Mehlville High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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ThE PUIUTE HUldS Contlnued Rose famous for h1s monologue sketches of poor de1ected fathers IS now a comed1an on Broadway On Broadway also 1S Robert Glass cock only he IS a behmd the scenes man stage manager of South Pac1f1c Treva Hell meyer on the other hand went 1nto telev1s1on and IS now a famed comed1enne Chosen as cover g1rl of the year 1S Elleen Myers She 1S known as the Ehzabeth Taylor of the East Coast Wesson D1vers has become the Presxdent of the Umted Nat1ons Educat1onal Socral and Cultural Organ1zat1on whrle lean Ederle 1S the secretary of the Un1ted Natrons Educatronal Soc1al and Cultural Crgamzatlon Harold Scheffler has entered the f1eld of DOIIIICS True to form h1s platform l1es some where between the pr1nc1ples of Thomas Ief ferson and those of F D R but no one can qurte f1gure out where If one should buy a st1ck of bubble gum now a days he would f1nd seven out of ten man ufactured by Gayle Schuchmanns Double Bubble factory In the west end of the c1ty can be found Vernon Wlethops vegetable market only one of 1lS k1nd 1D the country He owns h1s own truck l1ne too The sudden boom 1n the opt1c1an s busmess IS due ma1nly to brllboards carry1ng a prcture of Marlan Robert 1n the newest creat1on of horn r1ms Also 1n the f1eld of model1ng ga1n1ng top honors 1S D1ana Dopphck on the west coast and Norma Schaefer 1n Flor1da Qulte happy and contented as housewlves Norma Klrngemann and R1ta Mersmger are ardent followers of the Amencan HOUSGWIVGS F1ght to Lower the Cost of L1v1ng Pat B1gham and Dorothy Chambl1ss have broadened the1r h1gh school fr1endsh1p 1nto a busrness partner shrp They now own and operate the exclus1ve Brown Derby Ir After h1s worldly travels on a tramp steamer Cllff Parmentler has f1nally settled down as head curator of a museum Head of the Na tlonal Ind1an Relat1ons Board IS now Ray Dove who 1n h1s spare t1me has become an Olymprc Champron Carolyn Munn world renowned secretary can type take d1ctat1on operate a drctaphone mampulate an addmg machlne operate a comptometer and slug the coke machlne all at the same t1me Settmq themselves 1n a drffer ent sort of busrness Betty Brooks has a school of etrquette for the el1te wlule Clalre Kemper and Arbeleen W1lk9ISOH have a speclal course on how to glggle Evelyn Stuckmeyer has worked up tn the bankmg bus1ness from teller to IITSI female bank presadent Paul Pruett 1S a staff photographer for Nook Magazrne HIS latest Job was to get a l1fe h1s tory 1n p1ctures of St Louls most popular wrestler Kenneth Th1erJunq Her perseverence and effort 1n hrgh school have pa1d off for Dorothy Ham1lton she 1S now a celebrated essaylst That semor tr1p to Washmgton D C meant a lot to Conn1e Vost she s a Wh1te House recept1on1st 1n the play Call Me Dame It takes all kmds of wrrtlng to complete newspapers and magaz1nes In her column The Women Sondra Peterson g1ves advlce to the lovelorn wh11e Trula Ponder has recently authored a senes on How to Get and Hold a Husband Charles Bratton IS the head of the f1re pre vent1on d1v1s1on of the ent1re St LOUIS Flre Department Movmg West Franklm Gebhardt establ1shed a dude ranch cla1ms he has the fmest horses west of the Atlantrc Makmg h1s hobby h1s busrness Howard Heberer collects all the rel1c A models he can fmd rn c1rcula t1on Ioe Harster beq1nn1ng as a mach1n1st has become a deslgner of lathes lt IS sa1d the best beauty salons are run by men for women but 11m Spomk and Al Laudel run the1r salon for men spec1al1z1ng 1n s1de burns Be1ng an av1d reader lean Carson has be come a l1terary CIIIIC whlle two top notch commercral art1sts are Carol Muench and Elmer Zumsteg Carol spec1al1zes 1n greetmg cards whxle Elmer does ma1nly free lance work Mr Gallup has gamed two valuable ass1stants 1n MIIZI Grab and Helen Blomker They conduct surveys on anythmg from the average number of cats per fam1ly to how to 1mprove the aver age housew1fe s budget I should get the REFLECTOR down more o ten Wonder how close they came to the prophecy these many years after graduat1on?'?? It would be mce to know for sure Bu then maybe 1t s Just as well lh1S way I aqr' 'I vnlx 0110 I n u 1 1 1 . ' I - - i A 11 .. 11 , . 1 1 - 1 . . . 1 11 . 11 . . . , . 11 . 11 - . . . . 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 . ., 1 - -1 - - . . 1 . . . . . , - - . . 11 11 . . . . . 11 11 ' 1 1 I . 11 I 11 1 11 H . . 1 . 1 , . . . . . . T . . , , . T . . . 1 1 ' ' 1 I 4 I I ' . 11 11 . . 1 - 1 1 i . 1 . . 1 . , ' 1 , . . I . . 1 1 ' 1 - 1 , , . . . . t - 1 1 .1 . . 1 - . 1 '.-. . l tt --

