Bad Axe High School - Bad Axian Yearbook (Bad Axe, MI)

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THE FORECASTERS: Ardene Scott Mary Lee Gravelle Gloria Cole Marilyn Pariseau Joan Murray “The Classof '49. Let’s see--there were about sixty-seven of them. Wonder what they’re doing. Well, I’ll soon find out, said Mr. Lamb to his wife, as he adjusted his tie before leaving for the reunion of the forty-niners at the high school gym. As Mr. Lamb approached the portals of B. A. H. S., he was overwhelmed by the greeting bestowed upon him by Phil Neeb, owner of I. O. U. Ranch near Las Vegas, Nevada. With Phil were his wife, Lena Fritz, and her cowgirl associates, Leila Dobson and Virginia Rapson. Just inside the door Mr. Lamb was met by two faculty members of Ubly High School, Margaret Stark, the physical education director, and Dick Glass, the commercial teacher. A shrill siren was heard outside interrupting their friendly conversation. They ran to the window and saw the sheriff, Edwin Sams, escorting a long black limousine driven by John Horetzke. As John opened the door, they saw Dolly Krohn, world famous John Powers' model, step out closely followed by Ardene Scott, well known clothes designer, and Bill Zulauf, famous French hairdresser. They had traveled from New York to Willow Run via air lines and had hired John’s limousine service to transport them to Bad Axe. Dolly saun- tered into the old Alma Mater and looked around for some of her other New York neighbors. Dolly said she often saw Joan Murray on a television set. Joan took F. E. Boone’s place in the Lucky Strike program. Handsome Ken Mayberry plays the part of Gil Whitney in the Helen Trent program. Margie Kelly is now owner of the Stork Club. Working for Margie are glamorous “Red” McBride, torch singer, and Elaine and Virginia McNeil, chorus girls. Pat is accompanied by the Three Boilermakers--Eileen Sageman, Naomi and Dave Krist. Jerry Harbin is head waiter at Margie’s swanky establishment. On her last visit there, Dolly heard a familiar voice saying, “Cigars, cigarettes. ” Dolly turned and saw none other than Marilyn Pariseau, cigarette girl. Mr. Lamb finally made his way into the gym and seeing a group of people, he went over to join them. The first one he recognized was Shirley Anderson, head of an orphanage in Connecticut. Next, he spied Pat Scott and Arlene Smukala, who had become cover girls for Billie Lasky’s magazine. Pat and Arlene said that while they were in New York they went to the big Colgate show, “Take It or Drop Dead,” starring Clair Guza and Betty Jean Pettit, who are the successors of Bob Hope and Vera Vague. Then Bill Soini, sports editor for the Port Huron Times Herald, mentioned that while he was in New York for the Louis-McTaggart fight, he stopped overnight at Wayne Miller’s hotel, The Forty-Niner. As he stepped into the elevator to go to his room, Jeanne Kavanagh, the elevator girl, greeted him; and when he looked around him, there were Earl Steadman,

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Bach It all started back in 1937 when in scattered points throughout the country, sixty-seven young hopefuls en- rolled in the kindergarten. They continued in pursuit of knowledge for the next eight years; and in 1945, Bad Axe High School beckoned a welcome to all the eighth grade graduates of that year. In September, 1945, all the green Freshmen board- ed the S. S. Bad Axe High to begin a long voyage of four years. In order to manuever the ship on the first leg of its voyage, they appointed Chuck LaBelle as Captaiu, Jim Kerr as First Mate, Judy Davies as Second Mate, DickLeCronier as Purser, and Lee Truax as Engineer. As Pilots,they chose Miss Morgan and Mr. Clark. Shortly afterward, the Sophomores entertained them with a party in order to ac- custom them to life aboard the ship, and later in the year they gave a party in return. This ended the first leg of the journey, and in June the ship was docked for three months while the crew rested up for the next year’s voyage. For the second leg of the journey, they appointed a crew: Captain, Sally Clark; First Mate, Kenneth Mayberry; Second Mate, Pat McBride; Engineer, Dick Glass; Purser, Faith Wakefield; and Pilots, Mr. De Chane and Mr. Logan. This second year they gave the newcoming Freshmen a party to initiate them into the ritual of the ship. The third year the crew was again changed. This year the Captain was Chuck La Belle, First Mate, Harold McTaggart; Second Mate, Jean Kavanagh; Purser, Dick Glass; Engineer, Lee Truax; and Pilots, Mr. Logan and Mr. Stoner. The Junior Play “Footloose,” and the Junior Prom “Cinderella’s Ball were out- standing events of this lap of the voyage. When September of 1948 came, they were just starting the last leg of their four year journey; and as the months went by, they began to realize how sorry they were to see the voyage end. As before, they chose a new crew, with Mary Lee Gravelle heading it as Captain, Billie Lasky as First Mate, Marilyn Pariseau as Second Mate, Pat McBride as Purser, and Harold McTaggart as Engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Logan and Mr. Lamb were the Pilots. The Christmas Banquet, Senior Play, and Senior Prom were the high spots of this year. As the last part of May approached, the entire crew decided to abandon theS.S. Bad Axe High for a few days, and so they boarded a different ship at Detroit and sailed to the Soo and Mackinaw Island. June came, and very regretfully they took their diplomas and left the old ship. Although they may go to far away points, none of them will forget the good times aboard the S. S. Bad Axe High. rJLoolz incj. THE HISTORIANS Dolly Krohn, Donelda Smith, Mrs. Logan, Ann Harder, B etty Forbes.

