played the ukelele, and a few of us more courageous ones tried swimmin g. (Br-r·r!) We were very well represented this year in school activities. Student Council members Bonnie Boardman, Allan Mackey, Ted Riccardi, and Sally Deming helped out in school government; Service Club members Lyn Bidgood, Donna Hayes, Ruth Stubbs, Helen DeOrsay, and Marian Lobel proved their efficiency during the United Fund Drive when they collected 102 % of the Sophomore pledges. In sports, too, the tenth grade placed many varsity players. Tony Hudock, Bill Gartner, Mayer Schnyder, Joe Borneman, Eddy Rummel, Tom Pugh, Mike Darcy, and Nicky Freeman all contributed to an undefeated football season. Sophomore girls on the hockey squad were Anne Nusbaum, Nancy lves, Bonnie Boardman, Middy Minster, and Linda Johnson. Conducted by Dave Atkinson and accompanied by Ted Riccardi, our class came in third in the Song Contest. Leading us in other school activities were Allan Mackey, president; Bill Gartner, chairman of homeroom 30; Sally Deming, secretary; and treasurers Donna Hayes and Anne Nusbaum. They led us through a very successful year in which we accomplished many things.

1st row, left to right: Weinstein, Netzky, Irwin, Topping, Sharpless; 2nd row: Sussman, Markland, Moulton, M . Miller, Collins, Nagy, Gartner, orcross, Best, Gross, Forsythe, PerlofT ; 3rd row: Mrs. Benn er, Margolin , Parsell, Levy, J efferis, Tague, Ri chm an, H. Mill er, D ePalm a, Wolf, Patterson , Freeman , Mr. Burrowes; 4th row: D err, VanZanten, H arvey, Graham, Therman , Ellis, Fetter, Vickers, K a uffman, R epp, Pu gh.

THE FRESHMEN CLASS The Freshman class has not only had a lot of fun this yea r, but has also accomplished a great deal. A number of girls tried out for the Varsity hockey team and half a dozen of them made the squad. We also had several boys on the Varsity football ~quad, which John Nagy managed. Other of our 9th grade boys bore the brunt of the 120-lb. football team, losing only one game this season. When the Song Contest rolled around, we had a little trouble at first, but under the direction of Mary Jane Harvey, we placed second in the hymn division , ingin g The Lord's Prayer. Many of the Class of 1956 worked on the Junior High production of A Child Is Born, by Stephen Benet. Bart DePalma and Winnie Repp played the leading roles, and many freshmen had lesser parts. On the "behind-the-scenes" work our cla s was active also; Nan Fetter as student director and Herb Miller as stage manager were two of the many 9th graders who worked diligently to make the play a success, which it turned out to be. Under the leadership of Bob Gartner, president; John agy, vice-president; Bonnie Gross, secretary; and Don Best and Phil Norcross, treasurers; the Freshman class has had a wonderful year. We hope that following 9th graders will like it as much as we did.

THE EIGHTH GRAIJE

1st row, left to right: Hoover, B. Schwartz, Carlen, R. Fetters , Savage, H ard in, Myers, Bookbinder, Gruber; 2nd row: Mr. Small, Cowell , Willi ams, Leiby, Hayward, Polites, Drayer, Teaf, Drake, Woxen , G. Miller, Miss Trapnell ; 3rd row: Pepp, M . Miller, Atkinson, Coulter, Zimmerli , Schwartz, Rosenbe rger, R. Fetters ; back row: Fields, Clisby, Johnson, Spitz, W . Schwartz, Scotney.

THE SEVENTH GRAIJE

1st row, left to right: Khinoy, Brecht, H epburn, D emin g, Astley, D ePalma, W ait, Howa rd , Davis ; 2nd row: Loescher, Freedman, Schatz, Miele, Stratton, Jacobs, Phillips, Nelson, Mr. H arvey; 3rd row: Tindle, Hodge, Smith, W eism an, Gibbon, Crowl, Blair, Saunders, Ritter, Rosenberger; 4th row: Painter, Schwartz, J efferis, MacL ean, Russell.

