East Grand Rapids High School - Interlochen Yearbook (East Grand Rapids, MI)

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Doris Dingeman leaves her friendly smile and twinkling eyes to Carolyn Craig. Barb Drew leaves for Barb Borough several dozen pairs of sport shoes--even the leopard ones, and that's some sacrifice! jack Dutmer can't decide whether to leave his man- about-school air to Bill Remien or Seth Bidwell. Looks like you boys are going to have to toss Qcensoredj - draw straws! El Eaton bequeaths that be---eeeutiful blonde hair to the freshman girls-to keep something from the last of the Eaton clan for one more year. May Egner le.aves her two-inch fingernails to the bevy of glamour girls in the junior class. jane Farrant passes on her uncanny memory for his- toric events to Mary Lee Higgins. We would gladly have her will this great ability to several underclassmen, but the hearts of the faculty might not stand it. Romeo Gauthier leaves his gre.at profile to Miss Berg's art class - where it will get plenty of apprecia- tion. As if it didn't in regular classes. Glo Hamilton and Bev Hawkins leave their in- separable friendship to Nancy TenBroek and Ellen Platte. Loie Newman yields her diet list to any one person who c.an walk by a chocolate-covered doughnut sale with a glassy eye. Oh well, she didn't really want to leave it anyway. Gaius Perkins leaves one of his Polynesian print shirts fautographed in the lower left-hand cornerj to Miss Prange for her hall displays. jack Philbrick leaves a lock of curly hair for each Junior high school girl. fThe others will please not try Hornig in!j Momie Pleune turns over her awe-inspiring ward- robe to Ann Goodspeed. Homer Preston fEast's Rover Boyj endows Gordy johnson with a complete set of Hardy Boy mysteries. And Gordon such an innocent lad! Miss Nancy: Ann Seidman tearfully leaves her luscious red formal freminiscent of the Senior Rummage Salej to the Freshman girls. Shoehorns will be supplied on request or by dialing 3-1345. Harland Smith, our pride and joy, bestows upon Don Matheson his sudden, sarcastic remarks. As Harland would put it, Wouldn't th.at Rockerfeller? Chris Southwick offers to exchange a pair of slightly used vocal cords for a tenth year Latin book. fGosh sakes, Chris, you don't need a tenlb year to say Amo, Amas, Amat!j Connie Stolz passes on her infectious giggle to jill Vandenberg. That is, if the chemistry class isnlt able to mix a good substitute. Being strictly a philanthropist, Marian Swarthout leaves to future Trig classes her ability to recognize figures. No remarks, please. Betty june Thompson leaves a gilded athletic re to Ruth Rich on the condition that Ruth be ma responsible for winning the faculty-student volley game next year. Bill Travis bequeaths a pair of swaying shoul to Jeanne Busch. Donna Van Oosten passes on her title of Quee the Paint Brush to Sally Berry. Betty Verhey requests that her senior achieverr be held in trust for a certain junior. Harold Wagner surrenders two battered jitte shoes and papers on the art of Rug-Cutting to I jane Phillips. Clarence Webb is more than willing to leave handwriting. However, owing to pressure from 1 sources, he'll carry it along to college profs , Barb Wickman leaves a white Hag of peace to Krul's sixth hour study hall. Zazu Widney and Colona johnson have mu agreed that all rehearsals and the Hnal productio Act Three, Scene Two of The Youngest be rese for Mary Hibbard and jim Snow. Clark Wierhake le.aves a polished apple for year's Civics Class. Loraine Wyngarden leaves her jolly nature joe Doak's joke Book to Mr. Yates. Barb Williams and Kenny Johnson leave their l in the clouds, because two years make for permz roots! Steve Wuriburg passes on his drums to Bud Bal which are to be used in the Band Room betweer hours of 11 :50 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. In witness thereof we have hereunto set our and seal this twelfth day of june, one thousand hundred and forty-one. fSignedj VIRGINIA WIDNEY Witnesses: ANNETTE CUMMINGS BENTON YATES ....-t...-,v,,a,,,..,.,..,.....a..a...,,..,...a.....a..aa..W..s , I a ai 'R ' .BLT ., .ff . , A 3 - .cet ,5 '. .ir gf. ,Z i- f gig fs L 5 ff T ' L y fcfa Q 4 r . P a Fx, ii X T ' 'i f ' ,J , . 4 .. T '. Q we V . y 2 M-1 w-ts 7 W , , . vt ' , t sa 'Q '-f',', . ,Y 1 f Q . A ' - is ' 2 Q E f,...,.,..,,,,,,,.,,i,v,,,.,,.,,,4.,. W.. ,.,.a.cm.........N .., .M .

