Hancock Central High School - Echoes Yearbook (Hancock, MI)

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pfwpfzecq I am old Papa Prophet. I haye been summoned to rexeal the destiny of the class of nineteen lmndred and forty-nine. 'Tis many a year, 100 years to be exact, since 1 hate beheld a class with such a successful past and fabulous future. But that is only traditional, for are not all '49ers triumphant explorers? The extensive plot ol' land on which you are camping, haven of the porcu- pines, beginning from the boundary' of Roaring Creek to the distant Catskill Mountains shall be your settlement and hereafter be called Porcupine Gulch. The town Mayor is the class' only great politician, Rudolph Kemppainen. On holidays he is seen riding on his horse and grinning at the crowd which roars, Hail, Emil! Our star journalist, Charlotte Nikula. has risen to the position of editor- in-chief ol' The Nugget, the newspaper ol Porcupine Gulch which is weekly, monthly, bimonthly, yearly or whenet er they get it off the press. The professional cartoonist ol' The Nugget is Arlen Juntunen, and nat- urally his most popular comic strip is The Gumpsf' The recent issue published the picture of Mary Ellen Carney, the famed pianist and opera singer ol' the nearby town ol licho Canyon, The star shutter bug is Morris Vedder. and his Iirst assignment was to photo- graph Claire Fcldscher with her winning smile, for the Blondex Shampoo Ads. In the woody regions of our settlement. surrounded by the wilds of nature. lixes Marion Y'Villiams, the second Elizabeth Barrett Browning, engrossed in composing poetry' for The Nugget. The cleanest little rest:uu'ant with the bcst hotne made chow in town is Freddy s Snack Shack with Frt tl X'Villiamson, the chief cook and bottle washer. His favorite dish is Carol-ala-mode. Bill Richards is Porcupine Culch's new speed cop. Right now he is in the fire hall informing the admiring younger generation neret to exceed the speed of 90 miles per hour! The town barber, the only left handed bush clipper in the XVest,. is none other than Bette Hawken who inherited the talent lrom you-know-who and you-know-where. Bette is engaged in cutting the sleek, curly locks of Jeanne Kulju who will attend the contention ol' XVizards. You see, Jeanne owns the Kulju Mystery' House deep in the shadowy forest where her contagious laugh scares patrons silly. The community's Fox Theatre was bought by the experienced pop corn maker and usher, Ruth Puska and Allen I.ehti. Quite an agreeable partnership, don't you think? Mildred Mattson is the fashion designer of lNladame lXIildred's Dress Shoppe. Elsie Tossaya is the head seamstress who specializes in making wedding gowns for the blushing brides. Down beside the woodland pond sits the dreamy artist, Barbara Houle. sketching the quiet countryside. She still has one ear glued to her portable radio. listening to that certain yoice. The happy' pair, Mr. and lXlrs. Lowell Karjala. fhfrs. Karjala was the former Betty Immonenj are leading a quiet lil'e on ze ranch in a secluded spot ol' our settlement which they call Dogpatch. The cousins X'Villiam and .Xrthur Nuottila are employed as the cowpunchers. About a mile down the road stands the little red school house of Happy Val- ley' of which Norma Mickelsen is the school-marm. The little shrimps are the exact replicas of this generation but are too numerous to name. Patil Romberg is the blustery truant officer who has grown a goatee and a handle-bar mustache. He just can't understand why kidsiwant to skip school. Page twenty seven