Front row: M. Miller, Kl ein , Weid cnsaul , Kirk , Unk crfcr ; Back row: Markland, Pcrlofr, Mr. Small, Buckley, Small, Brumfield, Cannon , Bates, Jess, James, Green, Gibbon , Hayward, Hill, D. Miller, Mrs. Woern er.

YEARBDOli STAFF Having climbed a long stairway littered with torn contract and discarded copy, we arrive in Room 37. Peggy Brumfield and Carolyn Cannon are in the back of the room in a serious discussion with Mrs. Woerner. Donny Small, clutching an officiallooking document, announces that Mr. Sproat is coming up the driveway. Bob Buckley and Mr. Small are immersed in ad contracts while John Bates is desperately trying to keep fingerprints off his "glossies" as he supervises Martha Green, who, with glue and scissors, is making paper dolls out of our long-treasured snapshots. Jane Weidensaul and Francis James are searching their memories for stories we had hoped would be forgotten; Bill Perloff and Alice Gibbons are trying to solve the mysteries of the future. The art staff is down in the studio working over their preliminary sketches with Mr. Pittman. Winnie Jess, doubling however, as artist and copy editor, with dictionary at her side, is busily pounding a typewriter. Meanwhile, Karen Klein and Howard Sipler are talking over sports possibilities with the coaches. Debby Miller is hunting material for the activities section. Back in Room 37, Caroline Kirk with her ballots and Dottie Lieberman with her rhyming dictionary have their heads together over the class poll. Frank Markland, who has been studying law books with Dede Unkefer to make sure our bequests are legal, is discussing the senior write-ups with Bill Perloff and Marlene Miller.

STUIJENT COUNCIL The Studen t Council was ably led this year by president Francis James, VIcepresident Peggy Brumfield, and faculty adviser Mr. Burgess. The Council has successfull y carried out the varied duties assigned to it throughout the school year. Helpful assistance was given by the Council to the spirit of the football season, when they provided programs, chartered buses for away games, and sold refreshments at home games. They helped spur the team across the goal line by havin g spirited Friday morning assemb li es, and , at the end of the season, gave the undefeated Kirkmen a football dance. In September and October the Student Council played host to the Junior and Senior High at the annual "gel acquainted" dances; a wonderful way to meet new classmates and to have a good time, too. Peggy Brumfield and Francis Jame3 represented Friends' Central on th e Interac Co uncil and had a hand in planning the gala lnterac formal which took place in April at Germantown Academy. They also helped to further diplomatic relations by going to George Schoo l to compare their studen t government with ours. Members of the Counci l upervised many study halls and also refurnished the Rec Room and provided it with a new radio. Other members acted as coat checkers in the cloak rooms at the Alumni Association's dinner and the Mortgage Ball. The committees of the tudent Council functioning this year have been: Social, Safety, Assembl , Refreshment, Lost and Found, Publicity, Rec. Room, and Executive. Each has done its best to serve the students and to represent Friends' Central Schoo l.

Left to right: Ri cca rdi , Mackey, Astley. Osborne, H . Miller, D em ing, Mr. Burgess, Cannon. Brumfield , Jam es, Small, Beckwith , Pausser, Saunders, F etter, Linton, Boardman, D. Miller, R epp, Gibbon.

Seated, left to right: Hoover, Smith, Bidgood, Lundgre n, Hard enbergh, Moore, A. Gibbon, B. D ePalma, R eichle, Dorey, Paul, H a yward, W . J ess, Branen, M . Gibbon ; Standing: H ayes, Gartn er, Li eberman , W ehle, Nelson, Cowell, Myers, Gabel, Tra utwein, Mr. Emerson , Wirth, D eOrsay, Lobel, Kirk, Unkefer, B. D ePalm a, Kl ein, Holley, H enley, Hill, Zearfa us, Schwarz, S. J ess.

