Leetonia High School - Lehiscan Yearbook (Leetonia, OH)

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The Last Word Glwu of '45 Class Prophecy In the year 1955 A. D. joy has struck us once again! As we are about to write this story, we-Bill Mathey, john Donley, and Rudie Ashman-are traveling salesmen for the Deming Company of Salem. We just returned from a trip that took us throughout the country on the Brain and Corl Railways from Chicago to all points West. Incidentally, Floyd and George own all the railways of western United States. Upon this route we met many former classmates of the Leetonia High School, Class of 1945. After we left Leetonia, our first stop was Chicago where we met Eddie Duco, now married to Helen Mae Atkinson. Ed is a petty officer in the Navy and is the Admiral's right hand man. He has invented a new game called 'ffootball at sea . Ed told us about a friend of ours, Jim Beilhart. jim was a malaria victim in the Southe Pacific but has recovered wonderfully. Ed took us to see Jim at the Veterans, Hospital where he was receiving the best of care, and no wonder, for his nurse was none other than Margaret Ferry! Her ambition had been fulfilled. She always wanted to be a nurse. After a happy visit in Chicago we visited the Kovach and Hinerman Hotel where we de- cided to stay for the night. The service was excellent, and since we were old classmates, we re- ceived the best of everything. Of course, we went to Edgewater Beach where Shirley Holt was singing with Tommy Dorsey and his band. Shirley is the most famous singer in the land. She was very happy to see us, and in the course of our conversation, she asked us if we had seen jane Siegel, the matron of Illinois State Prison. From Chicago we went to Washington where Coach Joe Bernard was teaching the Red Skins the fundamentals of football, and doing very nicely, too. He hopes for a Rose Bowl game New Year's Day. joe told us that Dean Vestal is teaching at Washington State. He is the toughest teacher thereg few pupils ever pass his tests. From Washington State we went to Hollywood where we saw Bob Shimer playing oppo- site Helyne Louise Spatholt in Nothing But a Dream. Their names were in lights for miles around. From Hollywood we went to the San Diego Marine Base where we saw David Peppel, now a sergeant in the Marines. Mooney,' had decided to make the Marines his life work. This decision really surprised us. At a jerk water town we stopped to pick up David Driscoll who is a farmer in the San Fernando Valley. He has really decided to make the San Fernando Valley his home. He said he had seen jim Stewart recently. Jim is a postman and raises rabbits as a side line. He has over a thousand rabbits. Dave told us that farther east was the Farmer-Stouffer ranch where dudes are always welcome. Dave was making the trip East on business and we were glad to have his company all the way to Georgia where he got off. We stopped for a few hours at Georgia Tech to see Kenny Spear who is studying there to be an engineer. From Georgia we went to Florida where we went to the Archer-Tingle Dress Shoppe which they have named: You Furnish the Shapeg We Furnish the Dress. In our talk of old class mates they told us that Huffnagle and Jeswald are glass blowers, both using their wind to good advantage. Last year they both won prizes for their beautiful work. Lois and Dot also said that Shirley Rouse is now a john Powers' model and she loves her work. Barbara Barrickman is running a journal called S'The Daily Blow. Dorothy Stahl is her assistant, and they are making lots of money. Earl Van Fossan is running a Wolfing Business,

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The Last word 01644 af '45 CLASS PROPHECY fContinuedl and on the side, he makes magnets to attract women to himself. Being tired of train travel, we decided to go to New York by plane. To our great aston- ishment, the pilot was none other than Tony Dominic! He told us that he has been flying this route for nine years-ever since he had got out of the Air Corps, in fact. He is happily mar- ried to june Zimmerman and has three little Dominics, all future football players. Wle landed at LaGuardia Field and took the V 81 A Bus to Rockefeller Center. It is the same bus line that was in Leetonia a few years ago. Lucille Varian is the owner. Wle then met Irene Grady, a secretary to Rockerfeller. She told us all the news of our classmates who have made good in the East. Lucille Price is running a beauty parlor and is married to joe Hollens- head. Amelia Sullivan is a prominent New York lawyer and is still a Democrat. Her name is famous throughout the United States for her ability to sway juries. Fred Tetlow and Fuddle Briden are running a clothing store. Alvin is happy since Donna jean Yocus became his wife. Peggy Rankin and Ceorgeanna Beaver are music teachers and concert artists. They recently made their debut at Carnegie Hall. The tickets were fifty dollars each! Betty Entrikin and Georgiana YN'ehringer are teaching Home Economics to students of Boston College. Lois Jane Floding is a chorus girl in a new play by Robert Nelts called I l'7on't Know Youf' Helen Poulos also decided to become a teacher and is Professor of Spanish at Penn State. W'ilma Fire is married to Clill' who is now a minister. They are leaving soon for missionary work in Africa. Wie ended our trip with great satisfaction. W'e had seen some of our former classmates and had heard the latest news about the rest. The Class of '45 had indeed distributed themselves through the country. We three alone had stayed near the old school: for after all. there is no place like home! Rudie Ashman. john Donley. Bill Mathey.