Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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PRIIPHEEY HARRY WHITNEY Time: 1950. Place: Buffalo. Scene: Professor's den, dimly lighted as curtain opens. Lights up. Professor is dozing as Catherine Loeffler and Ed. Gaskin enter and awaken him. Ed. Hello, Professor, we're on our way to Wash' ington so we thought we'd drop in for a chat about some of our old school mates. Prof. Well, well, Ed. Gaskin and Casey Loeffler. How have you been? Sit down and make yourself comfortable. fThey sit., What have you been doing, Casey? Casey. jean Klinck and I are designing bottle labels for Morry Garfinkle and Ed. Linder's Dairy. Prof. Oh. I didn't know they were in the dairy business. Casey. Sure. For three years now Bill Eagle, Jerome Edelstein, Ed. Irvin, Milton Etengoff, john Fahey, Leo Faust, and Tom Crean have been driving Orange 6? Blue milk wagons for the Company. Ber' nard Beach and Bill Chapman operate the bottle' capping machine and Walter Brown, Victor Cole, Gerry Critoph, and Vorhis Day wash and sterilize each bottle by hand. Ed. Al. Leous just came back from Alaska where be has been hunting for furs for his store. Dan Myers just got his embalming degree and is a pro' fessional undertaker. The last time I was at Crystal Beach, Sam Stewart and Warren johnson were sell' ing tickets for the merry'go'roundg jack Donovan was running a hot dog stand next to the Crazy House, Bob Quinn is customs inspector at the pier, and Bob Burns shovels coal for the little train. Fred Brown, Bob Carlson, Bill Boyle, Dick Bambam, and Ben Amsden make up the hard'boiled crew on the Carzadiaria. Prof. I received a letter from the Reverend Stanley B. McCullogh the other day, who says he has just been given a church through the efforts of Bishop Thomas johnson. Harold Frey is going to be the organist and will conduct a choir consisting of Bill Welch, Jim Hoff, Bob Matters, Bernard McTague, and Bill C'Shea for male voices, and Phylis Gress, Betty Goembel, Ruth Herman, Marjorie Huston, and Helen Putney as the better half. Ed. Say, Prof., whatever became of that Swedish Nightingale, Eleanor Weber? fEntrance Elinor, singingj Prof. Well, Eleanor, maybe you can tell us about some of the old thirty'niners. Eleanor. Well, I've been at the Metropolitan Opera for seven years now and Bob Janes has been in his old role as stage manager for five years. His crew consists of Bob Nenno, Fred Michels, Ludwig Kou- gal, and Bob Erkert. Tom McMahon directs the orchestra, Wm. Betts plays a tuba, Charles Dewitz plays a sousaphone, Torn Dobbins plays the oboe, Ed. Fisher plays fife, Harry Folts and Bob Ford play piccolos, and Wally Fergueson plays the harp. Rosalie Hall sells tickets at the entrance, and Bob Garrow collects them inside. Antoinette Aquilino sings the lead in the Saturday matinee opposite Bob Helfrick. Casey. Nancy jackson, the society reporter, says that jean Woodward and Beatrice Woodard, society leaders, always bring the following to your perform' ances: Eunice Suttner, the pearl collector, and debu' tantes Virginia jackson, Marshia Beyer, Peggy Pamler, and Bill Fergueson, society playboy. Elinor. Now that you've mentioned society, it re' minds me that I must attend the garden party at Dorice VanEpp's country estate this afternoon. 'Bye, 'bye. fExit Eleanorj Prof. The 1950 faculty list arrived today, suppose we see if we know anybody on it. Ed. Oh, look: Betty Fernandez is a gym teacher, here's Grace Grant teaching grammar school. Casey. Yes, Gloria Maggorie and Lila Hoffheins teach singing, Mary Jane Kleuck teaches shorthand. Prof. Margaret Manning teaches dramatics and there's Betty Meister as dancing teacher. Ed. Oh, yes, her former pupil, June Kraft, now dances at the Sugar Bowl with Joe Pellerite. Casey. Al Mack is their press agent. Prof. Does jack Millhoifer still run the Sugar Bowl? Ed. Why, nog he sold it to Dick Schnell who now runs it under the title of Meet the swells, at Schnell's. Casey. I was in there the other night and saw Chester Hoben's tap'dancing group composed