Traverse City Central High School
Class of 59'
Traverse City Central High School
Class of 59'
Traverse City Central High School
Class of 59'
CLASS PROPHESY

        Well, Rita, it is now 1984, and we are about to take the world cruise we planned 25 years ago at our graduation. So many things have happened since then. I have often wondered what has become of our classmates. I wonder if we will see any of them. Since this is the last night we can do something in New York, its a good thing we thought enough ahead to get tickets for Radio City to see that new type of musical production, a mystery opera. I'm especially anxious to see this, because we know the author, Bruce Dunn. I'll call a cab.

        Doesn't that cab driver look familiar to you? It seems that Dye seen him some place before. You have.  Look--the identification on the visor gives his name as Gary Lambert.  Too bad the sliding door between the front and back seats is closed, or we could talk to him.  Here we are already. Look at those names in lights. Could they be the same Melinda Wysong, Garry Curtiss, and Aaron Hardley that we know? We'd better check our programs to see if we recognize anyone else. This is fantastic that we should meet so many in one place.  It says here that Keith Wilkins is the audio-visual engineer, and Beverly Birkman is make-up director. Looks like this play will last a long time.  Lets take a helicopter back to the hotel in order to save time and so we won't be too tired out for the big day ahead tomorrow. That means well have to take the elevator to get up to the roof. --Quick trip, wasn't it? I didn't want to say anything in front of her, but wasn't that Theresa Eisner on the elevator? How convenient it is to be able to step off the elevator and onto the plane. Why Paul Darlings, I had no idea that you were going into aviation. It must be fascinating to be in this new type of service. Rita and I are leaving for a world cruise tomorrow morning.

        Time to get up. We still have some last minute packing to do, and we only have three hours before we sail, and the time will go much too fast. Let's spend our extra time looking over the passenger list. My goodness, just look at these familiar names. ...Jerry Lewis...Doug Lutz ..Brian McGregor...Jerry Westlund! I wonder what type of business brings them on a trip such as this? We'd better get down to the docks. I understand we meet the captain as we board ship. Did you notice at the top of the passenger list, the captain's name is Bill Martinek?  That just couldn't be the same one who graduated with us, could it?

        It is! Doesn't he look sharp in his uniform?  We'll have to talk to him.  -- I'm certainly glad we did talk to him, otherwise we wouldn't have been invited to sit at his table tonight, nor have learned about all our other classmates. Imagine--Wendy Wardell is activities chairman of the ship, Jane Wilkinson is the editor of the ship's paper, and Jan Gohlke is his private secretary!!!

        Goodness...we've been on the boat two whole weeks, and we're about to arrive at Rio de Janerio. Let's get our hair done before we dock. It won't take long. Besides, I'd like to say hello to Darlene Homan and Diane Whiteford before we leave. I'm glad we found out that they, too, are working on the ship. Apparently Bill forgot to tell us about the beauticians.

        One of the first places I want to go when we dock is to the new Carl Alexander Parsons Medical Research Center, named for its famous architect, Carl Parsons.

        This is a lovely center. What a spacious lawn ! Those doctors coming across act as though they recognize us. Perhaps this nurse can tell us who they are. She looks familiar, too,. Pardon me Miss...Miss Erickson! What are you doing down here? Who are those doctors coming across the lawn? We do, know them--Dr. J. T. Jerome, Jr., Dr. Orvin Johnson, Dr. Elliott Weitz, and Dr. Don Jaquish. Oh, Don is a psychologist? How fascinating! Would you take us through the hospital, Joan? Since so many girls from our class wanted to be nurses is it possible that any others are down here, too? Judy Bannon, Patsy Barner, Dorothy Bates, Bonnie Beckwith, and Barb Sleder! And you say that Shelba Wethy and Jean Mannor are working with the medical records? Let's go over to the lab to see your new cancer-cure machine that we've heard so much about.

        Look Rita,--over there next to the machine; that's Ron Cook at the controls. And notice the plaque on the machine. It says John Gallagher was the inventors

        This lab is fascinating! I do wish we could talk to Lois Lewis and Carl Norcross while we're here, but they're on the night shift, and our time is too short, and we must visit the dental department before we leave. I read somewhere that Sheldon Cole is a dentist down here, and Debbie Smith is a hygienist.

