Brooklyn Park High School - Bee Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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CLASS HI TORY Six years ago the class of l96O entered Brook- lyn Park High School for the first time, eager and unsuspecting. That first year was quite an ex- perience for all of us, and in our new positions as seventh graders we volleyed back and forth between absolute terror and supreme conceit. We survived, though, and struggled through the sev- enth and eighth grades fairly sucessfully, not counting those unfortunate little mishaps which often took place because our school was such a vast, confusing maze of doors and numbers. How many dozens of us, during those first few months, left one class, feverishly fumbling through our stu- dent handbooks, trying to locate room 226, on the second floor, left vertical wing, directly ad- jacent to room 2-il? But, we lived. Some of us even became familiar with the anatomy of B.P.H.S. We entered the ninth grade, most of us, in the fall of l956, ready to really get started on our high school careers. Although grade nine is actu- ally the final year of junior high, we stubbornly called ourselves Freshmen, and often became furi- ous when we were made to attend assemblies with lowly seventh and eighth graders. Our ninth grade Spring Formal, which we secretly called the Fresh- man Prom , was the outstanding social event of the year for us, and although the girls were a bit wobbly in six-inch glass slippers, and the boys who had been brave enough to come were stupified at seeing their giggly classmates in strapless gowns and sophisticated coiffures, a wonderful time was had by all. Upon entering the now-familiar building in the fall of our Sophomore year, we were horrified to discover that the room numbers had been changed! We refused to panic, however, and only a few stu- dents were lost down the garbage chute located in the janitors' closet. All of us were well under- way in our various courses now, and while the commercial students entered the new world of busi- ness, the academic students continued their fitful battle with algebra. The i957-58 year was a wonderful one, though, and it was during this first year of senior high school that we strength- ened our school ties by taking a greater part in the various school activities, and made many new friends. We also learned two new words in our Sophomore year- mid-year and final - which we have never forgotten. In many ways, it was a year of preparation for us-preparation for our last two, most important years. ln the fall of l958, we returned to school fairly bursting with all sorts of feelings-anticipation of wonderful things to come, pride in our new prestige as Juniors, and fear. l-ladn't we been told all through school: Buckle down, because your junior year is always the hardest ? We really didn't know what to expect. Except our class rings which we received in October, and

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CLASS STATISTICS Betty Jane Gover To marry Butch Glee Club 3 Betty Juanita Green To go to Germany with my husband for a visit Homeroom Officer l5 Glee Club l,2 Dolores Green To be a secretary Basketball Team 35 Honor Roll 3,45 School Letter 35 Perfect Attendance 2,3 Dorothy Green To be a secretary Variety Show 35 Basketball 35 Honor Roll 2,3,45 Perfect Attendance l,2,3 Billy Joe Greer To become as great a drummer as Gene Krupo Band l,25 Variety Show 25 Homeroom Officer 45 School Letter and Star5 Stage Crew 2,3,45 Operet- ta 2,35 Visual Aids 2,3,45 P.A. Crew 2,3,45 Moni- tor 3,45 Lighting Crew 2,3,4 Bonnie Lee Hagner To go to modeling school or be a telephone operator Glee