Brooklyn High School - Eagle Yearbook (Brooklyn, MI)

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614.45 pzoplecy It is the year of 1997 and a cool evening in October Every where in Brooklyn is a feeling of exc1tement,for this week is nOld Home Weekn, and all the graduates of the class l956 are coming home for the special occasion The evening for the gathering and Show at the auditorium has arrived and it is filled to capacity I overheard that talent for the program is featuring some of the gratuates Although I am early for the program, I am glad for it gives me a chance to glance through the audience for some of my old classmates Seated ln the corner of the auditorium I spot Duane Honeywell, who has become famous through the proving of his theories of outer SpaC6 Seated in the midst of a group of elderly looking gentlemen I see uglas Holland, who has acquired fame 1n tracking down dishonest men dodging the income tax agents Next to the little group of Revenue men are seated several officer of the United States Armed Forces, They are Marcia LaRue, Gordon Tom pkins,Arthur Taylor, and Joe Scholfield We salute Carrying a little black bag, Dr Martha Rohrbach looking tense as if she were waitlng for a II you! enters the room hope she can stay with us for the entire evening Martha Forrest we learn has taken the Job of Dr Rohrbach's nurse A sudden quietness comes over the room as several lovely looklng ladies enter Included in the group are Jeanette Reeves, Nanci Holland,and Patricia Ward I understand they are now models for an Over near the door I see quite a large gathering of families, and among them are t e Dan Crawfords Chis wife the former Marjorie egerl The former Mar aret Gel er has married and has settled down near Clinton Doroth s iv ng near Brooklyn on a ranch that she and her hus and manage Rosemary Waidelich has married a local boy and h s two lovely children The time has arrived for the show and the curtain parts to reveal that all time favorite speaker, Martha Kell She has such conventions behind her as the election in l 6 when she ran for treasurer, only to be defeated by Janet Mohr who surprised us all with her quietness Iiss Kelly is main speaker and will introduce the entertainment for the evening First, she introduces, small, but large in personality, Rebeeca DuBois queen of the T V comediennes The program is inter r ped at tEIs time by a call from Martha Forrest saying that Dr Pohrbach has an emergency at her office Do L Q ' ' ca . I advertising and photography agency in New York. CI' o - I 'A 0 'CO , u . .

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efau W1 We, the class of 1956 of Brooklyn High School, being of sound mind, herby make this our last will and testament We leave to the junior class our worry not attitude, dignity and our place of being senior To the sophomores we leave our mischief and gay life To the freshman our great talents For they must have them in order to succeed To Nr Ambler and Mr Peterson we leave our all arourd usefulness, understanding and great accomplishments The rest of the wlll is a follows Nartha Forrest, bequeath my abillty to go steady to Frank Hubbell Arthur Taylor, bequeath my abllity to get alorg wlth Star Trierweler to John Messimer Martha Kelly, bequeath my abil ty to give people advlce to Pat Corser Dougles Holland, bequeath my bulld to Kendall 'esch Linda Denton, bequeath my abllity to Janlce Jatterson, bequeath my gum to Narjorie Creger, bequeath my ability Avery Duane honeywell, bequeath my abllity Robert hitchell, bequeath my farming be treasurer to lenna Baker Charlene Daugherty to get A's in government to Jim to play coronet to Delbert Howland ability to John Gron Patrick O'Rourke, bequeath my abillty to get into trouble to Don Harris Gerald Prentiss, bequeath nm comediarxantics to Bob Husted Richard Jowe, bequeath my quiet manners to Jerry Barritt Nargaret Geiger, bequeath my athletic ability to Margaret Cooley Nancy Holland, bequeath my ablllty to play pool to Ann Fewitt Jeanette Reeves, bequeath my ability to wink to Daves Ninters Joseph Scholfield, bequeath my height to Frank Shinn, Jim Bivlns, bequeath my all around usefulness to Jerry Roles Dan Crawford, bequeath my abllity to play football to Charles Mellott Ron Reisb4g, bequeath my romantic technique to Dave Church Janet Mohr, bequeath my ab1l1ty to go steady with a Snider to Bob Elrod Pat Ward, bequeath my sportmanship to Betty Black Pat ara ht, bequeath my optimistic attitude to Kaye Green Becky DuBo s, bequeath my drlving pillows to Frank Shinn and Bob Husted Lydia Shrader, bequeath my ability to skip school and still et excused to Chlfiord St bbs Martha Rohrbach, bequeath my abil ty to talk to Judy Brown Julie qorning, bequeath my cow bell to Judy Ingraham Rosie Jaidel ch, bequeath my pep and energy 'o Gertude Bloom Barbar Siegfried,bequeath my artlstic ability to Bob Sweet S1d Tompkln , bequeath my peloxtde hair to Sandra Rowland Dorothy Scott, bequeath my luck in love to Kaye Green Larcia LaRue, bequeath my quietness to John Burton Juanita Kaiser, bequeath my bashfulness to Sandra Rowland , afford to keep them cut Bob Martin, bequeath my duck tails to Judy Sanders, and hope she can Signed, The Class of '56 l I, L ' . f 4. o I, . ' 1 ' I I, ' ' 1 ' . 1, of ' ' ' I . In ' G' 9 I, . .T T 1 V . I, 1 I ' ' I, ' ' I, T . 1, ' I, 'f,. . I, Il o I, 1 . I, . A 0 L C I, I 0 1, - - , I, . ' 0 1, ' ' . I, . L 0 I, W . . 1, '. . I, 'ri 'Ti . I, 1 ' I, - A S 1, - i . I, 4 1 '7 o 1, 1' 5 Q - Q . I, 'T. ' 0 I, . S A' ff. ' ' 0 I, 4 . . . 1, c A . I, ' Q . I . o