of Bud Schenk, Charlotte Martin, jean Morrell, Tom Miller, Richard Jennings, and Marylyn Peacock. Prof. Speaking of dancing, Arthur Murray Moyce has opened a dancing school and has hired Cleo Hall, Harvey Nevalls, Virginia Chapman, and Elinor Dalky as teachers. Doris Mulholland played piano for the dancing until Dick Schmidle sold them a Nickelodian manufactured by that famous company, Swartz, Swartz, Swartz, and Schwertg john, Mervin, Bob, and Kenneth, respectively. They buy all their records from the Grieble E? Grossman Record Co. Ed. Speaking of records, Johnny Laird broke the swimming record at the Kensington Wading Pool thanks to the management of Sandy Reisman. Prof. Did Bob Moesch continue his swimming career? Casey. Well, here he comes nowg let's ask him. fEntrance Moeschj Bob. Did I hear my name mentioned? Prof. Yes-we were just wondering whether or not you continued your swimming career. Bob. No, I didn't. When I left school I started the Moesch Munchy Marshmallow Company, together with Bob Browning. We're located down on Mich' igan Avenue next to Milton Freidman Ei Ed Fuch's Chop Suey Restaurant. They do a pretty good busi' ness with Len Gorsky as their advertising manager and Bob Grant as their chef. jean Koehler, Anita Kramer, and Dot Kruger wait tables and Anna Lang is the cashier.

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HISTURY KENNETH MARTIN We are living today in a dynamic world. For the past four years Bennett High School has been a vital part of our lives. Graduation does not mark the close of living in this dynamic society but rather its continuation. At first, we of the Class of 1939, found it diflif cult to orient ourselves to a new building, new teachers, and new ideas. Now they have become so much a part of us that we are reluctant to leave the sheltering portals of Bennett. However, the time has come when we must forfeit our places and begin to shoulder the responsibilities facing young men and women in America today. We have added to what others have done to help make our heritage Hne, not so much for our own satis' faction as for the contribution it has made to the heritage of those who shall follow. Our freshman year was very complex. Condi' tioning ourselves to the building and acquainting ourselves with the new routine of passing to classes was undoubtedly the most puzzling situation we had yet experienced. For many of us who attended the freshman annexes, the adaptation to real high school life was to come during the second year. However, we did not pass unnoticed. Freshmen led a number of Bennett honor rolls, Marie Trop' man and Kenneth Martin were the Philosophian Declamation Contest winners, and both Howard Van Dermeulen and Robert Bernhard made the Freshman debate team. As Sophomores, we became better acquainted with those members of the faculty who were help' ing us to become more Hrmly established in the school system and we acquired more confidence in ourselves. We gained a greater appreciation of the true Bennett spirit. We sang Bennett songs, cheered Bennett cheers, attended sport events, and felt more like individuals. As the year hurried onward, our concepts broadened and we began to follow our own special interests in extracurricular activities and sports. Athletes such as Mack, Miles, Pello, Laird, and Shaffer helped us to retain the Williams Cup. The Beacon, Debate, and club membership also provided outlets for many of us that second year. As examinations hurried onward we found ourselves beginning fully to enjoy the opportunities that had opened for us. That year went too quickly. Coming back as juniors we were ready to par' ticipate in more school activities to make sure we received the fullest enjoyment from our efforts. Many of us became outstanding this year. In def bating, Parks, Bernhard, Van Dermeulen and Martin were called to the front while the latter as well as Marie Tropman won the Mercer Declama' tion Contest. Flannigan, Pello, Hudson, Edwards, and Calleri increased Bennett's prestige in the field of sports. Toward the end of the