Hurley High School - Log Yearbook (Hurley, WI)

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lT'S POSSIBLE Ah yes, these are imminent years both to the armed forces and the United States as a whole since the senior class of '51 emerged into the business world, or should I say the military world. The nation's great threat of a lll world war put most of the boys into the armed forces and it wasn't long before the army thought it was a mistake to have accepted the draftees of lron County. It seems they've been a little too eager in proving what kind of men they are and in doing so they've made several drastic blunders and mistakes. The quiet little town of Hurley, Wisconsin, which is nestled among the pines of the north woods, has the proud honor of having a record exceeded by no other village, town, city or State in the whole country. The record is that 997, of all the men pushed into service from Iron County have one or more blunders per man. This hasn't been equaled in all history except in the Spanish American War when Mr. Forte and Mr. Hoffman blew up the Maine- l.et's glance through these official files and comment on some of our boys' blunders. l suppose you all remember this incident for it made all the headlines. lt was radio technician Frank O'Berto, he was a whiz in electronics while even in school, who ordered Lt. Helinski and lt. Kirby to drop their load of bombs. Ac- cording to their orders they were to bomb a northern section of Korea, but by some slight error of the navigator, staff sergeant Anthony Vita, they missed Korea and blew a section of Ireland right off the map. Staff sergeant Vita swears he added llR2 to the tangent of the circle while he was mapping out the flight course. Buck private .lohn Cornelius Meade was up in arms when he heard of this catastrophe to his native land. He later forgave Lt. Helinski after a portion of Scotland was given over to Ireland. Do you recall when this same private Meade captured ten communists without the aid of a single weapon? He used his singing taIents' on them and that's enough to make anyone give up. Then there's the time cor- porals Swee and J. Trier were found rushing the U. Nations troops with a large mass of north Koreans on both sides of them. Their glasses had been shattered by an explosion and they were under the impression they were with their own buddies. Cpl. Swee had been talking to a Chinese communist for 45 minutes thinking it was his buddy, private luppino. The topic was duck hunting. The whole country is still wondering how Lt- Com. Darin and his crew, made up of l petty officers Dary, 2 Sybeldon, 3 Ebli, and 3 Barnabo, managed to get their submarine in the Holland Tunnel while they were exploring New York's harbor. Darin fell in love with subs after playing the part of an officers in a school play. incidentally shot-gun Ebli has been promoted to the deck canon. lt Com. Darin had to dock 3rd class petty officer Mallick because he kept making a nuisance of of himself by being shot out of the torpedo tube. We'Il all remember the heroic deeds of lst class petty officer Samardich who single-handedly saved E. Brach, G. Tuma, and B. Stanczak from a torpedoed ship. The story goes that trigger-happy Levra had torpedoed the ship while he was en- ioying a cruise on lt. Com. Darin's sub. Big herculean George Samardich grabbed Tuma, Brach and Stanczak from the debris and tugged them three miles to shore. Modest, quiet spoken Samardich gives all the glory to the energy he obtains from Duke Chiapusio's cooking. l.t. Helinski and Kirby have nothing over Flight Commander Trembath and co- pilot Thomas, both extraordinary math and physics students while in hiah school,

