Rhodes High School - Aries Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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CLASS T'was a cold and blustery day, January 31, l944 when l25 wide-eyed young souls tripped up the steps of dear old Rhodes high. Frozen through, a few bold ones managed to question, Where's the audi- torium? And from there on it was happy days. Wasn't it wonderful how we romped at the Fresh- men party? Oh, those wonderful Student Council people. Some of our 9B girls got a chance to display their talents in With a Song in my Heart. Weren't those blonde wigs and wooden shoes cute? Our own Fred Engleman went out for Freshmen Football and brake his leg in two places. How? Climbing over a fence. Joe Gudlin was the first of our boys to get a letter in track. ln football it was Gecking and Armstrong and in basketball it was Armstrong. And incidentally, by now Armstrong has reached the height where he can place the basketball in the net without effort. ln the IOA, we got a couple of foreigners. They were George Lechner and Bob Krieger and they were all the way from Tech! And Brooklyn, New York gifted us with Ted Yurcak. Don Gecking and Justine Cheselka got to run the Student Council for a year. No class is complete without its athletes, both masculine and feminine. The first girl in our class to get in girl leaders was Mary Ellen Shaw. Following her in were Cheselka, Urban, Wiese, Mushat, Owens, Hallahan, Scuba and Smith. Breaking into the boys Leaders were Armstrong and Gecking, who both hold offices in it. Studying hard in languages brought about merits for a number of our kids. Those that made the Ger- man Club were Mary Ellen Shaw, Lydia Scherer, Larry Gedeon, Dick Stause, George Lechner, Louise Wolf, Dorothy Mikolack, Ted Fessler, Eugene Jeffreys, and .Albert Leyerle. The French Club members are Hector Fraser, Betty Ziegler, George Lechner and Dorothy Owens. A lone member from our class made the Latin Club, she is Jean Lombardo. We are firm believers in fun, however mere are four traitors in our class who actually study. They made the Honor Society and they are Lydia Scherer, George Lechner, Dick Stause, and Betty Ziegler, Bookies! Believe it or not, we finally became Seniors and every head swelled at least a couple of inches. Our l2B elections brought about all-around Armstrong for president and George Lechner as vice-president. Dorothy Owens taking the notes and Jeanne Smith tapping the wallets. HISTORY We had the thrill of seeing Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Henderson return from serving their country. The girls took over from there. Our class also brought forth Mary Ellen Shaw as head majorette and Frances Stone as one of the majorettes. Not to forget all our great kids in the bond who added gray hairs to three different band leaders. We had lots of trouble with our l2B informal but boy did we have fun! And then there were those few energetic baakies who wanted to graduate early: They went ahead in the Twelfth and they are: Lois Leahy, Jean Skowran, Carol Sellers, Lenny Wisniewski, Bob Obojske, and Don Wires, Joy Overly, and Mary Ann Guth. Coming into our class from a half grade below were: Dorothy Andrusczko, Irene Hallahan, Marge Cecil, Gene Fullington, Phil Giordano, and Will Osborne. After a summer of freedom, we came back to find ourselves l2A's. What a problem! So we rounded up our class and elected George Lechner as president, Dick Stause as vice-president, Lee Pawlak, secretary, and Larry Gedeon as treasurer. Then there was our class picnic. And how did you look in a sack? The football team was honored by four of our boys. Jacko Armstrong, Don Gecking, John Scerbik, and Robert Paal. Who will ever forget our psychological tests ? Everyone was seen exercising their fingers across their lips for days afterward. Roy Bugay's voice still rings through Rhodes halls as part of the boy's Octette. And so it was with Ar- lene Crouch in the girls' Triple Trio. Many of us came into our own in Melody Fair F'Rinstance, Lee Pawlak and Ramona Di Lellis with their duet and Shirley Russell's solo. Need we say anything about the Hula Dancers? HUB ---- BA! Our class sincerely hopes that coaches Moran and Sawyer, plus the needed animals, will turr out more Charity Game contenders in the future. So as we close, we say: We know we have not made big history as Columbus or Magellan but we do hope that our class has helped in the progression of the history of dear old J.F.R. and what little that we could do, we did willingly . . . and so we leave you Rhodes to classes behind and hope that they may share in the fun and enjoyment that you have brought us.

