Port Jervis High School - Victor Yearbook (Port Jervis, NY)

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avenue. As we walked down Main she said that Delmer Bicknell and Ray Burns were auto mechanics for the Ford people at Detroit. She said that Lorraine Blair and Betty McConnell were nurses at St. Francis. Also that Donnie Cole was a portrait painter in Middletown and Charac Case was playing in the Warwick band. After I had left Esther I hastened to see Port Hl where all these people had been kids. As I entered, the halls seemed so familiar. I heard a call and a gang of football fellows came running out the gym door. These were coached by Ted Salmon assisted by Dick Greer. I learned that Bob Greer was carrying on ln his father's footsteps as a policeman and that Willard Adams and Johhnle Arlow were also cops. Beatrice Gochenour and Gobby were policewomen who knew how to get their men. The school seemed proud of its former athletic heroes who had gone on to the blg time. Grathwohl was now with the Chicago Bears and Art Gray and Pete Kelly were playing on the pennant winner, the Dodgers. Harriet Gregory took Warren L.'s place as math. teacher and Shirley Hosklng was teaching music here. She sald that Boxle Vollmer and Bugsy Wagner were playing in one of the leadlng dance bands ln the country. After this I hurrled down town to see what Front street was dolng as my last passage there was foggy. It seems that Jake Morgenstern was manager of Markovlts while Tom Fell was guiding Newberry's and Antoinette Marino was working under him. Modeling had been taken up by Port's stores and in Fashlonette I found Betty Herman doing so in a neat evening dress. Frank Oliver and Joe Melol were working for Levln's and they sald that Blll Sherwood and Charlie Kaschop were working for the Erie. Farther along I found that Alice Sjoquist had a photographers shop and Clara Simpson was working for the Building and Loan. I also found George Heaton to be head of the Trl-States Telephone Co. and Alice Husson was a telephone operator. Her brother, Dewey, was a teller ln the bank. And most surprising of all was to find LeRoy Hamilton to be postmaster with Don Dewitt a mail carrier. Hamy told me that Alys Reese was a medical secretary in Matamoras and Phyllis Platt was a messenger ln Lord and Taylor's. Coming out of the postoffice I accidentally knocked against Jimmy Latham who stayed in the Coast Guard after the war because he liked lt so much. He sald that Francis Rombousek who used to be a marine was now worklng with television at Radio City and the other marine from our class, John Slgreto, was managing a shoe store ln Brooklyn. Jimmy also said that he saw Earleen Emrlch working ln the supply store at his base. Funny but somehow standing outside the post office everything seemed to dim again. I opened my eyes to see my family and the doctor standing over me. There now, said the medico, you're all right. What happened, said 1? Nothing much, you've just had a bad case of encephalitis letharglca fsleeplng sickness to youJ. Prophecy on The Prophet If I could only hurry! Due to some scientific fact as yet unknown to the intellectuals of the world, the force of gravity has deserted my poor self and I am suspended about two inches from the ground. Consequently, I'm getting nowhere ln a hurry. This long, dusty road seems to lead down the hill to that village with all the church steeples in lt, but I am not so sure that I want to go to the vlllagtq. Every window that I can see is as dark as a pocket with the exception of one which is on the very top of the tallest bulld- lng. Even lf I float along as far as the building, I'll have to cllmb all those stairs because etery elevator boy has joined the army. Maybe if I hold my breath I'll go faster. I wonder what happened to the road from which I was only two lnches away? What could be behind this door? Let me see. It says A. Reagen B. S., B. A., D. I. What could D. I. stand for? Suddenly the letters are snatched away from my sight and there before me I see a rug of white, crumpled paper. No, it couldn't be a rug: lt's too high of! the floor. Oh, there's a desk under all that stuff. And behind the desk with a bewildered expression on hcr face and with a huge green hair ribbon dangling 1-ver one ew-hroxv cruuches my old schoolmate, Allllle. I-Il! says I, trymg to break hex' icy stare. Don't bother me, says she tensely, I just got a scoop. Generously she shoves the papers on the floor so that I can sit on her desk, I presume. Very gently I perch myself beside the three gremlins, who say See no evllg hear no evllg speak no evil whenever I look at them. What are you doing here? ask I, disregarding her apparent preoccupation. Her good nature keeps her from throwing the gremllns at me. I-Iaven't you heard? screams she, I'm editor-in-chief of The Broken Record. We go to press tomorrow and none of my reporters have handed in a thing. Hurrah, shout I. We start to jump up and down together because wdre so happy to see each other, I guess. I expect to see the ceiling fall down, but lt doesn't. It starts to rain instead. I, don't want to get wet because I'm going someplace and I don't want to ruln my new butch haircut. So I leave Annie to her printing press and start to run. The raln ls awfully cold-I run faster-and faster--and faster. And then I open my eyes. Slowly, my dream comes back to me. It strikes me as belng pretty silly, but I'll bet there's some truth in lt. Look Annie up ten years hence and see if my prophecy hasn't come true.