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAME T It's June - and Mart is pushing the old lawn mower back and forth just outside Room 101 3 the grade school children, freshly scrubbed and starched, are shouting, School's out! School's out! Teacher let the fools out! Susie and Buzz are dashing madly to classes with caps and gowns flapping out behind. The class of forty-one!-a noisy, laughing group of kids who doubtless have caused the faculty many headaches. Suddenly we stop and find that under our bucolic sophistication, there's a funny feeling in the pits of our stomachs and lumps in our throats. But this is no time for tearful memories, for, as you know, the class of forty-one always leaves them laughing! wk Dk Ik Ik ik We, the Happy Savages fotherwise known as The Senior Class of East Grand Rapids High Schoolj, 'liv- ing in a state of perfection, both mentally and physi- cally, and feeling a spasmodic twinge of generosity, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament. PK Dk ik PK ik Vilas Allen blushingly bequeaths his first love to - no he doesn't either! Bob Anible leaves his Crosby crooning to Bob Gil- more, with the fervent hope that the latter will use it only at the proper zroments. i Fresh from Boston, Betty Apollonio turns over a pair of disreputable basketball shorts to Twerp , who is expected to keep East's side of the scoreboard in two digits. , Although Dot Ballard is willing to le.ave a number of pamphlets entitled How to Pull Pencil Sharpeners Apart- In One Easy Lesson to the underclassmen, Mr. Eldrige has pleaded his side of the case so effec- tively, that we have decided to let the young 'uns find out for themselves. George Don Juan Barr leaves several Spanish - ah - lingoes - a rumba, conga and tango to any un- suspecting male or female who can get away with them. Dick Barrie wills his love of getting a pun out of life to Dick Ford. Mary jean Bechtold presents Mary Edison with a pair of fast fingers for typing those long Student Council reports. That's not a hint, Mr. Ellett, it's a fact. Lloyd Berry leaves his quiet humor to Tom Rose. Gerry and Rex Bignall leave a houseful of good times and eats to any newcomers of next year's senior class who can establish such friendly reputations as they have. Jeanne Brackett bequeaths a friendly smile and mastery of domestic affairs to Mary Oostveen. Patty Clark surrenders her perennial vitality and a large box of Kellogg's Pep to Mary Lee Barkman. Pat says she'll even toss in some Rice Krispies to help give M. L.'s thesis that extra snap! Bae Cooper leaves her vicilin solos to Ed Ransom. We know that Ed will appreciate having us recommend him for future senior teas. Fred Currier sheds a sileqt tear but passes on his famous horse laugh to jimmyp Drummond. jackie Deeb leaves a not book full of questions which have never been ask d to Louanne johnson. Poor jackie worked her fing rs to the bone trying to finish them all, but a few h ndred still remain. With downright sorrow Bob Shoveldust Heuvel- horst wills his quiet and retiriing disposition to Henry Koopman. Phil Heyboer turns over his noon-hour taxicab serv- ice to Betty Lesley. That rauld lbe quite a money-making proposition. john Higbee generously lea! es a yellow slip for each member of the Sophomore cl ss. The ones which are left will be held in trust fod Marcia Goetz. Dick Howald leaves a pairlof flashing roller skates to Wayne Williams. p Fred Joseffy donates a pairiof long trousers to Hal Bryant. Eileen Kollenberg wills a package of gum with in- structions as to the correct usaltge to Sally Petter. For a nominal fee a new and impro ed silencer will be pro- vided. I Milt Krieg leaves his rosy cheeks to Martha Pleasant. Judy Louks presents next ye.ar's seniors with a perfect example of note-taking for English. It's All-en a day's work. l johnny McReynolds leaves jhat well acquired air of sophistication to Bobby Swai . I beg your pardon, l mean Bob Swain. Chuck Mettam leaves that school-girl complexion and an endorsement for Satip-Smooth Soap to Bob Boyer. l john Moore requests that his deep, chesty voice be left for speakers in future assemblies, with the hope that Bob Darrah will then be able to stay awake. jerry Mulder leaves his friendship with the traffic court to Ted Hazard. Harley Muste leaves East an admirable trait - think- ing things over before speaking. jim for should we say Murray?j Dewar requests that joe Martin accept his co plete set of Boy Scout handbooks. jim's always ound it's wise to Be Prepared . i Eleanor DeYoung leaves Her position as Miss Prange's helperouter to anyone who feels he can hle hundreds of books and still sleep nights. - Bob DeYoung wills Frannif-3 Whitfield his ability to tickle the ivories, compose music, and be liked by everyone.

