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

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1959 - CLASS REUNION - 1969 As we gafher here in fhe greaf Colosseum in Rome for fhe fenfh reunion of fhe Van Anfwerp Junior High School's ninfh grade class of I959, I nofice many familiar faces. For furfher informafion on fhis mammofh reunion, lef's swifch fo commenfafor DICK NAYLOR. Hello fhere, everybody! Arriving af gafe 2, are TRINA ABELE, head of fhe nafional 4-H club, and SUSAN BEIS, privafe secrefary fo fhe head of a cardboard box firm. Also, PAUL BLITZBLAU, a high-pressure foofhbrush salesman: JANET BRAGG, a judge of horse shows af Madison Square Garden: and MARY BROAD- WELL, secrefary of Healfh, Educafion, and Welfare under Presidenf Peanufs. Here, coming in fheir new afomic underwafer fracfor, are RAYMOND ALTROCK, presi- denf of New Area cigareffe facforyi PETER ATTANASIO, New Orleans' famous iazzman, The Beafnilcu: and BARRY BRADT, publisher of a new movie magazine, Slander. Now-we'll swifch fo DAVID ASKEW. Come in, Dave. Hi! Here I am, sfanding in row 9. Why, here on my righf are ROBERT ABBALE, U.S. ambassador fo Upper Slobbovia, and DAVID BANTZ, 6' 6 sfar of Roclcefsmolce. Tallcing fo MARJORIE AGENS, prima ballerina for New Yorlc Cify Ballef, are JOHN BARRIE, chief mad scienfisf af fhe General Elecfric Co.: BRIAN BELUS, gay, debon- air, sfar of Broadway musical comedies: and LYNDA BECK, firsf woman fo become a professional baslcefball sfar. There are DUANE BALL, presidenf of fhe Kalamazoo Savings and Commerce Banlc: FRANK BARKER, Hollywood producer of fhaf hif movie, I Was A Teen-age Teen-ager g and ROBERT BARNETT, famous comedian on four fo Monaco, Shanghai, and Tyisselanfe, Nexf fo fhem are fhree fine specimens. Lighf Fingers Leigh lyou probably re- member him as LEIGH BARRINGERI has his diamond encrusfed accordion wifh him. MARK BATTISTE, represenfafive for fhe American Federafion of Indian Blanlqef Weavers, is malcing guife a name for himself in union circles. Righf now he is pressing a union suif for fhe Indians. ROGER BISHOP is fhe chief execufive of fhe Schenec- fady branch of fhe Lesfoil facfory. I see a crowd over in secfion Z. Whaf's going on over fhere, JOHN BRAIDWOOD? Well, Dave, people are liferally swarming in here. I iusf shoolc hands wifh JAMES BEGGS, who is a fobacco aucfioneer: JAMES BLAKE, wresfling coach af Vassar is here also. We salufe CLIFTON BRITTELL, fhe firsf man fo prove, againsf fremendous odds, fhaf if couldn'f be done. Over fo my leff, MARY ANN BRIADDY is em- bracing ANDREE BRUNETTI. Mary Ann is a high fashion model, whose professional name is Yum Yum Good. Miss Bruneffi has iusf signed a five year confracf wifh P. U. Picfures. Remember STEVE BRODERICK, ROBERT BROWN and J. REID BUR- NETT? Sfeve owns fhe very exclusive Broderick Club, in Cranesville. Bob Brown is fhe emcee of fhe new feen-age dance program, Fling Your Parfnerf' He also is responsible for fhaf new dance craze, The Bedlam. Jay is a human univac who is invaluable fo his business associafes. He has memorized fhe felephone numbers of all fhe eligible girls wifhin a 50 mile radius. There's PAULA MORGANSTERN. She's a psychiafrisf. Three of her besf pafienfs are fhose millionaire playboys DAVE O'HARA, STEVE REILLY and BOB FARRING- TON. I heard fhaf Dave made his forfune in Alaska, selling frozen foods fo fhe Eslcimos, and in Hawaii, selling hula-hoops fo fhe nafives. Sfeve and Bob boughf up all of fhe reiecfed yearboolc picfures, and sold 'rhem baclc fo fhe original owners five years lafer af a ferrific profif. Here comes a familiar face. If's BRIAN NAGAMATSU, fhe famous scienfisf. Jusf caughf a glimpse of NIKKI ANN NAGORKA, now a famous poef and aufhor. Her lafesf boolc, The Verse is Ye'I' fo Come, made fhe besf seller lisf. LORETTA NATALIE is also here. Someone fold me fhaf she races angora cafs, buf I'm sure fhey musf mean raises. Ah, fhere's music in fhe air, and SUE NEISULER and PAT PLUMB seem fo be 'reaching if! They're fresh ouf of fhe same music school. JOAN NELSON and SUE RIGGS have managed fo gef away from fheir hospifals, where fhey are surgical nurses, fo come fo fhis reunion, along wifh JEAN NEWKIRK, who is anofher Florence Nighfingale. I hear fhaf PAT OLSEN is a banlc presidenf, and BERTIE OPITZ is sfarring in a new Broadway hif-iusf one of a long sfring of successes.

