Christian Brothers High School - Gael Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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Yes, we have had graduates enter the field of politics. 'Big Mike' Desmond, Mayor of Cat- michaelg 'Bos' Riffel, who runs Reno with the assistance of Bill Benner and Police Chief Tim Leahy, and Thomas Baker, president of the newly- formed Republic of Alturas. And one of our most famous statesmcn is Luis Castrillo, who successfully directed the' recent revolution which established him as the 4000th president of Nicaragua. Y- f G9 - U 1 In the professional world our school is well- represented: Doctors 'Palsied' Parker, the famous brain surgeong 'Gouger' Golen, the noted eye doc- tor, and 'Painless' Keating, the orthodontistg all send their patients to have prescriptions filled at the K 8: K Pharmacy, operated by Dennis Kehoe and Bob Kirrene. Bob Perry and Bill Limeberger, world-famous engineers, are building a drawbridge from Los Angeles to Hawaii where they will meet Paul Barsotti and Gerald Schmdgall, who are building the other half of the bridge, starting at Hong Kong. This project is financed by the fi- nanciers, Bob Dwyer, Anthony Muljat, Mike Golden, and. Bob Neves-whose cash heretofore had been tied up in money. Paul 'Frenchy' Reaume, the well- known disgrace to money, has moved to the Left Bank in Paris, where his name matches the sur- roundings. Mike Brooks, an eminent philanthropist, returned for Homecoming Day and made the school a present of one gas station-destroyed by a spe- cially-constructed atom bomb. The Sigl brothers, James and John, are doing well in the haberdashery business. Their rummage sales are the talk of the North Twelfth Street set. Don Dittmer has his own radio station, KORN, in Willets. joel Witherell was recently appointed Dean of Extra-Curricular Affairs at Strickleesub Normal-the same college which lists john Dillon, George Darling, Sid Car- penter, jerry Nevis, and Frank Sousa ferudite pro- fessor of Latinb on its teaching staff. Thanks to Frank Banks, inventor of the X2 bomb, the world won't have to worry about the Russian Menace. Russia no longer exists. 1 Q' Bobby Schnetz carried on the family tradition as a bakery- man and is rolling in dough. gn I f-ij , 36 - Z E' 1 1 V if A Lf iff? '7 .. . y t' 4, :fri B x2xl'-3 B Mother Murphy's genuine Irish Muffins employs Don Pesavento, Mike Duffek, Julius Micheletti, and jim Herzog as man- agers. joe Silva is a bus driver on K Street. This allows him to continue his daily trips past St. Francis High School. It H0 Of

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mgidfrafion ay-1976 Ly join ug ia The date is September 4, 1976. The scene is the office of the Christian Brothers High School. The phone rings. The Registrar leaves his desk answers the phone. Christian Brothers School, Brother Albert speaking . . . Yes, this is a fine school . . . Yes, we have many distinguished graduates . . . Name some? Hmmmmmf' Well there's John Hamilton and Jim Ber- toni, editors and owners of 'The Bee', THE M555 Garrett Lem- mon of Lemmon Ford Company, Joe Genshlea, head hasher of Stanford U., Jim Karver, Flurry Healy, Rollie Gray, and Frank Stagnaro own the 'Happy Times Liquor Company,' although it's not producing much at present. Gerald Asher, airplane manufac- turer, is another distinguished graduate, and then we have Ralph Han Lee, who owns 'Lalphs Laun'ly' in Modesto, Eg Mori, the man who purchased Slough' house from the Signorotti family, and Robert Proaps, the TV repairman who brought back radio-all graduates of Christian Brothers. Many prominent figures in the sporting ranks got their athletic starts at C.B.S. 'Tiger' Fernandes, jerry Cooke, john Lane, 'Sticky-Fingers' Colbert, Mark Margetts, and 'Rah-Rah' Risse play for the undefeated Detroit Lions. CLEATS CLEANED H 5 IIN' Q Q -' 9 W1 9:5151-H .- Bill Ferreirae, the first man to run the 880 in two minutes flat-back- wards-also plays on the same team with George Lotz, Al Zuniga. Marty Jennings, and Byron Schnetz in the Midget Basketball League. They got tired of playing seven-foot giants and started their own league. Tony Garrido is a stand-out at second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 'Marlon' Hardmeyer and jim 'The-Wild-One' Jones recently captured the Na- tional Two-Man Motorcycle Cross-Country Cham- pionship. And poor Jim Morin-may God rest his soul-was killed at the height of his sports-car racing career. s ff' E ll Colonel Lynch, whose horses have consistently finished last in Kentucky Derby races for twenty years, and Jerry Valerio, only pro golfer never to break eighty, also graduated from Christian Brothers. Surely you must have heard of them.

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Ev Mower owns Torrid Motors, where they really sell hot cars. Working for him as sales- men are Richard Metre, Ray Drouin, and jerry Han- sen. Gary Guild plays accordion in Procopio's Pizza Parlor, where Clay Daves, Wayne Rader, Marv Scharosch, Tim Roche, and Jim McCormack wait on tables. jim, Mervin, and Jerome Conlan are busily engaged in drawing French postcards for Mon- sieur jere' Thompson's agency, 'Fly by Night Films, Inc.' fThey draw the pictures of the Eiffel Tower.D Joseph Stowe and Charles Toronto turned from their dissolute ways and joined the Christian Brothers. After completing their novitiate, they co-authored the book, 'Playboys' Re- venge' Terry Mulligan rides in a powder blue Cadillac squad car while patrolling his beat around Zlst and Broadway. Terry Mahlman now runs our resident students department. lLiked the food, I guess.J Ulf, 9 N-I U V 3 john Veglia realized his dream of becoming a writer. He writes labels for Wilsons Meat and Pickle-Pack- ing Plant. Wilson inherited the plant from his father. Also following in the footsteps of dear old dad is David Schiele, the father of 27 children. Norman Earle and Connie Fippin's 'Sho' Biz' of 76' will open on Broadway next week. Broadway and 21st, that is. Thomas 'Loophole' Kearney, of the illustrious law firm of Pugh, Belke, and Kearney, after twenty years of litigation, finally won his case in the Su- preme Court this week. In a suit against the Friendly Finance Company, Kearney was awarded custody of his car. This is the same firm of legal experts who obtained the release from Folsom Prison of Phil Olsen, Ken Sanchez, Bill Hayes, Duane 'Shifty' junker, and Frank 'Fingers' McCaughey, who were former members of the notorious Red Bluff gambling syndicate. Jerry Silvey was the only member of his grad- uating class who did not achieve fame in the world. He collapsed in 1956, immediately after the year- book deadline. Presently residing in Bide-A-Wee Rest Home, Jerry's tastefully-crayoned chains of hand- cut paper dolls are sold each year at the LaSalle Club Frolic. L. G03 1' Michael Stomp fulfilled his ambition of compacting a two foot slide rule into one the size of a razor blade. -L . . . oh yes, Christian Brothers is a fine school . . . WHAT! You'll bring your GIRLS over in the morning to register. The registrar gently drops the phone. He pulls it from the wall and throws it out the window, and walks out, softly muttering to himself.