Bedford High School - Talisman Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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Minn Parents Faculty Fellow Classmates and Fraends We the class of 53 are deeply apprecIatIve and thankful for your guIdance and assIstance It IS ImpossIble to measure the value of your counsel In regard to our future as well as our present IVGS Today our class has two alternatIves eIther to dwell on our past Wlfh ITS pleasant memorIes of the enlIvenIng tImes we ve had together or to look to the future and what It may dIsclose Can we see the future as somethIng brIght allurIng us to promlses of securIty and hope? Or IS the future dIm and obscure offerlng only uncertaInty and despaIr9 Some would say We can not know what startlnng ISSUES the tomorrows wIll unfold so one must not be harassed wIth the thoughts of tomorrow merely take care of the problems of today That IS a poor phIlosophy because our future wIll be exactly what we make It A substantlal house must have a solId foundatIon therefore In order to have a future whIch IS promIsIng secure Wlfh a sense of accomplIshment at the age of retIrement a comple ment of educatIon and traInIng durIng youth IS essentIal LIkeWISe the decIsIons we make today mold the achIevements and faIlures of tomorrow lf through school we have learned to be OQQFGSSIVG relIable wIth InItIatIve and perspectIve we can be QUITE sure that these features wIll reappear throughout our lIves If our future IS what we make It then we must not always rely on others to do for us what we are capable of doIng for ourselves We dare not allow others to deslgn our lIfe and constantly dIrect our steps We must help ourselves' Grantmg that what we do today forms tomorrow we must not WOIT untIl tomorrow to do the tasks whIch need to be done w must do them now The world today IS In a deplorable state Ha bored wIthIn the hearts of men are fear and panIc WIll our lIves also be tortured In such manner? ls our future In the hands of fear and hatred so that we are helpless and unable to look forward to a lIfe of secur Ity9 If thIs IS true If our lIves are captIves of terror and panIc then our educatIon IS Incomplete Ignorance causes darkness darkness causes fear and uncer taInty but as w leave hIgh school to take our next step Into lIfe we are not fearful and fIlled wIth dread as a result of Ignorance but we step wIth a courage a knowledge and an experIence whIch wIIl enable us to overcome any barrIer whether It be personal natIonal or unIversal We shall not curse the world by lIvIng selfIsh and self centered lIves The way to help ourselves IS by helpIng others therefore our goal IS to bless the world by sharIng our DOSSCSSIODS our love and our prayers Then when we come to the close of our lIves we can look back over the past and see how the twelve years of school whIch we have just completed Influenced every year and how God blessed our lIves because we helped ourselves by helpIng others Thank you Leonora Stevenson I 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 ' 4- 1 . . . . . . , 1 , . 1 ' 1 11 f - 1 1 II , . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 I - ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' o , .. . . r . . ' 1 1 I - . I 2 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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AMMMLQ Meme Parents Faculty Classmates and Fruends Tonught brungs to a close four years of companuonshup team work and pleasure We the graduatung class of I953 step proudly forward as the tume has come for us to complete our hugh school educatuon and receuve our duplomas We have been to gether as hugh school students for four short years years whuch have brought many happy memorues and experuences to us They have taught us the use of uounung together as a team not only un athletucs but also un the many prouects whuch we have attempted and at whuch we have been successful We have struved to meet each duffuculty that we have encountered un a sportsmanluke man ner Our hugh school years have taught us the rught way to do We have each been told many tumes un these years the thungs that are rught and wrong and yet each of us has come to stumblung blocks that caused hesutatuon un our smooth goung way Each vuc tory or successful endeavor that we have accomplushed seems now un the past although those gauns are the very thungs on whuch we wull base our lufe lt us these days that get us off to the rught be gunnung and attempt to show us the best durectuon un whuch to proceed from here lt us you our teachers and parents to whom we must guve our real thanks Our words do not begun to express the way that we feel but speakung un behalf of the members of our class I would luke to say Your efforts are greatly apprecuated and wull always be a necessary part of our lufe ln the future we wull endeavor to luve up to these thungs that we have learned and wull always try to turn un the rught durectuon for guudance and help Thank you LaVerne Spotts Class Presudent ' I 9 X Y K U f rf 1 1 1 l 1' , - I ' I I 1 I 1- U I I many things, including the way to pattern our actions and deeds. 2 . I I I I I I . . I I I ' 1 . . . . . ,, I

