East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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won’t forget two such fine friends and counselors who had worked with our class ever since our entrance to the school. However, we gained two new assistant principals, Miss Maurine Rosch and Louis E. Welton, who are maintaining the high standards their predecessors had established. Mr. Nyland expressed these wishes for our class: ”It is always difficult to leave the security of the friendly and familiar present and venture into strange new tomorrows, but the greatest tribute to the past is the abil- ity to face the future. The knowledge gained and the friendships made at East High have prepared you well for the task ahead. Best wishes for your success. Miss Martin sent these greetings: You will find that no one ever completely leaves East High School. Those of us who have tried find we still look for good things to be said about it. At Commencement time our congratulations and good wishes go out to its graduates as mine go out now to you, its January Class of 1955. We chose Bill Ebihara to lead us in our last semester and Bill Aurelius for vice president. Carol Gruzeski was elected for secretary, James Smith, treasurer, and Don Greif, sergeant at arms . Elsie Corcoran and Carol Gruzeski held responsible positions in the Student Council as vice president and sec- retary . Blue and Gold staff members could be seen almost any period of the day hopefully searching for news. Nancy Co- ville was chosen to be the literary co-editor, and six other classmates helped produce the bi-weekly newspaper. Elsie Corcoran, copy editor, and Mildred Chin Wing shifted grammatical errors. Bonnie Gould, Diane Maver and Pearl Walton were page editors, and Carol Gmzeski was exchange editor. The honor study hall system was really rolling along In the 12A, Lou Syroney, study hail chairman, was accept- ed into the honor study hall committee. What is a football game without the thrill of the perform- ances of the drum major and majorettes? Gilbert George, drum major, led high-steppers Carol Gmzeski, Mary Bishop, Marilyn Brand and Janice Rodono in the spirited half-time marches. Our class again produced a royal member when Carol Gruzeski was elected Football Queen attendant. Mary Ellen Boyd, Mary Ann Lesiak, Beatrice Logan, Marilyn Brand, Mildred Chin Wing, and Merrie Eve Klimas helped keep the school a healthy one with their work in the dispensary. However, they certainly weren't needed by the Conlymen , who set a school record with their perfect at- tendance of 46 days out of 53 school days! Climaxing the 12A semester was the Starlight Club Revue, an all-school dance, held in the star-spangled gymnasium. Miss Lillian Aitken, senior adviser, helped us with the project, as she had with all our problems throughout the entire senior year. As the Christmas holidays arrived, we realized just how close we were to completing the change that would make us mature adults, ready to face any challenge the busy world had to offer. Although Commencement means a parting of the ways we will never forget the friendships we have made among the faculty and among our classmates, and the pride we felt every time our school was mentioned. Good -by? Never !!!! See you at our class reunion! Tnem Us 17

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t JPill mt (irstmm'itt WE, the students of the graduating class of January ‘55, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby dedicate, publish and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any wills heretofore made by us. We bequeath to the classes following us these items: I, Audrey Koren, leave my sore toes and bruises I ac- quired while playing soccer in gym class to future sports enthusiasts. I, Hazel Landers, leave my aching back to those who try doing the backward somersault on the parallel bars. We, Anita Miller and Pat Hytha, leave the lock on our locker to whoever knows the combination and has our lunches of October 13 . I, Judy Ritchie, will to future bookkeeping students of East High my leaky fountain pen. I, Bill Aurelius, leave a box of two dozen earplugs forG. M. Conly's next homeroom. I, Ebe Messina, leave for Norm Holliday a megaphone for third period study hall. I, Mary Ellen Boyd, leave to the new lOB’s my one day of sorrow, the day I cut classes. I, V. Delores Mates, will my unachieved ambition to put H2S in the school ventilating system to Dianne Ito. I, Loretta Rojeck, leave the tree near 81 Street for those who want a good driving target. I, Frank Palatrone, leave my ink bottle for the person who stole my pen. 1, Ed Furlich, leave my warm spot by the radiator in the cafeteria to some worthy senior. I, Lawrence Morad, leave all my detentions to the lOB’s. I, Joe Rini, leave all my alibis to some lucky 10B. I, Pat Marx, leave my special spot to Norma Jusek. I, Nick Markovic, leave two very black strips of rub- ber around the comer of East 82 and Decker to all students who get up late in the morning. I, John Metzger, will to a mad scientist, Karl Krebs, my former drawer 204 in the chemistry laboratory. I, Pearl Walton, leave my ill-fated blouse eaten by nitric acid to the next fortunate chemistry student. I, Carolyn Dearth, leave J. E. Middagh’s favorite last words, Easy gas, easy clutch, to the new drivers. I, Janette Slanina, leave my olive green cashmere sweater and my shorthand book to Ursula Marciano. I, Carol Jerson, leave my typewriter in 402 to any- one who has the patience to use it. I, Diana Angeloff, bequeath my latest hair style to the coming lOB’s of Miss Virginia Enkler’s homeroom. I, Janice Rodono, leave my majorette uniform to the thinnest girl in next year's club. I, Shirley Sowinski, leave pity and sorrow to anyone who does not yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic while J. E . Middagh is in the car. I, Yvonne Tuma, leave to Harry Blum my best wish- es, hoping that next year he will be old enough to stay out after 10 p .m . I, Adelia Grinnell, leave the gym building standing for another driver to hit. We, Lucille Jacobi and Joyce Pryatel, leave our rep- utations as the worst class cutters at East High to any lOB’s. I, Jack Carter, leave this school with a smile . 19