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

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SENIOR PLAY Avast audience warmed to the innocent schemes of Zeke and Daisy the Senior play of 52 at Birch Run High. Wednesday evening November 14, 1952. Between scenes Mr. Jack Boeskool sang two vocal renditions Because of You and The Loveliest Night of the Year . The success of the play was due in no small way to the direction of Mrs. Harold Irish. Mrs. Felicia Fancy, Elinor Fancy....... Daisy Hanscom.... Hortense Hunt..... Mrs. Cobina Chase. Olivia Mardant.... Zeke Sinkins....... Hal Root........... Willie Cartright... Slugger Shaw...... Martin Smith....... Flo Thatcher...... The Play Cast was: .......................Donna Mae Block .........................Betty Ferguson ........................Joreen Granger ..........................Rhea McLees .........................Nancy Hubinger ..........................Jean Boquette ..........................Ronald Barber ..........................Ivan Powell ..........................Ray Parlberg ..........................Jack Rottiers ......................Robert McNamara ...................... Arlene Gorsalitz CONGRATULATIONS Birch Run School’s first annual, Panther Tales was composed by the seniors of 1951. We, of the annual staff of '52 wish to of- fer congratulations to them for putting out a fine annual. Birch Run High School was awarded third prize in a nationwide contest of High School annuals. We appreciate the good work that last year’s staff put in to our school's first annual and only hope that our annual will measure up to expectations of people who received Panther Tales of 1951. The Staff of 1952

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SENIOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Jerry Crispell - Basketball, Junior Play, Track, Annual, Golden Torch. Eldred Steepe - Track, Baseball, Annual, Cross Country, Golden Torch. Dale Gray - Stage manager of Senior Play. Bill Dunning - Basketball, Annual, Class Officer, Golden Torch. Ivan Powell - Basketball, Track, Baseball, Senior Play, Annual, Gold- en Torch. Bobby Ragan - Baseball Manager, Stage Manager. Bob McNamara - Basketball, Baseball, Track, Plays, Class Officer. Ronnie Barber - Senior Play, Cross Country. Ann Segar - Glee Club, Librarian. Ronnie Zissler - Baseball Manager. Tom Dun- ning - Librarian. Dick Schmitzer - Basketball Manager, Base- ball. Donna Block - Class Officer, D. A. R. , Cheerleader, Plays, Salutatorian. Jim Robertson - Class Officer, Basketball, Base- ball, Glee Club. Bill Witkop - Cross Country, Track, Golden Torch. Ray Parlberg - Basketball, Track, Senior Play, Annual, Golden Torch. Jean Boquette - Annual, Plays, Glee Club, Gold- en Torch. Rhea McLees - Glee Club, Plays, Annual, Golden Torch. Pat Conner - Play Prompter. Sally Duby - Glee Club, Property Manager. Maxine Woolworth - Golden Torch, Annual, Glee Club, Junior Play, Valedictorian. Nancy Hubinger - Plays. Class Officer, Glee Club. Arlene Gorsalitz - Cheerleader, Gold- en Torch, Annual, Plays. Joreen Granger - Plays, Cheerleader, Glee Club. Evelyn Schmitzer - Golden Torch, Glee Club. Betty Ferguson - Plays, Cheerleader, Glee Club. Verla Barnes - Glee Club, Play Prompter. Jack Rottiers - Basketball, Baseball, Track, Plays, Class Officer, Glee Club. SENIOR PICTURE Back row, left ro right: J. Crispell, E. Steepe, D. Gray, W. Dunning, I. Powell, B. Ragan, R. McNamara, R. Barber. Second row, left to right: A. Segar, T. Dunning, R. Schmitzer, J. Rot- tiers, D. Block, J. Robertson, W. Witkop, R. Parlberg, J. Bo- quette, Sponsor - Mrs. Irish. Seated: R. McLees, R. Conner, S. Duby, M. Woolworth, N. Hubinger, A. Gorsalitz, J. Granger, E. Schmitzer, B. Ferguson.