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CLASS PROPHECY By ANNE REAGEN It was just a little pain but yet it seemed to put a mist over my eyes. I felt life itself slipping away, and I had the sensation of falling, falling! How long I fell I do not know but suddenly I hit bottom. Everything was dark, but wait, what was that? Glimmers of light seemed to be trying to shine through the impregnable darkness. I groped my way toward a seemingly bolted door and came face to face with a busy, industrial city that was humming with excitement and activity. Where was I? Could this be Heaven! Why no, it appeared to be Port-not the Port of my youth but a new, enlightened city. As I made my way down crowded streets, I became conscious that something must have happened in the years I'd been away to make such a change. But what? I racked my already disturbed brain so much that it hurt. As I kept walking I heard people all talking about the mayor. At first it didn't have any effect on me but suddenly I knew he must be responsible for this new town. Sliding up the City Hall's steps unnoticed, I stood at the door to the mayor's office. As a man went out, leaving the door open, I peered around the corner and nearly fainted. His Honor the Mayor was our one and only Ed Rutan, who in '43 had suggested the theme of the classbook to be War and Hell. Talking to him in his capacity as Alderman-at-Large was no other than his good friend of past school days, Hank Schutz. To think that these two had accomplished all of this! My head felt heavy as I made my way into the street. I was startled as I saw a huge poster staring me in the face, Come tonight to see that budding actress, Jeanette Knight, in A Lover's Quarrelf' And in smaller words was the statement, Miss Knight is managed by Richard Carlson. Vaguely I recalled and wondered what had become of Howie Bullock and Al Phillips. Fortunately, I ran into an old friend of mme, Helen Burns, with her two adorable brats, who told me about some of our class. lt seems that Casanova bullock is now Dr.3 and his nurse and able assistant is Anne Cordiso. And I ask, Al? Oh, says Ellen, he's Still telling Rotary and Kiwanis about the medals he won as a Marine. And Ele2.l'l01' Carmichael is still trying to decide what CO116g8 to go to. Well, I've got to get going. I've got to take these two to the dentist. So I started up Pike street, staring at the humming activity. At the Gazette office I peered in and nearly bumped into howard Budclenhagen racing out with his camera to cover a story. Across the street I stopped for a few words with Fairmont's soda jerker, Walt O'Connor. Continuing my tour, I found the library now inhabited by Betty Gibbs while Les Davenport was manager of the Strand. Jean Waycie operated the pop corn stand next door and Charlie Lombardo was the Ritz's barberg while doing a job on a customer he told me Margaret Stening was drum majorette for the Legionnaires and Lolly Chase was Miss Port Jervis of 1950. As I wandered around aimlessly I saw two signs that interested me. One was Frank Doss, insurance agent and the other Herb Pierce, dentist. Ah! Two more members of our class. I met Connie Kidney, who's now a successful dress designer, prancing down the streetg she said if I was looking for the class of '43 I had much to learn. And as it turned out I did. Clmagine by surprise to find Georgie Mitchell as one of the Rockettes, Alberta Child as Metropolitan Open Swimming Champion, to meet interior decorator Lizzie Denk and Congressman Sonny Brush.J Yes, Connie still knew the latest gossip. An athletic club had been added to the city's enterprises and Jim Butler was managerg lwhile practicing for indoor track meet was Bill Soner and girls' tennis singles Phil Zeller.J Winnie MacAlarney was nurse to Dr. Grawi across the street from here and next door Theresa Ferraro ran a boarding house. Hilda Morgan and Thelma Emge were working at the Tiny Tot factory. The latter said Larry Murray was an upholsterer on Orange street and Bob Heal was a pin boy at the bowling alleys. ,I knew I simply had to find a room for the night so I went into Hotel Minisink and asked for a room. The clerk was George Chantg bell-hop Joe Brown showed me to my room. Deciding I was hungry, after having freshened up, I went to the main dining rooni and as my waitresses had Mary Scully and Antoinette Soletro. These girls told me that Helen Mazur was an opera star in New York and roomed with that coming artist, Grace Brewster. They told me also that Eleanor Nicolette was a well-paid secretary for the Gosh-Awful Peanut Company in Newark. As I ate I became more and more interested in the class I had left so many years ago, so I made up my mind to keep walking although I was dead tired. I passed the Rockland Light and Power Co. where I saw Fran Aber working. Across the street at Haring's gas station