Elyria District Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Elyria, OH)

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PROPHECY World War IH has come and gone it is the year 1978 Admiral Tom Zeck is now in Ant- arctlca, alone As he s1ts back 1n his easy cha1r, he wonders about h1s classmates of Elyr1a Cathollc A log settles 1n the fire, sparks fly and a strange creature appears warming h1s hands Who are you? asks the Admiral I am the Splrlt of the Present and have come to show you the class of 58 How can you do th1s?It is xmpossible for me to leave my post for any length of time That s all rlght, we ll be around the world before you can count e1ghty Okay?Qu1ck!Let s swmg on to th1s star BOOM! boom! boom! BOOM! boom! boom! BOOM! boom' boom! D1g that crazy Jazz' But I dont wanta clean kettles, mutters Ed Brown as he opens a new box of S O S His occupat1on IS clean1ng kettles for the Canmbals in deepest, darkest Afr1ca, com mented the Splrlt From Elyrla to Syc1a 1S ablgjump but John Stanko s Army Surplus Store there 1S grow1ng by leaps and bounds Onward we go Whythere s Carol Nemmers cooking p1zza 1n Greece Her ch1ef peperon1 cutter IS Jean Vargo ln Vemce But Sandy Krebs and John E1schen haven t gone under yet Bblppll Guess I spoke too soon Sunny Italy IS also the land of v1neyards Th1s IS where B111 Noveske produces h1s ex qu1s1te w1nes, w1th the help of Pat O Connor and John Nagy who use plenty of foot work in preparmg the grapes Also employed here IS the nov1ce conno1sseur Ed Staw1ck1 Ahhh! the a1r certa1nly IS 1nv1gorat1ng up here Remember Ann Snyder?She sthere 1n Sw1t zerland just about to start her test dr1ve over the Alps in a car called Rambo s Rambler It was deSlg'Il6d by Pat Rambo and sure h1t the Polish automotwe world w1th a bang Achool' Gesundhextl Sounds as though we re com1ng into Germany When we go by Stmendelr Street look to your left and you ll see the Baden Worst Pretzel Factory Pat Lament IS 1tS pr1ze w1nn1ng twlster Don t bl1nk for the next few seconds or you w1ll miss Luxembourg that boasts the world famous Rollmg, RlS11'lg, andDowns Yeast Fac tory This is owned and operated exclusively by Jean Rol1ng, George Reising, and Tom Downs Do you hear that applause? It s for Bob Holland who IS receivmg the Lobel Peace Prize for dxscouragmg the use of atomic weapons You know of course, that he 1nvented pointed toed wooden shoes Wh1Ch have a much greater eff1c1ency xn advanced types of warfare BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! Sounds like B1g Ben s workmg agam Sure enough they ve h1red Don Fitzpatr1ck of F1tz s Fix lt Flat Now would you l1ke to go to T1pperary?It s not really such a long way Yes IS there a shortcut? We sp1r1ts don t need to use shortcuts, be cause here we are Begorral Dennis and Don O Neal are stlll try1ng to out w1t those Leprechauns What happened to all the girls 1n our class? Youll see Here 1n Parls a new halrdo, that s all the rage, IS Fhck s Delop It was ID vented and patented by Louise Flickmger and Sandra Dolack1 owners of a beauty salon Spa1n s just next door let shop over Made lon Csontos world famous matador, IS about to term1nate her one hundred f1fty f1rst kill Ole! She d1d Just before I left I heard on our radlo that two of your classmates were help1ng 1na flash flood 1n the Sahara Mary Ne1dhart and Sh1rley Mason are on that sand dune admlmstermg f1rst a1d Don t look down or you ll get seasick Good, we re over land aga1n, looks l1ke the Amazon Of course, there's Bob Kalter and h1s col leagues, Jim McCrann and Jerry Meecha, ex per1ment1ng w1th fungus We ll have to go slower nowthat we re over Venezuela so we wont mxss Ted Martln and D1ck McCrann at the1r globe factory It 1S sa1d that they have the whole world 1n the1r hands You can take off that heavy cloth1ng now be cause we are approach1ng Flor1da and the good old U S A Can you read that s1gn from up here? It IS an advertrsement for Archer s A1rl1ne Headman there IS Larry Archer w1th h1s ace fl1ers Sandy Cornell, Larry Snyder, and R8glS fBuz! Cloonan Remember that land mark from your Wash 1ngton tr1p'P It s the Wash1ngton Monument The top sect1on harbors a grow1ng organiza t1on the Th1rd Party of Amer1ca whose motto is, Corrupt and We Know It! Founder IS Tom Wagner, whose rlght and left hand men are Bob Stang and Bill McCartney 0 P , . . . . . . . . K, , . . . . . , - . K ,, . . . ,, . . ll ' ' . . ! 77 if ' 7 ' ' . . ,, . . , . . . , ,, . 0 - I zz ! ' r cr ' ' 7 - - 1 n ' ' D fl ' 77 ' l if ' ' 7 - . . . . ,, . . , . . . If D D 77 . If ' D K . . . cr 1 . . . . . . ,, - , . . , . - . . ,, . . . . . . , . , . . u ' ! ' . I a ' ' , . cr 1 . 1 u n . e ' , . , . 0 fl ' . Must be pretty hard be1ng a street cleaner . . I . 4 l I u n 9 n ' cr h - ' ' H 3 ! u ' ' 7 ' , , . . 0 p . Q ' - , .- . . . . , - u ' ' u 9 9 . , . . ,, . . . . . . . cr 1 ' ' -' ' I . cc ' - K ! ! . . ' ' n Q , 1 u . ,, . , . . s I a ' . tl - ! - . . , . . . - If 7 ' K I o n , . . . - .

