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

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al Week ,9nt,o- Olze ,gut.ul.r.g as Hello, Mr. cmd Mrs. Zeeland. This -is your rov- ing reporter covering the reunion of the Zee- land High School Class of '48. This televisional broadcast is coming from the cafeteria of the new Zeeland Grade and Iunior High School building. lt is the first time the class has met in fifteen years. At the head of the speakers table we see Loren Renkema, former class president. At pres- ent, he is governor of Michigan. Seated next to him is his wife, the former Una Compagner. Mrs. Renkema is devoting her time to house- keeping after an exciting political career. She was the first woman candidate for the Presi- dency. On leave of absence from the Brazilian En- gineering Company, which employs him, is lack Mellema, accompanied by his wife, the former Faye Van Dorple. Faye's mother is caring for their sons, the famous Mellema Quadruplets, while lack and Faye attend the reunion. The clever decorations for this banquet were carried out by Shirley Haylett, now a commercial artist in New York. Eunice Schipper was graduated from Michi- gan State with high honors and is now teaching English at Noordeloos Technical College for Men. Seated in a large group is a delegation from the Snakeweed Metropolitan Church, Snakeweed, Kentucky. Heading the delegation is the Rev- erend Hardy Ensing and his wife, formerly Phyllis Glass. With him are Kenneth Heuvel- man, elder, Don Boerman, deacon, Harley Bos, Sunday School superintendentg Elaine Steigenga, choir director, and Lois Vollink, church organist. Another famous person present is Howard Gebben, world renown scientist and discoverer of a cure for moonburn. Carol Van Zoeren could not attend the re- union because her duties as Superintendent of nurses at Butterworth Hospital demanded her attention. Alvin Vander Kolk, resident physician at the same hospital, conveyed Miss Van Zoeren's greetings to the group. Leola Schermer and Marilyn De Pree, the founders of an original school which teaches the art of flirting, are here with their most prog- ressive pupil, Mildred Morren. According to the terms of the school, girls remain pupils until they marry. Edward Berghorst and Dale Vanden Bosch took time off from their business offices in Detroit to attend this reunion. They now own a national chain of garages and gas stations Shirley Beltman, Gladys Klynstra, and Norma Groenheide are to appear on the program doing part of their acrobatic routine. They are affiliated with the Bungling Brothers Circus, owned and run by Adrian and Merle Vredeveld. Several of the class members are prominent in the field of music. Among these are lune Ozinga, Wagnerian Opera prima donna, and Eleanor Kloosterman who is conducting the Bor- culo Symphony Orchestra. lack De longe is playing first trombone. Miss Arlene Goorman is employed by the H. l. Heinz Company as superintendent of the diet- ing kitchen. One of the top Cartoonists in his field is Bruce Glass who is now drawing Bugs Bunny. He is his own model. For the past four years, Elvin Gitchel has held the title of Olympic Turtle-Race champion. He attributes his success to his excellent coaching in high school. Christal Broekhuis is now teaching gym classes in Zeeland High School. Through her tireless ef- forts all girls in high school are now able to take gvm , Yvonne De Ionge has started a taxicab busi- ness in Zeeland and the surrounding territory. She has employed two former class members, Ray Mokma and Eugene lekel. At present they are both trying to convince her that she should marry one of them. Another classmate who could not be present is Norma Ver Hage. She is now an exchange teacher in an elementary school in France. The Music Department at Michigan State Col- lege has employed Mary Van Harn as drill- master for the all-boy marching band. ' Gordon Raterink has discovered a new rat poison which is guaranteed to kill everything which touches it. At present he is in a hospital recovering from the effects of his own discovery. The teaching profession has been greatly en- riched by the members of this class. Ruth Lem- son and Leone Tjepkema are now running ct nursery school in Detroit, Michigan. Those present at this reunion have all missed three of their fellow classmates, Howard De Ionge, Bob De Weerdt, and Har-ey Pyle who have become hermits after having had unhappy love affairs. Two of our guests are the husbands of Dorothy Gebben and Dorothy Kamps. The four of them live happily in Holland. Helena Bruggink is now designing Hula Hula skirts for the women of Mexico. She is ac- companied by her assistant and model, Peggy Boonstra. Gene Robert Van Rhee, head of the E.B.l., and his wife, Beverly Headley, just arrived. Bob's career started when he took a job as truant officer at the Zeeland schools. Marian Bosch and Bob Bakker, experts on both northern and southern foods, are co-own- ers of a new modern restaurant located in Zee- land. Douglas Elzinga's profession is very interest- ing. He is now photographing Varga girls for Esquire Magazine. He is ably assisted by Miss Cecilia Ver Hage who sponsored this class. Her main job is to chaperone Doug when he is on an assignment, Chester Kuipers is the owner of one of our countries largest firms for making bubble gum. His able and highly efficient secretary, Erma Deters, samples the gum beore it reaches the schools of the land. Doris Ten Brink is present with her husband. She married her high school Spanish pen pal and they are touring the United States before making their home in Spain. One of the outstanding journalists in the coun- try is Erma Wyngarden. She left a promising banking career to become editor of the New York Times-Star. Gordon De Pree is writing an Advice to the Lovelorn column for the same paper. Erma says he is doing very well. Don Van Eden is now one of the foremost furniture makers in the United States. Shirley Schermer, lean Geurink, and Helen Vander Wall closed the program by singing several songs popular when this class was in high school. This trio has been on tour all over the world and has made many recordings. Well, folks, we've brought you up to date on the doings of the Class of '48. We hope that you have enjoyed this broadcast as much as the class has enjoyed their reunion. This is your roving reporter signing off. Mr. and Mrs. Don Meeuwsen, the former Rose Marie Bok, were unable to attend the reunion. At present they are in the Netherlands buying tulips for their farm. Dr. Dick Bloemendaal ac- companied them to keep them from becoming sea-sick,

