Birch Run High School - Panther Tales Yearbook (Birch Run, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1951 volume:

DEDICATION To Birch Run High School past, pre- sent AND FUTURE WE DEDICATE THIS, OUR FIRST ANNUAL: TO ITS PAST, WHOSE 27 YEARS HAVE LEFT A PROFOUND EFFECT UPON THE COMMUNITY; TO ITS PRESENT, WHICH THIS YEAR IN- CLUDES THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT IN ITS HIS- TORY ; TO ITS FUTURE, WHICH WE KNOW WILL EX- TEND TO ENSUING CLASSES THE BENEFITS IT HAS GIVEN US. ■The Class of 51 OF GENERAL INTEREST THE FIRST UNIT OF THE PRESENT SCHOOL PLANT WAS THE TWO STORY SECTION. IT WAS A W.P,A PROJECT DEDICATED IN 1939. IT HOUSES AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION GYMNASIUM AND AUDITOR- IUM, BOILER ROOM, GRADE ROOMS AND TOILETS. WHEN THIS BUILD- ING WAS ERECTED THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING STOOD SOUTH- EAST OF IT AND WAS CONNECTED BY A CORRIDOR. DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS OF 1941, FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE OLD BUILDING AND FORCED MANY MAKE-SHIFT ARRANGEMENTS, CLASSES WERE HELD ON THE STAGE, BLEACHERS AND LOCKER ROOMS OF THE GYM, WAR PRIORITIES WERE IN EFFECT AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1943 THAT THE ONE STORY ADDITION WAS COM- PLETED. BUILT UNDER WAR CONDITIONS, ONLY THE MINIMUM NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL WERE ALLOWED, THIS BUILDING WAS FINANCEO BY INSURANCE RECEIVED THROUGH THE LOSS OF THE OLD BUILDING. IT CONTAINS CLASS ROOMS, STUDY HALL, LABORATORY AND AN OFFICE, ONE ADDITIONAL ROOM (NOT SHOWN) WAS ERECTED WEST OF THE BOILER ROOM IN 1949. THIS ROOM WAS INTENDED FOR USE AS A GENERAL SHOP BUT INCREASED GRADE ENROLLMENT MAOE IT NECESSARY TO USE IT AS AN EIGHTH GRADE ROOM. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS HAD ARCHITECTS' SKETCHES DRAWN FOR ANOTHER ADDITION INTENDED TO ROUND OUT THE CURRI- CULUM OF THE SCHOOL. INCLUDED IN THE NEW PLANS ARE PROVIS- IONS FOR HOMEMAKING, SHOP, AGRICULTURE, CLINIC, CAFETERIA, COMMERCE AND OFFICES. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIRCH RUN SCHOOL IS INTERESTING. STARTING AS A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL IN A PRIMARY DISTRICT, OFFER- ING EIGHT GRADES, IT SOON WAS NECESSARY TO ADD ANOTHER ROOM AND THEN LIKE TOPSY IT JUST GROWED. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING RECEIVED SMALL ADDITIONS AND THEN A SECOND STORY WAS ADDED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASING SCHOOL POPULATION. THE FINAL CHANGE WAS A COOPERATIVE VENTURE IN EXCAVATING A BASEMENT TO PROVIDE MORE FACILITIES. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AS- SISTED WITH THIS. IN SPITE OF EXPANSION OF THE OLD STRUCTURE, THE NEED FOR MORE ROOM MADE IT NECESSARY IN 1934 TO RENT THE SACRED HEART SCHOOL WHICH WAS NOT THEN OPERATING. GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX WERE HOUSED THERE UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW SCHOOL IN 1939. CONTINUED THE PRIMARY ORGANIZATION WAS CHANGED TO THE PRESENT GRADED DISTRICT WITH A FIVE MEMBER BOARO. THE FIRST CLASS WAS GRADUATED FROM THE TWELFTH GRADE IN 1924 AND INCLUDED: EUNICE LIK AM ; BELVA FISHER; GWENOLA HICKS; MORRIS HELFRICH; HAROLD LANGE; MARIA DEAN; AND HULDAH SPENCER. THE CLASS OF 1951 HAS 31 MEMBERS AND IS THE LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL. THE CLASS OF 1931 WAS THE SMALLEST AND NUMBER- ED ONLY FOUR MEMBERS. THEY WERE: LEONA MAE CURTIS; A ILEEN HAOSALL; ZOLA HOYT; AND MARGARET ROTTIERS. IN 1931 ONLY 54 PUPILS WERE ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THE ADMIN- ISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL SINCE THE CREATION OF THE TWELVE YEAR CURRICULUM INCLUDE: WILLIAM MCGINN; MAX HEGLER; G. HACKNEY; GROVER TORREY; G. RAY STURGIS; RUSSEL ASHWORTH AND HARRY LAYMAN. THE EXISTING PLANT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE MR, LAYMAN ACCEPTED THE SUPER INTENDENCY IN 1935. MARSHALL GREENE HAS 8EEN A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY SINCE 1936 AND THE EFFICIENT PRINCIPAL SINCE 1942, THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS RECENTLY HAD ITS ACCRE- DITATION EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 30, 1952. IN 1948 TWO SCHOOL BUSES WERE PUT INTO OPERATION TO SERVE THE RURAL PUPILS ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL. A THIRD BUS WAS PUT INTO OPERATION THIS YEAR AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ORDERED ANOTHER ONE FOR USE NEXT FALL. AT THE PRESENT TIME, PUPILS FROM 13 RURAL DISTRICTS ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO BIRCH RUN HIGH SCHOOL. THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TEAMS