Marion High School - Echoes Yearbook (Marion, MI)

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1970 CLASS WILL I, SARA JONSON, will my knowledge of traditions and presidential powers to George Coon. I, KATHY COOK, will my ability to make myself heard to Teri Fall. I, JOANNE JACKSON, will my snowmobile to Jim Miller to replace his hunk of junk. I, MERT BLOSSOM, will Harvey to Miss Goetsch. I, GREG CROWE, will to Duane Lee and Dan Swiler, each a pair of blue target socks. I, DORLE SPEYER, will my knowledge of German to Margie Badovinac. I, BOB TOWER, will my ability to run hurdles to Paul Baughn. I, DAVE MARR, will all my ways to my brothers so they will be able to carry on my reputation. I, SI-IEILA FEWLESS, will my ability to get along with a red-head to Oleda. I, BILL KNITTER, will my ability to graduate at an early age to Rex Opper. I, LARRY LEE, will my ability to do Geometry to Berty-Jane Williams. I, PAUL SCOTT, will my ability to live by bread alone to Dennis Brovont. I, ELAINE PETERSON, will my temper to Loretta Thomsen. I, NORM MANEKE, will my sex appeal to Greg Gardner. I, DAWN ROCKEFELLOW, will my ability to wait patiently to Rene Follett. I, PAM COLEMAN, will Georges car to Rich Russell and Rick Bettis because they can't seem to stay out of it. I, KAREN MILLER, will my power and push for the Student Council to Karen Krchmar. I, ELLIS SNEARY, will my ability to get kicked out of Vocal Music Class to the girls in the back row. SALLY ASI-IBY. will my ability to wear short skirts and get away with it to Vivian Ashby. DANA POLLINGTON, will my phone number to Debbie Richardson so Milton Vanderhoef can call her. I, CHRIS BLACKLEDGE, will my ability to not come to school the last three weeks and be excused to next years Seniors. I, DICK MEYER, will my height to Mark Patterson. I, PAUL MILLER, will my drinking ability to George Coon. We, GARY MCCRIMMON and CHARLIE BELL, will one very dead skunk to Mr. Utley. I, LOIS HARTLEY, will my grown-up and sophisticated ways to Mary Lou Raymond. I, DEBBIE JOHNSON, will the FTA to Mary Parkhurst and wish her Luck! I, SANDY RUSSELL, will my ability to get along with Mark Outman to Johnny Lang, I-, ROSEMARY ALBERTS, will my quietness to Bonnie Mosher. I, JUDY HAMMING, will my horse-riding ability to Mr. Martin. I, MARILYN MOSI-IER, will my pleasing disposition to Mrs. Mfirgan. I, CONNIE KRCI-IMAR, will my ability to play the record player to Jody Richter. I, DAWN ALBERTS, will my ability to write readable prose to next years Eagleton staff. I, JANET COFFING, will my high school grades to Grant McCrimmon. I, BARB RUNION, will my ability to write poetry to next years Prophecy writers. I, BILL BIRD, will my ability to get caught at everything I do to Geoff Crowe. I, MARK OUTMAN, will my cyanide points to Duane Lee. I, LIZ JENEIVIA, will to Lorraine Strauch, Annettees' long hair which I received last year in the will. I, RON HYDE, will a dime to Aldyne I-Ioekwater so she can call me when she turns 18. I, DENISE BROCHT, will my baby and happy home to Karen Miller because she wanted it so badly. I, REX ROBINSON, will my ability to grow a mustache to Clark Blackledge. I, PHIL HUBBLE, will my ability to get along with Mr. Chabut to Rex Opper. I, MARK HAMMAR, will my ability to raise Hell and still maintain a personality to Roy Knox. I, DARLA BROCI-IT, will my ability to catch and hold a good-looking guy to Judy McCain. I, CI-IARLENE BARBER, will to