St John High School - Blue Gold Yearbook (Maria Stein, OH)

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I stopped un at the restaurant for a cup of coffee Lavern Kramer walked un Talkung to hum he unformed me that he was very successful bemg the owner of the Twrsty Twust Ptetzel Co and hus secretary was Edna Nleuer Druvung along I turned on the raduo and two gurls started srngung theur theme song, I Lost My love un 53 It was those sensatuonal Dove Susters, formerly Esther Vehorn and Marulyn Tlwobe I notuoed I was un Ft Recovery and my gas gauge showed empty Istopped at a lovely famuhouse to get gas A famlluar woman came out and I recognuzed her as Ruth Ann Goecke She told me that she was a very happy wufe and mother and marrued her husband un l957 She unvuted me un for a vusut Whule there, I glanced at the newspaper and saw that The Case of the Mussung Door Knob was playung at the local theatre Readung further, I notuced an artucle about the author of thus story who turned out to be Poulune Feltz I-eavung Ruth and her husband I started for Dayton by bus Handung the druver my tucket I thought he looked famuluar but I dusmussed the udea Arruvung un Dayton the druver helped me wuth my bags and then I saw that ut was John Vondrell, another graduate of I954 Sunce ut was gettung late I went to the Y M C A to reserve a room for the nught Walkung to my room I bumped unto a slum, dark houred gurl loguzung to her I notuced ut wm Morgue l'Ieun She unformed me that she was assustant manager of the Y M C A Sayung good nught I retured for the day The next momung I took an aurplane to New York After arruvung un New York I decuded to do some shoppung Walkung down 75th Street, I glanced up and saw a sugn that read We Are the Last Ones to Let Our Customers Down Frank s Funeral Parlor propruetor Frank Heutkamp I went un and talked to Frank He told me that Aluce Mae Budde was workung un a famous nute club on Broadway but he couldn remember the name After leavung Frank I took a taxu to Broadway and glanced at the nught club bull board Seesng a glcrnorous blonde odvertused as the Omph Gurl of New York I went un to see her and had a nuce talk wuth Aluce Budde She told me she enuoyed her work very much and gave me tuckets to the nught performance but I couldn't make ut because I had an appountment wuth Janet Wullke Janet unformed tume to talk Next on my lust was Vurgunua Fronung, who has made herself known far and wude as the Notuonal Roller Skatung Chcxnpnon Idudn t have much tume left un New York because I was takung the next traun to Maune Whule un Maune I decuded to look over the fush cannerues and duscovered Mark Gruesdorn packung sardunes un cans at three dollars an hour I-eavung I took a plane for France Boardung the plane I talked to the pretty stewardess Ibsue Heutkamp Whule talkmg to her, she told me the pulot was Paul Feltz Atruvung un fbrus France, I regustered at a hotel and saw Dennus Heutkamp was also regustered there went to hus room and talked to hum He told me he had a very unterestang Iob Every mornung he goes to us boss s storeroom wuth a shovel and turns over hus money I asked hum who the employer was He unformed me ut was hhdonna .lutte Later un the evennng whule eatung dunner un cu French restaurant Walter Budde and Davud Heutkomp entered I unvuted them to eat wuth me and they told me they duscovered one ofthe ruchest wells of oul and have formed theur own oul company They called It the Guper Gusher Oul Company Gettung tured of Europe I decuded to take the next plane to Calufornua Arruvung un Calufornua I called a taxu and we drove out to Hollywood to see the Studuo Whule cruusung along the taxu druver bumped unto the back end of a lumousune Gettung out to unvestugate, we duscovered the lumousune belongs to Irene Mescher, the famous movue sta, starrung un the bug movue, Irene s Nughtmare She told me Earl Schwueterman was her chauffeur and they were on theur way to see Donald Eufert and hus world famous orchestra perform at the Stork Club Don has gust won the tutle of the world famous trumpet player Sunce the Kentucky Derby was tokung place I decuded to go and see at The wunner of the Derby was Black Out Sue and Aluce Ann Hartungs was the .Iockey I talked to Aluce Ann and she untroduced me to her boss who was Bob Clune Havung seen all but two of the class of l954 I decuded to return home On the way I stopped un Munster and there I ran unto Walter Schurmon and Vurgul Wall who are owners of the Regrub Beer Brewery Munster At the next meetung of the school board I reported my fundungs 30 I . , . . . . . . . ., . , .. . . . - . . I . . ll J I ll s . I . . . . I I ' I ' ' l , . . . . . . l I . . - . . . A . . I . . . . I . . . - . I .. .. , . . . . . . . . I ,t I 1 - . . . . , -. me she was the editor of the AIl Sport Magazine and had to meet the deadline so she didn't have much I I ' . I I . . . . . I . . . . . I . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . I . . . . . . . . . I ' I . . . . . .. , . .. . . I . . I . .. .. . . . . , . . I . . I . . . . . . I u. .., in . I . . .

