St Clair High School - Clairvoyant Yearbook (St Clair, MI)

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One June day rn 1961 Iwent to a for tune teller rn the depths of New York s Greenwrch vrllage Madame Fatrma and there I drscovered these amazrng thrngs about my old classmates of St Clarr Hrgh School Frrst of all she told me that the boy who was presrdent of the class of 51 Har lan Mrnor, was now manager and star player for the Harlan Globe trotters Joanne Wrll rams, vrce presrdent, rs teachrng at Denby H1ghSchool1nDetro1t her classes rn Eng lrsh are very popular wrth the boys 1 found that Dottre Smrth Secretary ofthe class of 1951 has acqurred the posrtron once held by Rrse Stevens at the M6trOp011tan Brll Gearrng the treasurer of the class rs now competrng rn the lndranapolrs Speedway races for hrs thrrd wrn And strange as rt may seem I learned that Don Beach the father of three blonde damsels, rs startrnga serres of lectures at the Smrthsonran Instrtute Jeanne Brewe the great horselover, rs exhrbrtrng her one woman show at the New York Museum of Frne Arts The new owner of Carmons PRUPHECLI Cleaners, now the Blrven Cleanrng Empor rum, B111 Blrven rs pressrng pants for the whole of St Clarr The leadrng Court re proter of the Supreme Court rs an old mem ber of our class, Sally Brrnker, who rs dorng a marvelous Job The frrst woman Justrce of the Supreme Courts, also a member of the class of 51, Georgra Cronkhrte brrngs a great honor to St Clarr Mary Cox has taken the hrgh place rn the home economrcs department of the old hrgh school on the retrrement of Mrss Katherrne Balfour The head of the atomrc research at Oakrrdge Tennessee rs alsoaformer mem ber of our class, Brll Closs Jenny Corry rs busy as the proverbral bee keeprng track of her four lrttle Fordons whrle Papa Fordon rs laborrng for hrs darly bread at the Dra mond Crystal, where he rs manager Lee Ceasar, commanly known as Julrus, rs kept very busy tendrng to the chrmpanzres at the Detrort Zoo, where he rs head caretaker Auctronrng off tobacco for LSMFT rs Jean Densmore who has replaced the star auc troneer rn old Kentucky Donna Denby rs owner and manager ofDonna s BabySrtters Inc Ray Ellrs rs assocrated wrth hrs father rn law, Wrllard Barley, as prlot at the St Clarr County Arrport Eleanor Frandrrck has her own show on TV whrch has put Our Mrss Brooks out of busrness, The head clerk rn the offrce at Brewer s rs Shrrley Fordt, a whrz on the typewrrter Jack Fau cher rs busrly polrshrng the rvorres at the Shamrock Hotel rn Houston Texas where Cookre Kraft rs hostess and occasronally sends a smrle Jack s way Head nurse at the well know Wass Clrnrc, specralrzrng rn brarn surgery rs our own Mary Grerg It rs located rn the thrrvrng crty of Adarr Second baseman for the famed Detrort Trgers rs the famous Joe Huber, who spends the trme he rs not on the dramond rarsrng purebred Hereford cattle 22 fndxxr ' . 5 ' 1 I Q . , , - v ' , . -. . I . - . . ' ' ss. , , ' . . . . , . .

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SEIIIUH IIHISS HISTUHU The class of 51 entered St Clalr I-hgh School exghty three strong gatherlng lts members from St Mary sand all the rural schools as well as from our own publlc school Mr Eggers advlsor of the fxrst sectlon of the class had as offrcers ln hxs home room presxdent Roy Kapanka sec retary Mary Kraft treasurer Charles Dlstelrath Coach Waytulonls the advlsor of the second sectlon, had as hls offlcers presldent, Earl McCartney vlce presldent Betty Rose treasurer Melvm Marsh Our Student Councll representatlves were Clyde Hasler and Thelma Mlller That year we gave our flrst school party the May Dance whlch was we are glad to say a success The next year we were upperclassmen and made our home on the thlrd floor fThough we complalned of havlng to clxmb the extra fllght of stalrs We now had only seventy one members The off1cers of Mr Eggers homeroom were preslclent Clyde I-Iasler v1ce pres1dent Wxlllam Landon secretary Mary Gr1eg treasurer Shxrley Fordt Mr Saul the advlsor of the second sectxon had asslstlng hxn presldent Sam Webster v1ce pres1dent HarlanM1nor and secretary Joyce Ruff Our Student Councll representatlves were Joyce Ruffand W1ll lam Bllven Havlng need fora class treas urer we elected Joyce Ruff Some of the boys were now playlng Varsity sports and we turned out often to watch the games Thls year Harry Mayhew was elected v1ce presldent nd Joyce Ruff secretary of the Student Councxl We were Jumors whenwe came back to school ln the fall of 1949 with xdeas of ralsmg money for the Jumor Semor Ban quet Mlss Frltz and Mr Eggers were the advlsors who saw us through all our prob lems Our class offxcers were Harry May hew president Dan Beach vlce presldent Sam Webster secretary and treasurer Shlrley Fordt We elected Mary Grelg and Joanne Wxllxams and Charles McMamgal to serve on the Student Councxl To start makmg money, we sold refreshments at the football games Br r r but lt was cold at txmes For the Carmval we put on a minstrel show ln which B111 Landon impersonated Al Jolson. 21 ln the mldst of our Junlor actlvltles our class rmgs arrlved as prom1sed before Chrxstmas We chose for our Jumor play And Came the Sprlng whrch starred such famous actors as Georg1a Cronkhmte Mary Grelg Eunlce Brown Mary J Koenlg Dorothy Sm1th B111 Blwen Ray Ellls Harry Mayhew Don Leach and Dan Thom tamed the sen1ors at the Black R1ver Coun try Club Oh by the way that year we won honors ln the Student Councll ln the sprxng electlons Harry Mayhew was elected pres ldent Dan Beach vlce presldent Dorothy Smlth treasurer and W1ll1am Bllven pub llcxty manager ofthe Counc1l Carol Carrl. gan was elected edltor of the ECHO Now at long last we are sen1ors 'H There are only forty seven of us and of the forty seven only ten have been together srnce klndergarten days Mxss Frltz and Mr Eggers have contmued to serve as our class advxsors Our offlcers are Harlan Mmor presldent Joanne Wllllams vxce presxdent Dorothy Smlth secretary and W1.ll1.am Gearlng treasurer Mary Greig and Joanne W1ll1ams are servzng as Student Councrl representatwes Glamour Boy was our play of the year wrth Ray Marvln and Thel ma Mrller xnthe stellar roles At the Cal' mval we operated the Bowery wrth a truly remarkable floor show A large number of the semor boys and gxrls ran the check room at the Flreman s Ball and also at the Dlamond Crystal program to earn money for the sprmg trlp Joyce Ruff has been a warded the D A R cxtlzenshlpfor gxrls Now remams the long awalted moment the day of the Washlngton tr1p May 14th and after that the wonderful banquet the Jumors w1l1 gwe us on our return and after that Commencement' , . . . . 0 1 ' 1 1 1 , . .. I 0 . u .,, . . . . . I 0 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 l . 0 - . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 . , I .. , 1 . . . 0 1 1 . .. . 1 11111 1 1 . . . .. . 1 1 1 . . . ' - . . . . . . . e 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' , j C O 1 1 . - , - -7 . 1 I C 1 I 1 . ' 1 1 1 -. . .. . , . . f I 9 Q 4 1' ' 5 . ll 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 , 1. . 0 - 1 1 1 . 1. .ID . , . 11 1 , 1 .. . 1 I ,, . . 1 1 1 o 1 3 11 , U I . 1 . . , - , - . - . - 1 , 1 . . 1 . 1 , , . A , a ' n 0 n . . . ,, . . o 0 o ' . . . , , 111 .. . . , , ' ' 1 1 . . I O ' ul 1 1 1 U 1 Ill . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . . U .1 1 . U 1 C . . ..-- . . .