COMPETE IN CLASS C WHICH INCLUDES SCHOOLS HAVING ENROLLMENTS ABOVE 150 IN THE UPPER FOUR GRADES, WITH THE AREA INCREASING IN POPULATION IT APPEARS THAT THE SCHOOLS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE GROWING PAINS . THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ARE PROUD OF THE QUALITY OF ITS GRADUATES. THEY HAVE A FINE RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCE, COLLEGE, INDUSTRY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP. NVWAV1 lins BOARD OF EDUCATION Cheater Hublnger—Secretary Louis Pplzln-------Trustee Oscar Bloch------President Clifford Hobson—-—Trustee Emerson Morse----Treasurer  Name Degree College Shirley Johns A. B. Western Olire Reid Special Central Loretta Reetz B. S. Central. Elnora Dowd A. B. Nazareth Mary Irish B. 3. Austin Peay A. W. Thorp B. S. Central A. J. Vitany A. B. Central Marilyn Mason A. B. Alma Robert Bolton M. A. U. Of H. • V Joseph Lavlgne B. S. Northern (Not in Picture) On Administration Page Harry Layman M. A. U. of M,. Marshall Greene M. A. U. of H. CLASS OFFICERS S o ? H 0 M 0 1 S F H E $ H M E N Vi W J. HANNAH j. T AVKf n V. PRES. Sfc j.-Romefts « at«« _ PRES V-PRfS' SfCT r 4 e f Q 0 0.L. PrfRK£ K. J- ,r£S- V' T’RES Se £K S'. 5 W -ijar c“ highlights of THE CLASS OF 51 Freshmen year: initiation; one big scare but a lot of fun. CLASS OFFICERS; DICK HOBSON-PRESI DENT, JOANN PARKER-VICE- PRESI DENT, JOHN HANNAH-TREASURER, AND RUBY WATSON-SECRE- TARY. SOPHOMORE YEAR: REVENGE; INITIATION OF THE FRESHMEN. CLASS OFFICERS: JERRY MATT IS-PRESI DENT, DICK HOBSON-VICE- PRESIDENT, RUBY WATSON-TREASURER, AND JOANN PARKER-SECRE- TARY. JUNIOR YEAR: NOW WE'RE GETTING UP IN THE WORLD. ACTIVITIES: MANY PARTIES AND DANCES CLIMAXED BY THE ANNU- AL JUNIOR SENIOR PROM. PLAYS; recoro crowds witnessed our JUNIOR PLAYS. CLASS OFFICERS: JERRY HANES-PRESI DENT, JOANN PARKER-VICE- PRESI DENT, RUBY WATSON-TREASURER, AND AGNES DEWEY-SECRE- tary. SENIOR YEAR: BIG WHEELS NOW. ACTIVITIES: PLAYS: AGAIN WE PRESENTED 3 ONE-ACT PLAYS THAT WERE WELL RECEIVED. CLASS TRIP: CHICAGO-4 DAYS-HEADQUARTERS AT SHERMAN HOTEL- MANY NEW EXPERIENCES. CLASS OFFICERS: JERRY HANES-PRESI DENT, JOHN HANNAH-VICE- PRESI DENT, RUBY WATSON-TREASURER, AND JOANN PARKER-SECRE- TARY. GRADUATION: CLASS DAY; TRADITION ANO FUN. BACCALAUREATE: REVEREND HERBERT DAENZER GAVE THE AD- DRESS—MUSIC BY MEMBERS OF THE GLEE CLUB. COMMENCEMENT: DR. C. A. ANSPACH WINNER OF THE FREEDOMS AWARD AND PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS----REVEREND W. H. CLARK GAVE THE INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION. HONORS: JOHN HANNAH WON TOP HONORS TO LEAD THE CLASS AS VALEDICTORIAN. AGNES DEWEY WAS CLOSE 8EHIND SCHOLASTI- CALLY AND WAS HONORED AS SALUTATOR I AN. JERALD HANES AND JOANN HOBSON WERE THIRD AND FOURTH SCHOLASTICALLY. JOANN PARKER WAS CHOSEN AS MISS D.A.R. TO REPRE- WENT HER CLASS. THIS HONOR WAS BESTOWED AS A RESULT OF HER GOOD CITIZENSHIP. SHE AND ROSEMARY EACKER REPRESENT- ED BIRCH RUN IN THE DAIRY QUEEN CONTEST. MOTTO: WE FINISH TO BEGIN. COLORS: RED AND WHITE FLOWER: CARNATION. A10ST LIKELY Oi-km x? TO SlXCEED -J tlMlUv V WHO'S WHO ‘ h hh ah WITTIEST BEST ATHLETE ft. hosson ST all 'ftOU Vfi i ’ f. ip i • , FRIENDLIEST ■ 4. • 1 . D- PAEMZER. HE5T TERSONAUTK '$ +’ W- ADOMEIT PEsr looking PRETTIEST . taMMER. VI OST POPULAR T J. tfOBSoM BEST PRESSED it r SENIOR CLASS MIRROR NAME N1CKNAME CHARACTERISTICS WALTER ADOMEIT Dynamite NO 1 SY Doris Bel ill Doe Doe Snoring Elwyn Brimmer RED Clowning Dean Daenzer F AKER Always on time Agnes Dewey AGGIE Working Rosemary Eacker ROS 1 E Smiling Charles Fent Snowball Being quiet Betty Fletcher JO WH 1SPER1NG Gerald Garfield Cave man WISE CRACKS Jerald Hanes Gus Happy-go-lucky John Hannah BreckiE Brains Joann Hobson HOB Gum chewing Richard Hobson Hungry Hobson WISE CRACKING Roy Johnson johnny LOAF 1NG Glenn Maeder MAEDER Quietness Gerald mattis TED Pencil eating Edna morse ED BEING QUIET Beverly Norton BEV Fancy glasses Patsy Palmer Bug Working Joann Parker Jo Combing hair Robert Percy Toni Shy guy MARILYN REID Carrot top Gum chewing WESLEY RUHSTORFER Rustie Laziness Kenneth Schmitzer Pepsi Friendliness Arve Sheppard Shep Quietness Richard Smith Milt Mead GOOD SPORT Gerald Tanner JUG Friendliness Katherine Taylor Katie happy-go-lucky Jean upper Toots Happy-go-lucky DONNA VEITENGRUBER PEE WEE Being late Ruby Watson Rube Gum chewing CLASS PROPHECY WALTER ADOMEIT-TOP PERFORMING CLOWN IN THE RINGLEY BROTH- ER’S Circus. ELWYN brimmer-water boy for the tigers. JOHN HANNAH-PLAYING THE ROLE OF ROMEO BUT HASN'T FOUND JULIET. OEAN DAENZER-PRESI DENT OF THE BACHELOR'S CLUB IN Birch Run. JOANN hobson-received her Doctor's Degree and IS NOW IN THE MARKET FOR