Bridgeport High School - Sunnyhill Yearbook (Bridgeport, OH)

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Q an, .V , ...., guys ,,',,, ,, K, U CLASS PRGPHECY Ahl How good it feels to get in out of the rain. But those observations have to be taken, don't they Blaze, old pal. Here, Blaze, get my slippers. That's a good dog. What more can a man ask, his dog, his pipe, his easy chair, a cozy fire in the Ereplace with the rain pattering down outside, and a good book. Ah! A good book. But I've read all these books already and the supply ship won't bring more for three months yet. But wait, what is this blue book here. Well, well, well, it's the '39 annual. Here's the picture of all the faculty. Blaze, what are you growling about. Don't tell me they scare you. If it weren't for them where would we be. They went through much to help us face the future and enough credit is seldom given them for their splendid work. And here are my classmates. I can remember from Elmer Mieskowski's letters what each is now doing. Elmer is the editor of the Graph , a business magazine with an international circulation. He is very much interested in what is happening to his classmates also, and keeps in touch with me about them. Of our classmates in his employ are Joseph Jingle, who is his international relporterg Henry Pruszynski, an accountant, and Anthony Bradley who is E mer's private secretary. A fellow-scientist is Fred Amrine, who designed a revolutionary Diesal en- gine which has turned the whole automotive world upside down. He is now cleaning up a nice fortune with the Amrine-Diesal. He is one of the clients of Orris Morgan, a C. P. A. of national repute. Orris is a frequent contributor to the Graph and his predictions of business trends are uncanny. In the employ of the Amrine-Diesal Company we find in the capacity of stenographers Irene Semancik, Ann Cross, Bernice Shider and Marguerite Adams. Some of the Di- vision heads are Michael Ihnchak, in Central Europe, David Marker, Cex-All Americanj in Canadag Robert Folmar in South America, and Harold Harmon in Asia. In New York we find quite a few of the 39'rs. Roy Green is the owner of a chain of night clubs throughout the U. S. In the chorus at his New York night spot Sudan we find Madelyn Reynolds, Florence Edmundson, Waneta Brit- ton, Frances Norman and Betty Bishop. The Orchestra that plays there is none other than Ralph McAfee and his Blue Grenadiers, the originators of the pop- ular dance craze, the Hacienda. In the orchestra when last heard of were: Bob Harper, sliphorn specialist extraordinary, Joseph Kosar, licorice-stick and gobblepipeg and Earnest Tribble, the hottest pianist in the realm of Swing. Fea- tured singers with the orchestra are James Porterfield and Kate Lowe. The M. C. at the Sudan is that world's favorite cut-up Simon Taiian, who is the comedian we listen to every Sunday night over the radio. Ever present at the Sudan are Jack Charlton and Bob Robson, very much heard of playboys. Everyone wonders where they get all the dough they Hash. But those in the know will tell you that Jack and Bob can tell a winning horse when they see one and daily doubles keep their pockets well lined. The toast of New York is our own Helen Poliskey, a model for the various artists of the city. She ranks with the best of them, and is even classed above Anna Butkin. James Kosar is fighting his way toward the heavyweight cham- pionship and probably will land on top very soon. He is professionally known as Kid Ketchup, and his manager is Eugene Hegedus, and Arthur Nelson, his trainer. Robert Huggins is the owner of the Ohio Valley Wholesale Corporation with its headquarters at Bridgeport. John Lyden is the chief candy taster for the firm. Wilfred Crossley is General Manager of the Corporation and has as assistants Lawrence Melchiori and Joe Koval. Rose Zukowski and Gertrude Klear head the candy cooking division. In the Cultural side of life we find quite a few of the 39'rs. Muriel Henry, Grace Shaw, Julia Sinovich, Violet Hall, and Flo Jackson are all now in the legitimate and promise to be movie stars someday. Elizabeth Lee is a lec- turer. June Cundiff is Professor of medicine at an eastern medical college, while

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Charles Robert Strader . Nickname-Bah. OrganizationsfBand, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Operetta. HobbyMPhotography. Ambition-Engineering fChem- ical.J Immaculeta Tennyson Nickname-Mar. Organizations-Girl Reserves. Hobby-Working cross-word puz- zles. Ambition-To travel. Albert Varvarosky Nickname-Far. Organizations - Football, B Club. Hobby-Fishing and reading. Ambition-Airplane Mechanic. William D. Waters Nickname-Bill. Organizations+Basketball, Base- ball, Hi-Y, French Club, B Club, Student Council, Editorial Staff of Annual. Hobby-Hunting. Ambition-To be a second Hank Luisetti. Walter Zann Nicknamehl-I. G. Hobby-Hiking. Ambition-To be a National Park Guide. Anna Cecelia Strauss Nickname--Ann. Organizations ---t Commerce Club, Home Economics. Hobby-Bicycling and skating. Ambition S Stenogrnphez or saleslady. Louis Tocket Nickname-Lau. Organizations v- Gym Exhilu tion, Baseball, Class Basketball. Hobby-Baseball. Am bition-Become :mother Lon Gehrig. Alec Visnic Nickname-Bam. Hobby-Guitar playing. Ambition- Musician. Merwin H. Whitlatch Nickname-Poo. Organizations-Hi-Y, Class Bask- etball. Hobby-Going to Martins Ferry Ambition-Get to school on time Rose E. Zukowski Nickname-Rosie. Organizations-Class volleyball, Cvlee Club. Hobby-Dancing. Ambitionwstenographer.