SERVICE CLUB The Service Committee has set as its goal the improvement of conditions both abroad and at home, including those at Friends' Central. Part of their " foreign policy" was achieved through the successful project of bringing Chantal Citot, a junior from France, and Olaf Wirth, a senior from Germany to Friends' Central. For the annual United Fund Drive, under the leadership of Karen Klein, the classes raised $720, of which $640 was appropriated to the United Fund, $72 to the American Friends' Service Committee, and the r emainder was put away for future needs. In December the Friendship Committee and the Race Relations Committee, gave Christmas parties for the Friends' eighborhood Guild and a Cerebral Palsy group. The second Annual Square Dance was given in January and with the coming of spring came the annual Carnival to raise enough money to bring two foreign students to Friends' Central next year. Each class had its booth and in the evening, after an enjoyable picnic supper, each class participated in the Carnival show. The Service Committee functioned this year under the leadership of Bruce DePalma, president; Alice Gibbon, vice-president; Maudie Moore, secretary; Betsy Reichle, treasurer; and Mr. Emerson, faculty adviser.

Front row: Tarrant, Gold enberg, Hayward, Cannon, Unkefer, Osborne, Beckwith ; Back ro w : Kirkpatrick, Schweitzer, Lundgren. Stein, Spillman. D. Miller, Henry, Hopkins, Merz, J. Mill er, Bopp, Mrs. Woerner.

THE "NEWS" Under the capable leadership of co-editors Debby Miller and Dede Unkefer, assisted by Roberta Cannon, the Friends' Central News has thoroughly covered the school events during the past year. The articles were enlivened and photographs were improved , changes which point to the general efficiency of the staff. Anne Osborne and Bruce Beckwith worked as a team and scored success by turning out accurate and spirited accounts of games for the sports page. The year's social events were covered in "The Prying I," written in racy style by J o-Ellen Goldenberg. Bob Buckley and Joe Stumpf went on the road and recruited "ads" from potential advertisers; the desk work on "ads" was done by Jerry Stein. Marcy Henry was the go-between for F. C. and nearby schools in her job as exchange editor. Karl Bopp did a fine job as our new cartoonist and Fred Merz, putting his eye to the camera, was re ponsible for photography. Virginia Lundgren kept us posted on news from Graefelfing School in Germany and Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick reported Lower School news. The alumni can thank Lamar Schumpert and Margie Tarrant for assisting to make up Alumni Jottings. David Hardin, orma chweitzer, and Pat Hopkins, did fine jobs as reporters, turning in articles in the best journalistic tradition. Many thanks are given to our hard working typists Julie Miller, Peggy Brumfield, Lewis Cohen, and Winnie Jess. This year the " ews" was again supervised by Mrs. Woerner. As a result of her suggestions many new articles were covered and written up by " . ews" sharkers. She has also brought us through many a deadline with patience and understanding.

1st row, left to right: H ayes, Wehl e, Nusbaum, H olley, Citot, M . M oore, Zilling, Whitese ll, Branen, M . Miller, Shore ; 2nd row: Stambul, H asbrou ck, Bidgood , R epp, W eidensa ul, Ives, D . Miller, R eichl e, D emin '(, Hill, Lare; 8rd row: H ard enbergh, Sa unders, B. J ess, E. M oore, Willi ams, Minster, Milhous, W . J ess, So ud er, J arv is, Gibbon ; 4th row: Freema n, Rummel, D elVecchio, Mackey, Boardman, D eOrsay, Wirth , J anse n, Ri cca rd i, Thomas ; 5t h row: Cole, H epner, Atkinson , D e Palma, M arkl and , Borneman; Standing: Mi ss Brill.

