Zeeland High School - Stepping Stone Yearbook (Zeeland, MI)

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MISS ALMA PLAKKE ' The sTudenTs were all sorry To have Miss Plakke leave The school To ioin The WAVES. Everyone will long remember her Triendliness, inTeresT, energy, and consTanT readiness To exTend a helping hand whenever and wherever she was needed. Much as The school misses her, iT is happy ThaT she has seen TiT To oTTer her services To her counTry and hopes ThaT her new venTure will prove pIeasanT and successTul. VVV MR. RAYMOND ELBING Our school was boTh proud and regreTTuI when Mr. Elbing joined The UniTed STaTes Navy-proud To have a member oT our Teaching sTaTT willing To TighT Tor The Treedom we cherish, buT regreTTul ThaT a man oT such abiIiTy, leadership. and caliber should leave us. The sTudenTs wish To pay TribuTe To a man who has answered so honorably The call To The naTion's colors. These are The men whose praises are seldom sung and who go abouT Their duTies Trom day To day wiThouT grumbling and complain- ing. On These men is placed The Task oT mainTaining The physical body oT our school. AlThough Their work seems To be raTher menial, everyone holds Them in highesT esTeem. No maTTer how heavy Their duTies are, The always Tind Time To sTop and chaT or greeT us wiTh a Triendly wordi VVV DICK BOONSTRA lTopl-Dick is a man oT many Trades in our school. One may Tind him aT a repair iob or doing some oTher Task ThaT has To do wiTh The mainTenance OT our school. VVV SIMON MICI-IELE lmiddlel- Sime is always sweeping in dusTy corners and is largely responsible Tor keeping our school neaT and clean. VVV ARTI-IUR SCI-IIPPER lboTToml -ArT, a IiTTIe man who does a greaT iob in keeping us warm, is seen aT all Times oT The day making his Tours oT The halls. I6

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uxrle 50 T nQ5'iOo9T' wel VN agen , wma xfwfrnra W. Ck rov4N CJOVWQY. WOM- Q05 KS LVOYXX Yxerdei pre? U59 chfls WiTh anTicipaTion, yeT dread, The newly enlisTed Freshmen sTepped inTo The realm oT high school IiTe in SepTember, I939. AlThough The iniTiaTion dunce caps They wore were supposed To personiTy Their ignorance, They donned Them wiTh a smile and proudly marched along. EvervThing seemed new and diTTerenT, buT wiTh The guidance oT Mr. RoberTs, The class advisor, and Don Wyngarden, The presidenT. Thev soon became a parT oT Zeeland High School. To lead The class To TurTher laurels The Saphs elecTed Peggy Den I-Ierder as The new presidenT and began The year as corporals. ATTer Tully iniTiaTing The sub- missive Freshmen wiTh True Sophomore arrogance and digniTy, They laTer signed peace pacTs aT The Frosh-Soph BanqueT and aT a sIcaTing parTy. Don Wyngarden was again eIecTed pres- idenT in The nexT year, and wiTh The pres- enTaTion oT Ever Since Eve, The Juniors gained The opporTuniTy To prove Their success as enTerTainers and also capable are as. 1506 duxixes gxeffavan 409,-rarfx 6 5 DWG Xe s 'boa SENIDR EXECUTIVE DDARD LA VERNE DDSS.. ..... PRESIDENT BRUCE DE PREE. . . .VICE-PRESIDENT JDYCE ELENBAAS . ..... SECRETARY CHRIS DEN HERDER ..... TREASURER NDRMA MEENCS. . GENE VAN TAMELEN .... . . . MR. VEENBDER . . . STUDENT CDUNCIL .STUDENT CDUNCIL ......SPDNSUR Tinanciers. STimuIaTed by This accomplish- menT, They cenTered Their aTTenTion Towards The pre-emminenT social evenT OT The year: The Tormal bangueT aT The Rowe I-IoTel presenTed by The Juniors in honor OT The Seniors. ATTer serving Three years as The class advisor, Mr. RoberTs leTT Z, I-I. S. and enlisTed in The service oT his counTry. Sorry as They were To see him leave, The Juniors admired his paTrioTism and mosT hearTiIy welcomed Mr. Veenboer To The new sponsorship. AT lasT, aTTer Three long years oT waiT- ing, They were The illusTrious Seniors- 7I sTrong, earnesTly vowing To malce Their IasT year in Zeeland I-Iigh School boTh memorable and successTul. Class elecTions were held and Verne Boss emerged as presidenT. Seniors' acTiviTies began wiTh a TorceTul magazine drive underTalcen in order To help Tinance Their yearboolc. Soon Spring Fever enTered The IimelighT, and Tinally This IlTh issue oT The STepping STone, skip-day, graduaTion exercises, and a new world To conquer lying ahead.