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

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1955 volume:

jw VaJsSs § 2425: ftJH- fiS A wft .« w« DMINISTRATION l “«| I ADMINISTRATION SUPERINTENDENT HARRY M. LAYMAN PRINCIPAL MARSHALL GREENE Univ. of Mich. Univ. of Mich. M.A. M.A. HOARD OF EDUCATION OSCAR BLOCK..........................PRESIDENT CHESTER HUBINGER.....................SECRETARY MORRIS EAGAN.........................TREASURER GILBERT BERG...........................TRUSTEE ARTHUR SCHUMANN TRUSTEE I Leitz Reid Dowd Muehlfeld Irish Hurst Layman Meineclce Schmidt Keller Lidikay Ombry Psotka Thorp Vitany Dudewicz FACULTY Donna Block Marr School EI nora Dowd Sixth Grade Patricia Dudewicz Social Studies Flossy Hendricks Butler School Lois Hurst Physical Ed. Eighth Grade Mary Irish Commerce Ida Keller Second Grade Third Grade Lorena Layman Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Eva Leitz Rottier Sch. G. D. Lidikay Music Grace Meinecke Bidwell Sch. Inez Muehlfeld Seventh Grade Joseph Ombry Science Jerry Psotka English Olive Reid Kindergarten First Grade Mable Schmidt Horton'Sch. A. W. Thorp Soc. Science Agriculture A. J. Vitany Physical Ed. Eighth Grade (Not shown in picture above are Donna Block and Flossy Hendricks. Their pictures are mounted on a page in the Snapshot section of this annual.) FITCH ADOMEIT Plumbing-E lectrical -Heating-Contractors 5110 East St. Saginaw, Mich. Phone: Saginaw 42515 - Birch Run 2535 Compliments of FRANKENMUTH STATE BANK Frankenmuth, Michigan Member of FDIC Pres. Julie Hathaway Pres. Roy Andrews Pres. Anthony Miller Pres. Leo Belill Compliments of CLIO STATE BANK Clio, Michigan CLASS OFFICERS SENIOR CLASS V. Pres. Bill Vaughan JUNIOR Sec. Jo Ann Block CLASS V. Pres. Sandra Dunning Sec. Lois Papineau SOPHOMORE CLASS V. Pres. Dorothy Magnus Sec. Janet Trinklein FRESHMAN CLASS x— T res. Janet Robertson Tres. Joyce Papineau Tres. Barbara Wendzik V. Pres. Carol Hauck Sec. Joyce King Tres. Mary Ann Dolfi PETTIT CO. Dry Goods-Shoes-Clothing 103 Vienna St. Clio, Michigan A NEW ERA BEGINS Voters of School Districts No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 5 fractional met March 8, 1954 and formally cast ballots approving the reorganization of these Birch Run Township Dis- tricts into a Rural Agricultural School District. On April 19, 1954 the electors of the newly formed district met and elected the school board members listed on the Administration page of this book. The new Board of Education adopted the name BIRCH RUN AREA SCHOOLS as the official designa- tion of the new district. The voters met again on July 28, 1954 and voted to bond the district for $300,000.00 to finance the construction of a new High School building. The photos on this page show the building as it will look when completed and the early stages of construction after the start of the work in the Fall. Compliments of BRANDELS DRUG STORE Birch Run, Michigan Records-Record Players-Service MURPHY RADIO REFRIGERATION 182 West Vienna Street, Clio I Senior Play-Wardrobe Glee Club PANTHER TALES Staff Keyboard Klub Senior Play-Tickets Glee Club Keyboard Klub Senior Play-Bookholder Junior Play Glee Club Librarian Class Sec. 10, 11, 12 Student Council 11, 12 Keyboard Klub SANDRA GENE BROWN Sandy CAROLINE JANE COOPER Connie DEANNA ROSE COPPOC Dew Drop Senior Play Glee Club PANTHER TALES Staff Librarian Queen's Court Keyboard Klub Triple Trio-Quartet Sextet-Tentet Senior Play Junior Play Glee Club Librarian PANTHER TALES Staff Keyboard Klub HENRY S. GRAY GARAGE AL'S SUPER MARKET 24 Hour Heavy Duty Wrecking Service Birch Run, Michigan Phone 2187 Birch Run, Michigan Phone 2293 Senior Play Glee Club Glee Club Junior Play-Tickets Librarian YOLANDA ARLENE GRANGER Bug JOYCE MARIE EWING Joycer Senior Play-Wardrobe Glee Club Cheerleader Keyboard Klub Triple Trio Senior Play Junior Play Glee Club GOLDEN TORCH Staff PANTHER TALES Staff Queen's Court Keyboard Klub Pres. Librarian JANET ALETHA HALL Jan Senior Play-Stage Junior Play-Tickets Librarian THE FURNITURE MARKET, INC. Complete Home Furnishings Frankenmuth - Saginaw MARION'S BEAUTY SHOP Birch Run, Michigan Phone 2174 JULIE ANN HATHAWAY Julius MARVIN LEWIS HAUCK Marv DOROTHY LUCILLE HICKMOTT Dot Senior Play-Tickets Junior Play Glee Club GOLDEN TORCH Staff PANTHER TALES Staff Librarian-Sextet Keyboard Klub-Tentet Miss D.A.R. - St. Council Class Pres. 11, 12 i Senior Play-Junior Play Football Basketball Baseball Track GOLDEN TORCH Staff Librarian Class President 9 Varsity Club President Ping Pong (Dbl's) 53-4 ■ DONNA LEA KNIGHT Dodo JEANETTE MICHELENE LIS Jean JOHN WAYNE MAEDER Jack Senior Play Junior Play Glee Club Tentet Homecoming Queen Cheerleader Class Tres. 10. 