Crestline High School - Fortyniner Yearbook (Crestline, OH)

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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

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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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that I had not seen the Admiral yet so I started in search of his cabin. On doing so I found his private secretary, Harriet Dickinson sitting on his lap taking routine dictation. I could see the Admiral did not want to be disturbed so I took my leave. On dock again I saw Harry Rornbke taking pictures of some Waves. In the language of the photographer, he was bury v ith cheese cakes. On closer examination I noticed these Waves to be some of my old classmates. They were Pat Meyers, Mary Erni, Norma Fisher, Pat Gerberich, Norma Pinyerd, Virginia West, and Marjorie Straka. Next morning I went to the airport to get my tickets for Ohio. Here I met Donald Walters, now president of the United Airlines and Catherine Young, his secretary. As I boarded my plane I met Isabelle Moore and Rosemary Schill, who were stewardess and Jack Brown and Daniel Barber, the pilots. As my journey home started, I noticed Ruth Poth sitting next to me. She was now a member of Congress. She told me that Daryl Ros ton was in Washington D.C. acting as secretary to the President. When I reached Crestline, I decided to visit dear old Crestline High. Here I found Vincent Christini, now the principal; Gertrude Long, physical education instructor; Bernard Newcome, shop teacher; Louise Yachiner, civics, teacher, Nancy Trainor, A. A. A. Instructor, and Carol Niswander, home economics teacher. I walked into Mr. DeWalt ' s English room and found Richard DeWalt now teaching English. All around the room wer pictures of antique automoniles dating back to the Stanley Steamer. I was told there was a pro football team in Crestline, so I inquired further and learned that Earl Smith was coaching the team, and that Wiley and Napoleon ' Morton were his star players. Their greatest desire was to beat Bucyrus. There were just a few of my classmates left so I continued my 25