Bassick High School - Voice Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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CLASS OF 1954 PROPHECY Early one mornrng rn 1974 Robert S Namran was gently awakened by the affectronate krss of hrs St Bernard In a keg around the dogs neck was Bobs breakfast a gallon of Errckson Orange Jurce Bob nodded a sleepy greetmg to hrs valet Walter Bendrk who then turned the knob of Bob s most cherrshed antrque an authen trc 1954 radro The Drck DeSant1 Culture Hour opened wrth Joan Matey s latest composrtron Bebop on the Rhme Followmg thrs beautrful rendrtron by D Leroy Rrce famous concert vlolrnrst Namran and valet patrently lrstened to Good mornrng everyone thrs rs Jrm Krnsella, your frrendly announcer Drd you know that rn a recent natronwlde survey rt was drscovered that 99 out of 100 hrgh school puprls used Andy Prppas admrt slrps9 Just send us a sample of your prrncrpals handwrrtrng and twenty five cents rn corn and Andy wrll personally forge a very reasonable facsrmrle And now Gabbmg wrth Gabler Great thrngs are happenrng rn the socral world today' Betty Erhardt Vanderbrlt out standrng woman of the year rs havrng her annual luncheon brrdge at the Floordorf Astorra thrs afternoon Promment women attendrng are Jean Benjamrn Nobel Prrze Wrnner for her lrshed by Davrdson Dober and Dlukenckl Bar bara Soloff sensatronal new opera star and those great UN 1nterpreters Ann McNerl and Margre Fenrck And now the latest news from Hollywood Renowned movre producer Jack Blowers has made a new drscovery rn the per sonage of allurmg Grace Moore Sensatronal new Romeo of Davrd Hartmans latest release rs Gary Engler By the way we understand that Eleanor Palmesr has Just been appomted make up artrst for Metro Greenwood Mayer at a fabulous salary And now a word from our sponsor Lerners lrttle gym surts Wrll fill your hearts wrth glee And at Basslck Hrgh School They re a necessrty' Thrs IS Pat Schmrdt brrngrng you your morn rng sport news The world of athletrcs rs rn a turmorl Under the expert coachrng of Frank Chrrsty Bassrcks mrghty eleven has won the state football champronshrp An all rubber tennrs racket has just been mtroduced by Arnre Fagan 1974 wrnner of the Carr Cup Incr dentally we have just recerved news from our portable rowboat that Arthur Abramowrtz has Just swum the ragrng Rooster Rrver And now a few chosen words from a well chosen sponsor Is thrs Jrttery Jet age gettmg you down? Try Bessemers atomrc abdomen prlls Once that mushroom explosron beglns our happy lrttle atoms go to work carrymg therr electr1cal charges behmd them makrng you feel relaxed agarn' At that pornt Bob turned off hrs radro rolled out of bed and prepared for hrs trrp to the New York Arrport where he was to take the Lunar Local for the moon As he stepped rnto hrs Levrnmobrle the modern equrvalent of the Pontrac Bob srgnaled to hrs chauffeur Ray John son After a half hours drrvrng Ray was forced to swerve to the left to avord a pedestrran and he collrded wrth an oncomrng car As the pas sengers of both cars got out to survey the dam age Bob was amazed to see that men steppmg out of the other car were Chref Commander of the Inter Planetary Army Peter Venman and hrs ardes de camp Ray Turner and Joe Attan asro Lucy Knopf and Carol Eckholm state polrcewomen soon came to rnvestrgate the accr dent Tom Brrtt Ray Check and Ernre Hanson, New York busrnessmen gathered to the scene A wrrst rnjury suffered rn the accrdent forced Bob to go to the hosprtal As he walked down the corrrdor he was sur Don Ek and hrs nurse Dorothy Collrer Others on the nursmg staff were Barbara Sarnackr Elaine Wengert Jackre De Shon and Nancy Brunettr Bob had hrs wrlst X rayed by Mary Lou Buckley and Marrlyn Shea X ray technr clans He left the hosprtal and arrrved at the rocket port to drscover that the rocket had al ready left Decrdrng to see the openrng of the Gross Gomberg Crrcus at Mrddlebrook Square Garden Bob bought hrs S100 trcket from Ray Sxkorskr He entered the Brg Top gave hrs trcket to Drck Moore and was ushered to hrs seat by Ruth Trffany Barbara Pelle and Cerl Lambert A few mrnutes later Bob recognrzed Debby Bogrn who was coverlng the crrcus for her column Sugar and Splce rn the New York Trzbune and he Jorned her rn the press box After buymg hrs Lady Nelson rce cream from john Bethm Bob turned to the center rrng where jean Heanue Bob Santo and Betty Ballas world renowned trapeze artrsts were performrng In the second rmg the spotlrght centered on Brll Stansfield the fearless lron trarner from darkest Afrlca whrle rn the th1rd rmg rrdmg proudly on the backs of jumbo Mumbo and Dumbo were Peggy Szabo Bert Namran and Mar1lyn Tomancak resplen dent rn therr Bermuda shorts After these acts . . , D . - : . . ,, . .. . . , . 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Robert Namlan Presldent CLASS ADVISOR Frank Herrera Treasurer SENIOR OFFICERS or THE CLASS or ,54 Deborah Bogm V1ce Presldent Robert Mark Co Dlrector SG Johanna Olayos Secretary MRS ROSE IODICE Loxs Johnson Co Dlrector '17

