|
- 
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT |
|
Welhisco
Alumni Newsletter
|
AUGUST, 2008
|
|
WELHISCO
|
Trojan Head designed by
Kermit Ruyle '47
|
|
PRINTABLE FLASHLIGHT
LQQK FOR NEWSPAPER BOY
ON PAGE 3
|
|
|
|
Association Members
without Internet service to receive Flashlight news letters!
When sending in dues, many alumni added additional money to the
$10.00 dues. Because of their generosity, members without
Internet access will be able to receive flashlights MONTHLY
instead of twice a year as originally planned
Because of the support of so many and the extra money, we will be
able to mail a newsletter until the end of 2008. Hopefully, we
will be able to continue in 2009. This will depend on the
Membership drive for 2009.
Those who joined in July are highlighted in
RED
view list
Coupon to join
|
|
REMINDER
14 Months until Reunion 2009 :
|
|
|
Wellston 
Where was Your favorite store on Easton?
Double click pic to view names
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a
St. Louis icon, Gateway Arch, frames another, the historic Old
Courthouse, both part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Park
America's Gateway to the West, St. Louis began as a French trading
post on the west bank of the Mississippi River near its confluence
with the Missouri.
Lewis and Clark set out from here in 1804 to explore the Louisiana
Territory, and countless pioneers passed through St. Louis for the
trek west across the Oregon and Santa Fe trails.
The steamboat's arrival in 1817 established the brash frontier town
as a major port and, for a time, the largest U.S. city west of
Pittsburgh.
After decades of decline, downtown
St. Louis is on an upswing, with a new baseball stadium for the
beloved Cardinals; the revitalized Washington Avenue Loft District;
and a brand-new entertainment quarter, the Bottle District, which is
scheduled to start opening some time next year. |
Time line of Events
1764 Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau establish a
fur-trading settlement on the Mississippi's west bank and name it
St. Louis for King Louis IX of France.
1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark depart from St. Louis
to explore the Louisiana Territory, newly acquired from France by
President Thomas Jefferson for $15 Million.
1817 The steamboat Zebulon M. Pike docks in St. Louis,
ushering in an era of river traffic up and down the Mississippi and
the city's heyday as a major inland port.
1849 A cholera epidemic kills 4,100 people. A fire aboard a
steamship spreads to the city, destroying 15 blocks.
1860 Eberhard Anheuser buys a brewery in South St. Louis that
will become the beer-making giant Anheuser-Busch.
1904 St. Louis hosts both the world's fair - the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition and the Olympic Games.
1927 Backed by St. Louis businessmen, Charles Lindbergh makes
the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in the Spirit of
St. Louis.
1965 The symbol of St. Louis, the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch,
designed by Eero Saarinen, is completed.
2004 St. Louis celebrates the the bicentennial of the Lewis
and Clark expedition and the centennial of the 1904 Worlds Fair and
Olympic Games
.
2004 The St. Louis Cardinals play their first game in the new
Busch Stadium and go on to win the World Series. |
|
Thanks for the stories and
especially everyone's support of our Flashlight Newsletter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
|
|
|
Vintage Photos From the Shoe Box!
|
|
We'll post them online.
|
How do you store your pictures? Framing,
scrap-booking or sticking them in shoeboxes? With the advent of
digital photography, there are several options sharing the photos you
love, making them last a good, long time: You can either: Email,
scan or use US Postage (If photos are to be returned, please
include return US Mail postage.) Send in your shoebox photo's so they can be shared with
everyone.
|
|
Pictures from the Shoe Box
|
|
Circa 1915
Business owner names added from a 1914 Gould's City Directory
Notice hats or caps on the men, women's millinery.
Details in the enlargement is excellent...you can see the pick and sledge
hammer clearly next to the street worker on the right. The Coca Cola
sign is legible also.
|
|
Three Other Wellston's Exist!
|
Wellston, Ohio
Wellston, Ohio. Founded in 1873 by Harvey Wells as an iron and coal
producing center. This southeastern Ohio city has grown, developing
its own character as a close-knit hometown, yet willing to embrace
new opportunities. [MORE] |
 |
Wellston, OK
Wellston, Oklahoma was named
by St. Francis of Assisi, who established a
trading post on the site in 1883. The post office officially
opened
September 19,
1884.
[More]
|
 Click
the picture to enlarge |
Wellston, MI
"The finest in year round
Recreation!"