year, Marie Tropman and Kenneth Martin received the junior Awards. Thus, the third chapter of our life at Bennett was closed. We entered our Alma Mater last September with sober thoughts and high ambitions that all our desires might be fully satisned. The fulhllment of this hope would have been impossible had it not been for the sympathetic understanding and counsel of Mr. Farrar, Mrs. Wilkinson, Miss Brettle and our Counselors, Mr. Axlerod and Miss Muntz. Outstanding work has been displayed in our school play, The Torchbearers, produced under the experienced direction of Mr. Stamp. Robert Moesch, Jeanne White, and Sylvia Horwitz played outstanding roles. In the Girls' AllfHigh Declama' tion Contest, Marie Tropman placed first. In a national poster contest Bennett students stepped to the front. Eileen Franks won first prize and Joseph Cardina took second place. Every year Ben' nett has had an excellent record in athletics. A few of those who have preserved this reputation are jones and Gwinn in golf, Hudson and Woods in crossfcountry, Ferguson and Leous in football, Miller and Walsh in basketball, Browning and Laird in swimming, Dukes and Lundrigan in track, and Richtand and Felthousen in tennis. The Class of 1939 has recently selected the following officers: James Dukes, president, Mar' jorie Wende, vicefpresident, Dorothy Behringer, girls' treasurer, Robert Browning, boys' treasurer, Marie Tropman, girls' marshal, james Herbert, boys' marshal, and Harry Whitney, prophet. Later Carol Seeger was selected salutatorian, Wallace Barnes, valedictorian, and Patricia Perkins, poet. As our high school career draws to a close we look forward to the life to come. The personality and attitudes we have developed do not represent temporary qualities but rather do they furnish the foundation upon which we must continue to build. During the past four years we have increased our knowledge, developed our personalities, broadened our interests, and enlarged our outlooks on life. We have long been familiar with Bennetts creed and motto in which we place our trust and our faith- The best is yet to be.

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Ed. Can't get away from the old gang, eh? Bob. Say, get away, why on the way to work every morning, I pass Bill Boyle's Barber Shop and has he ever got an outfit. Dick Baker, Ken Boller, Joe Bush, and Bob Callan have been cutting and pulling hair for him for five years now. Don Perry has been with him for two years this coming June, shin' ing shoes, and Bill Moore and Chester Moorhead of the Moore E? Moorhead Hair Tonic Co. have been supplying them since they opened. Casey. That reminds me, Silvia Greenbaume runs a beauty shop next door to Joe Helfer's Glue Factory, and she has Marjorie Goodman, jean Haynes, and Virginia Hermanson working for her. Norma Brunf ner is the manieurist and Colin Le Feuvre is her hair stylist. Prof. I hear that the Van Dermeulen Press is boom' ing now too. Howie edits a fine magazine called The Whys and Wherefores of Life. Joe Parks and Art Zwiersehke, his associate editors, are a great asset to the company also. Charlyn Fisher is the advertising manager, Nancy Lee Smith is circulation manager, Arline Farber and Warren Wightman are the literary editors, Eileen Franks handles the Art Department, and Dorice Parks is Howie's private secretary. Marian Lebo designs covers for the magaf zine with the great help of Ed Karnofski and Harrif son Bush, and Guy Rindone takes care of all the photographs. Betty Feuchter and Betty Tashenberg write edi- torials while Jean Vawter boosts circulation by send' ing Art Hausknecht, jim Jimenez, Dick Jones, and Martin Kiel out as district heads. Ed. Doesn't Frank Keleman, Bill Kirchgessner, and Marven Kirchoff drive Howie's trucks? Bob. Yes, they do, and did you see the sky writing, advertising the magazine, done by Anne Russ? She always did want to be a trick flyer. It's too had she lost her record to Beatrice Bahn back in '48. Prof. They tell me Phil Damm is a successful busi- ness man now too. Bob. Yes, he's head of