Van Antwerp Junior High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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NISKA' NEWS-Wednesday, june 10, 1978 Pg. 3 I Novi f oooo ,-gg-.L ll-ll'-ll-ll In il ' ' 1 9 , . liqh+ev- Cakes XU.I+'l'l Eugene-.mills Flour' N EWBERRY MEDAL-Confd trator with Sue Eastwood, writer, were awarded the Newberry Medal Award for their books and Television. Miss Vail's book is Five Little Mars Men and How They Grewf' Miss East- wood's and Miss Weingarten's book is the best children's book of the year. It's entitled Death Streetf, Ik FK PF HOLLY WILLIAMS RECORDS SONG WITH SHIMKUS Holly Williams has returned from Miami to discuss the new record Gone Crazy? with Conlin Bradley, Disc- jockey. Dick Santilli, owner of XYZ network, predicts it will be a big hit. jay Youngblood's band will arrive next week and the song will be record- ed at this time. The reverse side, Cuba, Hello, will be sung by sing- ing idol Dave Shimkus, Calypso sing- er and Miss Williams ' NEW TYPE BE BOP PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL Charlotte Sackett who plays trum pet, Carol Fink, clarinet, Helen Haines when they recorded their song, Long U Hair Blues, written by Miss Sackett and Miss Fink. Their arrangement has a new beat which the public likes and they will appear in Carnegie Hall in two weeks. Miss Freda Bundy will also appear at that time and play her famed violin, accompanied by Miss Joyce Ottman who is the famous elec- trical Xylophone player. They also will play the new beat be-bop type music. wk -we ae BOSTON TEA PARTY Well-known New England hostess, Miss Elizabeth Davidson, recently held a Boston party in honor of George Wright, the President of Kellogg Corn Flakes Corporation, who was awarded the Best Cereal Award by Duncan Hines. One hundred and eighty guests were invited. Miss Sydney Harrison, Editor of the New York Times, and her High Society Editor, Betsy Mar- cellus, were present at the Van Everts Country Club where the party was given. Executive Vice President of the General Atomic Company, Clayton Ianaitis, was invited. Robert Gibson, from the New York City Financial Bank on Wall Street, rented the Club 4- for the occasion. Barbara Szumachow- ski and Mr. Supacalafagulist, publish- ers of the New National Diction- ary, came, and Bruce Pelrine, the Trans-World Rocket pilot and co-pilot jeffrey Wilson with Miss Libby Sue Dawson, the hostess, also attended. Peggy Plant was the caterer and the floral arrangements were done by Bet- ty Ann Felthousen. Entertainment was provided by Marge Sherry, famed singer. Pk :if as NIGHT FIRE IN STORE A small fire broke out in the new shopping center in Bob Pepicelli's Ci- garette Store. Fire Chief George Pfaf- fenbach says spilled lighting fuuid was the cause. Patricia Hoffman, sales- woman at jane Sutton's and Elaine Spiegel's Women's Clothes Store was working late with Ruby Kanne, the Fashion Accessories Seller and Miss Eugeine Richter, the store buyer, when she smelled smoke. Pete Vea, the manager of john Kniskern's Zoot- Suit Store saw an orange glow in the Dalia Am lgellis SLXO-W' Sew , do u-Hn ' , 1-ul-l' m on sale nl- om! onfedev-a+e. lvlor-ltexl' , . ea - ik an -r . 9 I 2 ' .F , I ' P ' X 1 ' ' . I' French horn and Donald Durant, bari- C tone singer, became famous overnight -- - --.-.-

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VW' T W NISKA' NEWS-Wednesday, Iune 10, 1978 Pg. 2 NEW SCHOOL-Confd Roger Vaughan, surveyor of the location for the new school, said that it will cover 30 acres. Dicken White- head, the draftsman, discussed the blue- prints with chief plumber, Leonard Gower, and it was decided that the G.E. dishwasher would fit. Architect Melvin Gau designed the auditorium to fit 1,050 chairs which were bought from Karen Rasls store. Mayor jeff Willey will give the opening speech. Arlene Wellisch, Guidance Counselor, and the Principal worked out an edu- cational system based on Harry Dia- koff's and Eric Henry's book entitled Diakoff Henry Method of Educa- tion. 4: ar an MOTEL-Confd Heaven Hills Motel. The motel was designed by Carol Scott and covers an area of 10 acres. The pool, designed by Keith Mc- Hugh, covers an area of V2 acre. The motel also has a beauty salon which is run by Pam Hurley and is famous for its manicurists who work with implements designed by Pete Claus. Receptionist, Hilda Lawton, works in the mammoth lobby. A water skiing instructor, Joann Keller, is hired by the motel for it's guests. Heaven Hills is insured by Gary Hughes' In- surance Company for close to 10 million dollars. 