Club l Virginia Hamson To become a secretary Glee Club l5 Bookstore Staff 3,4 Linda Lee Hart To regain my sanity Band l,2,3,45 F.T.A, 2,3,45 President of F,T.A. 3,45 National Honor Society 3,45 Treasurer of N,H.S, 45 Honor Roll5 S.G.A.5 Yearbook Editor5 Beeline 45 Reflections5 Operetta5 Orchestra 45 Pep Club 45 Lion's Club Award William J. Headley Go to the Pennsylvania State Police Academy Soccer Team 3,45 Soccer Letter Rebecca Ann Hidey To think of an ambition F.T.A. 3,4, Vice President of F.T.A. 45 S,G.A. l,3,45 National Honor Society 45 Reflections Staff 45 Assistant Editor of Reflections 45 Newspaper 45 Yearbook 45 Dance Committees 2,3,45 Senior Play5 Glee Club l,45 Homeroom Officer l,25 Pep Club 45 Hockey l,2,3,45 Captain Hockey Team 45 Softball 35 Honor Roll l,2,3,45 Service Letter 25 Hockey Letter 25 Stripe 3,4 Robert P. Hiltgartner To be the fastest gun alive Edmondson High--Swimming and Football 2,3 George Joseph Hirnmel To work and get a Bonneville convertible Robert L. Hinkle To graduate from college with a Ph.D. and to have o successful life Pep Club 45 Treasurer of Pep Club 45 Touchdown Club 4 Nancy Lee Hobbs To be happy. 5 Glee Club l5 Quill 8i Scroll 45 Homeroom Officer 3 Charles Arthur Hodge College French Club 45 Science Club 3,45 Homeroom Of- ficer l,2,45 Honor Roll5 Letter Joyce Ann Hoffman To be happy Glee Club l,2 George William Hogg 4 To be a success in everything I undertake, and have a hot '59 white Chevy convertible Pep Club 45 Dance Committees 2,3,45 Soccer 4 Beverly Ann Hohman To do my best in all endeavors Glee Club l,2,3,45 NHS 3.4: Ooerettv 2,3142 Variety Show 3,45 Honor RolI5 Letter 35 National Thespians Society 4 William Dennis Hough To become a cheerleader at B.P.H.S. when we get our football team. Pep Club 45 S.G.A. 45 Variety Show 45 Soccer 3, 45 Homeroom Officer 3,45 Pep Club President 42 Soccer Captain 45 Newspaper 35 Soccer Letter 3,45 Honor Roll 2,35 Monitor 3,45 Student Court 35 Social Studies Seminar 3,4 Alf d H 'k . To 'gwn bmhbtacar and beat High School Big Shot in arm wrestling I Dance Committee 45 Traffic and Safety Patrol Richard Hubbatrd T it C 322525855 0lrf2,3?45 Junior Class Vice President5 Senior Class President5 Basketball Letter Carole Louise Hunt Nurse Glee Club li Pep Club 4 Robert Jackson Taunnie Operetta 45 Dramatics 3,45 President S.G.A,5 Letter5 Honor Roll5 Dance Committees Donna Jeeter To marry Ed and live happily ever after Glee Club l,25 Thespians 3,45 President 45 Home- room Officer 2,35 Operetta 3,45 Honor Roll 25 Daisy Chain 35 Dramatics 3,4 Jeffrey Jefferson Make millions legally Band l,2,3,45 Variety Show 2,3,45 Band Letter 35 School Letter 2 Garry Lee Jenkins To be a mechanical engineer Hi-Y 35 National Honor Society 3,45 Pep Club 45 Monitor 45 Operetta Lead 45 S.G.A. Chaplain 45 Baseball l,3,45 Homeroom Treasurer 25 Dance Committee l,2,3,45 Honor Roll l,2,3,45 Gradua- tion Committee 45 Baseball Letter 35 Service Letter 3 Douglas Edward Joyce To own and operate a Pool Hall Dramatics 3 John Kanarchuk To pay off all my library fines Pep Club 45 Variety Show 45 Baseball 2,35 Bas- ketball 2,3,45 Soccer 4 Claudia Karwoski To make the right decision: The first time Basketball 45 Volleyball 35 Homeroom Officer l,2,3,45 Chairman Refreshment Committee 2,3,45 Eligibility 3,45 Graduation 45 Constitution Re- vision 35 Dance Committees l,2,3,45 Prom Com- mittee l,3,45 Two Stars5 Daisy Chain 35 Beeline Staff 45 Yearbook Staff 45 Llsherette 3 Bruce Glenn Kinzy To be an electrical engineer Pep Club 45 Science Club 35 Basketball l,2,3,45 Homeroom Officer 2,35 Monitor 4 Nancy Kathryn Kiser To become a success Glee Club l,2,3,45 Dance Committees l,3,4 Helen Kormanik