CHORUS Under the able direction of president Marlene Miller, secretary Philippa Wehle, and director 1\Jiss Frances Brill, this year's Chorus has tried to carry out Miss Brill's vo w to make Chorus a performin g group. At Christmas time, Chorus presented its annual Christmas prog ram and the Sextet sang at Episcopal and Friends' Central. The Sextet, this year a double sextet with · four girls on each part, because so many girls were interested, consisted of Kath erine Lare, Elizabeth Reichle, Diana StamLul, and Deborah Miller as sopranos; Sarah Deming, Virginia Lundgren, Philippa Wehle, and Joan Branen as seconds; a nd Sue Saunders, Maudie Moore, Alice Gibbon , and Virginia Holley as altos. They could be found rehearsin g in the Exhibition Room most an y Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 to 5 :00. The Chorus practiced each week during the two minor periods with one part rehearsal each week for boys and girls. For the first time in this area Friends' Central this year presented an operetta in the round, " Brigadoon." Due to good cooperation and hard work, it was a hu ge success. Although this took up a good part of the year the Chorus gave additional pro· g rams outside of school. 5U

This year, Friends' Central's upper three classes, under the direction of Miss Brill, Mrs. Andrews, and Mr. Burgess presented the musical show Brigadoon, as a theatre-in-the-round production. It was the fir t time that theatre-in-the-round had been attempted by an y school in the vicinity, and , as all other Friends' Central production s, it resulted in a wonderful success and provided exceptionall y good entertainment. Both Debby Miller and Frank Markland were outstanding as the sin gin g leads in Brigadoon, Fiona and Tomm y. Excellent performances were given by Al DelVe· cchio as Charlie, Joan Branen as Meg, Ginn y Lundgren a Jean , and Bru ce Beckwith as Jeff. The supporting cast consisted of Bill Masser as Mr. MacLaren, Jo Ha yward as Jane, Clarke Dunham as Mr. Lundie, Bill P erloff as Harry, Paul Lan gner as Archie, Tim Cole as Angus, Olaf Wirth as Sandy, Marian Lobel as the waitress, Dave Atkin · son as Stuart Dalrymple, and Bruce DePalma as MacGregor. As far as direction went, Dottie Lieberman was student director, Philippa Wehle was music librarian , Karen K lein was business manager, Sylvia Hill was set design and painting chairman , Bill Perloff was publicity chairman , Pinky Sail was tickets and program chairman , Jan e Weidensaul was costumes chairman , and Philippa Wehle was make-up chairman. The stage crew was under the directi on of Clarke Dunham, lighting was supervised by Don Small, prompter was Caroline Kirk, and properties were headed by Winnie Jess. A dance solo, was done by Gail First.

"BRIGAIJ 0ON"

CUM LAUDE

Seated: J ess, Bra nen, J ames ; Standing: W eidensaul.

Four members of the class of 1953 have been awarded the keys of th e Cum Laude Society of Friends' Central. These keys represent the high scholastic achievement and good character of their possessors. Joan Branen, Francis James, and Winifred Jess were elected to the Friends' Central chapter in February 1953; Jan e Weid ensaul, havin g had a superior record as a junior, was elected to membership in Jun e of her junior year. These students have pledged themselves to "continue the pursuit of learnin g and to make wisdom and truth" the guide of their lives. The Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris as the secondary school equivalen t of Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Harris felt that hi gh school students of outstanding records should be recognized and rewarded as they are in college. The society now comprises 125 chapters in schools throughout the United States, concen trated for th e most part in the East. Friends' Central obtained its charter in 1928, and sin ce that time has elected 225 students to membership.

STUDENTS

FROM ABROAD Left to right:

Chantal Citot, Olaf

Wirth.

Friends' Central school-life was greatly enriched this year by the addition to the junior and senior classes, of Chantal Citot and Olaf Wirth respectively. Chantal was chosen to come here from the Lycee Jean de Ia Fontaine in Paris, France, and Olaf from our affiliate school at Graefelfing, Germany. Their visit was made possible by proceeds from the 1952 Carnival which was sponsored by the Service Club held last May. Much of the credit for their stay in this country should go to the Hayes and DePalma families with whom they lived. Olaf's desire to become acquainted with world economic problems prompted him to come to the United States. An interest in languages and travel was Chantal's reason for coming here. The interest of the two in world affairs and the arts was stimulating to F. C. students, who also enjoyed comparing life in America with that in France and Germany. French students found Chantal a willing helper when papers had to be corrected or accents improved, and German students enjoyed trying out their idioms on Olaf. Chantal plans to be a diplomat, while Olaf hopes to make political economy his career. These two fine people made many friends during their stay in the U. S.; and, when they return to their own c.o untries in June, it will be with deep feelings of regret that F. C. students say good-b ye. Everyone has been happy to have had the opportunity of furthering good-wi ll between rntions.

THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Kneeling: Buckley, Small. 2nd row: Kirk , Siplcr, Miller, Pausser, Miss Blac.kburn.

The Girls' Athletic As ociation met every Tuesday to discuss problems concerning the girls' sports program. The Association was led by President Marlene Miller, vice-president Barbara Pausser, secretary Cis y Harlow, and two representatives from each class. The A. A. was supervised by Eliza Blackburn, who helped make it a ery successful year. The 20th Annual Hockey Banquet was held on the 22nd of December. As usual many alumnae helped make up the large attendance. The mothers erved the dinner and did a wonderful job. After dinner, awards were given out by Eliza Blackburn and other hockey coaches. There were also certificates given to all graduating girls who played on teams in their senior high school years. After dinner basketball games between students and alumnae topped off a perfect evening. The Boys' Athletic Association, with Howard Sipler as president, Bob Buckley as vice-president, Don Small as secretary, and two elected members from each class, met weekly to iron out the problems which arose in the school sports program. One of the new tasks this year was that of arranging an inter-mural sports program for the junior high boys. David Kirk and Frank Groff ably assisted and guided the Boy' A. A. The annual Father and Son Banquet was held this year on ovember 14. After a delicious dinner, supervised by Mr . Small and served by the junior and senior girls, Don Kellett, former Penn star, spoke to one of the best turnout in years . Following the speeches the coaches awarded the letters to the soccer and football teams. This year's undefeated football team received white sweaters and sterling si lver tie clips.

ATHLETIC AWARDS Kneeling: Klein, Green, Trautwein ; Standing: Miller, Buckley.

The Class of 1953 is very honored to have five members, who have received a wards for their outstanding sportmanship and athletic ability. Bob Buckley received recognition not only in football with the Fahlen Award but also in basketball with the Outstanding Player Award. Th e form er is a trophy, awarded annually since 1945, to the player who does the most for the football team. Bob's kicking and his perpetual fight made him a very valuable member of the team. The Outstanding Player Award was established last year as the basketball equivalent of the above award. Bob, as high scorer of the Interac League, was the first recipient of it. He has certainly shown himself an outstanding " all around" athlete. The Blazer Award , presented to any girl who has made four var ity teams in or before her junior year and who exhibits outstanding sportsmanship and citizenship, was presented to four girls in this class, an unprecedented record. Marlene Miller was the second girl in the history of this award to fulfill th e re· quirements in her sophomore year. Martha Green, Karen Klein , and Ann e Trautwei n received their blazers at the end of their junior year. These five have contributed the spirit and ability to help our teams onto victory. but represent only a fraction of the people responsible for makin g athletics a success at Friends' Central.

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L eft to right : C. Cannon, R . Cann on, Brumfield, Gold enberg.

CHEERLEADERS This year, the cheerlead ers, with their immense spmt, led the student body in sparkin g th e teams to victory. The small squad , co nsistin g of two seniors : P eggy Brumfield a nd Carolyn Cann on, and two juniors : Roberta Cann on and Jo-Ellen Go ldenberg, were out at all the games and even carried on spec ial proj ects. The assemblies were unusua lly different and interestin g, with ideas supplied by th e cheerleaders and P eter Hughes, who put a great deal of time and effort in conductin g them. On Homecoming Da y, the cheerleaders, dressed as flappers in blue and g ra y, became returnin g alumni for the pep rally and led th e yells and songs for the enthusiasti c students. Al DelVecchi o and Martha Green, captain s of football an d hockey respectively, exchan ged uniforms and arou ed the cheers of their own teams. Anoth er time, the members of the undefeated football team modeled th e various scores of all th e games that they won in the last two years. Also this year was the added attraction of the introduction of all the teams at special assemblies devoted to them. ew cheers have been added and practiced in th e Friday mornin g assemblies to spur all our teams forward .