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Ift-:ning tlu' Iztlt- ol om' Iinttttt' llzttuotly Ioothztll lt'ZllllS now than yy't t't' lcxty- ing. wr, ylot' clkfllllglllllll :mtl I.loytl Rztntiolzt. Ioatyt' ont' fomhituwl wvighty to holytt-1' tlu' litu' llt'XI ytxnt. I. Nl:n'y .Xml Ilonini. glzully Ivziyt- my lolultu-sw lot' tipping any I ww in lflonu- Ik to Vtint Iikltnun . . 1 4 . I. .Xtthm Nnottiiai, mysu-ty mztn, It-nyc this ttatit to Chnl flroilyfli. I. Ilainit-I lltlllllllll. ltatym' my Ilct't't1lt'1tn yttt-ngtli to xlvilyllt' 'l'n:'.i:t. I. Clhzn Nilynlzt. w'ill my pritlt' in my gltllyilllg I'ingt'i'nztils to inypitv :my- otu- who Iituly tlu- tcmptanion to mlutyy' it'i'vyistiImlv. My Ililty. Ilirty cya-s I Icziyc to Nlatrit- lloon. I, Itxnnu' Knljn. hatyt' tlctitlctl to Icatyc my most tt't':tytlt't'tl poysvyyion. my hoist' laugh, yo than ll.C..ll. will rt-yotnul with it Iot't'yt't'. I. lixnh I i'vtlt'it'IXyoii. It-:iw my prolcysionztl gun:-r'lu'wing atlmility to Ilanh Snyamto. I7on'l loigt-t to ct:u'L it. Iiznlm. INT, l'4ml Romlu-rg' :mtl XVIIIIIIIII Nnottilzi, It-nyc otn' tntly. rmly hair to Ilnlu-rt 'I'oyy:ty:t. Now. yon won't hztyt' to wt it t-yt'ty night, lloorh. I, .Xllam Sztztri, will my position :ty t':tt't't:tIwt ol llu' IIznu'oc'I4 Rink to I.loytI Smith. l7on't lvl tlu- storms stop yon, I.Ioy'tI. I. Iiilly' Ricliancly. luiyt- :ill ilu' niclxnxtnu-y I hziyc t-yu' attqtliu-cl fznul llury' ant- too nnnu-tons to nu'ntionj to I r:ltu'iy Smith. lit-Iort' my lzuv gcty too rt-tl. I, lion llcfiltlyilzi. mnwl lllllly to It-:nyc my hlnsh to I,:iyy't't-tu'c' Ilotyitu-n. I, Ruth -Iuntilgt. will tlu- clippings ol my yhorn Ioclty to Lztrol I5:n'nIun't. Now il you t-yt-1' gc-t tiiul ol yhott hztir. just pmt tlu-yt' on. 'l'o ylzmu-Q I'ront. I. Rtuly' lit'mpp:iiiu'n. lc-:nyc tlu' tlnty ol raiirying on tlu- trzulition ol' Iimil in tlu- lillh hotn' gUXL'IkIlllIL'Ill clztss. I, .Xrlvn .Innnnu-n. It-:nv to If1'1nu'iy Smith, tlu- honor ol' Irving chit-I tun- tooniyt in llanu'oc'L lligh. lint tlon't Ict thzit occupy your yttuly hulls! 'I'o Phil Dt-nniy ztiul Xy'illu-it Klztki. wc. Kun Ko-,ki gnul Nlilton lIt't'm1myon, It-:nyc ont' poyitiony on tlu' Ilznutock Lcalgtu- luu'l4cy tcznn. Clonu- out with :mother trophy' tu-xt y't-:ny hoysl llc' it known thztt I. Iom Lotulon. :tm gthont to rnatlu- my lztyt will znul tmtzt- nu-nt. Nly 1tlIt'l' school inn to Clonyy':iy'y slow, I ltutyc to amyotu- who tu-I-mls the t'xt-rciyc. Nly' :ihility to gt'l :along with t'yt-ryluuly I Inlet' with nu: So that lznu-t Cloon won't hztyc to ypciul so mzmy' hours ntulcl' tlu- clrit-1' in tlu' luutnty pairlot, I, Xlany Iillt-n Clziriu-y. will lutqtttuttlt lui' my IlllIlII'1lllN' wgtyy' hzmx IIT. .Xt-clis Ilan-tis :nul Ilvtu- Ilnwkcn. wipc tlu' paint Irom out hanuly long L-nongh to lufqtu-:ith om' t-ntlmyiatym lot' Iingct painting :nul :wt to Daniel Xlzntin. It y rcttlly not yo haul. Dztyul! I.:tst, hut not It-zist. I. Ili-tty' Nlztru-ll, will hzlyc' to lvztyc- sonu-thing. .Xlthongh it Int-tilts my Iu':n't. I yhztll gt-tu't'onsly lutyt- my long I'inq't-rnztils to Clizirlottc l:u'hniu,. XVI- lu-rchy appoint Schmoo :ts yolt- cxc-rtitot' ol this will, rt-lying upon him to sm' than its proyiyiony mt' tlnly L'XCl'llIt'tI. , - . . I t In Iy'lIlIt'Ss tlu'tt'Iot't'. '.y't'. tlu' claws ol IIII9. wt om' yt-:tl lu-roto on this hth tlziy ol' Intu-, One Iliouyznul Nitu- Ilmulrctl gnul I UI'lN-lIIllt'. X. ll. CIIASS OF '-III IX'lil'NlCSSIiS: Cllt-nu'ntitu' llnmplm-y' lfmil I'uy:' flllfllfjl-NIJ'

