Syracuse High School - Echo Yearbook (Syracuse, IN)

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'P%ofi6ec f It was a beautiful spring day, May 15, 1962, when our small party boarded a private deluxe passenger airliner. Since we all had the day off, we had de- cided to travel around together to see some of our old schoolmates. Our plane was headed for the Great Lakes area so we decided to stop at the naval base. Arriving at the base we proceeded to admire the ships. It seems it was house cleaning day, as there were a lot of swabees scrubbing the decks. As we walked closer we noticed something very peculiar. One of the swabees was scrubbing the deck with a toothbrush. Eager to find out what this was all about, we went on deck to ask the sailor. Well, surprise! It was Danny O'Haver. When questioned about the toothbrush business he replied that it was his punishment for being A.W.O.L. While talking over old times, Danny informed us that Keith Herbison was the cook on the ship. That explained why all the men were so skinny. We keep telling Keith that since garbage is so cheap it seems as if we could at least have bigger helpings, kidded Danny. With that remark came a big roar of laughter, but it was cut short by a loud blast from the engine room. Rushing down to see what had happened we found everything in a turmoil. Somebody had struck a match in spite of the no smbking sign. Now who could have done that? Lying on the floor was the an- swer; John Connolly covered from head to toe with soot, and out cold. The Ambulance was there in no time, and no wonder the driver was Douglas Mock. On arriving at the Naval Hospital Johnny was assigned two private nurses. Who should they be but Donna pepsi McSweeney and Shirley poodle Sharp, were busy and we didn't want to detain them so we went on our way. Being informed that Patty Kitson, (who was now the wife of a wealthy sur- veyor) owned a beauty salon in town, we decided to go there. Upon arriving at the salon, we were surprised to see Shirley Brown as Patty's assistnat. While we were sitting under the dryers who should walk out of the steam bath room but our old friend Joan Ringler. Joan told us that Lois Harsh had married a rich jockey from Kentucky. When we had finished our conversation with the girls we started on our way. On the street we saw two men in hunting outfits carrying guns on their shoulders. As they came closer we recognized them as Tom Kroh and Dave Longenecker. We asked them where they were going. Dave said they were going to Canada hoping to find two beautiful dears. Soon we left them and continued down the street. We came to a large de- partment store and thought it would be fun to explore it. Inside we learned that Sandra Schleeter owned it. As we talked to Sandra we learned that Jane Bachman was her dress designer, but since she was in conference we weren't able to talk to her. 14

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As we left the department store we suddenly discovered that we were hungry! Going into the nearest restaurant we sat down and ordered. We noticed a poster telling of a style show to be held that very afternoon. We decided to see it and hurried to finish our lunch. We arrived at the style show in time to see a young woman appear in a lovely gown. On second glance we noticed it was June Jef- feries; and wanted to talk to her, but she was soon hurrying to the radio station to give a piano recital. When we arrived at the station we were confronted with a series of doors. Above one was a bright red light. Our curiosity aroused we opened the door and went in. There in the middle of a large platform was a young man talking into a microphone. Moving closer we discovered it was Arlen Scarbeary, the master of ceremonies on the Take It Or Leave It show. Just as we were sit- ting down there came a loud burst of applause seemingly for the husky, good looking man that was stepping up to the microphone. Craning our necks to see who it was, we were amazed to find Marvin Shock, who was not the star player for the Chicago Cubs. He was now known as Big Marv. While being inter- viewed Marv said his hobby was playing on the Zollner Pistons team in the winter. After the program was over and we were about to leave, we heard a lot of commotion in one of the studios. On the door was a sign that read, Harry and his Dents. Being very curious as to what the sign meant and what was causing the commotion behind the door we proceeded to enter. Upon entering we were astonished to see Maestro Harold Denton as the leader of a six piece jazz band. We nearly passed out when we saw what the band was composed of. Phil Meek playing the fiddle; Carl Wilkinson, the piccolo; Jerry Clark, the harp; Arthur Mabbie, the cymbals; Pat Finton, the guitar; and Ted Grindle as the vocalist. After receiving their autographs we left the radio station for our plane. Half an hour later we were flying toward home. Our trip proved adventurous and exciting and it was good to see all our old friends again. Joan Hoover Jane Dietrick Marilyn Hursey Linda Fisher Carolyn Mulholland Suzanne Kleinknight 15