'll JF 'lf DRUG THIEF SUSPECT CAPTURED Detective Clairmont Herman yester- day caught the suspect of many drug robberies in a bank near Barbara Spieth's Pharmacy where a robbery had occurred the night before. Gail Nickel, who owns the 6 8: 11c Store across the street, says she thought she saw the man around the Pharmacy two days ago. Anthony Coppola, Miss Speith's lawyer, says he has enough sufficient evidence to jail the thief. His secretary, Linda Eakin, has a picture of the rob- ber which she took with a miniature camera. She was in the Pharmacy at the time of the robbery. Vincent Reilly will judge the case tomorrow. lk ae 4: LADIES' HOME JOURNAL GAINS NEW MODELS Linda Lewis' Model Agency was phoned by Ladies' Home journal ed- itor, Helen Plumb, yesterday when Miss Lewis announced that her agen- cy would be willing to work with one magazine company. All of the maga- zines have been trying to get con- tracts with them for years. Mary Bak- er, telephone operator, was paid 35100 to contact the Model Agency before the other Fashion magazines could. Barbara Bean and Pam Kwolek are two of the models. Rosemary Leva, their dress designer, works with joan Kather, the seamstress. The models and their beautiful clothes have become very well known. The Agency hires a private dentist, Joe Gannon, and dental hygienist, Vir- ginia Ballard. jo Ann Losee is the models' private nurse. Karen Lessner, private secretary, will handle the further arrangements with the magazine and photographer Wayne Lord will send pictures of the models in the newest style Spring suits. Pls ik wk BEAR ATTACKS SCOUTS Anson Green, leader of the Boy Scouts of Schenectady, took a group of boys up White Mountain and came back black and blue. A grizzly bear attacked the group and one boy was ine the operating room with plastic surgeon Philip Snow two hours as a result. Ski Instructor Peter George found the scouts in a valley, where the winter snow had not yet melted, near Stephen Hardestyls resort. The Scouts and leader had been trapped for two days with little food and only two blankets for them all. IK PK Pk N EWBERRY MEDAL AWARDED Miss Bonnie Vail, writer and illus- trator, and Rachel Weingarten, illus- I 1 L 'fm .' 1 Qlcklesooooo 'Phe re Qmoool' Q. Q' Q Q 0 O f if l. -L - I ' . .. 1 --' U

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NISKA' NEWS-Wednesday, june 10, 1978 Pg, 4 NIGHT F IRE-C onfd store across the street. Bob Birch was showing a customer the new Cadillac in Michael Glennon's Store when he saw the fire and phoned the Fire De- partment. William Fink, Westing- house President, who was walking along the sidewalk with engineer Ron- ald Rudman, said that the paper in the show case window burst into flames. Miss Sue Holtz, who was just closing her Real Estate Agency, also saw the fire begin. Larry Lussier, Chief of Police, said the fire amounted to about 360 damage. wk as ak TENTH ANNUAL SCIENCE CONVENTION HELD In the science convention this year at Washington, D.C., Icthiologist Pet- er Van deCar will prove that japa- nese Fighting Fish fight only because they have serious complexes. Archeol- ogist james Spring will show the evi- dence he gathered that he says proves an ancient African tribe had electric fans before America was discovered and Dr. Fred Fink, who took up Ein- stein's Theory when 16, has figured out what Einstein was proving. David Putman has discovered there are eight colors in a spectrum. Roy Gibv's mid- dle initial is B for brown. Miss Vir- ginia Klemm, U.N. translator, will translate the proofs into German for the German scientists. xxx aka' ELVIS FAN CLUB CELEBRATES Diane Fowler and Nina Buturlinsky, President and Vice President of the National Elvis Presley Fan Club, have ordered a cake from Edward Frohn- hoefer's Bakery which will be large enough to feed about 200 guests at the celebration of the 21st anniversary of the club. Elvis, himself, will be present and because he likes pizza, famous chefs Anothony Sindoni and Georgiana Corvino will bake about 60 pizzas. Frank Pannenborg, designer of the Continental, will present Elvis with a 1978 light green Continental convertible. Henry Bejian has been hired by the Continental Incorp. to be Presley's chauffeur. Ken Morrell, the professional football player from the New York Giants, Elvis' favorite team, has been specially invited and will give Elvis an autographed gold football from the Giants. Pk ak Pk TUTOR ATTACKED BY CHILD Miss Gail Wiltse, private tutor, is recovering from a mild case of shock. She was attacked by the small child of the home where she was ap- plying for a job. Susan Circe, private nurse, saved Miss Wiltse from jun- ior's Indian Club. FK NEW DIVISION AT ELLIS HOSPITAL Physical Therapists Ann Aragona and Karen Boulton started a new di- vision in Ellis Hospital for Sarcoma Cancer. The hospital supplied the two women with 31000. Most of the money was collected for this worthy cause by nurses Edith Boyd and Con- nie Gongdon. It's just a start by Nan- cy Palmer, Cancer Specialist, says the new division will grow quickly since it was discovered that physical therapy helps cure some cases with this type of cancer. wk Pk Pls BERNHARDT HOPES FOR FIRST AGAIN Mr. Dennis Bernhardt, who won the first prize for Dairy Cattle last year, plans to enter his cows again this year in the Altamont Fair. Betty O'Neill, the Treasurer at the Bernhardt Farm, announced that she collected 5515,- 000.00 for milk sold last year. David Parker, the Foreman, predicts another good year ahead. Pk PF ik CATSKILL GAME FARM PURCHASES ONLY ANIMAL OF ITS KIND --J l le l . I--ll The Catskill Game Farm has pur- chased the only Chicken Billed Platy- 1:-ol Shealk Sea. Sloell Sale, 'puSintheW0fia. It was raised by Clyde De Wiese alba Y' lon Karen Peterson's Rare Bird Farm in Florida. Valerie Wilson Veterin- arian on the farm says the Platypus ,must be kept from the water because 0 a 'il of Z ff' . Q 'mutha orqvavek its chicken bill is not equipped for I ul