Our Undefeated

Left to right: Mr. Burgess, DelVecchio, Mr. Kirk .

1st row: R . Gartner, Schlett, J a nsen, Rumm D elVecchio , Perl off, Hudock, Sm all ; 2 nd row: Mr. Kirk , Masser, W. Gartner, J am Kimmey, K aigan, Cahill, von Uffel, Mr. Burge: 3rd row: Bornema n, Pu gh, Beckwith, Buck lt M arkla nd , Noone, Stumpf.

First row: Buckley, James, Perloff, Beckwith, Small, D elVecchio, Noone; Second row: Kaigan, Rosen, Cahill, Stumpf.

Football Tearn Back row: DelVecchio (captain ), von Uffel, Cahill, Markland, James, Stumpf; Kneeling: Mr. Kirk, Mr. Burgess, coaches; 1st row: Noone, Rosen , Schlett ; 2nd row: Pcrlo!J, Small, Buckley, Kaigan.

When Friends' Central's team won its sixteenth consecutive game, it finished its second straight undefeated and untied season. The light Blue and Gray squad was expertly handled by head coach David Kirk and assistant coach Richard Burgess. The backfield showed no one star, every player doing his part in bringing F. C. S. its seven victories. Neil Rosen played excellently at quarterback, as did Joe Stumpf, left halfback, Paul Kaigan, right halfback , and Dick Cahill, the plunging fullback, Dan Schlett played well in the defensive backfield, while Warren von Uffel, Bob Jan sen, and Eddie Rummel substituted nicely in the field. The line was the best Friends' Central has had in years. It was led by Captain AI DelVecchio, who played great football throughout the season. Don Small and Bill Perloff, although small in stature and light in weight, were two of the best guards on the Main Line. At the end positions were Francis James and Bob Buckley, the latter winning the Fahlen award for outstanding football playing. The other starting lineman, Frank Markland, broke his leg in the Bryn Athyn game and was replaced by Bill Gartner. The center position was ably filled by Bruce Beckwith, captain-elect for one year. Bob Noone, Bob Gartner, Tony Hudock, Joe Borneman, Bill Masser, Paul Langner, Tom Pugh, and Dick Kimmey were other linemen who helped make the season so successful.

1st row, left to right: Schwei tzer. A. O sborne, G ree n (captain), M oore, M iller ; S t andin g: C . Can no n (manager), Mi ss Blackburn (coach); 2nd row: P ausse r, R . Canno n, R eichle, Goldenberg, Brumfi eld ; Back row: Klei n, Gibbon, E. O sborn e, W eid ensaul.

HOCliEY " When the last hockey gam e was over , it brought to a close the best h ockey eason since 1944. Havin g won 7, and lost only l , we had a great season-gr eat for several r easons. This was a team that rose to great heights when the goin g was really ha rd, an :!, of co urse, it was a heartache to lose th e one game, marring what would have been a perfect seaso n. Much cr edit for makin g the first team so great belongs to the second team, wh o practi ced long and hard again st th em ever y da y. One of the proudest mom ents was Homecomin g Da y wh en th e team topped hip· ley 2-0 to be the first F . C. S. h ockey team to win at th e a nnual event. Th e team also V'On the section als in our division and went on to place second in th e entire city. Martha Green, a wonderful halfback, was an outstandin g captain in every way. Her determination to become a gr eat hockey pla yer was proven when she r ose to the fir st team only last year and captain ed the Varsity this yea r. The other seniors I will lose by graduation never can be replaced. P eggy Brumfield, Karen Klein , Marl ene Mill er , Betsy Reichle, and J ane Weidensaul were wonderful. Barbara Pausser and Liz Osborne, next year's captain s are hopin g, al ong with No rma Schweitzer, Anne Osborne, and Maude Moore, three other returnin g lettermen, to have a ver y successful year. So, in closin g, I want to say that I have enjo yed ever y minute of m y association with yo u and yo u have been a gr eat team to coach. " 'Liza (Coach ) Blackburn

