Beecher High School - Clipper Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Q all Qfgiaw S1 luncllss u unv As we entered h1gh school 1n 1948 we looked forward to graduat1on as someth1ng 1n the d1stant future Four years sounded very long But now they are f1n1shed and we look back upon our freshman year as though It were only yesterday F1rst of all we saw our class off1cers elected to gu1de us through the year They were pres1dent Pete Pr1nc1ng v1ce presx dent B11lDan1els secretary Pat McCon nell, treasurers Georgena Ba1ler and Ed Barnes, student counc1l Bob Hoyd1c and Ilene Bunt1ng class counc1l Buford Mundale and Sh1rley Fletcher reporter, Ruth Roof, po1nt secretary Bob F1anag1n Next w became freshmen off1c1ally at the Freshman Sophomore In1t1at1on As was expected the sophomores defeated us then we came to Wh1Ch was our f1rst real project and success Gur sophomore off1cers were pres1dent, Loren Prmcmg v1ce pres1dent B111 Dan 1e1s secretary Dor1s La1dler,treasurers Georgena Ba11er and Ed Barnes student counc1l Gaxl Bell and Bob HOyd1C, class counc1l Norma LEWIS and Buford Mundale, reporter Glenda Clary po1nt secretary Bob F1anag1n Our play for the year was The Mummy and the Mumps The Freshman Sophomore In1t1at1on went backwards for the freshmen won What a d1sgrace Next we rev1ew our Jun1or year Our play was One Mad N1ght wh1ch turned out to be a huge success Our leaders for the year were pres1dent Loren Pr1nc1ng v1ce pres1dent B111 Dan1e1s, secretary Dor1s La1dler whose pos1t1on was later f1lled by Amel1a Janos when Dor1s left us, treasur ers Georgena Ba1ler and Ed Barnes, student counc1l DorothySuchyandChester Hopkxns, class counc1l Norma LEWIS and Buford Mundale, reporter, Glenda Clary po1nt secretary, Bob F1anag1n The b1ggest progectfor the year was the g1v1ng of the Junxor Sen1or Prom The gym was ga1ly decorated as a flower garden Wlth a b1rd bath and blue b1rds 1n the center of the floor To make lt even more real1st1c as you entered the gym you had to cross an old rust1c br1dge At last we came to our sen1or year We look back upon our play Someth1ng Old Someth1ng New wh1ch broke several f Beecher's records by hav1ng the largest adm1ss1on at the door We then began work on the annual Wl11Cl'1W8 enjoyedmakmg to the vary last page Our p1ctures were taken by Cra1ne s and they arr1ved1n late November Our off1cers were pres1dent Loren secretary Amel1a Janos t r e a s u r e r s Georgena Ba11er and Ed Barnes, class counc1l, Glenda Clary and Buford Mundale, student counc1l Dale Bozung and Dorothy Suchy, reporter Norma LCW1S,pO1nt secre tary Bob F1anag1n It was the Junlors turn to g1VE us a prom and they d1d a wonderful Job of selectxng a good orchestra and deco ratmg the gyrn We enjoyed lt very much For our Sen1or tr1p we went on a boat tr1p to Mack1naw Island and the Soo For our class motto we chose The past 15 gone, the future open ' Our flower was the Amer1can beauty rose and our colors were blue and s1lver And last but not least were our sponsors Mrs Frye and Mr T1sda1e, who gu1ded us through our four h1gh school years Our deepest grat1tude and s1ncere w1shes for the future go to them for the many thmgs they d1d for us Z2 '71 x off X 1 3 'ii i -I -: X5 Q fb' 2 9 6 rl' 1 i I 1 I ' - ' 1 I ' n . . , . . . O . , . 1 , e . . . . . . . , . . our play for the year, Meet the Middletons P r in c ing 5 vice-president, Clair Wardg I Q a A A ' 1 1 1 I D ' . . . . l I

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Vfllllllllllllll SAllllAlllIlY Parents and Fr1ends Assembled All the world's a stage, all the men a d women merely players hav1ng the1r en trances and exlts Thls quotatlon from Shakespeare sym bollzes the s1tuat1on of my fellow sen1ors and myself When th1s even1ng has been brought to a close the curta1n Wlll fall on the f1rst Act of our venture Tomorrow when the curta1n ar1ses we shall have made our ex1t as boys and g1rls of Beecher H1gh School and re entered the stage as men and women 1n the play of lxfe As our play moves 1nto a more ser1ous vem we shall