Hurley High School - Log Yearbook (Hurley, WI)

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Jfyfiify Light Year, l970 Atomville, Mars Mr. Castagna Hurley, Wisconsin Planet Earth Dear Mr. Cas tagna, This letter will probably be a surprise to you, but having iust returned from a planet wide tour in which we zoomed over our old home town, we thought you would be interested in knowing the fate of the students of the terrific class of '54. Right here on our own planet there are quite a few of them who have made suc- cesses of themselves. This once frigid planet, Mars, is now habitable due to the musical activities of the Atomic Trio, formerly the Ambassadors, composed of D. Mrdienovich, B. DeRubeis and L. Sullivan, who have turned Atomville into a torrid night spot that has warmed up the whole planet. Among their entertainers are the Platonic Song Birds, composed of J. Laverdure, M. Cortichiato, J. Siebert, R. Helinski, and J. Casanova. Also residing on this fair planet is D. Michela, horticulturist, who is developing a new breed of flower, the Benpotic, which can only be grown in this rare soil. Also making use of this soil is J. Pickera and C. Thompson, specializing in Martian Celery, which is shipped to Earth by way of the D. Brown Space Freight Co., and its sale is be- ing monompolized by the Erspamer Chain Stores, owned by B. Erspamer. Not only on this planet have the former students of the H. H.S. settled, but on the various other planets we visited on our tour. On our first stop at the planet Mercury, we went to see the Space Trotters, those famous men of basketball. The manager of this team is J. Reed, who got his start on his own backyard court. The team is made up of Bounding Baron, Vicious Van Hoof, Vandal Vittone, Vivacious Vick, and Creeping Crego. They are given great moral support by those professional cheerleaders, S. Stephani, P. Zanella, and C. Colosimo. The play by play description of the game was given by D. Forte, lnterplanetary Sports Announcer. After the game we took a spin over to Bertha's Steller Sandwich Shop, owned by B. Wheeler, for one of her fabulous Flying Saucer Cheeseburgers, made from freshly import- ed cheese from the moon. We spent the night at Saari's Solar Motel, and in the morning we refueled our ietmobile at his Jazzy Jet Station. We floated over to the Merconic Fashion Salon, owned by G. Peterson and M. A. Max, where J. Santini was modeling the latest women's space suits. We also ran into J. Toivonen who is leading a happily mar- ried life. Buying one of the latest editions of the Streaking Sun, owned by T. Bertognoli, from newsboy scion R. Caruso, we read the latest results of the Space Ship races. Our own G. Thiede won the honors with J. Bria and C. Westlund bringingaclose second and third. These boys were trained by that famous jet iockey, A. Gentile, whose motto is, Come on-o my planet, teach ya how to fly a space ship. Comfortably seated in our rocketship once more, we received a radio flash an- nounced by P. Busch from the interstellar station, that M. Friola was officially elected Ambassador to Mars. His cabinet is made up of D. Popko, D. Luoma, and D. Leinonen, the '3-D.' We were headed for Station IV, Sun 3, Sirius System in Neptune to view the latest 4-D film, 'Space Capades, showing at the Space Range Theater. The movies are proiected from Neptune and can be seen by the residents of all the planets. This enter- prise is owned by S. Gehrman and managed by C. Swee. Starring in 'Space Capades' is that great movie actress, K. Allice, co-starring R. Saari. After this stupendous movie, we zipped to Calvi's Cosmic Sweet Shop, owned by B. Calvi, for one of her delicious Atom Fizzes. We rested comfortably at the Rayala Rest Haven, where we listened to J. Pro- sek, the latest teen-age idol. Also on the program was featured D. Sola and her super- sonic accordion.

