Comstock Park High School - Hilite Yearbook (Comstock Park, MI)

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40 I, Carol Nowack, leave to John Jacobs and Ronald Bowman some of my qu.1et ways , John Carpenter, leave my trumpet and Sugar Blues to Jnn Terpstra 42 We, Tom Gracey and Ken Brenner, leave our good dnvmg reputations to Clarence Felty and Renee Wrebenga 43 I, Jack Gravelyn, leave to Dale Bzgelow and Joe Appelt twenty pounds of my welght, so one of us may be seen 44 I, Judy Washburn, leave to Harold Curus my love of musxc 45 I Claude Taylor, leave to George Ellxott my stralght han Wltnesses Sxgned Joh.nJ Jones Judy Rector Joe Paznluller Glona Fortuna Melody Slupalong C h BY Astra Couch Keltha Cook It 15 cold, damp, and dark m Comstock Park tomght m '65 My restless wanderings had returned me here to where xt all began that fateful day rn '59 My soul had been tormented by the strange com pulslon to return to the place where 1 had spent my memorable chxldhood days Now, standmg m the shadows of the maple trees, gazmg up at the school bulldmg whxch stood as a s11ent monument to the dead, forgotten, and u'retr1evable past, my senses were reelmg w1th memorles, memories I had thought gone I looked up at the sky, but no peace was forthcommg Even the heavens seemed to be mockmg my zmpulswe actxon Great clouds of mlst obscured the stars, glvmg the earth a ghostly pallor The common nolse of the mght was stllled as Lf an lmearthly phenomena was bemg enacted Even the stark outlme of the trees mstllled w1th1n me a nameless, yet tangzble, dread Of all my classmates was I the Ellen Dalman, Nancy Derrlck, and Carole Lapp are now top flxght secretaries Marllyn Baas, if I'm not mlslaken, has a horse ranch Betty Wmlson, Anne Novak, and Carolyn Mourer are teachmg m the elementary bulldmg of C.P S Judy Washburn and Judy Rector are both head nurses at Butterworth Hospztal That makes only seven of us, but there were fxfty seven The others what became of them? Dave Lovell IS prospermg as a result of Lovell's Grand Grocer1es On my way here I had spotted Karmen Dejong, Carol Clark, and Mananne Sponaas at the axrport where they are stall Transcontlnenml Stewardesses When my fllght was held up m New York, I had a chance to v1s1t Manlou M1ller's Stud1o of the Dance Scott McKay and Hugh Cosgrove were two of her best dance mstructors Her advertxsmg was handled by Shrrley Dondzlla, one of New York's most prom1s1ng commex-c1a1 artxsts I was on my way back to the plane when I spotted a fasluonable women's store, Klekotka's Kool Klothes , owned by Barb Klekotka, and managed by Maureen DeF rece, Sharley Ackerman, and Deanna Mxtchell Back m the plane once more, I looked up at the other passengers Jamce Payne was sxttmg a short dxstance from me Whrle talkmg, she told me she was now head lxbrarxan m Grand Rapxds and was returmng from purchasmg a very valuable set of books When she told me she had obtamed them hom the firm of VanWmgen, Koert, Karas1ew1cz, and Benham, I was utterly amazed Wh.1ch one of us 1n those far-off days would have placed those four m a book publlshmg business? When we landed m Grand Raplds, we parted company I needed transportauon, and bemg acquamted wlth the schedules, I looked rn the yellow pages and found Ken Swan's Kar Kare Shop On the chance that he was the same person 21 41, I ' . Q , . . . . lr only one destined never to reach my unseen goal? All the others seemed content in their paths. 4

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I, John Bassett, leave my carefree ways to George Cook and Wllbm' Hanlonson 10 We, Bob Benham and Roy Karaslewlcz, g1VE our well worn govemment books to Nancy Rector and Marcla Koert I Allan Setterlund, leave a bottle of Gentol to Doug Rrttenhouse and Fred Taylor m hopes they will use It w1sely 12 I Carol Clark, leave my color rmse to Kathy Bergman and Karen Karkle 13 We, Ellen Dalman, Marcxa Seelman, and Rose Meyer, leave our smgmg abxhty to Alberta Maguire, en Anders, and Sharon Anders 14 I Maureen DeFrece, leave my wmnmg personahty no Donna Wm-kmgs and Pat Wald 15 I Nancy Dernck, leave my f1ts of pass1on m llterature class no Joyce Post and Norma Gralnm 16 I Shxrley Dondzlla, leave my pornpons to Dolores Rodnguez and Elame F1811 17 I Kexth Kmney, leave my ab1.l1ty to prance mtno class when It ls half fmlshed to Chuck johnson and Herb I-lelble 18 We, Betty Wllson and Anne Novak, leave our ab1l1ty to get work done to jean Fmkler and Lmda Fletcher , Hugh Cosgrove , leave my httle black book to Be.rn1e Terpstra and Jack Ba.rr 2 I, Jack Scheffler, leave my convertible to Tom VanderLmd 21 We, Kextha Cook and Astra Couch, leave our wmnmg way wrth teachers to Pat Phzlhps and Debble Hultgren 22 I Iolm Danowslu, leave my g1ft of gab to La.rry Mxllxgan and Don Hoyle 23 I Ken Lxllxe, leave my ablhty to get out of class to B111 Mlelke and Ron Atlcmson 24 I, Barbara Klekotka, leave my long han' to Kay Chrzstxans and Teddz Baar 2 I, Paul VanWmgen, leave my secret of How To Become A Caveman , m two eaw lesons, in Albert Swoveland and Don Mame 26 I, Carole Lapp, leave my abxlny to wear a sm1le at all tzmes to Wxllo Hammond and Marlene A t 27 I Eugene England, leave to Steve Bragmton and Don Koster, my good temper I, Jamce Payne, leave 13 faxrly good penc1l stubs from government to Emma Srdlauskas Louls Kurant, and B111 Nowack I Scott McKay, leave my mll stately posture to Davrd Ranck and Frank Petersen I Paul Roosinck, leave my abzhty to argue at all tzmes to B111 Stewart and Gordon Martm I Yvonne Berry, leave my blond halr to Denny VanderKuyl and Ray Peters I Betty Kremers, leave my han' net and curlers to Lmda McKellar and Carol Cook jerry F rsh, leave my fondest memones of Comstock Park Hlgh School to Wllllam Howland and Bruce Barkalow 4 I, Deanna Mrtchell, leave V1cky Harms and Sharon Post my large travellmg eyes to flrrt w1th the boys 35 I, Lynn Thompson, leave my empty seat m Room 204 to Ken Barton and Dxck Peless 36 We, Carolyn Mourer and jaclne Wxebenga, leave our qulet manner to Ruth Peacock We Ken Swan and Blll Wrzght leave our manly features to Carl Atkmson and Dlck VanBenneloom 38 I Manlou Mlller, leave my beauuful blue eyes to Barbara I-Iamsma 39 We, Davld Lovell and jerry Hoyle, leave our ab1l1ty not to slap one day of school to Gordon Carpenter and john Alt 20 9. . . n na, . . . 0, . . 19.1 ' ' . 0. ' '. , , . . .. . 5. ' - 1. I, . . 28, . . . . , 29. , ' . so., H ' ' '. 31. , ' . sz. , ' ' . 33.1, . . . .. 3. . . . . . 37' , . ., . . . , . . . . .

