Harvey High School - Anvil Yearbook (Painesville, OH)

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Glass pfzoplzecy For weeks the signs had been plastered all over town. John Kutie's Newstand, Kaiser's Drugstore, and even Joe Porotosky's Shoe Repair Shop advertised the big event. PHINESVILLE COMMUNITY PICNIC eucuo PARK BEACH July zz, 1954 io A. M. - Midnight -Don Stearns, Pres. Better Business Board Marilyn Harer, Private Secretary Thousands upon thousands of people had congregated at the Nelson Bus Station. Ray Bevan was kept busy stamping tickets to Cleveland while Katie Bates rushed back and forth with bottles of coke to refresh him. By noon, however, the last bus was pulling out of the station iust as Jayne Daughters, the local dancing teacher, come tearing around the corner. One of the sympathetic passengers, Dorothy McClure, whose canaries have won many warbling contests, shouted to bus driver Al Beedie, Stopl Stop! But Al was deter- mined to be on time for his picnic date with Mary Santora, that sensational ice skater. The matter was soon forgotten by all except Shirley Robbins, a hair dresser, and Lillian Borso inow working at the Rayonl who heckled the driver for the remainder of the trip. Before long the rattle of ivories could be heard towards the back of the bus. As the Reverend Squier Hanni slowly turned around, he perceived that the guilty parti- cipants were pool room manager Bill Esch, Mr. Frank Schumaker, Lake County Slot Machine king, Mr. George Ely, and his Beneficial Brewery associate, Tom Chiap- pone, better known as the Duke. Suddenly there was a crash and the Reverend's attention was diverted once more to the front where the contents of a lunch basket were spread over the aisle. The devoted Mr. Murphy, a Lake Erie Col- lege professor, tripped over the feet of his sweet little wife, the former Joan Spetz, in an effort to retrieve the articles. His at- tempts, however, were hindered when his eleven little offspring decided to help Dad- dy . Henry Spence, a garage mechanic who was not quite so domestic, looked on with scorn, for he and his wife, the former Ruth Lohr, had only ten children. The aisle was finally cleared and a beautiful blonde, Ardele Abbot, sauntered down to say a few words to the bus driver. As State Senator Robert Huff stared with interest at the sight, he was properly re- strained by a nudge in the ribs from his twenty-seven wife, the former Marjorie Hopkins. Miss Jeanette Christie, who had lost a great deal of her former pep, peered over her horn-rimmed spectacles to inquire how the newlyweds were enjoying married life, As Senator Huff opened his mouth, the Mrs. replied in the words of the noted philo- sopher, poet, historian, and foreign corres- pondent, Richard Wyman, To marry is human, to love divine! Her words were cut short as the bus screeched around the corner into the huge parking lot at Euclid Beach, which, incidentally, is now owned and operated by Jim McCormick. Barbara Tucker, still using her old cafeteria line technique, was the first to pile off the bus followed by those two bo- som friends, Evelyn Miller and Irene Shula, who are now managing the Shula and Mill- er Florist Shop. Right on their heels came Toni Bertone flashing a huge engagement ring. CRaider Coach Bill Such, you know.l Things were already going strong, for the early Painesvillites had wasted no time in getting started. The shrill screams of Li- rarian Lois Ebbert and Dietician Pat Good- rich could be heard as the Thriller edged over the last slope. As the cars lurched to a stop Kenny Brown, Bob Gibbins, Murray Goodrich, and John Gudis-the Diamond