Roxanne, one date with Rich. I, SAM VOKES, will my ability to Work with cows and enjoy it to Joanne Jackson. I, VIVIAN ASHBY, will my ability to be good natured to Brenda Bontekoe, all the books in the library to my brother Dennis, and all the teachers and girls to Tim and Rick. I, MERRILEE TROFATTER, will my ability to switch schools so often to the bored students of Marion. I, DIANE GEYER, will my ability to get along with the Cadillac guys to Mr. Clark. I, ROXANNE PENNESE, will my ability to dance to Ginny Richardson. I, LINDA SCHEPERS, will my entertaining abilities on Band trips to Aldyne Hoekwater who is more capable than I. I, JIM DORAN, will my ability to graduate with only a smokers cough to Joe Cruson. I, ROBIN FORDYCE, will my ability to go through high school thoroughly bored to Toni Kogler. I, MIKE FEWLESS, will my ability to smile at everyone to Mr. Moes. . I, BRUCE BLEVINS, will my car to Dan to replace his worthless bike. I, ED NOWLAND, will all my brothers and sisters to Debbie Brown. I, LINDA BERGER, will my bookkeeping ability to Mr. Chabut. I, PAT WOODARD, will my ability to stay in school for this long to Sam Payne. We, the Senior Class, will the Junior Class one white rose with blue tipping in Remembrance. L T, 19

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DOROTHEA SPEYER VU find H way or make I GERMAN EXCHANGE One- ' STUDENT CLASS HI TORY We, the great almighty Seniors of 1970 entered kindergarten in the fall of 1957. The highlights were nap- time and building blocks. The teacher was Mrs. Downing and we had a total enrollment of 43 students. By 1st grade we had supposedly learned our alphabet. Although we were six years old we continued our nap- time but replaced building blocks with finger painting. Our teachers at that time were Miss Boda and Mrs. Allen since we were separated. Now under the control of Mrs. Hotchkiss and Mrs. Schrock, the second graders learned to read and write, mingled with a little arithmetic. When we entered 3rd grade, we got to be in the new section that had just been finished. Mrs. Shanafelt and Mrs. Schrock were our teachers, they taught us our multiplication tables. We are now in the Sth grade. Our teachers were Mrs. Corners and Mrs. Hesselink. Nothing exciting hap- pened which made the year boring. ln 6th grade we were taught by Mrs. McCrimmon and Mrs. Neuman. lt was here we started to learn parlia- mentary procedure. ln the year that we entered 7th grade, the beginning of junior high, the Marion School District annexed Winterfield, Dighton, and Temple into the school system. Our 7th grade cheerleaders were Sandra Russel, Joan Jackson, Sharon Heaton, Starr Wooten, and Diane Geyer. Our first homecoming float was entitled Wizard of Oz . Our year was highlighted by a trip to the capital at Lansing and Michigan State University Museum. Our sponsors were Mr. Sutton and Mrs. Titus. ln the 8th grade our class officers were: Pres. --Mark Hammar, Vice-Pres. --Sara Jonson, Sec. --Elaine Pet- erson, and Treas. --Shelia Pewless. Our cheerleaders for that year were Sandra Russell, Karen Miller, Pamela Coleman, Joanne Jackson, and Christine Blackledge. Our 8th grade float was Tom Sawyer . ln 1966 we entered our freshman year with 65 students. Our class officers were: Pres. --Bruce Blevins, Vice Pres. --Greg Crowe, Sec. --Sheila Fewless, Treas. --Karen Miller. Our homecoming queen candidate was Susan VanderWal who was crowned queen and Bruce Blevins