Rhodes High School - Aries Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 30 of the 1944 volume:

JAMES FORD RHODES HIGH SCHOOL Published by the Senior Class. January. 1944 Honor Roll ARMY Melvin Obermiller Edward Konewecke Bill Kovacs Don Martin joe Tulenko Nick Medzenyak Don Owens NAVY Stuart Collingwood Tony Ondo Lawrence Luciano Bob Martin Norman Metzger MARINES Ray Vlasuk john Craven Herbert Gardner Carl Blaha AIR CORPS Leonard Bluhm Harvey Mainger Edward Countofalski PARATROOPS Norman McAllister COAST GUARD Bob Schroeder CLASS OFFICERS Fred Aiello, President Cordon Cox. Vice-President Dorothy Price. Secretaiy Dan Canute, Treasurer CLASS MOTTO Be Wise: Soar Not too High to Fall: But Stoop to Rise. — 4 — CLASS FLOWER American BeJuty Rose CLASS COLOR Royal 8lue and White COMMITTEES SOCIAL COMMITTEE Mildred Martin. Chairman Ralph Palsha Leonard Skowron Richard Novak Robert Boltx CLASS WILL Eleanor Rudnick Richard Bright Margaret Strung Marjorie Brown Clara Schifler Vera Albers CLASS HISTORY Evelyn Klepitch Adolph Wichmann CLASS PROPHECY Dorothy Kftller lock Held Mildred Richards Leonard Skowron YEAR BOOK COMMITTEE Elva Fennch. Chairman Grace Urban Howard Wittmer Ruth Arnold Robert Schroeder COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE Roy Luthardt. Chairman Gertrude Hoffman Dorothy Reichel Neil Muehlhauser CLASS COLOR COMMITTEE Alice Casey Harold Stacik COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Evelyn Klepitch. Valedictorian Marjorie Brown Evelyn Peters Dan Canute Leonard Skowron Jack Held — 5 — MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF JANUARY. 1944 Throughout most of your high-school life the world has been at war. It is difficult for us to think about anything else. Often, however, we lose sight of the things for which we are fighting, and often we take for granted the blessings which we have in this America of ours Most of the people of the world today are hungry, underclothed, and lack shelter and other advantages which we consider essential to decent living. Lack of sacrifice on our part easily could place us with that majority. Our ambition should be to do all in our power during and after the war to keep the desirable elements of our own way of life and to help the less fortunate people of the world improve the conditions under which they now are forced to live. To this end, I extend my best wishes to each of you. May you do your share. Sincerely. NEIL D. MATHEWS — 6 — Ensign Andrew Moran By dedicating this Year Book to Ensign Andrew Moran, we. the Class of January, 1944, wish to show our appreciation for all that he has done to aid us. Once coaching our boys on the football field and the basketball floor, he now fights shoulder to shoulder with some of them on another victorious team. — 7 — ART A. ADAMOWITZ Butch Stagecraft Foreman ALFRED AIELLO Vera 128-I2A Class President. Boys' Leaders Club Vice-President. French Club. Delta Hi-Y. Senior Band, Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball. Track. Varsity R VERA ALBERS “Fritz French Club. Girls' Leaders Club President. Sr. Friendship Club. Boosters' Club. Head Drum Majorette. Senior Social Committee. Sports HELEN A AMBROZI Girls' L c a d e r s Club. Jr.-Sr. Friendship Club. Choral Club. Boosters' Club. Sports RUTH M. ARNOLD Benny Girls’ Leaders Club. Sr. Friendship Club. Senior Year Book Committee, 8 o o s t e r s' Club. Sports ROBERT W. BOLTZ Bolts Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Leaders Club. Senior Social Committee. Boosters' Club. Varsity Football CEORCE BRANDT Bibs Track, Cross Country RICHARD BRICHT Dick Visual Aids Club. Track, Cross Country MARJORIE GRACE BROWN Geebie National Honor Society Secretary. Masque and Gavel Society. Work and Win Club, French Club, Senior Social Committee. Choral Club. Glee Club. Triple Trio. A Capella Choir DANIEL A. CANUTE Danny” National Honor Society Vice-President. Work and Win Club, Senior Class Treasurer. A Ca-pclla Choir. Boys' Leaders Club ALICE JANE CASEY A Hie Nature Club. Sr. Friendship Club. Senior Class Flower and Color Committee. Boosters' Club MARTHE CEPIS Mutts Orchestra. Sports — 8 — VERONICA CINKOTA “Ronnie” Junior Foreign Affairs Club, Sr. Friendship Club. Boosters’ Club CORDOft A. COX “Red Senior Class Vice-President. 