Wickliffe High School - Wick Yearbook (Wickliffe, OH)

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PROPHECY continued After taking on gas at Insanity, we continued on to that thriving metropolis of Elephant's Breath, Nebraska, where we found Theresa DiPetta running a chlorofillin station. Since Filly's destination was L.A. we decided to continue the journey. Before reaching Los Angeles we came upon the beautiful hills of Capistrano where we found Cynthia Ricketts who had a mo- nopoly on the swallow feeding concession. Finall reaching her destination, Filly dropped us off in front of one of the coast to coast 5-and-yen stores co-owned and operated by Helen Bowen and Angie Chinnici who boasted of having an inventory of everything from toupees for bald eagles to snow tires for Africans. On our return trip to the Atlantic Coast, our first vision was that of Pat Brown who was running a profitable reducing sa- lon in Death Valley. Our next vision took us to Antoine's that famous Parisian restaurant located in the heart of New Or- leans where we saw that famous zitherist Marie Weems who had iust replaced the third man in the Third Man Theme. From the sunny climate of New Orleans, we went to the still warmer Florida Everglades where we encountered vivacious Theresa Aveni busy at her dexterous task of handling poisonous snakes. Leaving Florida we found Rockne DeNiro had just purchased the Virgin Islands to be used as homes for the many wives in his now famous harem. From the island of the Caribbean our vision next placed us in Asia where we found Ed Mulaly selling flypaper in the winter to avoid competition. With him we saw Dorothy Gazso who was kept busy cooking the ingredients for the paper's mucilage. While in Asia we discovered Paul Dishong, that now famous geologist, who was working diligently in a vain effort to lo- cate soil among the diamond mines of Timbuctoo. From the overcrowded condition of the Orient we traveled to the barren wastelands of the South Pole and encountered Bob Verbelia and Joe Testa, who were co-managers of the nudist colony. We also noticed Shirley Tarasco as the colony's efficient fashion designer. From the desolate regions of the Antarctic we next envisioned the gay and laughing crowds of Paris. As we walked down the Rue De La Paix we came upon the canine capital of Paris where we saw Madame Marlene Palermo, busy at her iob of de- signing exquisite, new haircuts for French poodles. Last, but not least, we traveled to the top of the globe where we came upon Jim Irwin who was selling refrigerators to Eskimos and as a special premium he was offering his new invention of Suppies the new miracle cereal which wouldn't snap, crackle, and pop, but iust was lying there sopping up milk. if lie? . , -'M' ,,, 22

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'OP GC oNE day in l975, sitting in my ultra modern 20,000,000 volume library, I was reading the daily comics. As I turned from Pogo to Lil Abner and began reading old man Mose s predictions, I started to get drowsy. The next thing I knew the paper came alive and out of the iumbled characters emerged old man Nose himself. He must have known that I had been curious as to the outcome of my classmates' careers. I asked him if he would elaborate on the present and inform me on the results of their ambitions. He agreed to do so and began concentrating. The first members of the class of '54 to come to view were those living in the immediate locality. Our first perception was the sight of Tony Sabruno behind his huge desk in Wickliffe Post Office working diligently at his newly commissioned iob of Postmaster. Next we saw John Armbruster who after four years of engineering college emerged to be the brilliant engineer on the little train at Euclid Beach. As we progressed we saw sitting in his shabby little dimly lit office, Jim Cromie, the famous Ninth Street bookie, and perched upon his lap we saw his noted secretary, Joanne Piacente. While in the locality we saw Clara Ruff, alias Bubbles La Rue, the now famous bubble dancer. In the first row staring wide-eyed, we saw Bradley Bliss getting new ideas for his new invention of transparent fans for fan dancers. As our vision reached the outskirts of Cleveland our last view was that of Janet Brunetti who was involved in her special- ized job of locating positions for holes in bowling balls. As our vision broadened we saw Sebastian, Obtuse La Spina busy at his Iife's project in the laboratories of Ohio State University crossing a chicken with an octopus to obtain a chicken with eight drum sticks. From the beautiful campus of O.S.U. our perception wandered to the space ship city, Detroit, where we encountered the brilliant Doctor of Dentistry Willy Nass who was filling cavities in false teeth at Babies' Hospital. Beside him we saw his attractive nurse Nancy Tomburello iniecting novocaine into the false teeth. From Detroit we progressed to the auto racing capital of the world where we saw Bill, l'll take'm on the turn , Shoultz taking first place in is souped down model V40 Whizzer in the field of midget autos. Bill admits that his success was largely due to Rita Costello who was doing an efficient iob of managing his affairs. From the cement racewalls of Indianapolis we moved to the old Kentucky hills where we saw Rodger Johnson selling stills with safety valves to bootleggers. Leaving Kentucky and arriving at the broadcasting capital of the world, Radio City N. Y. , we say Miss Jean Dial Tone Morrow working for the Listerine Co. utilizing her beautiful voice for the gargling sound in their Advertisements. From the Broadcasting Capitol we went next to the indoor sports capitol, Madison Square Garden where we saw Eddie Asbridge, the star forward of the Kukamonga Lakers. As we left we saw a large billboard advertising the fighting fury of the paper weight class, Carmen, Canvas Back, Latessa defending his world championshi title. Next we stopped on Madison Avenue where we talked to Jerr MelIowtone Paternoster, who had finally achieved his life's ambition of taking the muffle out of muf- flers. As we walked further down the street we were almost run over by our old classmate Arlene Rogge, pushing a six-deck- er baby carriage containing a half dozen little red-headed boys. The next place we visited was Coney Island where we were welcomed by Mariellen McKee who was operating the Cone Island Concession Co. As we made the rounds of the park, we came upon Warren Wissman who was chaperoning in their fabu- lous tunnel of love. As we left the main gate, we came upon the eastern terminal of Little Fill's transcontinental taxi serv- ice, consisting of one beat-up '47 Dodge, complete with elevated seat. This blossoming gold mine was owned and operated by Miss Filly Picciano. As Filly was preparing for her next westward trek, she decided to drlve us to Insanity, our next des- tination. While on our way we saw Betty Carroscia who was now in charge of a physical education class at Notre Dame. We left Betty to her iob and as Filly turned on her radio to listen to her favorite soap opera, John's Wife's Other Husband ylhich originated live out of station IGAB, we recognized the familiar voice of Josephine Nasca, portraying the mother-in- aw. 2I

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CAST DIRECTOR - MRS. BUSH OLETHA LENHEART. . . TUGWELL RALSTON. . . EDWINA PAGE ..... GRACIE GREENWOOD . . HI LOWE ........ SNORKY SNODGRASS. . . . MARTHA GILPEPPER .... EZEKIAL EURIPIDES JONES. . . LIZ YOKUM ....... MADAME ZARA. . . JO JO ...... SERPENTINA . . . SHERIFF LOONEY BUTCH KILLIGREW. . . . . . ARLENE ROGGE . . JOHN ARMBRUSTER . . THERESA AVENI . . CLARA RUFF . . BOB VERBELIA . . . . . JIM CROMIE NANCY TOMBURE LLO . CYNTHIA RICKETTS . . . RITA COSTELLO . . ANGIE CHINNICI . ROCKNE DE NIRO . . . . JO NASCA . . . . ED MULALY SEBASTIAN LASPINA