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

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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'

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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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inTormaTion ThaT The world isn'T ready Tor yeT!! SUSAN VAIL, a capTain in The Women's Air Force, is here by my side. Now I am going To Turn you over To Dave Askew. Take iT away. Yes, Dick, I have iT. I've borrowed a pair oT binocuIars Trom one oT The boys and I can see cIear down To The Iion.cages. There are Two very prominenT veTerinarians down There inspecTing The cages Tor The S.P.C.A. They are JOT-IN LEWKOWICZ and JOI-IN DE LAPP. To Their righT is horse Trainer, MOIRA McGRANE, Training a Team oT charioT horses To iump over The Iion cages. LeT's hope They do noT hiT eiTher oT The boys. IT such a Thing did happen, we have Dr. STEPI-IEN MATHES and Dr. JACK CI-ILOPECKI sTanding by. ArchiTecTs BOB DOIN and KAY MILLER are wondering how Their associaTe, DAN MASSIE, is going To geT down Trom The upper level oT The Colosseum. IT reaIIy Iooks imppssibie. Speaking oT impossible Things, CAROL DELES arrived here married To a bac eor. EIighT V.A.S.-I959 arrived This morning piIoTed by DON DIEL. Aboard, being caTered To by Two IoveIy sTewardesses, PAM DAVIS and JEAN MARTIN, were Those weII-known business Tycoons, LESLIE McELI-IINEY and ROCCO DI BIANCO. AIso on board were beauTician, LINDA DAWSON: oil Tycoon, BOB EELGARQ The pIane's mechanic, BILL MOSI-IERg coIumnisT VICKIE MINDEL7 her secreTary, KAREN DOWS- LAND, who is going To wriTe up our evenT Tor The Herald Tribune: businessman JAMES MORLOCKg his personal TvpisT, ANITA LOYq and JEAN DRURY, privaTe secreTary Tor a handsome boss. They're aII ouT oT The plane now-and whaT an imposing group They are. There seems To be a Teachers' convenTion going on in The Third doorway To The righT. Music Teacher, DOUGLAS DURANT, has The TIoor. I'Ie seems To be discussing SUE McALISTER's and MARILYN MULLIN's musical perTormances aT Carnegie I-IaII wiTh second grade Teacher, LAURIE MIDDLETON, and aIgebra Teachers, DAVE ELLIOTT, TONIA MINER, and JANE LUKENS. I heard ThaT boTh DIANE EBELING and TERRY CLARK have married inTo TorTunes. Diane married The popcorn king and Terry is wed To The Brink's heiress. JOEL LEIN- SON ToId me a while ago abouT his booming gold-pIaTed mouseTrap business. IT's goTTen so big ThaT he's hired MARJORIE DUBOIS as his secreTary, WaTch ouT ThaT she doesn'T seT a Trap Tor you, Joel. I-Iere's a IiTTIe news iTem Trom back home: AMY LINK has iusT replaced Miss MiIIspaugh as gym Teacher aT Van AnTwerp, and FRANK DE CERCE is Niskayuna's new ChieT oT Police. Speaking oT The Iaw, here comes PETE McI-IUGI-I, occiTer oT The Iaw, BILL MERRIT, privaTe deTecTive, and Iawyer BILL MELVIN. They are invesTi- gaTing The case oT The body ThaT was Tound under The Colosseum. The body was senT To JAN DOLL, head morTician. I guess iT gave KELSY McKEE, SUSAN DOTY and MARY DOUGLASS, The nurses who Tound iT, quiTe a scare. As iT Turned ouT, iT was onIy a dummy ThaT TERRY McNAB had used To adverTise a chaise Iounge which she has paTenTed. The Tield oT science is well represenTed here. ProminenT members oT This group are asTronauTs, BOB CRAGIN and DOUG CROSSMAN, and bioIogisT GEORGE LOWE and physicisT WAYNE MILLER. ArTisT JOANNE MAIUCCORO is painTing a porTraiT oT our disTinguished psy- chiaTrisT, TOM MILLER, SI-IARLENE MALE, a physical TherapisT, RON CAI-IN, orTho- pedic surgeon, and BOB CAREY, brain surgeon. JOANNE is geTTing some sugges- Tions Trom CORINNE DE GRAEE, commercial arTisT BOB MALIN, an eIecTricaI engineer, is here wiTh engineer DICK LEVY and me- chanicaI engineer WAYNE CARMICI-IAEL. And There goes JOI-IN EARLEY, sTar oT The BosTon CeITics. I-Ie's dribbling his baskeTbaII Toward The I'IoTeI Ri+z, managed by CARQLYN CRISSALLI, where our grads are sTaying. Now, IeT's swiTch back To John Tor news oT whaT's happening where he is. Thanks, Dave. As I see iT, This class reunion is weII on iTs way. Many oT The cIass oT '59 are sTiII arriving. In TacT, JOANNE I'IILBERT is iusT geTTing oTT a pIane wiTh JOI-IN I-IILLMAN. Joanne is an inTern in a Iarge hospiTaI, and John has obTained his IiTe-Iong ambiTion: To be a college graduaTe.