8oys' Leaders Club. Glee Club. A Capella Choir. Cross Country Captain. Track CEORGE W. CUNNINGHAM “Speed” Track, Cross Country EILEEN MAE8ETH DUBOIS Glee Club. Boosters' Club ELVA MAY FENRICH Alve” Choral Club. Senior Yearbook Committee Chairman, Boosteis' Club JEAN M. GOSS “Jeamiic” Latin Club. A Capella Choir, Choral Club ALICE DANCHUK “Allies” Sr. Friendship, Choral Club JOYCE ALINE GRAFF Jay Nature Club, Choral Club. Sr. Friendship Club, Boosters’ Club RICHARD DIERKER “Derk” Boys' Leaders Club, Varsity Football. Basketball, Varsity ”R” RUTH DOPSLAfT “Ruthie Choral 2tob EVELYN CLADYS CRAPENTIN “Ex ie Glee Club Vice-President. Choral Club. Jr. Friendship Club, Boosters' Club. Sports JACK PRESTON HELD “Jackson” Masque and Gavel Society President, Homeroom Radio Announcer — 9 — MARTHA K. HNAT Marty Choral Club, Sr. Friendship Club. Boosters’ Club. Sports CERTRUDE M. HOFFMAN Cert National Honor Society, Masque and Cave! Club Vice-President, Latin Club Secretary. |r.-Sr. Friendship Club, Girls' Leaders Club, Rhodes Review Typist. Commencement Announcement Committee. Boosters' Club. Sports |AMES E. HUEBNER “Shorty Boys’ Leaders Club President. Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball. Varsity R EMMA jAKABClC Em Home Economic Club, Choral Club. Boosters’ Club. Sports WILLIAM FRED JANKE Bill Ducis Hi-Y DONALD R. JERMANN Don Wrestling SUSAN JOHNSON Bus Rhodes Review Photographer PEARL C KAMMERER Bunner” Glee Club A Capella Choir. Girls’ Leaders Club. Jr. Friendship Club. Boosters' Club. Sports JOHN KANE Killer Kane Corman Club DOROTHY KELLER Dotty Masque and Gavel Society. Dramatics Guild, Junior Journal, Home Economics Club. Homeroom Radio Announcer, Boosters' Club. Sports LOUIS L. KEPPLER Louie National Honor Society, Varsity Football JEANNE KESTNER Casey Boosters’ Club, Sports — 10 — EVELYN A. KIEPITCH ••Evie National Honor Society. German Club Secretary. Class History Committee. Boosters' Club GERTRUDE M. KNERLY “Gertie Jr. Foreign Affairs, Choral Club, Sr. Friendship Club. Studio Art Club. Boosters' Club JAMES KRATKY Jim Boosters' Club JOHN KULNITSKY Nitz Varsity Basketball, Track ESTHER LANDBERC Choral Club, Glee Club. A Ca pcila Choir. Boosters' Club JAMES LANCE Character Glee Club, Boys' Octette. A Ca-pella Choir, Senior Band SALLY8ELLE LONGLEY “Sally Jr.-Sr. Friendship Club, Jr. Foreign Affairs Club, Boosters' Club. Sports ROY E. LUTHARDT “Shoulders National Honor Society, Masque and Gavel Society. Visual Aids Club, A Capella Choir, Chem Lab Assistant. Golf. Commencement Announcement Committee Chairman ELMER JOHN MALINOSKY JAMES A. MARES “Jim MILDRED V. MARTIN Mill,, National Honor Society. Masque and Gavel Society. Girls' Leaders Club. Sr. Friendship Club. Nature Club. I2B-12A Social Committee. Rhodes Review Editor. Boosters' Club. Sports MERLIN J. MASON Mot —11 — BETTY ). McCRAY Mac Choral Club. Junior Red Cross. Boosters’ Club MARGARET E. McKENNA Peggy German Club, Jr. Foreign Affairs Club, Glee Club. A Caoella Choir. Sr. Friendship Club. Boosters' Club NEIL H. MUEHLHAUSER Slim German Club Vice-President. A Capclla Choir. Commencement Announcement Committee, Boosters' Club LUCILLE MULLIN Lou Choral Club. Boosters' Club MILDRED MURRAY “Milly Choral Club. Boosters' Club RUTH M. NAUMANN Jr,-Sr. Friendship Club, Senior Band, Boosters' Club. Sports RICHARD A. NOVAK Nwe Studio Art Club. Senior Class Social Committee. Epsilon Hi-Y Vice-President RALPH B. PALSHA Wolf Visual Aids Club President, A Capella Choir President, Boys’ Leaders Club, Cross Country Track RUTH PANSECRAU “Pansy Jr. Friendship Club. Choral Club, Boosters' Club. Sports EVELYN MARIE PETERS “Pete National Honor Society, Masque and Gavel Society. Latin