Chelsea High School - Memories Yearbook (Chelsea, MI)

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CLASS WILL We the Sen1or Class of 1947 bemg of unquest1onab1y sound m1nd and body after four ted1ous years of studymg thms and that, do hereby wlll and bequeath the followmg Flrst We glve thanks to the parents, faculty, and the publlc for helpmg to make our h1gh school days a success Second To the Junlors, we do w1ll and bequeath our responslble and d1gn1f1ed pos1t1ons 1n school provlded they grow up 111 time, by next year, to assume them Tlurd To the Sophomores, we do hereby w1ll and bequeath our good looks and mtelhgence 1n the hope that they, too, may become famous Fourth To the Freshmen, we bestow our techmque of how to become the best class ever to be graduated Flfth We bequeath the back seats m study hall to whoever IS able to grab them and keep them good behavxor, as we have done Bragdon Barlow bestows upon Leon Exsemann Ins caulrflower ears Don Barth leaves h1s favor1te parkmg place to anyone who comes along Fremont Boyer w1lls Ins mustache cup to Dave Slane Jerome Burg bequeaths to Oscar Hansen that flattermg look Bob Damels bestows hrs favor1te coal shovel to Elden Moore Eldean E1sele gwes h1s t1me1y remarks to Ted McC1ear Manlyn Eschelbach bestows upon Marjorie Proctor her place m Grau s M1lton French wrlls his excess flymg hours to Allen Geer Marjorle Ferguson leaves her artlstlc ab1l1t1es to Earl Buku Joe Geer bequeaths to Walt Zeeb lus a1r condmoned Model A Naoml Gordon leaves Laverne Hafley her falsetto vo1ce Don Hafley bestows upon Don Baldwm his mtense observatxons of the fa1rer Helen Hankerd leaves a gas cap to Lyle Chrxswell Amella Hess w1lls her swing to anyone strong enough to carry It Marcellme Hmderer w1lls her ab1l1ty to be stubborn to Mary K Palmer I' SSX Rxchard Kalmbach burdens Willy Schultz with all of Ins bold manners Ray Kmckerbocker leaves lus athletlc ablllty to B1lly Bauer Don Koch bestows lus mascuhne features to Jumor Ne1haus W11ma Koengeter w1lls her cackle to the chlckens Ann Lamberton bequeaths her lakesmde partres to anyone w1th a cottage Ed Lantms bestows upon George Heydlauff hrs coal black ha1r Elmxce Lehmann unw1llmgly leaves her ab1l1ty to chase men to anyone who can run fast enough To Dorothy Labann, Joyce Lentz glves her knack of gosslpmg June LeVan bequeaths her frlendly attxtude towards everyone to Margle Shelly Loretta L1ndauer bestows her seat 1n Eder s car to anyone who can take the Jolts Nancy Loose leaves her ab1l1ty to tmp the llght fantastlc' to next years hoofer Barbara Lulck IS w1l11ng to burden Peggy Schalble w1th her ab1l1ty to keep them guesslng Donna Manville w1lls her undymg sp1r1t on the basketball court to anyone able to l1ve long enough Mary Allce Markwardt bequeaths her flne speakmg vo1ce to Clara Salts George Merkel w11ls h1s pr1v1lege to sleep m class to anyone who can get away w1th It Jack Merkel w1lls h1s 'butch haxrcut' to Bob Stofer To Sarah Geer, Clara Mlller glves her g1rl1sh charm Pat Mohrlock leaves her Packard to anyone wlth enough cash to buy lt Loren Munro bequeaths to J1m Mlller h1s unfalter1ng charm for the Freshmen g1rls George Palmer bestows h1s motto 'always be prepared for class' upon J1m Ewald Norma Pxerson w1lls her shy f??J manner to Joyce Crawford Charlme Popp IS w1ll1ng to give away hrs dependable alarm clock to anyone who hkes to mormng Duane Qulatt bestows h1s romantlc outlook on l1fe to Arden Mushback Paul Schalble bequeaths hrs knowledge of the Grocery busmess to Sh1r1ey Kolb Robert Schne1der leaves h1s play book to whoever strengthens next year's Senxor play 16 oversleep ln the , . , . . . . . : . . by ' 0 ' ' ca . Maxine Ingram wills all her romances to anyone brave enough to take over. . . , . .

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SALUTATORY Supermtendent Iohnson, faculty, and frlends We have come here tomght to b1d farewell to four profitable years, spent m obtauung knowledge not only of academ1c tlungs, but also, knowledge of the lmportance of our relatlonshxp w1th others In these four years we have come to reallze as a class the xmportance of workmg as a umt and not as 1nd1v1duals It IS through th1s work1ng together that we have come to the place where we have found a compamonshmp wxth each otner, wh1ch w1ll always be a treasured memory of our h1gh school days We, the class of 1947, are about to be graduated We have fmally reached the goal wh1ch four years ago we set out to attam Although lt IS true that tlus IS one of the outstandxng mcldents of our l1ves we must not look upon It as a 1Sh6d everythmg that is requlred of us Instead, we must thlnk of xt as merely an mn wh1ch allows us to hesxtate on our Journey toward the fxnal goal As the famed Span1sh wrxter Cervantes once sa1d, 'The IIID IS not a stoppmg po1nt, but rather a startmg pomt for some new and better endeavor We are now gomg out 1nto a world wh1ch xs not an easy world It IS fast mov1ng and somewhat unconcerned over the welfare of 1nd1v1duals However, am certa1n that each member of this graduatmg class feels that the school ad m1n1strat1on, school faculty and our parents, through the1r contmuous gmdance, have properly equxpped us w1th a background that will enable us to meet the prob lems of the day Bob Daniels 1 5 . . . , . . . . . . . , . resting place--a place where we can stop with the impression that we have fin- . . , , . . . . . . . ,, , . . . . . i I . . . , . . .

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D1ck Schulze leaves h1s petmon to repa1r Chandler Street to the Vlllage Councll Robert Shanahan bestows upon Corky Dreyer Ins ab1l1ty to xgnore the weaker sex Ruth Stone bequeaths her ab1l1ty to keep one man sat1sf1ed to Rowena Lentz Charles Sullxvan leaves a cake of Ivory soap to Mr Tewes offsprxng Helen Vaxl leaves a Model A mechamcs book to Dor1s Downer Dor1s Trmkle wxlls to the Home EC glrls a Jug of c1der so that next year s class w1ll have an abundance of vmegar Dorothy Ulrxch w1lls her pr1v1lege to arouse Mr Cameron s Scotch to next years Irlsh lass jams Wen' leaves her m1ld ways to Clare Knlckerbocher lack Wellmtz leaves h1s seat on Hxnderer s porch to whoever Donna may wlsh to brmg 1n lack Wmans leaves a book on flre preventxon to B111 Lyons Therese Gauthler leaves her outsxde mterests to Ruth Fox jack Dxck Ierorne and jack 17 . . . . , N. . . ' 9 . . .. , . . . 4 0 . 1. . ,Q . . .. . . 1 0 9 1 9 '