Northwestern High School - Norwester Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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5 -4, . . A ins- .- Ln ' ,gg l. r.. . A ,Q T SHREWD 'll'AlLlEN With very little difficulty you can detect the supposedly Shrewd Talent in and around Northwestern. If he's a better than average athlete he can be seen sporting an N sweater and boasting loud and long of his accomplishments, chiefly for the benefit of the women. His favorite snack is a juicy hamburger with a chocolate malted and after school he's readily found at the bowling alley or at the Y playing ping pong Ccommercialj. He's tops in dress usually carrying the latest fashion to the limit, such as a large brimed hat fappleh, a bright bow tie, a thunderbolt coat reaching to his knees, 40-10 pegs that can't be taken off without greasing the heel, and hair that would make Veronica Lake green with envy. His collection of jive records are his pride and joy, with Tangerine, and One Dozen Roses being his current favorites: and Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman his swing kings. His line is strictly polished and frequently used. When asking a girl for a date he makes her feel like she's the only one and a lucky one at that, and you can bet if the date's at eight, he'll show up an hour early and take over the house. But what would this world be like if we didn't have in our midst a character like the shrewd talent. If the world was composed of squares it would be mighty dull. How- ever, the only solution is to strike a happy medium half way between a square and a cat. Eleanor Moore. FRED A- ANDERSON Funeral Director OLIN DRUG STORE PHONE COLUMBIA 4294 PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS ' S08 E. WILLIS STREET 3603 Third Ave., Cor. Brainerd Phone 'l'Eluple l-8186 We Give The Public What They Want DETROIT At A Price They Can Alford To Pay Office: CALIIIIIN' 0539 GEORGE'S PLACE 4734 GRAND RIVER Hours: 9 to 7 Dully DR. WM. H, LAWSON Optometrist and Optician REFRESHMENTS AND CANDY Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted 23 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE 1308 Brondwny ut Gratiot CA. 6539 JUKE BOX MYSIC Room 202, Tobin Bldg. Q Edge Ninety nine T

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Page N inety- Vggfgr D,-56 A 51 RAndolph 6150 TR. 1-5140 BLAND PRINTING CO. LEWIS BUSINESS COLLEGE Printing ofAlI Kinds VIOLET T. LEWIS, Pres. 5450 John R. Detroit, Michigan 230 W. Larned St. Detroit Phone 'I'Yler 5-0400 I PALMER LEE RADIO SALES AND SERVICE PLQRENCE YQKES ' 8045 LINwooD AVE. . Cormw Molltgolmm. Flowers for all occasions 4'8 45 S006 Grand River at Columbus Popular and Classical Records Albums and Single Detroit, Mich- l RlEVCOlLlLlECTllON 1942 was a year that everyone went to the first night foot-ball game, the Cooley slaughter, Fraser's for Pepsies, Sander for specials. It was a year when girls borrowed boy's argyle sweaters, or wore their own long ones, 3 inches from the bottom of their skirts. It was a year when never a Saturday night went by without wolfm' at St. C1regory's. Week days and Sundays it was the Oasis. It was just another year that Moek McGuirk tried to get eligible for his letter, and a year that N Club initiations were especially gruesome. It was a year when the hero who was wolfed and worshipped was Harry Huber and the I-Ii-Lites came out with its juicy gossip every Tuesday. It was a year when the girls still had Club meetings and the Bow-Tie Club gave its bi-weekly hay rides. It was the year P Buker set a new goal for wolves to aim at and Bubbie Grimes was the real American girl o her class. It was a year when everyone said moldy , shrewd -I'm fo'ced' to-and fellahs wore thunderbolts, mammoth apples and 40-l0-pegs. It was a year everyone sang Chantanooga Choo-Choo and stuck their nickles in the juke box for Jersey Bounce' and String of Pearls: it was when everyone stayed to see Glenn Miller for live shows. It was the year Jackie Knott was city-wide girl reserve president and a year when the crop of steadies included Dave Beardsley and Betty Burnham, Eleanor Moore and Mal Stamper, Betty Zoe Kirk and Art Schroeder. It was a year that had its traditions, its peculiarities and its convention which miie it a pretty sharp year, and you'll have to admit-the 42 grades are a mighty fine bunch of kids. Marion Murdoch. eight