Club. Homeroom Radio Announcer, Jr. Foreign Affairs Club VERNA ROSE PINCH HVern Sr. Friendship Club, Choral Club. Boosters' Club DOROTHY PRICE D P Glee Club. A Capclla Choir, Senior Class Secretary, Sports - 12 — HERBERT C. RATH “Dumbo” Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball, Track, Varsity “R BARBARA LOUISE RAY “Bab ” Choral Club, Glee Club. Triple Trio, A Capella Choir. Boosters’ Club DOROTHY ELLEN REICHEL “Rickey” Clee Club. A Capella Choir. Choral Club. Cirls' Leaders Club. Jr. Friendship Club. Commencement Announce ment Committee. Boosters’ Club. Sports RICHARD RENKER Jr” A Capella Choir. Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball, Track, Boys' Leaders Club. Varsity R” MILDRED E. RICHARDS “Millie Jr. Foreign Affairs Club, Studio Art Club, Sr. Friendship Club. Glee Club. Girls’ Sextette. A Capella Choir, Boosters' Club. Sports WILLIAM ROBBINS “Red Latin Club. Boys' Leaders Club. Varsity Football. Varsity Basketball CAROL ROMWEBER Latin Club. Sr. Friendship Club. Studio Art Club, Boosters' Club. Sports ELEANOR RUDNICK “Ellie National Honor Society. Masque and Gavel Society. Girls' Leaders Club. Senior Class Last Will and Testament Com., Sports MARION RUNG “Duke Choral Club. Boosters' Club HOWARD C. RUPPENDER Howie Latin Club. Jr. Foreign Affairs Club EDWARD F. RUSS “Eddie” Nature Club, Metal and Woodwork Foreman. Radio Operator CLARA SCHIFLER Clare” I2B-I2A Social Committee. Boosters’ Club — 13 — ROBERT H. SCHROEDER Hose Nose” Epsilon Hi-Y. Senior Year Book Committee. Track. Reserve Football, Boosters’ Club LEONARD E. SKOWRON Stubby’’ National Honor Society. Masque and Gavel Society. German Club, A Capella Choir, Student Council Treasurer DOLORES SPIDLE Dory Sr. Friendship Club. Choral Club. Clee Club. A Capella Choir, Boosters' Club. Sports HAROLD S STACIK “Harry Alpha Hi-Y, Nature Club, Senior Class Flower-Color Committee, Metal Foreman. Track. Cross Country MARTHA LOUISE STARR Marty jr. Friendship Club. Boosters’ Club. Sports ANN ELIZABETH STRING Liz Choral Club. Sr. Friendship Club, Jr. Red Cross. Boosters’ Club. Sports MARGARET CATHERINE STRUNG Marge” Sr. Friendship Club, Glee Club President, Triple Trio. A Capella Choir, Boosters' Club, Sports AUDREY RUTH TROESCHER “Terric Sr. Friendship Club, Jr. Foreign Affairs Club. Boosters' Club. Sports CAROL JEAN TUBESING Red” Latin Club, Sr. Friendship Club. Little Symphony. Orchestra. Senior Band, Glee Club, Triple Trio. A Capella Choir Secretary. Boosters’ Club CRACE H. URBAN Urbi National Honor Society. French Club. Sr. Friendship Club. Senior Yearbook Committee, Sports ADOLPH J. WICHMAN Bubbles Glee Club, Mechanical Drawing Foreman, Metal Foreman JEAN L. WICK Honey Jr.-Sr. Friendship Club. Boosters’ Club. Sports — 14 — CHESTER S. WILCZYNSKI Ches Track LOIS M. WILDMAN Ogee Studie Art Club. Rhodes Review Associate Editor, Boosters’ Club. Sports CLENN WILLIAMSON Cuddles Senior Band. Alpha Hi-Y HOWARO C. WITTMER, Jr. “Howie National Honor Society. Visual Aids Club. Latin Club Vice-President, Senior Yearbook Committee. Head Noon Movie Operator, Chem Lab Assistant, Boosters' Club WILLIAM T. WOIKE Willie Boosters Club. Intramural Sports OLGA ZAYAC Ollie Jr.-Sr. Friendship Club, Choral Club, Boosters' Club, Sports WESLEY JOHN WITTICH “Herman” Studio Art Club. German Club. Alpha Hi-Y. Senior Band, Orchestra. Dance Band RAY C. ZEP Flash A Capella Choir, Varsity Football — 15 — SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES JOSEPH J. ASSAFF LAVERNE BACHMAN JUNE BAUER STUART COLL INGWOOD PVT. EDWARD CONTOFALSKY ELEANOR CREBE DOROTHY KOBYLAK ELSIE LACK RUSSEL PAZDERSKI MYRON J. RITTENHOUSE PVT. HER8ERT GARDNER EDITH SCHWAB ANNE SEMAN ELEANOR WECRVN EDWARD DOROTHY LOWELL W. BELL CARLTON BLAHA LEONARD BLUHM MICHAEL HRICZ WILLIAM KOVACS LOIS KRAVA RAYMOND VLASUK LAWRENCE LUCIANO NORMAN METZGER CONALD OWENS DOROTHY WIRES 17 — CLASS HISTORY Dear Rhodes High, Graduation at last! After twelve long years, free from the unmitigated torture of teachers, tests, and homework. While celebration seems appropriate, the past has instead recalled those memories which chronicle the history of the Class of '44. January 28. 