Wellston, Steel Head Capitol of Michigan. We have the finest year
round recreation available. Come enjoy the activities. Bike, hike,
canoe/kayak, swim, fish, hunt, search for mushrooms, ski,
snowmobile, along with much more, or just relax in the
peace and quiet of nature.
[MORE] |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
Page
3
August 2008
|
|
Alumnae & Alumni News and Comments:
|
|
|
"61 Tony Busalacchi '
|
'61Tony Busalacchi's grandson,Santino, wants to become president of the United States some day.
His mother Tracy, (Tony's daughter) says her son
is obsessed with U.S. presidents, having all 43 president
portraits displayed in his bedroom.
 Santino visits his local library once a week where he checks out
books on the presidents or related subjects. He knows even the
most minor details and can name any president whose picture is
pointed out to him. His story was printed in the St. Charles
Journal. Read the rest of the story:[MORE]
|
 |
|
Santino |
|
|
Shirley '65 and Jack ''62
|
Jack Jeffries'62 and Shirley Dawes '65
announce the birth of their second grandchild, Barret
Chance, born July 1st at 11:30pm. Barret weighed
7.25 lbs (exactly 3 lbs lighter than his big sister),
being 19.5
inches long.
Grandma and Grandpa are recovering nicely.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 I really
enjoy the
Flashlight, particularly the local history, the teachers
biographies and stories on Wellston's architecture. It's nice taking a trip back into history.
It would be great if alumni would write some funny stories
about events, pranks, growing experiences or other events that
happen to them while going to Wellston H.S.
Carol Garrett '63
(Carol's away on vacation, unable to share a now pic) |
 I'm not sure anybody
remembers me, I was rather shy (I made up for that in the
following years!). I don't know if anybody knows (or cares) what
I did with my life after Wellston. I
 graduated from Washington
University with a degree in Fine Arts, and a major in fashion design.
I was a shoe designer for 20 years. When we moved to Florida I
was designing Capezio in Italy and Spain. (I was probably the
first shoe designer in America with an education. There were a
few others, but mostly nice ladies with a flair, most shoes were
copied from Europe)
Joan Thoss class '49. (Joan is
the daughter of Charlie Thoss)
That was the beginning......read the rest of the story [MORE] |
|
|
|
 Please be sure
to share your Flashlight with those who do not have access to the
Internet
|
|
Piggly Wiggly Customers
|
PIGGLY
WIGGLY
Piggly
Wiggly was kind of a front runner for Shop ‘N
Save, Save A Lot and other discount groceries we have now.
Many families from the Wellston area would shop in the store on
Easton Ave. It was one of the larger grocery stores in our area
offering many sale items.
I rememember my mom buying hamburger 3
pounds for a dollar. She would fix many different meals off that 3
pounds. It would last our family for most of the week. Eating in
a restruant was NEVER an option!
[MORE]
on the history of Piggle
Wiggly
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
|
|
PAGE 4
|
AUGUST 2008
|
|
alumni news and projects
|
|
 |
 Jim
Chapman '60, AKA "Santa" to the Red Shirt's
(girls from '60 - 61 classes, mostly) since Reunion 2003. Jim
is the ONLY man ever to have been invited to the
ladies luncheons! The girls have always celebrated his
July Birthday with him (and his wife, Doretta Atkins '61) at
one of his favorite places to eat lunch, Applebee's.
Happy 66th Birthday Santa! |
|
 |
 Hi, I remember going roller skating at
Lindy Ball room in 1948-49. Also, Roy Queen played country
music there on Saturday night. He was on the radio for a
furniture store on Union Blvd at the time. I also skated in
Pine Lawn, the best I can remember it was called "Hodges"
Marie Cole '52 |
|
 |
Some
other famous
people to perform at the Lindy Ballroom were PATSY CLINE and
Little Jimmy Dickens. My claim to fame is when I sang on stage
with Patsy Cline. I was with my Dad. He told Patsy that I could sing
(if you want to call it that). She called me up on the stage and we
actually sang together. I was only about ten or eleven (I
think.) We called it the "New Lindy Ballroom." back
then.
