Portland High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, MI)

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PROPHECY Gerald Peabody has now moved away and lost all contact with civilization. We are disappointed that he did not keep in contact with his classmates. Joan Pedersen is a famous brain doctor at Sparrow Hospital and is following the theory “You ain’t got the brains you were born with.” Darrell Pennington is now modeling. Latest Flash: The well-known American Model has just been chosen cover boy of 1958. Paul Pilkington has been nominated by the people of Portland as their candidate for the President of the United States. Joanna Pline has been promoted from errand girl to secretary to Miss Wilcox, who has retired and is now in the lumber business. Phyllis Price is still competing with Marilyn Mellstead over Bob Smith. Will this never end? Jean Pung has entered the Bathing Beauty Contest of 1958. Don’t those red woolens get in the way, Jean, or have you discarded them? Betty Rock is still in hot pursuit of that certain guy from Pewamo. Geraldine Schaefer is still looking for a guy that resembles a certain guy who broke her heart. Maxine Schramm has taken Lulu Mc- Connel’s place on the radio show “It Pays to Be Ignorant.” Don Schrauben has finally gotten a job, but is still always absent on those Friday mornings. Still shooting good pool, Don? Herman Schrauben has taken the heart of every American girl as No. 1 crooner of 1958. Carolyn Smith has opened her own beauty salon (saloon). Specialty: Dyeing hair red. After ten long years of searching, Janette Smith has finally found out the name of a certain soldier who was looking for her on a certain Saturday night. Mary Ann Smith is running a school and teaching pupils how to develop dim- ples. (Continued ) Mary Lou Smith is now champion square dafice caller and is now calling at the Friday night dances at Westphalia. Roger Smith is running his own locker plant and is wrapping and putting out more meat than any other town on the map. Robert Snow is interpreter at the Em- bassy in Mexico City. Joan Spitzley holds the title of the World’s Champion Typist and just think, she got her start at P. H. S. Barbara Stiffler has helped Bob build Sunoco Station into the biggest business this side of Grand Ledge. Norma Taylor is sharing her secrets with other women on how to keep slim. Earl TenEyck has his own football team at Jackson Prison and they’re right on top (of Jackson Prison). Dolores Thoma is still looking for a guy as short as she is. Rose Marie Tichvon is sitting on the boss’ knee as secretary to the best known undertaking firm in Grand Rapids. Glen Tucker has his diploma from Alcatraz and is trying to swim ashore. Jake Visser has opened his own pool room and has a back room for illegal sale of liquor. Dolores Ward is understudy for Linda Darnell in the reproduction of “Forever Amber.” Jean Ward is in California running one of the biggest orange groves in that state. Anna Mae Wheeler is now taking Miss Wilcox’s place (who has retired) at P. HS. Pat Whitcraft is pushing a baby car- riage followed by several other little— Vromans. Joan Wilcox is assistant to Walt Dis- ney. We always knew you'd get your name in the paper one way or another. Marilyn Willemin has finally gradu- ated from “soda jerk” to “chief cook and bottle washer” at the Stump Mansion. Carole Wilson is an air hostess on the U. S. Clipper to the moon. Page Nineteen

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PROPHECY Upon looking up the Class of 1948 ten years later, we were surprised to discover: Richard Babbitt has broken the world’s record for running 714 miles in twenty minutes. Martha Badder has joined her sister Lillie at the Bible Institute in New York. David Bandfield has taken over his father’s business but we hone he has im- proved his driving. Vivian Buckley is now assistant man- ager at the Ben Franklin Store. It was a long, hard struggle, wasn’t it? Shirley Carpenter is mistress of cere- monies at the County [air, assisted by Martin Kelly, who is now her husband. Charles DeVries is now a big-time con- tractor. His fine work has made Lansing the suburb of Eagle. Joanne DuMond is a profersicnal seam- stress in the big little town of Mulliken. Hubert Fandel has taken over the Schlitz Brewery in Milwaukee and is giv- ing all his former classmates free hand- outs. Janette Fedewa is now editor of True Confessions Magazine. It took a lot of reading, didn’t it, Janette? Marvin Fedewa has taken his seat in Congress. Mary Ann Fox is now Mrs. Don Thelen. They live on a prosperous farm near Port- land. We see Jean Gage running a super service station—her specialty, pumping up tires. Mary L. Gensterblum is the first well- known woman auctioneer. The last we heard she was the tobacco auctioneer on the Hit Parade. Esther Goodwin is head cook at the Pantlind Hotel in Grand Rapids, which is now under the management of one of our graduates of ’47. Alton Hartwick has found the woman of his dreams but as far as we know has not yet popped the question. Eleanore Huizenga was finally talked into dentistry; she is one of the finest in the country. Fred Huizenga is now running his own vacuum cleaner shop and is sending his employees out to demonstrate that new Airway Vacuum. (Plug.) Clarence Irrer is champion hog caller of Ingham County. Joan Keesler is in charge of playground supervision at the Blind School in Lansing. Malcolm Knapp has taken over the “Happy Hank” program. He always could get along with children. James McCormack is master of cere- monies on the Quiz Kids Show. Frank McGowan is now jockey and is riding the famous horse Ossault, Jr., in the Kentucky Derby. Marcella Leik is a famous tight rope walker in the Barnum Bailey Circus. Rosalie (Toots) Leik is now manufac- turing Tootsie Rolls. Fred Lowery is now athletic coach at Western University. Germaine Martin is running a board- ing house in Grand Rapids especially for men. Donna Mellstead is chief matron at the Children’s Mental Institution in Grand Rapids. Marguerite Moran has taken over the Dorothy Dix column in the State Journal. Gene Myers has taken over his father’s business as a “Plastered Plasterer.” Jean Noren is an exclusive dress de- signer at M. G. M. Studios in Hollywood. Richard Oakes has been taking the cure for insomnia, brought on by his worries over the Class of 48. Don Oliphant has signed a peace treaty with Carl Graft settling the feud over that blonde in Lansing. Carl consented to let him take her out once a week. Page Eighteen

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Compliments of THE STYLE SHOP Page Twenty Congratulations from McCLELLAND’S