1941, brands that fateful day when one hundred sixty-seven of us. representing Wm. Rainey Harper. Benjamin Franklin, and Our Lady of Good Counsel, first embarked on our quest for knowledge within your walls. The ill-fated faculty members sentenced to suffer our companionship were Miss Davis. Miss Lanese, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Henderson. Unlike preceding flats not even a 9B party graced our entrance into the perilous years ahead. Destined to win every competitive game which saw their participation were Jeanne Kestner. Dorothy Price, Eleanor Rudnick. Dorothy Roichel. Eleanor Wegryn. Ruth Arnold. Anne Seman, and June Bauer of 103. Typewriters and powder puffs constitute no relationship; however, 216 fashioned contrary notions. Sophomores and three more years. As such, a select group of students, of whom Gertrude Knerly and Dorothy Kobylak were but a few, found geometry so captivating as to spend subsequent semesters in its clutches. With those famous words “Wouldn't that grab ya. Dan Canute visited the Rhodes Review. Half-days-off joined the list of missing privileges. The Baker Brats” slaughtered the Henderson Hot Shots in the 10B championship baseball game. At the Greater Cleveland Junior and Senior Music Contest, Vera Albers and her baton twirled their way into first honors, while Carol Tubbesing captured first place in the tuba and third in the vocal solo. Juniors, oh boy! Rhodes’ four-mile relay team, two of the runners being Bud Gardner and Cordon Cox. bore victoriously from the West Tech Relays, the Western Reserve Trophy. Ed Jirik and Dick Renker saw action on the basketball floor; Dick Dierker, Herb Rath, Jim Huebner. Mike Hricz, and Alfred Aiello won jerseys on the varsity squad; and George Cunningham caught up with Coach Holden's tracksters. Minstrel Show, plus trumpet, plus Wesley Wittich, equal fame. What patriotic individuals gallantly rendered their services for the Rhodes vs. Parma scrap drive (incidentally, we placed second)? Answer: Lawrence Luciano, Ed Contofalsky. Dick Dierker, Carl Blaha. Bob Boltz. and Herb Rath Virtually non-existent were Evelyn Peters. Marjorie Brown, Ruth Bugay, Evelyn Klepitch, Dan Canute, and Jack Slaby. as congratulations stood in order for their induction into the National Honor Society. A combined American History and English class enjoyed a brief life. Under the leadership of our 1 IA officers Ed Jirik. Ed Contofalsky. Margaret McKenna, and Cordon Cox, we 44’s legally united. Our class had its first picnic during this term. Since meat rationing had not yet been introduced, we had an ovcrsupply of hot dogs. With the advent of our 12B term, Rhodes encountered many unprecedented occurrences. It was during this semester that Mr. Henderson departed for the Marines. Because many of our boys would register under the eighteen-year-old draft bill and be in the service before January, we decided to have a premature senior prom. The day was set for June 5. 'Mid the rustle of grass skirts and 'neath the spreading palms of the Hawaiian scenery, we danced for several never-to-be-forgotten hours. Though Military Preparedness Training was the title for the boy's gym course. Physical Ruin, was a far more descriptive epithet. Terrific is the adjective for Don Owens. Alfred Aiello, and Lawrence Luciano’s portrayals as females in Uncle Sam’s Serenade. Promotion to track captain of the '43 team was handea Ed Jirik. Walking on air were Cecelia Wronko. Eleanor Rudnick. Howard Wittmer, Grace Urban, Mildred Martin, Gertrude Hoffman, Leonard Skowron and Roy Luthardt as they joined the rank and file of the National Honor Society. Then, the home stretch. For the second consecutive term. Alfred Aiello presided as class president. Millie Martin held the editorship of the Rhodes Review, and senior exams exhausted our brain