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

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test sponsored by the Lor down the assembly with his eloquent plea for Argen- tine beef. Gee, all my old cronies in the news, exclaimed Buzz. Why, here's someone else I know. 'Miss Eleanor Eaton, prominent society figure now in Eng- land, was presented at court to receive the Order of the Garter for her well-dressed appearance'. Buzz, wide-eyed by this time, flipped the page to behold a joint portrait of two smiling young ladies. The heading ran thus: Donna Van Oosten and Doris Dingeman, the most up-and-coming young artists of the modern generation, have just won the Award of the American Academy of Art for their surrealist portrait of Dimpled Dorothy Ballard. In the picture Miss Ballard is singing, 'Oh, Dickie, Oh, Dickie', to the accompaniment of that Casanova of the keyboard, Homer Preston. Susie raised her head at this juncture to demand solemnly, Buzz, did you know that you can cure a baby of sucking its thumb by giving it a certain medi- cine? Mrs. Barbara Williams johnson simply swears by the Southwick-Swarthout Solution for Ornery Infants. It says this medicine was developed by Dr. Christopher Southwick and Miss Marian Swarthout, the interna- tionally known baby specialists! You don't say. Honestly, I'd hardly recognize the old class of '41, declared Buzz, as he turned to the material under Business. Why, just listen to this. 'Mr. Harland Smith, one of Wall Street's biggest brokers, is making his annual pilgrimage to the Middle West to speak at the Commencement exercises of his old school. Hearsay has it that he always begins his speeches, Now when I was president of the Student Council at East Buzz chuckled, Good old Har- land, and turned to the next column, which described in glowing terms the financial achievements of the firm of Krieg, Wagner and Travis. Messieurs Milton Krieg, Harold Wagner and Wil- liam Travis, so ran the article, have, in their chain of nation-wide bakeries, a daily turnover of one million dollars. To put it mildly, they're in the dough! I always knew they had it in them, said Buzz admiringly, as another heading caught his eye. Miss Mary Ellen Pleune, of the Pleune Beauty Salon, has astonished the tough tycoons of Wall Street by the phenomenal rise of the sales of her Kisproof Kosmetics. Modest Miss Pleune, however, claims that all her suc- cess is due to the combined efforts of her chief chemists, those titans of the test tube, Gloria Hamilton and Beverly Hawkins. . Susie exclaimed suddenly, Buzz, this book is simply full of medical facts. Listen to this. 'Drs. Lloyd Berry and Rex Bignall, working in collaboration, have found a new formula which promises to be the find of the century-a method for turning red bloods to blue bloods. It is said that all the old families are protest- ing wildly.' Isn't it just wonderful? Soon everyone will be an aristocrat! Uh huh. To think we used to know them! Buzz buried himself in the Cinema and Theatre section where he had discovered an announcement of the premiere of that new movie, The Youngest , starring jim Johnson and jinny Widn tam, Miss LaGush's agent, quo everything to Miss Chase. earthed a notice about a new The Small Profile, directe ducer, Betty Jane Verhey. Th y LaGush. Chuck Met- ed her as saying, I owe nd beside it, Buzz un- lay opening in Chicago, by that brilliant Cpro- male lead is playe by Gaius Perkins, a second John, Barrymore, even to his four wives. Gains always did have a piped up Susie. Guess who's playing oppo, Heartburn, known in private l makes an effective heroine, b around the stage by that black Robert H. Aniblel' Say this T1 It covers just about everything Education it says that May E jway with the women, site him? Listen: 'Sarah ife as Eileen Kollenberg, ing pursued twice daily uard villain of the piece, me Today is pretty good. . Why, right here under ner has won a prize for her favorite cake recipe, whiclf she entered in the con- ine Wyngarden-Eleanor De Young Home Economics alnstitute for Brides. The Philbrick Poll states that the institute's pupils keep their husbands five to ten years longer than most. item which read: Vilas Under Milestones was an Allen, the eminent insurance man, and Judy'Louks, the brilliant French scholar, have knot, after ten years of indecisi finally tied the wedding on. Another paragraph was devoted to Phili H boer, the Samuel johnson P el' of the lecture platform, who fourth year as President of has just completed his the Philadelphia Cheese Club. The next column discussed in great detail the Newman-Gauthier celebration pat the beginning of their third year as America's forem st dance team. Lois and Dick are credited with the m st profound observation of the century, Dancing is good for our soles. Buzz turned next to the page on Music where the class of '41 really shone. Aura Bae -Cooper, the rage of New York, was making a con ert tour with her violin, accompanied by Steve Wurzbu g and his Staffy Stooges. They say this team is really s mething to hear. The brilliant pianist, Robert DeYo this week, playing his own Hall with the New York Barrie and Harley Muste orchestra, and incidentally ng, is making his debut mpositions in Carnegie Orchestra. Dick first alto horns in the backbone of the wood- I s 5