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Semur Class Ut 51 W1ethop Carson Thremunq urab KENNETH THIERIUNG MITZI GRAB VIRGINIA CARSON A Irkeable fellow 'uzth u fzmm um 111 rlx ar 1' :mx full of u lean H ho tlxmks that flax Ls nmcr a sm 11 1111 Mrt 1 :mm all Jlram ut slum Baseball 51 Pep Club 48 Presxdent of Class 48 YTeens 48 49 Mrxed Chorus 48 49 50 Mehl H1 News 51 H A VERNON WIETHOP If for courtcsx 5111 1 cl .Ivan would Ira 1 her ortunr rude H A Pep Club 48 Y Teens 49 Klxeq Klub 51 Mehl H1 News 110111.04-to jokl' and I 5 to flu Sa he futs off Inv xml. MII a :url I Baseball 50 51 Basketball 49 50 51 The Future Holds It has been many years s1nce the doors of Mehlvllle Hrgh School closed for the last t1me on the class of 51 Although 1t 1S now h1story 1t seems llke only yesterday We cl1mbed off the busses Walked through the doors and began one of those eventful days Often I wonder Just what has happened to all my old classmates I have lost contact w1th most of them I wonder 1f she ever or d1d he really Wa1t a mrnutel My REFLECTOR yes here 1t IS Wesson Carol lean Elmer the prophecy clos1ng my eyes 1t all seems to become clear Many of my former classmates are now workrng for the government Phrl Cornel1 aban doned h1s career as a v1ol1n1st and IS now a chem1st workmg on atom1c research wh1le Harvey Schulte 1S an eng1neer search1ng for new sources of 011 for government use Ruth Danlel now a captam rn the Un1ted States Army Nurses Corps has become qu1te a globe trotter A womens profess1oral basketball league has f1na1ly been estabhshed 1n St Lours all It needed was that fmal push by Delores Murry Along the lme of sports Harold Gnau s sport rev1ews are read by m1ll1ons every day tHe s a sports wrlter on the New York Heraldl Bar bara Holden has advanced far srnce she began as a feature wrrter for the Chrcago Sun she now edrts her own paper Beverly Mason and Zona Bowers have ga1ned favorable reputat1ons as nurses and are now trymg to M D Cmarry doctors? Genevleve Rolfes has become a famous ped1atr1c1an and recommends to all her bables Cwhen they are grownl the no hurt dentlst Robert Rayot who has rust opened a new offlce 1n the Arcade Bu1ldmg Fulfrllmg her amb1t1ons as an actress Pat Parker 1S leavmg the stage for Hollywood wrth an eye on the academy award Grlbert Page T11 eutx u 7 X 1 . xt! A . 1 . rw ' 1' ,V1 f .' - du F1 ,A A 3, fn. ,7 ' 1 ' 1 - ' ' 1-1' 1 1v . 1 - 1 -' 1 ' ' - j ' :ur '1' par . ' ' 1 T., - 5, I - 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , ' , F. . . 48 I I ' I F. . . 51 , ' - 1 - ' '51 A , 011' tj. . . 7' 1 wrzrly. 1 1 I' I I 1 1 I - 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 . , 1 . . 1 1 I f ' . 1 , . . . . , , , . . . . 1 1 .1 1 . ' - I I 1 I . 1 1 I - -.. F, .

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Junior Histor Juniors VERNON IONES Prexidvut KIM BIGHAM Vim'-Prvsidmlf IANE EIKMANN .S'rrrr'fary ROGER SPLEAN 'l'rca1xnrM' IEAN MEIER DONALD RICK RICHARD KOTTEMAN ' IOAN PETERS Inserts: I.4mk it u'z'4'r. T110 llmzdirraflxnzmr EDDIE LANGFORD NANCY REILLY CHARLES STEGMANN SHIRLEY RUDER CARL IOHNSON MARILYN SIMMEROCK LEROY SCHROETER MARLENE MCFAIL ROBERT DELANEY BETTY WINHEIM ROBERT CRIGGER PAT NEWBOLD ROY SCI-IUETZ SARAH ELLISON ROSEMARIE SCHLOSSER BARBARA ALBERS LENA GREEN SALLY BRANSTETTER In 1948 when the present juniors came to Mehlville they were inexperienced and ill-at- ease, for they were departing from their ele- mentary school environment into new, more mature surroundinqs. However, they com- pleted their freshman year in good standing, with a pleasant outlook toward the future. Pngt' Trvmzfy-Two