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6145.4 pzopiecy gan f Next on the program is a complete fashion exhibltion of clothing designed by nBaub1n known to us as Barbara Sie fried Her top model is Patricia Wraioht, who helps with all her persona tours through Europe The audience sighs wlth awe at the beautiful slghts Thelr exlt brings a blg applause Wh1Ch helps keep the spirit bright as Juanlta Vaiser and Robert Mitchell tell of their competltlve years trying to out do the other ln their farms Intermisslon comes onlv too soon, but it does give us opportunlty to meet some of the other classmen Pat O'Rourke is now sole owner of a car lot lH Jackson and he has hls oldtlme buddles qlChEPd dowe and Gerald Prentlss as his top mechanics Nhlle ln school I never knew that we had an lnventor ln the midst of us, but one never knows, much to my surprise Tulie Hornln announces that she has sold thousands of automatic ticket se lers a theatre houses so the regular ticket salemen can see th show undisturbed S t' and is doing very well in her buslness ome from a long voyage abroad Janlce Watterson and her husband are recelved with oven hearts They are world wide known as mlSSlOH8Pl6S arm 3ivens and Bob HEPtlH are now operatlng a speed way in Detroit and both of them have won their way to fame with the speed they put out 1D those hot rod cars they run Letters of regret were recelved from our class musicians and who were unable to be here this evening Guy Tonbardo handed h1s orchestra and trombone to Tydia Shrader, Harry James gave his trumpet to Ron isblg and Benny Goodman wanted to keep his name and clarlnet alive so he gave both to Benn Snider They are all playing ln night clubs somewhere ln the Unlte tates, we only wlsh they were hear entertaining us There comes a time when all engoyable thlngs must end and we regret that this nappens to be one of them The evening has been enjoyed by all and it was certalnly nice to meet all of the old classmates of 1956 Someday 1n the future we w1ll have to get together and see if any one has changed professions, so with handshakes, and good wishes we departed with memorles relived I o , 1 A U I O . - . l , X . . -- O ' 1. J . A ' - 0 1 , L .. .1 ' , L3 0 Linda Denton announces that she now owns a chain of The po s', I H ' f t A E . ................. A, , , gggg f . . - U E O .4 5 ...LI . ... .J A. . Re ' L . ' r . , , - I r . ' ' . ' 0 . A . 1 . 0