PATIENTS. ARVE SHEPPARD-WORE OUT HIS THIRD PAIR OF ROLLER SKATES IN THREE MONTHS. CHUCK FENT-PRODUCING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, A HAIR BLEACH. GERALD GARFIELD-PURCHASED AN OIL WELL TO MEET THE FUEL DEMAND OF HIS CAR. BEVERLY NORTON-AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT MATRI- MONY, HAS DECIDED ON STAYING HOME WITH MOM. GERALD TANNER- MANAGER OF THE SAGINAW BEARS. KENNY SCHMITZER-OWNER OF A TAXI COMPANY. DICK HOBSON-TAKEN OVER HARRY HlELMAN'S ANNOUNCING JOB. PAT PALMER-STILL PLAYING THE PART OF AN ANGEL BUT SPROUTED HORNS INSTEAD. JERALD MATTIS—WON’T trade Hattie , his car for those new fangled things. DON- NA VEITENGRUBER-RUNNING A QUIET TEA ROOM FOR BACHELORS ONLY. GLEN MAEDER-BREAKING COLTS ON HIS OWN RANCH DOWN IN Texas. EDNA MORSE-writing Advice to the Lovelorn in the Birch Run Record. BETTY FLETCHER-running for president IN AN ATTEMPT TO BEAT TRUMAN'S FOURTH TERM. JERALD HANES- joined the Foreign Legion and is a missionary in Africa. DORIS BEL ill-runs an Old Folks home for aged cats. KATE TAYLOR-AN ASSISTANT TO JERALD HANES IN AFRICA. WESLEY RUHSTORFER-EATING BREAD AND WATER IN JAIL ON THE CHARGE OF BIGAMY. DICK SMITH-RECENTLY APPOINTED COOK AT THE WHITE House. JOANN PARKER-teaching the first and second grades at Birch Run School. AGNES DEWEY-president of the Univer- sity of Michigan. ROBERT PERCY-bankrupt painter in a pent- house attic in Chicago. JEAN upper-ballroom dancer at the Waldorf. ROY JOHNSON-an admiral in the Navy. RUBY WATSON- RUNS A BEAUTY PARLOR AND CREATES HAIR STYLES FOR FAMOUS PERSONAGES, SUCH AS MARILYN REID—OPERA STAR AND ROSEMARY EACKER-A MODEL. Wo 'WI |HI CLASS WILL WALT ADOMEIT WILLS HIS SEVENTH HOUR REST PERIOD (AMERICAN History) to Robert Zuellig. GLEN MAEDER------well he's just CONTENT TO LEAVE. JERRY MATTIS WILLS HIS APPETITE AND ALSO HIS DILAPITATED, BUT SERVICEABLE NOTEBOOK TO BILL DUNNING. DICK HOBSON WILLS HIS OLD JOKES, EXCUSES AND ATTEMPTS TO PUZZLE THE TEACHERS TO TOM DUNNING. ROY JOHNSON WILLS HIS MOST PRIZED POSSESSION, THAT FLASHY ZEBRA CAP TO RONNIE ZlSSLER. JOHN HANNAH WILLS HIS PHYSIQUE AND BRAIN CELLS TO Bill Cassidy. JERRY HANES wills half his height and his WEAKNESS FOR SHORT GIRLS TO DALE GRAY. DICK SMITH LEAVES HIS POSITION, SUPPLYING THE GIRLS WITH GUM TO I VAN POWELL. GERRY TANNER WILLS HIS POSITION AS MANAGER OF THE BASKET- BALL squad to Bill Mayberry. DEAN DAENZER wills his abil- ity TO READ COMICS IN CLASS AND STILL PAY ATTENTION, TO Arlene Gorsalitz and Lois Reed. ELWYN brimmer wills his HILLBILLY PART IN THE SENIOR PLAY TO JlM POLZIN. JERRY GARFIELD WILLS HIS A.W.O.L. POLICY (A WOLF ON THE LOOSE) to Bob McNamara. BOB PERCY wills his wonderful singing ability to Betty Field. chuck FENT wills his shot gun to Jean Boquette and Nancy Hubinger. WES RUHSTORFER wills all HIS OLD TRAFFIC TICKETS TO JOREEN GRANGER. KENNY SCHM- ITZER WILLS HIS ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION IN HISTORY CLASS TO JACK ROTTIERS. ARVE SHEPPARD WILLS HIS PHONE NO. TO ALL THE JUNIOR GIRLS (2777). MARILYN REID WILLS HER SOPRANO VOICE AND RED HAIR TO BILL WlTKOP AND VERLA BARNES. JOANN HUBSON WILLS HER GIFT OF GAB AND GUM CRACKING TO PAT CON- NER. JOANN PARKER WILLS HER POSITION AS GlEE CLUB ACCOM- PANIST TO Ann Segar. DONNA VEITENGRUBER wills her INTEREST IN THE ROTTIER FAMILY TO EVELYN SCHMITZER. BEVERLY NORTON WILLS HER DAYS ABSENT TO DONNA MAE BLOCK. KATE TAYLOR WILLS HER ABILITY TO HAVE FUN ON THE BUS TO NINA PETERS. JEAN UPPER WILLS HER MISCHIEVIOUSNESS TO FRANCES KLEIN AND Bonnie Bell. RUBY WATSON wills her old chewed up bubble gum to Miss Johns and Sally Duby. (They'll find it under ANY SEAT). ROSEMARY EACKER WILLS HER DIMPLES TO JlM ROB- ERTSON (PROVIDING HE TAKES CARE OF them). BETTY FLETCHER WILLS HER DARK HAIR TO BETTY FERGUSON AND RHEA MCLEES. EDNA MORSE WILLS HER PLEASANT MEMORIES OF SCHOOL DAYS TO Bruce Babcock. DORIS BELILL wills her ability to snore to Dick Schmitzer. AGNES DEWEY wills her scholastic ability to Bob Ragan and Eldred Steepe. PAT PALMER wills her HAPPY GO LUCKY WAYS TO MAXINE WOOLWORTH. THE CLASS AS A WHOLE WILLS A NEW BROOM TO FRANK CuLLlNS. Z i'fCjjl '■ rj. % ■I'jjj'P ft r •J SENIOR PLAY The Senior Class of Birch Run High School repeated its SUCCESS OF THE JUNIOR YEAR IN PRESENTING ANOTHER PROGRAM OF THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1950, IN THE SCHOOL AUO I TOR I UM. A RECORD CROWD WAS ON HAND TO WATCH THE FUN AND FRI- VOLITY IN COM IN1 ROUND THE MOUNTAIN, TOO MUCH MATRIMO- NY, AND GRANDPA GOES HUNTING . UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF MRS. HAROLD IRISH, VETER- AN FACULTY PLAY DIRECTOR, THE PLAYS RAN OFF SMOOTHLY AND WERE WELL RECEIVED BY THE LARGE AUDIENCE. CASTS WERE