Portland High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, MI)

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CLASS WILL (continued) MARVIN SEAL—wills his ability to keep the girls interested (although he doesn’t know it) to Ronnie Pung. JOAN SELDEN—leaves her late hours to any one who can handle them. GRAYDEN SLOWINS—wills his government project to the R O in case they need it for future reference. RAYMOND SMITH—wills—just leaves — gladly. ELAINE SPOHN—wills the Portlight and all the fun to Betsey and her lucky staff. ANITA SPURGEON—wills her terrific short lived crushes to Connie Webert who seems to be settled for good. EVELYN STEGENGA—wills her short hair- do to Barbara Cross whose is quite the opposite. SHIRLEY STUMP—wills her horticulture col- lection at the J J store to Murray Meekhof. CHUCK THOMAS—leaves his manly physique to Gordon Evans. LARRY TOWNSEND—wills “‘Old Man River” back to Jerome Kern. GLADYS TRIERWEILER—wills her art of flirting to Norma Wheeler. PAT TRIERWEILER—wills his prize winning boxing to Karl Carpenter, who tries hard. KEN VAN BUREN—wills his artistic accom- plishments to Donnie Braendle. FRANK WIEBER—wills his gentlemanly ways to Johnny Stewart. ALICE WELLS—wills her quietness to Carl Noren who will have to look it up to see what it means. JOHN WEST—wills his horses to the Portland Riding Club. BILL WILLEMIN—wills his football position as tackle to anyone who thinks they’re good enough. CHARLES WILLEMS—wills his walk to anyone it would look good on. MAGGIE WOODEN—leaves and takes Bob with her. GIFTATORY JOHN ALBERTA—A book of bus tickets so you won't have to burn so much gas going to Mulliken. LOWELL ANDERSON-—A basketball so when you get in the big league (ha ha) you'll still re- member us. BETTY BEARD—A genuine stenographer’s pen- cil, to keep up your practice in Shorthand. DON BENNETT—A handkerchief to wipe all that lipstick off with. LARRY BRAENDLE—A pillow so you won't have to worry about seeing over the steering wheel. BARBARA BRALEY—A phonograph to make up for all you never say. TOM BUCK—An insurance policy so when you get behind a wheel you won’t have to worry about steel posts. BETTY BUCKLEY—We hear that you’re getting married soon. Here are some pots, and pans to start your housekeeping. HAROLD CARPENTER—A cow to start that dairy farm, you’re planning for. ROMA CLICK—A pair of shoes to take back to West Virginia in remembrance of Portland. NANCY EDGAR—A pin with your name on it. So people won’t get you mixed up with “My Friend Irma.”’ PRISCILLA ESTEP—Also a book ‘Laugh and the World laughs with you. Be grumpy and you GRUMP alone.” VERNON FEDEWA—Here’s a pipe for your collection. BETTY FISH—A round trip ticket to West Virginia so you can go to visit Med. ROBERTA FRANCIS—A package of black rinse to give your hair that ‘natural look’’ which we all liked so well. IVA GALER—An Olds to compete with Stan’s Ford. MARIE GROSS—A book on how to teach school—we hear that you are thinking about being a nun. BOB GUILFORD—A burglar alarm. Now you can sell those fire crackers without getting caught. 17

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CLASS WILL JOHNNY ALBERTA—wills his secrets on how to date the best looking girls to Roger Ward. LOWELL ANDERSON —wills his consistent griping to Roger Curtis who must take a lot. BETTY BEARD—who is tall and slim wills her figure to all those who try and can not succeed. DON BENNETT—wills his ability to compli- ment the girls to any needy person. LARRY BRAENDLE—wills his nice singing voice to Ted White who has trouble getting the tune, BARBARA BRALEY—wills her habitual frown to Reggie Denny who usually looks happy. TOM BUCK—wills his destructive ways at parties back to the Capital Reconstruction Com- pany. BETTY BUCKLEY—wills her tearful habits to Marilyn Fedewa who’s always on the gay side. HAROLD CARPENTER—wills his car ‘“‘baby”’ to Bud Gage. ROMA CLICK—wills her southern accent to Pat Howard who hasn’t quite mastered the technique yet. NANCY EDGAR—wills her ability to lose im- portant papers to anybody that has a better memory. PRISCILLA ESTEP—wills her fighting temper at class meetings to the Junior Class who seem to get along nicely. VERNON FEDEWA—wills his blackmailing ways with his flash camera to Carl Schalow who needs experience. BETTY FISH—wills her “You Know It Too”’, to anybody that needs a foolish saying for their own. ROBERTA FRANCIS—wills her long skirts -to Gwen Wohlscheid. IVA GALER—wills her naturally curly hair to Wilma Spitzley. MARIE GROSS—wills Bill Schrauben to the Classates5 i . BOB GUILFORD—wills his ability to take six classes to anybody in the Class of ‘'51’’ who may be short of credits. GEORGIANNA HOLLENBACK—wills her slight build to any interested person. PAT HOOVER—wills the good times she has at certain parties to Duane Iler. 16 BOB HOWARD—wills his good disposition to all of the underclassmen. MARGERY KINNY—wills her short build to Muriel Norwood who is a big girl now. MIRIAM KNAPP—wills her smile to Ruth Ann Curtis who needs a few more. ANN LAKIN—wills her loving attitude toward her boyfriend to Marilyn Mullins who might try it and see what happens. DAVID LANTZ—wills his piano playing talent to Gene Bills who has trouble picking out ‘Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater’’ with one finger. PAT LAWLESS—wills his Westphalia pool rooms to Bill Schrauben and Ted White. ANNETTE LAY—wills a certain part of her vo- cabulary to Dawn Lang who might be interested. GLORIA LEACH—leaves her knowledge of ballet dancing to Kathy Lawless who does her practicing in the halls. JOAN LEIK—wills her good times at wedding receptions to any girl that may be going to one later on. LORAINE MELLSTEAD—wills her box of energy building vitamin pills to Bob Feldspausch, who runs in slow motion. NORMA MOYER—wills her cool and collected ways in her school work to Mary Lou Smith who does get excited over them. PATRICIA PLINE—wills her restaurant work to any one who wants a job. ELAINE POHL—wills her ability to keep the same guy for four years to Connie Wilcox who changes every month or so. JANET POHL—wills her Anti-Genius Party to half of next year’s government class. JOYCE RILEY—wills her naturally red hair to Beverly VanPolen who tries hard. JACK ROBERTS—wills his different hair-do to G. J. Rottman who isn’t bothered with his. BEVERLY SANDBORN—wills her debate trips to Alma to anyone else who has interests there. PATRICIA SANDBORN—wills her Saturday night dances to Howard Mulnix who is never seen at one.