was her escort. Our float, entitled Las Vegas won most humorous. Our prom candidate for princess were Elizabeth Jenema and Dawn Rockafellowg prince candidates were Mark Hammar, and John Kelly, John was crowned prince. Our student council representatives were Mark Hammar, Bruce Blevins, Sheila Fewless, and Karen Miller. Our debate club representative was Christine Black- ledge. We were the first freshman class in the new high school. We were soon sophomores with an enrollment of 70 students. Our class officers were Pres. --Larry Lee, Vice- Pres. --Charles Bell, Sec. --Mark Hammar, and Treas. --Mark Outman. Our homecomi.ng candidate was Pamela Coleman and escort Mark Hammar. Prom candidates for princess were Karen Miller and Sandra Russell, prince candidates were Bruce Blevins and Charles Bell. Karen Miller and Bruce Blevins were crowned prince and prin- cess. The student council representative was Karen Miller. This was also the year the Senior Band went to State and got a lst division rating. ln 1968 we entered our junior year with a decreasing enrollment of 61 students. Class officers were: Pres. -- Sara Jonson, Vice-Pres. --Sandra Russell, Sec. --Dawn Alberts, and Treas. --Karen Miller. Our homecoming candidate was Rosemary Alberts and her escort was Mark I-lammar. Prom candidates for queen were Janet Cof- fing and Joanne Jackson: King candidates were Gary McCrimmon, and Mark Outman. Student Council represent- atives were Charles Bell, Joanne Jackson, and Darla Brocht. Our Girl State representatives were Karen Miller, and Sara Jonson. Robert Tower and David Marr were our Boy's State representatives. We purchased our classrings in the fall. ln the summer of 1969 we had two students leave the United States as foreign exchange students. They were Sandra Russell, to Finland and Christine Blackledge, to Germany. 1969--1970 was our big year, the last year of our schooling unless we put ourselves through some other train- ing. To start everything off was the homecoming. The rules for picking the homecoming queen were changed, so that four seniors ran for queen. The candidates were Pamela Coleman, Sheila Pewless, Elizabeth Jenema, and Dawn Rockafellow. Crowned were Dawn Rockafellow Queen and Pamela Coleman as 1st runner up. Class officers were Sara Jonson--Pres. , Ronald Hyde--Vice-Pres. , Debbie Johnson--Sec. , and Greg Crowe--Treas. Our exchange student was Dorle Speyer from Germany. She arrived shortly before school started. Student Council representatives were Joanne Jackson, Mark Outman, Pres. --Karen Miller, Vice-Pres. --Charles Bell, Sec. --Darla Brocht, and Treas. --Sheila Fewless. The alternates were Sara Jonson and Ronald Hyde. Karen Miller was chosen the DAR Good Citizen. Senior Slop Day was held on April 30th and the Senior Slave Sale was the 6th, 7th, and the 8th of May with a profit of over 3530. 00. Robert Tower and Ronald Hyde went to the State Track Finals on May 23rd. The theme for the prom of 1970 was Somewhere Over the Rainbow . Prom candidates for Queen were Dana Pollington and Darla Brocht: King candidates were Robert Tower and Charles Bell. Sandra Russell and Bruce Blevins were our candidates for the award of Best All Around Student. The class decided to go to the AuSable Ranch for the Senior trip on June 2nd and 3rd. Baccalaureate was held on May 31st at 2:30 p. m. Commencement exercises were held June Sth, 1970 at 8:00 p. m. with 58 stu- dents receiving their diplomas.