AS FOLLOWS: COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN Maw Juokins----------------------------Ruby Watson Paw Judkins--------------------------Gerald mattis Dynamite Ann--------------------------Joann Parker Mrs. Hortense Belmont Cliff-----------joann Hobson Zeke Semis----------------------------Elwyn Brimmer mill icent Lowell---------------------Agnes Dewey CAREY NEWBOLD--------------------------DEAN DAENZER TOO MUCH MATRIMONY Phil Gloyd-------------------------------------Dick Hobson Aunt Julia----------------------------------Marilyn Reid Florence Arnold--------------------Rosemary Eacker Hattie Chalmers---------------------Beverly Norton Henry Chalmers-----------------------Walter Adomeit GRANDPA GOES HUNTING Franklyn Kenmore---------------------Gerald Tanner Rosalie Kenmore------------------------jean Upper Margaret Kenmore------------------Katherine Taylor Grandpa kenmore----------------------Walter Adomeit John Rogers-----------------------------Roy Johnson Sheriff Peters-----------------------Gerald Hanes I t 5O?H0Af0RE5 JUNIORS JUNIORS (picture on previous page) 1st. row (l. to R.) b. Field, N. Hubinger, A. Segar, b. Ferguson, n. peters, s. ouby, m. woolworth, j. boquette, p. CONNER, AND L. REED. 2ND. ROW (L. TO R.) SPONSOR, MR. THORP, B. BABCOCK, F. KLEIN, B. BELL, A. GORSALITZ, R. MCLEES, E. SCHMITZER, 0. BLOCK, J. GRANGER, AND SPONSOR, MR. GREENE. 3rd. row (l. to r.) T. Dunning, w. Mayberry, r. Zuellig, W. WITKOP, R. PARLBERG, R. MCNAMARA, D. SCHMITZER, E. STEEPE, AND J. ROBERTSON. 4th. row (l. to r.) d. gray, w. Cassioy, r. zissler, w„ Dunning, r. ragan, i. Powell, d. Rottiers, and j. crispell. JUNIOR ACTIVITIES Parties, Proms, and Plays marked our junior year, sut IT WAS NOT ALL FUN AND FROLIC. THERE WAS PLENTY OF ACA- OEMIC WORK BETWEEN THE FIRST ALL SCHOOL MIXER NOV. 3, 1950, AND THE CLIMAX OF THE YEAR, THE JUNIOR PROM, THE MIXER WAS SPONSORED TO SWELL OUR TREASURY AND WAS WELL ATTENDED. SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE MIXER AND THE PROM WAS OUR PRE- SENTATION OF THREE ONE ACT PLAYS. REHEARSAL WAS HECTIC, BUT EVERY ACTOR GAVE A GRAND PERFORMANCE. THE PLAYS WERE TI- TLED: PROPOSING TO PAPA , NOBODY SLEEPS , AND BEDSIDE MANNER . A SPLENDID JOB OF DIRECTING WAS DONE BY MRS. HA- ROLD IRISH. MEMBERS OF THE CAST WERE: LOIS REED, BOB MCNAMARA, NANCY HUBINGER, GERRY CRISPELL, JIM POLZIN, JEAN BOQUETTE, MAXINE WOOLWORTH, JACK ROTTIERS, ARLENE GORSA- LITZ, DONNA MAE BLOCK, BETTY FERGUSON, AND JOREEN GRANGER. ON JUNE 1, 1951, THE GREAT EVENT OF THE YEAR TOOK PLACE. IN HONOR OF THE DEPARTING SENIORS WE SPONSORED THE junior Prom. the gym was tastefully adorned and music was PROVED BY JOE LAVIGNE'S ORCHESTRA FROM CHESANING, SOPHOMORE ACTIVITIES (PICTURE ON PREVIOUS PAGE) 1ST ROW (L. TO R. ) P. SEIFERLEIN, M. GROOMS, S. SHEPHERD, S. SEDER, B. NEWVINE, M. CRAIG, K. KRA- MER, M. VENABLE, 0. DOUGLAS, P. BUXTON, AND M. Owens, 2nd ROW (L. to R.) SPONSOR, MR. BOLTON, 8. KRETZ, H. SAMU, S. GARFIELD, A. MORTSON, B. PARK- ER, E. REIS, E. SCHARRER, W. HATHAWAY, D. REIMER, AND V. SCHMITZER. 3RD ROW (L. TO R„) R. STEEPE, C. MAGNUS, D. SCHUYLER, H. TRAHAN, R. TRAUB, J. HANNAH, R. LETT- ERMAN, d. EMERY, AND C. SMITH. NEWLY TURNED SOPHOMORES WERE JUSTLY PROUD OF THEIR RECENTLY ACQUIRED TITLE AS SCHOOL RESUMED SEPTEMBER 6, 1950. THERE WAS A DEVILISH GLINT IN EACH SOPHOMORE'S EYE AS HE WATCHED THE NEW FRESH- MEN. EACH SOPHOMORE LOOKED FORWARD TO THAT DAY IN OCTOBER WHEN THE FRIGHTENED FRESHMEN WERE TO BE INITIATED INTO THE GRAND AND GLORIOUS OROER OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN THAT GREAT DAY ARRIVED THE SOPHOMORES GLOATED AS THEY WATCHED THE EMBARRASSED AND FLUST- ERED Freshmen flounder in gunny sacks and hip BOOTS. ON THE EVENING OF THE HECTIC DAY, OCTOBER 16, 1950, The Freshmen changed to normal attire AND WERE ENTERTAINED AT A DANCE IN THEIR HONOR GIVEN BY THE SOPHOMORES. 7U ani 3 k Grades FRESHMEN ACTIVITIES (PICTURE ON PREVIOUS PAGE) 1ST. ROW (L. TO R.) D. JOHNSON, E. REIS, D. WILSON, S. Ewing, c. morse, n. Zuellig, d. Muehlfeld, n. Fent, j0 KOLBERG, AND F. PERCY. 2nd. row (l. to R.) M. Trahan, c. Langley, B. Hobson, T. HOBSON, C. SCHMITZER, A. HUBINGER, R. GREW, R. COOK, B. Snellenberger, and Sponsor, miss Johns. 3rd. ROW (L. to R.) D. SCHUMANN, J. KOLBERG, G. CONNER, E. Shifter, L. Bell, R. rottiers, C. Schmidt, G. tanner, w. ROTTIERS, D. WITKOP AND H. HARPST. 