Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Class History By Valerla DeFrand and Rlchard Fapka Icmucrry 1957 The followmg zncxdent takes place 1n the pubhc llbrary Why the publlc hbrary? Well we f1gured that the lxbrary was probably the least used by the ma Jormty dur1ng the past four years so we should at least acknowledge :ts exmstence by makmg It part of our class h1story! For some unknown reason Val DeFrank and Rlchard Fapka spent the day at the lxbrary one week before graduatxon day Were they studymg? Studymg, at the zero hour? But why? one of those crazy mexphcable tlungs But there they were b1g as 11fe s1tt1ng and readmg Read1ng????ll R1chard suddenly dropped the 'Wall Street Journal that held been busy studymg and Val looked up startled She notrced R1chard's troubled face She put down her copy of The Mature Mrnd and questxomngly re marked Va R1ch! What s the matter? R1ch Ohl I was Just th1nk1ng R1ch About our four years at Southwestern and now we re leavlng Va Ive been tlunkmg about that too In only one week we w11l be graduatmg It hardly seems poss1ble that only four short years ago we came from such schools as W1lson, Boynton Cary Morley, Mc Mxllan and Hunter to Joxn 1nto one great class at Southwestern R1ch Boy' Do you remember our fxrst day? I can st1l1 p1cture lt Those enormous halls and the bxg sen1ors trymg to sell us elevator passes and g1v mg us wrong d1rect1ons Val Yes, I remember If lt wasn t for a good fr1end of m1ne tell1ng me where to go I dont know where Id be now R1ch Do you remember how exc1ted we were about our f1rst Pxctorxal Day? Val I sure do We g1rls were so excxted that we dec1ded to get all dressed up I guess we were try mg to 1mpress the semors R1ch Yeah and I can stxll see you all strugghng down the hall 1n your h1gh heels Val Eventually we were 9A s, and we felt a lrttle better R1ch That was the term we had our blood typed Boy! Some of the g1rls acted as rf they were gomg to be murdered' What weakhngs' 23 -Q-an i Valer1a DeFrank Rlchard Fapka Val Before we knew It xt was 1954 and we were sophomores The year passed rather smoothly w1th lmttle happemng that was world shattermg R1ch But whmle we were 9A s we had our chest X rays The boys really trxed to scare the gxrls 1nto thxnkmg It would hurt The moblle umt d1d a com plete Job and we were all mtact Val We dxdnt do too badly 1n football that term even though we lost four games R1ch But we d1d beat Western and that was 1m portant Val We all had a thr11l because we brought the Lrttle Brown Jug back to Southwestern Rxch And Kaye Tertzag Eugene Napol1tan Joe Sebok Ron Flew nv Ray Herrando and some others won the1r letters 1n sports that year Remember how Colurnous Glover won h1s letter 1n track when he was only a freshman Val And the gxrls who won the1r letters 1n sports were Pat Hudec and Jul1e Caxthdge was the half way mark Val We thought that we had really accomplxshed somethmg rn the past two years R1ch But the problem was that we had t.vo more years to go Val And then we knew we wouldnt accompllsh anytnmg untll we frmshed school R1ch Do you remember our 11A Day? Val It .vas on December 14 1905 We wore tmted blue carnat1ons w1th blue r1bbons R1ch lthmk we were the happlest and proudest kxds 1n the whole school Val Som of us had dmner downtown and 1n the even1ng Kathy Zajacz had a party at her home all had a wonderful t1me a t1me we w1ll never for e R1ch The next semester we thought we were bxg shots 12B s We started off by electxng our class off1cers Kaye Tertzag pres1dent Ray Herrando vrce presxdent Connre Burgess secretary J1m Ed wards treasurer Val No sooner had we elected our offxcers than Joe Sebok and Dor1s Dobbs were elected to accept the P1ck and Spade And then on May 31 and June 1 we presented a movle called It Happens Every Sprmg to beg1n ra1s1ng money for raduat1on R1ch That was the term when our Modern L1t X K, X K I . I A 7 A Y D - , ' . . - - I ' - ' . - 1 - . : , , ' , I ' - rr . . ' . U . , : , , . - . . . , l - -, ' . , ' 3 A . -D , . . I . ' . , v r 1 I ' I IV ' . ' I ' I D! ! . . y - 9 U 1 or 1 I 7 . - , . , . . 1: ' ' . 1 ' l ' ' Val: What about? Rich: We reached the eleventh grade by 1955. It 'I ' : - ' . ' 1: , . . , i V . . U Q . l T ' - . , , - .: . . ' ' , . : . ' . : ' ' , ' . . , . . . ' 1 . Q . . ' ' . . . c , . . . , , . . L I We , . . , . . - ' : ' g t. , . . - , - ' . - ' 3 , ' 3 , ' I ' . ' 1 y ' z , . . , I : ' . ' Q ' . l ' 7 7 . p 1 ' ,il ' ' ' g ' . I ll