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Valeductory Sometames when we are remanded of a certaan event that occurred several yeaas ago, we say, lt seems as though at happened only yesterday, or l can remember at lust as plaan as day That has been true un the past and wall probably be true many tames to come, especually, when spealcang of our hugh school days Because thas wall be our funal meetung as a senaor class, ut mught be well to look over the road we have lust traveled and draw from that experuence some conclusuons as to what the future has an store for us When we farst entered hugh school we were a but starry eyed and a luttle bashful Graduataon was a long way off At han l were new fruends, new surroundungs, and dafferent, but ansparang studues Then our future was uncertaun, ouu cuuu uu.Jlum a daffucult one and before us lay four years of antens study and concentrated effort Of course we also had a luttle fun too However, we survaved the ordeal wuth all ats truals and trabulatuons and we wall always want to remember those four happy years as somethang very benefacaal as well as enuoyable too OUI' experaences have been varued Without a doubt, we are now better equapped to follow our chosen callangs These four years have been great steppang stones and wall affect us forever Our abalaty to adapt ourselves to the whams and washes of our fraends wall stand us an good stead an our future contacts By acquarang sportsmanshap we also have learned to be faar manded an all dealangs lnataatave and concentrataon, whuch have been very essentaal un acquarang our success here, wall undeed contrabute ummensely to our further success un the years to come Yet at as from a source far dufferent, we belaeve, that the greatest advantage has come to us The anta mate assocaataons that we have enloyed wath our fellow students and the contanued anterest of a lcand faculty these contacts wall never be forgotten by any of us At tames, when we were confused and bewuldered, at meant so much to us to know that un the membeus of our faculty we would always fund unterested lasteners and wase counsellors Thus as also true of our parents and repaad over a long peraod of tame They may never realaze thear full and benefacaal unfluence, we shall never forget thear kundly and thoughtful advace And now, what of the future? We face at wath optamasm, wath courage, wath determanataon Our amba taons wall undoubtedly take us far afaeld but wherever we may be we shall profat by the unfluence of the pruncaples and precepts acquared durang our assocaataon wath St John Hugh School Fraends may l close wath thas thought We leave tonaght but our places wall shortly be falled by others, gust as eager lust as anxuous, lust as determaned to succeed lt us our suncere wush that all the delughtful and valuable experuences whuch have been ours, wall an due course, be thears Vlmen thear turn comes may they be as sorry to leave as we are thas evenang and may they always re member St John Hugh as we wull The school whuch was full of wonderful memorues Don Eafert Senuor Class Prophecy Tame June, I964 Aspecaal meetung of the St John Board of Educatuon has been called The purpose of the meetung as to locate the graduates of the past ten years and l was selected to locate the class of l954 l lcnew thus wcs goung to be unterestang so l was anxaous to began Farst on my lust was .lerry Bruggeman l fund ham lavang un Nlaraa Stean, rausang thoroughbred goats Contunuung on my search, l arraved an Cassella l notuce a huge bualdang wath a large neon sagn ad vertusang Insurance by Cron Thankang l d fand some anformatuon about Vlaurace, l stopped an to anquare Enterung the receptaon room l was amazed to see Dolores Homan as receptuonast and pruvate secretary to Maurace Cron Talkung to Dolores, l learned that she marrued her boss an l958 and has twun boys 29 f . . . . I . - . . . n friends, who were always ready to listen to our problems. We owe them a debt of gratitude that can only be . . . I . . . I . . I . I . . K , . . . I . . . . 0 I I ll 0 I . ll. . 1 - aa ua - . , . . . . . . . . . I . . .