4TH. ROW (L. TO R.) J. HALL, 0. WOODHULL, J. BABCOCK, 0. THOMAS, A. SPENCER, R. SCHMUNK, D. CHILDS, L. HENRY, AND K. GRAY. AS FRESHMEN OUR ACTIVITIES WERE VERY LIMITED BUT ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING AND EXCITING WAS INITIATION. WE WILL REMEMBER IT FOR YEARS TO COME AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEM- BERED AS THE FUNNIEST AND SCARIEST DAY IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE SOPHOMORES INITIATED THE FRESHMEN BY MAKING THEM DRESS UP IN VERY ODD COSTUMES ANO BY MAKING THEM DO STUNTS IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE CONSISTING OF OTHER STUDENTS. SOME OF THE STUDENTS HAD TO WEAR PAJAMAS AND BONNETS AND CARRY BABY BOTTLES WITH MILK IN THEM. OTHERS HAD TO DRESS AS TRAMPS ANO WEAR 8URNT CORK ON THEIR FACES. MANY OF THE STUDENTS HAD TO SING SONGS OR READ POEMS ALOUO. ONE COUPLE HAD TO PUT MAKE-UP ON EACH OTHER. ANOTHER GROUP OF BOYS HAD TO DANCE AND PROPOSE. AFTER THIS WAS ALL DONE THE FRESHMEN WENT OUT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND HAD THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. That evening the sophomores gave the freshmen a DANCE TO SHOW THEM THEY COULO BE NICE. COOKIES ANO COKES WERE SERVED DURING INTERMISSION. A WEEK LATER THE FRESHMEN GAVE A RETURN DANCE FOR THE sophomores. They served donuts and cokes and they oanceo. During intermission some of the freshmen showed their tal- ents BY PLAYING THE PIANO AND SINGING. BOTH PARTIES SEEMED TO BE SUCCESSES. 7TH ANO 8TH GRADE (PICTURE ON PREVIOUS PAGE) 1ST. ROW (L. TO R.) J. WILKERSON, R. FLYNN, R. KAUFMAN, W. NEWVINE, S. REIMER, N. MCKINNEY, M. ACKERMAN, R. HAUCK, J. PAPINEAU, V. COOPER, M. GROOMS, C. COOPER, AND L. PAPIN- EAU. 2ND. ROW (L. TO R.) SPONSOR OF 7TH GRADE, MISS MASON, S. DUNNING, J. EWING, D. BALBA, L. PRINGLE, L. TEREAU, D. COP- POC, D. HAUCK, D. EAGAN, S. BEACH, d. BLOCK, J. HALL, B. BOWNS AND SPONSOR OF THE 8TH GRADE, MR. VITANY. 3RD. ROW (L. TO R.) M. WENN, Y. GRANGER, D. JOHNSON, J. LOUCHART, R. ANDREWS, D. SPROUL, C. WILKERSON, G. REED, R. SUTTO, R. WORDEN, M. HAUCK, W. RAQUEPAW, N. BAMBERG, AND F. FALKENHAGEN. 4TH. ROW (L. TO R.) A. DOUGLAD, I. SEIFERLEIN, 0. HODGES, E. REED, D. DOUGLAS, R. GREW, d. GRAY, d. BOWNS, D. PALMER, N. CLEAR, M. BLOCK, D. DAENZER, AND 8. VAUGHAN. MARBLE SHOOTING CONTEST THE 1950 GRADE SCHOOL MARBLE TOURNAMENT HAD 38 BOYS COMPETING. THEY WERE CONDUCTED ON THE BEST TWO-OUT OF-THREE GAME BASIS. THE FINALISTS WERE GORDON REED AND CHARLES WILKERSON. REED DEFEATED WILKERSON IN A BEST THREE OF FIVE PLAYOFF, 3 GAMES TO 2. REED THE CHAMPION, RECEIVED A NEW BASEBALL BAT, ANO RUNNER-UP WILKERSON RECEIVED A PANTHER T-SHIRT. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM On Tuesday, december 19, 1950 at 8;00 p.m. the grade SCHOOL OF BIRCH RUN PRESENTED A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADE SANG A FEW NUMBERS, CHRIST- MAS BELLS, AS EACH HAPPY CHRISTMAS, AND SILENT NIGHT. THEY ALSO PLAYED SEVERAL RHYTHM BANO NUMBERS, JOLLY SANTA, AND JINGLE BELLS. THE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE DID TWO LITTLE DANCES CALL- ED, SHOEMAKERS, AND KLAPPDANS. The seventh and eighth grade, girls glee club sang sev- eral NUMBERS, LUTHERS CRADLE HYMN, GLAD CHRISTMAS BELLS AND UP ON THE HOUSE TOP. ALSO, A PLAY, THE BIRD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL, BY KATE WIGGINS WAS PRESENTED BY THE FIRST EIGHT GRADES. AT THE END OF THE PLAY THERE WAS A PAGEANT REPRESENTING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. Edltor-ln-Chlef ------- John Hannah Assistant Editor- ----- Jerald H ane Class Editor --------- Joan Parker Activity Editor ------ Joanne Hobson Art Editor- ------- Wllla Hathaway sports Editor ------ Richard Hobson Business Manager- ------ Ruby-Watson Secretary- -- — ------ Agnes Dewey Junior Editor. ----- Maxine Woolworth Sophomore Editor - - - - Wllla Hathaway Freshman Editor f - - - Jeannine Kolberg Junior High Editor- - - Fern Falkenhagen Faculty Advisers Mary Irish Harry Layman ‘ THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL EDITED AND PUB- LISHED BY BIRCH RUN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE HOPE YOU LIKE OUR PANTHER TALES. SENIOR HIGH C-LEE CLUB GLEE CLUB Members of the Glee Clubs (pictures on Previous Page) JUNIOR HIGH; 1st. row (l. to r.) l. Papineau, L. Dowdy, J. Wilkerson, R. Flynn, R. Kaufman, W. Newvine, S. reimer, N. McKinney, m. Ackerman, R. Hauck, J. Papineau, V. Cooper, M. Grooms, and c. Cooper. 2nd. row (l. to R.) Director, miss mason, Accompanist, v. Schmitzer, J. Ewing, D. Baldo, L. Pringle, L. Tereau, D. Coppoc, C. hauck, D. Eagan, S. Beach, J. Block, and j. hall. 3rd. row (l. to R.) S. Dunning, m. Wenn, Y. Granger, A. Douglas, I. Seiferlein, J. Bowns, 0. Palmer, n. Clear, n. Bamberg, F. Falkenhagen, and B. bowns. SENIOR HIGH; 1st. row (l. to r.) l. Reed, D. Douglas, p. Conner, S. Ewing, 0. Reimer, D. Johnson, N. Zuellig, D. Muehlfeld, B. Snellenberger, N. Fent, J. Kolberg, and F. Percy. 