Bridgeport High School - Sunnyhill Yearbook (Bridgeport, OH)

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CLASS PROPHECY Time: I960 A. D. Place: Office in a New York Skyscraper. I had been thinking about my old classmates and wondering what had be- come of them as I prepared to go home. I sat down to rest for a minute, when I heard a noise at my window. I opened it and just outside, suspended in the air, was the most gorgeous spectacle I had ever seen. It was a carpet of all the colors of the rainbow and seated upon it was a finely dressed person. He informed me that this was a magic carpet and that he had been sent to take me to the present location of all my classmates. This being what I wanted, I climbed aboard and we started. just as we started, we looked in at the windows of the office of the Gotham Bridge Company, where a director's meeting was in progress. There at the head of the table sat George McGlumphy, chairman of the board, and around the table I saw Charles Knapp, john Link, Frank Ray, james Shriver, Harry Secrist and james Shaw. Mrs. McGlumphey, nee Helen Morgan, was an interested visitor. The sec- retary of this board meeting was Charlotte Coleman. Leaving here, we stopped at the Ritsy Nite Club, owned by Frank Zelenitz. Here I saw Alexander Toth and his Ragtime Band, including Bob Price, Clarence Neitzelt, Bob Baumberger, john Ross, john Coss, Ralph Miller and that brilliant pianist, Betty Watson. And who do you think was the singer with this famous band-you are right-nobody but the Kate Smith of the Sixties , our old friend, jean Ann johnson. She was in high good humor because her book, A Sure Way to Reduce , had just been published. The gag man of this outfit turned out to be Wells Gabby Richardson, while the other half of this comedy team was the famous comedian, Betty Cochran. The featured dance team was Ramon lBob Bigelowl and Ramona IVerna Millhornl. We looked in the kitchen and saw that famous chef, Kenneth Coss, and his assistants, Sam Lofton and Earl Klier. Turning west, we paused over our capitol, at Columbus, and looked in at a conference being held there. Present were Governor Hugh Stobbs and his offi- cial family, including Bearl Lawrence, Warren Lenz, William McKeen, Charles jobe and William Ritner, also, josephine Matan, Grace Leonard, Pauline Wilson and Frances Smerdel, first women representatives from Ohio. Stopping next at the Ohio State University campus, we looked in on our old friend, Bob Turner, who had already scaled the football heights and was head football coach at O. S. U. He had as his assistants, George Horvath, jack Ford. and Alex Weirzbicki. We also saw Bob Byrd, head basketball coach. We next looked in at the famous Chicago Clinic of Dr. Sidney Speece and watched him perform one of his miracles of surgery, assisted by Dr. Vincent Mc- Gee. Serving as nurses were Elsie Svoboda, Rhea Sivert, Helen Sansone, Bertha jeffers, Elda Rizzi and Mary Pasztor. While in Chicago we visited the laboratory of the famous research chemists, john Tempka and Carl Regal, who have already attained great success in their chosen field. Our next stop was Northwestern University. Here we found as instructors, Mary Margaret Reed, janet Ross, Adam Rogalski, Myron Tunt and joseph Skoff. In charge of the extensive libraries here, we saw Audrey Ruthem. Next we went to the film capitol, Hollywood. Here we found quite a num- ber of our old friends. We first visited the set where Charles Hamilton and Anna Stanchina, stars of the new super production, The Villian Still Pursued Her , were working along with the film villian, john Sandor. We, also, visited Richard McFarland, technical expert at Faramount and his wife, the former Mar- tha Rood. Here we also met the famous cameraman, joe Pomaranski, who has several colossal productions to his credit. We met many shining lights of the flick- l24fI

