Leetonia High School - Lehiscan Yearbook (Leetonia, OH)

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Class Prophecy fContinuedj i'Bob Sneddon! Don't you remember me?', , He was quiet for awhile and then he recognized me. He told me not to worry about the damage done to his truck and then he directed me into the parking space. I asked him if he ever saw any of our old schoolmates and he said: Glenn Hinten styles women's dresses and evening gowns and women swear by his fashionsf, Also he said: 4'Averill Longbottom got married and is living in Washingtonvillef' but this was all he knew. I left him and started walking down the street. My next stop was a large de- partment store. The name of the store was Smiths,' and as I entered the first person I saw was Bernard Smith. L'Don't tell me you work here? I asked. No, I donlt, I own the store. Do you like it?,' It's grand! Really grandli' I said. I thought maybe Bernard would have heard something from our classmates so I asked him. Esther Stecker is teaching at Ghio State University and Jim Campbell teach- es there, too. Let's see, Dorothy Roessler sells jewelry here in my store and Nancy Stelts is head of the dress department. Other than that I eouldnit tell you.', I walked to the dress department and talked to Nancy. Her wonderful sales ability persuaded me to buy two dresses while I was there. I left the store then and continued my walk down the street. As I walked I came to an Opera House. In bright lights it said, 'fCpera, Aida, Starring Shirley Rance and Martha McCormick.,' I just had to see my old friends so I went to the ticket window and asked for a ticket. Who was selling tickets but Jerry Skinner! We talked for awhile and then I went inside. Shirley and Martha were singing as I entered and everyone was Koh-ing and Nah-ing. When the opera was over, I went backstage and talked to them. They were awfully surprised to sec me. We talked about old times and they told me that Valliase McFarland is married and so is Joann Hollo- way. They also knew that Fredia Mabry was a private secretary to the million- aire, Henry Ford, Jr., and Marie Mix is a nurse, and Evelyn Mathey a school teacher in Leetonia. It was growing late though, so I left. I passed another building as I walked and a sign out front read, Lecturer for today, Miss Cecilia Halverstadt. Topic, 'Amcrica's Main Prob- lems'. I remembered Cecilia had been an interesting speaker and I was sorry I didn't have time to go in and listen to her. My stomach told me I was hungry so when I saw an Isaly Store I went in for a soda. There behind the counter was Eddie Bell. He told me he was now man- ager of the Isaly Chain Stores and he had lots of people working for him. I drank my soda and was about to leave when Donna Mango walked in. She asked me if I was going to joan Jacksonls piano concert at Carnegie Hall. I said I'd like to go and so after Donna bought an ice cream cone, we left together. The concert hall was very large and every seat was filled with ritzy looking people. Everyone became silent as Joan walked towards the piano. She sat down and began to play, but there was no music in front of her. She played several hours without ever once looking at a sheet of music. When she finished the audi- Twenty-Six

