Pickford High School - Panther Yearbook (Pickford, MI)

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Vern Sawyers is still on the warpath for a wife. The blondes seem to affect him most but he just can't seem to settle down and forget his playboy tactics. Lyle Hill is trying to invent an ideal American sports car to compare in beauty and per- formance with the more popular foreign cars. Verna Leach is now married and has her litter of 12 kids. She believes in the saying of Cheaper by the Dozen. Ethel Iohnson is the new county Welfare agent and is responsible for the prosperity of half of her classmates. Glenda Rutledge is seeking a life's Work in nursing and has become one of the best known people in our medical circles of today. Duane Ames is doing fine with his job as office boy in the Pickford High School. He decided that he would like this job when he had to go there after his arguments with Miss Morrison. Lavonne Galer will be getting a good foothold in a career as a housewife. She will be speech teacher at the high school to help students forget their bashfulness. Arla jean Hill as we all know was married to her high school sweetheart Elmer Stearns upon returning Hom the senior trip. She is living in Rudyard. David Hintz has long ago given up his bachelorhood and is married and supporting three kids and a blushing blue-eyed wife. Sandra Rye is married to Tuck and is still the boss of the house. Poor Tuck has to tend to their three little children. Giftatory lcontinued from page 391 To Io Storey a record or Cru Cut and Baby Blue Eyes for remembering a boy friend. To David Taylor QP1ainJ a Soo High annual to remind him of his 150 girls. To Thelma Thompson a gold set of drumsticks to remind her of band. To William Wallis KBillJ a 1903 Buick to help modernize his farm. h To Wayne Wonnacott KMickeyD a loud siren to start at 12 o'clock to remind him to go ome. To Mr. Howell a class play catalogue so he can order and direct' the plays for the next ? years.

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Class Prophecy Deanna Metkiff is happily married and is raising her family of future Rader Commanders for the army. Mary Sherman has joined the WAVES and has a very fine career ahead of her. Dave Taylor is now the professor of Speech at the University of Michigan. Iaynce Leach has become such a well-known figure on Mackinac Island that this past year he was voted to be mayor. Galen Harrison is trying his best to find out what makes Walt Disney tick. Marilyn Patrick is in Paris modeling the late st world fashions. She really fell for one of the Frenchmen she met while in Paris. Basil Rader is writing all the stories for the comic strips you read in the Evening News. Ronnie Leach is running a gas station on the outskirts of Stalwart and doing a very profit- able business with his two sons' help. Ioy Moore is very busy taking care of her twin sons and doing the book work for her husband's gas station. Raeone Graham has decided she is too thin so she started taking Eat Mor tablets to round out her personality. Mickey Wonnacott is a regular woman's man and is constantly on the alert for any new girl in his area. Someday, though, he will break down and get married. Elmer LaJ'oie is still as wild and carefree as he was in school. Even his wife has a hard time tying him down at home. Norma Cottle opened a bakery of her own in Pickford after the class trip and now owns a chain of bakeries all across the country. Donald Stevenson's wish has finally come true. He is pitching baseball for the Detroit Tigers. Audrey Crisp is living in Flint with her husband, Ioe Therrian, and her two sons. In her spare time she is taking speech because she liked it so well in high school. Bill Becks is a game warden and is about to be discharged for sleeping under trees while on duty. Thelma Thompson has gotten married and has three children who are very industrious. During the day she has a good career as an airline hostess also. Gwen Batho has sung and laughed her way from the bottom of the ladder to the top and is now one of the most famous impersonators for Walt Disney's productions. Io Storey is now living in Rudyard running the post office there and baking cookies on the sidelines. Fred McCready is no longer in this vicinity. He is a foreman of the Ford Motor Company in Flint, Michigan, and is rolling in the dough. Karen Huyck decided there wasn't anything for her in Pickford so she moved to l7'lOI'lCl6 and is now living there. Fred Ames is still trying to make out with Raeone Graham but is having some difficulty as the boys from Rudyard are interfering with his plans. Bill Wallis has blossomed into Michigan's number one farmer. His wife and three sons are helping him do a very good job of farm regulations in this area. Dave Fountain has been around the world five times trying to find a wife but has never found a girl who would marry him. Linda Nettleton has gone on through college and has taken over the job of teaching kindergarten in the Pickford School.

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Class Will The last will and testament of the Senior Class of 1956. Duane Ames wills his acting ability to Gerald Leach. Fred Ames wills his student manager job to Milford Galer. Gwen Batho wills her giggle to Ruth Anne Stockinger. Bill Becks wills his hunting ability to Terry Gough. Norma Cottle wills her ability to cook to Dave Whyte. Audrey Crisp wills her shyness to Barbara Edgerly. Dave Fountain wills his ability to get along with Miss Morrison to Larry Hatfield Lavonne Galer wills her ability to play the cornet to Elva Iean Leach. Raeone Graham wills her D. A. R. award to Sharryl Harrison. Galen Harrison wills his ability to argue with Mr. Shanks to Ilm Roe. Arla lean Hill wills her cheerleading ability to Patsy Ie ske. Lyle Hill wills his height to Iim Iohnson. Dave Hintz wills his curls to.Marsha Rye. Karen Huyck wills her speech book to Fred Stockinger. Ethel Johnson wills her job as Senior Class Treasurer to the unlucky senior next year Elmer Laloie wills his tuba to Gerald Leach. Iaynce Leach wills his speed in track to Bob Moore. Ronald Leach wills his blocking ability in football to Cub Fountain. Verna Leach wills her ability to play the piano to Reg Rye. Fred McCready wills his green beard to Richard Be lenski. Deanna Metk-iff wills her dancing ability to Kenneth Stevenson. Ioy Moore wills her engagement ring to the next co-ed that gets one. Linda Nettleton wills her quietness to Dianne Hanna. Marilyn Patrick wills her horseback riding days to Iudy Harrison. Basil Rader wills his racing ability to Edwin Stevenson. Glenda Rutledge wills her ability to play the saxophone to Beverly Iassan. Sandra Rye wills her glasses to anyone who wants them. Vern Sawyers wills his blond hair to Cynthia Patrick. Mary Sherman wills her shorthand book to Rose Marie Desormeaux. Don Stevenson wills his ability to pitch to Ted O'Brien. Io Storey wills the honor of being crowned queen to Ioan LaVictor. Dave Taylor wills his selling ability to the Iuniors. Thelma Thompson wills her Government book to Mr. Smale. Mickey Wonnacott wills his deep voice to Dick Leach. Bill Wallis wills his farming ability to Bill Clegg. M.r. Howell wills the class plays to anyone who wants them. The above will was witnessed by Ethel Iohnson and Ioy Moore, and do hereby under sign and seal this will on this day of May, 1956. This page was pre sented by the M G G CAFE