2nd. row (l. to R.) R. Eacker, H. Samu, S. Garfield, A. Mortson, E. Schmitzer, B. Field, M. Grooms, S. Shepherd, C. Langley, B. hobson, and Director, miss Johns. 3rd. row (l. to R.) A. Hubinger, T. Hobson, C. Schmitzer, P. Seiferlein, m. Owens, P. Buxton, E. Scharrer, M. Craig, W. Hathaway, K. Kramer, C. Morse, and R. Grew. 4th. row (l. to R.) M. Woolworth, S. Duby, M. Trahan, J. PARKER, M. REID, V. SCHMITZER, B. COOK, B. PARKER, S. SEDER, M. VENABLE, AND R. MCLEE'S. The Glee Club opened the Christmas season by caroling. They sang over the loud-speaker at the Methodist Church after which they went to many of the homes. They completed the season with a concert for the en- tire school under the direction of Miss Johns. The Glee Club as a whole gave an hour of serious music. The girl's SEXTETTE AND A BOY'S ENSEMBLE SANG A GROUP OF SONGS FOR children. During the time they were singing there was a Santa on the stage. A party was given in the gym for the HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS AND THE GRADES HAD THEIR OWN PARTY IN THEIR ROOMS. May 4, the Glee Club gave its annual spring concert, a COLORFUL EVENT WITH THE GIRLS WEARING PASTEL DRESSES. MAIN EVENTS OF 1950 AND 1951 SOCIAL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER-BACK TO THE OLD GRIND—NEW NAMES—NEW FACES, BUT MANY FAMILIAR FACES. OCTOBER-INITIATI ON OF FRESHMEN--TRY OUTS FOR SENIOR PLAY — BASEBALL ENDS. NOVEMBER-BASKETBALL BEGINS—SENIOR PLAY—THANKSGIVING PRO- GRAM AND TWO DAYS REST. DECEMBER-CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AND CHRISTMAS PARTY—ELEVEN DAYS OFF FOR VACATION. JANUARY-ROLL CALL FOR THE NEW YEAR—SEMESTER EXAMS. FEBRUARY-DISTRICT TOURNAMENT—MAGAZINE SALE. MARCH-BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS--INTRA-MURAL FINALS—TRY OUTS FOR JUNIOR PLAY—DANCES--SPRING BEGINS. APR IL-EASTER VACATI ON — TRACK STAR TS--JUNI OR PLAY—LOOK ING FORWARD TO BASEBALL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. MAY-BASEBALL IS ON ITS WAY—SENIOR TRIP—SENIORS1 MO- THERS PLAY HOST. JUNE-EXAMS--SCHOOL PICNIC--BACCALAUREATE—PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS AT COMMENCEMENT— SCHOOL'S OUT. JUNIOR AND SENIOR PROM ON JUNE 2, 1950, OUR JUNIOR CLASS PLAYED HOST TO THE SENIORS AT THE ANNUAL JUNIOR AND SENIOR PROM. THIS HAS BEEN A TRADITION AT BIRCH RUN HIGH SCHOOL. THE DANCE WAS HELD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE AUDITORIUM WAS DECORATED TO PICTURE A MARINE SETTING. SAIL- BOATS, ANCHORS, LIFE-SAVERS, NETS, ROPES, STAR FISH, AND LIGHTHOUSES ORNAMENTED THE WALLS. WE HIRED CARL MYRON S SIX PIECE BAND. THE DANCE FLOOR WAS ENCIRCLED WITH TABLES TO SIMULATE THE MAIN SHIPBOARD SALON. THE BAND WAS OUTLINED ON THE STAGE BY TASTEFUL RED, WHITE AND BLUE DECORATIONS. THROUGH-OUT THE DANCE, REFRESHMENTS WERE SERVED FROM TABLE TO TABLE AND ALSO AT A BAR BY FRESHMEN GIRLS DRESSED AS SAILORS. THE DANCE BEGAN AT NINE AND ENDED AT ONE O'CLOCK.  1950 •LITTLE SIX ’ CHAMPIONS UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE  t.Av Zue lig Maeder. Fent Garfield Powell Me Namara Mattie Langley 5jJe ob8on Coach Thorp-Mgr. Reed S ith Johnaon CROSS COUNTRY Birch Run's underated and undermanned Cross Country team NEARLY PULLED THE UPSET OF THE LITTLE SIX CONFERENCE, AS Coach Marshall Greene's lads came within two points of WINNING THE TROPHY. STALWARTS, DICK HOBSON AND JERRY MAT- TIS PROVIDED THE MAIN POWER ALL SEASON, WITH EACH WINNING HIS SHARE OF HONORS. HOBSON SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD, WHILE MATTIS MADE A GOOD SHOWING BY RUNNING SIXTH IN THE STATE MEET. MATTIS WAS ELECTED HONORARY CAPTAIN. Bob Percy, Bill Witkop and Eldred Steepe rounded out the SQUAD, WITH STEEPE AND WITKOP SHOWING WELL AS JUNIORS. Coach Greene will have to build his squad of 51 around Steepe and Witkop. BASEBALL THE 1949-50 DIAMOND CREW WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN B.R.H.S. HISTORY. Piling up fourteen victories in their seventeen contests, the 1949-50 Birch Run Panthers finished with one of the BEST SEASONS IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY. COACH A. W, THORP WAS SUPPLIED WITH A RAFT OF MATERIAL, WHICH HE MOLDED INTO THE MOST POWERFUL TEAM IN THE LITTLE SIX CONFERENCE. Only Frankenmuth and Reese were able to mar the clean SLATE WHICH THE PANTHERS PILED UP. BlRCH RUN DRUBBED MER- RILL, Merrill Sacred Heart, hemlock, Michigan Lutheran Seminary and Maple Grove, all twice in the season's play. They traveled south to Algonac and trounced the Southern- ers thirteen to zero. Roy Johnson's pitching and the power loaded line up AFFORDED BlRCH RUN WITH A TERRIFIC SEASON. AS LEFTY ROY REGISTERED ALL THE WINS. FINE COACHING BY COACH A. W. Thorp helped tremendously. The undefeated conference record of 1949-50 compares with