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CLASS PROPHECY The year is 1980 and I, Chris Blackledge, have just returned home from the class reunion which the Senior Class of 1970 had planned before we graduated. We called the new owner of the AuSable Ranch to reserve the barn for our party and were surprised to find out it was none other than Robert Tower. We began telephoning our former classmates and started with Rew Robinson now working on the new plans for the space mobile--the Falcon II. Paul Scott, who is top taster for Big D, was next on our list. He said he would be very glad to come and would pick up Bruce Blevins, now a Master Sergeant in the Green Berets and his wife the former Karen Miller, and their 2 lovely children, named after Greg Crowe, who is the mayor of WayCross, Georgia, Sheila Fewless, who is his personal secretary. We asked the operator to connect us with the Rev. Frank Merton Blossom, who is a Missionary in Israel. He said he could come and stop in Spain to pick up the world renown Matador Mike Fewless. He then zoomed to Paris for JoAnne jackson a new model with the tall look, Mr. Ellis H, Sneary, governor of Hawaii received our next call. We had a little trouble locating the gover- nor. He was out for his daily dip in the ocean. Should you be driving out North of Marion, and come upon a big dairy farm, the owner will undoubtedly be Ronald Hyde. He said he would be glad to come and see the old gang again. The Long distance Operator next got us in touch with Captain Ed Nowland. He was sun bathing on the deck of his submarine, which incidently, belongs to the U. S. Navy. Viv Ashby now living in Flint is the owner of a hot dog stand and came to the party although she was a little bit late. lt seems it takes her a long time to get started after a long hard day. Charlie Bell who is the present holder of the trophy that they give away at the Indianapolis SOO dashed for the party in his little racer. He also brought along his pit crew Mark Hammar G Phil Hubble. Pam Coleman was a little hesitant to come because her rusty 1968 Super Sport had developed a slight tick. She did pick up a hitchhiker though, Dave Marr, who was again thumbing his way to an assigned news story on the opposite coast. Gary McCrimmon the new owner of the Copa Cavana agreed to come and brought his band, lead by Director james Doran, and his new go-go dancer Connie Krchmar. Due to unforseen circumstances and the new draft law, Sara Jonson and Debbie johnson, couldn't come be- cause they were in Sweden evading the Draft. Kathy Cook and Roxanne Pennese agreed to come quickly in the hopes of furthering their efforts as they are in nearby Cadillac where they run the New Salvation Army. Dawn Alberts and Linda Schepers regretfully took time out from their playgirl club and brought Diane Geyer and janet Coffing their best go-go-dancers along with their bodyguards Darla Brocht and Lois Hartley with them on their private plane. Even though there was a scheduled game, Bill Knitter left t.he Detroit Tigers just to attend our fabulous reunion. With a Ph. D. in Bio-Chemistry and Physics, Larry Lee agreed to come and speak to us on the main topic of the evening--The Sex Problems in the Ghetto. He also agreed to bring with him his faithful assistant Norm Maneke. We also contacted the New Prime Minister of Outer Mongolia, Robin Fordyce, who is presently engaged in the study of flower power in the Mongolian Desert. Judy Hamming taking time out from her six children and job with Dorle Speyer at Sun Up Acres brought her good common horse sense to our party. Liz jenema and Sandy Russell as Marriage Counselors in the Marion area welcomed the chance to take a Night off. Without further adoo, we contacted the F.B. l. as to the where abouts of Bill Bird, Paul Miller, and Pat Woodard only to find out that they wanted them as badly as we did. Last heard of they had left their prints on a bank job in Anchorage, Alaska. We also contacted a couple of Marions finest socialites, the former Dann Rockafellow who is president of the Twentieth Century Club and Denise Brocht who is the County 4-H Agent. The county Road Commission was able to give us the exact location of Dick Meyer and Sam Vokes as they have been plowing them out of the ditches quite regularly. Sally Ashby and Charlene Barber are still together, but not under the same circumstances, it seems that they joined the army and are ordering the men around left and right. Rosemary Alberts is stuck over in Germany, lt seems her husband is still playing Army. Chris Blackledge and Dana Pollington had great ambitions and made them. We located them in the UN building. . .sweeping floors. On their way there they picked up Barb Runion and Elain Peterson who are-currently engaged in inventing new types of disposable paper baskets. We located Marilyn Mosher at the Lady Clarol Plant. lt seems shes made her way to the top and has become the only lady scientist to find a cure for Naturally Curly Hair. With the diverse occupations of our class, we all wondered how the world had survived with us, It makes you wonder what the next ten years will bring. I wonder. . . 20