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has ,yqlkfmy Remember that day early in September of l950? Four years have passed since we first entered the doors of the red brick building on Poplar Street. Yet it seems like yesterday. Some of us were proud and a bit cocky, some were timid and afraid, and some of us were downright greenl For the first time, the freshmen were together in the Junior High assembly hall. That first year we elected Kathleen Allice for our class president and Nancy Peterson for our Secretary-Treasurer. We survived the traditional hazing those first few weeks and soon became accustomed to high school. The fun began at our freshmen party over which Gail Thiede and Pat Kirby reigned. Now we at least knew one another! Almost before we knew it, we were a year older and sophomores. As the new freshmen came in we wondered - were we really like that only one short year ago? Richard Saari made a capable sophomore president and his right hand man was Conley Swee, our Secretary-Treasurer. An all-around good time was had by everyone at our class party, over which R. Vaughn and C. Studden reigned. Remember Don Forte down on all fours, blowing feathers across the floor? The fact that our class was a little more outstanding than average, was shown by the production of the Ruggles' Christmas Play by the sophomore English classes. Another year lapsed and we became Juniors - upper classmen already! We had a big proiect before us - the Junior Prom - but we proved ourselves once more. It was one of the most successful formals the school had ever wit- nessed. Jerry Prosek was elected president and he reigned over 'Candy Land' with Jeanne Casanova as his queen. That year Don Forte was our able Secre- tary-Treasurer. Not to be forgotten was the fact that our class placed seven on the declam team. That long-awaited year finally arrived - we were Seniors at last! Our class rings came early in October, then came the rush of pictures. During all' the excitement, we elected Al Crego for our president and Don Popko for Secre- tary-Treasurer. Before we knew it, we had finished six long weeks of hard work which resulted in the presentation of The Man Who Came to Dinner' - a tre- mendous success both nights it was shown. All this while the Log was begin- ning to take shape under the guidance of our editor Jim Van Hoof. As we look back, now that Commencement is upon us, we must admit that there will never be another four years like the last.

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Arising, we donned our fresh suits, cleaned by sound waves at Buniovac's Cleaners. Shopping around for souvenirs, we went to the Koski-Kasten-Karving shop, where we purchased a carved replica of our home planet, Earth. From there we visited the largest radio-typing building in the Solar System, where J. Bertolone, R. Nichols and S. Dary are reporters. ' Departing from Neptune, we were very shocked to receive a news flash that the earth was being attacked by the Milkians, who were led by earthmen J. Cardini, A. La- Marche, J. Vernetti, R. Mattson, R. Kallioma, and B. Nagro, who some years back formed a colony in the Milky Way. Due to the unfavorable conditions there, these boys decided that with the assistance of the Milkians, they could over take the earth for the expansion and betterment of their colony, BUT, the Earth's National Guard, led by Eight-Star Gen- eral W. Gilbertson and ably assisted by Brigadier General A. Kutz, completely ruined their ambitions. This news put us in good spirits for our stay on Saturn, the Medical Center of the planets. As we coasted into the atmosphere we saw R. Weber and G. Kellerman white- washing the rings surrounding the planet. We visited Saturn to view the new Medical Building set up there. I guess you've heard by now that R. L. Autio, head surgeon, was elected President of the Center. Quite a number of the nurses on her staff were our fel- low graduates. K. Johnson and L. Biondi are very prominent surgical nurses, and J. Cal- lam and M. Corsi are trained for flight nursing. Also employed by the Bureau of Spatial Medicine are M. Bertoluzza, G. Baron, J. Christianson, and M. Kellerman. With only a few days left for our vacation we decided our next stop would be that terrestial planet, Venus. Here we could get a beautiful Hellenistic curl at the Venusian Beauty Salon, owned and run by C. Tekela, J. Welton and S. Sepanski. This planet, the planet of beautiful women, is guarded by the Space Observers Corp with' Captains B. Briskie and C. Heiden keeping the invaders out. We rested on this planet for a day, and who did we meet but P. Kirby, J. Fritz, K. Meade, and N. Peterson preparing for their trip to the Mining Planet, Jupiter. They were taking this trip because they missed the rumble and excitement of their mining town. They will meet some of their friends there, for we received word that F. Genisot is wiring the new uranium mine, and J. Guest, R. Vallino, and C. Dowrick are mining engineers. With quite a long iourney ahead of us, our stewardess N. Hill made us comfort- able and contented. We slept for awhile and when we awoke the rocketship was coming in for a landing at Station ll, Sun 5, Sirius System, Mars. Our very able rocket pilot, J. Noskoviak, brought us in as smoothly as a comet. As we taxied into the hangar, we noticed that two new men had begun working there, they were M. Paulson, mechanic and his assistant A. Zandi. We checked in at the Space Flight Station, where A. Ruha and H. Peterson are secretaries. Being cleared through the various channels, we were now free to go on our merry way. Leaving the flight base, we met R. Grandelis and J. Valsuano waiting for their husbands who belong to the Space Patrol Corp. We hope we have given you a good picture of what the class of '54 is doing. Our only regret is that we could not stop on earth, but on our next tour in light year 1973, we will drop in for a visit. g Yours sincerely, Darlene Anderson, Eleanor Hinch flnterplanetary Correspondentsj