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a change of scenery. 33. Margaret Cannon passes on her prom- inent seat in Student court and her worn- out robe to Peggy Snyder who, we hope, doesn't hand out too many demerits. 3,4. lt's doubtful that Bill Chaffee will ever run out of gas, but Alister Beedie leaves him a few extra coupons just in case. 35. Don Stearns' friendliness is bequeathed to Jim Marple. 36. To Mary D'Abate and Aleda Newman, our girls from Vogue, Joyce Palmer and Marilyn Rogat, leave the book Senior Styles to supplement the well-worn vol- ume Junior Styles. 37. Bunny Hubbard receives a large por- tion of his brother Marshall's love for arguments and the book The Art of Raising Rabbits, which has certainly proved its usefulness. 38. Jim Ballard's outlook on life is given to Lewis Miller. 39. To Gen Sennett with best wishes are left Helen McDonnell's familiar ad-libs that would make any dead-pan laugh. 40. We wish Antionette Chiappone would give a little bit of her modesty to Blanche Roberts. 4l. To Jim Beymer, Ray Bevan bequeaths his freckles and little boy manner. 42. Marie Jacobson leaves her technique of preparing last-minute A book reports to Carol Shepard. 43. All the senior girls leave the book en- titled Easy l?l Money and hope that the sophs have as much fun baby-tend- ing evenings as we didn't have. 44. To Phyllis Ahlstrom is left Evelyn Mill- er's well-known wave of laughter, to be used in place of the ordinary ripple . 45. Dorothy McClure bequeaths her will to achieve to Lavon Deidrick. 46. Frank Schumaker wills his collection of front-page editions bearing news of Rus- sian victories over Germany to Richard Lucey. 47. Bob Gibbins leaves his l'm so tired- let me sleep expression to Don Bickle. 48. Houston Hendeley sorrowfully gives his French horn to his successor, Mike On- dercin. 49. Lorna Hughes and Patricia Goodrich leave good G.A.A. records to be carried on by Dorothy Rainery and Edith and Edna Bixler. 50. Phyllis Bailey consents to leave some of her popularity with fun-lovers to Lu- cille Cardina. 5l. Joan Spetz gladly hands over her 4 o'clock Wednesday night blues to next year's editor. 52. Katie Bates leaves her way with the stronger QD sex to Esther Mally, who al- ready has a pretty good start. 53. Don Somppi bequeaths his deathly ghost-like stare to Martin Levitt. 54. We all leave our memories of Bob Booth to anyone who wants them. 55. Bill Esch, the male with a weakness for many things, gives his dad the assurance that there'll be one less person to track down. 56. To George Beddingfield, Henry Hamil- ton wills his sense of humor that is a sure-way of attracting the girls. 57. Barbara Tucker leaves Mildred Lutha- nen the tip that obtaining a figure means cutting down to three pieces of cake at noon. 58. Ed Lucey and Teno Rizzo leave two dozen absence excuses, by coincidence each two dated the same day, to Mr. Whitcomb who hosn't figured it out yet. 59. John Pollock, the boy who is trying to get ahead, has left the Senior class. 60. Ernest Spear leaves the book How to Make Women Swoon Over You to Hank Zlalar and hopes it will boost his mor- a e. 6l. Jim Tempesta and Dick Wyman be- queath a little of their extraordinary masculine intelligence to Ted Lehman and Bill Duble. 62. To Jean Gibbs, Marilyn Smith leaves some of that vim, vigor, and vitality she gets after seven p. m. 63. Hazel Reeves is gifted with Jane Daughters' weakness for becoming ex- cited easily. 64. Betty Greenwalt and Jane Tinker leave memories of their mid-year doins' to Carolyn Phelps and Betty Balla. 65. To Edith Ann Johnson are left the super-tablets taken by Irene Shula once a day to keep her from getting any tall- er. 66. Ed Lord leaves the tales of his Diamond experiences to anyone who wants to list- en. 67. Ardele Abbott, Helen Cross, Irene Hanzak, and Sylvia Duffey leave their blonde tresses to Shirley Stark, Mary Gi- conia, Carmelita Dolce, and Carmella Nasca. tConiinued on Page 71? twenty-slx

