Portland High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, MI)

Page 23 text:

PROPHECY We, the Senior Class, having been granted the ability to predict, have looked ten years in the future and having read one of the leading Michigan newspapers, the R O, we have selected the following paragraphs which are of concern to our classmates. JOHNNY ALBERTA is now the managing editor of Esquire and is adding many new features. Another manager, or rather supervisor, is DON BENNETT who is new head man at Yellowstone National Park. He has appointed many feminine attractions in his many offices. Still another, JOHN WEST, is managing the Kentucky Derby Races. College men now are: LOWELL ANDERSON who is high-point man in the U. of M. basketball team; CHARLES THOMAS, who is head coach at Michigan Strate and is leading many victories in football there; and BILL WILLEMIN, who is attending the U. of M. and is putting forth his ambition as a hobo. BOB HOWARD also is working hard at college but he still finds time to do a little painting. The class of ‘‘50’’ is well represented in the field of nursing. BETTY BEARD is head nurse of the children’s department at Sparrow hospital in Lansing, MIRIAM KNAPP is practicing nurs- ing at Ann Arbor but her main duty is keeping up the spirits in the men’s ward, and LORAINE MELLSTEAD is head of the maternity ward at St. Lawrence hospital in Lansing. A new teenage attraction of 1960 is LARRY BRAENDLE. competition. Frankie retired on account of pressing Singing star ANITA SPURGEON is featured currently at the Club Dixieland in New York. Since he finished his college course, DAVID LANTZ has been trying to acquire the position of tuning pianos for Frankie Carle. BEVERLY SANDBORN, previously high school soda jerk, has become a college professor. EVELYN STEGENGA has taken over the position of high school principal at dear old Portland High. BARBARA BRALEY is replacing Miss VanderLeest as instructor of U. S. History. Miss VanderLeest has finally settled down. Many of our former classmates are now employed and are residing in the nation’s capital. Senator CHUCK WILLEMS of Michigan through his fast speeches has now been appointed Secretary of State. TOM BUCK is now working on a new foreign policy since the passing of his bill:for direct election of the President. PAT LAWLESS, a law graduate of the University of Michigan, is in Congress attempting to put through that copying is not cheating. Another Washington celebrity is ELAINE ‘“‘BUGS” SPOHN who is kept busy editing the Congressional Record. According to the Hollywood Gazette, MARIE GROSS is designing costumes for Warner Brothers’ Studios. PATRICIA SANDBORN,, a well known actress at M.G.M.., is scaring Frankenstein with her headless apparitions. The producers of silent pictures have contacted ALICE WELLS for a leading role. ROMA CLICK has been signed for the fifth year by the sponsors of Dreft for play- ing the part of ‘‘Beulah.” BETTY FISH who has taken over the Dorothy Dicks Column to find a way to solve her own problems, has made a survey and discovered that FRANK WIEBER, number one heart-breaker of Portland, is still an all-time bachelor. 19

Page 22 text:

GIFTATORY (continued) GEORGIANNA HOLLENBACK—A book on how to lose weight, just for laughs. PAT HOOVER—A bus ticket to St. Johns to see all those boy-friends that you’ve told us about. BOB HOWARD—Here’s a test tube to catch up on what you slept through in physics. MARGERY KINNY—Here’s a pamphlet on Vacations. You’re such a hard worker all year. MIRIAM KNAPP—A box of tacks so you won't run out. You're always supplied with them as we all know. ANN LAKIN—A rolling pin, to keep Grayden in hand. DAVID LANTZ—A piano to start you on that career. PAT LAWLESS—A football to carry with you in memory of P. H. S. ANNETTE LAY—A book on how to raise those little Snitgens. GLORIA LEACH—A pair. of boxing gloves to keep Bill in practice. JOAN LEIK—A pair of shoes to replace those you’ve worn out running around the halls of Ball as LORAINE MELLSTEAD—A book on ‘‘How to Grow Tall in Ten Easy Lessons.’’ We don’t think you will be able to do ic. NORMA MOYER-—A diamond until Alex gets around to it. PATRICIA PLINE—A memo book so you can keep all those dates and guys straight. ELAINE POHL—We give the needed tools to do the job. Why don’t you borrow Janie’s book. JANET POHL—A blue ribbon to tie up those letters from Marv. Just for keeps sake. JOYCE RILEY—A Lyons pennant so you won’t forget the good old town. JACK ROBERTS—Here’s a racer so you won’t have to use your sister’s car for a hot rod any more. BEVERLY SANDBORN—A book ‘‘How to be unpopular in ten easy lessons’. We don’t think you can do it. PATRICIA SANDBORN—An enrollment blank to lonia County Normal School. Not because we 18 don’t think you are normal but, we hear that you want to become a teacher. MARVIN SEAL—Here’s a big easy chair, now you can take that long needed rest. JOAN SELDEN—A ticket to go out West. We hope you will like it when you get there. GRAYDEN SLOWINS—A marriage license. Can you take a hint? RAYMOND SMITH—Money to replace that you spent on the senior trip. ELAINE SPOHN—An issue of the Portlight to remind you of the good old days. ANITA SPURGEON—A book on German to remind you of the good old days with Donnie. EVELYN STEGENGA—A book how to be a President’s wife. You’ve gone with one for so long. SHIRLEY STUMP—To Shirley, the lucky gal, we give a body—(By Fisher) CHUCK THOMAS—So you won't have to share Pat’s football, we will give you one of your own. LARRY TOWNSEND—A hammer to take some of the dents out of your car. GLADYS TRIERWEILER—A book on how to flire as if you needed it. PAT TRIERWEILER—A new car—your dad’s can’t take it much longer. KEN VAN BUREN—Some paints so you can continue your painting. FRANK WIEBER—A cozy cottage for two (or more) now all you need is the girl. Keep looking. ALICE WELLS—Here’s a bell so we'll know when you're about to come. JOHN WEST—Here’s a corral so you can start that great ranch you've been dreaming about. BILL WILLEMIN—Here’s a new buick to re- place that old one. Now you can make that trip to Texas. CHARLES WILLEMS—A pair of shoes so you can start out on both feet. MAGGIE WOODEN—We give you a frown Maggie, because we've never seen you wear one.

Page 24 text:

PROPHECY (continued) Among the couples who attended the ‘‘Ten Years of Happy Married Life’? banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Pennington (formerly BETTY LOU BUCKLEY) of Eagle, and Mr. and Mrs. William Reed (GLORIA LEACH) of Portland. HAROLD CARPENTER, President of the entire Farm Bureau Organization, has stated that the most prosperous farm in the nation is that one owned and operated by JACK ROBERTS which MARVIN SEAL is going into his tenth year as chief auctioneer of Ionia County. JOYCE RILEY is residing in Lyons as a farmer’s wife while JANET POHL is continuing keeping house for her father while is located northeast of Portland. waiting for Marvin to finish his Agriculture courses at college. In the nation’s headlines we see that SHIRLEY STUMP is now competing for the Miss America title of 1960. Another headline concerns PAT TRIERWEILER who for the third consecutive time has been the winner of the champion hot- rod races. In the sports world, VERNON FEDEWA has finally made it and has entered into the com- petition for the heavy weight title championship. In her smart Detroit suburban home NANCY EDGAR is chewing her well-manicured finger nails, worrying whether or not Georgie is going to win the light weight championship. ANN LAKIN is heading the Cunningham’s drug stores and is proving to be strong competition for GRAYDEN SLOWINS who is President of the entire chain of Rexall drug stores. The A P stores owe its thanks for the strong union to MARGIE KINNEY who is working con- sistently for their betterment. 20 In the business world RAYMOND SMITH has been granted a patent on his slick motor in- ventions which are making a big hit with the MAGGIE WOODEN is head secretary for the 1st National Bank in Detroit making it very difficult for BOB GUILFORD to ever see Maggie alone. IVA GAL ER who is a stenographer in Grand Rapids is seeing more high school boys. interesting things than a typewriter. KENNETH VAN BUREN, advertising di- rector of Ringling Brothers Circus recently saw GLADYS TRIERWEILER who is head waitress at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. Society gal PRISCILLA ESTEP is still attending business school but many of the nation’s top bachelors wonder what business she is attending. ROBERTA FRANCIS has finally found some- thing that suits her. (A man) PATRICIA HOOVER and JOAN SELDEN are traveling around the world, seeing that they are not yet ready to settle down. Now that LARRY TOWNSEND is Chief of Police in Ionia County, former speedsters in Port- land and neighboring areas are penniless. JOAN LEIK is making many travels but her center point ANNE TE Ay was recently married to the sole owner of the Portland Heating Company. NORMA MOYER is the leading strutter of the Tonia Free Fair. PATRICIA PLINE is still searching the neighbor- ing towns for eligible prospects. Combining a of interest is Westphalia. career and marriage doesn’t seem to work out for ELAINE POHL, so she has dropped her career. GEORGIANNA HOLLENBACK is still keep- ing many people wondering about her continuous visits out west to her Grandmother’s.