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To Mr Scheltema we gsve thss pedometer to prove to hss wsfe that he walks as many msles as she does For Mr Facklam we have these packages of flower seeds We hear you have a very beautsful garden We gsve thss megaphone to Msss Felsted so that she can be heard better at the athletsc events To Mr Drahesm we gsve thss wedding band to remsnd the gsrls that he ss a married man We are sure that Mrs Salter wsll be happy wsth thss Bedford Goalpost without a ssngle error We gsve these cold tablets to Mr Holmes Now he wsll never have an excuse for hsttsng the wrong note To Mrs Whstesell we gsve thss brand new shrsmp dessert wsth the recspe snssde For Mr Struble we have thss ants toxsn to prevent hss catchsng child en s diseases We 'have thss peg for Msss Klatzel to hang her coat on She didn t get a closet sn er room To lrlr 'Bergman we gsve these rose colored glasses so the world wsll always look rsg t For Msss Kams we have this beautsful fsgursne from Afghansstan to add to her collection We gsve thss pass to the women s lounge to Mr Early so he may feel free to teach hss classes there To Msss Mowry we gsve thss closet sn which to keep her large wardrobe For Mr Maschke we have thss lsfe membership sn the Compliment Club We hope you use st Because Mrs Parmelee always has a smsle for everyone here ss one for her To Mr Starn we gsve these nerve tablets to take whsle rsdsng with the female student drsvers For Msss Golembsewsks we have a dsctsonary that does not contain THAT word Thss badge saysng l am a Teacher ss for Mr Eyler Please remember he ss one To Mrs Rohloff we gsve thss walkse talkse to keep her sn contact wsth the rest of the school For Mrs Cooper we have thss man so she wsll never be lonesome sn that bsg office whsle Mr Scheltema ss away We have these No Nod pslls for Mr Clegg to take whsle the gosngs ons are gosng on swat by nature To Elasne Jankowsks we gsve thss dsary so she may keep a record of all her good tsmes We have a frslly whste apron for Bobs Machado We re sure she wsll make an effscsent housewsfe For Charlene Paszksewscz we have thss cheerleader to remind her of her wonderful work at Bedford To go with Phyllss Snyders lrssh temper we have thss fsre extsngussher to cool her off have a movse contract for Msckey Mortemore Someone must have seen the Sensor play For Carol Baldwsn we have thss bottle of peroxsde Wed love to see you os a blond just once lo Alfred Bagley we gsve thss bottle of whste shoe polssh so that hss bucks wsll always be clean and whste e have thss red scarf for Bernice Sortor Now she ll have an excuse for blushsng or LaVerne Spotts we have these cake recipes so that hell always have a new one for Msss Felsted To Juanita Graber we gsve thss rabbst s foot so that her good fortune wsll contsnue through the years gsve thss pscture album to Jo DuBry to keep those hundreds of snapshots she has of Jerry sn For Annette Madalsnsks whose one ambstson ss to be a dsetstsan here s a book Eat and Get Thsn To Tony Fuleky we gsve thss pasnt brush Keep up the good work' We have a yardstsck for tsny Dolores Blackman We hope you make good use of st For Warren Ahrendt we have thss asrplane Keep em flysng Warren To Leoma Chevalser we gsve thss green Chevy lt seems to be her favorste car We have thss frslly nsghtgown for Don Asksns Now he ll feel more at home when he crashes gsrl s pasama partses For Arvslla lott who loves dancsng we have this card QO0Cl f0f len free l9550 '5 at Arthur Murrays To Dan Cox we gsve the key to Sylvansa Hell make good use of st Thss book on chsld psychology goes to Sydney Ellsworth to help solve her problems as a teacher To Robert McPherson we gsve thss alarm clock Maybe he will be On time OHCG In a whsle Richard Meyers got most of hss rest sn school We gsve hsm thss psllow so that hss rest wsll be more comfortable O - ' '- ' ' ' ' ' r ' ' . . . . ,, , A ,, . , . A II II - . - r To Mr. Waterfield we give this fly swattcr, so that he will be Swat by name and We ' ' . . s s . 1 W ' ' . ' ' A F ' ' . . ' . . , - - We ' ' ' . . . . u - - - I 1 , , ,, . ,, . , . . A I I I lt . . 1 I '