Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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20 It as the year 1959 and the last leg of the lourney back to the dlstrlct In which I spent the first elgh teen years of my life IS close at hand There IS a swlsh a roar and as If from nowhere an atomic powered LAKE TO BEACH AVENUE bus glides up to want motionless for my entrance As the doors of the bus shde open whom do I see but ROBY MAHRT In the drlvers seat As I pay my fare he assures we that driving a bus IS much safer than driving a motorcycle Hurdlmg a four foot white lme I find I am surrounded by my old schoolmates BEVERLY LERCH NORINE DESMITH DOROTHY FRANKLIN and LOUIS CLARK Deciding to tour the village of Charlotte together we step off the bus arm In arm As we stroll down the sux wide lanes of Lake Avenue we are astounded by the rapidity with which the Char Iotte village hos become a paradise of modern enter prlse All around us we see neon signs sngmfylng the wealth and prosperity of this great and growing center of actlvlty The first oblect that looms into sight IS our old alma mater Charlotte Hugh School Upon entering the building we are trampled by a thundering herd mad rush to catch the Toronto Supersonic Special As we puck ourselves up from the steps our attention ns attracted to a solemn ceremony In a quaint little ceme tery across the highway Venturing closer we witnessed a rltual for Sam GRISWOLD who attempted to lump the Stutson Street Bridge with his tame bear He tried to perfect the feat at which his Idol Sam Patch had failed Services were administered by the Rev Mr FRASER pastor of the local church KATHRYN FYFE and KATE GEREW are mourning the passing of their hero Contlnulng on our lourney we are welcomed by BETTY DILL owner of the Dull Pickle Factory She named GLORIA PFAHL MARJORIE SILLS and CAROL SCHIEFER as her chief plcklers and LOIS GAUCH and BARBARA HART as the controlling stockholders of the corporation Moving In the direction of St PRITCH ARDS Arena the home of the Charlotte Royals w noticed the qumtets name Inscribed on the programs sold by MERCEDES LEONARD and MARILYN KOES TER These sharp shooting lads STAN BUTZER MAT KRITCHEN TOM PATRICK JOHN STANDING and RALPH KIRBY compose the roster of the Royals This aggregation IS financially backed by tycoon NEIL PARSHALL monopolust of the Ontario Confectlonarnes Facing the street again we see YVONNE CASON JOAN HERMAN MONA CLARK and MARY STONE GRABER playing the modernized version of hop scotch A DECADE A colorful neon sign that flashes POOL WITH A PUR POSE designates the Charlotte Balluards now heredl tarnly owned by LODER BRYCE Movlng an to better our perspective we look over the shoulder of HERB CARBONE who has lust completed his weekly report on the parleys A shout of triumph reaches our audl tory nerves as HERMAN GRIEGER announces that Skip GREENE has lust won the third race at Churchill Downs RAY FOY leaves his billiard cue to collect his wmmngs and then lolns us on our escapade Our group then enters the Palr a dice Casmo owned and managed by Uruguays own TOM DES MOND A floor show IS gomg on with such notables participating as DICK WESTBURG and has Be Bop Band featuring the sweet trumpet of DICK BERNDT Also on the billing are THE JOHNSON SISTERS KATE NORMA and ARLENE top song styllsts of the year In the spotlight run by JUNE BOND and EDDIE MEYER are the favorite comic personalities Bud WRIGHT and Lou ALLEN Sharing the spotlight are the perennial favorites Burl MAKOWIECKI and KEITH BOWER with their syncopated song stylmgs bouncers TOM ROETHEL and BOB MCPHERSONJ we stand motionless lookmg for familiar names and places The first one to catch our eye IS a slgn stating Madame SECHRISTS Dancing School The elevator taking us up to the twelfth floor IS operated by PAT DEFELICE who once sand she always wanted to get up In the world PHYLLIS PERRIN and ESTHER SEEMAN greet us at the door to the dancing studao Ithey are