Algonac High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Algonac, MI)

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SENIOR HISTORY September 1946 found the present Senior Class, fifty-four of us, enrolling in Algonac High School as Freshmen. Our homerooms were held in Study Hall. Hie officers were President, Richard Rex; Vice-President, William Kersten; Secretary, Charles Gilbert; Treasurer, Earbara Stager. The two Student Council members were Delphine Rzeppa and Charles Warner. Miss Eradley and Coach Greenstein have been our competent advisers throughout our high school years. From the beginning we proved to be an independent and aggressive class. We had previously chosen our class colors, motto, and flower. Our colors were kelly green and white, the motto, T, Up the Ladder Step by Step, and our flower, a white rose. We had a balance of $55. 51 in our treasury at the beginning of our Freshman year. We decided on $1.25 each for dues. In order to finance our future Senior trip, we found ourselves searching for money-making schemes. Hie idea of selling game-schedule pencils was suggested and accepted. Hiis venture was quite profitable, for we gained nearly $20. Karyn Lozon and Robert Baker represented our class as king and queen at the Senior Carnival. On September 3, 1947, with Robert Baker, as President; Richard Rex, as Vice- President; Judy Duncan, as Secretary; and Barbara Stager, as Treasurer, we entered our Sophomore year.Members of the Student Council were Delphine Rzeppa, Lydia Day, William Kersten and Charles Warner. We made $56.90 on the selling of baseball pennants and shields with ,, Algonac ,, on them. This raised our treasury from $188.29, to $245.19. For added profit we raised our dues to $3.00 per person. Earbara Stager and Tom Ishmael were our king and queen of the 1947 Senior Car- nival. When we entered our Junior year in 1948, our home room meetings were changed to the commercial room. Our officers were as follows :President, Charles Warner; Vice- President, Charles Gilbert; Secretary, Judy Duncan; Treasurer, Karyn Lozon. Our four Student Council members were William Kersten, Delphine Rzeppa, Richard Rex, and Lydia Day. Our first project of that year was a magazine selling contest between the boys and girls. Hie boys won and received a party as their reward. We then added 8 small amount of money to our treasury by selling maize and blue mechanical pencils. The next outstanding event for our class was the J-Hop held on January 21, 1949 Our theme was Winter Wonderland . Our profit on this dance was $90 — the largest any class had ever reported. At the J-Hop we raffled a small white Philco radio, and made $88.00 on this ven ture. On June 3, 1949, we gave the Seniors their banquet. We held it in Sarnia , Canada; at Kenwick-on- the-Lake . It was a very successful and memorable affair. Our Senior Carnival king and queen for this year were Charles Warner and Judy Duncan. So ended our most eventful Junior Year. Our final and most glorious year began September o, ±949. Our class officers for the year were: President, Charles Warner; Vice- Pr e si- dent, Richard Rex;Secretary, Judy Duncan; Treasurer, Karyn Lozon. Our representatives in Student Council were: V illlam Kersten (who was president), Charles Gilbert, Charles Eckfield, and Richard Rex. On November 11, we staged our Senior Carnival which was 8 huge success . Shirley Dahl and Richard Lozon were our class queen and king. Next, we undertook the selling of magazines.lt was not as successful as we had hoped but it did add a fairly large sum to our treasury. Our sale of Christmas cards during the latter part of November resulted in a large profit. Hie illustrious Seniors on February 21, 1950, successfully sponsored a donkey basketball game. April found us knee-deep in feverish preparation for our Senior play 11 Mumbo Jumbo . Consisting of six boys and six girls, the cast performed superbly, making it one of the most enjoyable plays ever presented. In June, Kenwick-on- the-Lake was trie perfect setting for the Juni or- Senior Banquet. Baccalaureate on June 12 began our final week as Seniors. Then came that goal toward which the forty- two of us had been working — that night of nights — June 16, 1950 — the graduation exercises I 19

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SENIOR V.ILL I Bob Baker — leave my desire to be a Doctor to Bo-Bo Brady Evelyn Bates--leave my willingness to help to Fred Genaw Cay Cartwright — leave my bottle of peroxide to Elizabeth Avers Shirley Dahl — leave my laugh to Tony Sampler. Duane Dobbin — leave my curly hair to Ann Vandenhemel. Judy Duncan — leave all my A ' s to Richard Recor Charles Eckf i eld--leave my height for basketball to Don Rondeau Chuck Gilbert--lea ve my good marks in Government to Ralph LaParl Karen Gobeille — leave my knowledge of French to Ronnie Holder. Marella Hill — leave my early engagement to Sally Hemenger. Phyllis Hilgendorf — leave my ability to get along with Miss Bradley to Casey Wishart. Tom Ishmael — leave my yo-yo to Jimmy Ames. Roland Johnson--lea ve my weight to Dewey Marsden. Richard Knyzewski — leave all my girls in Detroit to Shirley Haydett. Ruth Krebs — leave my ability to get along with boys to Chickie Douglas. Marilyn Densmore — leave my gift of gab to Lou Cunningham. Ruth Krause — leave my typing ability to Ed Campbell. Barbara Lang — leave my height to Donna Mae Mensen. Karyn Lozon — leave my walk to Virginia Gontarek. Richard Lozon — leave my Casanova ways to Ed Rzeppa. Nancy Murphy--leave my ability to get along with Mr. King to Gary Sakowski. Stewart MacDonald — leave my piano-playing ability to Sandy Smith. Skippy Morrow — leave my speed in track to David Vigliotti. Larry Pe terson--leave my ability to get along with teachers to Sue Ann Deibler. Karl Peterson--lea ve my seat in Economics to my brother George. Dick Rex — leave my good nature in basketball to Jack Kinnally. Bill Kersten — leave my ability to get along with people to Barbara Day. Rita Richie — leave my ability to play basketball to Clara Boughner. Delphine Rzeppa — leave my ambition to be a teacher to Herb Glied. Loretta Sampier — leave my shorthand ability to Betty Sears. Beverley Smith — leave my short hair to Joan Stringer. Ellen Smith — leave my naturally curly hair to Sally Smith. Barbara Stager — leave my seat in band to Roy Haggberg. Gilbert Soullier — leave my musical ability to Pat Lucas. Joan Warner — leave my ability to get along with Mr. Greens tein to the Eighth Grade History class. Chuck Warner--leave my Senior Class Presidency to Blynn Dudley. John Yax — leave my sense of humor to Ed Currier. Fanny Poll to — leave my ability to get credits to Joe Malinski. Lydia Day — leave my ability in cheer-leading to Susie Jezewski. Ray LaParl — leave my blonde hair to Nancy Pekuri. Jack Peters — leave my tardiness to Dick Hemenger. Dirk Sparenborg--leave my quietness to Tom Hemenger. Stanley Sharrow — leave my way with girls to Jack Humes. 20