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The high I. of this class of '49 is reatlily set-n when we realilt-cl a Uni- versity was nt-t-tletl lor tht- settlt-tntnt. 'l'ht- honorablt- Burton Stern was xott-tl prtzsitlt-nl ol' tht- Ditnbulb llnixersity. On tht- grantl opt-ning clay. tnost ol' the present tnentbers ol the class wantt-tl to set- what their lt-llow classrnate hatl ac- cotnplishetl. So Burton eagerly begins to show tts arountl. In the cool, quiet olfice, Vieno Kr-rant-n sat at a spatious typing tlt-sk. lor slit- is the cornpett-nt personal secretary to tht- prt-sitlent. Stutlt-nt lt-cturt-s art- greatly encouragt-tl in this ntotltrrn college. antl so on the secontl lloor. wt- saw Carl Olson ltcturing to a group ol' notltling coetls about tht- t-l'l't-ct ol nicotint- on the cotnplt-xion. In the t-xpt-rilnt-nt laboratory, lXIariorie l,aint- was buss pt-rl't-cting ht-r error-prool' typewriter, tht- grt-att-st intention sinct- tht- stt-ant boat. Across tht- hall antl into the library we rt-cognizt-tl the C0lllIJlllK'Clll lace of Aleanne llaaltko behintl tht- tlt-slt. But this is an unusual library lor tht-re art- statues ol' latnous pt-rsons t-xt-rywht-re. Ont- loolts t-spt-cially lkuniliar antl upon closer obst-rxation, wt- set- it is a life-lilac ligure ol .loanne Van Dyk flying through the Ripley ruts. .-Ks we approachetl tht- lt-lt wing. all was quit-t sate lor a strange tapping sountl. YW: t-ntert-tl a pleasant ollict- to lintl the t-xpt-rit-nct-tl booklet-ept-r, Marie Martell, tapping ht-r unitlut- long lingt-rnails on tin typewriter keys. lNlaroirit- liallartl scared us ottt of ottr wits when she enlt-rgt-tl lirotn the physic's laboratory with ht-r hair, eyebrows antl eyt-lashes stantling on entl. One guess toltl us she hatl crosst-tl tht- bart- wires on ht-t t-lt-ctrical apparattts. Leading the College bantl is the heatl tnajort-ttt-, Mart Ohnetnus, who is still astounding crowtls with ht-r nimble lingers on the twirling batons. In tht- bantl, Barb I-'rt-tlricltson is the ct-lt-bratt-tl soloist ol' tht- tlreanty, inel- low saxophone, antl she has gobs ol' athniring roottrlitoots. Betty I.assila has become so atlt-pt with the cello that sht- has begun a school lor rntsplaet-tl clnltlrt-n who lore to saw. She. too. plays in tht- Clollt-ge orcht-stra. Because ol' tht- popular tlelnantl. Ruth -luntila takes titne from her job in wlntth she holtls tht- unique title ol' First lvtllllilll Crt-ase Monkey ol' the XVestern Body VVorks to play her clarinet in the bantl. This was the extent ol the College organizations. As wt- left the College a streak ol' retl llasht-tl by on the street. A fire truck? Wlht-n we lleartl a lantiliar, gleelul chuckle coming lrotn tht- truck cab it tlawnt-tl on tts that Fretl .lat-lntig hatl inhetitt-tl his l'ather's bright rtrtl Stantlartl Oil truck antl business. Often on clear sunnnt-r evenings. bt-autilul ethereal tnusic lloats on the breeze into Porcupine Gulch. Out on the witle opt-n plains, Katherine Kotila has organtzt-tl a lllt-stt-rn lntt-rlocht-n Music Clamp. 'l'ht- tnauiority ol' tht- catupers take llute lessons ol which the tt-at-ht-r hersell' is tht maestro. Corning back to the settlt-tnent. listht-r Maki has t-stablisht-tl tht- tnost ex- clusive bt-auty salon. Frt-tl Ojala is a rt-gular custotner, lor ht- has his waxe cornbt-tl in place tlails. Right next tloor is the largest lootl market in XVt-stt-1 n history, Conwafs. ownt-tl antl optrratetl by tht- super sales clt-rlt, Torn Clontlon. In the sunniest part ol town are tht- grt-at grt-t-nhoust-s. lit-rtha Nissila antl 'latnes Dale hate actually tt-aunt-tl up to start tht- biggest llowt-r boon: t-x er known. .lust now, 'Iitnnn is in tht- gret-nhouse planting buttons lor tht- bachelors fbachelor buttons, while Bea is intlttstriallt ntalting slippers lor the latlies flatly slippersj. The old Coltl Dust Inn stantls a little oll' tht- roatl. an itlt-al spot for tirt-tl tourists. Hogging tht- top suite is tht- all-.-Xtnerican hocltt-y tt-:un ol' which l.loytl Rautiola is tht- captain, l.ois was t-lt-ctetl tnascot. Kenny Koslti was surrountletl by a barrage ol ltt'IJOt'lt'l's, but all one coultl ht-ar lronr Milton Hertnanson was a bass, sonorous snoring. l Page Iwt'11ly-t-iglzt