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SENIOR PROPHECY CLASS or lANUARY, 1948 Below there is a prophecy Of future epitaphs. We nudged a few. One might be you, So easy on the laughs. Jacko Armstrong continues to grow up. College buckets raised to twelve feet. Roofs come off stadiums. Jeanne Case becomes women's physical ed teacher. Tells her motto to students. Shapely limbs-Many Hims. Roy Doc Bugay sits at home smoking his Slash pump while little blondes romp about the unsuspect- ing track squads. Lillian Blasik revolutianizes dime stares. Nothing above Sc and lOc. Raids on weekly sewing circles held at Bob Bren- ner's and Ray Eirich's. Annual Justine Cheselka Day Race to be held in January. Glenn Cowgill's coming out party will be held the night before the prom. Arlene Crouch is the proud owner of a big diamond ring-third finger left hand. - - - lDo we hear wed- ding bells?l John Cross gets two years in hoozegow for stealing kisses frorn Fanny Farmer. Shirley Cutting is opening a boarding house on Spring road for bachelors only. Ron Doehler makes his first million. Buys new Cadillac. Throws away keys and walks so no one can leech him for a ride. Gloria Daso now selling hand painted ties for men. Competing with ancient history museum. Frank Dydek blows up teacher's college with his own brand of cigarette. Ramona Di Lellis and Helen Pawlak have replaced Carmen Miranda in the cinema. Fred Engleman is a driving instructor for women only lBlondes preferred.l Love letters found in Cornel Wilde's mail box signed . . . Franks a million, Irene. Hector Hoot Man Fraser, just released from Klaas' prison, will resume booking at Thistle Down lHis job is to catch foul tips l. How many will fall under the pressure of Irene Good Head Hallahan's flashy blue peepers lMay all her little lrishmen be the samel. Jack Fuelling and Harry James. Carol Hillebrecht and Betty Ziegler now own Clague's. Have special rates for nightly hay rides . . . if they are included. Gene Politician Fullington opens men's stare next to Luke's. What time did you say Harry Schwarz closes? I Anna Hall and the King of Siam. Regina Hollen intends to marry a basketball player and raise five little maple-maulers for the future Rhodes quint. Absent minded office manager, Don Gecking, found flirting with his typewriter. lWoit till Jan sees this. She'll punch'm.l Low and behold, Josephine Lioi becomes Mrs. Pro- prioter of the Shack of Weeds. Larry Sol Gedeon will sell the same thing twice as cheap. Used clothes business hits new high lskirts exceptedl, Get Gedeon's Gotten Garments. Phil Giordano makes living from pennies in pock- ets of cleaning. Jean Lombardo transferred to Halle's floor clean- ing staff. All washed up, eh Jean? Mary Lou Loughead whips down l-litch-up Hol- low. Will pull up Short to alter. Andy Holz moves in at the end of fifty-fourth street. tlt's dark therel. Marion Masek lives up to her initial name . . . Marions Marryin' some day. Al Huy is the star attraction at a certain estab- lishment on Ninth and Chester. - The Matejka-Zaza, dare-devil racing team, are entering the Driving Class Special in the national air races next year lLess trafficl. Gene Einstein Jeffery becomes night watchman at Schuster's Atomic Brewery. Jeanette Meng has a husband who runs a Woke you up in the morning company. Wake up Jeanette. Tom Kasner named City Transportation Chief. Runs bus line to local brewery. Voted president of club at Rhodes, Tappa Kegga Beer. Dorothy Mikolack is the star saleslady in Wurlit- zer's cheese box department. lDon't squeeze too hard, Dot.l Tom Keppler, nationally known cheese cake photo- grapher, witnesses rise of hem lines. Betty Mushat might be showered with Reise . Ron Koepf, with flashy clothes and all, opens up new studio for Arthur Murray on Broadway in New York. E.J.H. is counting on Dot Owens knowledge of dis- tance men to help his cinder-slammers on. Milers included. X

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT CLASS or IANUARY, 1948 Here is what we leave you Lowly lower grades The memories of he-men And mello IZA maids. From the balcony . . Reel l Splice I The IZA class leaves Mr. Martin all the available stocks and bonds in the city of Cleveland. Splice ll To Miss Simpson we leave our hopes for some new Boards of Education. Splice lll ln regards to Vannorsdolls acres we leave a labor problem lask the huskers of I l4.l Splice IV To Mr. Schmidt we leave the lipstick on Moryellen Shaw's atomic whistle and Francis Stone's big blue eyes staring at the missfits in the ranks of the blue and white band. Splice V To Miss Thomson and Mr. Tanko we leave our senior class problems. We hope they'll recover for the senior classes to come. Splice VI To Admiral Boom Hoffman we leave the pole position in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day Race. Reel ll Splice l John Scerbik and Bob Paal leave the football benches for someone else to warm. Splice ll The IZA class of James Ford Rhodes leaves Wally Onizchak's crutches to future senior gym classes. Splice lll Shirley Cutting leaves old J.F,R. in the middle of writing her book The Harvey Bays. Splice IV Lydia Scherer leaves her rippling laughter to all those who come after. Reel lll Splice l The senior class offers sympathy to coaches Moran, Holden and Vannorsdall. We are taking o Jocka Armstrong with us. Splice ll To all injured members of Rhodes' athletic teams we leave the services of Don Lester Kovach's big black limousine. Splice Ill To coach Moran we leave a serious gap in his forward wall. Splice IV We leave Miss Keller and the Glee Club memories of the giddy days when we spent a long and interesting period studying the holes in the ceiling. Reel IV The senior class wishes to congratulate the James Ford Rhodes faculty members for putting up with us for eight semesters. Amen