11 Student Council 11 Keyboard Klub Sextet Quartet Senior Play-Stage Glee Club Librarian FRANKENMUTH SERVICE Shellubrication - Washing - Accessories Frankenmuth - Phone 9211 Senior Play Junior Play Baseball Track Cross Country Varsity Club PAUL KERCSMAR Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry Frankenmuth, Michigan I RUTH ANN MARKS WAYNE RAQUEPAW GORDON DEAN REED Ruthie Racky Gordie Glee Club Junior Play Senior Play Basketbal I Senior Band GOLDEN TORCH Staff PANTHER TALES Staff Salutatorian Vice Pres. 11 Student Council 11 DANIEL GORDON ROBERTSON DUANE THOMAS ROBERTSON JANET ELIZABETH ROBERTSON Dan Robbie Jan Senior Play-Stage Junior Play-Stage Basketbal I Baseball Mgr. Senior Play-Stage Senior Play Junior Play Senior Play Junior Play-Stage Junior Play-Stage Glee Club Sextet Octet Basketball Basketball GOLDEN TORCH Staff PANTHER TALES Staff Librarian Queen's Court Class Tres. 9, 12 Student Council 12 Keyboard Klub Tentet Quartet GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION SIMPSON'S GIFT SHOP Frankenmuth, Michigan RUPPRECHT'S FRANKENMUTH SAUSAGES Specializing In Finer Sausages _____________Sausages Mailed Coast to Coast____________ RICHARD ALMON SPROUL BARBARA ANN TOTTEN Dick Barb WILLIAM LEE VAUGHAN Billie Senior Play - Stage Junior Play - Stage Basebal I Varsity Club Ping Pong Champ - Singles Senior Play - Wardrobe Junior Play Glee Club Keyboard Klub Quartet Tentet Senior Play Junior Play Football Mgr. Basketball Baseball Senior Band Class Vice Pres. 9, 10, 12 Student Council 12 Varsity Club Ping Pong Db'ls. Champ I J JEANETTA MAY WILKERSON Jeet Senior Play Junior Play - Makeup Glee Club Librarian Tentet RONALD HOWARD WORDEN Ronnie Senior Play Baseball Mgr. Class Pres. 10 Varsity Club Ping Pong Db'ls. Champ. FRANCES ANN ZEHNDER Fran Senior Play - Wardrobe Junior Play - Prompter Glee Club PANTHER TALES Staff Librarian Valedictorian Cheerleader Keyboard Klub Courtesy of FISCHER'S DRIVE INN MUEHLENBECK SALES SERVICE International Harvester New Idea Farm Equipment HONOR SENIORS A boy and girl shared top scholarship honors, in this year's senior class at Birch Run High. Frances Zehnder, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Zehnder, was named val- edictorian with an average of 3.629 of a possible 4. Wayne Raquepaw, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Edward Raquepaw, won salutatorian honors with 3.464. Janet Robertson took third honors with 3.285. Frances was a cheerleader, an office assistant, junior play prompter and was a member of Glee Club for three years. She was also assistant editor of the school annual, PANTHER TALES. Wayne was vice-president of his class during his junior year. He was a member of the Senior band, was senior play stage manager and was in the cast of the junior play. He was also Sports editor of the school annual, PANTHER TALES, and worked on the school paper, the GOLDEN TORCH. Compliments of THE BIRCH RUN STATE BANK Accounts Insured with F.D.I.C. BIRCH RUN FLOWER SHOPP Birch Run, Michigan Vera Newkirk, Prop. Tele. 2297 Brown Hauck WHO'S WHO in The Class of 1955 Best All Around Boy................ Best All Around Girl............... Most Likely to Succeed.............. Handsomest Boy..................... Prettiest Girl..................... Most Popular Boy.................... Most Popular Girl.................. Best Dressed Boy................... Best Dressed Girl.................. Best Athlete....................... William Vaughan . Janet Robertson Wayne Raquepaw . Richard Sproul Yolanda Granger ... Jack Maeder ... Donna Knight , .. Marvin Hauck ... Sandra Brown ... Marvin Hauck Sproul Compliments of FRANKENMUTH DAIRY CO. Walt Schellhas - Phone 4021 REID SALES Ferguson and Massey Harris We sell The Best and Fix the Rest' CLASS WILL To Roy Andrews, Marvin Hauck leaves his ability to get along with Mrs. Irish in typing class. Wayne Raquepaw wills his salutatorian honor to Herman Matzke. Richard Sproul wills his book-carrying-job to Ursula Randick. Jeanette Lis bequeaths to Llewlyn Dowdy her soft voice and fondness of English class. Ronald Worden wills his job at Howard Worden's skating rink to Bob Garfield. Let's hope it makes Bob as slender as Ronnie. Donna Knight wills all her short romances to Bob Hickmott. Dorothy Hickmott leaves her quietness to Wanda Newvine and Joyce Papineau. Ruth Marks, to Jerry Lerette, wills her shy, retiring personality. Let's hope she can use it to positive advantage. Joyce Ewing wills her cleverness for skipping school to Jeanne Bel ill. To Jean Price, Sandra Brown bequeaths her short hair. Jack Maeder wills his loud sneezes to Tom McNamara. Donna Eagan wills her fine ability and luck of winning boy- friends to Judy Duranseau. Duane Robertson wills his great attraction for girls to Ed Reed. Gordon Reed leaves Regina to the care of Jerry Seder and Ronnie Huckins. Barbara Totten wills her shortness and ex-boy-friends to Barbara Wilder. Janice Duff wills Clarence Bosley to Lois Papineau. Julie Hathaway freely gives her Tom to Beverly Bowns and Nellie Lou McKinny. Dan Robertson wills his bright pink socks to Dale Woolworth. Sylvia Beach, the shy gum chewer, wills her ability to keep it in Mrs. Irish's classes to Sandra Dunning, Shirley Greene and Nancy Bamberg. Jo Anne Block wills her typing ability to Mary Bell Dewey. Bill Vaughn