        It's certainly good to get back on the shop. It's so restful after the rush of Rio. How about if we send a cablegram back home to tell everyone we know that we made the first leg of our journey safely?

        How lucky it was that John Miller recognized our names. Otherwise we would have missed talking to him and the other radio man, Brian Luhrs.

        Next stop--Buenos Aires, and them on to New Zealand. It would be a shame to go through Argentina and not stop at the headquarters of that world-famous bookmobile service headed by Louise Clune. This is her contribution to world education. Also while we're there we must stop in at the American Agricultural Center. Bill Selkirk, and Roger Steffes have offices in that building.

        I don't know about you, Rita, but I'll be awfully glad to reach New Zealand. This has been quite a long boat trip. It was especially rough going through the Strait of Magellan.. It's a good thing we've kept up a correspondence with Adrian Coleman for all these years, so we'll know right where to find him. Isn't it a coincidence that Adrian's father hired Phil Wakefield to be the veterinarian on his sheep ranch? We can't spend much time in New Zealand, though, because we still must make a stop at Sydney in Australia before going up to Japan.

        Sydney is much larger than I thought it would be, although I should have known it would be this size since the UN has recently chosen this as a strategic location. Our first stop will have to be at the American Embassy. There we can find Mary Springer, the Ambassador, and take her for luncheon with us before we all go over to the new United Nations Secretariat Building.

        Time certainly does go fast for us. When we were at the Secretariat, I was amazed at the number of office workers who held such high positions. Who would have ever thought we would have seen Carolyn Roost, Marilyn Parla, Onalee Guger, Bev Hessem, Kay Horn, Sharon Day, Judy Knapp, and Patsy Brown on this trip, not to mention George Snyder, Ira Bunk, and Art McManus who seem to be doing well on each of their ranches.

        There's the skyline of Tokyo. When we see Tammy we must remember to tell her that we had a chance to visit Noreen Towne, and Rosemary Lemcool who are in the field of Christian Education, and Mary Wagamon and Connie Coddington, both doing social work. I'm glad we wired ahead that we were coming so she could pick up tickets for the three of us to go the Winter Exhibition baseball game. Imagine us watching John Eaton and John Carroll in professional baseball& And just think--Jerry Springer is the manager of the team! Now I'm more anxious than ever to get up to Russia to see Bill Mann and Terry Garn in the Olympics. I hope they appreciate us coming all the way up there just to see them, because that's the only place we have time to visit. All the arrangements are completed for our plane reservations to get us from Vladivostok to Moscow, and then Sweden. I'll bet Olaf will be surprised.

        It seems good to be on our way again, although it was well worth the trip to see our Olympic stars. Did you happen to catch the name of our pilot as they announced it before our flight? I didn't either. Lets ask our stewardess. Oh, Miss--Why its Deanne Mathews.  Would you tell us who is the pilot? Monty Oliver!!! Imagine that.  Be sure to tell him we're out here, and we'll see him when we land in a few hours. In the meantime, have you anything we can read? This music magazine will do, Well, look here--Jim Royal is giving a piano concert in Sweden. How fortunate for us! That will give us something to do tonight, if we can tickets. As soon as we land, let's get in touch with Olaf and have him get them for us.

        Here, this radio and telegraph center ought to be the place to send our message. Hmmm...these are interesting looking nameplates... Vern Martin and Bob Breithaupt. I had no idea that they were interested in this type of work. Vern looks busy repairing an electronic-eye sets so we'd better see if Bob can send it for us over the radio.

        Our schedule certainly doesn't allow us to stay very long in one place. If it weren't for our interesting visit with Olaf and that magnificent performance by Jim, I wouldn't even be able to believe that I had been in Sweden.

        Look below us! At last were seeing the famous tulip beds of Holland. See that little speck? I'll bet its a florists shop. Anyway, let's go there first.

        It must have been intuition that drew us here, because the operators are Pete Hilty and Chuck Samuelson. What a shame we won't be able to spend more time talking to them,. but we must catch that bus to the Hague.

