Roeliff Jansen Central School - Ro Jan Yearbook (Hillsdale, NY)

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I cw!! of Camnrrow The story you are to hear rs about a modern Rrp Van Wrnkle attuned to the atomrc age Mark Squrres who always had a great affectron for hrs classmates through a turn of events lost complete contact wrth everyone rn hrs class Rrght after graduatron rn June 1954 for the betterment of scrence he plunged deep rnto the Jungles of Afrrca Also he became so engrossed rn hrs work that for ten years although he thought often of hrs classmates he heard no word of them At the end of that trme he became a very rrch man and knew of no better way to spend hrs fortune than to look up hrs old frrends So Mark tracked hrs way out of the wrlds and landed rn crvrlrzatron Hrs frrst step was to frnd the Amerrcan Embassy Surprrsed he was to frnd W Curtrs Yates Jr as Charge d Affarres Needless to say they were overjoyed at renewrng therr acquarntance Questron after questron regardrng the class of 54 fell upon Curtrs s broad shoulders Mark learned that four of the class are rn the State Department Paul Wred rs makrng a name for hrmself wrth the Embassy rn Mexrco Crty whrle John Brusre IS our ambassador to the Court of St James Sherla Rothvoss rs secretary to our ambassador of Greece and Nancy Doell rs head receptronrst rn Parrs After recervrng hrs vrsa from Curt Mark went to the hosprtal for a checkup There he found out that the rncomparable Dr Robert Rosenfeldt was chref surgeon The Doctor rnformed hrm that Roberta Morandr Dolores Mrller and Carol Hall all graduated wrth hrm rn hrs pre med class From the hosprtal he went to the arrport He was amazed to see the atomrc power arrplane prloted by Joe Ruschettr Thrs shrp carrred three hundred passengers plus a crew of twenty erght The medrcal offrcer was Garl Bowerhan Brll Jones was the modern versron of sparks He was communrcatron offrcer Thrs was a great help to Mark as Brll was able to communrcate wrth some of the other members of the class who are now rn far corners of the world Ralph McWh1rt has the Standard Orl Agency rn Pakrstan John Mahon and Brandt Nelson are Sales Managers for Coca Cola rn the Far East and many a desert wanderer has them to thank for quenchrng hrs thrrst Dorothy Rregel sees to rt that Srnger Sewrng machrnes are rn every household rn the Malay Strarts Amvrng rn the states Mark went to the Detectrve Agency of Wyman and Wyman at 121 Broadway The Wyman twrns snowed therr apprecratron by donatrng a good part of therr trme to help locate other classmates Across the street stood the marestrc rnsurance agency of Calvrn Sheldon It seemed that lower New York wrth rts large skyscrapers was a haven for Roe Jan alumm Drck LaPorte s Club Ex qursrte was where the brg men of Wall Street relaxed At 63 Wall Street Pat Mambert and Elarne Mc Hugh have a beauty parlor Accompanred by the Wymans Mark headed back to the old stomprng grounds rn Columbra County Stopprng off at Stoddard s Drner rn Whrte Plarns the trro had a relaxrng breakfast Nearby was the gas statron operated by Arnold Stang The party went to Hudson to Dons Davrs statronery store There they bought one of Laurette Nault s complete and unabrrdged Famous Joke Books and the Hudson Regrster whrch rs now edrted by Betty Jane Mrchaluk Headlrnes were that Senators Wrllcox and Osofsky were frlrbusterrng over a new brll rn Congress The home party was sponsorrng Phrl Gellert for Lreutenant Governor The sports page was edrted by Drck Brusle Harold Traganza ex Roe Jan athlete rs now Dtrector of Athletrcs at Hudson Hrgh Ken Kromer rs a star wrth the New York Football Grants and rs a partner wrth Eugene Smrth rn a sportrng goods store at Hollowvrlle In Joan Brarg s gossrp column they notrced that Lucrlle Walkes rs now appear rng at the Metropolrtan Opera House rn Madam Butterfly Desrgner Mary Lou Carl and Pat Wren are fashron desrgners for the Almeda Casrvant model agency Joan LaPorte 15 raprdly rrsrng to stardom the movre prcture world Rrchard Dellea recently won a crurse to Bermuda all expenses pard by the Jenny Bevens and Josephrne Rogers Travel Bureau After brddrng therr adreu to Dorrs the trro departed to therr old Alma Mater Roelrff Jansen Pat Churchrll the prrncrpal showed them around Mary Lou Smrth has become the school nurse and Jane Brooks was found at her desk rn the lrbrary Jane showed them some of the books wrrtten by Roe Jamtes They were proud to note that John Orsted Donn Threlman and Wrnrfred Jerrnrngs were lrsted among the top ten authors rn the state Our last stop was at the farm of Ken and Dorrs Hoysradt Frrnk Adrran Langdon the country artrfrcral rnsemrnator was just leavrng He told them of the modern darry ranch at Frank Frederrcks and that Clarr Wadman now operates a profrtable raccoon farm That berng therr last stop Mark concluded that the class of 54 had been successful rn all frelds and trades Hrs search showed that hrs class had established a reputauon rn their school as one of the fmest to ever graduate I 1 v 1 Q n 1 9 0 9 1 , Q - 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MQ' juniors 'gx Ong,-J First row C Shutts E Williams M Michael P Schmeichel D Rodriques L McHugh P Pollock A Michael Second row L Wassenhove I Whitaker D Wilson D Willcox V Pittman S Niemann M Shipman M Whitbeck Third row J Rogers R Nelson I Zullo N Bell R Streeter R Pollock L Strudivant W Parsons C Yates ,ana-nnnuqp First row:N Coons E Frueh M Bopp J Bathrick C Knickerbocker G Bevens R Christiana L Christ- iana G Hunt P Herron E Williams Second row:A DeGrosso A Christiana B A Fallon L Crapser E Gardner T Jensen W. Call H Decker D Willcox Third rowzll Jensen T Murphy A Coons R Feil R Hilpertshauser S Grolis R Ackerman R Bendy M Hoyt W Brandt