Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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..fyllt0l'l'l0 LE C4155 I0 QC? On June 6 1968 I met my frxend Ed Rustowicz who was serv1ce manager of Andy s Motors which was owned by Andrew Przystawski I invited Ed to take a trip around the Unlted States with me and V1S1t all the places where our frlends were making history Ed said some of the boys were st1ll located around Buffalo We declded to see them first Ten mlles outside of Buffalo on Route 5 we stopped to see how John J Walsh was doing in one of h1s SpeC13l ized Jet car service stations We understood that Walsh was president of the company and had estab lished an excellent business comprlsmg thirty sei vice statlons in Western New York We were pleased to see that Walsh was so successful In our chat with Walsh we learned that Ronald Buffum had become President of a nationally famous a1rl1nes company A mile down the route from Walsh s we stopped at Dave Gallaghers Enterprises Incorporated and ald Duffy was Labor Relations Manager Continuing on our trip we stopped at Detroit and v1s1ted t.he famous automobile factorles At one of these we met Henry G Weil the Big Wheel of the auto mdustry He and Robert SCI betta owned most of the controlling stock in two different compames We also met Louis Nunn who owned three banks 1n Detroxt We left the fabulous auto Clty and headed for Indianapolis where Tom Carlin was supposed to be competing in the Indxanapolis races Before the races we stopped at Sus1 s famous restaurant There we met several former Burgard boys including Bob Fienen Susis Manager Werner Achenbach and Jack Paler A l1ttle later we all went to the races Toms Jet O L1ner was being checked by Roger Metzger and Gus Karl the ace mechanics of the raceway Metzger won the national prlze for de signing the fastest speedway car 1n the United States It was little surprise to see daredevil Tom win the race with a new record of 564 mlles per hour We had learned previously from some of our frlends that most of the boys from the class of 52 have businesses in California so after we left In d1anapol1s we sped along on our way In New Mex ICO we bought some of the famous pop corn made by the firm of Eli Williamson and John Grimaldi The buslness made them a million dollars In Arizona we stopped to see Roger McLaughlin who was doing secret work for the government We also met James Meade who sells iefrigerated snow to kids who have never seen the stuff He says it IS a very profitable buslness On June 8 we reached Californla and ran into Sir Wllllam McGranahan who was receivmg a monthly check from the government for his contri butlon to the British and American plans for world kowski the ownei of New York Trucking Enter prises John Rushok owner of the Rainbow Truck mg Transport Co and Gilbert Stagner and Gerald Piccolo owners of the East and West Trucking fleet Donald Lelker and Joe Stadler are the owners of California s lalgest Jet Truck Repan Co From the convention we decided to go to the famous restaurant owned and operated by Mlke Karple While eating our lunch we learned from Mlke that V1ncent Ballach1no had just given a speech at one of the Auto Dealers meetings Don G1meno and Henry Kranz were also in much de mand as public speakers Yes slr the graduates of 52 are really breaking records and making money all over the country Oh in case your wondering how we d1d all these things from June 6 to June 8 you shouldn t wonder because dont forget that this is the age of Jet Pro pulslon . Y I . Y . Y ' . A 1 1 I . , . . . . , . . . . . n , I . . . . , - ' . ' . O . ' 1 y . . . 7 . Y y .- N , - , , . . . . . . 1 , U . , , . . , . . . . . also at the Consolidated Steel Company, where Ron- peace. At a trucking convention we met Ed Bor- . , ' ' I - , . . Q Q . ' , , I - I . . I D ' .7 . cg s - , D D 7 ' 7 xy - -- I . . , . .Q ' 3 3 ' v I - I l 1 7 7 , . ., D A - , . . U . ., ' . V ' , u v l . , - ' , K , . . . - - 3 . ' 7 H 7 7 . . 7 ' ' ,

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Ulafl0l'l Clifd p Cy One afternoon whrle dozlng on our front porch Clark Mann and I Bob Barenthaler strangely enough both of us began to dream about the year l971 and xvhat our felloxx students xx ould turn out to be followxng our graduatron from Burgard There xxe xx ere flx mg about rn space rn our flyrng tea cup xvhen suddenly xxe began to run out of our nuclear fuel tea Whrle drrftmg towards earth we saxv txxo arrmen flyrng bx rn then super sonrc brrdplane We xxere surprrsed to see that these arrmen were Edxx ard Croxxe and Bob Whrte Gradu ally settrng the shxp on earth xxe landed rn Eugene Park named after a great arrstocrat Stepprng out of the space shlp xxe headed for the Park Racexvax where Gerald Stokes Joseph Plotnrckr and Bob Solsbak were favorrtes to xvm rn the last race Boyd Anker and Glass came up to sec us too 'md we all bet on Solsb'rk to xxxn the race After the race ended and Solsbak had xx on xxc decrded to search for more fuel to get back to our planet Polrzzr We came 'rcross Johnnx Wrlkcns snr 111 arsenal xvhere xve bought txxo d1i1I1lQ'!8llDg guns for furthur protectron Vthrle xxalkmg along the street xxe passed John Bronner xxho xxas the head of a famous anlrnes companx John Adamx John Goodman and Richard Joxa xx ere xx or krng for thrs f arrlmes company Robert Lorenz was also seen near by he owned a fleet of taxrcabs and rn large letters on each cab xxas prrnted THE LORENZ CAB IS THE BEST We heard from Robert Lorenz that Ed Krnrmrck and Walt Ponrvas had an Avratron Repalr Shop They xvere supposed to be very successful haxrng taken rn a proflt of half a mrllron 1n flxe months After manx hours of lookrng for some form of fuel to help us get back to Polrzzr xve declded to rsk the Inforrnatron Bureau for some adxrce Thrs was located rn the Turner burldrng Insrde we sayx Drck Stypa the Irrsh All Amerrcan of football We drdn t bother to talk to hrm because he was teachmg hrs boxs some formatrons and xvas qurte busy We asked for the mformatron we wanted and found that xxe could get some fuel across the bay at Ruh land Beach xxhere the Percx Walters and Whrte Marrne An post rs located We rented a specral boat to get across the bay and arrrved at the arrpost Percy Walters and Whrte sold us a fcxx barrels of nuclear fuel and three hours lrter xxe xxere on our xx ay to planet Polrzzr Just at that moment Clark xxoke me up We were both surprtsed to find that vxe xvere at my home But noxx xxe strll xxonder just xvhat the members of the class of D2 wrll be dorng rn 1971 '7hm94alonZ'2fmnu,p Muwaaliunzil hwmlhanup. .fd ' ' 7 Q . - , V .' ' . ' . ' V 1 1 . ' V C Y. T C . . r . . . Y v - y - ' Q ' 1 Y. 7 . . ' 1 i- . v 1. ' . 5 , , . l ' . V Q ', .l tl l .7 . , . -',- - . ' . 1 , 'Q ' . . . , . . A fexv minutes later we met Ora Cain and John - C , . . ,y . ' ' 1 5 A 4 V ' K . . 1 4 C 7. 1 . Q T L I 1 -' C V . 'X . V l 1 ss B. . - - V ' ' 'V l f . ' , .' l A Q Y . . C Q . Y - 2 . . , . . , , ' , . ,, . ' U 7 ' f ' L 5. , C . , . . . y 7 -5' ' 'v ' V ,A . , .'B. , . l A u Y V 1 v 1 - 1 I - . . 7-1 ' ' l , . .. . X x f ll 0 I 0 n I ll