        This is certainly a bustling place. Let's look into this room full of clerical workers. How unusual, they have grouped all the employees from one city in the same place. Here's a group from Traverse City. Jean Mazurek, Sue Mead, Karen Morrison, Kay Ann Nash, Karen Nicholson, Gerald Norris, Mary Ann Plank, Darlene Greiner, Eva Haselton, Marilyn Hawkins, Peggy Thiel, Frances Walters, Janet Snelling, Mary Strubel, Herb Lemcool, Florence Schroeder, and Arlene Wyckoff. Hi-Nice to see you again. The grounds are as beautiful as the interior. I understand Carl Parsons designed that building over there, as well as doing the landscaping around it. It's a work of art.-.That reminds me, someone told me how lovely the grounds were at Cambridge. We must remember to stop there tomorrow, when we land in England.

        We were right in deciding to stop here at Cambridge because it gives us a chance to see Suzanne Martinson, Ted Kempton, Gertrude Montague and Judy Hendges who are instructors here. We might also visit Sandy Ebbage, Cindy Neihardt, and Janet Rogers who are working on their doctor's degrees. Isn't it thrilling to think that women are able to attend this great university and that of Oxford. I do wish that we had time to stop at Oxford too, so we could see Becky Walton, Elisa Davey, and Steve Howard who are studying there and also Barb Wysong and Sandy Hubbell who are working as secretaries in the administration building, but we are expected in London tomorrow.

        London is a fascinating city. Everyone seems so busy and you would never think that the traffic would stop. That London bobby who looks like Lynn Ehyart must have a hard job. Oh, look there, that's Ken Bannen and Ed Hanna in their Royal Air Force uniforms. Let's stop and talk to them. Pm glad that Ken and Ed told us that Carolyn Moran and Tom

        Lyon were working on the reconstruction of St. Paul's Cathedral so that we had a chance to visit with them. They sure are doing a marvelous job. Aren't the murals that Jan Moutsatson, Dorothy Lindsay, and Scott Dean painting on the dome beautiful? Speaking of artists, we had better hurry or we will miss our boat to France and Paris is the one place that I don't want to miss.

        Let's spend the day wandering through the streets of Paris. I have heard that many of our talented artist friends have moved here to study,. Maybe we will see some of them. I know. Let's visit Lyle DeYoung's Art Shop on the Left Bank, He could probably tell us where to locate them. Oh, look at who are buying their supplies here, It's Ron Steele and Nancy Felker. I'm sure glad that we saw them so that we could learn of the success that Joanie Fisher, Bob Nelson, and Ron Schneider have been having with their paintings.

Before we leave Paris for Switzerland, let's visit one of the famous dress salons and have Mary Schildroth dress an outfit for us. I would also like to see if Juanita Cox could do something different with my hair. I have heard that they have both become world known for their styles and individuality.

        Our plane ride from Paris to Bern certainly was beautiful, I hope that Sara Perkett, American Ambassador, hasn't gone to too much trouble to arrange for our tour through Switzerland.

        Isn't it just wonderful that Sara arranged for us to stay in the Ronan Hotel which is managed by Doug Ronan Linder, It seems like centuries since we last saw him. I heard that Jackie Diday is the hotel's receptionist and that Jeff Carpenter owns a drug store nearby. I'll bet that that is the drug store in which Greg Boothroyd is pharmacist. I heard that he was in Bern. Oh, and let's be sure and visit Kay Chimoskey's Imported Fabrics Shop when we tour the city.

        Sara also wants us to be sure that we visit St. Moritz, the famous health and ski resort. She said that Gordon Derks owns a cafe there, and that Marilyn Heaslip works as a waitress.We sure did have a lot of fun in Switzerland, but I can't wait to see Rome. I have always wanted to visit the ancient ruins and famous speed car races. Just think, our trip is almost over.

        Now don't start that. We have a lot of places to visit and it is almost time for the big race at the Coliseum, where Melvin Browning, Joe Chile, Tony Perszyk, Larry Ludka are driving and Carl Ellston, Roy Gilmore, Don Philo, Norman Heater, and Larry Helmick are working in the pits.

        Wasn't that exciting! Who would have ever thought that we would meet Darlene Breithaupt, Diane Dumbrille, Judy Grant, Bonnie Wunderlich, and Sheila Wyatt there. They were all on their vacations from the University of Paris. I wonder how we missed them in France.

