Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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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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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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1982 Our Way' cr tno logue si By Jul1e Carllidge 'V Gene Napol1tan and Larry S1ls li ID gf J slut, Larry S1rls Julie Cartlidge Gene Napolitan As the dim lights 1llum1nate the stage l1ke a foggy day a tall man is revealed sitting dejectedly in one corner of the stage Strangely enough he looks l1ke he might be a head waiter 1n one of the finer eating places around town Suddenly a gong begins to r1ng one two three four five six seven from all 1nd1cat1ons it will contmue 1ndef1n1tely until the man Jumps to his feet bangs h1s head against the floor runs to the front moaning and groaning The head waiter Stop stop' Icant stand that infernal gong any longer Every year on January 24 lt begins gongmg one two three four add1ng an extra gong for each additional year to rem1nd me that on this day I graduated from high school high school ffaintlyl high school At the mention of high school something happens' BIG gong and conks out and haunting music IS heard seeping in through the walls A sign comes down from outer space suspended 1n air You re at SIRLS PIZZA PALACE with Jet propelled service The food 1S on your table before you order 1t' A vo1ce from without The years have rolled by and perhaps the ride was a b1t bumpy and somewhat explosive but what else can you expect from a world comprised of human b9lI'lgS7' Well at least they were human beings the last time we saw them That was twenty five years ago Yes a quarter of a century ago' As you well know many changes took place around Earth during that perlod For one thing not all Earth humans IIVC there anymore they couldnt take the 1nstab1l1ty of life there' The ol Southwestern Class of January 57 not only took to the hills but some took to the other planets Just a few die hards have stuck it out like Larry Sirls whose talent at pizza vending was reknown even back in 1957 That s h1m down there now shocked out of his dream by my gong Today his old crome Gene Napolitan IS go1ng to v1s1t h1m only Larry doesnt know this yet As a matter of fact Gene s about ready to walk in at the Palace right now Gene What d ya say Gaiterbait? Larry Well if It a1n t Three Flavors Napol1tanl' Where in heck have you been these last twenty five years? Gene I ve been 11v1ng on Saturn working on a new flavor Larry Have any luck? Gene About seven years ago I came up with a rainbow flavor but when I started back to Earth to have It patented it melted and Ive been trying to put It back together ever s1nce' Larry Gee Flavors thats too bad Gene Well now that Ive told you about my life s work tell me how did you ever get this fancy place? Larry Oh you remember back in h1gh school every day at record I used to buy a savings stamp? ing stamps? Larry No' No' One day as I was going to the bank to get a stamp I fell and broke both my legs so after I collected the insurance from f1ve d1fferent companies I had enough for the down payment Gene Wow' What luck' Larry That goes to show you what you miss by not buying savings stamps Gene Yep l1ve and learn Larry this Joint really has class' Larry It should The terrace floor IS marble and those benches you see are plat1num And the stairs are sol1d gold All the carpenting IS m1nk and erm1ne and the drapes are plush Say have you seen the dance floor? It s made of blue diamonds' ene G on Larry Yeah I had those diamonds brought in from King Solomons Sharp eh? Gene Man are they ever' Larry It took me ten years to build this place but its worth it to me Especially now for this reunion Been waiting twenty flVe years for this day Hey remember Stretch? Gene Y mean Jul1e? Yea man hows she doing? Larry She should arrive from Neptune any minute now Shes the star of the Neptune Aqua Follies and tonight she ll do a water ballet act for the show Ihave Pat Hudec here too for the musical comedy act Pat travels the Universe y know Thats Ann Nixon over there singing at the p1ano with William Bell Hes a famous dancer now He goes by the stage name Ding Dong Bell Gene Sounds l1ke a space sh1p arr1v1ng now Wow 11sten to those pmpes' Larry Its from Neptune Look there s Ron Kentucky Fleming Jul1es manager , I X -- - H .av ff f J 6 ' ff I ' - 1 - 1 W , . . . 4 , , 1 2 . , . , . , . . . - Y ' ' ' 4 a 1 a ' Y . , , , , ' 1 , , .... s I . ' . . , . . , n 7 7 s y . . . l Q I I . . . , , , . . . ' 1 5 ' . . . u ' ' Y 9 ' ' I I . T . n n Q , ' . . . ' . . . ' . . . . Z 1 '- The lights become brighter. The gong gives out one Gene' D0 YOU mean that YOU got this P31309 'JY Sal'- , . , I l I y 1 v . , : ' I , . I , . . . l 7 ' Y , . ' - G 1 0 --11? I , . . . . I . , . . , . . I y I . , : , . I T . ' I s I o 5 n A H , U , -. . U . . - . . - ' D , , , . u Y ' I ' v ' ' Y Y ' - I y . Y ' 1 ' . y . . - . V ' Y . v ' ' , , Y Y . ' V I , - . , . . i . 0 . . , . . I ' l ' n n s 1 . 9 , I Q I 1 1 . - s v : ' 4 . . ' e ' ' 1 a 1 n Y ' , . , 1 1 , . . , ' YY V1 ' ' I 1 Y ' 13