Crestline High School - Fortyniner Yearbook (Crestline, OH)

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Prophesy On J une 10, 1949, shortly after graduation, the movie di- rectors of Hollywood sent advertisements asking for young, in- telligent graduates. Many of our class of ' 49 decided to take advantage of this great opportunity and began rushing to H oily- wood. This was later called the GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY RUSH OF ' 49. Of course not everyone could be successful and this was quite true because some of the graduates had not thought of looks when they started for Hollywood. Among the successful, however, were Dorothy Sherer, now Dorothy Amour; Frank Stone, now Frank Singatra; Evelyn Blaising, now Veronica Pond; and Floyd Roston, now Dreamy Morgan. Some years later I decided to look up some of my old class- mates, and to my surprise they had become very successful in find- ing their life-long ambitions. For instance, I took a taxi to the uptown district of Hollywood and found Dick Hoffman owning a large taxi business. At the city building I saw Shirley MoOre being chosen Miss California. She was still rating high as queen. Be- side the city building I saw John Krichbaum ' s Children ' sHome for Lost Babes. This I ' m sure h a d been his main desire. On the main square of Hollywood I saw John Flohr ' s Super Duper Self -Service Market. No hard work for John. Next I saw Josephine Perito ' s modern restaurant- and decided to have a chat with Josie while eating my lunch. Here I also found Kenny Long, Josie ' s head dishwasner. She has him where she wants him now. After eating my lunch I de- cided to further my tour for old classmates. On doing so 1 met Esther Sollnger and Bette Jo Gallentine, still the best of friends. I asked them if they had found their main ambitions, but before I could get an answer, two Fords went by and I stood alone. The next place 23

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I, Floyd Roston, will my attraction to women to Bob Flaherty. I, James Ryan, will my cow-milking ability to Joe Will. I, Almelio Salvati, will my cookbook to Bill Linn. I, Rosemary Sohill, will my television set to Beverly Wood to keep her home at night. I, George Sherbondy, will my knowledge of civics to Miss Cover. I, Dorothy Sherer, will my fair complexion to John Spiroff. I, Earl Smith, will my crew hair cut to Mr. Cellini. I, Glenn Smith, will my brignt red hair to John Johnson. I, Esther Solinger,- will my Model A Ford to Mr. DeWalt. I, Frank Stone, will my wide awake attitude to Glenn Bartholomew. I, Edwin Stump, will my persistence in English to Nat Tridico. I, Josephine Tornichio, will my charming smiles to Mary Vogt. I, Nancy Trainor, will my fancy glasses to Miss Griebling. May she see as much through them as I did. Wow [ I, Donald Walters, will my way with women to Jim Kelso. I, Virginia West, will my long woolies to Don Kindinger. I, Louise Yaichner, will my new look to the next generation of freshmen. I, Marianne Yakubek, will my slenderizing diet to Mary Lou Hart. I, Catherine Young, will my startled appearance to wide-awake Cornelius . I, Norma Pinyerd, will my tardy and absent slips back to Mr. Enoch. May it save the school some money. And I, one of the Forty-niners, being satisfied that the Senior Class of 19 9 is of sound mind and memory, and free from any restraint, do hereby order that such facts be entered into the Crestline High School Annual in the year of 19 -9 and that a complete record of such proceedings be made. 22

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that caught my eye was Janet Plummer ' s school for models. Upon further inspection I found some of her students to be Louise Newcome, modeling her own designs; Marianne Yakubek, modeling evening gowns; and Jeannine G-resmer, modeling fur coats. Next door I found Marion Harner, Hollywood ' s famous beautician. Among her assistants I found Eddie Stump, manicurist; and Charles Blum, mud-pack specialist. I had seen most of the business section by now, so I decided to look in on some home life. The first home I noticed was that of James Klopf enstein c I remembered when he had been in school he wanted to be an interior decorator. As I entered his home I found him hanging drapes for his wife. This is all the farther he had ever gotten with decorating. In the next home I found Norma Cook doing her daily washings consisting of a large number of tiny gar- ments. I could see how far Norma had gotten with her ambitions. I asked Norma if she knew of a good hotel where I could get a room for the night. She suggested the Kilroy Slept Here hotel, owned by Doyle Eckert. Since Doyle had been one of my old classmates, I decided to spend the night at his hotel. Next morning I started on my last tour of Hollywood, after which I would be on my way back to Ohio. During the day I was to tour the Ship of ' 49 named after our graduating class and under the command of Admiral David McBride, one of my old classmates. As I reached the docks, a large navy band was there to greet me. I saw Dick Miller still playing trombone in the second rank. As I boarded the ship I found Eddie McCaffery busily scrubbing deck and Jim Ryan taking his usual afternoon nap in the crow ' s nest. As I started for the galley I caught a delightful whif of something baking. When I reached my destination I found Almelio Salvati and Jim Johnson, cover- ed with flour, making lady fingers for the admiral. This reminded me 24