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ES L 'N-r Q' ' 1 'su an-,fl ,Mr Presentahon of the P1ck By Joe Sebok Thxs is a proud and happy moment for me asl present to you this cherished pick on behalf of the Class of January 1957 This symbolic p1Ck has guided our class through our senior year The principles It symbollzes have helped us to achieve greater ac complishm nts through better c1t1zensh1p scholarsh1p fel1owsh1p and school Splflt I sincerely believe that you w1ll uphold these respected standards set before you May you never lose one of the most vltal elements of high school your school Splflt I would hke to extend our wlshes for a very successful semor semester and lots of happiness 1n the years to come Acceptance oi the P1ck By Carolyn Baker In behalf of the 12B Class it 1S an honor and a pleasure for me to accept this treasured pick As this symbol1c pick has led you through your semor year I hope that it w1ll lead us and that we may uphold the fine standards set before us W1th great pride and happiness we receive the pick and w1sh you good luck and success in the future Presentczhon of the Spade By Doris Dobbs It is an honor and a pr1v1legefor me to present this treasured spade to the 12B Class May you respect and practice the ideals of loyalty fnendliness courtesy and good sportsmansh1p that It represents as we the graduatlng class of January 1957 and the many graduating classes before us have done Acceptance of the Spade By Ronald Nash I am very happy and proud to receive from you this spade-and all the ideals for which it We, the l2B's, will try sportsmanship just as you and wish all the graduates near future. 10 stands. to maintain the high level of loyalty have. In behalf of my class, I thank of January, 1957, the best of luck in and you the

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Class History class took a field trip to the Art Institute Half of the class drifted off got lost amongst the mummies or some place! Val And on June l we also celebrated our 12B Class Day Our flowers were white carnations with white ribbons We again had dinner downtown and a party was again given by Kathy Zajacz After wards the kids went to Sammy s for pizza and we had a grand time Rich We also had a Record Hop which was a wonderful success Frank Sims the disc Jockey was Master of Ceremomes Some of the guests were B111 Ferro and Vicky Young I really had a good time selling pop and chips Val Yeah' I believe we talked more than we danced Rich Do you remember the basketball game we had with the 12A s'7 Val I sure do and of course we won What was really funny was the half time show The boys came out in those silly bathing suits, dresses and nylons Rich Hal Hal Ill never forget that either Those guys were teased for weeks afterwards but it was really something different Val Who got their letters that year? Rich Jock Quillico and Emery Lang were added to the Lettermen Val Vacation time came again and in September 56 we knew that that was the last time we would come back to Southwestern Rich And did we ever feel like Big Wheels real honest to goodness IZA s to have a good time I dont think a week has gone by this semster when we havent had a party Rich It's been the greatest term ever had by any group of seniors, and how I hate to see it end Val We started right off by electing our class officers Since Kaye Tertzag did such a good Job as president in the 12B we re elected him W also elected Lucy Topelian as vice president Biruta Ramanauskas as secretary and because Jock Quillico liked to handle money we elected him the keeper of our money for better or for worse' And Just after these elections Henry Citron was elected president of the Student Council Rich The whole school was sad because we lost the football classic to Western and the lil brown Jug' went back to the Clark Park Institution But in spite of