The team opened up their season with an impressive win over West Philad elphia High School, 7-0. Th ey th en lost to very good Westtown and Friends' Select School team s, 3-0. They lost their third and fourth strai ght games to William Penn Charter and Moorestown Friends' Schoo l. In the latter game Moor estown had to come from behind to win 3-l. Haverford School, who had on e of their best team in years, beat them 4-0. The next two games of the season were the most thrillin g. Germantown Friends School and Episcopal Academ y both scored near the eml of their games to win l-0. The last gam e of th e season was pla yed with out th e ser vices of Bill O'Bri en, star half-back, and Germantown Academy beat us 4-l in a very r ough game. The team feels they played their best game of the season again st Germantown Fri ends Schoo l, a team they lost to, and not West Phi ladelphia Hi gh, a team they beat. Last yea r almost ever y member of this year's squad went to Ger mantown to play that tea m. Th ey wer e not happy when they return ed beaten, 13-0. This year they played alm ost the same Germanto wn team and astonished everyone except themselves hy losin g onl y l-0. Bill O'Brien and Mike Harlow were both chosen " hon orable mention" on the all-Interac soccer team. Reid Thomas, David Hepn er, Hank La vin e, H oward Sipler, captain of the team, Pink y Sall, Olaf Wirth , Roger Miller, and Br uce DePalma earned their letters through stalwart pla y. Roland El y, coach and ex-Penn State player, deserves a gr eat deal of credit for his work th e p3st two years

SOCCER

L eft to right: M ackey, Linton , F etter, Miller, Sail , L avin e, O 'Brien, H a rl ow, Sipler (c aptain ). Cohen ( manager}, Sa,•age, H epn er, M onks, D eP alm a, Th omas, Wi rth , Wald .

Left to right: Mr. Groff (co ach) , Buckl ey (ca ptain) , O 'Brien, Kimmey, James, Cahill, Noone, von Uffel, Small, Rosen, Kile.

EDYS' BASKETBALL Friends' Central's basketball team finished the season with a record of 14 wms and seven losses. They had an Inter-ac League record of five wins and five losses to finish third in the League behind Penn Charter, the defending champs, and Haverford School. The team was expertly coached by Frank Groff, who had a squad of eight seniors and two juniors. The season was filled with many exciting and ten se moments; the Haverford School, West Philadelphia High, Malvern Prep, Episcopal Acad emy, and Haverford High games were all in doubt until the La t minute. The small Blue and Gray squad was led by Captain Bob Buckley, high scorer for the past three seasons. Bob scored 413 points for a 21 point average. However, he had plenty of help from Bill Kile, who ended with 217, Bill O' Brien, with 193 points, and Dick Cahill, a scorer of 122 points. Howard Sipler, Dick Kimmey, Francis James, Warren von Uffel, Don Small, and Bob oone rounded out the quad and played outstanding basketball at various times in the season. The team's most impressive win was a 73-55 victory over Lower Merion ; thi s was the first time an F. C. S. team had beaten a Lower Merion team. ext year's co-captains, Bill Kile and Dick Kimmey, think the tea m's chances in the League are very good for the 1953-54 basketball season.

1st row, left to right: Pa usser, Tra utwein (ca utain ), Moore; 2nd row: Mill er, Brumfield, Unkefer, Miss Blackburn (coac h ), Klein, Green, Pa ul ; 3rd ro w : Schweitzer, E . O sborne, Milh ous, H ardenbergh, R eichle (manager) .

GIRLS' BASliETBALL Captained by Anne Trautwein, high scorer for the team, and expertly coached by Liza Blackburn, the 1953 Girls' Varsity basketball team had a very successful season. The six returning lettermen, Anne Trautwein, Marlene Miller, Karen Klein , P eggy Brumfield, Martha Green, and Liz Osborne, were sparked by the newcomers, Joy Milhous, Maude Moore, Sally Paul, Barbara Pausser, Norma Schweitzer and Dede Unkefer. Betsy Reichle was the efficient manager, always on the job. The team started the season off on the road to victory by defeating Abington Friend ', Stevens, and Friends' Select. But, win or lose, the girls played their hardest, right to the end with true determination. They also overcame a handicap in height scoring against taller girls and intercepting their passes. The strong team had an unusually large number of ninth and tenth graders as members who gave great support to the first team.