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when we donned our vivid red alpine hatsfor our annual Friendship Week celebration The Christ mas season found most of the crew busily preparing for its annual concert No ship would be complete without a newspaper, so no one was surprised to see editor, Peg Glover and her page editors Mary Ann Bonn, Molly McDonough, Carol Nemmers, Pat Rambo, Mary Jane Riley, and Carol Strohsack heartily engaged at work in the boiler room at their little printing press trying to meet the deadline A highlight of the year was the day we received our class rings The evening following the cere mony the crew attended the Ring Dance Moonlight Indigo In May sixty three members of our crew docked in Wash1ngtonD C to tour the various points of mterest Everyone enjoyed themselves so much that our captain had to promise them an opportunity to display their singing talents again 1naSprmg Concert entitled, It saB1g,W1de, Wonderful World to get them to board ship Another added feature of this year was the Junior Senior Prom, Moonlight and Roses As our third voyage was drawing to a close each sailor regreted coming into port and dropping anchor but we were all eagerly awaiting the morning when we could sail again in our Semor year September 1957 One hundred eleven sailors embarked on our final voyage confident that there would be clear sailing ahead with Tom Zeck as our captain, and Peg Glover Dick Henke, and Carolyn Ferancy as supportmg officer On the upper deck were our spiritual advisors Sister Mary Carl and Sister Mary Ida After a few days at sea, we were happy to hear that our paper The Challenge had received the distinguished rating of All Catholic Our football and basketball teams payed tri bute to our ship by their outstanding achievements on the sports scene Much of the teams success was due to the creditable work of the cheerleaders, who placed second in the cheerleading contest An important feature of the year was the Homecoming Game when Carol Strohsack reigned as our Homecoming Queen with her attendants Louise Flickenger, and Ann Snyder Filled with enthusiasm our crew set out to spread Catholic literature through our annual Magazine Drive The Christmas Concert under the direction of Sister Mary St Gabriel broadened our apprecxatlon of music Our voyage grew more interesting with the success of our Christmas formal Twi Light Fantasy With the close of our fmal retreat we were prepared to meet any perils that the sea of life might present We regretedto see our beloved admiral S1ster Mary Loyole depart from us to take charge of a larger ship but we were happy to greet Sister Mary Vernice as her successor For the last time we had the privilege and Joy of presenting our finest program of the year the Spring Choral Concert The Junior Senior Prom, next on our ship s calendar was enloyed by all After paying tribute to our Spiritual Mother Mary, we set sail for our eternal commencement. ! ' ! n Kr a n D . u - 9 ' 7 ' ' ' u 1 ' ' n ' , . ' ' - ' cc ' n . . , . . . . , . . . . . , , . his able assistants. John Guenin, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, had Mary Jane Riley as h1S ' ' . n u n , n a gg 77 n , 1 . . . . . N . ,, .- . . . . , . , . . . D . . . , , . . . g . , . . . D . . . . N .- . ,, , . ' . 9 . ! Q . . . . . . , . - . . , . . . , .