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and her Bubble blowing business had a big blow out the other day. lt seems that Margaret Gulan, one of her employees, took Shirley Bruno's bubble blowing badge, awarded her for blowing billions of bubbles, and since then Shirley sticks pins in all of Margaret's bubbles- Naughty, naughty. Pat Mattson, Audrey lassi, and Marlene Johnson decided that the men were making a mess of the Korean war and so they took .over and made short work of it. Oh yes, liz Slaski and Avis Peterson left two weeks ago for that convent they had always wanted to enter. David Barto and Lee Baron as a team, have become the greatest orators of our day. We also have in our class some great athletes who have won in the' 1955 Olympics. Henry Peterson won third in the backward skiing race and Roman Chiapusio, first place in the mile race, aren't we proud. The city of Montreal erected a statue of .lerry Bloomquist, the bashful basketball player, in the middle of Silver St. Helmi Kivi made it with her own hands. .lack Richards recently wrote a best seller, The Fine Art of Sharpening Pencils. He had enough practice in high school. People are still trying to find out which twin has the Toni, as in pre- vious days, Delores and Betty Ann, still have them confused. Bill Valentino Dary was recently in a great love play, love lost, found, Bfumbled, lost, etc. His op- posite was the comedian, Ma'rgaret Rota. The musical score was written by Carl Zandi, and conducted by Frank Sala. lily Sturkol has used her emotions on .loe Stalin, being ambassador of peace to that country, and has had him actually crying. Bob Kirby toured the country explaining the uses of the Atom bomb. F. Ebli con- vinced the Supreme Court that Hurley was a township of Cary. Teddy Gulan changed the Social Security Pension plan down to 25 instead of 65- Dicky Dahl was quick to enioy the benefits of it. Sir John R. Trier became a baker and mil- Iionaire. Also tours with a roller skating outfit, with Amelia Canlia the star. Roger Hanson sweeps the floors. Nilo Nasi operates a fresh air manufacturing enterprise for fussy people. Eva Baravetti has a cute little dress making shop right in the downtown section of Hurley, ably assisted by D. Pretti, R. Savant, and K. Con- hartoski, the three girls who were always knee deep in home ec. Gena Soine not only owns, but operates, a chain of some twenty-five drug stores. Gloria DeRosso has her very own chicken farm, a graduation gift. Doris Rokola is secretary for the National Co-Op. Association. George St. Catherine put through a 'bill to the hon- orable .lames Sell our mayor, for an orchestra. Audrey Saari plays in the string section, when house work doesn't keep her busy, Tom Sorvari plays a wonderful harp, and Celia Negri plays the flute. Chink directs of course- ln case you return to Hurley don't be surprised by Ilene Thiede's mink coat. She has three or four, seems she owns her own mink farm. Tony Vita is M. C. of l.ady's Fair. We always knew these boys would do it, I. Mallick, R. Koski and S. Levra have got rid of all the taverns in town. Ha. Ha. Eugene Brock and Geo. Tuma have invented little electric chairs to kill mice. They got tired of plain old mouse traps. They say it was all Loretta Morgando's idea, though. Barbara De Rosso and Arlene LaMarche have set up the Becca Recording Studios, Inc. of Hurley, Wis. Their top recording artists are Ray Kuula, a great ballad singer, Francis Kallas, the second Patti Page and that new up-in-coming star, Grace Max who became a star overnight after recording There' Been A Change In Me. Dorothy Sbraggia and Gloria Sepanski have set up their place of business on the banks of the Montreal River, catching net after netful of perch. They sell the fish to the most exclusive restaurant in the town, BEDE'S 8- .lEANNE'S owned by, of course, Trombi and Stella. All their customers say they have good floor shows too. Hmmm. So you see Mr. President, our class of '51 hasn't done so bad for itself. l'm so proud that there's not a single bum or hobo in our group. We're so glad they changed the age limitations for the Presidency. Aren't you the lucky one though? Yours truly, Gloria Rice about to leave for the moon

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'lefffr fl! 1 for it was in their ship that Pfc. Hanson had accidentally leaned against the bomb release button and blew up the Washington fish market while they were flying over New York City. lt iust happened that three sailors who were from Hurley were passing by the market when the catastrophe happened and they were showered with everything from oysters to cod fish, they were petty officers Gulan, Baron and Nasi. They had a hard time convincing ensign Barto to let them back on ship. We should also feel proud, for buck privates Bertagnoli, Richards, Zandi and Sorvari were among the new recruits who accidently shelled their north barracks in Fort Smelling during heavy field artillery practice. Richards and Bertagnoli give all their credit to the home national guard unit for their superior marksmanship, for they blew up 3 of the five barracks. Then there's the time buck private Mclntire charged the dummy during bayonet practice, without the aid of his glasses, and stabbed Sgt. St. Catherine, right in the .... presence of Capt. Grosso. Remember when Lt. Peterson and his crew, F. Trier, J. Bednar, and K. Nelson took off in their tank and tried to make it to Miami Beach for a two weeks vocation? They got their vacation, behind bars. We can't forget the time privates J. Orso, Kuula, Salo, and Frezell began their acrobatic exhibition on the very top of the Eiffel Tower while they were on their Paris leave. Frezell had taken it quite badly when he was given his walking papers from the Air Force after smashing his 7th fighter plane. He swears he did every- thing Mr. Forte's pre-flight book said to do. Another similar experience was the time Staff Sergeant Rantanen took a ride on the hands of the Big Ben while he was stationed in london. The English people got quite a kick out of seeing him go round and round on the giant minute hand. He iust got word that he was a father of triplets. Cpl. Matueswick is happily at work behind his typewriter under the strict super- vision of Capt. Debus. From behind bars you can hear the happy cackles of buck private J. Kasper. No he's not locked up, he works in the intelligence corps and the important and secretive reports must be kept behind bars and so should Kasper, for he's a valuable man and can't be spared. lfooled you, eh?l Of all people who are trying to beat the draft, it's G. Bloomquist, who is happily married and ls the father of twins. The recruiting officer, Master Sgt. J- Sell, however has Bloomquist in mind and is scheming a way to snag the father. We're all sorry to hear that Squinty Dahl couldn't make it, and as a result has to work in a war plant. He says he doesn't mind it 'so much thoughg and after checking into the matter, we found that 85 'Vs of the workers are females. Leave it to Squinty. Oh, look at the time. We better put these flles away and close up the office. Yep, it sure is surprising how well our seniors have made out in so short a time from graduation. l hear that the girls might become drafted. l'm sure the war depart- ment will excuse the girls from Iron County and let them go their own way, away from the armed forces, they hope. lf' .,, 1, 5 J 4, ',Ti,lbxg H71-fi us, J g ,D 'Q A ' '?' -T I if - if-' HL-