Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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by the firm of Eldon Kelley and Delbert Blaha. The painting of the building was being done by William Seng. We then went to the fire department where I was surprised to meet Sherwood Wagner, the fire chief. Other firemen were Leo Dean, Hugo Van Noordwyk, Robert Aue, and Max Ryefield. I decided I wanted to have lunch, so we went to a restaurant owned and operated by Angelina Pappan and her partner, Felix Petrongelli. The chef there was Marjorie Davies: Iulia Elko and Marian I onas were the waitresses. Finishing the lunch, we decided to go on a little shopping tour. We visited Sam La Porter's clothing store, where Edwin McClary was the floor manager. We went to the C. and P. store, one of the many chain stores owned by Paul Iohnson. The clerk was Dorand Porter. We visited two other smaller stores owned by Steve Matuz and Susan Hulka. I wanted some baked goods so I went to the Tidy bakery, owned and operated by Ann Hradsky. While going down the street, I noticed several signs hanging in front of the buildings. One was Don Iohnson, Dentist : another was Lawrence Schmuker's Pharmacy : two others were: Ioe Szuc's Shoe Shop, and Geneva Vandervelde's Portrait Studio. I noticed a very attractive bracelet in one of the windows of a jewelry store and so I went in to find out what the price was. I was very surprised to meet Carl Benson, the owner of the store. After purchasing my bracelet, my escort took me to a small tea shop, which was run by one oi my older acquaintances, Carolyn Chesney. Next door was a dress shop, owned and operated by Miriam Lillie. My last stop was at a very attractive candy shop. I was greeted by Donna Pike, a dear friend of mine in earlier years. Although she was the owner of such a shop, she was still leaving sweets off her diet list. I am too tired to write any more, so I'm going to retire. Good-night. Thursday, April 27, 1945 Dear Diary: I awakened early this morning and was visited by Dick Lorenz, the local undertaker. He suggested that we visit the P.T.A. of the Heights Schools this afternoon. While eating my breakfast, I looked at the morning edition of the Heights paper and was surprised to read about many of my old acquaintances. There were articles about Chuck Marecek, who was playing on the Detroit Tigers' baseball team: Ellen Campbell, the world's best woman basketball player: Ierry Hornik, a professional football player: George Rudd, a 6- 1 .Z QS I 2 -+ Q V: ff ' I Q. .if E Gfvf 4, LJ , , -SQ. S 505' . A t kv ' db nt I if f .UWM Ez 'lx 3 31' 0 '41, Ri. , 5 Q .. N 2,9 Gt I W if fi, f..1. --

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