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Well, so the New York Chamber of Com- merce welcomes us S1nce we re here, how about sitt1ng 1n on the Pullet Prize Awards Gene Tackas IS Just rece1v1ng this honor for his book, compr1sed mainly of fowl language, entitled Chicks I Have Known PORTLAND MAINE TRAFFIC LAWS ENFORCED Ron Bacher, st1ll the mathematical whiz he was in school, IS constructmg that br1dge across the North Atlantic His slogan bemg, Take a tram to Amsterdam Just across the border 1n Lower Moosehead, Ottawa, Peg Glover dlrects Peggy s Prep School At the head of the Lat1n Department is Molly McDonough As instructor of hlstory, Judy Paulson always gets the dates Dick fR1cardoD Notley teaches Spanish Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame' Coach John Guenm s football team is w1nn1ng many games under the ardent support of cheerleaders Brenda Bruck, D1ck Henke and Pat Byar Whoever called Ch1cago the W1ndy C1ty was r1ght, but the sound commg from Mary Jane R1ley and Arlene Rad1can stwo g1rl orchestra certainly carries well It s an ambush! But here come DICK Calla han, head of the renowned law enforcement agency, the Texas Rangers, and his cohorts Paul Taylor, Don Eyring, and George Fascko to head them off at the pass The band1ts have been sl1ghtly slowed because they had to y1eld the rxght of way to Franc1s CBeevoD McG1ynn Tom Kam1nsk1, Carl Olah, and Francls M1tro who are competmg 1n a trans world b1ke race Judges for th1s contest are Judy Flaherty, Pat Zacharyasz and Al1ce Mashinski Money IS the root of all ev1l, but that doesn t seem to bother people here 1n Las Vegas J1m Bedocs and Dan Alberts are presently operat1ng at the Pa1r a d1ce Club They are known to the publ1c as the team of Bric and Brac Mavernck Cahforma here we come! In Hollywood, Larry Rader, Marg1e Vargo and Mary Beth Hart produced the Academy Award w1nn1ng mus1cal, Macbeth It stars Jack Ross as Mac beth and Joyce Hall as Lady Macbeth Twenty six m1les across the sea, Carol Strohsack 18 writmg a love lorn column Don t you think that secluded Katalina is the 1deal place for such an occupatlon? How peaceful IS the Pac1f1c But look onthe beach of the luxurious Hawahan estate Pat Tarhalla IS throwing another of her extrava ganzas It IS a luau this time You know that Joyce KIIIZSI is employed as private secretary and Marita Reinders as accountant Using one of these isolated islands as a base are Stephen Gurchik and Larry Chrulski, the first volunteers for a manned satell1te, are getting up in the world BONNNNNNGIII Her majesty the Queen of Siam Sheila McGuire, with the royal court consisting of Barbara Schaefer, Ed McCoy and Andy Hayes are about to be shown an original ballet It is called Swan River and features Ron Modock, George Ross and Walter Rozmarynowycz Isn t lt mteresting that here in India cows are held sacred? It must greatly hinder Lucy Haas, Dorothy Basinski and Norma Jean Baum gardner xn their soclal work among the natives Confuclus say Is one great feat to swim Yellow Sea IS more greater feat to cross China on pogo stick Two of your classmates are proving thxs statement They are frogman Ted Emerich and Pogo Paul Pustay Twenty years ago lt would have been 1m possible to fly from Ch1na to Japan without a plane, but now it IS noth1ng A popular restau rant in Tokyo is the Tea House of the September Moon under the management of Dolores Stahl, Edith Ann Olson, and Shirley Reese A 1 tea tasters Joan Caywood and Jim Webber are employed here How about go1ng to the G0bl Desert to see Al Havanas at h1s camel stop? Let s follow Bob Bohrer He IS a caravan leader and fre quent v1sitor Carolyn Ferancy, Jean Pileski, and Joan Edmonds are still acquirmg effeciency awards 1n business in the1r jobs as secretar1es at the Mongol1an People s Republ1c We are now passmg through the Iron Cur ta1n But s1nce Father Larry Lengyel, despite the efforts of Comrade Dale Balas, has f1nally converted Russ1a It IS not half as hard to go through as It used to be Smce the War, Moscow University has really gone American It even has a booster club headed by Bonnie Plas and Ann Marie Hartman Top shaker makers are Carol Koc sis and Carolyn Beard All the students are doing the Zig Zag 1ntroduced by the dance team of Loredel Mackert and Bob Zlegman Any questions? You had better make them quxck, my e1ghty seconds are almost up All I can say IS Thanks As Tom eases back 1nto his chair, sparks again fly and the spirit vanishes a . ' 1 . - - fl . . . . . , . n n . . , -.. a - 9 u . . . . . . . g r . ec ' . . , K , . . . . . - . . . . - 4 ' c ' 9 KI .' ' 9 . , . . , . . ' c 1 . . K . K . . , u . . - . . . . . , . . . .. . - . 4 9 ' - . - - . - cc ' - . , . . , r ' ' . . . - . H . . . K . . , . , . . . . K . - . . . . . -.. , . . . . . . a . . . . . g v . . . . . - 0 ' - u - ' E . . . , Q - , - , . . . . . K . .. 4 . . . - u ' c rn ' n , . . . .