Clay High School - Minuteman Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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I i VALEDICTORY ONIGHT we, the members of the senior class, are receiving our diplomas. These certificates are more than mere slips of paper. They are the symbols of an achievement. We have completed one phase of our life-that of laying the foundation upon which our whole future depends. There have been many trying days in the past, perhaps, there will be many more such days in the future. But, if, with the aid you-our teachers and you-our parents-have given us, we have laid our foundation well-we shall overcome our difficulties and shall succeed in life. ln our endeavor to attain that success, however, we cannot allow the ability to learn to become stagnant. We must remember that we have only the foundation, now. Whatever we do in the future will l:.e built on this foundation. if we are content to do very little or nothing-we will achieve just that. lf we are to realize our goal and prepare ourselves to take our intended place as citizens of tomorrow, then we must employ personal effort. Real satisfaction is found in the completion of a task well done. Some of us are going from high school into marriage. Our goal then will be making a good home. Some of us are stepping into positions in industry. Our goal will be success in our career. Others will have the opportunities to seek their goal by advancing their education in higher schools of learning. 'i he knowledge we have and the knowledge we are able to obtain in whatsoever field we choose will determine whether or not we reach that goal. We are met here together for, perhaps, the last time. It is, therefore, only fitting that we pause now to give our sincere thanks to you-the teachers, our friends and advisors, for the patience you have shown with us. Perhaps, at times we did not realize the importance of your work. But we shall realize .t as we step out into the world alone to solve our problems in the ways which you have taught us. lt is also fitting that, at this time, we give our sincere thanks to you our parents, for the oppor- tunities you have given us. You, also, have shown much patience in teaching and advising us. No other country in the world provides the educational advantages which you have given to us. We, the youth of today, will be the parents of tomorrow. We are going into the world full of the confidence that we shall be able to live up to the example of our parents and our forefathers. We, the youth of today, have the challenge of making the world a better place in which to live. We are deter- mined not to fail! D L PHILIP CLAXTON SALUTATORY HE GREAT event for which we have been devoting most of our time and thoughts for the last twelve years is here at last! indeed, all past experiences seem inferior to this one great occasion which marks a turning point in our lives-the culmination of our high school career. We have enjoyed every moment of these years. Of course, we've had our small trials and difficulties but we overcame them, and now they all seem insignificant and unimportant. Tonight, l for the senior class, wish to extend a welcome to our parents, teachers, and friends, but particularly to our parents, for they made it possible for us to obtain and further our standard of educa- tion. We are also indebted to our principal and our teachers who have helped us to establish a strong- hold in the future. To express our thanks and gratitude for all they have done for us, we will apply ourselves to whatever walk of life we pursue, and we will continue to work wholeheartedly, so that they will. be proud of us. lt is always difficult to leave our friends and teachers, but they will always occupy a place in our minds and our hearts. The future fills us with new thoughts, but our memories of the past can never be quite obliterated. After twelve years of obtaining knowledge, we realize that we have yet much to learn. Most of it will come from actual experience. We will be ready to meet the difficulties and the disappointments that accompany experience, and we shall gain recognition and success. Again, I wish to extend a most hearty welcome to every one of you. Your presence tonight makes Commencement a more memorable occasion for all of us, and it gives us the hope and the courage with which to meet the challenge of life in the future. lt is gratifying to know that when we try, our own wings in the cold hard world we shall have parents and friends to encourage and console us. MARY N EM ETH Page Twenty-Five

