Blend High School - Memories Yearbook (Blend, IL)

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 many hours of direction by Mrs. Toigo “The Sour Grapes Club” proved to be quite a success. A synopsis of the play follows: Abby Dwight (Annctta Corgiat), “Petite” Galloway (Darlene Adams), and Grace “Texas Longhorn” Hutton (Ruth Waltis) are three sorority girls who are unable to get dates. Having this problem in common, they decide to form The Sour Grapes Club from which the first who has three dates in succession is to be expelled. All of the girls in the sorority are faced with another problem — that of saving their sorority house from Abel Cheesman (Ray Turcol) who holds the mortgage. They are expecting a Mrs. Pierpont Cole to come to their rescue, but instead a frumpy, redheaded country woman, (Gloria Valerio), who introduces herself as Abby’s cousin, arrives to add to the confusion. Finally Gadget Goss (Dario Cova), the school’s super-snooping press agent reveals her true identity (She is really Mrs. Cole in disguise), and she comes through with the money. Helen Frinsko plays the part of Arlene Terhune, the “snooty” sorority president, who expects' all of Buck Brown’s (Leland Fassero) attentions. However Buck prefers the company of Abby who is finally expelled from the club. Grace who “hog-ties” Gadget Goss and “Petite” who winds up with Humpit (Fred Schwap- pach) are also expelled. This leaves Dottie Marlowe, a fluttery little thing and Gadget’s ex-“big moment,” played by Margie Lesko to Tacky Garnett, one of the football players, played by John Bednar; and Miriam McAllister (Leona Kapusta), Humpit’s “ex,” is left with nothing but a headache. The house mother, Mrs. Carterhouse, who leaves the girls in their hour of need is played by Eleanor Denny. Minor parts were taken by the other Junior girls. The play netted a sum of $88.00 which was added to the class treasury. We hadn’t fully recuperated from the strain of the play when Mr. Corgiat started us making plans for the banquet. The scene of the banquet was a Mexican Fiesta. The gym was beautifully decorated with multi-color streamers, but most outstanding were the silhouettes of Mexican figures which hung between these streamers. As the people entered through the rose-colored trellis, it really gave them the feeling of entering a Mexican patio. Due to everyone’s full cooperation this event, too, was very successful. It was in our Junior year also that our school paper, “The Carrier,” got its start under the sponsorship of Mr. Marcacci. Most of the staff members were Juniors, and so we were able to get plenty of experience which we put to good advantage in our Senior year. Although the S. O. S. club was started the previous year, the girls really started to work this year. A few school dances were given to earn money for a Mother- Daughter banquet, which the girls gave at the end of the year. They also sold Christmas cards, and worked very hard to put on an elaborate banquet for their mothers. It was given the Saturday before Mother’s Day. At the banquet each girl presented her mother with a gardenia. The girls didn’t work all year through. At Christmas they had a party and had a real Santa (Gloria Valerio) who gave each girl a gift and entertained them for a solid hour. These are just a few of the pleasant memories which we shall always have of our Junior year. Most of us came back again in the fall, but we weren’t as happy as in the previous years, because we only had a few more months of school in which we would all be together. Through our four years of school we have lost a number of our classmates. Betty Carney, Anna Tuleck, Bob Raynor, Georgia Kasdorf, and Marie Nacik left us but will be graduating from other schools. Edward England and Frank Kiss decided that they could do more by answering Uncle Sam’s call. Others who have left us somewhere during the four years were La Nora Purdy, Peter Anderson, Dale Osborn, and Dorothy Dannis. The rest of us are graduat- ing here and will be proud to be able to show our “sheepskins” as a symbol of our accomplishments and experiences at good, old B. T. H. S.

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 THE CLASS WILL By Leona Kapusta As wc, the graduating class of nineteen hundred and forty-six, prepare to leave our dear Alma Mater and tread life’s mysterious “carpet,” we do hereby make and publish our will. To our teachers, who have been our guiding lights through our four years, we leave our sincere thanks and hopes for their continued success and happiness. To our sponsors, Mrs. Toigo and Mr. Corgiat, we wish to express our thanks. To the Juniors, who will follow in our footsteps, we give the title Seniors and wish them the best of luck. To the Sophomores we give the right to be called Juniors and the perseverance to continue successfully to their ultimate goal. To the Freshmen is granted the title, Sophomores, and every encouragement to continue onward to achieve success. To those who are about to enter this portal of higher learning we extend a hearty welcome and the right to be known heretofore as Freshmen. To the following students and any others whom it may concern we leave these attributes: I, Dario Cova, bequeath my Frank-Sinatran appearance to Johnnie Lolie. We, Leo Lolie and Ray Turcol, willingly give our “Just a little on the chubby side” characteristic to anyone who wants and needs it. I, John Bednar, leave a few inches of my height and my record of having a size 10 1 2 ring to my brother, Bobbie. We, Myrna Craddick, Dolores Fuso, and Genevieve Cordera, leave our vocal talent to anyone qualified to receive it. I, Ruth Waltis, give my height and blond hair to Olga Motika. I, Bill Berutti, bequeath my love of chewing gum to Martin Berutti. We, Esther Barnabe and Loreta Antonucci, bestow our skill in athletics on Violet Ferjancich and Jeannette Jasinsky. I, Fred Schwappach, give my height to Jackie Bertagnolli. I, Annetta Corgiat, will my long, dark hair to Mary Dugan. I, Dolores Chiado, grant my skill in cheering our boys to victory to Dolores Perla. I, Gloria Valerio, bequeath my gay disposition to Mildred Lutz. I, Edward Ruffatto, will my ability to mispronounce words to Charles Novak. I, Mike Chipkar, give my shortness in stature to Ronald Carney. Wc, Andy Kalvin and Eugene Castiglione, leave our outstanding achievements in football to “Cub” Contratto and Mike Cebra. I, Frances Morris, will my quietness in speaking to Dolores Mazenko. I, Darlene Adams, bequeath my tininess to Lillian Shimkus. I, Anita Fiorio, bestow upon Wilma Paolino my calm and reserved manners. I, Leland Fassero, will my dark, wavy hair to Russell Stigler. We, Catherine Griglione and Eleanor Denny, give our constant companion- ship to Joyce Badstebner and Wanda Hicks. I, Walter Morris, grant my oratory skill to Sherman Williams. I, Adolph Borgini, will my fondness for G. I. haircuts to Glennie Targhetta. I, Donald Herman, leave my sense of humor to Louis Audi. I, Pete Perino, bequeath my basketball ability to Jack Hickey. We, Margaret Lesko and Helen Frinsko, will our. blond hair to Angeline Cordera and Phyllis Taylor. I, Joe Pcllock, bestow upon by brother, Mike, my love for the great outdoors. I, Leona Kapusta, bequeath my accuracy in typing to Marilucille Tannette. We, the Seniors, being of sane mind (we hope) sign and seal this will on this thirty-first day of May.