North Tonawanda High School - Northstar Yearbook (North Tonawanda, NY)

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CLASS PROPHECY XXII SECRET MESSAGES OF THE COSMIC RAY Up, up, up thru dense clouds, bumping air currents until my head swam and my heart poundedg I wished fervently that I had restrained my desire. I was taking a trip into the stratosphere with my friend, Professor Procuro Futuro. We had with us the Pxofessor's latest invention, the Futuroscope, a machine which would show the future ten years ahead. And so, in order to quell some of nervousness and excitement, Professor Procuro Futuro Finally let me look in the Futuroscope. First we saw North Tonawanda, where Ona Raper was president of the W. Y. C. S. M. Club CWhynch Come up and See Me Sometime?D. She and the members, Thaddeus Ciesielski, Paul Belstadt, Ruth Meyer, and Edith Harber take turns lecturing on the glories and benefits derived from the West Era. At the High School Qnow quite delapidated from overcrowded roomsJ,we saw Walter Wendell, the principal, with some of the distinguished faculty which included Edwin Schmidt, Irene Lynch Koh, how she talkedj, Anna Masters and Ray Martin. In the auditorium Ruth Seguin was lecturing on The Evils of Ankle Socks in High School. Edward Blazak was also there selling test tubes to the new chem- istry teachers, Alfred Rossow and LeVerne Reilly. However, what surprised us most was James Siegfried and Arthur Peter, agents for Wrigley's and Nestle's, actually selling gum and candy in the hall while Theodore Krzyuda was selling '34 N. T. sweaters for memoirs. Just then the DeGraff Memorial Hospital flashed into view. Dr. La Verne Reinbolt was preparing for an operation. The nurses, assisting him were: Maxine McIntyre, Jean Maldiner, Hazel Andrus, Ruth Fels and Nellie Yates. We looked with horror at the operating table, for on it was Edward Fischle. As the knife sank in his flesh, the scene changed and we saw Wilbert Hoefert, chief of police, Edwin Hardy and John Baxter, policemen dragging in Johnny Vona and Helmuth Grohmann, bouncers at the Flash, for getting too rough. Charles Doody was the new proprietor and Hubert Giardino was check boy there. Over at the Villa Nova, Tom Gray was a gigolo. Assisting as hostesses, were Elizabeth Purdy, Margaret Valliquette, Barbara Preisler, Agnes Pawlik and Virginia Martin. Lorry Papke, owner of a private dairy, interrupted the scene. On his staff of milkmen were Casimir Potaczala, Louis Bartel and Charles Wolgast. Turning the Futuroscope in the opposite direction, we saw Arno King, taking Mae West's place in Hollywood. On the extra girls chorus list were Elizabeth Prohaska, Alice Behm, Alice Daly, Ruth Beiersdorf, and Dorothy Flatau. Helen Hallows, Verna Roggow and Elizabeth Postle were the Wild Women of Hollywood. In fact they were so notorious that even little children were afraid of them. Carroll Stoeckel was owner of M. G. M. while Alice Greno and Lois Doebler were scenario writers. At this time, we came back to New York City. At the Central Park Casino we saw Barbara Bowman still waiting for a break with Eddie Duchin. We noticed Joe Socha and Edison Steig in Edclie's orchestra. The Casino had just been redecorated by F. Werhun and E. Jones, Inc. Outside we saw the circus coming into town. The one and only bareback rider, Myrtha Schmidt was in the parade while Burt Leverenz and Nick Vallio were riding elephants. Walking along the street pushing a baby carriage were Dorothy Qnee Stenzelj and Wilbur Ganzhorn. The circus finally landed in Harlem where Myrtle Hardy and Margaret Clare were reviving the ancient fan dance. Over in Greenwich Village Anita Frankenstein, Dot Kline, and Alice Kriedeman were models for Frank Stephan and Richard Rasmussen, artists. Mary Upcraft had a studio of her own where nightly she entertains famous writers and actors such as Thelma Strassel, the Nina Putnam of 1944, Norma Smith famous as a new Lillian Gish, Mary Cerra, who had just published a book on: Senior Sawdust of '34 g Jerome Kalota, the world's sensa- tional monkey actorg and Al Suchorabowski, the man with a name. In Chicago we saw Harold Horrocks, Donald Graf and Fred Parrott the whistling trio perform- ing over the ether. Roberta Hemple had joined the Chicago Opera Companyg Kenneth Waggoner owned the Chicago Tribuneg Paul Robertson operated a bank of his own, and Art Roberts with Alvin Rycroft were the city's most notorious gangsters. Just at this time, when we were getting disappointed because nothing unusual had happened, the Futuroscope flashed in Africa. We almost burst laughing, for over there was Harriet Forsyth eating

