Images(5)

Program, Dance

Object number2016.10.2 a,b

Date1944

MediumPaper; Metal; Wood; Fabric; Ink; Graphite

Credit LineGift of Christine Noceti Rothhaar

DescriptionDance card with pencil on a string attached. Rectangular booklet fastened with staple at center of spine. Cover is plasticized textured off-white paper with school acronym at front center in blue. Interior pages have prom information, class information, dance program, committee information, and space for autographs. Miniature wood pencil attached on a loop of white string. Pencil body is cylindrical and painted white. Pencil is sharpened and has a metal end cap where the string attaches. String is looped through center pages of booklet where the dance program is located.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 3.938 × 2.5 × 0.188 in. (10 × 6.4 × 0.5 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b): 12.375 × 0.25 × 0.25 in. (31.4 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Cover has blue printed text on front at center "SHHS", which stands for "South Hills High School".

Booklet pages:

First page:
Printed blue text "SENIOR PROM / FEBRUARY CLASS / OF / SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL / PRESENTS / BILLY HINDS / AND HIS ORCHESTRA / HOTEL WILLIAM PENN / FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1944 / NINE TO ONE".

Second page:
Printed blue text "CLASS OFFICERS / MARTIN SCHMUNK, President / WALTER SCHOENER, Vice President / JUNE DAVIES, Secretary / CLIFFORD SMOOT, Treasurer / CLASS GUARDIAN / WILLIAM Y. HAYWARD / CLASS COLORS: Blue and White / CLASS MOTTO / Impossible is Un-American / CLASS FLOWER / Tea Rose".

Third page:
Printed blue text and handwritten names in graphite: "Program / 1. Oresh / United States of America / 2. Oresh / England / 3. P.J. [?] / China / 4. Marty / Russia / 5. Ralph / Norway / 6. Jack / Czechoslovakia / Extra Lou / Union of South Africa".

Fourth page:
Printed blue text and handwritten names in graphite: "Program / 7. Fran [Frank(?)] / Brazil / 8. Roberta [Roberto(?)] / Denmark / 9. Walt / Greece / 10. Dick / Canada / 11. Dewey / Holland / 12. Oresh / New Zealand / Extra / Free France".

Fifth page:
Printed blue text "PROM COMMITTEE / VIRGINIA DEGASPERI / Chairman / RALPH GIAMMARCO / ELVA JEAN HELDT / AILEEN JOHNS / LOIS KOWAL / WALTER SELVIG / CLEM STALEY / FACULTY SOCIAL COMMITTEE / MR. JAMES W. HEATLEY / Chairman / MR. MURL L. HERRINGTON / MISS MARIE MCCAHILL / MR. FRED W. MACK / MISS RUTH WHITE".

Sixth page:
Printed blue text "Autographs" with graphite name below "Jeannie Regal".

Seventh and eighth pages:
Scribbles in graphite.
Historical NotesThis dance card was used by the donor’s mother, Virginia DeGasperi Noceti, at her South Hills High School Senior Prom on January 28, 1944. Her date, Oresh Tammasino, a fellow senior, picked her up in a taxi as cars were scarce due to war rationing; she mentioned that many other couples took the streetcar. Thirty-six male classmates from her senior class and the class ahead had enlisted in the war. The prom was held in the Urban Room of the William Penn Hotel. As Prom Chairman, Virginia DeGasperi (donor’s maiden name) chose the venue and the band. Her brother played for several local bands and he played at her prom with Bill Grant who would go on to become a local television star.

Previous owner Virginia A. Noceti

Related person Oresh Tammasino

Related person Ralph Giammarco

Related person Clem Staley

Related person Clifford Smoot

Related person Martin Schmunk

Related person Ruth White

Related person Lois Kowal

Related person Fred W. Mack

Related person William Y. Hayward

Related person Elva Jean Heldt

Related person Walter Schoener