Why? I don't know. Patsy is still one of my favorite
performers. We spend our winters in South Texas every year. The
park we stay at has a performer from Canada who gives
Patsy Cline shows during the Winter season. She is
"terrific." Peggy
Taylor '57 |
|
 |
 In
the early
50's the New Lindy Hall had a teen town dance every Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Johnny Rion or Roy Queens band hosted the dance. My other favorite place on that
corner was Bennett's grill. We used to eat lunch there when we could
sneak out of school. They actually put chains on the doors at lunch time
so we couldn't leave school. My father and Don Henson's father had the
chains removed as they were a safety hazard iif there were a fire.
Larry Wright '57 |
|
 |
Remembering my first
job at Norwood Hills Country Club as a
caddy: When being
 interviewed for the job, they asked if I had
any experience. Of course I didn't, but I was able to
convince the interviewer I did and got
the job. My first day, I caddied for this
rich and very famous dance studio owner, Ray Quinlan. We
were all on the first green, the first golfer putts
for a birdie, missing the hole. He marked his ball
with a dime before picking it up. "Honest Abe"
me comes walking by. I see the dime just laying there
on the ground. Trying to make a good impression, I
stoop down picking it up, asking "Hey, who
lost the dime?" oops~ John
McGlasson '55
|
|
 |
 I really enjoy reading the news from the
website. I'm finding out about all the people I have thought
about over the years. My favorite, my homeroom teacher,
Lance Williams. Hats off to all of you for getting this
together. I loved the time at Wellston High. Erlene Reese
'54 |
|
 |
 I
enjoyed the info about Robert Grenier, reading his story in the July Flashlight. He was one of the upper
classmen I held in high esteem. Bob was always very
friendly. I think I have mention before he was an
outstanding quarterback at WHS. He also played one or two seasons
with the St. Louis Knights semi pro football team. It would
be neat to find out more about his football activities after WSH and how he spent his life. Dave Cannady '51.
|
|
|
'61
Janice Clark's granddaughter, Brooke graduated
with honors and a 4.2 GPA in June. Brooke was a member of the National Honor
 Society in 2006-2008 and one of 20 HS
students chosen for the Partners Program at Lexington Medical Center
for the summer of 2007.
Brooke, (like her grandmother) served as a Varsity Cheerleader plus she
was on a competition squad, qualifying for state all four years,
coming in 4th the last year.
Brooke is the recipient of the South Carolina Life Scholarship and Presbyterian
College Cheerleading Scholarship. She will major in Biology.
Janice says she's looking forward to
seeing her classmates and friends at Reunion 2009!.
|
 My
memories of Piggly Wiggly starts around '35 or '36. The
store in Wellston was the first help
yourself grocery store. Their motto was "Piggle
Wiggle Help - Yourself". I remember my dad saying he and my
mother couldn't carry home what $2.00 would buy. They had to
take my wagon to carry it all home! After they closed,
A&P took the store over. Jimmy Russell worked there. Jimmy,
Tom Glover and I use to run together quite a bit. About 10
years ago, we were in St. Genevieve, MO where there was a Piggly Wiggly.
Does anyone ever hear anything from Wally Verseman? We used
to run together also but I haven't heard anything about him
for years. This is all I can think at this time. Bill
Brausksieker '45 |
|
Flashlight Editor
Assumes New Leadership Role
 Bill
Voos, Class of 1948 and an editor of the Flashlight, was
recently elected president of the IUPUI Senior Academy, the
Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
 organization
for retired faculty and staff. The academy has approximately
300 members and offers an active program, including support
services for the University, student scholarships, cultural
programs for members of the community and social, travel and
other educational activities for its members, providing
opportunities for them to maintain ties with the campus and
with fellow retirees.
Bill retired in 1995 as Dean and
Professor Emeritus of Indiana University’s Herron School of
Art and Design at IUPUI and served as Vice-President of the
Senior Academy for the past two years. With involvement in a
variety of activities, Bill says he is busier now than
before retirement, with no possibility of ever being bored.
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
|
|
|
alumni
news
|
|
Taken from 1942 sweater
From 1942 Sweater
|
|
REUNION 2009 UPDATE
The Embassy Suites will start accepting reservations for the
Reunion 2009 weekend, October 2, 3, and 4, 2009 (1) year prier
to the date. (Wrong info was given before.)
When making reservations be sure to mention you're attending
Wellston High Reunion for a special rate of $124.00 + tax per
night. Reservations may be made anytime AFTER October 2, 2008.
Phone: 636-946-5544
Friday and Saturday night festivities will be held at St. Charles
Convention Center, starting with a Mixer on Friday, Oct 2, followed
with a Dinner and Dance Saturday night, Oct 3rd.