studying ballet and are on their way to change their IIQIIISJ We are amazed to see DAVE DELANEY and ZIGGY BONEHAM gomg through a real hep num ber wlth dancing partners JOAN CORRIGAN and EILEEN HAUS We could plainly see why they enloyed their work After leaving the studio I left the group momen tarlly and wandered over to the MALCOLM Custard Stand where JULENE and MARGARET GURNEE are busily scooping custards for CAROL WELCH and MAL COLM ROBERTSON Before lomnng the rest of our party who are over vnsmng MORLEY TURPIN In his new pharmacy I went to see STAN Money Bags DETTMAN He had worked himself up to the pres: dentlal positron In the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve System STAN is busy counting money so I wont bother gomg nn now but I can see BOB MUR PHY his assistant giving orders to tellers LAURA VAHL and IRENE CLEMENTS ' - - n , - . . . . . ,, . . . . - I - I E I I I I ll ll o . n p I ' I ll Q 11 u n 1 ' I I I ll ' - - ' ll ' I I I ' I - I . 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Jef MARY TRACY 54 Eleclric Avenue 'The free is known for Hs Iruif: she's a peach Canleen Commillee 3: Chi-Y 3, 4: Co-op Com- miffee 4: Translake 4: WaIIz Dream 3: Wifan 4. BARBARA TRUSSELL 325 Oakwood Road A preffy girl is like a melody Baseball 3: Bowling 4: Chi-Y 4: Senior Class Sales Commiifee 4: Ten- nis 3: Wifan 4. JOYCE WARNEY BI Grassmere Park 'Sweei music from her fingeriips, brings songs fo many Iips Canfeen Commiffee 2, 3, 4: Chi-Y 4: Orcheslra 3, 4: Opfimales 2. 3, 4: Pilol 4: Senior High Par- Iy Commifiee 4. LAURA VAHL I24 Duffern Drive Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! how you can love! Baseball 3, 4: Baske'fbaII 3: Soccer 3, IHonor Teaml 4: Tennis 3: Vol- leyball 2, 3, IManagerI 4: Wifan 4. ANN WADSWORTH I82 Elmlree Road Q xx Why should Ihe devil have all Ihe good - limes? 2 Assembly Commiffee 3, Af 4: Canfeen Commiilee 3: Co-op CommiHee 4: Senior Class Sales Com- miffee 4: Wilan 4. CAROL WELCH 70 Lakeshire Road A scrimmage of wil Chi-Y 3, 4: Girls' Afhle- Iic Associalion 4: Opfi- males 3: Pilof 4: Swim- ming 2, 3, 4: Wifan 4. li NANCY TSCHORKE 3453 Lake Avenue Full of pep, full of fun Chi-Y 3 ,4: Lighthouse Flashes 2: Service Lea- gue 3: Wilan 4. RHODA VAN ATTA 233 Esfall Road YouI'h is fuII of pleasures LighIhouse Flashes 2 miffee 4: Swimming 2. SHIRLEY WARD 225 Frey Sireef Happiness is a form of courage Service League 4. RICHARD WESTBURG 323 Bakerdale Road AII greal men are dy- ing: I feel sick myself Band 2, 3: Nalional Hon- or Sociefy 3, 4: Opfi- males 3, 4: Pilot 2, 3, 4: Soccer 2, 3, 4: Swim- ming 2, 3. Senior Class Sales Com- MORLEY TURPIN 39 Braddock Sfreef The fhings fha? haven'I been done before-Ihose are fhe Ihings Io fry Hi-Y 2: Les Babillards 2, 3, 4: Service League 3. 3 JAMES WRIGHT 9I Chippendale Road Don'+ crowd, girls, I'II sign +hem aII Baskefball 3, 4: Canleen Commiflee 2, 3, 4: Ex- ecufive Council 4: Senior Council 4: Soccer 3. 4:1

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OF PROGRESS I am back wuth the gang once agaun and now we can contunue our survey of the vullage One of the more recent developments un the communuty us o huge farmung cooperative led by Practucal PERKINS HANK FERRARONE and JEAN TAYLOR A huge herd of Holsteun cows tended by DON EISENSCHMID keeps MIKE GIARDINO S Luberty Daury Trucks on the move A large buuldung denotung the local Bulou Theater ruses un our Iune of vusuon Approachung thus massuve structure we became aware of the cashuer MARION STUDER of Studer baker fame The RKO movue house us managed by CAROL ALDRICH and DIANN MUEL LER who are employed by Hollywood s top producer DICK GROTH The maun feature co starrung ROGER HILL and ANNE SPAULDING us entutled Babes un Arms The supportung cast uncludes starlets SHIRLEY JINCKS MARY SWEET and PRISCILLA MANNING Thus film us a productuon created by MGM IMetro GILBERT MULLETTJ The second attractuon us a flucker featurung DON HOLLY and MARGIE SALMON