Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Dedication In the second year of Ottawa Hills' existence, Miss Lenore Bader started her teaching career here with an eighth grade class. Since that time she has had a session room in each succeeding grade and has taught every form of mathema- tics from the eighth grade general arithmetic to the senior trigonometry. She has always been exceedingly generous in giving her time and efforts to aid her pupils in their class work and in the extra-curricular activities of the school. Last fall Miss Bader became one of the senior advisers. She has had the responsibility of the Senior Girls' League, and the financial business of the Senior Play and Mimes. Miss Bader's patience, her high, inspiring ideals for the students, and her individual, ever present humor have won her a permanent place of affection in the hearts of her seniors. No student with whom she has worked will go forth from the school without being a better individual. Ottawa Hills has a deep and sincere admiration for Miss Lenore Bader, to whom the pupils fondly dedicate the Legend of 1945. 5

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l l Lt. Col. Sidney Z. Eleveld I VIAII wzul ' b'-' :'.: i . . . , . sese er v. Capt. Richard H. W'ells, Naval Aviation Cadet, U. S. Army U. 5. N. R.. R. Phillip Aldrich Greater Love Hath No Man Let us pause at this page to pay silent tribute to these young men who have made the supreme sacrifice that we might continue to enjoy the American Way of Life. Roll Call Among the first to answer America's call to arms was our principal, Major MacNaughton, affec- tionately known as "Mac," He is now stationed at Fort Custer, Michigan, with the Second Army. One of Ottawals well-known instructors, Lt. Col. Sidney Z. Eleveld, is commanding officer of the 74i0th Military Police Battalion. These men are leading the young men in the armed forces toward greater service to their nation. Their answer to our nation's call is an inspiration to the students of Ottawa who will soon enter the armed forces. Four hundred and thirteen young men, alumni of Ottawa Hills, have answered their country's call. They are stationed all over the world, from Australia to Iceland, Africa to Alaska. The young men in our 1943 senior class are also answering the roll call of loyal citizens to the service of their nation. Four of our january gradu- ates are now in training: Fred Vander Woude, Army Intelligence Schoolg Fred Geers, U. S. Armyg Donald Salm, Army Armored Divisiong and David Worin, Army Air Corps. A number of our june graduates have already left for various training centers. Among them are Lawrence Potter, U. S. Army, Robert Morten, U. S. Armyg William Schneider, U. S. Armyg William Laughlin, Army Air Corps, and Keith Scharmack, Army Meteorology Service. We are proud of Ottawa's gallant fighting men. Major Henry D. MacNaughtun

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