supply. Jean Goss, Jean Wick, John Kane. Ralph Palsha. and Jack Held were inducted into the National Honor Society. And now the finish. Ninety-two of us. four years older, and supposedly four years wiser, taking leave of your hospitality with the sigh on our lips, It was a tough fight, Mom, but I won. Thankfully yours. A REMINISCENT SENIOR — 18 — FACULTY And here we present — the faculty, smiling, no doubt, at the thought of our mass departure. Seriously speaking, however, it is with regret, and the hope that nothing but pleasant memories of our sojourn here remain with them, that we take our leave. — 19 — NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Character, scholarship, leadership, and service are the four fundamental principles of the National Honor Society and form the basis upon which membership into the organization is determined. The highest conceivable honor awarded any student is induction into this association; a representation of attainment unequaled in praise or esteem. The National Honor Society symbolizes a successful accomplishment of ability and effort during ones high-school career. — 20 — GIRL S' LEADERS BOY S’ LEADERS — 21 — CLASS PROPHECY Fellow Angels, we are gathered here today for the conduction of a most solemn ritual. As heavenly bodies, we find if necessary from time to time to vote on a group of earthly characters, who. having been recently deceased, must be appointed to our realm of Eternal Paradise or to—to—well—er—you know where. . . . As Chief Recorders in the Book of Judgment, we have discovered that a group of new arrivals, totaling ninety-two. wish admittance to our Happy Hunting Grounds. As yet, they are still awaiting our verdict outside Pearly Gates Numbers A and B. It is only fair to them, therefore, that we dispense with the usual formal voting by raising the right wing of each Angel, and complete the judgment as quickly as possible. As I call each character by name, will he please rise, face the Pearly Gates, and remain standing at his seat while I read a short description of him—and the assembled Officers of Judgment look him or her over. Now don't be nervous, there can be nothing in these thumbnail biographies that could possibly lead to blackmail. We've checked! All they will contain, however, is simply what your occupation consisted of during your stay on earth. Ready? Here we go... . And first on the list is................Character Number One. Adamowitz. Arthur - - 8ouncer in Pop's Slop House on the Slope. Aiello. Alfred - - - - Published a number of books, his best. All This and Vera Too.” Albers. Vera...........Spent a lifetime collecting someone’s medals. Ambrozi. Helen ... First woman to teach bareback riding at Yale. Arnold. Ruth ----- Voted Champion Worrier at height of her career as an aerial artist. Boltz, Robert - - - - Esteemed bartender at The Graecian Room; has world record for carrying 75 glasses of beer on one arm. Brandt. George - - - Celebrated track star; only human ever to keep up with Eleanor Roosevelt. Bright, Richard - - - - Invented an earmuff which stopped the ring around the bath tub. Brown, Marjorie - - - Pounds out that boogie for Joe Tatochik and his hungry five. Canute, Daniel - - - - Multi-millionaire who made his fortune from the pigeon-peanut profits on Public Square. Casey, Alice ----- Led an expedition of Zombies to the South Pole. Cepis, Martha - - - - Nursey who identifies babies in the maternity ward. Cinkota. Veronica - - - Set the styles in ladies wear at Davids, that exclusive Cleveland shop. Cox. Cordon............With his sturdy, speedy legs was a floorwalker at Coldbcrg's Sec- ond Hand Store. Cunningham. Georg; - The Stella Walsh of James Ford Rhodes. Danchuk. Alice - - - - After traveling the roads, she came back to Rhodes. Dierker. Richard - - - Football coach at Mansfield Reformatory; his team bagged 40 games, killed 92 players!!! Dopslaf. Ruth --- - She posed for Popeye's gal — Olive Oyl. Dubois. Eileen - - - - Housewife