Sunday, Oct 4th,
Picnic luncheon will be at the American legion Hall, Post 312,
2500 Raymond Drive, in St. Charles, very close to the Convention
Center.
|
|
Sunday Picnic
American Legion Hall
Lots of room here
to socialize, dine, and look at tons of memorabilia at the
American Legion Hall!
|
|
Embassy Suite
St. Charles, MO
|
|
|
Book of the Month
The Master Cleanser by Stanley
Burroughs
(50 pages of easy, informative
reading)
Review by Mary Treadway '65 |
|
 A
great morning drink to pick you up is lemonade
The purpose of the
lemonade diet is to dissolve and eliminate toxins that have
formed in any part of your body.
·
To cleanse the
kidneys and the digestive system.
·
To purify the
glands and cells throughout the entire body.
·
To eliminate all
unusable waste and hardened material in the joints and muscles.
·
To relieve pressure
and irritation in the nerves, arteries, and blood vessels.
·
To build a healthy
blood stream.
·
To keep youth and
elasticity regardless of our years.
View complete
lemonade diet
[MORE]
 Thank
you for the emails confirming interest in a health book review
column.
Any questions, comments please email:[email protected]
|
Next months Review:
answers the question:
Should you put stuff on your skin you wouldn’t eat? |
Next
|
|
|
On
David Cannady's '51 76th birthday he celebrated it by
doing a 'fantasy' game hunt in Durango, CO. On the left shows
him with a bear and cougar kill. Below shows him on a 'White
Water Rafting" trip. The bear and cougar are stuffed.... the
water, rocks, boat and people are real.
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT NOW BEING MAILED
|
|
 Thanks to the support from our alumni, we are now able
to mail the monthly Flashlight to our association members
(without Internet access) till at least the end of 2008. If the
2009 membership drive is as successful as this year's we will be
able to continue mailing them each, month instead of just twice a
year.
So many of our members use the Internet to view the Flashlight,
cutting printing and postage cost, making it possible for
members without email to enjoy reading the same news, keeping
everyone updated.
If you would like to join the association or know of an alumni
without Internet access who would like to join please print the
coupon below and follow the directions. Remember, it's only
$10.00 yearly (per household) from January to December, not
prorated. Alumni who send in extra with this years dues will be
credited next year towards their dues. We appreciate your
generosity.
Coupon to mail in your dues, click here: coupon with
instructions where to mail your dues to.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
|
|
|
MYSTERY PICTURE
Can you guess what this mystery picture
is of?
Clues: It's located in St. Louis
It's part of a major
attraction
People from all over the
world have seen it
Double click picture to enlarge
Answer on page 8 |
|
|
|
Disappearing Milkman
 According
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 1950, over half of the
milk delivered was to the home in quart bottles, by 1963, it was
about a third and by 2001, it represented only 0.4% percent.
Nowadays most milk is sold through supermarkets in gallon jugs. The
steady decline in home-delivered milk is blamed, of course, on the
rise of the supermarket, better home refrigeration and
longer-lasting milk. Although some milkmen still make the rounds in
pockets of the U.S., they are certainly a dying breed.
·
Full Post on the MilkmanT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
|
|
|
Len Hagedorn
'67
|
Where in the World is
Leonard Hagedorn '67?
Check out the link taking you to the missing alumni list in your
class. They may not even know they are missing!! If there’s
someone on the list that you know the whereabouts of (dead or
alive) please email us the information, or have them contact us. As
you see there are only a few classes with people missing. Most
classes have had someone who took the initiative to keeping their class
list current. While this is not an easy task to undertake, it does
make the job easier for the Reunion Committee. Check all the
classes, because someone’s brother, sister, aunt, uncle, parents or
even neighbor, might be on the "Missing List". The list
spans a period of over 30 years.
MISSING
ALUMN
|
|
Classmates Remembered
Theresa O'Connor '63 wrote a beautiful poem dedicated
to and remembering our departed alumnus. 
|
Obit
|
Memorial
Our Wellston Trojan
Classmates Remembered List
Click here
Rest in Peace
|
|
|
Tom Sloan '66
Passed 7/7/08
Liver Failure
Guest Book |
Jack Husted '42
Passed 7/17/08
Guest Book |
Jerry Carty '66
Passed 5/17/08
Cancer
|
|
Condolences to:
'65 Diane Clark in the loss of her husband Tom Sloan
'66 on 7/7/08
Guest Book
'40
Kenneth and '43 Gene
Husted in the loss of their brother Jack 7/17/08
Guest Book
|
|
Hello! My
name is Hal and I lived the Jennings area when I was growing up.