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participated. The main attraction proved to be Clarence Webb, cavorting around the stage in a knee-length tunic. Poor Clarence! Born two thousands years too late! The tenth grade passed without mishap, an occur- rence unusual in the history of the Class of '41, Several of the boys made the football team, and several of the girls developed severe crushes on them. Two splendid workers joined the list of characters in our movie that year, conscientious Jeanne Brackett and always-merry Lloyd Berry. The reels on the eleventh grade were notable chiefly for an excerpt from the junior Play, june Mad. Buzz and Susie nearly rolled in the aisles in appreciation of Patty Clark's beauty mask and Betty Apollonio's unduly long underskirt. Then the camera turned to the junior-Senior Reception. Susie could almost feel the heat of that night although she sat now in an air-cooled movie house. Despite the warmth, however, it had been a grand success. Three newcomers, added to the cast of the East End Kids, were shown walking across the screen. They were Barb Williams with guess who? and the Bignall twins, Rex andQGerry. The coming of the Senior year marked the climax in the plot of the class history. New arrivals who had come just in time for the finale and curtain bow were Vilas Allen, Milton Krieg, Jack Philbrick, Harold Wag and George Barr. And what a finale it was! T were Hashes of the class' two rummage sales, ' Gerry Bignall running hither and thither, a lampsl on her head, there was a shot of the class hayride, ' all the Seniors singing songs, eating wienies, and g ing hot chocolate, there was a brief glimpse of Christmas party, showing the prize-winning Chrisi tree surrounded by the triumphant East End Kids. 'l came the scenes from the Senior Class play, ' Youngest. jim Johnson and Jinny Widney, too vincing for comfort as the sweethearts, were on l to thrill an audience again, while the rest of the went through their paces with a spirit that did t credit. And then at last commencement night. It was n that the gaiety that had sustained the Class of through thirteen years at their beloved East High lacking that night. There w.as no joy in those sixty- solemn young faces p.assing slowly down the corridi their caps and gowns. For a long time the cal dwelt on their fading figures. Then, with a bur: music, The End flashed over the screen. And so the Class of '41 passed into history, im talized forever, if not on film, at least in the hear the boys and girls who had comprised it. PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1941 The machine, which was labeled Visit 1951 for Sl was a huge thing, covered with all sorts of levers and buttons. Susie was frankly confused, but Buzz pro- fessed a great knowledge as to the functions of a time machine. You sit there, Susie, and put on those earphones. l'll go over here and start the motor. Buzz, I'm scared, wailed Susie. Don't expect any sympathy from me-this was your idea! said Buzz, as he threw the switch. Sud- denly, everything was dark, and a rushing noise filled their ears. Buzz and Susie blinked amazedly around them. They were standing on a strange street corner, virtually deserted except for a small magazine stand. Uncertainly the two made their way toward the stand. Golly, where do you suppose we are? asked Susie in a worried voice. Search me, mumbled Buzz. Let's investigate. As they reached the stand, Susie gave a gasp of astonishment. Look, Buzz, here's a book in the twenty-five-cent edition by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth John- son FD0me.rfir Prolzlemf and How I0 Solve Them. I wonder if that's the same Kenny johnson we used to know? Look inside and find out, suggested Buzz, his eye roving over the other publications. Why, here's a magazine called, Time Today. Looks something like the one we used to study in Civics. Why of all the- look, Susie, it's edited by Stanton E. Ellett. Listen to this! 'Time Today, an improvement over the Time of yesterday, is now under a new management, headed by Stanton E. Ellett, who has recently resigned from his position as Principal of East Grand Rapids High School. QSee Peoplej' Golly, this if like Time, declared Buzz, flip over the pages. Listen to this under People, ' Nancy Seidman, well-known educator, has just t over the reins of government in her new capacit Principal of East Grand Rapids High Schoolf Ar think we used to know her. Susie, however, dec the Domertir Problem! of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth j son, did not hear him. Buzz turned back to National Affairs, by time thoroughly engrossed in Stanton E. Ellett's p cation. There, under Presidential Campaign vi photograph of two familiar faces with the cap john Higbee, Republican Presidential Candi shown with his efficient campaign manager, Fred rier. Mr. Higbee has a 50-50 chance to oust Roost according to jack C. Philbrick of the Philbrick P Higbee always talked about being president, Buzz, but I never thought he'd get this far. Buzz, listen! Mrs. Kenneth johnson is Barb liams! cried Susie excitedly, raising her head fron Dowerzir Problemr to make this startling stater It says herelf' But Buzz had reached the Foreign News and already deeply involved in the hair-raising adven of Barbara Ray Drew, world-renowned big-3 hunter, and her famed photographer, Robert He horst. Miss Drew and Mr. Heuvelhorst, so the ri stated, were chased halfway across Africa by a rz rhinoceros, after they had accidentally stepped 0 tail. Another article described the unusual diploi success achieved by Clark Wierhake and Fred jo United States naval and aeronautic experts at Buenos Aires Pan-American Conference, where noted horsebreeder, Senor George W. Barr, brc

