Bladensburg Junior High School - Highlights Yearbook (Bladensburg, MD)

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PRO: HBCY A11 graduates of Bladensburg Junior High School living in California held a class reunion during the summer of 1959. During a discussion of the wonderful and rapid advances in science, we decided we would like to take a trip back to Metropolitan Washington to see how these modern changes had affected the communities in which we had grown up. After several weeks of preparation, our party boarded the Commuters' Space Mobile, and in two hours we were in the heart of Washington! Before we left,'we decided that it would be appropriate for each member of our party to have a secretary to keep a record of every minute of our exciting trip. Among these secretaries were Shirley Hynson, Mary Melson, Judy Corwin, Alice Porterfield, margaret Leizear, and Kay Woodson. Carolyn Johnston typed the final copies of the happenings of our trip, which we hope to treasure the rest of our lives. Sally Bright filed all these records for us. ' . As we arrived at the capital, we were welcomed by some of our class- mates who were newspaper reporters and photographers. We were glad to see reporters Karen Rasmussen, Nancy Rogers, and Janice Robison. Photogra- phers Dixie Lee Quinn and Gae Robinson took many pictures of us. In sixty seconds our Space Mobile took us to the University of Mery- land. The teachers there to greet us were Dean Doris Poole, Betty Price, Joann Carl, Patsy Barber, June Hickerson, and Carol Beckner. A few of the students offered us the key to the college; among these students were Dickey Maxwell, James Bryan, Lauren McNeil, and Mhry Townsley. As we toured the heart of Maryland, we saw the new Prince George's Hospital built by the government. We were greeted by Catherine Neilson, head nurse. The other nurses in charge were Mary Alice Windle, Theresa Belange, Penny Keefer, Helen Mallery, Delores McNeil, Dorothy Lovell, Marjorie Robins, Betty Joan Pippert, Charlotte Limerick, Jean Cook, Dorothy Sampson, and Louise Palazzo. While passing the laboratory, we saw Evelyn Porterfield and Lorena Hauser studying some new chemicals. We talked to Dootors Frederick Beane, Marlene Gordon, Esther Smith, Carol Zimmerman, and Jane Hartley. About a mile from the hospital, we noticed a modern dog and cat hospital. We really heard a lot of barking and meowing because veterina- rians Evelyn Thien, Ronald Geist, and Solveig Lauritzen were out to lunch. We spent a few enjoyable minutes watching Frances MEyhew, who was a most efficient trainer of the dogs. Helen Thompson was one of her helpers. During our stay in Washington, D. 0., we visited the'new museum, one of the United States' mOSt beautiful buildings. Shirley Henderson won fame drawing the plans for the building. It took many engineers to build this, but most of the credit was given to James Connelly, the head meson; civil engineer, Ronald Palmer; and assistant engineers, Jack Woodruff, Billy Anderson, and Erich Fronck. We were escorted through the museum by Sammy Golway. After leaving the museum, we visited the Federal Building. Our guide said it was planned by the finest engineers John Newland, Charles walker, and Victor Love. eAs we reached the sixth floor, our guide left us with Ralph Shoemaker, the secret F. B. I. agent. We listened to him giving orders to his assistant, Jerry Criscuolo. Our party thought that no trip would be complete until we visited Woodward and Lothrop's 1959 Fashion Show. Joy Hurt, Betty Dearstine and Anna Libernini were modeling slick evening apparel; Jean Birch and Kay

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Chinn, coats and capes; and Elizabeth Argent, bathing suits. Most of these clothes were designed by Anna Fielder. As the glamor girls in our party had to keep up with the newest fashions of the Washington girls, they went to the Vogue Beauty Salon. The girls who did such beautiful work on the ladies' hair Were Shirley Pugh, manager; Nancy Fletcher, assistant manager; and Marion Vance. Extrat Extral' shouted a newsboy for the Washineton Planet. Wash- ington team to play Chicago team in the World Series. The article read as follows: David Williams, the washington Rockets' coach, hopes to carry his team to victory against the Chicago Dukes in this World Series. ' Among the players on the Washington team are Eddie Colbert, catcher; Clifford Eggeling, pitcher; Billy Jackson, first baseman; George Trainum, second baseman; Robert Swindler, third baseman; Clifton Carter, left fielder; John Coleman, right fielder; and Richard Forrest, center fielder. Gordon watts and Gilbert Byington are substitutes for the Washington Rockets. After buying a paper to read about the Washington team, our party continued on to Turner's Arena, where we saw George Stanton, Sonny Williams, and Alfred Condon among the many athletes. Elbert Detwiler, the sports writer, was interviewing the famOus weight lifter, Richard Redus. Also we saw Frank Rohme instructing his boxer and prize fighter, Joe Rebechi. As we drove through Washington, we saw posters advertising the Wash- ington Symphony Orchestra. These posters caught our eye so we stopped to look at one, which read as follows: The Washington Symphony, led by the famous conductor, Alan'Young, will be at the Coliseum for two weeks. Then it went on to say Jessie Jones would be the pianist; Kenneth Moore and George Wilcox would play their violins. During intermission, Joy Ben- son and Rita Merritte were to sing some compositions by Eldon Drehmel. we could not leave Washington without looking in at the Art Gallery. Some of the famous paintings were by Peggy Jones and Joy Savage. The Gallery was beautifully decorated by the famous interior decorators, Judith Ray and Bobby Montague. . We stopped at the Capital Airlines and asked the pilots Leland Dutt- weiler; Daniel Duttweiler, and Henry Upfold, and the co-pilots Berry John- son and Allison Hepkins, if we could take a ride in one of their planes. They said they wouldn't mind, and the hostesses, Eileen walcroft and Dorothy Williams, would accompany us to make our trip more enjoyable. The aeronautical engineer, Dickie Skeppstedt, was there to make sure nothing went wrong with the plane. As we flew slowly over Sheridan Park, the hostess pointed out Sheridan Greaser, to whom the park was dedicated. He and Charles Wohl, the naturalist, were studying plant life. She also pointed out a large telescope that belonged to John'Stewart, the park astronomer. When entering Alexandria, Virginia, we could not help but notice the pictures advertising the Alexandria theatre's new and all-different stage show; so we decided to attend. When the curtain went up, Nancy Harbin and Barbara Conover appeared on the stage doing a tap dance. Next Arnell Lar- sen entertained with a ballet dance. The highlight of the show was the appearance of Diana Schley, ice skating to the tune of the Blue Danube waltz, for you see the freezing of ice on the stage is a new invention of our times. At last it was time to start our return trip to the west coastt Only too soon our trip was overt Upon our arrival in California, we expressed our appreciation to Alvah Conley for bringing us safely home and for giv- ing'us the opportunity to see modern Metropolitan Washington.