bestows upon Claude Tanner, his ability to get dates. Deanna Coppoc wills her policy Man Hater - to Peggy Eagan. Jeanetta Wilkerson wills her art of romances to Mary Ackerman and Ken Duby. Yolanda Granger, the big time news editor, wills her gossip column to Max Polzin and Ruth Hauck - Come on kids keep the gossip coming. Frances Zehnder leaves her blond hair and rinses to Irene Rodak. Janet Robertson bequeaths her fun-loving times in Chem-lab. to Shirley Gaunt. Janet Hall wills her loud-speaking tones to Irene Seiferlein. Joan Bell wills her interest in the Clio boys to Doris Trinklein. Alice Deuring wills to Becky Kaufman her ability to go steady. SWI HART'S IGA FOOD LINER 110 New St. Clio, Mich. Free Parking - New Location KOESTER'S SERVICE Groceries Gas - Oil Gifts Etc. CLASS PROPHECY The Senior Class of Fifty-five Being hale and hearty and much alive. Has looked to the future to see what may be Held in store for us all in nineteen seventy. We've employed the serress, the prophets and sages To help us look forward down through the ages. But fifteen years forward makes quite a great change. As you'll certainly find when you let your mind range. All through these pages as your classmates you greet You'll rave with surprise at what all you will meet. Their doings we've chronicled, their loves and their lives And what they've acquired in husbands and wives. In a big lonely mansion upon a great hill We find Janice Duff is still running her still. She knits by the day, and works by the night. Cheeks ever glowing, eyes always bright. Looking into a ranch style, magnificent house. We see Frances Zehnd ' ’ ’ , Frances a model, Bud a good cop. Sylvia Beach we find, has a very easy station. Makes her home in the white house, has a good occupation. She polishes the silver, puts out the cat. Answers the door bell; what's easier than that? Finding her vocation through her much loved chemistry. We see Yolanda Granger and surprised were we. At her spending her time in atomic research Mixing all the atoms to blow up the earth. Wayne Raquepaw with pencil, books and all Is studying at M. S. C. this fall. Engineering is his trade, A new model car we see he's made. Barbara Totten, we see, has played the field ‘till She ran out of boys, as many girls will. But now it's happened, as her luck may be. Fourteen oil wells in her family tree. Ronnie Worden has inherited the rink It used to be Uncle Howard's we think. The skating's improved since Ron has taken over And with the girls he's still quite the rover. Dispense with the lyric, the sonnet, the ode, Down with all stanza, all Shakespearean code. Inspired by these, most unorthodox thoughts Julie writes volume on volume, never distraught. For Dorothy Hickmott travels have ceased She now has a home in the far, far east. Singing her best for the good service men. Being housekeeper for a family of ten. 'Twas an evening in surgery and high overhead God entrusted his patient to the plasma she fed. The scalpel, the scissors, the tweezers, the twine A citation for Janet--for her patient who's fine. Counting their money SHEATHELM DRUGS Let Us Fill Your Next Prescription Phone Clio, Michigan LAYCOCK'S GAMBLE STORE Hardware - Sporting Goods - Appliances Phone - MU 34011 Clio, Michigan Looking in on a grand ten room house We find a man--and his glamourous spouse. He is quite dark, handsome and tall. The girl is no other than our own Janet Hall. In the crystal ball we see Marvin Hauck, his career to be. An army major in world war three Commanding his forces, with a girl on each knee. Away from Birch Run has Ruth Marks flown. Across two oceans has she roamed. Now with her hubby in China they stay And start missionary work without further delay. Donna Eagan has made a success out of life. And during the wars, corruption and strife She has made school teaching her chosen profession But still able to support a pleasant expression. Now let us look, for who can this be? Deanna Coppoc, with her brood of three. Washing and ironing her husband's clothes. Yes, she finally got him to propose. We see Sandra Brown and Jac The king and queen of the high school hop, And right behind them, learning the sport, Are Susie, Jake, and little Mort. Jo Anne Block has made quite a reputation. At Marr School she's set up her station. Became superintendent all in one day Now making a fuss for a raise in her pay. Joan Bell now has returned Back to Birch Run where she at last learned You can't keep someone waiting while you have your fun. It doesn't work out with him and his son. Joyce Ewing just recorded a big smash hit The trouble with men and how to stop it. But she herself is unhappy with men And hopelessly tied down with her family of ten. As we look ahead into Gordon's life We see he's still looking for a wife. He sells insurance and is known for miles 'round For he's got the hottest Ford in town. A lark in a meadow, a thrush in the wood These, I assure you, are better than good. But compare these, I charge you, to a Knight known as