un a WARNEY Brothers productuon Lufe Sentence The current weekly serual stars MARY TRACY un My Brothers part of Duck Tracy us played by KEN HED the two gun terror whose last pucture was The Whup Four usherettes escort us to the door and then we recogmze SHIRLEY SAUCKE DOROTHY KLEIN CAROL OLCOTT and BARBARA THOMSON Adlacent to the theater us a repluca of Calufornua s Brown Derby Thus restaurant us managed by LOR ETTA DERBY Her publucuty agent us TERRY TAGGERT A large annex to DICK DAGGS Garage us located near the Bulluard Hall MERT QUERCIONE and HAR OLD QUIGLEY two capable mechanucs are employed by thus automobule rehabulutatuon center We are over loyed by the presence of BARBARA PAYNE the multu mulluonaure heuress sught seeung un her new Rolls Royce convertuble Her car us beung servuced by Atom Statuon attendants RUTH Legs LANE JANET LACY and BARBARA TRUSSELL Before goung to the Mayor s office at the Cuty Hall we are goung to stop momentaruly at the new bath house and observe uts unteruor Whule we are down at the beach ut us suggested that we take a dup un the blue waters of Lake Ontaruo Thus suggestuon was wuth drawn when we saw the female lufeguards ANN WADSWORTH and NANCY TSCHORKE We came to the conclusuon that ut would be much safer merely to observe the Pacufic waters Instead we decuded to rest on the sand next to RHODA VAN ATTA and SHIRLEY WARD who are obtaunung great gratuficatuon from throwung sand at members of the opposute sex To reach our destunatuon we find ut necessary to cross the modern plastuc walk Cformerly the board walkl on whuch us sutuated a refreshment stand occu pled by CHUCK MAMBRETTI and RAY HORSWELL They are announcmg theur delucacues un the form of Popnuts cugum chewunggars and peacorn We wont be able to remunusce wuth them because there us quute a crowd gatherung about them Enterung the doorway to the bath house we take a sharp rught turn leadung to a large heavy set door Wuthout readung the unscruptuon on the door we flung ut open only to find ourselves un the Ladues Shower Room and thoroughly embarassed In a matter of sec onds the gurls ELAINE CORNELL IRENE PAETH VIR GINIA CORYELL JANET INGERSOLL and JEAN HER RICK have dusappeared to a safer place Standung be fore us us PAUL ANDRUS After pausung lust long enough to hear hum say I am the chuef ladues shower room attendant we realuze that we have heard and seen enough and retrace our steps to the street The Iught from our rosy red faces enables us to see the staurs whuch we must ascend to reach our des tunatuon We enter the luducual buuldung and waut un the re ceptuon room untul we are admutted to the unner office The mayor s secretary SALLY LOTT greets us and then announces our presence to the Mayor We shake hands wuth the honorable TOM WOODMAN and then chat about the success of our schoolmates I ask the mayor thus questuon Could you summaruze the prog ress made by our classmates un the last ten years? Tom answers after careful consuderatuon of the ques tuon He replues Consuderung the umportant factors whuch determuned the future of our classmates I find that they have progressed un socual functuons and busu ness transactuons most satusfactoruly Thus of course has been exemplufied un your vusut to the establush ments of our classmates The applucatuon of Semantucs to certaun developments has clefinutely affected the outcome of theur futures The past ten years have been very umportant to them and I hope that they may contunue to prosper un the oncomung years A vuvud pucture of the day s events flashed through my mund as I lustened to hus remarks That was my last look at the vullage of Charlotte Prophet Loder Bryce fzu ' I I ' II ' II . ' ' 1 I 1 I , ' ' ' - , . . D u . . ,, . . ,, . . . . .. ,, . . ,, I I n ' I I Q ' ' I - I - . I 1 5 n n s I I I ' ' I , . . . , . . ,, . I ' . - Il - - , ' I 1 I I ' I ' I 1 ' I . . . . ' ll Il I - ll - - I I I ' II ' .II II . 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