Follansbee High School - Forge Yearbook (Follansbee, WV)

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Time Will Tell . ln the den of the T.N.C.U. Lodge, fThey Never Caught Usl in the year l9- 82, we find the three most eligible bachelors in the country. Adam Petrulovich, millionaire geologist, John Simonetti, noted humorist and lecturer, and David Caplan, lawyer-playboy, discussing their almost forgotten days spent at Fol- lansbee High School. After many telephone calls and telegrams, their research on the plight of their former classmates came to light. I Mary Lou Ziegler is secretary to John Zak, principal of Follansbee high sc iool. . , Norean Wright is Nobel Prize winner for the year 1982 for her outstanding achievements in bio-chemistry. Denny Williams is the dean of NBC sports telecasters. lAttache to the American Embassy in Japan is Lieutenant-General Harry We ch. The Donald Vejvoda pharamcy chair is monopolizinz the business in thc Northeastern states. Victoria Tridico and Mary Ann Pellicciotti are chief rhumba instructors at the New York studio of Arthur Murray. Residing in vine-covered cottages were Ellnora Crites and the former Sally Davis, Marilee Kohout, Peggy Engstrom., JoAnn Gelardy, Juanita Johnston, Yvonne Regis, Louise Pannett, Ruth Varner, and Rose Palma. Head of the hostess employment bureau for Trans-World Airlines is Phyl. lis Summers, capably assisted by Maxine Wright. Joanne Slanchik is the first grandmother to swim the English Channel back and forth non-stop. Converting the heathen on Mars is Rev. Robert Scllevlin. Edna Quaranta, Josephine Saggio, LaVonne Regan, Virginia Moran., Ruth Hooper, Mary Ann Homono, Eleanor Ceglie, Della Cheek, and Martha Cllrlifi are serving as nurses at the John Nicodemus Pediatric Hospital located on the old site of Follansbee high school. We find Joe Puzsar and Frank Miller as Strip mine owners, worth millions. Paul Tripodi, Kenny Schwertfeger, Carl Wilcox, Earl Wendt, Harry Bain, 'l'om Kinder, and Pete Lakios are truck mechanics for the Dale Mellon trucking firm, of which Betty Delong is secretary. Lois Lantz is head of the Secretarial Employment Bureau at Washington, D. C., and her aid is Beverly Campbell. Dominic Pellicciotti is head of the national basketball league and is assisted by Ralph DiRemigio. Walter Waugh, Richard Raineri, John Cain, J ack Copenhaver, Robert Ian- nucci., James Meca and Johnnie Pastrick are representative members of the U. S. Navy for the Foreign Legion in southeast Africa. James Mirasola owns a chain of grocery stores, the main branch of which is in Follansbee. Manufacture of Chryslers at the General Motors plant is supervised by Shirley Mayernick. We find Ronnie Mains wiring skyscrapers just built by the Ronald Lash En- gineering Corporation. As onelof the greatest motorcyclists ever to appear in Madison Square Gar- den, we find Bill Mahan. Page 28

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At Follansbee High Crowd roars . . . Down Yonder . . . lf it wPro11't for them Slowpokos As we pass from our portals . . . Swell guy . . . Always on the job...Maul 5-crumble Keep the school fires hurniug . . . just like ohi times . . . Rc-igns supreme. . Deep in thought Sweet music . . . Prize winner . . . Check that pose . . . Renminbi-r him? p. Musick, Music, Music Page 27

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A big black hearse goes past the window Uf the club driven by Bill Bish on the way to his undertaking establishment. In the dental office of Dr. Ronald Miller, we find .loann Millington work- ing as receptionist. The new branch manager cf Macys' departlnent store we find to be Harry Freshwater. Also working in Macys' as their chief certified public accountant is .lde Orrechio, ably assisted by his secretary Emma Reed. Captain Enterprise, better known to us as Bob Schenfele, told us that Frank Standardi is planning a trip to the moon where he will establish resi- dence. His trip is being financed by that rich philanthropist Bill Wallace. The brilliant Tom Care, aeronautical engineer, is building a new atomic plane for marine ace Bob Cazin. Bob DeStefano is the new rage of the bobby-sox crowd and his recording of uCornet Rag is selling like hot cakes. Playing pro football and acting as manager of the Cleveland Browns is Harry Ciccarelli. Margaret DiPaolo is the beautician of Mina Bowman who is running for president on the Republican ticket. Among the big names in the commercial art field we find ,loyce Wright, Virginia Murray, Louis Accettolo, Peggy Edwards, and .lack Gassner. Professor of dramatics at Wellesley is Shirley Murray. Joanne Thornburg is professor of the music department at P. C. W. Various other classmates fmind engrossed in the teaching profession are Phyllis Taylor, Ella Mae Simmons, Margaret Smerecansky, Phil Donley, Dolores Prcat, George Foresha, and Grace Freshwater. Bill Gadd and Robert Geary, contractors, are working on a special project for Fcfllansbee Steel Corporation. Arlene Hoke is stenographer for the Fred Izenson law firm. Artemis Kyriakodis is now a dress designer in New York City. Thomas Oughton, who was the first man to drive the new super jet Cadil- lac convertible, has been seeking advice from fire chief Ronald Rees about in- ternal combustion motors. ln the local telephone office we find Carolyn Ash, June Asfour, Patty Blackburn, Betty Capriotti, Margaret Carrigan, and Antonette Ciccolella work- ing at various switchboards and desks. Lena D,Aurc.'ra is manager and co-owner of Yachiniis 1lEstherib Diamond Roller Rink. As co-owners of New York's most famous hotel, the Waldorf Astoria, we find Shirley Mayhew and Barbara Eckersberg. Exhibiting her oil portarits in the National Art Gallery of France we find the famous artist Shirley Eversofn. Anna Ferrante is chief medical technician at Johns Hopkins. Feared by the underworld, Stanley Barezinsky, criminal lawyer, is now working on a new case with the assistance cff his secretary, Mary Lou Bonow. Editor-in-chief o11 The Charming Wvomann magazine is .lane McDarmont, renowned authority on mildays' fashions. Geno Iafrate, the maitre d'hotel, arrives and informs the three former classmates that dinner is served, and the men leave their fond recollections of their old school days at Follansbee High behind them. Page 29