UNDEFEATED SEASONS REGISTERED BY BlRCH RUN IN 1937 AND 1941. Birch Run played as an independent in those years. m , BASEBALL (continued) INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 1949-1950 PLAYERS AB. JL. ±L AVE „ BOB MCNAMARA 54 16 20 .370 JERRY GARFIELD 60 24 20 .333 CLARE MAGNUS 3 0 1 .333 BOB LANGLEY 40 10 13 .325 LEROY MORSE 13 3 4 .308 RALPH GAUNT 50 16 15 .300 DICK HOBSON 60 15 18 .300 GERALD MATTIS 55 13 16 .291 JACK ROTTIERS 15 3 4 .266 ELWYN BRIMMER 4 1 1 .250 ROY JOHNSON 54 10 12 .222 IVAN POWELL 45 7 9 .200 CHARLES FENT 36 11 7 .194 RICHARD SMI TH 8 5 1 .125 RECORD OF 8ASEBALL SCORES 1949-50 BR 6-REESE 9 BR 5-SEMINARY 1 BR 5-HEMLOCK 2 BR 5-REESE 4 BR 12-Seminary 9 BR 7-MERRILL 4 BR 13-MAPLE GROVE 0 BR 7-MAPLE GROVE 6 BR 8-MERRILL 1 BR 5-MERRILL S. H. 0 BR 7-MERRILL S. H. 1 BR 20-hemlock 7 BR 5-REESE 3 BR 4-FRANKENMUTH 5 BR 4-REESE 5 BR 13-Algonac 0 BR 8-frankenmuth 4 BASEBALL LETTER WINNERS FOR 1949 AND 1950 WERE; GERALD GARFIELD,, GERALD MATTIS, ROBERT LANGLEY, RALPH GAUNT, RICH- ARD HOBSON, ROY JOHNSON , ROBERT MCNAMARA, JACK ROTT 1 ERS, IVAN POWELL, RICHARD SMITH, CHARLES FENT, AND ROBERT ZUEL LIG. GARFIELD AND HOBSON PLAYED 119 INNINGS OF THE 17 GAMES PLAYED OR TOTAL PLAYING TIME. JOHNSON PLAYED 114 INNINGS, MATTIS 113, AND MCNAMARA AND POWELL 111 INNINGS EACH. RALPH GAUNT WAS NEXT WITH 86 INNINGS PLAYED AND B08 LANGLEY FOLLOWED WITH 83. !R I? . .. T ■t„'i, icj. ii ' • ii, «ii.i ' (c. y V ’• «C 'u‘ K'W% rf:i: VARSITY BASKETBALL RESERVE SQUAD THE 1950-1951 BASKETBALL SEASON THE 1950-1951 BASKETBALL SEASON AT BIRCH RUN HIGH WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF RECENT YEARS. THE CAGERS SCORED 981 POINTS FOR AN EXCELLENT 51.6 AVERAGE PER GAME, AND ROLLED UP 12 VICTORIES WHILE LOSING SEVEN GAMES INCLUD- ING TOURNAMENT PLAY. THE PANTHERS, HOWEVER, RAN INTO TOUGH LUCK IN CONFER- ENCE play. They ended with a 3 won and 5 lost record. They LOST ONE GAME IN OVERTIME, ONE BY 3 POINTS, AND ONE BY 5 POINTS. BUT, OF THE 3 GAMES WON, TWO WERE FROM THE LEAGUE LEADERS, MERRILL, AND MAPLE GROVE. THE PANTHERS LED THE Little six conference in total offense with 389 points. They placed three boys on the 10 most valuable players list IN THE LITTLE SIX. THEY WERE RICHARD HOBSON, JERALD HANES, AND ROBERT MCNAMARA. HOBSON WAS TIED FOR THIRD PLACE WITH 26 VOTES, WHILE HANES CAPTURED 8TH PLACE WITH 18 VOTES AND MCNAMARA 9th PLACE WITH 16 VOTES. THE RESERVE TEAM TIED FOR FIRST PLACE HONORS IN LITTLE SIX PLAY. The Panthers lost only one non-conference game during THE SEASON'S PLAY, AN EARLY SEASON LOSE TO AKRON. BUT THEY WHIPPED THE SAME OUTFIT IN A RETURN ENGAGEMENT. THEY BEAT CHESANING OUR LADY, FAIRGROVE, AND MONTROSE TWICE DURING THE SEASON WHILE WINNING ONE FROM AKRON, MILLINGTON, AND THE ALUMNI FOR A 9 WON AND ONE LOST RECORD. THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT WAS PLAYED IN MILLINGTON AND BIRCH RUN LOST TO THE MILLINGTON TEAM 64 TO 51 TO WIND UP THE SEASON. ROBERT MCNAMARA WAS ELECTED CAPTAIN OF THE SQUAD DUR- ING THE 50-51 SEASON. THE LETTER WINNERS WERE, RICHARD HOB- SON, GERALD GARFIELD, JERALD HANES, CAPT. ROBERT MCNAMARA, JACK ROTTIERS, WESLEY RUHSTORFER, DEAN DAENZER, IVAN POW- ELL, ROBERT ZUELLIG, ANO RAYMOND PARLBERG. RESERVE AWARO WINNERS WERE GERALO CRISPELL, RICHARD SMITH, CLARE MAGNUS, ROBERT LETTERMAN, JAMES KOLBERG, JAMES ROBERTSON, JAMES ADOMEIT, RONALD ROTTIERS, DONALD CHILDS, ANO HAROLD TRAHAN. Shown in the varsity Basketball picture are: Top row LEFT TO RIGHT: GARFIELD 4, PARLBERG 10, MCNAMARA 5, J. ROTTIERS 3, ZUELLIG 8, ANO COACH GREENE. BOTTOM ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: RUHSTORFER 11, HANES 9, HOBSON 6, AND DAENZER 12. (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) (CONTINUED) Shown in the RESERVE BASKETBALL SQUAD PICTURE: TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: MANAGER, C. FENT, 1. POWELL 66, E. SHIFTER 13, J. ROBERTSON 11, R. Smith 88, w. witkop 11, C. MAGNUS 44, AND MANAGER, g. Tanner. BOTTOM ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: D. CHILDS 55, R. ROTTIERS 25, R. Letterman 33, COACH GREENE, J. KOLBERG 77, G. CRISPELL 22, AND H. TRAHAN 99 • 1NOIVIOUAL STATISTI CS PLAYERS FG FT TP AVE. F. T. AVE„ R. HOBSON 125 52 302 16.8 531 R. McNamara 87 42 216 11.3 618 J HANES 61 42 164 8.6 382 J. GARFIELD 60 18 138 7.7 383 W. RUHSTORFER 22 7 51 5.1 500 B. ZUELLIG 9 6 24 3.0 316 J. ROTTIERS 18 19 55 2.9 475 1. POWELL 5 4 14 1.6 667 R. PARL8ERG 7 1 15 1.1 200 D. DAENZER 1 0 2 0.1 000 SEASON'S RECORD BR 49-OUR LADY 37 BR 72-AKRON 66 BR 37-AKRON 44 BR 63-HEMLOCK 76 BR 37-hemlock 41 BR 56-FAIRGROVE 38 BR 46-FAIRGROVE 40 BR 49-Seminary 50 BR 54-SEM1NfcRY 53 BR 76-MONTROSE 52 BR 45-MAPLE GROVE 50 BR 39-MAPLE GROVE 31 BR 37-MILLINGTON 36 BR 60-ALUMNI 46 BR 44-MERRILL 57 BR 58-MERR1LL 44 BR 47-MONTROSE 34 8R 51-MlLLINGTON 64 BR 61-OUR LAOY 51 id! 1 km Little- Six Conference Track Champions 1949 Birch Run High School TH£ PAGE OF CHAMPI (at left) J . % Lee Porre at •: . ! I :Regl nal High Hurdles j Record Holder y‘ Class; D ? ' i Flint Robert Langley ? f j!i (at right) Nfj ■ .i . 