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GIFTATORY (continued) GEORGIANNA HOLLENBACK—A book on how to lose weight, just for laughs. PAT HOOVER—A bus ticket to St. Johns to see all those boy-friends that you’ve told us about. BOB HOWARD—Here’s a test tube to catch up on what you slept through in physics. MARGERY KINNY—Here’s a pamphlet on Vacations. You’re such a hard worker all year. MIRIAM KNAPP—A box of tacks so you won't run out. You're always supplied with them as we all know. ANN LAKIN—A rolling pin, to keep Grayden in hand. DAVID LANTZ—A piano to start you on that career. PAT LAWLESS—A football to carry with you in memory of P. H. S. ANNETTE LAY—A book on how to raise those little Snitgens. GLORIA LEACH—A pair. of boxing gloves to keep Bill in practice. JOAN LEIK—A pair of shoes to replace those you’ve worn out running around the halls of Ball as LORAINE MELLSTEAD—A book on ‘‘How to Grow Tall in Ten Easy Lessons.’’ We don’t think you will be able to do ic. NORMA MOYER-—A diamond until Alex gets around to it. PATRICIA PLINE—A memo book so you can keep all those dates and guys straight. ELAINE POHL—We give the needed tools to do the job. Why don’t you borrow Janie’s book. JANET POHL—A blue ribbon to tie up those letters from Marv. Just for keeps sake. JOYCE RILEY—A Lyons pennant so you won’t forget the good old town. JACK ROBERTS—Here’s a racer so you won’t have to use your sister’s car for a hot rod any more. BEVERLY SANDBORN—A book ‘‘How to be unpopular in ten easy lessons’. We don’t think you can do it. PATRICIA SANDBORN—An enrollment blank to lonia County Normal School. Not because we 18 don’t think you are normal but, we hear that you want to become a teacher. MARVIN SEAL—Here’s a big easy chair, now you can take that long needed rest. JOAN SELDEN—A ticket to go out West. We hope you will like it when you get there. GRAYDEN SLOWINS—A marriage license. Can you take a hint? RAYMOND SMITH—Money to replace that you spent on the senior trip. ELAINE SPOHN—An issue of the Portlight to remind you of the good old days. ANITA SPURGEON—A book on German to remind you of the good old days with Donnie. EVELYN STEGENGA—A book how to be a President’s wife. You’ve gone with one for so long. SHIRLEY STUMP—To Shirley, the lucky gal, we give a body—(By Fisher) CHUCK THOMAS—So you won't have to share Pat’s football, we will give you one of your own. LARRY TOWNSEND—A hammer to take some of the dents out of your car. GLADYS TRIERWEILER—A book on how to flire as if you needed it. PAT TRIERWEILER—A new car—your dad’s can’t take it much longer. KEN VAN BUREN—Some paints so you can continue your painting. FRANK WIEBER—A cozy cottage for two (or more) now all you need is the girl. Keep looking. ALICE WELLS—Here’s a bell so we'll know when you're about to come. JOHN WEST—Here’s a corral so you can start that great ranch you've been dreaming about. BILL WILLEMIN—Here’s a new buick to re- place that old one. Now you can make that trip to Texas. CHARLES WILLEMS—A pair of shoes so you can start out on both feet. MAGGIE WOODEN—We give you a frown Maggie, because we've never seen you wear one.