Algonac High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Algonac, MI)

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DELORES SEARS V-Teens ALFRED TREMBLAY Spor t s Varsity Club BEVERLY SEIBERT Glee Club JOAN SMITH Y-Teens G. A. A. Paper Staff MARY ANN SMITH Honor Society V-Teens Paper Staff HARRY WILDE Varsity Club Hi-Y Paper Staff GERRY WILLIAMS Student Council Pres. Honor Society Cheer leader JAMES WISEMAN Chorus Band Footba 1 1 In Memoriam Mabel Van Volkenburgh who died March 14, 1947, was one of our most outstanding classmates. Though she isn’t here to graduate with us, she has left a lasting mark by her spirit of friendli- ness, splendid leadership, and high scholastic standards. BERNARD ZAVITZ

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GERRY MARTIN Band Y-Teens BARBARA MELCHERS President, G.A.A. Honor Society Chee r leade r DONALD MEYERS Ba s eba 1 1 Baske tba 1 1 Track JOAN MONTNEY Y-Teens ELVENE NORTON EDGAR OUIMET CHARLES POLITO Track Basketball Chorus JOAN RAYMOND Chorus Y-Teens Paper Staff Valedictorian Honor Society Chorus Y-Teens Honor Society Y-Teens Treasurer, Sr. Class Honor Society V. Pres . , Sr . Class 12

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(beaior FRESHMAN YEAR Home Room- -Study Hall Class Officers: Pres ident- -Butch Rreig Vice President- -Fred Hill Secretary- -Vera Bunn T reas urer - -Bob Hagedon Student Council Members: Frank Day Chuck Gonyaw Advisors : Miss Cardew Mr. Piziali SOPHOMORE YEAR Class Officers : P res ident - -Ha rold DeBoyer Vice Pres ident - -Frank Day Seer et ary- -Loi s Colling Treasurer - -Barba ra Melchers Student Council Members: Get r y Will iams Fred Hill Chuck Gonyaw Adv i sor s : Miss Cardew Mr. Pisiali November 21st--Class par ty- -Scavenge r hunt and potluck. Everyone dressed up to resemble small kids. Proved to be a very gay party. Home Room Chemistry room. Picked out our class colors and flower from a number of suggestions. Our decision: Pearl gray 8a gold- -Flower- - ye 1 low tea rose Miss Cardew--Our class advisor from the 7th grade through our Sophomore year, left us to go to another school. We all missed her help in guiding our class. JUNIOR YEAR Home Room--305 Class Of f icers : Pres ident- -Harry Wilde Vice Pres ident - -Bruce Highstreet Secretary-Mary Biland Treasurer - -El len Martin Student Council Members: Gerry Wi 1 1 iams Dick Baker Mary Ann Smith Advisors : Mr. and Mrs. Piziali September 6--The first day of school we had $120 in the treasury which was increased to $787.28 by March 18, 1947. Junior dues for the year were $2.00. September 24--Sold magazines. Net profit was $165.53. We had a contest in the sale of magazines between the boys and girls. The girls won. October--We received notice in home room that our class rings were finally here. March 14, 1947--Our Junior-Senior Banquet was held on this date. The Senior Class of ' 47 presented us with a silver horseshoe with both class colors on it. This horse- shoe is to be handed down by each Senior class to the Junior class at the annual banquet. It symbolizes good luck. May 9- - 1947- -The J-Hop The gym was decorated to resemble a garden scene with both paper and real flowers. Semi-formal. The Queen of the J-Hop was Alice Rzeppa , King--Harold DeBoyer. May 29--At the annual awards assembly the fol- lowing Seniors received special awards: Poetry Award 1st place- -Russel 1 Rose--800 lines 2nd place--Joan Raymond--600 lines 3rd place--Charlene Austin--400 lines Spelling Contest Gerry Williams stood in second place At the end of our Junior year, Mr. Piziali, our class advisor from the eighth grade, and Mrs. Piziali, our advisor for one year, left us. Both of them were greatly missed. Junior boys won the intramural basketball championship. SENIOR YEAR Home Room- -Comme re i a 1 Room Class Officers: Pres ident- -Roy Lauritsen Vice Pres ident - -Norman Schultz Secretary- -Lois Colling Treasurer- -Ma r lene Rzeppa Student Council Members: Gerry Willi ams Dick Baker Bruce Highstreet Frank Day Adv i sor s : Mrs. Pippel Miss Jablinski Senior dues- -The news was gently broken that our Senior dues would amount to the sum of $10. October 8--Mabel Van Volkenburgh ' s Honor So- ciety pin, which is to be presented each year to a Senior member of the Honor Society, was awarded to Marlene Rzeppa. October 10 -Jack Biscorner, a member of our class until that date, left for the Army. Octobe r - - 24 - -Seni o r Carnival --Great success-- net profit- $566.64. Queen- Mary Biland. King- Tom Haggberg. November 19--Sold Christmas Cards. December 17--Senior pictures arrived, and were distributed in Home Room. Everyone seemed very pleased with the results. February 4--Russell Rose, Norman Schultz, and Ellen Martin were chosen to represent our school for the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship. Russell and Norman placed in the highest 10%, and Ellen in the middle 20% among both the State and National Contestants December 3 - -Trea s u r e r s report was $1489.24. January 24--Marlene Rzeppa was chosen to repre- sent our school in the D.A.R. contest. April 16--We presented our class play. It was a big success . May 24- -Junior- Sen i o r banquet took place at the Colonial Hotel, in Mount Clemens. May 30--June 2--Senior trip to Mackinac Island and Whitefish Bay. June 6--Baccalaureate June 10- -Commencement- -caps and gowns in class color s - -pea r 1 grey and gold. Class Motto: • Chart your course, and sail it true. M SPORTS HISTORY — class of ’48 Very seldom has one class been so fortunate as to have such a group of athletes as the class of 48. Almost every boy earned at least one letter, if not more, during his high school career. About every four or five years a class turns up with a group that are all athletes in one way or another. The class of 48 was one of those classes. Each excelled in some sport. Cooperation, sportsmanship and teamwork were a part of every member. In years to come the fellows will look back on their athletic careers at Algonac High School as one of the happiest times of their lives. During four years of high school, there were more letters awarded to the athletes of the class of 48 than to any other class in the history of Algonac High School. Members of the class of 48 who were letter winners: Charles Clark Frank Day Harold DeBoyer Charles Gonyaw Robert Hagedon Paul Hemenger Bruce Highstreet Fred Hill Albert Kreig Roy Lauritsen Stan Lupenski Donald Meyers Charles Polito Fred Tremblay Jim Wiseman Harry Wi lde