Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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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

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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 Prophecy Gene Yea Ialso hear he 1S the M D for all the underwater creatures Larry Pretty successful too He Just 1nvented a mouth wash for sna1ls Jul1e H1 there, everyone! Oh Larry your palace IS beaut1ful Just beaut1ful' Larry Thanks Say 1snt that Al 'Stxcks H1Ck son and M1ke Red Klauza steppxng down from your Shlp Jul1e? Jul1e It sure IS Al was Just crowned Mr Un1 verse and Red has just graduated from Frogman Un1vers1ty Hes head heutenant of our Frogman Patrol Gene Say man 1snt that G11bert Hunter better known as Frogg1e? Jul1e Why yes Frogg1e plays the trumpet for a Neptun1an band I-hs latest h1t IS 'I m Forever Blow 1ng Bubbles And Vernesa Jones IS now Queen B1rd1e of the Flymg Flsh Larry Remember Anna Drag1sh? Jul1e I sure do good ol Dragg1e! Larry She s a TV comed1enne now Dragg1e IS go1ng to enterta1n our party tomght The Eaddy s1sters are her make up artxsts Delores 1S the ha1r styl1st and Sara IS the cosmetolog1st Gene Larry your Ital1an food sure smells great! Who s your chef? Larry Henry Cxtron but here we refer to h1m as Henr1 zee chef de ma1son S1rls Jul1e I thought Hank was go1ng to be a dent1st Larry Henr1 dec1ded It would be eas1er to cause cav1t1es than to repa1r them Jul1e Look 1snt that Kathleen Gall over there? Larry It sure IS She s my c1garette g1rl Jul1e But wasnt she voted The G1rl most lxkely Larry Well!???? Jul1e What s all that H0159 I hear? Gene Sounds l1ke J 1m Edwards and John Kasa Larry Yep that s Rebel and In1e They re st11l argu1ng over what we re go1ng to eat tomght hom1ny gr1ts and corn bread or ch1cken pup1kush Jul1e What other enterta1nment have you l1ned up for tomght Larry? Larry Oh I almost forgot Amy Fernandez w1l1 J01n us here too Gene Amy! Doesn t she lwe 1n Spam now? Larry She does but Ive arranged for her to do a spec1al dance number tomght Shell fly 1n later on Jul1e Its about t1me for everyone to arrlve I m so excxted Gene Here comes another sh1p It s a Plutor1an L1sten to that motor bark! Larry There s Sal Matte1 com1ng out f1rst Look at that umform' He must be a general' Gene No he s Just the porter Jul1e Here come Jock J C Qu1ll1co famous cr1m1na1 lawyer of Pluto W1th h1m are Tony Topel1an and Al1ne Perkms hIS two pr1vate secretarmes Larry Sh I hear someone s1ng1ng It sounds l1ke Elv1s the PCIVIS Presley that notorxous charac ter of our youth Jul1e Why sure dont you remember thats Emery Lang He s probably go1ng to slng Puppy Dog tomght or maybe Kltty Cat Gene Who are those two guys stagger1ng out of the hatch? Larry It looks vaguely l1ke Lush McMath and Duke Borowskx Jul1e Dxdnt they lxve near Fort and Green? Larry Well not exactly But thats where they spent most of the1r t1me Jul1e Yes It looks l1ke they started the celebra t1on a b1t early Gene Here come two more supersomc space sh1ps now Weeeee those rockets must be from Moon and Saturn! Larry And here comes the Man 1n the Moon Al Ferrans and h1s three moonbeams Bob M1nk Ron S1pos and J1m Bowdler Jul1e I hear Pat C1arl1no plays her clarnnet only dur1ng the half moon and Jo Buycks 11ves on a Sub urban Star just south of the Moon Gene How about Helen M1lton what happened to her? Larry She s ed1tor 1n Chlef of the MOOHSh1H9 Gazette Jul1e That Journahsm stuff sure went to her head! How IS Chuck Stallard and h1s two ass1stants Ernest Kemp and Frank Canc111a? Gene They both hold top government Jobs They pa1nt the r1ngs around Saturn w1th fluorescent pa1nt so they ll sh1ne at n1ght Larry I see Val DeFrank and her Ita11an mov1e star crooner husband Dean Mart1n J D1d you know that Sally Vamplew IS the famous bubble dancer of Saturn? Gene O yeah? Larry She almost lost her Job a few weeks ago when someone 1n the aud1ence started throwmg darts Charleston dance 1nstructor, st11l runnmg around 1n c1rcles teachmg the ch1cken on the s1de Gene Here comes the sh1p from Mars Its that new nuclear flymg saucer model What l1nes what speed lovely!! Larry Hey there s Lt Go1d1e Horvath of the Mars Space Patrol and behmd her IS rugged Nan Sull1van Nan s go1ng to be the bouncer for tomght Jul1e And here comes Morr1s 'Sl1ck Hartman top surgeon on Mars and h1s ace helper Betty Pur1foy Larry The last t1me I heard D Sl1ck was a foot spec1al1st for sp1ders Gene How about Hondo Herrando? I hear he got h1s lunch perm1t back last year Larry Hondo IS an eccentrxc and outspoken m1l l1ona1re up on Mars H1s bodyguard IS the feroc1ous Pete Baron Kulunen Jul1e What s Barbara Ny1los do1ng here so early? Larry She s been handlmg all the radlo controls of 1ncom1ng navy space rockets She has become qulte an outstandmg Martlan commun1cat1ons expert Gene I was Just talk1ng to Barbara and she samd that the gang from Juplter w1ll be a lxttle late They re playxng for the mterplanetary basketball champ1onsh1p Larry The1r two top scorers are Kaye Tertzag and Columbus Glover R1chard L1bra the great mathematlcs gen1us IS keepmg score w1th h1s easy method equatmons !Cont1nued on Page 431 : , ' . . : ' - . ' ' - . ' I1 YV . , . . ' VI I' ' ' 3 ' , ' : ' ' ' . . . . . I , 7 ' a . . Q u - ' I ! ' If ' - . . ' ' x . ' YI IV ' - . . . . . l , - ! ' , ! 1 . . . . . , . .u ' I ' . . . i ' l ' Y a s 1 . . - , ' U , : . . . . . . . , , - , l , . , - ' 0- ' 1' . . . . . ,, n . - : I l v - . ' . , . -. - . ,, . , , . . . H - t . . . , I 9 0 I ' . I . . . . : ' .. . ' ' ' ' VV 'IV ' ' . ' , . : . - , ' , I-I ' . vv 'sv - - ' , ' . ' I - I ' D Y . , . . ' 7 ' ' ' . I IV ' ' . . . . to succeedu? 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