To become a typing teacher at B.P.H.S. Dramatics 3,45 Dance Committees l,2,3,45 Year- book 45 Newspaper 45 Pep Club 45 Varsity Cheer- leader 2,35 Junior Class Princess 35 Sweetheart Princess 3 Jo Ellen Ann Kupin Not to spill mercury again Glee Club l5 F,N.A, l,2,3,45 Library Council l,2,3, Honor Roll l,2,3 Howard P. Londgraf, Jr. To have a car that will travel mucho fast Parking Lot Committee 3,4 Charles Thomas Larsen Retire from the Marine Corps French Club 45 Manager Basketball Team 3,4, Honor Roll 2,3 Carole Jeanette Lutche To hold my liquor as well as Mary Agnes Mur- phy and cheerfully give away my first million Honor Roll 2,3,45 National Honor Society 45 Quill 8. Scroll 3,45 Monitor 4 Kathleen Mary Marshall To become a secretary I Glee Club 3,45 Homeroom Officer 4 Judith St. Clair Martin To go to college and to travel Quill 8. Scroll 45 F.T.A, l,2,3,45 Dramatics 3,45 Volleyball 35 Basketball 25 Dance Committees 3, 45 Honor Roll l,2,35 Reflections 2,45 Newspaper 45 Monitor 3,45 Pep Club 4 Rosella Grace Maria Masteran To marry Bruce and have little truck drivers S,G.A. Secretary 45 Homeroom Officer l,35 Dance Committees l,2,3,45 Cheerleader 2,35 Sweetheart Queen 35 Daisy Chain 3 Kermit Evans McKinney Monitor 4 I Moved to California Senior Year Loretta Mae McLoughlin To marry Mike and raise Little Mikes Glee Club 2 David Keith Mentzell Criminologist Quill 8. Scroll 3,45 Newspaper 35 Monitor 3 Donald Richard Metz A Build furniture for all the big plays Charles Kenneth Michlovitz To be a success in life National Honor Society 3,45 Officer NHS 45 Pep Club 45 Senior Class Vice-President5 French Club 45 Variety Show 45 Soccer 2,3,45 Baseball 2,3,45 Dance Committees l,2,3,45 Graduation Committee 45 S.G.A. 2,3,45 Monitor 45 Student Court 35 Soccer Team Captain 45 Co-Captain Basketball 4 Charles Robert Michael, Jr. Engineer French Club 4, National Honor Society 3,4 Operetfa 35 Class Officer 25 Homeroom Officer 2,35 Band l,2,3,4 Jean Marie Miller Marry Wendell Paul E. Miller, Jr. To teach History like Mr. Pentz Quill Si Scroll 3,45 French Club 45 F.T.A. 45 Yearbook 45 Beeline 3,45 Baseball Manager 35 Basketball Manager 3 Patricia Rae Miller To be happy, humble, and free Glee Club i5 Dramatics 35 Thespians 45 Dance Committees 3,45 Freshman Prom Princess Ralph Joseph Miller Electrical Engineer Band l,2,3,45 Variety Show 2,45 Operetta 25 Soc- cer 22,45 Baseball 25 Band Letter 35 Soccer Let- fer Ralph Julian Miller Pharmacist Thespian 45 Dramatics 45 Soccer 3,45 Soccer Letter5 Baseball 2,3,45 Baseball Letter5 Home- room Officer 3,45 Dance Committees 2,3,45 Grad- uation Committee 45 Monitor 4 Vincent Richard Malloy To be a happy, rich, confirmed, bachelor Thespian 45 Dramatics 45 Variety Show 45 Var- sity Baseball 2,3,45 Homeroom Officer 45 Dance Committees 3,45 Baseball Letter 35 Yearbook 45 Reflections 4 Mary Agnes Murphy To spend every New Year's Eve with the kids that were at Carole's New Year's Eve party and never be sod, again. Glee Club 35 Pep Club 3,45 Dramatics 45 Dance Committees l,2,3,45 Quill is Scroll 3,45 Thespian 45 Beeline 45 Reflections 4 Maureen Catherine Murr To have a happy with a beach-comber and go to heaven Glee Club 35 Variety Show 35 Dance Committees 3,45 Honor Roll 4 John William Mynes Engineer Variety Show 45 S G,A. 45 Dance Committees 2,3,4 Pat Narer To be a stenographer Glee Club 35, Varsity Basketball 3 Owen Allen Newman, Jr. Dentist Dramatics 45 National Thespian Society 4 William Richard Noonan To go around the world Thespians 3,45 Operetta 2,45 Dramatics 3,45 Va- riety Show l,25 Vice-President N.T.S, 45 Dance Committees 2,3,45 Band l,2,35 Visual Aid l,2,3,45 Monitor 2,3,45 Stage Crew l,2 Mary Patricia