Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Robert Allen Bill Arndt Evelyn Beach Ronald Beach Arlene Belcher Otis Bennett Edward Bieri Bob Blivin Barbara Bloomer Barbara Brake -Charles Bredice Edith Brown Lyle Burdy -Bill Daanc Helen Dunnett -Ruth Dunsmore -Ethlvn Edlin Marjorie Edlin Verna Faulkner Leona Ferguson -June Friend Dale Geiser -La Vern George Alice Sattler Green John Green Lucille Greene Pauline Halsted Edsel Haney Glenn Harris -Rex Haskin Harold Hazzard -Josephine Heator -Dick Hill -Lillian Hinds Leonard Hitdlebaugh Maurice Howard Joyce Johnson Helen Joslyn Margaret Kanouse -Basil Keefer -Francis Larson -Shirley Lind WHO'S WHO IN 1959 ......................Head of a Street Cleaner’s Union Captain of an ocean liner Sax player in Rosecrance’s orchestra Well-known clarinet player ..........................................Assistant dietician ...............................................Ship’s engineer .....................................Head chef on ship ..........................................Electrician in Paris ................................One of current opera stars Prosperous school teacher Renowned baseball player ...........................A clever newspaper reporter Chemistry prof, carrying on an outstanding experiment Dare-devil test pilot Head chemist of Van Vleck’s factory ......................................Popular singer in opera ...........................................Noted face-lifter .............................Dietician in children’s home Owner of a neat restaurant ............................................A lady tailor ....................................Torch singer in club ’39 Worker at a leading resort Club ’39’s jitterbug dancer A really fine dietician Inventor of a speedy flying machine Co-worker in Smith’s Flower Shoppe Manager of an orphan asylum Inventor of magnetic key holes which draw the keys Chief butler for the King of England Noted worker on an agricultural project ............................Knowm as Mystico the Magician” ..........................Professor of Victorian literature High powered salesman in Van Vleck’s factory Lady tailor with very original ideas Owner of a large hotel in Miami Scientific farmer Secretary to the Secretary of State .......................................Worker among the posies Girl who’s made use of her musical abilities Assistant gardener for England’s King Expert in modern methods of agriculture Stylist known over the world

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CLASS WILL We, the superior Seniors of the Ionia High School, City of Ionia, State of Michigan, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do, therefore, make, ordain, publish, and declare this to he our last Will and Testament: I We do order and direct that the inferior Juniors, under the guidance of the Executor hereinafter named, pay all our just debts and graduation expenses as soon after our graduation as conveniently possible. II We do by this will dispose of the custody of the infantile Sophomores, who shall be minors after our graduation, to Arthur A. Rather, and do hereby appoint him guardian. III We do hereby make, constitute, and appoint Lloyd T. Smith sole Executor of this, our last will and testament, and it is our wish that he may dispose of our estate in his own way, by his own methods. IV (Personal Bequests) !, Ben Williams, do leave my trusty Ford to whosoever shall guarantee to purchase gasoline in four quart lots. I, Margaret Stedman, being possessed of certain terpsichorean abilities, do leave a portion of these abilities to Kathleen Kidd. I, John Townsend, do leave my abilities of leadership and agriculture to Robert Westbook. 1, Augusta Odinga, being desirous of wearing smaller clothes, do leave several hundred pounds to Charles Thorpe to do with as he may see fit. I, June Friend, do leave my ability to vocalize in a pleasing manner, to La Vona Sible. I, Vera Steele, do leave my scholastic abilities and my perplexing questions, to Harvey Lemmen. 1, Mary Lou Steeby, do leave my affinity for rewriting Spotlight and annual articles, to Elizabeth Dunnett. 1, James Vosper, do leave my ability to hand in articles promptly, to Stanley Hanline. I. Hale Cieiser, do leave my large understanding and my generous height, to Paul Tuohy. I. Don Speckin, do leave my cherished ideals to whoever shall guarantee to renovate them. I, Caroline Smith, do leave my knack” of keeping my dates straight, to Patricia Houghton. I. Margaret Kanouse. do leave my ability of playing several musical instruments, to Alice Baird. I, Lyle Eurdy, do leave my ability at helping the weaker six with their chemical equations, to Robert McCord. I. Emma Trueblood, do leave my quest for mathematical knowledge, to Virginia Liscombe. We, the entire class, do hereby give permission to the Juniors to use the Fairgrounds for recreational activities after the forthcoming school parties. In witness where, I hereunto ascribe my name, and affix my seal on the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine. Signed, THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1939, Notary, PAUL WINCHELL. My commission expires June 16, 1939. This instrument was on the day of the above date thereof signed, published, and declared by the said Senior class to be its last will and testament in the presence of us who at its request have subscribed our names thereto as witnesses, in the presence of the Senior class and in the presence of each other. BARBARA BRAKE REX HASKIN

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WHO’S WHO IN 1959 Vivian Luz ----- Chief cook and bottle washer in a restaurant Allen Lvtlc -...........................................Popular steward on the boat Beryl McPherson......................................................Nifty little model Bernice McCord ------ Champion typist of great renown Madeline McGee - -.........................................Orphan’s educator Hazel Maynard .... Business associate at the Children’s Home Betty Meisling ... - Tennis champion of both men and women Guy Messacar -------- Renowned trumpeteer Douglas Mull ------- Catcher on a big league team Bayonne Munn -------- Talented face fixer-upper August Odinga - - - Head landscape gardener for the King of England Alma Olmsted -------- Nurse of proved ability Irene Patterson............................................Head chemist in the factory Quentin Prall................................................Designer of original shoes Carl Ritchey ------ Unique designer in Van Vleck factory George Scholtens -------- Co-worker with above Doris Rosecrance ----- Manager of a popular dance orchestra Mildred Rutz -................................Owner of Hotel Rutz Nadene Schrocder.....................................Teacher of pre-nursery children Milda Seeliger -..........................................Owner of ladies’ dress shop Joyce Shafer .......................................................Teacher on a trip Caroline Smith......................- Owner of a chain of flower shops Ella Smith.......................................................A talented dress-maker Don Speckin........................................................Secretary of State Geraldine Stahl..............................................Assistant in ship’s kitchen Margaret Stedman.............................................Traveling school teacher Mary Lou Steeby ----- Radio reporter, Women in the News” Vera Steele..............................................Matron of a girls’ dormitory Bud Sykes ------ Well-known soloist in ship’s orchestra Keith Tanner..................................................Manager of Hotel Rutz Marjorie Tanner..........................................................Graduate nurse John Townsend......................................................A bachelor veterinarian Emma Trueblood...................................Owner of the beauty shop on boat Eugene Van Vleck.........................Multi-millionaire owner of factory Jim Vosper..........................Head sw-imming instructor on the boat Arlene Warden - - - - A partner in the Young’s Canning Company Marie Weber..............................................Pretty school teacher friend Joyce Wedderburn................................Gymnastic coach in a Detroit college Ben Williams.............................Head of staff of Cincinnati street cleaners Paul Winchell............................................Leader in farm experiments Tom Winchell.....................................Radio man, imitator of one and all Earl Woodard ------ Worker in the ship’s engine room Ardith Youngs....................... Peeping Polly” of a society newspaper Helen Young - - - An excellent cook and head of Canning Company Madaline Young - - Business head of the large Young’s Canning Factory