Union High School - Messenger Yearbook (Benwood, WV)

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NETTIE and EVA are now well established in tl1e Martino 8: Martino MIRACLE MASK MAKE-UP MANUFACTURING COMPANY. GEORGE VISNIC is now the No. 1 gambler of Wheeling, DUKE MARPLE is his stooge. Both have recently come back from doing a. little stretch up the river as guests of the government. I BETTY STEWART, now Mrs. George XVhitecotton, has joined her hubby, an ex-Navy man, at their ranch in Iowa, where Mr. lVhitecotton is recupe1'at- ing from battle fatigue. ' ANDY ZIEN has his own orchestra and is now playing at the Steel Pier in in Atlantic City. He is known as Zing Zangl' Zien. FLOSSIE STERN has become sole owner of the Grace Lee Shop, while KATHLEEN ROBBINS has been hired as clerk. EILEEN JABLONSKI is Head Nurse at the Reynolds Memorial Hospital, situated in Glendale, West Virginia. GEORGE BARTOLOVIC has graduated from Potomac State College with top honors-how he ever did it will be beyond all of us who knew him when-l CARL BAUM has replaced Kenny Pickett in the task of patrolling Glendale. Just recently he caught MARTIN McCORMICK speeding through that fair city, on his way to a Cigar Store. The reason for such haste, Ma1'tin's wife, the former BETTY PASTORIUS, had just become the mother of triplets! EDDIE SHEPARD and WALTER ZIEN are partners in their own business. They are manufacturing Ladies' Lingerie. HENRY CREBS is employed chief janitor, while JERRY MONCEMAN is night watchman, guarding all the Little Ladies' Undies. -IUANITA TEGARDEN, still an old maid, has just left for Alaska in hope of finding a little Eskimo to cheer her old age. JACK SMITH is a well-known dog catcher of Marshall County. VINCENT DOLINAR has a secluded home in the hills, where he is bootlegging his 10071 corn Likker. We hear that NANCY SAFFLE, now Mrs. Joe Childs, is living i11 Indiana with her husband and has three little Childs. BILL RIDER is out in Hollywood making cowboy pictures. He is now known as Red Ryder? Several of our classmates are prominent in politics. WILLIAM DEEGAN is governor of our fair state, while BOB MYERS is running for Mayor of Boggs Run. BUTCH LOY is Fire Chief of Center Benwood. At tl1e annual festival to be held by the firemen, the FINNEGAN SISTERS Circus will be the special feature, while KATHLEEN KELLER is the fat lady. After being a college football star for four years, HAROLD SWIGER is now cleaning and polishing spittoons in HENRY FABRIZIO'S Barber Shop and Pool Room. NANCY KEENE is still standing around on the Campus in Columbus, Ohio, in the hope of catching her a man from Ohio State. pagc.Qeve1i.fy1