Bob Kleinstuber was weighing out morsels of gas. I saw a truck drive up with home-grown vegetables in it, and Hobart Roberts and Alfred Jones leaped out. I said hello and proceded on my way. I wandered into Whitney's and out again but not before I saw Alice Collins working there. Jane Kinney was at the present time nursing Paul Horsman, an aviator who had crashed his plane during a recent storm. I found out that Ira Franzblau was a song Writer, no less, and that Mary Osowick was a piano tuner. Kosh Ogrodnick was a typist for the Ritzie-Rafters' in Montague. To my surprise Greenville was also a city and Dot Heussey was teaching home ec. in their brand new high school, and Anne Trovei was a bus-driver for kids who commuted. , At the top of the hill I met Esther Decker who was married and lived on Kellogg

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of 1943, being of sound mind and body, and possessing excellent memory f?D after four years in this institution of Port Jervis High School, make, publish and declare this document as our last will and testament. First, we as a class extend our gratitude tot he members of the faculty who have been most patient through these trying years. Second, to the Junior Class we express the hope that by next September they will be better fitted to carry on the high standards and ideals we have set up for them. Third, we also leave to the Junior Class a pair of walking shoes, size 83A, and the one pound of butter we have been hoarding the past year. The individual bequests are: 1. Frances Aber wills her gossip repertoire to Phyllis Seidler, Marie McAllister and Irene Schoonmaker. 2. Willard Adams donates his truck to Jack Harrison and he hopes it won't fall apart under the strain of recklessness. 3. John Arlow's philosophical appearance is turned over to Joseph Kmpick and Fred Hammond. 4. Delmer Bicknell passes his dexterity in gymnastics to Frank Tynatishon. 5. Lorraine Blair presents her red wool stockings to Katherine Lemon for that long stagger from the brewery. 6. Grace Brewster depends upon Rita Farniok and Antoinette Goetzman to carry on her disdainful too too appearance. 7. Vincent Bedell and Frank Furman become the proud possessors of Joe Brown's Charles Atlas physique. 8. Bob Brush's bowling score sheet is presented to William Burrows. 9. Howard Buddenhagen bestows his original French constructions on Jerome Cohen. 10. Howard Bullock's far away look is taken over by Tom Gillson. 11. Helen Burns wants Janice Moran and Will Kelly to have her red hair. 12. Ray Burns concedes his righteous appearance to Earl Mead, Fanny Love and Stanley Fuller. 13. James Butler's glgolo look is bequeathed to Michael Senkiw and Ed Traynor. 14. Dick Carlson will allow John Hoey to carry on his art of knuckles cracking. 15. Eleanor Carmichael kindly hands over the step laddfer which she used when reading the bulletin boards to Ruth Schwartz, James Litts, and Francis Grossi. 16. Charac Case and Bill Wagner leave their trumpets to Harry Adams and Doug Case, and the Senior Class bestows its sympathy on Harry James. 17. George Chant's priorities for the permanent wave machine are turned over to Skip Franzen and Austin Barber. 18. June Lohse assumes Laura Chase's pre-marital spats. 19. Alberta Child grants her gym bloomers to her sister, Barbara. 20. Tom Massanotti is presented with Donald Cole's sketch book. 21. Lola Cooke carries on Alice Collin's passion for slacks. 22. Anne Cordisco, alias Larson Annie, alias The Green Hornet, bequeathes her relentless fight against crime and its vices to Helen Benton. Ch 23. Esther Decker's placid countenance is willed to Betty Armstrong and Catherine erry. 24. James Kent inherits Robert De1aney's copy of How to Grow a Victory Garden. 25. Muriel Hoffman is willed Elizabeth Denk's motionless gab. 26. Don DeWltt's nights with the pack are passed on to Russell Faiello. 27. Bill Cleary and Marilyn Murray must carry on Frank Doss' steady romance. 28. Kenneth Bradshaw leaves a part of his ambition to Anthony Brzezowski. 29. Thelma Embe hopes Charlie Weiss will continue to make the daily trip from Sparrowbush. 30. Theresa Ferraro hands over her position in Miss Wa1cutt's office to Alice Hinkley. 31. Mary Vicclariello and Margaret Sweeney receive Ira Franzblau's modest attitude. 32. Ruth Hurr acquires Betty Gibbs' pull with Mr. Koors. 33. Beatle Bochenour presents her man-hunting technique to Pat Lowery. 34. Jeanne Gillson is the proud possessor of Doris Gottleib's title Queen of the Army Camps. 35. Marcus Grathwohl wills his position on the football team to this brother Herman. 36. Art Gray wants Bill Niles to have his six-foot position on the basketball team. 37. Shirley Merkenschlager and Harriet Gregory extend to Bud Fisher and Carolyn Blaslar their genius in higher math. 38. LeRoy Hamilton and Joe Meloi grant to Ellen McKeeby their grins.