Hamtramck High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Hamtramck, MI)

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M5 M illi U Q Q 0 'HW CLASS PROPHESY CContinueclJ a time was the only boy in Miss Hankammer's sewing classes, now communes in both Paris and Hamtramck because of business expediency. Needless to say, he designs dresses for those madames rich enough to pay for his creations. In this class may be found the Misses Jaworski, Gracey, Borowicz, Ciuba, and Olejniczak. ' John 2nd fiddle Chitkin, as well as Leopold Piccolo Pete Szady, are now in business with William Misiasia Misiasiak. The ex-boys now tramp the streets of Ecorse and adjacent suburbs, playing and singing for any loose change that may be about. As a sideline, the minstrels peddle old shoes and broken alarm clocks, souvenirs of unappreciative audiences. Joe and Stanley Ferenc, unlike the troubadors mentioned, have gone up instead of down in the social scale. They harmonize for Jack Colbert and his Cosmos-Maniacs, the hottest music in America since Cab Calloway retired. Leonard Troutman, well known Hamtramck speaker, is the announcer on the Colbert Hour. Edward Boomey Mikrut, who accidentally found himself the business manager of Joe Peter Piper Petrow's four hundred chain meat market stores, deserves a small medal for his work to help Hamtramck's unemployed work- ing girls. While Boss Petrow was out shooting big game in Africa, Manager Mikrut changed the entire office personnel of Petrow, Inc., which now employs only Cosmos grads. Naturally, sister Wanda Mikrut get the best job, that of the manager's Yes girl. Pounding a typewriter for fifteen smackers a week, besides catering to the big bosses whims, Stella Wasilewich finds her hands full. Lottie Wasilewski, who also had a drag with Boomay , is ruining Petrow, Inc. with her atrocious book-keeping. Mary Kubala, the one and only, has a job well suited to her talents. Mary, who used to use basketball as a means of self- expression, now throws salesmen and peddlers from big-shot Petrow's office. Her motto: Everybody who wants to get into the office has to have a pass, even Boss Joe. How about reporters? Has Hamtramck produced anybody who can write? Sure enough. Rosalie Redlin, one time editoress of The Cosmos, is now sob- sister on Cass Nowojczyk's scandal sheet. After exposing Student Council ac- tivities for The Cosmos in 1935, ten years ago, Cass got the scandal bug and exposes anything in sight. Stanley Maksymowicz, who never liked Editor No- wojczyk anyway, challenged the latter to a duel when connected with Eleanore Kubiak in the dirt column. Eleanore not to be outdone, challenged both Stanley .46.

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Q yo AX WI Q 0 0 'Ulm 5 CLASS PROPHESY ffontinuedj and Cass. Henry Nowogrodski, who always kept that sad look on his pan, now runs the obituary column on Nowojczyk's sheet. Helen Sadowski, of the same group of would-be reporters, columns the Advice to Lovelorn pillar. Ted Matey, creator of Our Burg, swore he'd leave the country and bum around the world after graduating from college. He hasn't been heard of since. There have been legends of a Matey Stew on a canabalistic South Sea island. How about the show business, any luck there? Sure enough. Iggy Pupka, who threw over football for the stage, isn't doingbadly for himself. Iggy, who developed a beautiful tenor voice after a tonsil operation, now sings a duet with Virginia Merecki for the enjoyment of addicts in all the large cities of America. Iggyis fan mail, which is simply terrific, is now efiiciently handled by his faithful secretary, Harry Demesko. Harry, in turn, hires Ellen Dallas and Betty Berg to work for him. The latter two, who will accept only a cer- tain amount of work, have their piece Work done by Sally Pliska and Vic- toria Butler. Iggy is thinking of incorporating himself and letting the public share his good fortune. Shares will cost a dime a dozen and dividends will be paid on the leap year following every third blue moon. Incidentally, Julia, Mike and her husband, Ed Zulinski, who thought that farm life was superior to the glitter of footlights, have given up their simple existence to play as bill-billies. Marion Thompson, who gave up the study of archaeology to join the act, takes care of the publicity. Also in the theatrical category may be listed Stephanie Waiter, known as the Typing Demon dur- ing undergraduate days. Miss Waiter now demonstrates her typing speed to prospective buyers in department stores. And among other things: Longin Ostrowski has acquired great wealth and fame administering hair treatments to bald-headed millionaires. Ed. Sawicki and John Dyjack have re- placed Barnum and Bailey in the show business, with their traveling flea cir- cus. Ann Boyko and Stella Reichel do the housekeeping for the whole troupe. Helen She Does 'Em Wrong Valeski now occupies Mae West's place in the movies. Others engaged in this lucrative occupation are Mary Sokoluk and Alice Drabik. Walter Felcyn, Matthew Lewandowski and Helen Kowalski, have monopol- ized the meat industry of Michigan. Josephine Florence, Mary Kabanowski, Doris Koszara and Bernice Kraski are members of the All-American Girls .47-

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U mf ' o o o 'lim CLASS PROPHECY Editor's note: The following represents the result of research conducted by Prof. Edwin Pezda, aided and abbeted by friend wife, Grace Rundy Pezda, and published in the weekly edition of the Raw Deal, Hamtramck's only and least read newspaper. Time, the year of 1945. Characters, certain graduates of the June '35 class. Moral, There's a sucker born every minute. Quote-When we began this little inquiry into the lives of our former class- mates, my wife and I had no idea what a Wealth of material would be at our disposal. Then too, we never for a minute suspected that our work would have anything but scientific value. Therefore, you can imagine our surprise when subsequent results had us rolling in the aisles and gasping for breath. For instance, everybody in the June '35 class knew that John Werenski, besides wanting to become an actor, had a crush on Mary Lou Grzybowski. Also, it was common news that Mary Lou, besides wanting to be a singer, had a crush on John. Well! who would believe it?! John is now an understudy's under- study in a third rate Hoboken stock company, while Mary Lou, his guiding light, supports the Werenski family by singing in a Passiac, N.J. beer garden. My, my! We soon found that not a few of our ex-classmates had entered into the bonds of matrimony with their fellow graduates. There is the case of Frank Salley, erstwhile clarinet player, and Vivian Adams, she of the slim figure and large brown eyes. Mitchell Chojnowski, who, if we remember correctly, was our 12A president, also succumbed to the attractions of family life. The lucky woman? None other than Stella Zadroga, of the crack '35 debating team. Stella, to be sure, can talk hubby Mitchell into anything. Not to be omitted is the matrimonial venture of Casey Klewicki, who starred at football and ping pong at Michigan State, and Celia Osinski, once of the Cosmos staff. Then too, Leroy White and Marion Shepard, also prominent reporters, have decided to see what fun there is in marriage, and are now engaged in the occupation of developing little journalists. Do you recall the young colored lad, one Frank Mercer by name, who used to cavort about the school with a bible in his mit? Well, this same Frank, en- couraged by his wife, Ruth Kidd, has realized his greatest ambition. He can now be heard preaching to Saturday night audiences in the tent on the open lot f:1ciUf'? St. Aubiu Ave. His most devote l'ill'lSl'llU1lL'!'. Em-ll Neill-frl, who for -45.