100 Yard Dash Champion Flint Regional 1949_ . Runner up -t Indoor State Champion - Shot Put Ann Arbor 1950 Lilt tie Six Conference Record Holder - Shot Put '• fi 'I ROLLED UP THE A SEASON THAT WHILE PLACING THE 1950 TRACK SEASON BIRCH RUN HIGH SCHOOL'S 1950 TRACK TEAM IMPRESSIVE TOTAL OF 9 NEW SCHOOL RECORDS IN SAW THEM WIN TWO DUAL MEETS AND A TRIANGULAR WELL IN SEVERAL MAJOR MEETS. THE SQUAD OPENED THE SEASON APRIL 15 IN ANN ARBOR AT THE ROUGE RELAYS. LANGLEY, WITH A SECOND IN THE SHOT, AND ROTTIERS WITH A TIE FOR SECOND IN THE HIGH JUMP, SCORED 9 POINTS TO GIVE BIRCH RUN 8TH PLACE IN THE FIELD OF 34 TEAMS ENTERED. AT MIDLAND, APRIL 27, JUNIOR VARSITY AND MERRILL BIRCH RUN AMASSED 62 POINTS, The Panthers were led by jack 13 Birch run defeated the midland HIGH IN A TRIANGULAR MEET. MIDLANO 39±, AND MERRILL 34£. ROTTIERS AND BOB LANGLEY WITH AND 10 POINTS RESPECTIVELY. On may 3, Birch Run played host to maple grove. They COMPLETELY SWAMPED THE MAPLE GROVE TEAM AS THEY ROLLED UP 75 POINTS TO THE GROVER'S 25. BIRCH RUN WAS PACED BY BOB LANGLEY WITH 11 POINTS AND WAS FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY JACK ROTTIERS AND GERALD GARFIELD WITH 10 POINTS. ON MAY 6, BIRCH RUN TRAVELED TO MT. PLEASANT TO PARTI- CIPATE IN THE CENTRAL RELAYS. COACH MARSHALL GREEN HAD HIS LADS CONCENTRATED IN THE OISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY, 120 HIGH HURDLES, AND SHOT PUT. THE BOYS CAME HOME WITH SEVEN MEDALS. ON MAY 9, THE SQUAD TRAVELED TO SAGINAW WHERE THE LIT- TLE SIX CONFERENCE TRACK TITLE WAS AT STAKE. BIRCH RUN, DEFENDING CHAMPION, WAS FAVORED ALONG WITH HEMLOCK. IT WAS A GLOOMY AFTERNOON, HOWEVER, FOR COACH GREENE'S LADS. THEY WERE TIED GOING INTO THE FINAL EVENT, THE 880 RELAY, WHICH HEMLOCK WON TO MAKE THE FINAL SCORES: HEMLOCK 48j, BIRCH RUN 43 , MERRILL 32 3 4, SEMINARY 17 , AND MAPLE GROVE 3 4. ON MAY 15, THE BIRCH RUN SQUAD PLAYED HOST TO MT. MORRIS ST. MARY'S. BIRCH RUN TOOK 11 FIRSTS OUT POSSIBLE 13 TO WIN THE MEET EASILY 79 2 2 TO 15 l 3. ON MAY 30, THE SQUAD WENT TO FLINT TO REGIONAL MEET. BOB LANGLEY IN THE SHOT PUT, IN THE HIGH HURDLES AND JACK ROTTIERS IN THE PLACES TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE MEET IN LANS LETTER WINNERS FOR THE SEASON WERE OF A COMPETE IN THE TOM MUELENBECK HIGH JUMP, WAS ING. ROBERT LANGLEY, THOMAS MUELENBECK, DEAN ROSE, GERALO WAUN, GERALD GARFIELD, GERALD MATTIS, RICHARD HOBSON, ROBERT PERCY, RlCHARO SMITH, AND JACK ROTTIERS. COMPLIMENTS OF REID SALES Service Authorized Ferguson Dealer Sales Phone 2263 Birch Run, Michigan MUEHLENBECK SALES SERVICE Phone 2185 On U. S. 10 at Birch Run Farmall Tractors Refrigerators McCormick-Deering Milkers Coolers Farm Machines Trucks and Parts Power Units Freezers Dependable Service at Low Cost Mobil — Oils Greases — Kendall Batteries Goodyear Sure Grip Tires Cement Mixers AL’S IGA SUPER MARKET Stop, Shop, and Save Everyday Low Prices Birch Run, Michigan Compliments of BIRCH RUN STATE BANK Phone 2193 Birch Run, Michigan WEBSTER GARNER Sun Gasoline, Kerosene and Oil Products Phone 2731 Clio, Michigan -CON GR ATULATIONS— CLIO STATE BANK Clio, Michigan ALLEN’S JEWELRY Watches Silverware Diamonds Watch Repairing Phone 71511 170 W. Vienna Street Clio, Mich. AGNEW FURNITURE Complete Home Furnishings Call Clio 72511 113 W. VIENNA ST. Clio, Mich. For All the Family PETTIT CLOTHING Best Wishes on quality comer Shoes Dry Goods Louis Lather, Prop. Clothing Birch Run Welding Works Phone 72511 Clio, Mich. i « COMPLIMENTS OF VIETENGRUBER GROCERY STORE Phone 2156 Birch Run, Michigan SCHMITZER SEDER Electrical Plumbing and Heating Contractors Electrical Appliances - Radios Phone 2222 Birch Run, Michigan Compliments of BIRCH RUN OIL CO. Sinclair and Goodyear Distributors Wholesale and Retail Phone 2184 Birch Run, Michigan Shuffle Board and Dancing Best Wishes RAINBOW INN Phone Bii’ch Run 9116 Family Style Chicken and Steak Dinners We Cater To Banquets Claude Elmer Utley, Props. Birch Run, Michigan 7521 Main Street CHAS. WOLOHAN, INC. Founded on Confidence — Growing with Values Lumber - Builders Supplies Coal - Feed - Flour Wool - Seeds - Grain - BEANS - Chek-R-Chix and Supplies Birch Run, Michigan RUPPRECHT’S FRANKENMUTH SAUSAGE Specializing in Finer Sausage — Sold Only at Our Plant Home Smoked Hams and Bacon Phone 3861 316 S. 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