the C. I. O. local 21. Casey. Helen Jacobson has charge of an employ' ment bureau and so far has sent Mary Ann Kline, jean Klipfel, Eleanore Melonia, and Mary Margaret McDonald all out into the business world. Bob. Well, I've got to get back to the office to close a deal with Bob and Bill Schreiber concerning the Brew Masters' Ball. Drop around sometime. fChorus of good-bye, etc., goes offj Ed. What did you think of the circus last month, Prof? Did you see it? Prof. Yes, I saw it. Were you both there? Ed. and Casey. Sure, we wouldn't have missed it for the world. Casey. Did you see Bill Reid and George Diestol feeding and watering the elephants? Ed. Yeah, and Don Reideman and Bob Trimmer were putting on their clown makefup while I was talking to the tall man, Gunner Hanson. Prof. Ora Kibler was lifting 200 lb. weights in the side show and Howard Baumler was letting elef phants stand on his chest while Fenton Harrison and Harry Cook were playing catch with cannon balls. Casey. Did you see Betty Antram Smith ride bare' back in the big top? She must have learned that from the riding club of Bennett. Prof. Let's try and remember some of the ones who graduated back in '39 and see if we know what they're doing. Can you think of anyone, Ed? Ed. Well, let's seegHarry Bame wrote a History book-ah-Bill Bender-he's manufacturing pretzels now-jack Ehrenburg is a street car conductor for the I. R. C.-Bob Fergueson, let's see, I think he teaches typing at Bill Harrington's Typing School-- then there's Paul Garonef-he's head of the S.P.C.A. here in townfhow 'bout some of the girls? Can you think of any, Casey? Casey. I'll try-I think Audrey Deuchter is a dress' maker-Janet Dickinson and Adele Cantor are in Social Welfare work--Connie Church is in charge of the Buffalo Public Library, I know-Sally Collins is head of the Campfire Girls--Shirley Fisher, I know, works in the 5 E? 10 cent store downtownf -Y Chris Gibson takes pictures for Click magazine. That's about all I can think of right now. Ed. If I remember correctly, Bill Campbell is an insurance collector, Bud Jones is the golf pro at the miniature golf course at Crystal Beach, Bob Perry has charge of the Davis Cup matches in Buffalo, Abe Goldfarbe, Irv Greenbaum, and August Gold' enberg run a clothing store, Norm Weber owns a cleaner's establishment, and Frank Sword is a hall monitor at the City Hall. I'll see if I can remember some more . . . Prof. Bill Regan teaches sewing at the Buffalo Sem, Art Mason is the keeper of the Buffalo Zoo, Bud Pierce is head of the Altar Boys' Guild for Western New York, Tom Robert's talent has won him a position in one of Major Bowes' units, and Rowland Werner runs a radio store. Ed. Radio S- that reminds me, did you hear Art Richtand's program with Alice Law, the other night? fEnter Alice and Art, Art. What about our program? Didn't you like it? Ed. Well, here he is in person with the better half of the program, Alice Law . . . Hi, kids. QHellos, etc.j Prof. How's your program going, Art? Art. Not bad, not bad 'tall. How 'bout it, Alice? Alice. It'd be better if that crazy announcer Ed. Russell only knew what he was talking about. We're sponsored by Bob Seitz's Perfume Co. and it makes Ed. talk through his nose. Art. Really though, we've got a pretty good prof gram. Last week we had a Stump the Experts program with Frank Carrig, Andy Keller, Dexter Shiomi, and Dell Stokes, and boy! are they smart. We gave them questions from Bob Howe's book on HighfSehoology and they sure knew their stuff. Paul Garono works in the control room with Mat- thew Gallagher. Maybe that's why the program doesn't sound so hot. jim Herbert sings cowboy songs with his guitar every afternoon at 5 :30. Casey. Who writes your scripts for you, Art? Art. Why, Art Crout, Bob Day, and John Dwyer have been writing together and Don Gardiner writes all the music scores. Alice. We couldn't go on the week before last due to the Donald HardyfWallaee Barnes fight. Lee Miles refereed that match and I think it was the biggest spectacle of the season. fConti11u.cd on page 801