Donna, The starstudded attraction at the Copa Cabanna. In the very near future we see Jeanette Lis, Teaching school children down in Memphis, She owns the biggest casino in town. Men come to gamble from all miles around. Dan Robertson has done rather well with his bit. In used car shops he's made quite a hit, A big wheel at the shop, they call him Pres., A hen pecked husband so his wife says. As we travel along the road of good fame We find one Jack Maeder much the same. Except that in business he's known all around. Yes, Maeder's saloon, the finest in town. H. L. CHILDS Plastering Contractors - Free Estimates Birch Run, Michigan I WALTER ZUELLIG Excavating, Bulldozing, Fill dirt, and Gravel hauling 10660 South Block Road New York has boomed since Jeanetta hit town. She gathered the guys and gals from all around. Her blind date business is really in swing Including Jeanetta and her great diamond ring. With Barbara his wife and Frankie his son Duane Robertson's home, his day's work is done. He sits by the fire and blue prints he draws---- The dream shop of mechanics without any flaws. The pages of time have uncovered Dick Sproul We see that at last he's reached his goal. He's finally become a Yankee short stop----- Without his presence the games are a flop. Our very first glimpse gave us a start. He's not on the stage but plays the part. New fangled ideas are not for Bill Vaughn, He still juices cows at the crack of dawn. Alice and Tony are now long settled down, In a little white cottage, far from town. Out in the field, Alice we find, Tony in the barnyard, feeding the swine. Classmates, of the future we now have learned. Viewed our lives and to the present returned. Fulfilled we have seen each dire prophecy. So, the future holds no terrors, what'er it may be. So, let's plan a big meeting in a decade or half (The characters we've become should give us a laugh). But no matter the exterior, we're as from the start. Class memories of Fifty-Five, we cherish in our heart. SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS Seniors - Seniors - Seniors all over Chicago in May. In the photo above is skyscraper lined Michigan Avenue as the Seniors saw it from the steps of the Aquarium. Midnight train rides, hotel rooms, floor shows, shopping trips, sight-seeing tours will linger long in the memories of the Seniors of Birch Run High School who toured the Windy City on the annual senior trip May 11 - 14. SCHMITZER BROTHERS Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Contractors Birch Run Telephone 2222 SATOW DRUG STORE Complete Prescription Service Frankenmuth, Michigan THE SENIOR CLASS r BIRCH RUN AREA SCHOOL Presents ty'ieat Scotfo FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1955 8:15 P. M. Ushers Ruth Ann Houck Rebekah Kaufman Mary Jean Ackerman I Wanda Newvine MARIAN SCOTT ......... CLAIRE ROBERTS ....... DARRELL WOODS......... NATALIE SCOTT......... PHIL EVANS............ MOTHER (Julia Scott).. GERALDINE SCOTT (Jerry) GRANDMA SCOTT......... ABNER ESKESON......... ALBERT SCOTT (Father) ... EDWARD SCOTT.......... EDNA SCOTT............ .....Sandra Brown ...Janet Robertson ,... Ronald Worden . .Yolanda Granger .... Marvin Hauck ,... Alice Deuring .... Donna Knight Jeanetta Wilkerson ,. William Vaughan ... Duane Robertson .....Jack Maeder ... Deanna Coppoc BOOKHOLDER: Jo Anne Block STAGE MANAGER: Wayne Raquepaw DIRECTOR: Mr. Joseph Ombry Yolanda Granger - Queen Donna Knight - Janet Robertson - Sandra Brown HOMECOMING 1954 EMIL RUMMEL AGENCY - FRANKENMUTH Writing all Forms of Insurance Organized to Serve You THE RUMMEL STUDIO Portrait and Commercial Photography Frankenmuth, Michigan UNIORS 11 1 I Mary Ackerman Roy Andrews Nancy Bamberg Jeanne Bel ill Robert Benes Beverly Bowns Mary Dewey Llewelyn Dowdy Kenneth Duby Sandra Dunning Judith Duranseau Peggy Eagan Robert Garfield Shirley Gaunt Shirley Greene Delores Hauck Ruth Hauck Robert Hickmott Roland Huckins Rebekah Kaufman Geraldine Lerette Herman Matzke Nellie McKinney Thomas McNamara JUNIORS ANGIE'S SODA BAR AND GRILL Our Business is With the Best Birch Run, Michigan Compliments of DOUGLAS GROCERY Birch Run, Michigan Wanda Newvine Joyce Papineau Lois Papineau Max Polzin Jean Price Ursula Randick Edwin Reid Irene Rodak Walter Royalty Gerald Seder Irene Seiferlein Claude Tanner Doris Trinklein Barbara Wilder Dale Wool worth Jay Woo I worth JUNIORS E. SCHROEDER Hardware Appliances Birch Run Phonce 2102 Compliments of HUBINGER LUMBER CO., INC. Frankenmuth Phone 3521 • £!