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wind section. Toscanini says he just couldn't do with- out them! Buzz's attention was next caught by an article under Press, concerning the eastern situation. 'There have been no new developments on the Tibetian-Mongolian front,' reports Time .Todays ace correspondent, jacque- line Deeb, who is stationed there. Mr. Richard Howald, the well-known editor of our Shanghai division, has transmitted this vital news to America. The Radio section came next. In this field also the Class of '41 had made its mark. Patty Clark and Connie Stolz, those two charming belles, have been giving lectures on the highly specialized arts of win- ning a man and winning a sailboat race. Their radio audience is said to be tremendous. Last month N.B.C. initiated .a new program, starring an unknown barber- shop quartet. The response to the four stars has been terrific and the public demands to know about them. The two boys, jack Dutmer and Clarence Webb, are proving their excellent athletic training at the hands of Coach Waterman by the strength of their lungs, while the two girl members, B.arbara Wickman and Gerry Bignall, attribute their success to the sure-fire formula of lots of sleep and three bowls of saurkraut daily. Buzz, thoroughly flabbergasted by this time at the unprecedented success of his classmates, turned to Science. There he beheld the names of five more mem- bers of the Class of '4l. Psychiatrists jim Dewar and jerry Mulder were running a progressive ins.ane asylum in which the inmates keep the doctors and nurses locked up. Drs. Dewar and Mulder explain their humanitarian theory thus: It's easier this way. The brilliant physicists, john McReynolds and john Moore, in collaboration with that distinguished scien- tist, jane Farrant, have published an article in the Mediral journal explaining their latest discovery. For reasons unknown to her co-workers, Miss Farran insisted on calling the story of their great achievei 'How I Finally Got My Revenge, or Biology il Easy Lerfonr' Boy, I sure wish I'd known about that last y said Buzz wistfully, as he turned to the Sports dc ment. Immediately, a headline caught his eye. U States Women's Olympic Team breaks all exi records. Former Michigan girls carry 0E all hon Perusing further, Buzz found to his astonishment the girls had all come from East High. Betty Apoll the Blond Venus, had walked off with al swimming honors, Betty june Thompson becami champion javelin thrower of the world by her nificent and unsurpassed feat of slinging a javelin : miles, jean Brackett .and Mary Jean Bechtold, rapid relay runners, carried off all the firsts in field. The column concluded, The accomplishmer this team have all America talking. Golly, said Susie, what a class old '41 has tn. out to be, in spite of all that our teachers used t about us. I donlt belong with such famous peo Yeah,,' added Buzz. All the time I was a ser never realized what a talented bunch of kids I going around with. Let's go back to 1941, said Susie. Theres not more to do around here. We know just how everyt is going to happenf, Good idea, agreed Buzz, adjusting his earph Pretty soon there was a whirring noise, and Buzz Susie were sitting on the front steps of East C Rapids High School, blinking up at the flagpole trying to decide whether it was all a dream or wh their classmates were really fated to go on to new greater triumphs. SENIOR CLASS ELECTION President ...... ...,.. R ex Bignall Last Will and Testament .... .... V irginia W. Vice-President ..,. ...... B arbara Drew Class Prophecy .,.. , ...... ..... C arolyn Secretary ,.,... . . .Eileen Kollenberg Class History ,.... ,.,. J erry Mulde Treasurer . . . ...,. Philip Heyboer Eileen Koller Prettiest Girl ,,,,, Best Looking Boy. Most Popular Girl ,,,, Most Popular Boy Best Girl Athlete. Best Boy Athlete. . Did Most for East ,,.. SENIOR MOCK ELECTION Mary Ellen Pleune . . . . . . . , .Kenneth Johnson . . . .Patricia Clark . . . . .Philip Heyboer Betty june Thompson , , . , , ,Harland Smith . . , . . .john Moore Best Girl Dancer, ..,. Lois Newman Best Boy Dancer. . . . .Richard Gauthier Best Dressed Girl .,.. Eleanor Eaton Best Dressed Boy. ......, Fred Currier Class Pet ...... ,... . . . . .Geraldine Bignall Class Pest ............... ...... M urray II Most Likely to Succeed .... . . .Robert De Y Class Flirt ,,,,,,,,.,,, ,.,,, D orothy Ba Class Wit ....... ,.... G aius Pe Personality Plus ,... ..... B arbara I Friendliest Girl ,... . . .Betty Apol Friendliest Boy ......... ..... M ilton l Strong Silent Type ,....... ..... C harles M1 Better Late Than Never .............. john H Record for Being Removed from Classes ....,... Nancy Sei: Class Inseparables ......, Vilas Allen and Judy I Kenneth Johnson and Barbara Wil