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CLASS PROPHECY r ' Taking a trip into the future, we get a plane at the South Bend airport. While getting on the plane we say hello to Stewardess Betty Gray. On the Way to Chicago we recall a few former classmates. Q l, A Rose Marie Bariger and Paul Womack, who now own the Womack Goat Farm down in the Tenessee Valley, have been married for three Years. A Helen Ann Barrett is now the head designer for the Tip Top Pajama. Company, Billie June Kreighbaum is booked at the Strand in South Bend for five solid weeks. She must really be a sensation! Kenny Todd is chief repairman for the Cushman Motor Scooter Co., in Chicago. Eugene Forray and Eva Holderman are now married and live in South Bend. Eugene runs the once- famous Nicodemus Plumbing Co. . Wilford Hoyt has just completed the National Swimming Race at Chicago. He took most of the prizes. His wife, the former Mary Ann Droud, helps him in and out of the pool. O Bill Barrett has now reached his height in the aviation field. He cuts the grass between the runways. Kenny Butterbaugh has just made his 1000th arrest as our district State Policeman. His chief vic- tim is Elmer Gaedtke, who tries to out-run Kenny. Doris Sowell, now owner of the great chain of.Morningside Drugstores, has just given a banquet for her able assistant, Blake Hinton, who has completed his 30th year behind the soda fountain. Philip Claxton, with an able assistant and wife, the former Joan Blair, is Working in his private lab at the new University of Maple Lane. Coming into the airport at Chicago, we meet none other than Harold Asire. He works in the Control Tower all night. His hours are the same- as those of hist wife, Vida June Miller, a stewardess. As we leave the airport, we meet .two lovely couples, Bernard Hacker, his wife the former Phyllis Bayer, Earl Baily and his wife, the former Evelyn Ebersole. ' At the Palmer House, we meet a distinguished-looking uniformed person, Dick Schied, the door-man. In the lobby we meet two lovely girls, Marion Sones and Mary Nemeth. They said they were do- ing very well as cigarette girls. The desk clerk was our old friend, Leonard Mitchell. After we registered, we were escorted to our rooms by the head bell hop, Cecil Bennett. Starting out for a tour of the city, we hired the cab of our old friend, Ward Miller. Our guide, Mrs. Miller, the former JoAnne Harrison, was kept busy showing us the sights while minding her four children. Stopping at the Cub's baseball Held, we met Larry Heckaman, who has been annually trying out for the position of bat boy. Taking time out for lunch, we stopped at Kresin's Happy Hash House. We had a swell chat with James Clauser, the head waiter. As we left Chicago for South Bend we ran into Bob Casper, who conveniently being a porter at the Illinois Central Station, carried our bags. V , While boarding the South Shore train, we met the head conductor, Bob Dunivant. He took us to the front of the train to meet the engineer, Fred Ream who's still trying to break the world speed record. On the train we met two old maids going back to South Bend for a visit. They were Marguerite Barrett and Gerry Bombrys. We also met the noted educational engineer, Dm-is Badxnan, who is to lecture at Vtfashington-Clay. Art Reed, the noted literary critic, was sitting-as usual-with his nose in a book. While on the train we recalled some more of our classmates. ' Nurses Sarah Bowers and Mary Breda are doing very well at St. John's Animal Hospital. Richard Gray and his wife, the former Patricia Church, are having quite a time raising chickens, turkeys, and their eight children on their farm near Granger. Billy Hullinger and his wife, the former Esther McDonald, are having quite a time managing the Eureka Motor Sales. - ' . The new grease-monkey at the Huss Filling Station is Phyllis Kubiak. She is helping her future husband, Ralph Fowler, who also is working there. Melvin Swift is in the' advertising ibusiness. He designs the covers of the Rear and Robust catalog. Bob Bash is still working on the Colonial of Washington-Clay. This is his sixth year as editor. Nice going, Bob! i 'i' ' Lorraine Kessick and Marigrace Singer are currently starring in that Broadway production, You Should Live So Long. It is a musicale and its writer, Helen Sowers, also plays a. leading part-on the piano. Three of our classmates now havefpositions at Washington-Clay. .They are Marian Van Es, home economics teacherg Colletta Wells, principal: and Anna Jeanne Wertz, secretary. Getting oft the train, we met Mona Rice and Lucile Newman. Lucilewas a reporter for the South Bend Tribune and Mona a photographer. They were waiting to interview Art Reed. While talking to James Post on the corner of Washington K: Main Streets, we met his business partner, Tom Frasier. Both are doing fine in the newspaper business. They claim that they are selling around 200 copies a day. Stopping off at the Oliver Hotel, we met Mary Lou McCormick and Mildred Minnes who were run- ning the candy concession. We spent the evening at the Club Lido listening to the popular torch singers Iona Montague and Margaret Finneran. While there, we chanced to see the bouncer, Walter Trowbridge, in action. We found two more of our friends sitting at their usual table. They were Hugh Masterman and his wife, the former Joyce Haskins. It was getting late and being in no condition to walk that block to the hotel, we got into our friend Bill Shearman's cab. ' The next day we awakened early fabout 12:30 p.n1.J at the call of two chambermaids, Mary Sosso- man and Evelyn Webber. About an hour later the men in white jackets came: but we're not nuts-it's the rest of the people! - JACK MYERS and BILL PATITUCCI Page Twenty-Four

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