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CLASS OF 1954 PROPHECY Paul Pando struck up the band wrth a rousrng march wrrtten by Jeannette Subrk and Bob Bernstern rmgmaster announced the grand Frnale All eyes turned toward the tall handsome star of the evenrng A hush fell over the audr ence as Stanley Tomkms entered the arena Clt rs a very rnterestrng fact to note at thrs pornt that Stan has never heard of Bassrck Hrgh School he rs not an old classmate of ours and he has nothrng to do wrth thrs prophecy We just thought rt would break up the monotony J At the conclusron of the show Bob and Debby went to the Trrple M Cafe owned by the fabu lously wealthy trro of Mangrnes Motto and Moore The headwarter Brll Gacso explarned that they would have to share therr table wrth theatrrcal producer Al Zamary Seated at a near by table wrth therr charmrng escorts were Carol Barnes Betty Knuth Jackre Snetsrnger and Lors Johnson of the Mrtchell Model Agency Also enjoyrng the fine food prepared by Heather Campbell and her cookrng staff Dolores Nauchy and Marre Chrmrno were cartoonrst Bob Erchrnger creator of that well read comrc strrp Lrttle Emmy Rutzen and Dr Wrllram Bakosr head of Chemrcal Engrneerrng at the Tesch Instrtute of Technology Bob Ruge Mas ter of Ceremonres took the Hoor and mtroduced the Green and Whrte chorus lrne Bob Mark Gerry McDougall Mrke ODonnell and Rudy hrgh school pep assembly rn some hrck town rn Connectrcut Next Bob mtroduced Judy Berry Garl Gorden and Loretta Beason outstandrng torch trro of Broadway As the trro fmrshed therr song Flammgo Blues wrrtten by Ann Masar trs and Nancy Barber Bob and Debby notrced a drstrngurshed lookrng group enterrng the rest aurant In the center of thrs drgnrfied party stood Superrntendent of Schools of New York Mrckey Larkm surrounded by five members of hrs all grrl school board Audrey Wehrer Myrna Krner Barbara Seaman Freddre Mae Johnson and Lucrlle Emond The group entered rn trme to wrtness a sensatronal Apache dance by Dranne Creaturo and Robert Shultz After the floorshow Al Zamary oblrgrngly offered Bob and Debby two trckets to hrs latest Broadway show Me rn Jolret starrrng that torrrd two some Betty Lee Baum and Frank Herrera Play rng supportrng roles rn thrs productron were June August Jane Hanock and Mary Jane Drcku Makrng therr frrst appearance as Can Can girls were the Rockettes Dllys Frfi Wrl lrams Betty Bubbles Carbone Mary Cuddles Coca and Judy Zsa Zsa Russo The curtarn desrgned by Dolores Logo closed after the final act and Bob and Debby walked rnto the lobby where they met Judy Kurowskr prckrng up trcket stubs from the floor for her trcket collec tron and taprng them together wrth a roll of MacBerkow1tz Scotch tape They wrshed her many happy evenrngs at the theater and walked outsrde They soon reached the lavrsh Coburn hotel where Debby was lrvrng Bob wrshed Debby the best of luck wrth her gossrp column and then harled a Moody Cab He recognrzed hrs fellow passenger Terry Mandanrcr as the famed desrgner of dungarees Bob arrrved at hrs hotel and spent a very peaceful nrght At erght o clock Bob determmed to go moon rng hurrred to the Lrndahl Rocket Port and was rn trme to catch the Lunar Local desrgned by Alfred Rrchards Bob boarded the rocket and was greeted by stewardesses Nancy Cava nagh Terry Goyette and Marrlyn Roscoe who helped hrm on wrth hrs Swrllrng Space mask When Bob settled down he recognrzed a few of hrs fellow passengers Jullranne Owen famed author of chrldrens books xllustrated by Barbara Baudurnr and Lours Shawah well known rnter steller explorer Soon the great turbrnes began to sprn and the shrp lunged upward splrnterrng the sound barrrer rnto lrttle preces Wrth Joan Weed and Glorra Samowrtz at the controls the rrde through space was smooth and unrnterrupted untrl the mrdday debarked for mrlk Behrnd the crowded mrlk bar Bob saw Jean Zaccarra wartrng on the cus tomers At a lrttle table talkrng excrtedly was metallurgrst Glenn Canfield wrth hrs staff Bar bara Emanuelson Nancy Banks and Steve August who were testrng the uranrum content of the meteorrtes Specral samples of Joanne Bovrcks delrcrous green cheese rmported d rectly from the moon were served by Joyce Mrles When the pasengers had finrshed therr snack they hurrred back to the plane and were about to leave when they notrced a young man runnrng toward them wrth a mop flung Jauntrly over hrs shoulder The newcomer turned out to be Harvey Paulrn who was on hrs way to polrsh up the nearest star After dropprng Harvey off the rocket con trnued rts course to the moon where Mr Namran was to spend a few days vacatron wrth the Iodrces foremost famrly on thrs luxurrous satel lrte After such a trrrng day as thrs Bob looked forward to a relaxrng stay wrth hrs frrends Rrta Golden Susan Schwartz Johanna Olayos Robert Lally Charrman Y 1 Q , o v 7 ' Q . 3 . . 1 , , . , - . - - ' 9 ' an - y 9 7 4 - q ' 77 ' ' ' 7 7 , . . . o y , ' I , y a a ,Q A u I . . , - . - . it . 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