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Alkali gang-jumped out knocking aside Mildred Brewer and Evelyn Solosi in their frantic efforts to reach the end of the mile long line. Mildred and Evelyn, incidental- ly, have a little candy shop downtown. Coming out of the Laugh in the Dark Pete Concoby, an agent for the Kon- das insurance Company, could be seen hur- riedly wiping off traces of dark red lip- stick while pin-up girl Beverly Ellison gaz- ed innocently in another direction. In front of the Bubble Bounce two woosy couples were attempting to recover from the ill effects of their ride. John Pierce, astronomer, lay sprawled over one park bench with his head in Dorothy Cros- white's lap, while on another bench Stew- ardess Barbara Clark and United Air Lines pilot, Jim Brown, vainly attempted to per- suade each other that the ride hadn't af- fected them a bit! Just then Lorna Hughes, girl's athletic director in the new Charles Carroll High School, and Mary Joughin, English teacher, came wandering by with huge tufts of cotton candy. That was too much, the group decided to move on to other places where there was less food. A horrifying shriek stopped them in front of the Fun House. Upon entering they dis- covered that it was only Nurse Elizabeth McLeod who had been caught over an air hole at an opportune moment. A few minutes later there was quite a mix-up over at the Dog-Ems when the former Margaret Cannon, whose husband is that prominent lawyer, Mr. John Pollock, lost control of her car and ran into a car which Mr. Carl Chorman, local business- man, was driving. ln trying to avoid the two, Betty Brant, who works at Kline's Dress Shop, nearly climbed up one of the walls. Jim Tempesta, ventriloquist, actually smashed head into the jam, at the same time muttering to Bookkeeper Virginia Klenk at his side something about women drivers. ln the end no one was really hurt, although Leah Benninghoff, or rather Mrs. Marshall Hubbard, cut her little finger on a sharp edge when getting out of her car. Over at his first aid station Dr. Hub- bard tenderly bound up the wound and was rewarded by a kiss given unmindful of the stares which Nurse Jane Dickson sent in their direction. Miss Dickson was some- what peeved that she had to turn down a date with George Wilson iwho is in the dry cleaning business? because of her work. Matters were helped, however, when Gil- bert Molnar, wearing the latest style Gilly suit , stopped to talk for awhile. With him was Joe Montgomery, a card shark, who, for some time, has had his eye on Jean Vendi, employee of the Herald Johnson Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper Co. lnc. They had not been there long before Dr. Louis Fedor, veterinarian, and Tom Curry, the local woman hater, came rush- ing up calling for Dr. Hubbard. There had been a terrible accident at Over the Falls. lt seemed that Radio expert Fred Holp had been busy telling his wife, the former Marie Jacobson, stories about what he used to do when he was a sailor in World War ll. ln his excitement he had stood up in the boat just as it went over the falls and the boat had sunk immediately, sub- merging not only the Holps, but also Mar- ilyn Smith and playboy Jerry Silvestro, who were occupying the back seat. Mr. and Mrs. Holp reached the side of the canal safely, but Miss Smith became panicky and dragged in both Fireman George Lamos and Milkman Bill Fillipi before Dick Hem- ming, city garbage collector, finally man- aged to drag her out. Meanwhile it was getting late and a group of girls in bathing suits started up to the picnic tables for supper. Mildred Ben- son, telephone operator, and Jacquelyn Amidon, who has made a fortune on her Cleopatra Dog Kennels, came first, fol- lowed by Secretary Helen Cross and Dor- othy Bailey, who works at Marty Rogat's millinery shop. lt was not long before the rest of the tables were full and people began spreading blankets on the ground. Just about this time Mr. Ed Griffin, who is in the shoe polish business, came tear- ing along with a tray of potato chips, trip- ped over traveling salesman Bob Moodey's feet, and fell flat on the ground. Miss Marjorie Ferron, his secretary, and Beat- rice Lyons, an office girl, rushed to help him up while Virginia Lacey's pet dog Fido gobbled up the chips. Further down the lane Barber Henry Hamilton and his feminine assistant, Mur- yel Taylor, were fighting with a troufiie- some bottle of SapIaky Pickles, while in the background Ulysses Grant could be heard giving Freddie Brown hints on how lContinued on Page 85? twenty-eight