this loss our football team played great foot ball throughout the season And the school spirit this semester was stupendous The 12A s really turned out in full force for all the games Remember the trouble Julie Cartlidge had talking every week end after a game? Val I know what you mean We all had a little trouble talking after some of the games And how about Pat Hudec and the wonderful Job the cheerleaders did? Rich And speaking of Pat Hudec reminds me of the Charleston Act that some of the kids did at the Northwestern game Let s see they were Pat Hudec Julie Cartlidge Kathy Zayacz Rosemarie Kozak and Conme Burgess And you Val And will you ever forget Jock Quillxco and Chuck Stallard dancing around with those canes? I was happy to have a chance to Join in the act when it was given at the clothing drive assembly and at the Western basketball game s too bad we didn t begin doing things like that when we were freshmen Val You re right Those are the things that make school a lot of fun Rich Now that I look back on the serious side of school the studying that is it doesnt seem nearly so bad And it really paid off for Kathleen Gall who became our Valedictorian and Biruta Ramanauskas who became our Salutatorian They are the lucky ones who will give the Commencement Day speeches and they deserve the honors they have received Val Golly Rich, we girls are beginning to get all choked up Just thinking about graduation I sure do hope well all be able to get together often after we're all through school but I imagine well all go off in different directions and chances are that some of us will never see each other again But maybe we can keep in touch with each other and have a re union every so often Rich Wouldnt it be great if we could all get to gether again and have another dance like our first senior dance The Autumn Hop What a night that was Everybody had a good time Some of the boys even got up enough nerve to sing a few songs durmg the intermission Remember Four Crows Sitting on a Fence ? Val How could I forget You boys haven't stopped singing since then Miss Fisher, Mr Levin M Frasier Mr Phinney Mrs Flake and Mr Shuman really got a big bang out of that number I believe our class made a good choice in picking them for The Dedication of the Pictorial because these two teachers displayed more school spirit than any ten semors put together Val Gee what good times' Remember all the fun we had when we went to Richard Pullen s grand mothers farm He had us all out there three or four times and we had a terrific time each time There were the hay rides dancing in the barn What a ball we had when we went horseback riding out there I dont think Ill ever forget watching Chuck Stallard try to make that old horse of his move when the poor ol hos only wanted to eat the bushes Rich And remember when Nancy Sullivan broke her leg at one of Richard s parties Seems that a certain Ron Fleming knew a little Judo too Val And oh boy' What a time we had playing football out there Remember it was Napolitans team against Sebok s team And then the Hallo ween party, too Rich Val what do business managers do'? Val I dunno why? Rich Well It must have been a lot of mon key busmess or else Larry Sirls and John Kasa wouldn t have accepted the positions of Business Man agers of the Prospector! Val You can be sure though that the Journalistic business was top notch with Helen Milton as Editor Rich What about our trips to Knock Knock Street' What a panic' By gosh we really heard that weird knocking too and it wasnt our knees either fPauseJ Hey why the faraway look Val? What are you think ing about9 I . It' . . , .... ' ! , , . . . . , I . . . , . . , ' . . . . . - . 9 P ' , - . . . , ' 7 J ' : . I , ' 1 7 9 I 7 , . . . . , Z u . 2 , . . . . - I . ' . , . . , ' v I D 3 ' ! . . . . , . . - . .2 I , - . . s ' . 0 . - Y . . . , . . . . ,, I . ' . . . . . b . . I . y r' . , . . ,, . ,,- . . . , . , . . - - ' ' , . . Val: And, gee, Rich, that's when we really began Rich: And speaking of Mrs. Flake and Mr. Shuman. . , . . . . . D . . . . , .l , - . . Y - . . e , I . . - . , . 7 . . ' , , .. . . 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