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DIANE VAN NORSTRAND To Iive Iong is everyone's wish. QF KRISTEN VEA Kris Choir . . . Dra- maiics . . . :II:F6SI'1, Crisp and sparIcIing. MARGARET WATSON Choir . . . AIways a song. DOUGLAS WATTS I-Ie is a gen+Ieman. DOUGLAS C. WERRES Smiley Science Ciub . . . No Iegacy is as ricI1 as Iwonesiyf' xi- 'S Y D.LvERETi, WILCOCK EV 'ctr' Choir . . . Sci- ence Club . . . NE3'I'iing is greaier 'rhan greainessf' of respect' MALCOLM WILLIAMS Deserving . ROZANNE WILLIAMSON Rosy Dramaiics . . Bowling . . . Inirarnurais . .. A work +I1aI aspires. CAROL WINNE Winne Choir . .. Dairy... Bowiing . .. Good naI'urecI and agreeabie. .. ,ni , X, 41. , . J. 1 I., Joi DONNA WOODIN Choir . . . Dra- maiics . . . Ari' Club . . . GreaI 'IruII1 is beauiyf' DOUGLAS WOODS Doug Bowling . . . A irue man Iiaies no one MARK WULF Sure as a gun. GEOFFREY G. YAGER Geof Choir. . .Sci- ence Ciub . .. AII ari' is quiie useIuI. DONALD YEATER Don Bowiing . . . Science Ciub .. . A genileman is he. ELIZABETH YOU NG Be+I'1 Diary . . . Dra- maiics . .. Glee Club . . . Band.. . Li- brary Club . . . Bowling . . . Making I1er Iiie worin- wI1iIe. MARY ANN ZACHAR Zac Noon Iwour commi'I'I'ee . BowIing . . . Thai 'wow' IooIc. ROBERT FARRINGTON TI1e 'mad' scien'risI. CAROL DELFS Pork Chops Choir . . . Dou ble Quariei . . Doubie OcI'e'I' Bowling . . . Wi++y, fun, Iiked by everyone.