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CLASS HISTORY XXI OUT OF THE STRATOSPHERE Dear Diary, H September 1930 What a myriad of beaming and gloomy faces! The latter belong to Freshmen. Our first taste of high school apparently smacks of the bitterness of disillusion. However, they inform us that it's all in getting used to it. April 1931 Miss Wheeler's Freshman English Class entertained the Sophomores at a tea. Everybody appeared to enjoy it - especially the Sophomores. May 1931 The unexpected death of Superintendent Batchellor is a sad blow to us. Though we view his passing with the deepest regret, we wish the best of luck to his successor Claude L. Moss, and a warm welcome is extended to Dana H. Wells who will assume his duties as principal in the fall. V Junel, 1931 Regents! We surely are studying, although the greater achievement seems to lie in overcoming various distractions - mostly the weather. June 30, 1931 Very few casualties. September 1931 Besides lending excellent support to the older activities, the Sophomores are credited with the origin of three new clubs. The Nature Club, with Earl Hilfiker as faculty advisor, is in its second year, while the Junto Club and the Dramatic Club have been recently formed under the guidance of Mrs. Gertrude Taylor. June 1932 We pause here to bid an affectionate farewell to Miss Coman, who is retiring after many years of successfully conveying Latin students through the hazards of declensions andlconjugations. We shall never forget her. , October 1932 Undertaking the task of establishing a precedent for future Juniors has embarked us upon our first project - a magazine sale. March 1933 The publication of an annual is left to us this year. Work has been begun on a two-fold theme dedicated to the depression and the spirit of mirth. September 1933 Our tirst Senior meeting resulted in the election of the following officers: Fred Parrott, Presidentg Dorothy Stenzel, Vice-Presidentg Elizabeth Prohaska, Secretary, Frank Stephan, Treasurer, and Wilbur Ganzhorn, Business 1VIanager. A magazine sale has been launched. October 1933 At the first football game, our hot dog stand was very successful. It promises to be even more so in the future if there is any relation at all between practice and perfection. December 1933 Treading upon the heels of the magazine sale comes the candy sale. March 25, 1934 The Senior play, Bah, A Sub-Deb, exceeded our highest hope. Many judged it the finest one produced in years. The dance after the play furnished a fitting conclusion to an enjoyable evening. April 1934 We feel as if we've just experienced the passing of a crisis. We're going to have an annual! And a prom! And perhaps a picnic! Although time is scarce, we intend to make this annual outstanding in many ways. The Prom committee has lost no time in getting its plans well under way. W May 1934 It is with mixed emotions that we watch the rapid passing of each day whose ending bears us closer to our goal - and to farewell. We shall come together that last hour to share the triumph which we have helped one another to attain. Elizabeth Prohaska, Historian

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CLASS PROPI-IECY XXIII ' cocoanuts with the cannibals. Among the cannibals were Ken Goerss, Bob Cramer, and Walter Necel-- hunters. Glen Baker, Jennie Plewak, Florence Berner and June Schroeder had joined the Pygmy tribe to which Helene Proefrock was giving drum instructions. Not far from them we saw Eugenia Johnson, Arnold Golem, Marian Allan, Lorna Achterberg, and Andrew Fusco in a nudist colony run by Eugenia. Also in Africa were Helen Dornfeld, Virginia Semper, and Eleanore Seiler, hairdressers, who were in- venting new coiffures for the natives. Gordon Stone and William Sheldon were Africa's leading under- takersg while Howard Witkop, Chris Schulmesiter and Winnifred Kane were outstanding missionaries. A loud splash Canyway we thought we heard onej broke forth and we saw Jeanette Kasprazak and Franklin Parske, Weismuller's successor, swimming the English Channel. Both were Olympic Stars. In Paris we saw Verna Wollenberg, a famous designer. Mannequins in her store included Jeanette McIntyre, Doris Klemer, Joan Leszczynski, Cecelia Mang, Angeline Manfredi and Sophia Miller. Stanley Rand owned an Austin Car Company. At the Paris Grand Hotel, Chris Miranda and Stewart King were hotel porters, while Jerome Smith and Karl Hoefert were bell-hops. Stephania Kowalczyk, the present Voice of Experience was making a world tour. Stephen Kruk and Emily Kornacka were her secretaries. Joseph Kalota was the Walter Winchell of Europe. Two of his secret sleuths were Kazimer Koslowski and Jimmy Graf. In one of the Parisian department stores, Betty Bradley was demonstrating a new freckle returning cream, whereas Milly Cohen and John Beach, demonstrated henna packs in the bargain basement, with Anna Furmanek assisting. That seemed to be all of Paris, for the Futuroscope now returned to America, down in Kentucky. There we saw Bob Brick who now ran the Kentucky Derby. Stephen Markovich and Bob Oyer were prominent jockeys who rode two of the world's best race horses owned by Irene Biriky and Helen Berrzdt. Among the spectators watching that day's race were Margaret Forsyth, Supreme Court Interpreter, Norman Miller, the new Roy Atwellg Ruby Bach, still a manhater, and Madison Muncil, who was still looking for Phil . At one of the hot dog stands were Mary Litwin and Victoria Pawlicki, the inseparables, talking to Janet Doebler, America's new sweetheart. Imagine our surprise when later we saw Margaret Toth and Alberta Ludwig, the leading women wrestlers of the day, arguing with Lester Thursam, Slim Summerville's double, because Lester didn't really believe that Mary Strapko had actually found Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth . Exhausted by this strange experience and bewildered at discovering the progress and future of my classmates, I leaned back in my seat while Professor Procuro Futuro steered our machine to safety and we landed on good old terra ferma! Mary Strapko, Class Prophetess