I worked in Wellston, which I've learned was one of the
busiest shopping centers in the United States from 1930's until late
1950's. Unfortunately, the area has fallen upon hard times,
becoming an urban ghost town. In its glory days Wellston was a place
of excitement, a place where it was possible for dreams could come true.
I wasn't the only student working in Wellston through the World War
II years and into the 1950's.
Although I
don't recall your names, I know we met at one time or another.
Perhaps you were washing store windows or sweeping the sidewalks,
window shopping or having lunch at one of the counters at a five and
dime. Perhaps you went to Wellston HS, Normandy HS, or one of the other
local
schools. This e-mail is to you, asking you to
share your personal experiences of working and growing up in one of the
businesses in Wellston. Don't let those memories fade - lets share
them while we still can. Hal
See where Hal worked and
read some of Hal's
memories |
|
  Wagner
Electric closed its doors the spring of 1983. To this
day a group of employees STILL get together twice a year
- once in August, again in December. They've done this
for years. Nothing advertised - all by the word of
mouth. Anyone who has worked for Wagner is welcome to
join. Contact Jerry Blankenship 636-463-2128 or JoAnn
Croce 636-978-9330 for more information The meetings are
held at St. Rita's hall, corner of Hanley and Page. See
ya there!! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLASHLIGHT
|
|
|
Editors
Bill Voos (’48)
Sandy Gibbons(’57)
JoAnn Williams (’60)
Mary Kay Parker '56 -
President
Jim Shaw '45 - Sec/Treasurer
WELLSTON HIGH SCHOOL
Welhisco Alumni
P.O. Box 774
O'Fallon, MO 63366
Phone
636-696-4693
E-mail
[email protected]
|
|
 QUIZ ANSWER
Tram going up to top of the Arch, Downtown St. Louis |
|
|
|
|
WAlumni who
gave their lives for our freedomRemember Them
Always
|
|
.gif) The
Burglar and Jesus
A burglar broke into a house one
night. He shined his flashlight
around, looking for valuables; and
when he picked up a CD player to
place in his sack, a strange,
disembodied voice echoed from the
dark saying, 'Jesus is watching
you.'
He nearly jumped out of his skin,
clicked his flashlight off, and
froze.
When he heard nothing
more after a bit, he shook his head,
promised himself a vacation after
the next big score, then clicked the
light on and began searching for
more valuables.
Just as he pulled the stereo out so
he could disconnect the wires, Clear
as a bell he heard, 'Jesus is
watching you.' Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically,
looking for the source of the voice
Finally, in the corner of the room,
his flashlight beam came to rest on
a parrot.
Did you say that?' he hissed at the
parrot.
'Yep,' the parrot confessed, then
squawked, 'I'm just trying to warn
you.'
The burglar relaxed. 'Warn me, huh?
Who in the world are you?'
'Moses,' replied the bird.
'Moses?' the burglar laughed.
'What
kind of people would name a bird
Moses?'
'The kind of people that would name
a Rottweiler Jesus.'
|
|
HOW MANY DOGS
DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
Golden Retriever: The sun is shining. The day is young.
We've got our whole lives ahead of us. And you're inside
worrying about a stupid, burned-out light bulb?
Border Collie: Just one. Not only that, but I'll replace any
wiring that's not up to code.
Dachshund: I can't reach the stupid lamp!
 Toy
Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border collie's ear and he'll
do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails
will be dry.
Rottweiler: Go Ahead! Make me!
Shi-tzu: Puh-leeze, dah-ling. What are servants for?
Lab: Oh, me, me!!! Pleeeeeeze let me change the light bulb!
Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Can I?
Malamute: Let the Border collie do it. You can feed me
while he's busy.
Doberman Pinscher: While it's dark, I'm going to sleep on
the couch.
Mastiff: Mastiffs are NOT afraid of the dark.
Hound Dog: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb.
Pointer: I see it, there it is, right there...
Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?
Australian Shepherd: Put all the light bulbs in a little
circle...
Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? Light bulb? That thing I
just ate was a light bulb?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
