Imlay City High School - Spartan Yearbook (Imlay City, MI)

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I A rwX ello 'Z vu 1 F ... N - Class Prophecy 1970, and at long last a long-hoped-for dream has been fulfilled. The dedi- cation of the Deanna Dayton memorial hospital in Imlay City, Michigan is being held. The ceremony opened with invocation by the Rev. Lawrence Dean. Speeches were given by Gov. of Michigan, Roger Delannoy and United States Senator, Ruth Knight. The dedication closed with benediction by the Rev. Ronald Woodworth. We decided to take a tour of the hospital and at the door we were met and greeted by the receptionist, Laura Jakobowski. In the lobby we couldn't help but notice the beautiful paintings which were the work of such famous painters as Grandma Moses and Johanna Swanson. Don and Ron Herbert were assigned to us as our guides and we entered the elevator to see Herbie Ware operating the controls. We stepped off on the first floor and head nurse, Sandra Bosker, greeted us. We entered the waiting room just in time to hear Nurse Carol Buckland announce that Mrs. Jager, the former Nancy Smith, had just become the mother of twin boys. We went into the next room and saw X-ray technician, Priscilla Brown, taking X-rays of tennis champ, Virginia Surdu, who had sprained her wrist in a practice match with Elaine Stern. Her manager, Delores Zehr, also informed us that Jim Shayna had just defeated Ray Powers in the Olympic Swimming meet. In the next ward we ran into Child Psychologist, Christine Cole, who was hav- ing quite a session with Little Deanie the latest problem in the Weaver home. His mother, the former Deloris Wilson, was with him and occupied in catching up on the latest with her informer, Suzanne Folk. She informed us that Beatrice Jager had achieved her ambition. She is now a dorm mom in the mens' dorm at Notre Dame. She also told us that Nola Snyder is now working as cigarette girl at the Servicemens' Recreation Center. Just then we heard a voice over the loud speaker that we recognized as Mar- garet Smailis calling Emergency. We rushed downstairs to see ambulance driver, Bob Stawecki, arriving with the patient, followed by Sheriff, Douglas Gould. The ambulance came to a screeching halt and the stretcher was rolled out by the carriers, John Olivo and Ron Cischke.

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To our amazement, Coach Len Schuneman was on the stretcher. Upon our inquiry we discovered that he had been accidentally tackled in a scrimage game by full back, Bob Harris, and guard, Owen Whitkopf, who are now playing for Attica Tech, and managed by David Gigi Kilbreath. Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Schuneman, the former Shirley Brandt arrived with her chauffeur, Wayne Coffey. She was accompanied by Joan Hergert who is now secretary at the Skeberdis Research Inst. of which Peter Skeberdis, Jr. is professor. Just then our attention was distracted by the tooting of horns and a loud crash. We turned to see turkeys running all over. As it had happened, Bob Mishler, on his daily delivery of turkeys to the hospital cooks, Dan Burger and Florajean Frantz, had been side-swipped by the newest member to, the Road Aces, Charlotte Caldwell. At that moment Vernon Lerette, who has been unemployed since the Seniors quit selling Christmas tress, was walking by with his old school mate, Russell Powers. Seeing the disturbance, they took time out to help chase the turkeys. Our attention was once again distracted, but this time by the beating of drums and the cheering of people. Because of the big dedication in our town, the cir- cus had come to Imlay City. The distraction was a parade. Leading the parade was the famous Salvation Army Band, led by Barbara Ray who had given up her ideas of a married career woman, and featured was drummer, Mike Zahnow, and Trumpet player, John Thomson. Immediately following the band came the elephants with their bare back rid- er--the one and only--Miss Susan Kilbreath. The clowns came next with the funniest clown since Howdy Doody's Clarabelle- Clare Soupy Stephens. He was leading his pet flea, Herman, who had been trained by Flea Trainer, Roger Bpnnema. To our great surprise, our old friend, Margaret Taylor, was on the next wagon. She has put on a considerable amount of weight since school days and now holds the position of the fat woman. We followed the circus to the fair grounds and then wandered around to see the other attractions. In the first booth we discovered Joan Hill who had given up the restaurant business and now had her own, selling popcorn. She was keeping her assistant Ardin Mathews busy filling the salt shakers. In the next booth was Leon Gibbard drinking his daily glass of milk. He has replaced Sealtest Dan as the strong man. Another attraction was Elsie, the Bordon Cow. Her managers, who we all thought would be successful farmers, were Fred Radelt and Douglas Steckly. On our way to the Big Tent we ran into Shirley Dean, Donna Groendyk, and Tillie Pittman who are now home on leave from the Wacs. They told us they liked it so well they were twenty-year women. We reached the tent, went inside and who did we discover next to us but the former Marilyn Martz and Jauneta Sollman who are married and had brought their children to the big show. They told us that Art Rabert and Jack Stover are now partners in the Fix-it Shop for Model T's. As the show began, Evelyn Evans circled the track playing the calliope. Fol- lowing her was Janice Shayna with her trained dogs. With the blowing of the whistle by ring master, Bill Lewis, the show began. The show was over and, too tired to walk home, we hailed a taxi. To our amazement, the driver was Bill Elling, who is now operating this service be- tween here and Lum. We arrived home happy with the thought of renewing so many old acquaintances