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There seems To be a loT oT barking. Why, iT's JEAN OSTERMAN and one oT her peTs. She is a very highly paid dog Trainer now. LENITA PELRINE is iusT geTTing OTT Trom a ieT-liner. One look aT her beauTiTuI ouTTiT and we know why she is world Tamous as a Tashion designer. Who is ThaT Tall Tellow? IT's BOB POCHILY and he's aT leasT 6' 4 . The Top haT and Adler shoes may help a IiTTle. Did I hear someone menTion horses? IT was JUDY POLLARD, who is an ouTsTanding horse Trainer and wild animal Tamer. Here's WAYNE POTTER. You're an indusTriaI arTisT now, I hear. WiTh all The business going on in The world These days, we need more good secre- Taries like SALLY PRATT around. Have you heard oT The Tamous crocheT TacTory? Well, here's none oTher Than The owner, BRAD PRYCE. The dog has sTopped barking now. RICK PUTNAM, The veTerinarian, has iusT guieTed him down wiTh his magic Touch. Here's KATHY OUELL- HORST coming up The aisle. KaThy has Tinally TulTiIIed a Ten year ambiTion To graduaTe Trom Van AnTwerp. Hi, TOM REARDON. WhaT's your rackeT? A super-duper nuclear physicisT, a sci- enTisT and a wealThy man besides! No wonder his hair has Turned pure whiTe. LisTen To Those cool Tones coming over The loud-speaker. Aren'T They being played by KENNY REED, The Tamous disc iockey? IT's beginning To look as if The class oT '59 has become a class oT experTs. LOTHAR REECK specializes in boaT engines, SUE RICHARDSON is a poliTical scienTisT IWhasaT?l, and JON RICHTER has decided To specialize in money. He drops The IasT Three IeTTers oT his name Tor business purposes. JUDY ROBERTS! How is your physical Therapy work coming along? Now, leT's see. You're ANN ROBERTSON, aren'T you? You see, ThaT green hair didn'T Tool me. You're an English Teacher now? You don'T say! Well, Triends, I see ThaT DICK NAYLOR is waving To rne, so I'II swiTch The mike back To him. Thank you, JOHN BRAIDWOOD. Yes, This is really a red-IeTTer day in The lives oT These assembled people. Everyone is here. I see DAVE SMITH Talking To an Air Force General. IT's General DENNIS ROCKLIN. Now They've spoTTed DON SCHER- MERHORN. They're calling him over. Don, we undersTand, is a proTessional maTTress TesTer land To Think ThaT he used To be presidenT oT STudenT Councill. Over by The ThirTeenTh column, granTing reporTers an inTerview, is The Tamous acTress, ROBERTA RUBIN wiTh her wardrobe designer, NANCY TREAT. ATTenTion, classmaTes. Here comes ROBERT SNIVELY, The worId's champion pro- Tessional goITer, accompanied by This Three Caddies, JANE SNOW, NANCY RUS- SELL, and CHARLOTTE SAPLIN. There's PAUL VAN BLARCOM, an engineer lnoT The Train kind, he saysl wiTh New Moon Co., and There's Treasury agenT HAROLD TAYLOR, a conTirmed bachelor. He's waving a cheery hello To PAUL SUTTER and his singing parTner, DIANE BURNETT. They've iusT recorded a wonderful new ballad called, Take Me To Your Leader. I've noTiced a small group over To my IeTT. Why, They're Three Teachers Trorn Van AnTwerp elemenTary: SHARON SCHOOL- CRAFT, kindergarTen Teacher, MARGARET TILTO'N, a TirsT grade Teacher, and CAROL SHEPHERD, a TiTTh grade Teacher! There is PATRICIA SAVOIE, The greaT auThoress oT Ten novels, Talking To MARGOT SINCLAIR, who recenTIy reTurned Trom a Trip around The world. IT looks like MargoT is giving PaT enough maTeriaI Tor Ten more books. NORMAN TOBACK is Trying To pull his donkey inTo The Colosseum. He gs giping on anoTher archaeological expediTion and is looking Tor a spoT To park his on ey. DENNIS SMITH is repairing BOJE TURIN's broken-down l96O Volkswagen IBoie needs iT back aT R. P. l.l Tor him. In a chummy IiTTIe group I see TOM SWICK, an exTerminaTor, Talking To Dr. MICHAEL SPODAK, while R.N. DIANE VAN NOR- STRAND and SHARON SHENK are arriving on a leave Trom Bellevue MaTerniTy HospiTaI. A greaT number oT our class has gone inTo The medical Tield. JUDY SHUTTS, now an occupaTionaI TherapisT, is here Trom WaITer Reed Memorial HospiTaI. JOHN VAN NEST is conTerring wiTh DOUG TRAVINS abouT insTalIing a TV seT. PAUL SCHLANSKER has arrived in his governmenT plane. He's carrying secrel'