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he was W1mt's more he even had a few cars to rent So upon my request, he sent Ken B-enner, hrs chlef assrstant, out to the arrport to prck me up Ken sard hn f touch wxth most of hrs classmates, but that he drd know that Tom Gracey, jo he was out o D3DOWS1Q,Jel1'y Hoyle, and B1llWr1ght had started a Weldmg Shop rn Comstock Park After retummg Ken to the shop, I started on my own to what was then an rmknown destmatron So far, I have accounted for the whereabouts of thrrty four of my old clasmates That leaves twenty three more Well to contmue' After I left the Kar Shop, I drove down Monroe Avenue rn Grand Rap1ds The old town had surely changed Now I saw nrght clubs Then- gaudy lzghts highhghted the hornon wxth a th bxllboard of the Zomb1e Zoo was John Car-penter's band with I had known, I called and found translucent brxllrance Featured on e d Barron his top clarmet player, Gloria Fortuna, and hrs solorst, the new smgmg sensatron, Harry Bu Bob better lcnown as the Crooner In one of the store wmdows I saw, much to my amusement, ufa. tured by Jerry Flsh Bartl tt and John Basett demonstratrng Sleep Ease Sofas wh1ch are man c an e C Contmumg down Monroe, I was blocked by a transport truck leavmg jack Gravelyn truck depot. After a short delay, I turned off Monro ed out to be an accord1an school taught by Jackre e and started out inward Alpme Avenue Alpme I saw a cute httle shop whlch t1u'n Wrebenga I was gomg to stop, but the urge to contmue was growmg mslstently stronger I f Ford and roared down Alpme Ave I notxced some d On stepped down on the accelerator o my t d by farms along the srde of the road, and one had a srgn rn front statmg rt was owned and opera e Kr Rose Paul Roosmck Close by was a brllboard showmg three telephone operators, Betty emexs, Meyer, and Marcxa Seelman, advocatmg the use of new V1deophone' Desprte my queer urgency to contmue, I forced myself to stop at a popcorn house on Lamoreaux Drxve There I dlscovered two more of my lost classmates Yvonne Berry and Carol Nowack had 1 been an odd day My C'l.U.'10S1ty was almost satzsfled except for ten classmates So on the presumptron that these gzrls mrght lcnow, I Il mqurred as to the fate of the remammg few They sa1d they had heard via the grape vme that jack Scheffler was a Major m the Axrforce, and Eugene England was an Admlral m the Navy Claude Taylor and Ray Bacon were throwmg the1r lot together for humamty to erfect a rejuvmatmg p1ll to keep manland young and healthy Allan m attemptmg p d L Thompson were both expert well dnllers, and Kelth Kmney had worked hrmself Setterlund an ynn up to a parmershrp Ln Lamoreaux's Darry When some customers came m, I left and drove here to school Wrth a deep srgh I turned from the school, fee g a qu descnbe the lost, bewrldered feelmg that saturated my bemg I started down School Street, when suddenly I heard footsteps In the strll, qu1et dark they sonmded lrke the beat of a drum as closer d make out a shape, but the fog was drapmg It and dlstortmg the zmage In my terror I crled out, and, much to my relxef, when the person answered, rt was Ken Lzllre, who was head custodlan of Comstock Park School He sard that Helen Amold was ff e 1r1 of the school I sa1d a hurned good bye and contmued on St1ll there was thrs un o 1C g satlsfled feelmg rn me One was stlll unaccounted. I turned on to West Rxver Dnve when I for returmng I knew, because someone else lm eer emptmess mslde No words can and closer they came Now I coul suddenly remembered my car and lmew my purpose I was haunted We faced each other, nexther speakmg, but 1.n the look was complete rmderstandmg My make beheve szster and pal of hrgh school days, Keltha Cook, had been drawn back, too Now the cycle was complete ontmue mto the future, free of wonder and fear was standmg under the lxght, harmted the way We could c The Lost Wanderers 22 O. . . . . ,S . . . , n 0 I . gone into the popcorn business. This had certain y . ' ' . . . , . . . o I 9 . . . - . . ,, I, . . D