who raised storks for a hobby. Fcnrich, Elva ----- Manufactured wigs for bald-headed men, Graff. Joyce ----- She invented the gutter ball in bowling. Goss. Jean ------ Hard-boiled matron at Cleveland's Institute for Bad Cirls. Crapcntin. Evelyn - - - First graduate of the Class of '44 to be married. Held. Jack ------ Spent his entire life going to his doctor asking what those lumps on his arms were; finally discovered they were muscles. Hnat, Martha - - - - Voted the Esquire Girl by the inhabitants of the Newburgh Heights Home for the Insane. Hoffman. Gertrude - - Thinking this was an awful cruel world she took to testing parachutes. Huebner. James - - - Devoted his life to the study of people who devoted their lives to the study of people who devoted. Jakabcic, Emma - - - Co-owners of the Zags' Mansion, a home for respectable old Keller, Dorothy - - - - maids. Jankc. William - - - - Chemist who. after years of research, discovered the formula FL. 8690 to be his telephone number. — 22 — Jermann, Donald - - • 29th consecutive Republican Presidential Candidate defeated again by Eleven-Term Eliot, successor to his father. Fifteen-Term Franklin Johnson, Susan .... She took pictures of little boys and girls as they sat on a pony. Kammerer. Pearl ... Director of Music at one of the local high schools. Kane. John ------ Brilliant successor to Father Divine; he predicted the end of the world for January. 1944. Keppler, Louis - - - - Revolutionized the world of fashion by doing away with clothes. Kestner, Jeanne - - - - In an all-girl milking contest, this lovely lady won a trophy as the fastest goat-milker. Klepitch, Evelyn - - - Employed as a 1000 pound weight lifter by Barnum and Bailey Circus; and substituted for the fat lady on lunch hours. Knerly. Gertrude - - - Happy, contented housewife. Finally mastered a tenor sax man out of that dozen and a half of offspring. Kratky, James ----- Well-known baker who improved those little five-cent pies by inserting a filling between the crusts. Kulnitsky, John - - - - Famous clothes designer, has designed a new type of filled sweater lor girls. Landberg, Esther - - - Finally got on Broadway (and East 55th strectl. Lange. James ----- Better known as the “Man Who Came to Breakfast. Dinner and Supper. Longley, Sallybelle - - President of the Ohio Sallybclle Telephone Co. Luthardt. Roy - - - - Cosmetician at Fanny's Facial Shop. Made greatest discovery since Edison's electric light bulb — a non-tell-tale lipstick. Malinosky, Elmer - - - Auto mechanic, invented moforless car that was very speedy on a down grade. Died of a broken back from pushing it up hills. Mares, James ----- With his hairy legs, modeled Men's snappy garters. Martin. Mildred - - - Editor-in-Chief of “Wild Confessions magazine. Note, every story-true. (Boltz, copy boy. I Mason, Merlin - - - - Shell-shocked Admiral who survived the V-12-test. McCray. Betty Jane - - President of the McCray Makes You Marvelous, the last of Charm courses. McKenna, Margaret - - Leading model for those Skinny, nervous, rundown and irritable advertisements. Muchlhauser. Neil - - - Too bad about him. while employed as a window washer he had a bad habit of stepping back to admire his work. Mullm, Lucille - - - - Leader of Lu Mullin's All Boy Orchestra. including Tuma player. Murray, Mildred - - - Haunted the air waves with that early morning melody hour. It's Time to Ooan. (She d� d the vocals.) Naumann, Ruth - - - - Why 2.500 cars leave the roads daily. Novak. Richard - - - - Great engineer — built a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean. Also completed an underground Railway from New York to Moscow. Palsha. Ralph ----- Celebrated author of the book How to Lose Friends and Influence Them to Stay Lost.” Pansegrau, Ruth - - - She taught the rhumba at Sing Sing. Peters. Evelyn - - - - Chief barker at Siffron's Side Show. Pinch. Verna............Manufactured Pinch's Little Tummy Tacks — gosh they sure did pinch. Price. Dorothy - - - - Operates