Chelsea High School - Memories Yearbook (Chelsea, MI)

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Cfau vguforg Fifty four of up boarded the Steamship S S 48 in the fall of 1944 for the first year of our Journey under the supervxslon of Miss Esther Schell Our deSt1!l2.t10Il? Graduation' Our officers were, Captain CPres1dentJ Donald Baldwm, Executive Officer Wice Presldentl Jim Miller Ch1ef Yeoman QSecretaryJ Patsy Mohrlock, and Paymaster fTreasurerl Paul Nlehaus Douglas Vogal and Rita Gross were our Student Council Representatives f tglctober 27 was the long awaited day of 1n1t1at1on It was rugged but then we were true members o the eet During the course of the year we were in command of the Seventh War Loan Drive We enter tamed ourselves at a class Christmas party and also entertained the Sophomores w1th a return party on May 4 We took three months leave in June and returned in the fall of 45 to begin our second years cruise under the leadership of Lyle Chenoweth and Capta1nfCPres1dentJ Doug Vogel, Executive Officer Wice PresldentJ Richard Carlson Ch1ef Yeoman QSecretaryJ Paul Niehaus and Paymaster QTreasurerJ SonJa Weatherwax Our Student Council Representatives were Rita Gross and Iim Mlller The new members of the fleet were lmtxated by us on May 4 1945 We took charge of provldmg entertainment at the Christmas party and we became famous for unique pep meeting which we presented durmg the year There was much enthusiasm and excltment over the task of ordering our class rmgs The fall of 46 saw us again underway, working hard to earn money for the big event The junior Senior Receptlon This work mcluded selling boxes of assorted cards and plastic bags all shlpmates co operated in making and carrying out our plans for a pot luck supper for the High School and Umversity High students on january 24 We met with success in all our undertakings under the able leadership of Mr Donald Tewes Miss Mary Lou Larson and our Captain CPres1dentJ Agnes Forner Executive Officer Nice Presidentl Mary Paul, Chief Yeoman fSecretaryl Kathleen Eschelbach' Paymaster fTreasurer Paul N1ehaus, and our Student Council Representatives Donald Baldwin and Kathleen Eschelbach Our pep meetings this year as before were 1udges to be some of the best The Class play The Missing Witness was presented on March 21 and proved to be a great success The fmal and most important event of the year was our junior Sen1or Reception Our ship docked at the Hawauan Islands on the evemng of May 30 We were met there by nine lovely Hawaiian dancers After a huge banquet we were taken to the beach where Del E1l1ot's Orchestra played for moonhght dancmg, and so this year s cruise ended We were very proud of our achievements and looked forward with great ant1c1pat1on to both fun and hard work on our fmal cruise The fall of 47 began with a bang We met w1th great success in our magazines sales during was the most of any class C High school in the country Officers Captain CPres1dentJ Agnes Forner Executive Officer Wice President! Donald Baldwm Chief Yeoman fSecretaryJ Rita Gross and Paymaster QTreasurerJ Wllma Paul acted as leaders of the teams of our drive We elected as our Student Council Representatives for the year Lyle Chriswell and Sonya Weatherwax Our play was presented on December 10 Miss jane Kompass did a splendid Job of directing and we thought our efforts were well worthwhile The efforts of the crew were well rewarded by a lovely four day trip to Nxagara Falls and Toronto, Canada W X' Ruth and Sonya X LA, K-N wif' V' K ki NX wilt ll s-L59 9 Alu, ' . 4 . . . 4 , . October, for which we received a plague honoring our sales ability. We' sold Sl?62O.20 worth, which x X A ' Mm f lx ' x X as X lj gg q t . OWDL '. 1 gut! zo

