Beaver River Central High School - Beaverian Yearbook (Beaver Falls, NY)

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Prophecy We are looking at the class of '55, ten years from now. RUTH ANN BOSHART, who is now giving piano lessons to George Liberace, has just completed a concert tour of Europe. We see that DAVE KELLOCK has been given the position of Head Engineer of the new Hydro-Electric dam being built at Belfort. And recently he discovered uranium at Double Eddy near Belfort. JOYCE ALTMIRE was recently voted to represent the United States in the Olympics which are held in Europe. We are all behind you Joyce. We find ROBERT BRAMHALL living amidst the animals in the Adirondack as he is now a full fledged Forest Ranger. He also may be seen once a week on television with his own program called Tumbling with Butch and Bill. We hope you will look in. Tune in station WXYZ, Kirshville, New York on Saturday nights and you will hear the Nation's Top Female Hillbilly singer, CHARLOTTE EBERSOL. She has come along way from the girl who used to sing in cars. You may not recognize GERALD EDWARDS for he has finally achieved the height of 6 ft. 4. As he now operates his own Elevated Shoe Company in Beaver Falls. We hear he has a real prosperous business. CAROL ERBIN was elected as president of one of the leading colleges. This summer she and her husband plan to go to Alaska to mine gold. Good Luckl We have just received word that DONALD FARNEY has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. He has been assigned to the Battleship U.S.S. Beaver. We find that MARGARET HALL is running a rabbit farm near New Bremen while waiting for her husband's discharge from the Air Force. MARTHA JANE HALL now owns her own Beauty Salon on Fifth Ave., Beaver Fa I Is. She was voted Top Hair Stylist in a Beauty Counselors Meeting in New York. She has created a new hair style called the Swirly-Whirly. NANCY HIRSCHEY is now living in Japan with her husband Fred, who has reached a colonel in the United States Army. ROBERT ILLINGWORTH has opened a garage outside New Bremen and in his spare time runs a Hot Rod Club of which he is President. And recently LEO KEENAN was made manager of the new Ford Motor Company in Croghan. He may be seen driving any one of his seven Fords. MARTIN KEENAN has returned to take over the job of constructing a super highway between Naumburg and Croghan. 17

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Class History SEPTEMBER 1951, Forty-four brash young individuals were drafted into the Army. We received our basic training at Fort Beaver River. We found as our Commanding Officer, Fred Anderson; Exec- utive Commander, Roger Hoch; Finance Officer and Company Clerk, Robert Bramhall. We sold Christmas cards, wrapping paper and ribbon to save money for our distant furlough. Our first year as Privates has seemed to go real fast. September 1952, We are now sporting our first stripe, that of Privates First Class. (PFC'S) We find now as our Commanding Officer, Don Roes; Executive Commander, Fred Schneider; Company Clerk, Ruth Ann Boshart and Finance Officer, Robert Bramhall. During this second year we sold Jell-O and held a few bake sales. We were going to hold a dance but at the last moment had our passes pulled. Another year gone. September 1953, During our third year in the Army we became Corporals. We found as our Commanding Officer, Ruth Ann Boshart; Executive Commander, Nancy Hirschey; Company Clerk, Mary Lou Yantzi and Finance Officer, Don Roes. During this year we sold stationery and held two dances with the first sergeants. We also put on a play called Almost Summer. Another year to go before our long awaited furlough. Our last year and we have finally made the rank of First Sergeants. We find as our Commanding Officer, Ruth Ann Boshart; Executive Commander, Lou Ann Lallier; Finance Officer, Don Roes and Company Clerk, Mary Lou Yantzi. This year we sold magazine subscriptions, had a bake sale, a Mr. Sunshine Show, a play called Stranger in the Night. Later on a variety show entitled Club 55. We have all decided to spend a week of our discharge together in New York City. CLASS WILL CONT. Barbara (You know what I mean) Ritz leaves her ability to get home after the dances to Pat (There's Joe) Schewendy. Robert (Beau Brummel) Widrick leaves his ability to get along with Women to Donald (Those dancing feet) Martin. Dave (I'm not shy anymore) Widrick leaves his ability to play the harmonica to Jack (I can dance now) Sweeney. Donald (My heart's in Naumburg) Roes leaves his shy and bashful ways to Bob (Hello doll) Nye. Betty (I feel a breeze) Windover leaves her knowledge of getting along with teachers to Janice (I'm so young) Bush. Mary Lou (I like Lowville) Yantzi leaves her ability to go steady to Janice (Bob's my man) Nortz. 16

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Continued from page 17 LOU ANN LALLIER has also signed a 7 year contract with the same Motion Picture Studio and will be co-starring with Ronald Pate in WINE, WOMEN AND SONG. DONNA MOSER,who only a couple of months ago graduated from nursing school has been offered the position of Superintendent of Nurses at the new Beaver River General Hospital. SHIRLEY NOAKES has just returned from Paris where she has been studying art under a famous French artist. Already many of her paintings are hanging in the Museum of Modern Art and the Louvre in Paris. DORIS PATE has opened the first Dancing Club in Beaver Falls. We hear that she already has a large enrollment. She teaches jitterbugs, polkas and square dances. RONALD PATE has just signed a 7 year contract with one of the Top Motion Picture Studios. He will soon appear in the Academy Award Winning Picture, WINE, WOMEN AND SONG. BARBARA RITZ,who has just completed a dietician course will have the position of Head Dietician at Beaver River Central School. She will soon be married to the top hillbilly steel guitar player, Fred Veitch. You may have read in the papers that DON ROES was playing professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals but recently has returned to put his talents to better use at Beaver River Central School. If you wish to tour Black River we recommend that you try the FRED SCHNEIDER Boat Line. Fred has a fleet of his own boats which go up the Black River every two hours. His business had been going so well that he now owns a new pink and black Jaguar. If you wish to find DAVID WIDRICK you may find him seated behind a desk in Washington, D.C. giving orders, for he recently received his fifth star now giving him the rank of a Five Star General. Congrat- ulations Dave I ROBERT WIDRICK has just opened his All American Bachelor's Club. In a comment to the newspapers he stated that he likes to play the field and that he would never be dragged to the altar. Stick to your guns. Bob. BETTY WINDOVER was selected out of forty-eight girls who represented the forty-eight states as Miss Homemaker of 1965. She will now have her own program on Television called, At Home With Betty. MARY LOU YANTZI who was voted by ten top businessmen as the nations' top secretary was recently hired by Mr. Donald F. Morse who runs a small business establishment in Lowville. BARBARA COONEY has recently been appointed Head Librarian at Beaver River Central School. Upon taking this position she left a vacancy at the New York State Library. 18