Kneeling: Sipler, Rummel , Hudock, O 'Brien, Thomas, Cahill ; Standing: Mr. Kirk, Small, Nagy, Harlow, H epn er, von Uffel, Cohen. Absen t: Beckwith, Buck-· ley, Mostardo.

BASEBALL As this article goes tp press, the prospects for the 1953 baseball season look very good. There is every indication that Friends' Central is going to have one of it best baseball teams in several years. Captain Mike Harlow leads the list of returning lettermen , which includes Bob Buckley, Dave Hepner, Frank Markland, Howard Sipler, Don Small, Reid Thoma , and Warren von Uffel. Some of the players new to Lh e team this year are Art Mostardo, Dick Cahill, Bill O'Brien, icky Freeman, and Roger Miller. This is one of the finest hitting teams ever seen at Friends' Central and if the pitching staff materializes, Coach David Kirk will have a successful season.

LACROSSE This year the Lacrosse tea m was fortunate to ha ve ten returnin g lettermen: Peggy Brumfi eld , Carolyn Cannon, Sally Deming, Martha Green, Karen Klein , Marlene Miller, Maudie Moore, Anne Osborn e, Elizabeth Osborn e, Barbara Pausser, Betsy Reichle, and Anne Trautwein. Sa lly Henle), Caroline Kirk, and others ca me through this year from th e seco nd team to strength en the lacr osse tea m for th e 1953 season. Captained by Peggy Brumfield , an outstandin g third man, and coac hed by Betsy Smith, All-Philadelphia hockey pla) er, th e squad practiced ever y da) to be ready to meet th e man y teams.

1953 SCHEDULE April 10

Baldwin

April 14

Lower Merion

April 17

Agnes Irwin

April 21

Shipley

April 23

Marple-Newtown

Apri l 28

Sanford Prep

April 30

Swarthmore

On Ground: Miss Smith (coach), C. Cannon (manager), Trautwein, Klein , Brumfield ( captain) , Miller, Kirk ; I st step: Green, Henley; 2nd step: Schweitzer, A. O sborn e, Pausser, Moore; 3rd step: R eichle, Gold enberg, R . Cannon , E. Osborne.

BOWLING

Standing (left to ri ght ): Sail, Snow, Dunh am, D ePa lm a, Blac k, Osborne, Riccardi ; S eated : Linton, Spi ll man ; With ball: H a rlow.

WRESTLING

1st row : L avin e, Pcrloff, Coll ins, Thomas; 2nd row: Moye r. Hudock, Clisby. K aigan, Levy, Knipe. J a nsen.

ARCHERY

Har vey, D err, Osborne.

TENNIS

Kneeling: Pcrloff, Stein, Lavine ; Standing: Snow, Richm an, Mr. M cVickar, Langner.

Kneeling: Paul ; Standing: Trautwien, Klein, Green, Miss W ei tzenhoffer, M . Miller, ]. Miller, Zilling, D. Miller, Pausser.

SOFTBALL With the whole team returning this year, the softball team worked very hard to equal the record of last year's successful season. They played only three gamesBaldwin, Shipley, and Agnes Irwin. There are several outstanding players among these veteran3. The team really has depended on Sally Paul, an ace pitcher, for the past three year . Cissie Harlow, a ten th grader, is expected to carry on after Sally. Receiving the pitches of the exce li en t players was Barbara Zilling, with catcher's mask and glove. The strong infield was accredited to Dottie Lieberman, Debbie Miller, Barbara Pausser, and Julie Mil1er. Catching the long flies and hard grounders were Marlene Miller, Martha Green, and Karen Klein in the outfield. All these members and the substitutes from th e yo un ger classe owe a great deal to the coach, J aue Weitzenhoffer.

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