•! v ® OPHOMORES 4 J t9  a W Henry Altman Louise Altman Robert Andrews Gloria Arnold Edward Beach Gerald Berg Gilbert Gerg James Buell Patricia Buckley Delores Burgess Raphael Cassiday Kathleen Cook Duane Coppoc Sharon Courtney Hugh Cuthbertson James Emery Edith Fawcett Fred Gagliardi Thomas Harper Erma Harpst Beverly Harris Laura Hathaway Jean Haubenstricker Nancy Huckins FECHTER HARDWARE Frigidaire - Easy Frankenmuth Hick Leslie SOPHOMORES Compliments of S E MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC. V Carol Janni Mary Alice Keith Joe Kenny Fred Lewis Leon Lloyd Dorothy Magnus Arthur Matzke Sharon McCulloch Tony Miller james Morse Timothy Morse Ruth Ann Patterson Jack Reikowsky Robert Remender Fred Reuther Edna Ann Richey «MSj Cl Mary Schram Rosemary Shifter George Tanner Bonnie Tobias SOPHOMORES CHET'S BARBER SHOP Open til nine on Thurs. Fri. Closed on Mon. Birch Run, Michigan Compliments of BIRCH RUN HATCHERY Carl Banier, Prop. Janet Trinklein Barbara Wendzik Kay Wenn Lloyd Woolworth Delores Wright Janet Zissler Instructors: Jerry Psotka Joseph Ombry GAS RAQUEPAW SALES Bumping and Painting Appliances Birch Run, OIL Michigan SOPHOMORES KLEIN FUNERAL HOME Birch Run, Michigan Ambulance Service - Oxygen Equipped Phone 2287 Judy Minard and Joyce Future Teen-agers! Think you can skip that high Marv? r 1 1 ’ } Leo Belill Irene Bosley Norman Breiler Donald Britton Robert Cassiday Rosalee Choate Arthur Cooper, Jr. David Cooper Fred Crandall Mary Ann Dolfi Ruth Douglas Sandra Dowdy Mary L. Duranseau Mary Ann Feathers Jerry Ferguson Ronald Fort Donna Gaunt Richard Gaunt Jerry Hart Kenny Hart Carol Hauck Fred Hauck Kenneth Hickmott Robert Hicks FRESHMEN FRANKENMUTH NEWS Compliments of Job Printing as You Like it When You Want it. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING Publishers of the Birch Run Record Frankenmuth, Michigan James Hobson Judith Hobson Leroy Hoi ford Regina Huber Martha Janni Sandra Janni Robert Kenny Joyce King George Kretz John Lerette Richard Louchart Judy Magnus Robert Moore Jerry Moored Jerry Lee Morse Jack Muehlfeld Patrick Owens Edna Parse 11 John Pennington Joseph Price Donna Reed George Reed Vivian Remender Jerry Rodak HUBINGER'S SUPER MARKET Old Fashioned German Sausages Hickory Smoked Hams Bacon Frankenmuth Phone 2011 FRESHMEN ZEHNDER HOTEL Frankenmuth Famous Chicken Dinner Frankenmuth, Michigan Edward Ross Gerald Ross Judy Schultz Robert Schumann Barbara Sims James Smith Evelyn Sproul Ronnie Stevens Shirley Sutto Ruth Swisher Robert Taylor Harold Wilkerson Donna Wolfe Gary Worden Jack Yaklin Kay Ann Davenport RAU BROTHERS Groceries-Meats-Dry Goods Frozen Foods Locker Plant Frankenmuth, Michigan FRESHMEN KEN THEATRE Quality Pictures in Lounge Chair Comfort Frankenmuth, Michigan SHAMROCK SHUFFLE Miss Donna Block Mrs. Flossy Hendricks Ella Aiken David Bowns Roberta Bowns Beverly Cooper Donald Ellis Charles Flynn Don Greene Veraline Grew Larry Hadsall David Harris Rose Hickmott Diane Huckins Robert Hutchinson Alma Janni Gail Jokat James Keith Sharon Keith Barbara Kent Gerald King Marianne Koester Lillian Matzke Donald Layman Carol Lerette Shirley Loney EIGHTH GRADE WEBSTER AND GARNER Sun Gasoline-Kerosene-Oil Products Clio, Michigan Compliments of KRISELER BROTHERS Welding V Judy Minard Barbara Moored Bonnie Pagels Mavis Palmer Bill Parker Arthur Percy Donald Percy George Randick Jean Ross Robert Schian Sharlene Smith Garman Snellenberger Richard Steepe Frank Wilkerson Chester Wright Ola Wright CLIO BAKERY We Serve Birch Run Phone 3521 Special Orders for Weddings and Parties EIGHTH GRADE HOUGHTON ELEVATOR Feed, Grain, Beans, Seed, Coal Clio, Michigan 1 1 I Marilyn Baum I la Mae Beach Nancy Berg Deborah Block Maxine Brimmer Patricia Cooper Ruth Coppoc Sharon DeCaire Everett Dowdy Barbara Downing Karen Dunn Ronald Duranseau Marcia Hart Nancy Hauck Richard Hauck Edward Henry Thomas Hubinger Alice Johnson Sharon Kingsley Larry Kriseler Jerome Magnus Danial Matzke Kathleen Murphy Robert Ostrom SEVENTH GRADE Compliments of THE BIRCH RUN HARDWARE CO. Philgas—Westinghouse—Zenith Compliments of McNAMARA'S FOOD MARKET Birch Run, Michigan LeRoy Parlberg Rudolph Polzin Errol Ross Ruth Seiferlein Loretta Stafford Patricia Steepe Carma Sutto Patricia Tereau Robert Thomas Gerald Trinklein Elinor VanCuren Becky Varney Marlene Wolfe Roger Zissler Sue Ann Zissler Loretta Swartz William Standage Harold Shroeder Lamoine Cutchall Instructor: Inez Muehlfeld ADOMEIT GENERAL STORE Groceries-Meats-Hardware-Gas-Oil Morseville, Michigan Phone Birch Run 2535 SEVENTH GRADE DOLFI'S FOOD MARKET 8010 Dixie Highway Groceries-Fresh Produce YEARBOOK STAFF STANDING: L. to R. Frances Zehnder, Caroline Cooper, Sylvia Beach, Wayne Raquepaw. SEATED: L. to R. Sandro Brown, Julie Hathaway, Janet Robertson, Yolanda Granger. THE ANNUAL STAFF Editor in Chief ............................. Sports Editor ............................... Business Manager................................ Activity Editor................................. Assistant Activity Editor.................... Assistant Editor............................. Senior Class Editor.......................... Secretary ................................... Art Editor................................... Faculty Sponsors ............................ . Julie Hathaway Wayne Raquepaw ,. Jo Anne Block .Yolanda Granger Caroline Cooper Frances Zehnder ... Sandra Brown ... Sylvia Beach . Janet Robertson ... Harry Layman Marshall Greene Incidental Art work by Geraldine Lerette DON R. HARRIS WALT'S GARAGE The Prescription Drug Store 8411 Birch Run Rd. Phone 2154 Clio, Mich. Phone MU 3-1121 General Repairs GIRLS GLEE CLUB TOP ROW: L. to R. J. Haubenstricker, K. Cook, P. Eagan, J. Bell, B. Harris, L. Papineau, J. Block, D. Coppoc, S. Dunning, L. Hathaway, D. Reed, Y. Granger, J. Robertson, D. Hauck, J. Wilkerson. SECOND ROW: S. Courtney, J. Trinklein, U. Randick, G. Arnold, B. Percy, L. Altman, G. Lerette, N. Huckins, R. Kaufman, S. Beach, L. Dowdy, I. Seiferlein, J. Papineau, R. Marks. THIRD ROW: J. Ewing, D. Trinklein, C. Janni, M. Ackerman, P. Buckley, C. Cooper, D. Knight, S. Greene, J. Zissler, R. Hauck, S. Brown, F. Zehnder, D. G. Lidikay (Director). BOTTOM ROW: M. Keith, R. Douglas, B. Totten, J. Belill, W. Newvine, M. Dewey, R. Shifter, M. Dolfi, B. Sims, S. Dowdy, J. Duranseau. TOP ROW: L. to R. E. Aiken, J. Ross, B. Kent, D. Huckins, G. Jocket, V. Grew, B. Moored, C. Lerette, B. Pagels, M. Koester, B. Downing, A. Johnson. SECOND ROW: P. Tereau, E. VanCuren, L. Swartz, B. Varney, Lamoine Cute hall, M. Baum, S. Keith, A. Janni, J. Minard, D. Block, R. Seiferlein, M. Hart, R. Hickmott. THIRD ROW: M. Wolfe, N. Berg, S. Kingsley, K. Dunn, S. Zissler, I. Beach, S. DeCaire, N. Hauck, L. Matzke, M. Palmer, R. Bowns, P. Copper, D. G. Lidikay (Director). BOTTOM ROW: P. Steepe, K. Murphy, R. Coppoc, C. Sutto, B. Copper, M. Brimmer, L. Stafford, S. Smith, S. Loney. STAR OF THE WEST MILLING COMPANY Congratulations Class of '55 _____________Frankenmuth, Michigan (Dial 2131)_________________ I GALSTERER MOTOR SALES Ford Sales Service 24 Hour Wrecker Service SENIOR BAND TOP ROW: L. to R. B. Moored, V. Remender, J. Belill, J. Schultz, J. King, J. Papineau, R. Hauck, C. Houck, R. Douglas, S. Dowdy, J. Lerette. SECOND ROW: T. Hubinger, E. Sproul, E. Beach, S. Dunning, L. Picklemann, N. Brieler, D. Layman, R. Schumann, T. McNamara, R. Hicks, L. Papineau, T. Keller. BOTTOM ROW: D. Ellis, N. McKinney, S. Smith, R. Hadsall, L. Hadsall, K. Hauck, S. DuCaire, S. Courtney, M. Ackerman, I. Beach, L. Kriseler, D. G. Lidikay (Director). JUNIOR BAND TOP ROW: L. to R. J. Hobson, R. Hobson, R. Polzin, R. Fort, B. Downing, J. Kvasnica, D. Huckins, C. Hauck, J. King, R. Coppoc, Ins. Mr. Lidikay. BOTTOM ROW: R. Douglas, B. Kent, J. Minard, J. Schultz, D. Percy, J. Pagels, J. Keller, G. King, D. Wenn. BROWN'S DRY GOODS Men's furnishings-Shoes-Rubber footwear Phone MU 3-4561 Clio EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Life, Mortgage, and Group Insurance Endowments, Annuities, and Trusts Morris R. Eagon Birch Run TOP ROW: L. to R. Lloyd Woolworth, Robert Benes, Roy Andrews, Frederick Reuther, Robert Hickmott, Claud Tanner, Max Polzin, Leon Lloyd, Robert Garfield, Leonard Pickelmann. BOTTOM ROW: A. W. Thorp and J. Ombry (sponsors), Richard Sproul, John Maeder, Dale Woolworth, Marvin Hauck, William Vaughan, Ronald Worden, J. Psotka and J. Vitany (sponsors). The Varsity Club was formally organized during the 1954-55 school year after in- formally assembling as a club in 1953-54. The group elected Marvin Hauck president, William Vaughan secretary, and Claud Tanner treasurer. The purposes of the group were stated as the promotion of school loyalty, the raising of funds, developing proper evaluation of the school letter award, and service to the Athletic Association through work as ushers, ticket takers, etc. The club also plans to award annually a Jack Rottiers Memorial Plaque to an out- standing boy in the areas of athletic and academic achievement and citizenship. Jack Rottiers was an outstanding athlete who was killed in an automobile accident while in his senior year at Birch Run High School. BOYS GLEE CLUB STUDENT COUNCIL TOP ROW: L. to R. Joyce King, Carol Hauck, Mary Dolfi, Roy Andrews, Leo Be I i 11, Barbara Wendzik, Janet Trinklein, Sandra Dunning, Dorothy Magnus, Anthony Miller. SEATED: Lois Papineau, Jo Anne Block, William Vaughan, Julie Hathaway, Janet Robertson, Joyce Papineau. MUSIC CLUB TOP ROW: L. to R. J. Belli I, W. Newvine, J. Duranseau, M. Dewey, C. Janni, J. Trinklein, M. Ackerman, D. Knight, S. Brown, J. Ewing, F. Zehnder, R. Hauck, P. Buckley, R. Shifter, B. Totten. SECOND ROW: Sponsor, D. Lidikay, B. Percy, M. Keith, S. Courtney, N. Huckins, L. Altman, G. Lerette, B. Harris, J. Papineau, D. Hauck, B. Kaufman, S. Beach, G. Arnold, J. Bell. BOTTOM ROW: P. Eagan, S. Dunning, L. Hathaway, J. Robertson, Y. Granger, J. Haubenstricker, K. Cook, L. Dowdy, D. Coppoc, L. Papineau, J. Block. THE JUNIOR CLASS Lorry OF BIRCH RUN HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS CURTAIN GOING UP APRIL 29 and 30, 1955 CAST OF CHARACTERS Andy1 Miss Irene Burgess Lorry (Loretta) Fuller.- Nancy Leveridge Miss Henrietta Rivers Miss Carolyn Moran Janet Young Elsie Hunter Sylvia Moore Joan White Kyle Roberts Mr. Norman Carter Andy Fullbright Cliff Gutherie Milt Sanders Buck O'Hara Mr. Tony Peterson Mr. Richard Leveridge PROMPTER: Mary Jean Ackerman STAGE MANAGER: Sandra Dunning SYNOPSIS OF SCENES The scene throughout is the stage and auditorium of the Riverview High School during and immediately after the production of a school play. ACT I: A Friday Afternoon in Spring. ACT II: Scene I - One week later: Afternoon. Scene II - Three weeks later: Afternoon. ACT III: The following evening, late. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN PROGRAMS: Geraldine Lerette. STAGE: Edwin Reid, Robert Hickmott, Shirley Gaunt. PUBLICITY: Joyce Papineau, Llewelyn Dowdy, Ruth Ann Hauck. USHERS: Pat Buckley, Rosemary Shifter, Delores Burgess, Dorothy Magnus. DIRECTOR J. P. Ombry Burgess II Carter' Psotka and Vitany in a jovial mood they must have won the game! Hauck-Papineau-Ditto-Belil I Sutto - Feathers - Hobson The wa II - Hall Wilke rson and JOE HUFFMAN Sawmill Operator - Timber Buyer 11135 South Gera Rd. Birch Run HALFWAY STOP Sporting Goods Groceries, Meats 12160 Dixie Hwy. PROM 1954 Joan alone Norma and Larry Faculty Row Maestro Maliack and his band Vivian and Fran Boeskool-Greene-Layman-Layman-Greene Don and Nina Senior Sponsors Layman - Irish THE NEW BUILDING RISES Courtney-Harpst-Zehnder-Cooper- Belill Spring Concert 1954 I ---ON THE FIELD AND IN THE GYM------- : NEW SCHOOL FROM THE GROUND UP Grew - Gaunt - Randick and one unidentified. Frank Cullen - bus driver extraordinary and sometime disk jockeyll Barbara Totten - she provides the disks. SSmh tf pj ±$ ® .sf«S , ITL9-+ m —.. «I •ss . tr :•«£ «K ? •w ilif •:  W£1 ? CP 0 ft i a  $w V m A ksk S iKA 1 THLETICS mw.00 ■  • •RNfr gg5 fei£«g gassl VARSITY FOOTBALL TOP ROW: L. to R. Bockfield Coach J. Psotka, George Tanner, Robert Garfield, James Smith, Robert Remender, Claud Tanner, Robert Moore, Kenneth Duby, Gordon Woodhull, Arthur Cooper, Head Coach J. A. Vltany. MIDDLE ROW: James Morse, Gilbert Berg, Gerald Moored, Robert Benes, Marvin Hauck, Fred Reuther, Roy Andrews, Norman Breiler, Max Polzin. BOTTOM ROW: David Cooper (mgr.), Robert Hicks, Leonard Pickelmann, Leo Belill, William Vaughan (mgr.), Edward Ross, Donald Britton, Fred Hauck, Jerry Ferguson (mgr.). FOOTBALL 1954 In Birch Run's third year of football the team showed a season of real improvement. They lost the first two games against Seminary and MSD but won the third game of the season against Saginaw St. Joseph. This was the first victory in the history of the team and it had a great psychological effect on later games. Playing the Flint Northern Sophomores, a class B team, the Panthers suffered the third loss of the season. They didn't disappoint the homecoming crowd when they defeated Flint Holy Redeemer in a drizzling rain. Birch Run rallied for two last period touchdowns to gain the victory. With three minutes of play left, Andrews blasted twenty yards for the winning touchdown. Marvin Hauck led Birch Run against New Lothrop to the third and final victory in six games. He scored three touchdowns on short running plays. THE SEASONS RECORD - Sept. 17 M. L. Seminary 27, Birch Run 6 at Sag.- Sept. 24 Mich. Sch. for Deaf 32, Birch Run 0 at Flint, - Oct. 1 Sag. St. Joseph 6, Birch Run 13 at Birch Run, - Oct. 8 Flint N. Soph. 13, Birch Run 0 at Birch Run,- Oct. 16 Flint Holy Redeemer 19, Birch Run 25 at Birch Run, - Oct. 22 New Lothrop 18, Birch Run 26 at Birch Run. THE LETTER WINNERS - Andrews, Benes, Berg, Breiler, Cooper, Duby, Garfield, Hauck, Moored, Morse, Polzin, Remender, Reuther, Seder, Smith, C. Tanner, G. Tanner, Woolworth, Ferguson (mgr.), Vaughan (mgr.). RESERVE AWARDS - Belill, Britton, Hart, Hauck, Hicks, Moore, Pickelmann, Ross, Woodhul I. PINKY'S FISH MARKET All Kinds of Fresh Smoked Fish Restaurant Specials - Ph. 4198 Birch Run Compliments of EMERSON MORSE Mason Work Ph. 2264 - Birch Run VARSITY BASKETBALL TOP ROW: L. to R. Edwin Reid, Robert Benes, Dale Woolworth, Jerry Moored, Coach Vitany. BOTTOM ROW: Marvin Hauck, George Tanner, Norman Breiler, Robert Garfield, Roy Andrews. BASKETBALL 1954-55 In what turned out to be a bleak campaign for the Birch Run Cagers who won three and lost 15 there were moments of joy. The high lights of the season were the Panthers1 upset victory over previously unbeaten Atherton 60-58. Likewise the high scoring battle with Seminary as the Birch Run Cagers fell 76-66 in a contest which saw the five starters play the complete game. In an over-time thriller Hemlock nipped the underdog Panthers 54-61. In this contest Norman Breiler was fouled with 5 seconds to play as Hemlock led 51-50, Breiler tied the game 51-51 with his first throw but failed on the second forcing the game into an extra session. Varsity awards went to the following boys—Marvin Hauck-Captain and Bob Garfield both second varsity awards. Norman Breiler, Bob Benes, George Tanner, Ed Reid, and Roy Andrews each awarded letter for first time. Reserve awards were given the following boys--Dale Woolworth, Art Cooper, Fred Reuther, Tony Miller, Len Pickelmann, Jerry Moored, Don Reed, Jerry Ferguson, Claude Tanner, Leo Bel ill, Fred Hauck, Bob Hicks, and Jerry Seder. Manager's letters were awarded to Jim Reuther and Fred Hauck. BASKETBALL SEASON RECORD