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HISTORY or THE EAST END KIDS Buzz and Susie had a date for the movies, and the only good picture in town appeared to be the East End Kids in The Class of '41. When they arrived at the darkened theater, the feature picture was just beginning. Across the screen fiashed the interior of the Barnard Building and the shadowy figures of twenty-three little boys and girls, dressed in the starched pinafores and lacy collars of Pre-Depression 1928. There was little Dorothy Ballard who had that you-know-what even then, and four small boys in short pants dancing attendance. Funny, but they looked suspiciously like jack Dutmer, Homer Preston, Christopher Southwick, and Gaius Perkins. Mary jean Bechtold and Donna Van Oosten were squatted on the fioor with Aura Bae Cooper and Judy Louks, fitting bolts and nuts onto the playhouse, while Fred Currier and Clark Wierhake, those confirmed woman-haters, glowered over them. Nancy Seidman and Clarence Webb were standing in the corner, en- gaged in a tug-of-war with each other's hair, with jerry Mulder trying unsuccessfully to pacify them. Barbara Drew, the human dynamo, was busily straight- ening pictures on the wall, as john Higbee and Bob Anible watched, fascinated, over her shoulder. In the corner sat two prim, quiet youngsters, Eileen Kollen- berg and Marian Swarthout, who were known as the model students of the kindergarten class. Loraine Wyngarden, May Egner, and Betty june Thompson were engaged in whispered conversation concerning the scandalous length of that Eleanor Eaton's skirts, while El blissfully unaware of the commotion she was caus- ing, played jacks with john McReynolds and Bob Heuvelhorst. Aren't they funny? laughed Susie. They're so little I could hardly recognize them at first. The scene shifted abruptly to show the first grade room in the Wealthy Street building. All the familiar faces were there, with one addition, a shy, sweet, little blonde, who answered to the name of Mary Ellen Pleune, and who inspired a violent love in the manly bosom of Robert Heuvelhorst. l remember that, chuckled Buzz. It was 'Le Grande Passion' of the first grade class. Then he became silent, for the scene was changing again. Beau Brummel Phil Heyboer, Gloria Hamilton, who fancied herself a female Tarzan, and chubby, charming Vir- ginia Widney, entered the room that second grade year. I can't get used to seeing such little punks, roared Buzz while the camera paused at the door of the third grade room. Dick Barrie, who, even then, was addicted to tootling on tooters, and jane Farrant, a mentally magnihcent moppet, entered the class along with all the other students. That was the year when the future Class of '41 was first initiated into the delights of writing lines for misdemeanors. The scene shifted to the fourth grade room during the Christmas party. All the little boys and girls, in- cluding two well-behaved new arrivals, Harley Muste and Charles Mettam, were sitting in hushed silence as the Christmas play was enacted. The play proved a great success, the only mishap having been jerry Santa Claus Mulder, who, on the morning of production, had-of all things-fallen down and broken his arm! The camera focused next on the fifth grade class- room. Among the new recruits that year were Carolyn Stolz, whose coy smile, even lthen, wowed the male sex, solemn-faced john Moore, who stayed every night after school to polish the apple and to wash boards for teacherg and Kenny Johnson, a shy, shrinking ten- year-old who had conceived a violent dislike for those female creechurs. My, my, observed Susie,-her tongue in her cheek, how times have changed! The sixth grade ushered in a new phase in the history of the East End Kids, who,1 as both Buzz and Susie agreed, were performing wonderfully. In the first place, they had reached the ,High School building at last. In the second place, some of the sixth graders became socially conscious. Misses Carolyn Stolz, Nancy Seidman, Virginia Widney, and Messieurs Christopher Southwick, Charles Mettam, Gaius Perkins, and Clar- ence Webb joined Miss Travlis' Wednesday afternoon dancing class for cultured little boys and girls. Buzz whooped with laughter at the rare sight of the three young ladies and the four young gentlemen stumbling valiantly over each other's toes. New joiners to the merryxflock in the sixth grade were a quiet miss, Eleanor De Young, an industrious lad, one Steve Wurzburg, and Betty Verhey, who con- fided that her main ambition was to travel. To Colorado, maybe? murmured Susie, and Buzz exploded in another fit of glee. The scene changed again, this time to the hall in front of the Senior room. There, gazing in passionate adora- tion at one Theodore Burba, were huddled three- fourths of the seventh grade girls. Their general philosophy at this stage might have been summed up thus: Clark Gable! Humphl What's he got? Tyrone Power! Poof! A mere punk. Theodore Burba! Ah, there's a man! However, one severe lecture put them in their places, and Ted Burba went the way of all for- gotten idols. Among new entirants were Patricia Clark who arrived just in time to this Burba Battallion for Lovebitten Brats, and Fred joseffy, an earnest, up- standing young man in half-pants. In the eighth grade there was a great influx of males, much to the satisfaction of some young ladies. Appear- ing on the scene was Richardl Gauthier, a modest, un- assuming youngster, plus three future football heroes, Murray Dewar, Bill Travis, and Dick Howald. That year four of the girls QI won't embarrass them by call- ing them by namej who had been acting very silly, got their just desserts. While taking a siesta on the lawns during school hours, they werje espied by Miss Water- man, who gently but firmly returned their wandering feet to the straight and narrow path. fThough the plot of this movie does not profess to contain a moral, let that experience be a lesson to all you erring underclass- men -- crime does not pay., I The shot of the ninth grade room showed many new faces. Six blushing beauties,l Jacqueline Deeb, Barb Wickman, Betty Apollonio, lLois Newman, Beverly Hawkins, and Doris Dingeman joined the cast, while the male contingent consisted. of Bob De Young, jim Johnson, and Harland Smith. 'The camera dwelt briefly on the Latin Play, in which most of the East Enders