        Look over there.  Isn't that Judy Steusel, Charles Stowe, and Judy Kadrovach sketching? They will never run out of subject material here in Italy, with the ruins, Rome, and the Tiber River.

        Isn't it amazing that Jerry Slaby should have been the one to deliver the letter this morning telling us that several of our former classmates who enlisted in the service are cruising out in the Mediterranean with the Seventh Fleet? We must make a point to see Charlie Billadeau, Jon Williams (sailors on the ships), and David Lassa who is aboard an aircraft carrier. Bob Anderson, I hear, is doing some skin-diving in the Mediterranean off the coast of Sicily. Gilberta Dechow, Karen Ducheney, Sharon Baynton, Julie Colgrove, are all stationed there at the Naval Hospital on Sicily. What a wonderful place to be a nurse.

        Our trip was just fabulous!, I never believed that the Mediterraneau was so blue. I can understand why so many of our classmates have chosen to work here. It is both inspirational and enchanting. We are leaving Alexandria shortly on our camel caravan across the Sahara Desert. We are passing through Libya, and plan to stop in Ouallena in Algeria. The World's Fair will be held there in 1984. Mary Jane McCool, of all people, is head of the camel caravan. We ought to have lots of fun reminiscing with her and catching up on all that has been going on. Before we leave, we must go to the Travel Bureau that arranged our trip, and say hello to Howard Anderson and Gary Braun who are accountants there. Diane Kirsch and Mary Lou Thayer are also working there as secretaries.

        I'm doubly glad that we visited the Travel Bureau. Not only did we get a chance to see our friends that were working there, but we also learned who some of the passengers are that will be on the caravan with us. Imagine, Mary Lee Hendrixson is governess to the children of Shah In Salah. Jerry Ritter, draftsman; Emil Dolensek, chemical engineer; and Bill Greene, chemical researcher; are going along to work on the various aspects of the World's Fair. Judy Toerper and Charles Steffes will also be going to give sports exhibitions there.

I'm certainly glad we decided to rest a day here in Buseima. Traveling on camels is definitely not the most comfortable mode of transportation. I am afraid that this little native village will not offer much in the form of entertainment, however, but it will give us an opportunity to visit with Betty Dreves, Leo Arthur, Max Strickland, Aleeta Hollister, Philip Hubbell, and Reg Lancaster, who are working in this general area. They are doing a big part in furthering Christian Education.

        This is utterly fantastic -- a fertile oasis created out of thousands of acres of deserts. Gary Burkholder and Joe Terhune headed the great project of irrigating the land. Their work was carried on several years ago, so that the World's Fair could be held here at Ouallena. Charles Luhrs, Bill Hicks, and Larry Billadeau, whom we have read so much about, executed the finer details of the chemical engineering processes, which are so vital in keeping this desert fertile. The actual building of the canal for ocean-going ships into the desert was supervised by engineers, Harry Dorman, Calvin Gray, Harold Laird, and Glenn Blow. The United States has a fantastic exhibit of its new car which needs no driver. Dick Jennett, Tom Kroupa, and Joe Trnka, mechanics, are working on the exhibit. This town has certainly grown since the workers and their families have moved in to build this unique, out-of-this-world, World's Fair. The beautician who did my hair this morning was Deanna Zeits. Having a manicure were Lois Goyer, Yvette Rice, and Carol Winowiski, who are nurses here at the Fair's infirmary. Lois, Yvette, and Carol told us that Darrell Albrecht, Don Bellaw, and Wilfred Peters, are also working here at the Fair as mechanics, and Dan Stainforth, Vic Jillson, and Dennis Helferich, as engineers.

        It was certainly difficult to leave the delightful preparations for the Fair, but Casa Blance, here in Morrocco, is truly exotic, and Brian Boje, one of our foreign exhange students, lives here. He has a huge and beautiful house, which is managed smoothly by several maids, one of whom is Shirley Challender. His father employs two secretaries, old classmates of ours, Maxine Spoor and Mary Braden.

        After we visit Brian, we can begin our long voyage home. Thank goodness the St. Lawrence Seaway will take us to our doorstep!

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