f1nd ourselfes w1thout the promp tlngs of our parents and advxsors we w1ll f1nd ourselves respons1ble for our own acts Some of us are dest1ned to play leadlng roles others shall portray m1nor characters supportmg the stars 1n the1r success In these leadlng roles many of us may be portrayed as sold1ers a few as engmeers doctors or teachers In real1ty whatever degree of success or fa1lure we shall atta1n shall be the result of our own 1n1t1at1ve and des1res You our parents and fr1ends, have provlded us w1th the fundamentals of l1v1ng and opportun1t1es for success we trust we are now ready to face l1fe as we should But regardless of what the future may hold we the Class of N1neteen f1fty one w1sh to express our grat1tude for your pa t1ence and guxdance We b1d farewell to Beecher Hxgh School and to the people who have made our educat1on poss1ble Farewell' Buford Mundale Zl School Board Members Teachers Par ents and Fr1ends Welcome to the Commencement of Beecher s 1951 graduatmg class We deeply apprec1ate the honor you show us by gather 1ng here and are glad to have th1s opportun1ty to express to you all the thoughts wh1ch are foremost 1n our mmds th1s even1ng We have spent twelve full years durmg wh1ch we have acqu1red not only the funda mentals of our educat1on but a better knowl edge of human understand1ng These years wh1ch have seemed so brxef have prepared and equ1pped us to meet the obstacles and respons1b1l1t1es wh1ch we w1ll have to face 1n our l1ves as adults We w1sh to thank our parents for the lov1ng care and gu1dance they have g1ven us our teachers for the patlence they have shown m the many hours they have spent w1th us our class sponsors for help1ng to make our class act1v1t1es so successful the mem bers of the school board for ma1nta1n1ng our school s h1gh standards of educat1on and our fr1ends for the1r compan1onsh1p and understand1ng We must now leave thxs school and all the happy years we have spent here We shall leave w1th the sadness that must accompany all farewells but w1th an even more acute feel1ng of eagerness to meet the challenge of the future It was w1th th1s thought 1n rrnnd that we chose the motto of our class The past 15 gone the future 15 open Mar1on DeCourval 2 1 x ' , I ll n ' ll ' ' . . 9 1 1 . 9 ' a I I . . . a 1 2 ' ' I ' ' 1 1 1 ' , . , . . a , . . . . . ll 1 -- 9 , 1 1 .

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lIlASS PRIIPIIHIY Last summer we were tourlng the States and ll was surprts 1ng how many of our old classmates we met As we were drrvtng through Indtanapolis Indtana we saw Elmer Herrxman who has followed in h1S father s footsteps and has set upa very flne darry bar As we were eaung there, who should come ln but BettyCrawford She was as usual bursting wrth news She told us that Don Rhoades Ted Edtck and Bob Roberts have set up a tralmng school lnstrucung boys how to turn their cars into a hot rod ln three easy lessons Betty also told us that Jerry Kettle was becomlng well known for h1s fxrst PIIZC dogs After staylng here for a short ume we left for Seattle Washtngton There we saw Georgena Baxler who 15 happtly marrred to Ed Barnes They are l1v1ng near the polrce statton where Ed has a permanent positron as chxef of the htghway patrol Ed told us that he stopped B111 Damels for speedmg that mornlng As he was frllmg out B111 s ttcket Bxll told htm that Roy Pearce had taken up pro football and N1ck Manych was dorng well at basketball He also sa1d that M1ll1e Guest 1S Fl1nt s best basketball and fxeld hockey referee From Seattle we went to Hollywood There we saw Mary Lou Howard and Ruth R1tch1e as well known stars They told us about Barbara Sampson who IS now playtng the plano for Walt Jones who were junlor producers On the way to the east coast we stopped ln Arlzona There we saw Donna Boulton who IS now married to Pete Prtnctng They are raxstng star athletes Donna told us about Glenda Clary who now has a charm school of her own and bustness ts ftne Janet Ockerman, one of her former students IS dolng well as a model