Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Madison Heights, MI)

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Name Blanche Dugas 1t Shirley Coles 5 E Frank Carline Alberta Vance Virginia Friend E Marjorie Bricker E Stella Stolaruk t Delores Oppenneer June Johnson Evelyn Barber J . W. Embry J oan La Mountain - May Eadens J ack Bauknecht Barbara Rockwell . William Galer E Ernest Kubiac E Helen Adams E Robert Jesswein 1 Marion Mills Burton Smith Myra Alley Ruth Barber Shirley Gribble Dick Synder Jean Palmer Blanche Henry Jacqueline Furlow Edgar Spikberg Bety Shutter Ellen Swee Betty Beach Jewell Browning Paul Fetzer Walter Leaf Boyd Murr J ohn Williams Ernest Perushak Rowland Neale Vivian Barber Dorothy Wood Beryl Everts George Antoff Marjorie Davis dope diggervs digest - Nickname Dugie Shirts Breathless Birdie Ginny Margie Babe Delicate ' Yoon Evie Hill-billy J 0 Shorty J ockey Rockie Bill Kubie Butch Bob Red Smitty Murt Ruthie Slim Richie J eanie Hank J ackie Ed Wolf Rusty Betts Brown Eyes Stinker Prairee Dog Mortimer J ake Stinkey Shiek Viv Dottie Barrel Mad Russian Marge - Evelyn Barber Noted For Quietness Easy to know!! Swell musical records Ambition To get married Enter a beauty contest Read Betty Friends diary Her immaculate dress Get dirty and enjoy it Remarks in class Her fast talk Her swing and sway Bobby Be a tbarkert in a circus Be a partner in Sims and Sims Moonshine Corp. Her dry sense of humorBlow a trumpet duet with Her brush haircut Herself Funnier accent Her melodious voice Her shyness Romantic changes Her moods His technique His huge figure Sore throats His lines Her quietness Blushing Giggles Her long courtship Her grace Ability to slide throt classes Her energy Her way with men Silence Smartness Wolfint Flipping pennies Sourness That Wink Speed king Good looks The great lover His punk jokes Interest in the candy profits His attractions to women Her pep Her smile Fish stories Zoot suits Cuteness e J. W. Embry Gabriel Modernize American Couffier What ambition? Get rid of that lopsided walk To go to Texas - To grow up Get a bone mant, gal To be a fat lady in a side show Restore his limousine To hold on to that gal from Missouri To be a good housewife To get one good smootch Inherit a million dollars Blanche Dugas Find romance To be added to the Schneider family Live to be 100 To get back to Ruthie To go to Harvard Settle down With Tony Live alone and like it . To graduate and to be a general in the army Join the Navy - . To be Miss America To be a nurse Get lost in a men,s school To receive a medal To date Eunice Everts To write poems about Blanche To be valedictorian Time to read a whole Esquire Able to handle more than 2 women at once To be a ttpetty girl To be queen of the roller rink To be an opera singer Own a rocket Ship To win the war

