Harbor Springs High School - Rampage Yearbook (Harbor Springs, MI)

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.Senior Left to right:-Harriet Kishigo, Gloria Terpenning, Ann Irish, Eddie Stolt, Isabell Jablinskey, A1 Chingwa, Shirley Smith, Frank Gransira, Amie Larsen, Opal Burdick, Adelaide Arman. Wilma Gregory, and Betty Niswander. On March 27th the senior class of '53, under the direction of Mr. Forrest Rinehart, sailed to Activity Isle to present the play entitl- ed Backwoods Romeo , a comedy in three acts by john Nash. The cast included Albert Chingwa, Shirley Smith, Frank Granstra, Amie Larsen, Eddie Stolt, Isabell Jablinskey, Ann Irish, Harriet Kis- higo, Gloria Terpenning, Opal Burdick, Wilma Gregory, Betty Niswander, and Adelaide Arman. The play actually had three plots. One centered around Romeo QAlbertJ, who was a hermit blessed with an outstanding knowledge of science, but who had never seen a woman until visiting the lVlcNeiI household. Like any man, he learned quickly and rather enjoyed meeting the women. Another plot centered around Rex flidcliel and l..arry's fFrank'sJ car. Rex had had a slight accident and the Skinem Insurance Com- pany, with Gloria as representative, tried to settle the case. Rex, being a coward, was never present when the agent came, but finally the truth got to Billie flsabelll that it was a rich man whom Rex had saved, and that the accident hadn't been his fault. The third plot centered around an Amazon fOpalD who was an employee of a furniture company. She and her helpers, Wilma, Betty, and Adelaide, had been told to get the lVIcNeil's furniture because it hadn't been paid for. They finally succeeded. The play, of course, had a happy ending, with Romeo falling in love with Connie fshirleyj and making a discovery in science, and Rex getting 32,000 for his brave deed.

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snioz flirt: fpfcoflfiecy The last chapter of my latest book, entitled THIRTY-SIX CAME HOME or MY FOUR YEARS IN A PRISON CAMP. deals with the lives of these 36 people after their release from Slave Island. I found, while doing research, that nearly all of these have gained world-wide recognition in their chosen fields. Foremost among these is RONALD SCI-ILOSSER, who made his first million in the manufacture of hair nets. His wife, STELLA POZIEMSKI. is very busy raising little millionaires, I had quite some difficulty tracking down JIM INGRAHAM and DON GEARY, It seems the two musicians were run out of a small town where they had held a concert. With the aid of VINCENT KEWAY of the F.B.I., I found them hiding on DICK WILI.IAMS'S fabulous dude ranch in Nevada. In Detroit I found Judge MARIE WARNER trying the case of JOHN LUETTJOI-IANN'S young son who had been throwing rocks through the windows ot his school. His teacher, MISS JUANITA JOHNSTON, had tried to stop him: but Judge Warner decided that Mr. Luettjohann was to blame and had her secretary, HAZEL ALLEN, call him from his peanut-oil plant for consultation. That evening as I was reading the Detroit FREE PRESS, I noticed the name of my old schoolmate, ISABELL JABLINSKEY. She writes the want ads. On the front page I read of the landing of the first space ship on Mars. Among some of the passengers was SHIRLEY SMITH, who has become quite famous for her knowledge of space ships and their operation. This particular ship was constructed under the supervision of engineer FRANK GRANSTRA and wife, AMIE BRAGER-LARSEN, of our class. Others who helped with its construction were JERRY HAHN and JOHN KRUPA. Skimming through the rest of the paper, my eye caught an ad for a beauty parlor which is run by DIANE SUTHERLAND. She specializes in scalp massages and is assisted by VIRGINIA CETAS. In Harbor Springs once again I learned of the location of many more members of our class. BETTY NISWANDER is working as a missionary in Tibet. She writes of meeting mountain climber ELMER BAL- LOU, who had been believed lost. ADELAIDE ARMAN is home after her second world tour as the greatest woman prize fighter of all times. BETTY LOU STANDISH accompanies her as a traveling companion. having formerly travelled with the Detroit Tigers. The Little Traverse Hospital has becn renamed the ALBERT CHINGWA Memorial Hospital, in memory of his contributions in the field of biology and the un-tiring work he so generously gave prior to his death. One of his large snakes ate him. I-IARRIET KISHIGO is working as receptionist, WILMA GREGORY is in charge of all laboratory work, and MARTIN KING is serving his internship. He worked several long years to obtain his doctor's degree, Up at the new school I watched Coach EDWIN STOLT run his championship girls' volley ball team through practice. He certainly has those gals trained .the way he wants theml At the GRAPHIC office GLORIA TERPENNING was busily writing the gossip column. I noticed that her ears seem to have grown, but I suppose that aids greatly in collecting news. Two familiar names in the column were those of EARL McDONALD and LEO SMITH who are spending their furlough in Har- bor Springs. Both won many honors in combat. I'm sure all of you mystery lovers are followers of HERMAN ROSS'S adventures as The Shadow , but have you seen his latest cartoon book? It's terrific! As I lifted the receiver to telephone home, I heard the familiar voice of OPAL BURDICK speak that soothing number. please . We chatted for several minutes and she told me that JUNE BYLSMA is happily married, has a large family, and is living in Cheboygan. LORETTA DROSZCZ is ex-president Dwight D. Eisenhower's private secretary. MIKE DEWITT has taken over Dr. Graham's office and is now the .town's dentist. I-Ie always wears a necklace of the teeth he has pulled. He thinks it is good for business. A You may read more about that wonderful class of 1953 in my new book soon to come off the press.

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gwzioz This year the class of l954 has successfully reached the top of the ridge. To help us on this adv,enture, we have had as president, Arden Holiday, vice president, Roland Corey, treasurer, Lena Johnston, and secretary, Betty Kaniarz. Peggy Lowry was our representative in Student Council. Our advisers were Miss Nicholson and Mr. Beer. Several of our islanders traveled to Athletic Isle to sell refresh- ments at the Charlevoix football game. We also had good business at the Mancelona and East jordan basketball games. We sold autograph books, entitled School Daze , among the islands. When November I5 rolled around, all the girls grabbed their fellows and took them to the Sadie Hawkins Dance on Activity Isle. Amazing Gracie , our three act play, also held on Activity lsle, helped us on our climb to Senior Peak. We held an elaborate affair on April 25, which was the annual ,I-Hop. This event with the theme, April Showers, was a very suc- cessful dance. ln May we were hosts to the Senior Peak dwellers at the junior- Senior banquet. Next year we all hope to occupy Senior Peak.