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We, the Senior Class of 1948, being both sound of mind and body, fully aware of our loyalty and service to our Alma Mater and to those who follow in our footsteps, do here- by publish and declare this our last will and testament. We, Shirley Beltman and Eleanor Klooster- man, will our long walks to school to Carolyn Vruggink. We, Peggy Boonstra and Leola Schermer, bequeath our girdles to Muriel Roon and Carolyn Bolman. I, Ed Berghorst, bequeath my curly hair to Mr. Dickman. I, Don Boerman, will my influence with Miss Baer to George Gebben, l, Dick Bloemendaal, will my line to who- soever will listen to it. We, Rose Bok and Harley Bos, bequeath our laziness to all those who need it worse than we. I, Iune Ozinga, will my latest gossip to Carol De Ionge. I, Eugene Iekel, will my nice shiny desk to Harriet Gruppen, I, Hardy Ensing, bequeath my magnificent pitching arm to anyone who can hit the broadside of a barn. I, Ken Heuvelman, will my manly physique to Nathan Van Bronkhorst. I, Don Meeuwsen, will my ability to blush to Henry Redder. I, Howard Gebben, bequeath my swittness to Norma Beltman. I, lean Geurink, bequeath my cute bathing suit to Diek . I, Christal Broekhuis, will my quietness to Iack Miller. I, Ruth Lemson, will my A's to Ken Wiersma. I, Harvey Pyle, will that thing called a car to my sister Nella, providing it will get her to school. I, Elaine Steigenga, will my sweetness to Dean Headley. We, Phyllis Glass and Milly Morren, be- queath our summer at Heinz to anyone who wants to be pickled. I, Bob Van Rhee bequeath my crown to anyone who can keep it on his head. I, Eunice Schipper, will my temper to my sister Sylvia, just to keep it in the family. We, Faye Van Dorple and lack Mellema, bequeath our inseparability to Esther Vanden Heuvel and Mick Zuverink. I, Dale Vanden Bosch, bequeath my height to Lloyd Ollman. I, Shirley Haylett, will all my men to any- one who can handle them better than I. I, Gordon Rateririk, will my ability to make touchdowns to Nelson Gebben, I, Arlene Goorman, bequeath my Swing to the grade school playground. I, Howard De Ionge, will my ability to woo the women to Sherwin Nagelkirk. I, Helena Bruggink, will my persisting argu- ments to anyone who is sure they will win them. I, Una Compagner, will my ability to lose combs to someone who has enough money to buy new ones. I, Norma Ver Hage, will my Grand Ledge friends to Inez Wassenaar, providing she will have as much fun as I did. I, Yvonne De Ionge, will my chauffeur's li- cense to Don Mellema. I, Lois Vollink, will my typing ability to Harold Hodge. I, Bruce Glass, will my bunny to Erk Poest I, Elvin Gitchel, bequeath my long running sprees to Coralee Nies. We, Don Van Eden and Iack De Ionge, be- queath our memberships in the Bachelors' Club to Albert Wesseldyke and Ronald Wes- tenbroek. I, Dorothy Kamps, bequeath my speed in shorthand to Wesley Van Rhee. I, Marilyn De Pree, bequeath my liking for the older members of the opposite sex to all the freshmen girls. I, Bob Bakker, will the remnant of my drawl to anyone going South, I, Doris Ten Brink, will my wavy hair to Iohnny Boeve. I, Norma Groenheide, will my angelic air to Wayne Wiersma. I, Erma Deters, will my hearty laugh to all the poker-faced under-classmen. I, Shirley Schermer, bequeath my ambition to succeed Mr. Dickman as principal of Z, H. S, to Ieanne Molter. I, Loren Renkema, bequeath my persistent teasing to Iim Poortenga. We, Marian Bosch and Dorothy Gebben, be- queath our stick-togetherness to any oi the bickering couples of the underclasses. I, Miss Ver Hage, will all the trials and tri- umphs of my sponsorship to anyone who thinks he can receive more pleasure than l. I, Helen Vander Wall, will my get-up-and- go-ness to Minnie Scharphorn. I, Gordon De Pree, will my female admirers to Iohn Boeve. I, Beverly Headley, will my sophistication to Delores Hendricks. I, Robert De Weerdt, bequeath to the under- classmen anything but Lois Boes. I, Merle Vredeveld, bequeath my complete confidence to Bob Dryer. I, Leone Tjepkema, will my position in the girls' trio to Ted Vander Ploeg. I, Erma Wyngarclen, will my job in the bank to anyone who doesn't like money, tl guess I keep it,I I, Adrian Vredeveld, will my large vocabu- lary to Gordon Huizenga, hoping it will im- prove his, I, Ray Mokma, will my height to next year's basketball team. I, Carol Van Zoeren, bequeath my loyal support of the University of Michigan to Coach Iones, so it will not be neglected alto- gether in Yeeland High School. I, Alvin Vander Kolk, bequeath my Vries- land humor to Clarence Timmerman. I, Douglas Elzinga, will my cracked glasses to any blind bat. I, Gladys Klynstra, will my long fluttering eyelashes to Bernard Ozinga. I, Mary Van Harn, will my clarinet to Donna Martini, In Witness Whereof, We, The Class of '48, the testors, have set our hand and seal hereto this fifth day of Iune in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, 119483. CSealJ Signed, sealed, published and declared as and lor its last will and testament by The Class of '48, the above-named testators, in the presence of us, who, at their request and in the presence of them and of each other, have subscribed our names hereto as wit- nesses on the day and year aforesaid. tSealJ - tSeall

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