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,' 1, .X g. John Pogan is the qualified successor to Fritz Kreisler and has played in all the music centers of the continent. Alec Visnic is an artist and incidentally Helen Poliskey has modeled for him. Clifton Miller is a writer of books and has been recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize. One of his books has been dedicated to me. Elsie Krob is a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Irene Hale is Professor of Speech Recording at the Wheeling College of Commerce. VVilliam Griffiths is the brain s ecialist of whom we hear so much lately. Kenneth Max- well is the successor ofpBoris Karloff in the movie field, and critics say he is even better than Karloff in horror pictures. Kenny is noted mainly for the fact that he doesn't require a bit of make-up for his horror roles. George Munn is the president of the Inter-Continental Airlines. This com- pany is made up of quite a few 39'rs since its head office is in Bridgeport. Bill Fell' is the vice-president, with Bob McFarland as field manager of the local base. John Nagy and Walter Zann are pilots and Walter Lisk is a mechanic. For the same company, Bill Bertram is radio dispatcher, and Jennie Gherasin and Betty Ehni are air hostesses. Jim Davis and Leroy Schucker are engineers and at the present time are building a tunnel under Lake Erie from Cleveland to Canada. Morgan Moore, William Houston and Howard McGee have taken over the M. H. Sz M. Shoe Company but still keep the same name, the reason for which can be clearly seen. The buyer for the company is Helen Gretzinger. Donald Stobbs is now a member of the President's cabinet, acting as Secretary of Agriculture. Harold Boyles and Cecil Moore are draftsmen and were the men who drew the plans for the tunnel which Davis and Schucker are now building. Vince Janiszewski and Jim Lampert are the chief stock-holders in the Acme Movie Corporation. Veronica Sikora is script girl for them, while Merwin Whitlatch is a cameraman, and Eileen Stilwell and Immaculata Tennyson act as talent scouts. Dowler King is a director and many of his pictures are huge suc- cesses. Robert Strader is a leading man, Livio Miller a singing cowboy star, and Leota Fowler a female comedian comparable to Martha Raye. Elizabeth Nemeth is a beautician here in Bridgeport and is responsible for keeping Ivan Martin's fthe motorcycle racerj curly hairjust right. Eleanor Ebert and Edna Taylor are teachers in the Bridgeport School. Junior Cilles is a railway mail clerk for the government. On the staff of the Women's Magazine are included Joan Ham, stylist, Ruth Arkle, cooking editor, and Ann McKay whose column on interior decorat- ing for the ordinary home is the subscription getter for the magazine. Harry Artman is a radio technician who has devoted practically all his life to the science of radio. Also connected with radio but in a different way we see Louis Tocket, an NBC announcer, Beatrice Barclay, Hazel Fowler, and Anna Strauss, as the Swing Trio heard nightly over a national hook-up. Ruby Baker is the sensa- tional radio gossiper who put Walter Winchell out of the business, and Wilma Shoulter is a teletype switchboard operator. In the field of sports we find Charles Liska, the N. Y. Yankees star pitcher, with Vic Fido on the receiving end of his pitches. Joe Harenza is a second base- man, and Fred Potnik the center-fielder for the St. Louis Cards. Also in the baseball world is John Blatnik who has succeeded Judge Landis as baseball's Justice of the Peace. In football there is Wallace Rader, an end for the New York Giants and incidentally one of the highest paid players in pro football. Albert Varvarovsky is football coach at Carnegie Tech and has had the honor of winning five straight Rose Bowl games during his coaching career. Wayne Smith and James Caruth, the widely known Two man shock troops , play for the Green Bay Packers and it is because of these two that their team is leading the league. Bill Waters is coaching the Temple Hoop Owls and his teams have al- ways been the tops. Helen Cook is an all-star woman athlete, while Adrienne Hoover is the Olympic diving champion and also champion swimmer of the U.S. Now, Blaze, I see I've talked you to sleep and pretty soon I'll be asleep myself. So I'll ut this priceless book in its place. For me it will serve as a store of memories, ofpthings out of the past that never, never will be lived in reality, but only in the mind. So I say to the 39'rs all through the world, Goodnight and Goodbye. +706 Snoy