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PHUPHECU on h1s well stocked farm New owner of the .Tohrmy Stubbs Mobllgas statlon IS Clyde Hasler, who spends hrs spare txme racmg up and down the roads of St Clalr county ln a hot rod House Mother for the Beta Theta P1 fratermty at the Unlverslty of Mlchlgan IS our qulte lxttle Carol Hanse, who IS well beloved by all her boys As so clatedwlth theRed Cross as a soclal work er IS Evelyn Kenyon who 15 now located 1n Washlngton Ch1ef 1nvest1gator fOr 1011-Tl Edgar Hoover rn the safety department IS Freddy Klndsvater who IS well remembered for hls safety record m h1s hlgh school days Struggllng whlth her new name IS Genevleve Clarabelle KuberskLZ1nk1vach who lS hopmg It can be changed to Mrs Zlnk for short Mal-:mg out menus for the patlents at the famous Mayo Cl1n1c lS Mary Jane Koemg smce she learned the rules at St Mary s Head ofthe world famous Con over Modellng School 15 the handsome B111 Landon. That way he gets to look over all the pretty glrls Fxnally fxmshlng hrs last year at Bradley where he starred on the basketball court, rs Don Leach our hlgh polnt man at hlgh school The only two bachelors left ln our class, Alv1n Tobby Zlmmer and Don McDonald are Jomt owners of the largest cattle and plg ranch 1n Wyomxng Chuck McMan1gal leader of the hrghest pald dance band ln the land glves exhxbltlons of the Charleston ln Hollywood Ln hls spare time Marllyn Meler ms now owner of a horse farm ln the grand old state ofV1rg1n1a where she ra1ses horses to run Ln the Kentucky Derby As beloved by mllllons of Amerxcans as she was by her St Clalr school mates IS our own Thelma Mlller, who IS now headlng the hlt parade of stars ln Hollywood Lucllle Rayrnondxs bus1ly engaged Ln keeplng house all by herlonesome whlle she walts for her Navy man to come ashore Betty Rose lS haulmg down xmmense tlps and attractlng many glances from admlrlng males at the Chez Paree Ln Chxcago as a hat check glrl .Toyce Ruff IS a blg tlme operator as sec retary for the presldent of the Chase Na tlonal Bank Ln New York C1ty A runner for the bank 1S the l1ght of her lrfe Rommxe Slpple Starrxng mn her own roller derby team gxrl wonder on the skates Roy Stubbs chlef pllot of the Plttsburgh lxnes, has just marrled the daughter of the owner of the lme, whlle Danny Thomson lS swabblng the decks Staylng 1n St Claxr where he lS head bookkeeper IS Sammy Webster Mar lon Zwxng Ls happ1ly marrled to Ralph .Tohnson and IS bus1ly engaged 1n ra1s1ng a famxly Carol Carngan IS now playlng the leadxn MourmngBecomesE1ectra whxch 1s begmmng lts flfth season on broadway, Charlxe Olds has just recelved the com mlsslon of L1eutenant Commander Ln the Marmes whxle Ray Marvln IS collectlng bllsters pealxng potatos all day long as a Seaman ln the Navy Z3 , . . ,, ,, , , , . . . . ' ' ' ' is the live and supple Susan Stenger, our 0 I , . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 0 ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' u u ' - u - n ' I D C 1 Q I . . . . . , . . . . I