in New York She also sa1d that Kathleen Stadler ts now the prtvate secretary of the Secretary of State Ruth Thompson IS still her loyal frtend We left Artzona for Texas There we saw Leona Blake Vlrgrma Marme Betty Earns Nan Edmonds Donna Gtbson and Ellen Love They told us they had gone mto a store bust ness together and were very successful From Artzona we traveled to MJSSJSSIPPI There we met Pat Bennett She said that Joyce Ruhstorfer was adverusxng How To Keep That School Glrl Complexion We also heard that Bertha Dreuth 1SSS11ll'lg the up to date styles tn clothtng Luayne Nelson is happtly marrted After leaving Pat, we met Doug Franklin He told us that Bob Flanagm and Sterltng Osmun are commercial arusts He also reported that Duane Robxnson ls selling FORDS He told us that Howard Pray ts a p1lot and Lester March and Maurxce Crane own a recreauon center Leavlng Doug we saw Bonme Moore who told us that Donna McMurtry was poslng for btll board artrsts She also toldus Phyllts Jersey 1smarr1ed and hasa small famtly Phylhs Mayfteld is a teacher Her chlldren have quxet ways From here we went to Flortda We met Paul Labtan who Z3 was on hrs campa1gn1ng tour As you all know he s runnlng for President He told us that Genevteve Smtth IS st1ll strug gllng at Mxchlgan Normal Her motto IS I Won t G1ve Up He also told us that Barbara Lannrng Gall Bell LaDonna Maynard Norma Lewls and Elame Turfus are the ftve htghest ln the1r graduating class at M1Ch1g3H State We left for North Carollna and whom should we meet but Ralph Cross He s st1l1 betng looked up to by all He told us that Clark Perk1ns 15 the star of the Hot Rod races He also told us Jlm Trovtllxon has a gas stauon of h1s own and that Don Hoover IS st1ll patrolmg traffxc for Beecher students Last but not least he told us about Janet Underwood who has an art studio of her own A few days later we left for Rhode Island where we met Chester Hopklns He told us Hugh Isbell and Bob Flanagxn own a swanky nlght club He satd that Homer McMurtry IS a very much admtred l1fe guard From Rhode Island we traveled to Pennsylvania where we ran 1nto John Meyka and Don Molxterno who are ratsmg the1r derby wtnners Beatr1ce Dupxus has her own curb service there Our next stop was New York Whrle we were there whom should we meet but Jerry Watson Don Whrte Sonny Wlley and Darw1n Grainger They were vacauonlng there from the1r chain store busxness They told us that Dale Bozung was a professxonal golfer and that Ivan Carpenter and Dale Collins. are salesmen for Smlth Budgman They also satd they had seen Evelyn Wlute who 15 tn the fortune telltng business and she told them Margaret Tlgner has started a peroxrde factory of her own They told us that Marlon DeCourval and Dorothy D1ce are students atJ C They were loaded w1th news so told us about Dtck Dusseau and h1s brother Bob who have the1r own art studxo No other than Bob Barr rs the1r top Instructor After leavxng New York we went to Ohto There we met Clatr Ward who IS a football star of Ohto State He told us that Truman Munsell George Parker and Gerald Stadler were also attending the college From there we came home to Mtchxgan and the first place we stopped was Gracelawn Apphance store to talk w1th Bob and Pat Habermehl who own tt Erla Gaut IS thetr chtef clerk While there who should come tn but Amelxa Janos Juaruta Wyles Pat Nxchols and Dorothy Grant They told us that Patsy O Brien had gone to Scotland for a VISII They said that Patsy Mtddledltch and Patty Stafford were drtver s tratnlng instructors They also saxd that Dorothy Suchy had taken Mr Tisdale s posttxon at teachmg shorthand The last place we visited was the Uruversity of M1ch1gan and naturally had to stop ln and see Buford Mundale who IS a professor tn math He told us that he had been wrmng to many of the classmates whom we had recently visited and thought ll would be a greatldea If we could all get together next year Disnel' Pictures- Thel' 211801016 Us ab0UtHem'Y Morley and B05 winter profits. They have become quite successful in their