the panel at hubby's speak-easy Joint. Rath. Herbert...........An undertaker. Got all his business after Seed houses gym classes. Ray. Barbara ----- Better known as the Sunshine Girl. a door-to-door saleslady. Reichel. Dorothy - - - Runs a day nursery for babies, makes like they're all hers. I To those who don't know.) Renker. Richard - - - Curtain puller at the Roxy Burlesque Theater. Richards, Mildred - - - Entered the delightful career of being a nun. Robbins, William - - - Inspector of women's lingerie in the Red Robin Stores. Romweber. Carol - - - A highly devoted Sunday-school teacher. (Amen, Brother ) Rudnick, Eleanor - - - Ran the Wolverine's Skating Rink. Special rates to single, good- Rung, Marion ----- looking gentlemen. Ruppender, Howard - - Scientist who proved that there is positively nothing in a vacuum. . . Russ, Edward ----- The brave man on whose head scientist Ruppender made his experiments. Schifler. Clara - - - - Invented the bugo-bird, latest fad in ladies' junk jewelry. Made millions. I hear. Schroeder. Robert - - - Famous pipe collector, already has a collection of some 1000 pipes. all galvanized. — 23 — Skowron. Leonard - - - Lady's man — went around with more girls than the revolving doors at Higbee's. Spidlc, Dolores .... Modeled boy's sport jackets in one of the leading downtown department stores. Staok, Harold - - - - Beloved sympathizer of the Back to the Moron movement, who organized the Stacik's School for Stupid Students. Starr. Martha ----- Owns the Blue Star Sausage Company, originator of those famous little pig sausages sold without ration points if you bring the pig. String, Ann ------ Inventor of the strings that are used to move the bodies of miniature puppets. Strung. Margaret - - - Lost her voice a few years back — can you imagine that? Troescher, Audrey - - She took over the sound effects on the Hermit's Cave program after the death of the hermit.. . Rumors say he died from fear of one of his own stories. Tubbcsing, Carol - - - Our prima donna who has collected drawers of awards for her Champion Hog Calling Technique. Urban. Grace ----- She delivered many Kellog's samples to our homes. Wichman, Adolph - - - In an effort to conserve rubber he invented a truck without wheels. P.S. It wouldn't run. Wick, Jean ------ Madame Wick — Child Psychologist. Wilczynski, Chester - - Originator of three-parx harmony for Pistol Packin' Mamma. Wildman, Lois - - - - Our beautiful cover girl who has modeled for such exclusive maga- zines as Time, Popular Science. The American Observer, and. oh yes. Field and Stream. Williamson. Clenn - - - Was a dare-devil. Accomplished a hand-stand on the Empire State Building, but lost his balance when a naughty fly sat on his nose. Wittich, Wesley - - - Still blowing his horn, while riding up and down the street selling fish. Wittmcr. Howard - - - Republican candidate for the presidency of the National Street Cleaner's Association. Woike, William - - - - Famous Washington meat-dealer who collected ration stamps from everyone, including Congressmen. Zayac, Olga.............Was a slingcr of hash at the Greasy Spoon. Zep. Ray ------ Sniffer Zep. operated a seeing-eye dog institution This completes the reading of our list of new candidates. And now we shall begin the voting. All those angels present who arc eligible voters will please show their approval of the candidates by their applause. Then it appears that the candidates are qualified and duty accepted for admittance into Heaven. Congratulations, people; you are now and will henceforth be known as Angels First Class, until you finally earn your winya, when you will be recognized as Flight Lieutenants of the Flying 92! - 24 — LAST WILL AMD TESTAMEMT This concoction of mirth plus solemnity is the last will and testament of us the Senior Class (small as it is) of James Ford Rhodes, drawn up on the first month of the year 1944. A.D. It is our final endeavor to put on paper our attitudes toward the future and