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I. over to Ruth who just keeps me moving in the air and helps me to continue my flight through the door after picking myself off the ground. I head for the burlesque. Out in front a free sample is being giv- en. Performing at the moment is our own famous Madison quintet: Marjory Davis, Helen Adams, George Antoff, Myra Alley, and Marion Mills, They are combining their singing with a beautiful Hawaiian hula dance. When the free show is all over, I have to use my ticket. Upon entering, my hat, coat, and wallet are taken by a pretty red- headed check girl. She waves one of her eight-inch eyelashes up and down till I dont care if she does want to keep my wallet. Who else could this vamp be but Betty Schutter? At last I come out of my stupor and head for my. seat. Once seated I spot two of my old schoolmates doing a comedy. Their stage names are Jingle and Jerk, better known to us as Edgar Spikeberg and Jack Bauknecht. Edgar is telling J ack how to get a girl. Treat them rough he says. Here comes one across the stage, it,s Alberta Vance; J ack grabs her by the arm, spins her around, starts to kiss her but instead he looks into her eyes and faints. The show must go on, so as they are carrying Jack away, out comes the All-Madison Chorus consisting of Barbara Rockwell, Virginia Friend, J oan LaMountail, Beryl Everts, J ew- ell Browning, Marjorie Bricker, and Betty Beach. There must be a talent scout in the crowd because every girl is trying to out do the other. All the girls are still single except Barbara: opportunity knocked, and in a case like this she opened the door. She now thinks that the door was opened too wide, because Rowland Neale, who is her husband, sneaked in. He is also with the show as subsitute com- edian for Jack, who always passes out every , time Alberta goes by. Their number over, the girls prance gayly off the stage kicking each other as they go. The lights come on bright for intermission While the stage is be- ing set for the only woman mob wrestling match. Soon it is time for the match to start, weights are not mentioned. The contestants are as follows: Crisco Kid tEllen Sweet, Con- go Cracker tEvelyn Barberi, Soda Slugger tMay Eadensi and the Super Stupor tBlanche Henry; Our own Paul Feltzer is going to referee; There goes the bell! The girls ad- vance, not toward each other but toward Paul; they don,t want to be bothered by any man telling them what and what not to do. Paul seeing what is about to happen, exits hurriedly throught a very opportune trap door in the center of the ring. Then the battle is on and itis too horrible to describe. Any- one can see the masses of hair being thrown in every direction. The time limit is up and Paul is called back into the ring to decide who is the winner. After looking at what is left of the five girls, he calls it a draw. All I can hear is bones cracking as the girls catch him. The curtain is closed to save our eyes from witnessing further bloodshed; the lights are dimmed; on goes the spotlight and out from behind the curtain steps Stel- la Stolaruk, now making millions as the worlds greatest opera singer. She will sing that great classical rendition iiHamtramck Mama? Not being able to stand it any longer I head for the train station. As I hurry along, I come close to being run down by four baby buggies, As I pick myself off the ground and get ready to tell the drivers what I think, four familiar girls surround me so I change my mind. They are Shirley Coles, Blanche Dugus, Dolores Oppeneer, and J acqueline Furlow. No, the girls are not all happily married-theyire just advertis- ing buggies for the Perushak Baby Buggy Concern. Ernie follows behind the girls look- ing for sales. Since I am not in the market for Ernieis merchandise, I rush for my train which luckily is just pulling out. Once seat- ed, I lay back and dream of how nice it will be to get back to my fish stand and the little woman, the former Dorothy Wood. - Frank Carline Class Wlll -Con1inued I, Blanche Henry, bequeath my friendli- ness to everyone, to all the students of Mad- ison. I, Paul Fetzer, bequeath my pretty gray car for the pretty gray duration to anyone with a itC card. Signed: Notary Public: Dolores Oppeneer J . W. Embry Barbara Rockwell ' Witnesses: Ernie Perushak . . . Alberta Vance My 00mm13510n expires June 9, 1943

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It was an excited and fearful group of actors that gathered back stage January 15, 1943. In the air was the smell of grease paints, and a sense of eager anticipation as the curtains rang up on ttWho Is Mrs. Chimp- sieii, the three act comedy presented by the senior class under the direction of Mrs. Alice Howells. The smoothness with which these amateurs unraveled the farcial drama belied the number of times they had said, tTm scared, are you? The setting is the roomirg house of Mrs. Chimpsie. The plot reveals that Mrs. Chimp- sie as well as all her boarders a s p i r e s to become a movie star. The real surprise comes when the group discovers that the lead in a picture, ttPinon Panchoii, is to be played by their landlady. However, this is too good to last as the hen peeked hus- band Willie Chimpsie breaks into pictures. John ttButchii Lee coaches Willie in the art of subduing women, and before the last act Mrs. Chimpsie becomes a docile wife. Willie the star, is no longer chauffeur nor kitch- en knave, he is master of his house. Barbara Rockwell made her stage de- but in the feminie role of Mrs. Chimpsie. Barbara played her part with a good deal of ability. She was perhaps at her best when 10rding over her husband Willie. The toss of her head and her sharp tongue kept himhin his place -a the kitchen a during the first two acts. A more seasoned actor could not have portrayed the part of Willie Chimpsie with more reality than did Rowland Neale. He was no opposition for his dictatorial wife until he learned how to say with effect, ttWoman begone. The leading comedy part was taken by Dolores Oppenneer. Not a dull moment was Doloresi motto. She kept her word through- out, and deserves a good deal of credit for the way she kept the play moving. At times there was the touch of the artist in her act- ing. The part of the GGWhO is I press agent, Samuel mrs. Chimpsie??? Blitzman, was played by Frank Carline John itButch,7 Lee, the deteztive mind among the young boarders was played by Robert J esswein. Other supporting parts were taken by, Burton Smith as Max Elson, Stella Stol- aruk as Vicki Clark, Joan LaMountain as Miss Renee Adair, Jewell Browning pinch hitting for Alberta Vance, as the salesiady, and Evelyn Barber as Mary Owen. Assisting Mrs. Howells were Beryl Everts in charge of properties and Jean Palmer, prompter. As the curtain fell, an applause which gave great satisfaction to the cast rang through the auditorium. The young actors smiled happily with the thought that they had pleased their audience. Standing: E. Barber, F. Carline. Sealed: left to right: R. Neil, B. Rockwell, D. g Oppenneer, J. Browning, S. .Stolaruk.