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

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MAINTENANCE These are the men to whom much praise is due, but is seldom given. They have the task of keeping our ship neat and clean and keeping the ship's equipment in good order. Although busy with their many tasks, they always find time to cheer us up with their humor. SIMON MACHIELE Sime is in charge of see- ing that the ship is in good running order and sees to it that the work is carried out in an orderly fashion. GERRIT WALTERS His choice humor is known to all and he is well liked by all the students. He is always cheerful and is responsible for keeping the ship's boilersw go- ing. With two sons in the armed forces, he does much to keep the ship moving along. l l12l OLIVER VANDEN BOSCH A quiet man but one we have all grown to like, he is often seen sweeping, dusting, and doing all sorts of odd jobs to keep our ship in good run- ning order. 1

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CLASS OFFICERS M4 President ............ Ruth Roelofs Secretary .......... Hester Klomp Treasurer .............. Dale Bussis OF Student Council Members .........,..Barbara Van Dyke I ............ Glenn Van Haitsma Sponser..Miss Mabel De Jonge Standing: Glenn Van Haitsma, Miss Mabel Dc Ionge. Seated: Hester Klomp, Ruth Roelofs, Barbara Van Dyke. Not shown: Dale Bussis. CLASS HISTURY On September 8, 1941, 80 excited, beaming freshmen answered roll call in Zeeland High School. After a few weeks of getting ourselves accus- tomed to the regular routine we were suddenly sentenced to wear green bibs, with Baby written on them, to carry books for all upper classmen, tie shoe strings, sharpen pencils, etc., by our superiors, the class of '44. Our spirits were not broken by these assignments and we survived our initiation smiling. A few weeks later we buried all our grudges and grievances at a gym party with the Sophomores. Miss Mabel De Jonge was assigned to be our commanding officer, and with the assistance of Phil Meengs we started our high school career with a bang, September 9, 1942, we again found ourselves sounding off as roll call was taken. With the same amount of courage and enthusiasm, with our same commanding officer and a new president, Jay Van Omen, we sailed for nine more successful months. During the first few weeks of our Sophomore year, we had the pleasure of initiating the class of '46, shortly after which both classes signed a truce at a joint party. With the reputation of being one of the liveliest and snappiest classes ever to enter Zeeland High we began the duties of our third year in high school. Under the fine management and leadership of Miss De Jonge and Sherwin Walters the class had an extremely remarkable year. The first main event of the year was a magazine drive with the Senior Class. Then came our class play, Brother Goose, one of the best farces ever presented in Z.H.S. At last came the high-light of the year, the Junior and Senior Banquet. This was held in Holland at the Warm Friend in the Tulip Room. Thus ended our third year. September 9, 1944 found only 66 Seniors aboard, ready to complete our voyage. We were the dignified Seniors. It was a bit hard to believe, however we were. With anticipation and egotism we settled down to business, with jim Folkertsma and Miss De Jonge at our head. The first semester we busied ourselves by presenting our second class play, another rollicking comedy, Goodnite Ladies. We also were very busy making the necessary arrange- ments for graduation exercises. The second semester we received quite a blow, when we had to bid farewell to several of our classmates, who were called to serve in the Armed Forces of our country. We were saddened, but yet we could not help but be proud to see them answer Uncle Sam's call. Among those called was our president, Jim Folkertsma. His duties were resumed, however, by the vice-president, Ruth Roelofs and with the same amount of enthusiasm we carried on. We set about the task of publishing this thirteenth edition of the Stepping Stone, to pre- serve for ourselves the memorable events of the year, and to leave as a symbol of our school life. Before we could realize it along came: Skip Day, Senior Banquet, Class Night, Baccalaureate, and on May 31, sixty-three proud Seniors marched down the aisle for their diplomas with their heads held high. We had reached our goal. l14l