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Wilma has done a great Job She has helped thousands of chlldren to fmd good homes to grow up in and become f1ne American citizens I think th1s deserves a lot of credzt and much more good luck Ruth is still interested 1n only a few things, a little black Chevy, a rmg, and a man We find Rlcardo Carlson is now a forester Hxs f1rst Job IS to work 1n the Eschelbach Forest P S I m afrald he ll never get done there Kathleen IS at the helght of her glory She IS now a hostess on the Pan Amermcan Airlmes Pat Hopper IS now touring the Natlon gmvmg lectures on the 10 easzest ways to change your baby s d1apers When asked the reason for her success, she Sald, quote, 'Experlence IS always the best teacher I d never believe it lf I dldn't see xt Genevleve IS Miss Mayor of Waterloo She d1scovered uranium 231 while swimming Waterloo is a clty of 5 000 Hear those footsteps swift but llght? See that blur of red halr and suit of white? Sh1rley's happy and does her work well And 1f you don t belleve us, let her patlents tell Phylhs is now teachmg school ln a small town lxke Chelsea Good luck and God help you Mary Lantls IS workmg on the New York Stock Market Through her course 1n Economlcs in High School she knows she's workmg for the Bears and not for the Bulls Merle Leach on the s1de from his bxg Night Club st1ll runs his Dad s meat market ln fact he owns half of Llma Center now Mary Paul has become one of Kroger Co head executives She obtamed her money to enter bus1ness by working on the M1ss1ss1pp1 Levee Bob Bauer IS now runmng h1s own farm on a large scale He IS now runmng for County Cha1rman of the local F F A Shlrley Moore IS runmng her own dr1ve ln, now just two mlles east of LIMA CENTER She IS domg very well as she gets all the trade from this b1g c1ty Bud Freysmger IS st1ll tourmng the world w1th Kaxser It seems as 1f he hked the navy pretty well 11m M11ler is now a b1g boss at the Chelsea Mill He IS chxef cook m the Doughnut Department could make up my mind After all these years Minnie Mae IS st1ll trymg to get rid of her red ha1r Lyle has been worklng dellgently at his old trade Boxmg He has fxnally earned hlmself a t1tle He IS now known as the one and only Flywelght Champlon of the world As a past tlme Donna st1ll goes for a rxde 1n that old rattle trap of a 41 Pont1ac She says that xt brings back old memorxes Clare is recover1ng from the greatest shock of h1s life He s been as busy as a beaver, and in h1s hurry he got his wlres crossed wh1le fnung the P A system Walt s been playing it safe since he got caught playxng eucre on the stage He operates a gamblmg ship that lies 3 112 miles off the coast of Callfornia Rita wishes Miss DeRose could see how she's lmproved her typmg In her off1ce at Sheldon s Safe Safe Company, she IS domg 190 words a mmute Donald's proud of h1s new auto plant He now turns out Shlftless Fllvers It's very modern mdeed no accelerator, no steermg wheel, floatmg power, needs no wheels, no brakes It uses no gas In fact he hasn't got one to run yet By the way, he got h1s start as a partner 1n Mohrlock s used car lot Oscar says your best bet are Burts Oscar IS Presxdent of the Burts Berksh1res Assoc1at1on He has Just returned from Borneo, the end of lus world wide tour to promote star hog ra1sers It's a bird! It's a plane! No, by gosh, it's a gxrll I can tell by the Sklrt What s that ahead of her? Why 1t'S a man! Dorothy don't tell me you still are chaslng men? Willie s gone into the Mink Business, but what he earns is pure profit He feeds h1s M1nk the sc1entlf1c way and th1s IS how it works he raises h1s Mink and skms them and feeds what s left to the carp and then in turn feeds the carp to the mmk Eleanor and Pauline are m partnership wlth Merle Leach They run the blg show at Leach's new Night Club LaVerne IS rapidly becommg very famous as head foreman of M1ke G1zzmol's Bean Factory It has been reported that he IS working on a new formula to produce Hafley's Bean Iulce Paul Bollinger and family are now retired 1n Florxda It seems that Mr Bollinger invented a machine that lays eggs When asked to give a statement to the press he sa1d, 'Everything I am I owe to Mr Richards Baldy Rlch erk 19 ! ' 1 . ' I. ' - - . . . . . , Agnes Forner is still undecided about what she wants to do for a life career. She says, 'I never D - w , u . Q . . , . . - . 1 . - . y . , , . 1 . . . . . 4 - - 9 3 D 3 ' 9 I II

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if u 'it ci. in a e Lcfonan f X X Parents Teachers Friends and Classmates A number of years ago each member of this class was saying to himself When will I ever be a our life is ending During our years in school we have learned the basic principles of living Some of u feel we have had sufficient training to go on successfully Others feel they would like to continue in 1 college special tramlng school Whatever we do in the future we shall use the knowledge that we have thus far gained To the lower classmen we hope that you will prof1t by our failures that you will learn the Joy of greater service to everyone through close co operation We are greatly indebted to our parents and faculty for these happy days in school Their guidance understanding friendship and teachings have helped us immensely to formulate our likes and dislikes our trend of thinking and our ways of doing We wish to thank you knowing that we will never be able to fully repay you As our days at Chelsea High come to a close let us open our eyes and minds to the future M ty we start on the road ahead with a zest for living with an earnest desire to take an active part in some worthwhile work of the world Let us remember Anything worth having is worth working for Opportunity is at our doorstep Let us use it to the best advantage Wilma Paul 21 f X K L 4:5-:,g.-1: ' K . .W ,, . 4' S , ' 0 ' , .a , ull Qs y V N X V Z cy. . t- X A ff ' xx , f X X 4 W X x N Senior, go on a trip, and graduate? Tonight we have answered that question, An important phase of