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CLASS PROPI-IECY 'Round and 'round and 'round it goes. and what it brings, nobody knows. Certainly that little jingle can be applied to the future of the members of the Class of I9-IS, so le1's spin the Wheel of Fate and see what its whirling reveals. DOLORES GONGOIIA, now Mrs. Fritz Oser, is the mother of five sturdy children and is living next door to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Haufe. Mrs. Haufe you remember as the former MISS NEIIIIIE SNVARTZ, and the Haufes are the proud parents of twin gi1'ls. .IIINE WAGENHOFFER has finally convinced Vudge Mazelon that she is just what the doctor ordered, so they will be married in June, 1948, at the Boggs Run Church by one of her former classmates, the Right Reverend YVILLIAM JAMES OKIIE. GEORGE RYKOSKEY, owner of the Catseye Grill and Bar, has been having quite a bit of trouble with BOB SAIIIGO, Chief of the Benwood Police, as a clean-up or shut-up campaign is under way in Benwood. PEGGY HANVKINS has now taken over the V. F. W. Home in McMechen and has as her assistant, her fiance, who is Bob Hossman. JOE PAVEIJKA is employed as bartende1'. NANCY MARPIJE and NANCY RIAL are running a boarding house. Thev . . 4 - . E Q - rg I are still tending and flglllllllgf over ufiI't'9l11t',U while trying to see who can cook the best foodgfattening the calf for the kill, as it were. DOT MODIIINSKI has finally decided what her life career shall be. She has entered an eastern Convent and is now Sister Dorthea Maria. PAUL CISAR, Chief of I'olice of McMechcn and JIMMY HAMM, the Night Policeman, are having quite a bit of trouble keeping the kids off the steps of the former Yoho's Restaurant, now owned by JERRY IILLUM and BETTY ORNDOFF, whose doughnuts are famous for their large holes. BETTY FRANK has replaced Miss Cox at llnion High School, teaching most of the commercial subjects. VINCENT KOWALESKY has opened his own funeral home, with HARRY BRIIBAKER working as his assistant. JOAN McCARDI.E is editor of the McMechen Intelligencer and BILL SHILTS and CHARLES 'I'OO'I'lE SIBERT have been hired as copy boys. GARY MARCHIONE is still typing his way to the top, trying to make an honest living. He is now private secretary to ANDY BRIINNER, Presi- dent of the Lifebuoy Soap Company. DORIS BIIRSKEY has opened the Burskey Beauty Bar. Permanent waves are from 3910 up, while manicures and shampoos are somewhat lowe1'. Glamour guaranteed in six treatments. is her promise. MARGARET BOZICEYICH has finally received her degree as Veterinarian ' Surgeon. in plain. easily understood words-fa Hquack horse-doctor. page sift!!-Qiinf

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EIIMER 'IIRIIHIANO can still be seen early every morning. out milking his prize chickens. What a life!!! . JOHN SKVARKA has finally landed himself a job. Ile is now the garbage collector for Benwood, McMechen, and Glendale. Ilis assistant and helper is CHARLES SINE. YVe have word from New York that JIINE SIIONAKER is a glittering success as a. cigarette girl at JEAN HIIIIXS Hash House where JOAN UIIISON is employed as a torch singer. Also from New York--Oreenwich Village. to be exact, comes the news that NORMAN LOOSTON and l,OlS BOLHMANN are doing all right with their paint brushes, picturing only they know what! PAGE HENDERSON is still delivering mail for the llaltimore 63 Ohio Railroad. Also working for the railroad is JAVK IIOSSMAN, as Carpenter Foreman. McMechen now has a famous Motel. lt is known as the MORRIS K MORRIS MOTEL, and is run by GARNET and M ARUEIIIIA MORRIS. They have a well established system of motels all over the United States. FRANVES McGIiIIMPHY has been hired as chamber maid for the local establishment. As the wheel turns toward old Alma Mater, we find UHIIUK UONNERS and BILL HICKS still at Ilnion. Bill has replaced Mr. Miller as janitor, while Chuck has been teaching safety driving. How he ever got such a. job. teaching students to drive safely, is beyond me. MIIIIJREID' ROM is now librarian, while GLORIA DEUREASE has replaced Mrs. Crow in bringing up the Future Home Makers of America. ROSEMARY KRIIPICA and EILEEN HOSSMAN have just returned from an extensive tour of the country. t'Rosie was hoping to find Gene at one of the many naval bases, but. alas fno such luck! Eileen was just looking for a man. PAT SPECHT has finally met her fate in the form of a prospector and they have gone to Ualifornia, in the hope of finding a gold mine and raising little Nuggets. SHIRLEY BOWEN is recovering very nicely from a recent auto accident she met with while driving thI'ough VVheeling. Although she has been driving for quite a few years, she still has not conquered the art ot' learning how to stop at crossings. MARY KURELAC' is proprietor of her own restaurant. She advertises 24 hour service daily and features JACK SUHRIIMPF as the i'hef-in-i'hief. while BETTY KIIIIECK has a bad case of dish-pan hands from her work as dishwasher. RIITHIE OLSON has become the leader of her own jazz band. She is not too well known as yet, but within another year she'll be right on top. ROSE HEGEDIIS has become a well-known novelist, having completed lib novels in the very short period of time she has been writing. So ends the tu1'ning of the Wheel of Fate. XYho knows what its revolvings may bring in the next ten years--as 'Round and 'round and 'round it goes. and what it may bring, nobody knows. 110118 Nf'fUf'HfH-IIH1