BR 29 Mich. Luth. Seminary 63 BR 31 Merrill 73 BR 43 Maple Grove 56 BR 40 Hemlock 70 BR 33 St. Charles 61 BR 50 Holy Redeemer 47 BR 44 Mich. Sch. for Deaf 62 BR 60 Atherton 58 BR 54 Merrill 71 CHAS. WOLOHAN INC. Lumber and Builders Supplies Feeds and Seeds BR 37 St. Charles 75 BR 53 Maple Grove 79 BR 30 Atherton 73 BR 53 Mich. Sch. for Deaf 50 BR 66 Mich. Luth. Seminary 76 BR 49 Montrose 61 BR 27 Sag. Sacred Heart 60 BR 54 Hemlock 61 BR 31 Mayvil le 67 HADSALL AUTO S A 1 Birch Run, Michigan Buick and Chevrolet Sales and Service VARSITY BASKETBALL STATISTICS 1954-1955 Name G FG FT Ave. TP Ave. Marvin Hauck 18 106 60 46% 272 15.1 Robert Garfield 17 60 35 53% 155 9.1 Roy Andrews 17 41 18 27% 100 5.8 Norman Greiler 18 30 18 27% 78 4.3 George Tanner 16 32 12 37% 76 4.7 Robert Benes 17 11 24 52% 46 2.9 Leo Belill 5 4 4 40% 12 2.4 Edward Reid 11 3 1 14% 7 .6 Tony Miller 4 1 0 — 2 .2 Artner Cooper 1 0 1 33% 1 1.0 Dale Wool worth 8 0 0 0% 0 .0 Totals 18 300 182 40% 784 43.6 RESERVE RASKETRALL TOP ROW: L. to R. James Reuther Mgr., David Cooper, Gerald Ferguson, Gerald Seder, Donald Reed, Frederick Reuther, Robert Hicks, Coach Psotka. BOTTOM ROW: Anthony Miller, Leo Bel ill, Claud Tanner, Arthur Cooper. RESERVE BASKETBALL 1954-55 The 1954-55 Little Panthers enjoyed a fairly successful season under their new coach Jerry Psotka with 7 wins against 10 defeats. Leo Be till topped the individual scoring with 163 points in 13 games. Fred Hauck tossed in 109 points in 12 games. Art Cooper marked up 145 in 17 and Claude Tanner tallied 117 in 15 games. HUBINGER'S GROCERIES AND MEATS We Deliver Dial 2123 Birch Run, Michigan BIRCH RUN LOCKER CO. Groceries-Meats-Frozen Meat Vegetables-Fish-Beer-Liquor BASEBALL TOP ROW: L. to R. Homer Harpst, Jack Maeder, Glenn Harris, Glen Tanner, Donald Witkop, Claud Tanner, Richard Sproul. MIDDLE ROW: Max Polzin (mgr.), William Vaughan, Gilbert Berg, Donald Calkins, Robert Benes, Robert Remender, Robert Schmuck, Robert Garfield. BOTTOM ROW: Marvin Hauck, Lloyd Woolworth (mgr.), James Morse, Donald Childs, Chauncey Schmidt, Coach A. W. Throp, Larry Henry, Kenneth Duby, Herman Matzke, Dale Schumann. BASEBALL 1954 The 1954 Baseball squad garnered four wins in a ten game schedule. New Lothrop, Hemlock, Maple Grove, and Chesaning fell before the Panthers in a season marked by several well-played games in which the Panthers lost five games by the slim margin of a total of ten runs. In only one game were the Throp-men decisively defeated. Maple Grove blasted the Panthers 12-5 in the closing game of the season but the Panthers atoned for this lop-sided decision by trimming Hemlock 15-6 in the second half of a double header at Hemlock May 4. Glen Tanner and Glenn Harris led the hitters with identical .300 averages. Harris also topped the team in scoring with eight runs. Baseball letter winners with innings played were as follows: Homer Harpst, 63; Chauncey Schmidt, 55; Glenn Harris, 57; Richard Sproul, 65; Glen Tanner, 63; Donald Witkop, 30; Dale Schumann, 30; Marvin Hauck, 64; Robert Garfield, 31; Robert Schmuck, 54; William Vaughn, 35; Larry Henry, 14; Max Polzin, Manager; Lloyd Wool- worth, Manager. BASEBALL SCORES BR 4 Chesaning 5 BR 6 New Lothrop 2 BR 0 Hemlock 2 BR 15 Hemlock 6 BR 1 Seminary 3 LOUIS LATHER Birch Run Welding Works We I ding-Blacksmi thing-General Repair BR 2 Seminary 5 BR 3 New Lothrop 5 BR 8 Maple Grove 9 BR 7 Chesaning 5 BR 5 Maple Grove 12 Compliments of FLESCHNER CLINIC Birch Run, Michigan BATTING AVERAGES Player AB R H Ave. Homer Harpst 33 7 6 .181 Chancey Schmidt 32 6 8 .250 Glenn Harris 30 8 9 .300 Richard Sproul 30 6 8 .267 Glenn Tanner 30 6 9 .300 Marvin Hauck 29 1 5 .172 Robert Schmunck 27 4 6 .222 William Vaughan 15 1 2 .133 Donald Witkop 12 0 1 .083 Dale Schumann 12 1 2 .166 Robert Garfield 12 4 0 .000 Jack Maeder 7 3 2 .285 Donald Childs 5 1 2 .400 Robert Benes 5 1 1 .200 Claude Tanner 4 1 1 .250 Gilbert Berg 3 1 0 .000 Donald Calkins 3 1 0 .000 Larry Henry 3 0 0 .000 James Morse 3 0 0 .000 Herman Matzke 2 0 0 .000 Robert Remender 2 0 1 .500 Kenneth Duby 2 0 0 .000 George Tanner 2 0 0 .000 JR. HI. BASKETBALL TOP ROW: L. to R. Coach James Vitany, James Keith, Harold Schroeder, Gerald King, Robert Hutchinson, Everett Dowdy. BOTTOM ROW: Donald Greene, LeRoy Parlberg, Larry Hadsall, David Harris, Donald Layman. RAINBOW INN HOTEL Family Style Chicken Steak Dinners Birch Run Phone 2107 CONLEE OIL AND TRACTOR SALES Birch Run Div., Mobilgas Distributors Phone 2184, Oscar Block, Mgr. CHEER LEADERS WINDMILL POINT GULF SERVICE Gulf Tires, Batteries, Acces. Phone Clio MU 3-9711 BABCOCK'S SUPER MARKET A Complete Food Store Clio, Michigan HERMIE'S RECREATION Cigars - Mooney's Ice Cream - Cigarettes • Birch Run - Phone 2221 --BILL BROWN NIGHT-- Above Bill is shown receiving an award from Coach Vitany for his 20 years of faithful service as basketball scorekeeper. Compliments of TOTTEN'S SERVICE STATION on Dixie Highway At Totten's Corners CHANDLER'S BAR AND GRILL Fine Foods and Liquor At Totten's Corners fe I