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Class Prophecy It was a chilly October Friday night and I was on my way to my parent's home where I was visiting. I had come home to see Leetonia,s Wonder Football Team that was coached by Kenny Warner, a classmate of mine. The Warner coached eleven were undefeatable. Tonight they had been victorious again and everyone from Leetonia was happy although the other town was quite sad. This was my first time in Leetonia since I had graduated, over ten years ago. Everyone in town was a stranger to me except one familiar face. It was Dorothy Altomare, my old schoolmate. Dorothy told me she was now instructing high school girls on how to be good cheerleaders. Dorothy was head cheerleader in our senior year and a very good one I may add. I asked her if she ever saw or heard from any of the old gang, and she said, Practically everyone's left Leetonia to do better but I do hear from a few of them. Then she went on to tell me that Jean Cushing writes to her and that Jean is a librarian in the Congressional Library in Washington, D. C. She also hears from Elvera Gabriel who is a model in New York City. Beverly Ashman writes to her once in awhile and shc's a secretary in Cleve- land. Then she told me: Eugene Lippiatt owns a garage in Washingtonville and has Harold Bell and Don Campbell working for him. She went on to tell me that Darlene Mason is married to an oil tycoon and they live in Texas. That was just about all she knew so I said goodbye to her and hurried home. After I got home I went straight to bed. I had it on my mind about my classmates and so as sleep came to me, dreams came also, and in my dreams I saw all my old friends again. It seems I was going into a church and to my amazement the minister was Charles Carter, who is following in his older brother's footsteps. I listened to his wonderful sermon and then shook hands with him and left the church. Outside the church was a big yellow convertible and since this was a dream, I assumed it was mine. I got in it and drove down the street. The car began to make a chug- ging noise and as I looked at the gas gage I knew why. I was in luck though for right beside me was a huge filling station. A man came out to give me some gas and I recognized him immediately to be Tony Milcetich. He told me that he owned the filling station and since I was his old classmate he would give me gas free of charge. Another man came over to me and asked if I'd like my car washed and waxed. I was too surprised to answer for the man was Clemmie', Tortora. I told him I didn't have time to have my car washed, and then I asked him where his old buddies, Roy Davis and Eddie Donnelly were. '6Roy is teaching 'iAdvanced Trigonometryl' in Harvard University. Eddie is a railroad foreman for the Pennsylvania Rai1road,', he told me. I eouldnlt imagine Roy teaching G'Trig and I wondered if maybe his pupils weren't teaching him. Now, I understood too, why they've been having so much trouble with the trains since Eddie is a foreman. I left the filling station and drove down the main street of the town. I decided to park my car and shop awhile. I was trying to get into a rather small parking space and having quite a bit of trouble. I was backing up when bang! I backed into a truck. It seemed strange but my car was not damaged a bit and the truck was practically ruined. This could happen only in a dream, of course. The truck driver got out of his truck and angrily started towards my car. He was an awfully big fellow and as he came nearer, I just sat and shook. What,s the idea of backing into my-U That was as far as he got be- cause I said, Twenty-Five

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Class Prophecy QContinuedj ence applauded loudly and she had to play encore after encore. I told Donna I couldn't stay long enough to see Joan, but for her to say Khellon for me. I continued my walk down what seemed an endless street. I heard people cheering in the distance and I stopped and asked someone what was going on. They told me it was a professional football game. I hurried to see it. I was so surprised to see Vinny Citino, Jerry Ferry, Sammy Tingle and Jack Altomarc playing on the team. I had seen them play football in high school but I didn't know they were professionals. Then a player was hurt and the coach ran out to him and motioned for the water boy. I thought I recognized the water boy. Of course I did, it was Joe Ferry. Someone told me that Joe had been too small to play pro- fessional football so he was the tearn's water boy. I watched the game for awhile but the old Leetonia players were running all over the other team and the game was very one sided. I was tired of walking so I went back to my car and began to drive. I passed a big factory and a large sign read, Hedl and Rice Manufacturers. I knew that that must be the Charles Hedl and Jimmy Rice I went to school with. As I drove on I passed a beautiful farm with white fence around it. There were cows in the pasture and in front of the farm house there was a large pond with ducks swimming in it. The name on the mailbox read, Ross Good. There was another classmate of mine and he too was doing good for himself. I came to another town and parked my car, this time in a parking lot where there was lots of room. A man came over to my car and I paid him. You can imagine how surprised I was to see that the man was George Carlisle. George told me he owned the parking lot and all the big business men parked their cars there. He pointed to a Cadillac and then said: 'LYou remember David Sweeley? I said that I did. Well, that's his car. Hels doing swell in his business. He's a draftsman, I guess? 'LBy the looks of that car, David must be doing well! I left the parking lot and began walking down the main street. I bumped in- to a woman carrying groceries and knocked them everywhere. I helped her pick them up and as I handed them to her I recognized her to be Ida Mae Lipp. Only Ida told me it wasnit Lipp any more, it was Mrs. Jim Green. Ida insisted I walk home with her and so I did. As we walked she told me that Mary Holisky is a secretary for Ida's husband, Jim. She also said that Rebecca Dicken lives on a big dairy farm on the outskirts of town. She said that Betty Shimer wrote to her and shels married. By that time we were at Ida's home and I asked her who her neighbors were. Janet Stratton and her husband Kenny Girard live theref' Ida said. Then we started into Idais house. The steps were very high up to the porch and I kept stepping and stepping but I eouldnlt get up on the step. I heard some- one say, Joanne! I looked around and there was mother. I was in my bedroom and trying to step up on my window sill. I told mother my dream and I also said I intended to see all my classmates again before the year was over. I was really curious now to see what they were all doing. -THE ENDQ I -Joanne Taylor Twenty-Seven