Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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VALEDlCTORIAN'S ADDRESS By Rachel Hiltner It is quite customary for a Valedictory's speech to com- pare a graduating class to a boat setting sail upon the ocean of life. 'l'hey feel the class members are, apparently, now ready to step into the world and tr'ue living. This seems rather inadequate to me, for we are living and we have been facing life and the world each day of the twelve years we have worked here at our school career. Life is progression. We step from one rung of the ladder to another-until we reach the goal ahead. Some of us will slip, but others will succeed and will reach the top of the ladder. An individual's progression may be compared to that of our community, Muskegon Heights, which is celebrating this year its fiftieth anniversary and can look proudly around at its achievements. lust as this community took a few faltering footsteps at first, made some errors, achieved some success only to be disappointed, and finally began the climb which has produced our present progressive community-so we, as citizens of the world, will find life. Life will not always be BUSY, but we must' face it and look forward to the future with the hope that it will be brighter. To many of us the education we have obtained here will be our only capital in beginning life, and whatever wealth and honor we may win in the world, we shall be largely indebted to our school for a measure of our success. And now, friends, classmates, and teachers, has come the time to say goodbye-not goodbye-forever-but goodbye, till we meet again. TOM BEGLEY, SALUTATORIAN ,Y -, Y W- 11-V.-...sr i 3 1 1 I i 3 Q

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by the firm of Eldon Kelley and Delbert Blaha. The painting of the building was being done by William Seng. We then went to the fire department where I was surprised to meet Sherwood Wagner, the fire chief. Other firemen were Leo Dean, Hugo Van Noordwyk, Robert Aue, and Max Ryefield. I decided I wanted to have lunch, so we went to a restaurant owned and operated by Angelina Pappan and her partner, Felix Petrongelli. The chef there was Marjorie Davies: Iulia Elko and Marian I onas were the waitresses. Finishing the lunch, we decided to go on a little shopping tour. We visited Sam La Porter's clothing store, where Edwin McClary was the floor manager. We went to the C. and P. store, one of the many chain stores owned by Paul Iohnson. The clerk was Dorand Porter. We visited two other smaller stores owned by Steve Matuz and Susan Hulka. I wanted some baked goods so I went to the Tidy bakery, owned and operated by Ann Hradsky. While going down the street, I noticed several signs hanging in front of the buildings. One was Don Iohnson, Dentist : another was Lawrence Schmuker's Pharmacy : two others were: Ioe Szuc's Shoe Shop, and Geneva Vandervelde's Portrait Studio. I noticed a very attractive bracelet in one of the windows of a jewelry store and so I went in to find out what the price was. I was very surprised to meet Carl Benson, the owner of the store. After purchasing my bracelet, my escort took me to a small tea shop, which was run by one oi my older acquaintances, Carolyn Chesney. Next door was a dress shop, owned and operated by Miriam Lillie. My last stop was at a very attractive candy shop. I was greeted by Donna Pike, a dear friend of mine in earlier years. Although she was the owner of such a shop, she was still leaving sweets off her diet list. I am too tired to write any more, so I'm going to retire. Good-night. Thursday, April 27, 1945 Dear Diary: I awakened early this morning and was visited by Dick Lorenz, the local undertaker. He suggested that we visit the P.T.A. of the Heights Schools this afternoon. While eating my breakfast, I looked at the morning edition of the Heights paper and was surprised to read about many of my old acquaintances. There were articles about Chuck Marecek, who was playing on the Detroit Tigers' baseball team: Ellen Campbell, the world's best woman basketball player: Ierry Hornik, a professional football player: George Rudd, a 6- 1 .Z QS I 2 -+ Q V: ff ' I Q. .if E Gfvf 4, LJ , , -SQ. S 505' . A t kv ' db nt I if f .UWM Ez 'lx 3 31' 0 '41, Ri. , 5 Q .. N 2,9 Gt I W if fi, f..1. --