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 traveling salesman, and Peggy Gingrich, traveling sales- woman, on their way to a party in Senator James Kerr’s room. Bill then learned that Senator Kerr was planning to filibuster for repassage of the eighteenth amendment. Just as Bill stepped out of the elevator, Chuck La Bell (e) Hop offered his services. Bill decided since Senator Kerr was an old classmate, there would be nothing wrong in crashing the party. Among those at the party were Doris Little and MaryLee Gravelle, who were head pro- moters of the Civic Opera in which Joyce Keillor and Nancy Slack were the ballet stars. Lee Truax, Senator Kerr’s campaign manager, greeted the guests. Mr. Lamb, having found out all he could from this group, ambled back toward the door, just in time to meet Jim Gilbert and his wife, the former Pauline Temple, who are two mis- sionaires from Africa. Pauline asked, “Who is that sitting over there in the corner?” Jim and Mr. Lamb noticed a quiet figure in horn-rimmed glasses reading a book. It turned out to be Joan Shoemaker, a spinster librarian from Chicago. Joan said that she was waiting for her friends, Annabelle Scott and Marilyn Jurgess, who, at the moment, were co-owners of the Skinner store in Bad Axe. Just then Judy Davies and Gloria Cole, both carrying briefcases, came into the gym. Judy said that her briefcase contained the plans for a new school for Bad Axe. Citizens of Bad Axe had just agreed on a school site and had engaged Judy as architect. Gloria said her briefcase contained “Bills” which she has been collecting. Betty Forbes, Janet Marks, and Jean Brown came into the gym carrying their roller skates. They still are residents of Bad Axe. Ann Harder and Elaine Dunlap, who are drum majorettes in the Drum and Bugle Corps, followed them into the gym. There was then a slight pause as Jack Marsa, the lion tamer, and Myrtle Bowman, the tightrope walker, who were working in a circus owned by Kenneth Miller and John Micek, came marching into the gym. While everyone was talking about the good old days way back in '49, in came two local farmers, Eugene Pitcher and Frank Rifenbark. They were tardy because the cows had broken out of the pasture. Wesley Gebauer, who is a scientist in the atomic bomb research, was not able to attend the reunion, but Betty Robarts, his assistant, came anyway. Just then, Donelda Smith, local telephone operator, called to say she was unable to at- tend the great reunion because she had to work. Fred Hass and Faith Wakefield, co-owners in a photography firm, carried all their equipment into the gym so that they could record the event in pictures. While everyone was conversing with everyone else, a loud commotion was heard outside. One could hear someone yelling and a dog barking. As everyone stood there looking question- ingly at each other, they learned that Don Youngs, the city dog-catcher, was chasing after a stray dog. Incidentally, Don lost. After the commotion died down, the conversation shifted back to “the good ole school days.” Soon there was a patter of feet running down the hall toward the gym door. Who is it? None other than Sally Clark, late as usual, with her secretary, Barbara Raymond, close be- hind her. Sally was merely three hours late, so she went over to Mr. Lamb and said,“But, Mr. Lamb, I----------.