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Class Poem As you look at the glowung faces Upon the stage tonught You see the senuors nn theur places Ready to choose theur posutuon un lufe That blonde curly haur belongs to Don The scholar of our class he us And at playung hus trumpet He us really an outstandung wrzz With her sparklung personaluty Janet makes everyone feel ot eme She us dufferent from most gurls For she us very easy to please Mauruce, the treasurer, Counts money wuth delught And on the basketball floor Pb does everythung lust rught Dolores us always fruendly No matter where she as seen For thus srmple reason She got to be the Homecomung Queen The handsome one us Bob VW1o us a wuzzard un class He got to be football captaun beung so very fast Now here folks we have Madonna The gurl wuth the smulung face She always lends a helpung hand In school or any place These twuns are Davud and Dennus Fruendly toward everyone they meet By druvung theur car to school They get that extra wunk of sleep Then there us another boy And hus name us Frank Well lll tell you one thung He never us a crank Ruth Ann always has a smvle And she dresses so very neat l knew she was lust the one That you wanted to meet We have another set of twuns Known as Paul and Paulune He us onthe quuet snde, Whule she us actuve and keen Wno vs the shortest of the classo lrene us the tuny one You never fund her quuet But always full of fun The best athlete us Vurgrl, bcorung was always hus aum He wull long be known, For guvung St John a good name Vurgnnua us the gurl wuth rosy cheeks, Always bubblung over wuth laughter But uf there us some work to be done, No one could do ut any foster The boy wuth the butch hourcut none other than Mark Yo wull always fund hum Ps happy as a lark Now here us Alrce Ann So very young and farr She always looks so sweet With her lovely long haur Do I hear someone laughung Walter S must be around or he us always uolly N: matter where he us found core free gurl us Ether e never has a care or a worry gust guve her a 'ob And she ll do ut un a hurry Jerry luves very near to school So he druves hus buke there each day In the fueld of scuence He us a wuzzard un every way Here we have Aluce Moe With a note at her funger tup Would you luke to hear a songo She Il have one for you un a flup Walter B has that bashful look But don t let that fool you For he always has o joke to tell That us funny all the way through Marulyn us our cheerleader Wuth bug brown sparklung eyes lf there were a beauty contest She d be sure to take the aruze The typucal sensor us John Always has somethung frnendly to say And accordung to the reports He hopes to be a salesman someday Edna rs a brught student, Of thus we have no doubt Studyung very hard un school ls how thus came about The quuet one us Earl Abut bashful and shy But for some sweet gurl, He ll be the rught kund of guy Chuckosaw brungs us One student thus year And we are very glad That Rosie came here Does everyone know l-avern? He us the one wuth a seruous look Why he has lust what ut takes, To wrnte a very good book All of my classmates, Have been untroduced to you so far As for myself lam Margue, And to port from them us hard I I . .- I I I . . I I . . , , . . . . . 9 , . I F I . . The - , , But , . . . , . . I I . . , , . . I I . . , I . . , . . . . I ' I . . .. , I I . . I I I I . . . , , , . . I I I . . I , , I I . . . , . . ' I , , - . I . . I . . . .