our recollections of past experiences. Though our class has been disrupted to a large extent by the war. we shall earnestly try to recapture the spirit of our original class. We seniors, grown wise in our four years of cerebrum-disturbing school life, being approximately eighteen years of age and possessing sanity (we think, or better, we hope), do hereby devise, bequeath, and otherwise donate (or shall we say, dispose of) the following project to our underclassmen and to our faculty, who have been very understanding with our patience-challenging class. Section I MUSIC Article I When we seniors bid adieu. Miss Keller and Mr. Gerkowski will find many unoccupied places left them in their various musical organizations. Article II To the A Capella Choir we leave vacant places amid the soprano, alto, tenor, and bass Being twenty in number, the names arc too numerous to mention. Article III Of the nine voices now in the Girls' Triple Trio, five will be gone after Margaret Strung. Marjorie Brown, Carol Tubbesing. Mildred Richards, and Barbara Ray graduate. Article IV The Clee Club will also consider themselves unlucky, because thirteen of their songsters will depart in January '44. Article V When Vera Albers graduates, she leaves her job as leader of the band to anyone capable of stepping as high. Six other players leave their reserved seats at the football games and other musical programs. Article VI Who will take Howie Wittmers place as head noon-movie operator? Could it be his up-and-projecting kid brother? Section II ATHLETICS Article I The athletic senior girls, most of them already graduated from summer school, made the enviable record of winning every contest that was offered them by the sport department, and thus leave behind an unbeatable record. Article II To Mr. Vannorsdall we leave the hopes, worries and pleasures!?) of future grid teams. We also leave him the task of filling the nine well-worn uniforms of Rath. Rcnker, Aiello. Huebner, Boltz. Keppler. Robbins, and Dierkcr, Zep. Article III To the school, we leave fond memories of Rhodes’s first undefeated grid season (1942). Article IV To the up-and-coming grid stars, we leave the pleasures of spending many hours in the dust bowl. Article V To Mr. Holden we leave vacancies (and rhat's about all we leave him) in both track and cross country. He will have to find new boys to replace the lettermen Brandt. Bright. Cox, Cunningham. Palsha, Schroeder. to whom Uncle Sam will soon be a favorite relative. If nothing else, we will leave him his retreaded tires, and a few likely looking prospects. Section III SOCIALLY SPEAKINC Article I Jim Huebner and Alfred Aiello don't especially mind leaving school, after all Ruth Arnold and Vera Albers are graduating, too. Article II We seniors leave behind pleasant memories of having participated in the innovation of having had the traditionally 1 2A formal held while still 128's. Article III When graduating, we seniors will leave behind a iinx that seems to have been following us all through our school years, that is. the jinx of always having been used as guinea pigs for the teachers. As soon as our class reached a certain level, it seemed as if just then the teachers wanted to try somethin new in that course. Article IV In parting, we seniors must admit that school hasn't been too hard to digest. In fact, we have really enjoyed every particle of it. Having fulfilled all requirements to the best of our ability, we humbly bequeath this last will and testament to our school. — 25 — THE SENIOR CLASS Rhodes Hymn Dear old Rhodes High, Thy wisdom lights our paths. Thy friendships true stay with us to the last. We stand united in thy purpose true. Loyal and faithful to the White and Blue Rhodes Marching Song Let's sing to the sky The song of Rhodes High; We're all for one and one for all Our motto is to do or die. Come on Blue and White. Keep up the good fight. Raise high the colors, all will see. We march right on to victory. — 26 — AUTOGRAPHS