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sENioR CLASS Howard Leslie Sykes john Anthony Tempka Vivian M. Weir Anna Mildred White Rh . ' t h W I Sk ff F ' M aret SmerdelElizabeth Anne Stewart Elsie Mae Svoboda ea L swer Iosep es ey O ranlilzx foseph Toth Robert Charles Turner Betty Lee Watson Pauline Esther Wilson Leona Ann Zeik Frank Albert Zelenitz Howard Leslie Sykes Vivian M. Weir Rhea L. Sivert Activities-Glee Club, 2-3-4, Operetta, 2, Annual Staff, 4, Class Play, 4, Commerce Club, 4, Science Club, 4, Basketball, I-2-3, Girl Reserves, l-2-3, Journal Club, 4. Joseph Wesley Skoft Frances Margaret Srnerdel Activities--Commerce Club, 4, Basketball, 4. Elizabeth AQae Stewart Activities-+Glee Club, l-2-3-4, Chorus, 3-4, Operetta, I-2-3-4, Scholarship Team, l-2-3, An- nual Stafff, 3-4, Editor, 4, Jun- ior Class Play, Senior C l ass Play, Commerce Club, 4, Sci- ence Club, 2-3-4, Volley Ball, 4, Basketball, l-2-3-4, Debate Club, 2-3, Girl Reserves, l-2-3- 4, Pres. 4, Class Officer, l-2-3, National Honor Society, 3-4, Journal Club, 3-4, Elsie Mae Svoboda . Activities-Glee Club, 2, Oper- etta, 2, Scholarship Team, 3, A n n u a l Staff, 4, Commerce Club, 3-4, Science Club, 4, Vol- leyball, 4, Basketball, 4, Girl Reserves, 2. Activities-Hi-Y, l-2, lnter- class Basketball, l -4. John Anthony Tempka Activities -- Scholarship Team 2-3, Basketball, 3-4, Baseball 2-3, National Honor Society, 3: 4, Engineering Club, 3-4. Alex Joseph Toth Activities - Annual Staff, 4 Class Play, 4, science Club, 3-4l Robert Charles Turner Activities-B. Club, 3-4, Foot- ball, l-2-3-4. Betty Lee Watson Activities-Glee Club, Pianist Band, l-2-3-4, Orchestra, I-2- 3-4, Chorus, 3-4, Operetta, 3- 4, Science Club, l-2, Girl Re- serves, 2-3 -4. l23fl Activities-Glee Club, l-2-3-4, Chorus, l-2-3-4, Operetta, l- 2-3-4, Home Economics Club, l-2-3-4, Girl Reserves, l-2-3- 4, School News, 4. ' Anna Mildred White Activities-Glee Club, 2-3-4, Chorus, 2-3, Operetta, 2-3, Girl Reserves, l-2-3-4. Pauline Esther Wilson Activities-Glee Club, l-3-4, Operetta, 3-4, Class Play, 4, Commerce Club, 3-4, Basket- ball, 4, Girl Reserves, l-2-3-4, National Honor Society, 4, Jour- nal Club, 3-4. Leona Ann Zeik Activities--Class Play, 3, Home Economics Club, 2, Girl Re- serves, l-2-3. Frank Albert Zelenitz Activities--Football, 3-4, Base- ball, 4.

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ers, among them Bob Fehr, Thomas Pirozak, Ellenor Lenz, Edna Kaminski, and Leona Zeik. We had here the pleasure of meeting again Elwood Friedrichs, Presi- dent of Faramount Flickers, Inc. ln his office we saw Rose Brynaski, private sec- retary, and Anne Dolak. We also met lva Ochsenbein, the famous woman direc- tress. We must not forget to say that we found here Esther Raies, where she served as Vice President of Disney, Inc. In cruising over Europe, we finally caught up with Mary Evelyn Link and Raymond Hupp, the well known concert singers, who were making a joint tour of the European capitols. Next we headed for Africa to see our missionary friend, Anne Stewart, who had been in the Dark Continent for several years. Other missionaries in Africa were Louise Frasier, Mary Alice Porter and jeanne Fawcett. While here, we tuned in on our long range radio and were just in time to hear press reports by Mary jane Henderson, well known woman announcer, on the famous divorce case, in which a number of our old friends were interested. This was the well publicized case of Davis versus Shields, in which Eileen wanted her freedom on the grounds that she could no longer put up with Danny's per- petual smile, chills and bad jokes. As there was plenty of money involved, the press played it up strong. We learned the presiding judge was joseph Andrasik, that the plaintiff's attorneys were Georgeanna Downing and Wanda Durda and that the defense attorneys were Conaway and Conway. The forewoman of the jury was Irene Koval and the court stenographer was that speed typist, Kathleen Kefalos. Our friends were well represented in the press gallery by Amelia Mc- Cormick, Mary Potts, Anna Mae Marx, Charles Milan, Veronica Kyanko a nd Mary Karkule. Before we turned off the radio, we heard an account by james Millard, of that day's game between the Giants and the Cubs. This was a thrill- ing twelve inning game won by the Giants, who were supported by that all star battery, of john Silon and joe Kuhar. On the losing side were jack Freeman and Marcel Burkhart. We also heard the famous Singing Sextette , composed of Roberta Anderson, Mattie Benson, Dorothy Chambers, Anna White, Katheryn Merrill and james Miller, in one of their regular recitals. Arriving back in the United States, we stopped at Camp Shelby to see Col. Barnhouse, aeronautical expert, Capt. Howard Sykes, Major Robert Moore, Capt. George Semancik, and Lt. Robert Nesperly, who were stationed here. We, also, looked in at the hospital and found there, attired in natty nurses' uniforms, some more of my classmates, namely, Helen Bell, Martha Bluthardt, Hilda Bowers, josephine Bradley, Sara Craig, Margaret DeMeter, jean Gow, Mary jur- ovick and jean Harbourt. ' Back in New York City, we visited the beauty salon of Cecelia Blatnik and Ann Kosanovic. Associated with them were, Betty Blinco, Helen Coss, Dorothy Hill and Mildred LaMotte. Here, also, we saw those beautiful models, Carolyn Bartosek, Vivian Weir and Wanda Negroski. ln my eagerness to get a closer view, l had gradually gotten closer and closer to the edge of my magic carpet and all at once l fell overoard. l fell down, and finally, l brought up with a terrible bump, That was all I knew un- til l had the sensation of a rough, wild ride, over a rough street. This, coupled with the shrieking of a siren, finally roused me. Opening one eye, I discovered that the engineer of my wild ride was, of all people, Betty Holsinger. just then, came a crash and I hit something hard. Looking around sheepishly, l saw familiar objects and l discovered that l was lying on the floor of my office, where I had fallen out of my chair while asleep. lt was a wonderful trip, even if taken only in a dream. , Kenneth Henry. , I 25 l