Odenwald To be a very successful secretarial-stenographer Glee Club l,2 Nancy Ruth O'Neill Live, love, and be merry Patricia Lou Parsons Own a 57 Pontiac or a 56 Lincoln Glee Club 35 Hockey l5 Dance Committees 3,4 Nancy Marie Raynor To find the right guy . Glee Club 25 Christmas Program 45 Dance Com- 'nittees 35 Honor Roll 4 Marianna Elizabeth Piekarski To marry Bob and have two children Glee Club l Eileen Cecilia Phares To be always happy Dorothy Lee Pleasants To become an airline hostess Shirley Lynn Porter To be five feet tall Pep Club 45 Band l,2,3,45 Orchestra 3,45 Op- eretta 3,45 Homeroom Officer l, Dance Corn- mittee l,2,3,4 Gloria Price To become a receptionist and get married and raise o family Glee Club l, Dance Committees 35 Book Store 3,45 Proctor 3,4 Barbara Jean Priller To not trip down the aisle at Lottie'5 wedding Glee Club l,2,35 Softball l5 Dance Committee 3 Lois Eileen Pulket To be a successful person Thespians 3,45 Thespian Treasurer 4, Dramatics 35 Proctor 3, Book Store 3,45 Glee Club l,2, Reflections 35 Honor Roll lConfmued on Page l25J

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CLASS HISTQRY nearly wore out in a few days by constantly gazing at them! The year proved to be just as exciting and eventful as we had hoped. Each i958-'59 Junior remembers something from that wonderful ten months! Every student who was taken into the Honor Society in '58 can still recall that hysterical moment when the symbolic torch burst into flames, requiring one solemnly robed member to leap from his seat and gallantly remove the treacherous ob- ject from the stage. Then came the annual Sweethearts Ball, held in February. The Juniors on the dance committee went bravely ahead with their plans, trying not to think of the fifteen-inch snow which had ungraciously interfered with the same dance, in the previous year. We weren't snowed out, though, much to the relief of those girls who enjoyed fresh flowers. The year progressed, we staggered through mid- term exams, and before we knew it, prom time had rolled around. The Juniors who decorated will never forget the Underwater theme chosen for the prom decorations, and they were beautiful. The Unsung Heroes of the year were Mrs. Crane and Mr. Pentz, class advisors who were more help than we could possibly say! We fin- ished out the school year, really none the worse for wear, and sadly bade farewell to many friends in the graduating class of '59 whose places we would be taking in a few months. We came through the doors of Brooklyn Park as seniors, in the fall of l959, and were the proverbial cocks of the walk - prepared to spend the entire year preening and glorying in being on top of the heap, However, this attitude lasted only as long as it took us to get settled in our classes and see how much work there was to be done and we did work, although our teachers often strongly voiced the opinion that we spent twice as much time in extra-curricular activities as we did in our studies. We didn't loaf all the time, though, most of us managed to gather enough credits to graduate. Mrs. Crane bravely returned in l959 to be our Senior class sponsor along with Mr. Shoup. They had a terrifically tough job, keeping a bunch of stubborn Seniors in tow, and all their help was truly appreciated by everyone. To think back and try to remember all the ex- citing, amusing, maddening, and terrifying things which happened during the year l959-l96O, would be a difficult task for any senior. We worked, danced, laughed, and shouted our ways through our senior year, and there are very few Seniors who can say that this year was not so full of life that many of us almost didn't make it.