Grafton High School - Graftonian Yearbook (Grafton, OH)

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We spent a wonderful evening playing with the darling children, who looked just like Milt, and talking with his charming wife, who showed us a very enjoyable time. When we arrived in Colorado we went directly to Denver to see Margie Meyer who is living there with her husband Larry of the Air Force. Upon reaching her house we found that Margie was not home, but Larry told us that we could find her at the factory. At this statement we were greatly surprised and inquiring further we found that she had established the 'Margie's Potato Chip Company . Rushing down to the plant, we talked with Margie. She told us that in her spare time she was doing charity work, singing for the Salvation Army at the Music Hall. Margie had certainly turned out to be a good business woman, and we were glad for her success. She told us to go down to Texas to see Faye Strickland with whom she keeps in contact. Our next stop was San Antonio. As we had to cash some Travelers Checks we stopped at the Lone Star National Bank. Much to our surprise we recognized the cashier as one of our G.H.S. classmates, Faye Strickland! She has a very interesting and responsible position and enjoys her work very much. She told us that Allan and she have a son, Allan Jr. and own their home in San Antonio. She Invited us for the week-end and naturally we were more than glad to accept. Allan and Faye showed us a wonderful week-end,their home is a lovely one and they are supremely happy. After thanking them for their kind hospitality we bade farewell and left for Nevada. We stopped at Las Vegas, Nevada to see if it was as wonderful as we had always heard. We were glancing through the evening paper look- ing for some kind of entertainment for the evening when we noticed a lecture was to be given on the ‘Evils of Gambling’, this sounded as though it would be interesting, especially in this part of the state. To our surprise Dr. Nancy Flingwasthe main speaker. After the lecture we congratulated Nancy on her magnificent address. She was auite sur- prised to see us, and we were delighted to find another of our class at old Grafton Hi who had become a real success. After spending a week-end with nancy, the famous Professor of Psychology at the University, we bade our farewell. As we had one day left before we were to meet our husbands,we left for Hollywood to tour some of the motion pictures studios. Going through 'M.G.M.’ we spotted one of our former classmates, Marilyn Schworer, taking pictures of the movie stars, suddenly we recalled her favorite hobby, photography. We were very glad to see each other and while talking she told us that she was singing at the Paladium during this week. She showed us the thrilling and exciting L.A. As we were anxious to see our husbands we said good-bye and thanked her for the wonderful time. We had had an unusually pleasant time, traveling and seeing our former classmates, but when we reached San Diego we were more than glad to see our husbands and settle down. Our apartments were close together so we could spend much time together, in gay reminiscence. Signed - Wilma Schwed Marilyn Brunson

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IJropij rg I graduated from Grafton High School with the class of 1952. Like most of the other members of the class I found it hard to decide upon a vocation, but by the year of 1957 I had finished my business courses and had found a terrific Job with a large law firm. With report- ers coming in every day for stories you will never guess who I ran across one day, - one of my old classmates and friends, Wilma Schwed, who is a reporter for the ‘New York Times’. She had come to find some facts from my employer about a recent investigation of a bank robbery. Sur- prised to see each other we planned to go out to lunch and talk over old times. We spent a wonderful afternoon reliving our school days, as you may well imagine. Much to our surprise we found that our husbands, Bill and Art, were both stationed at the Naval Base in San Diego, Cal- ifornia. With our vacations coming we made plans to drive out to spend the remainder of their training period with them. To our joy our vacation time finally arrived, and with our last minute arrangements taken care of we were on our way. Our first stop was Pittsburgh and while looking for a place to stay we saw to our great surprise, Carl Filipiak walking down the street carrying a large suit- case and sample brushes in his pockets. Immediately we stopped the car and rushed over to talk to him. When we asked what he was doing, he re- plied that he was working as a Fuller Brush salesman. He told us that he liked it a lot. He invited us over to his home to meet his wife and have dinner with them. During dinner we talked over the good times we had had in school, and he told us to stop and see Carl Jantz who lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, and that he has entered the 500-mile racing classic on Memorial Day. We thanked Carl and his charming wife for their hosDitality and said, ‘Good-bye’, with a promise to return. We followed Carl’s advice and went directly to Indianapolis. Immediately we headed for the Speedway. While driving through the grounds, we noticed many posters with ‘Slink Jantz’ written in big letters. When we saw the picture of him we recognized it as the ‘Slink’ we knew in high school. After pushing and shoving through the crowd we managed to obtain two admission tickets with the idea of find- ing him in the ‘Pits’. When we reached the ‘Pits’ there was ‘Slink’ working over his car. Very surprised and glad to see us, he rushed over. With the time for the race drawing near he had to leave us, but gave us passes to his box seats and told us to go and sit with Linda. The seats were wonderful, right at the last curve and from there we could see plenty of action. The race was a thrilling one with ‘Slink’ coming in third. We went down to the ‘Pits’ to give our congratulations and and to say ‘Good-bye’. While driving through junction City, a small town in Kansas, we happened to see large posters showing a familiar face and the slogan, ‘Vote for MCCRACKEN FOR MAYOR’. We stopped auickly and asked the first person passing by where we could find Mr. McCracken. He told us that Mr. McCracken owned ‘the’ barbershop down the street. Yes--there he was, ‘Milt’ McCracken. Milt asked us if we had noticed the posters, then he invited us to stay and hear his campaign speech at the Town Hall, that evening. Milt was full of surprises because when we arrived at the Town Hall he introduced us to his wife and his two-year old sons, - triplets!

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iiWililWWilHililM (Hi»®» mu We the SENIOR CLASS of 1952, of GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL, city of Grafton, county of Lorain, state of Ohio, being of sound mind and body do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament: MARILYN BRUNSON - CARL FILIPIAK NANCY FLING RICHARD MCCRACKEN- CARL JANTZ MARJORIE MEYER WILMA SCHWED FAYE STRICKLAND - MARILYN SCHWCRER - THE SENIORS leaves her catching ability to Helen Metzger, and her long fingernails to Shirley Nicely. leaves his chemistry ability to Eddie Knapp, and and his ability not to fall so hard for a girl to Carl Overy. leaves her ability to play drums to Frona Wilczak, and her drawing ability to Janice Buchholz. leaves his hot-rod driving to Bob Yost, and his size to Skip Rust. leaves his height to Ronnie Carmel, and his sports ability to Ronnie Vodarskl. leaves her singing ability to Billie Madaras.and her typing ability to Max Thomas, leaves her cheerleading ability to Dale Barber, and her pitching ability to Carolyn Kennedy, leaves her ability to stick to one boy to her sister jean, and her dark hair to Shirley Nicely. leaves her quietness to her niece Patty McGill, and her shortness to Bacil Miller. - leave their honored position to the Juniors. - leave their exemplary conduct to the Sophomores. - leave their ambition to the Freshmen: - leave their Many Thanks to our Class Advisor, Coach WURM. To the school and faculty we leave our life-long respect. Signed, THE SENIOR CLASS of 1952 Testators: Nancy Fling Marjorie Meyer