Breckenridge High School - Brecksonian Yearbook (Breckenridge, MI)

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MARCIA MILLER Why don't men propose, Mamma, why don't they propose? Basketball »; Softball k Glee Club 1,2,3, Home £c. Club 1,2,3, Annual Staff 3 JOYCE EDGAR Oh, what a head of Hair! You'll know it almost anywhere. Basketball U; Softball h Glee Club 1; Band 1 Home Ec. Club 1,2,3 MARY SCHLEJtffiR She is not in love, but very near it. Glee Club 1 Home Ec. Club 1,2,3, PHYLLIS BRE3DINGER Her friends are many, her foes are few, to everyone she is loyal, and true. Girl's Glee Club 1 Home Ec. Club 1,2,3, Softball h flora McPherson This girl is on the honor roll. Writes poetry to reach the soul. Glee Club 1,2,1» Home Ec. Club 1,2,1» Sr. Play k Band 1

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JACKIE NEITZKE When Joy and duty clash; let duty go to smash. Student Council ♦ Basketball ; Softball Glee Club 1,2,3 Mixed Chorus b Special Chorus ; Jr. Play Home Ec. Club 1,2,3 ; Pres, b PAULINE YANKIE Quiet and self composed, what she think8 nobody knows. Basketball ; Softball Home Ec. Club 1; Glee Club 1,2,3 Special Chorus U; Sr. Play JOAN HHDLOVICH She can't drink pop she's so thin, she'd slip through the straw and fall right in. Basketball 4; Glee Club 1,2,3, Home Ec. Club 1,2,3, ; Softball U Drum Majorette 2,3, ;Jr. Sr. Plays School Paper 3, ; Annual Staff WILLARD THYON A very funny lad is he,for he is bashful of the girls you see. Football Mgr. ; Basketball Mgr. Glee Club 1,3, ; Mixed Chorus 3, F.F.A. 2,3; Track 2,3, Varsity ♦; Band 1 Jr. Play; Sr. Play BARBARA GRIFFITH Speaking of men, what helpless things they are. Basketball ; Glee Club 3, Home Ec. Club ; Annual Staff Softball b

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tk £oo1i -Qk cad It is vith mingled joy and sorrov that we meet, for the last time, as a class in this, our final assembly, in the halls of Breckenridge High School. On such an occasion, complete happiness is impossible. The pain of parting from beloved scenes and of severing the friendship of four happy, active years Intrudes upon the joy of achievement and the triumph of attaining a chebished goal. The years we have spent in High School here have been years of preparation. We have been preparing for the future - for life. We look beyond the conditions that exist in our war-torn world today with faith in the future. Youth would not be youth without that hopeful outlook. We believe that there are greater things destined to happen in the years ahead than has ever happened in the past. We want to have a share in the building of a greater and a better world. We, as young people, look to the future where we can live and let live, unmolested by the ravages of war and the destruction of mankind. We want a chance - an opportunity to take our places in a rapidly changing world. We want the opportunity to fit into the social order and prove ourselves to be citizens worthy of this great America of ours that offers unlimited opportunities. Our desire as we Look Ahead is an opportunity to work, for the greatest happiness in life is work well done. The more work and better work that people are able to do, the more satisfaction and happiness life affords. Our system of education has taught us how to do better work and be happier while doing it. Every city, town, and community in America has a good school, placing the advantages of a high school education in reach of all who try. We, who graduate from the high schools of today, show no sentimental misconception about the world of the future. We want a peaceful world to live in, but a great deal of understanding will be needed if we are to win the peace that follows the war. Each one of us must help break down the hatred of other races and work to build up an understand- ing of our neighbors. If we fail, the period of peace will only be a breathing spell before there will be another war. We are grateful to be products of one of America's High Schools, and we trust that throughout our entire lives we shall remember and practice the ideals of our school. We shall endeavor, according to our varied talents and abilities, to live lives that will bring credit and honor to our parents, our school, our community, our country. We are indebted not only to these but to Him who is the giver of all good and perfect gifts and in Whom we move and have our being. The class of 1945 wishes to express its deepest appreciation to the mothers and fathers who have made it possible for us to be here tonight to receive our diplomas. As we leave the halls of Breckenridge High School we want to exterd our heartful thanks to the members of the Board of Education for the educational privileges that they have pro- vided for us. We are also grateful to the Superintendent and Teachers who have given so liberally of their time, experience and wisdom to our intellectual development. You have borne patiently with us in spite of all our short-corn ngs and we trust that we shall bring credit upon your training. Members of the undergraduate classes, you too shall soon be standing where we as Seniors are standing tonight. We wish you much luck. May you be our worthy successors. If we were to leave you a gem of advice it would be: Don't try to bluff, you will be found out. Don't waste time, you will be sorry. Get all the knowledge you can, you will need it. Fellow members of the class of 1945 ve too must part. This is our last meeting as a class. After tonight we shall go our separate ways, but though time ans space shall divide us, we shall be joined in heart and spirit and the memories of our days in Breckenridge High will always be cherished. May good fortune attend us and may our future be sure, as to reflect credit upon our home, our school and our country. —John Poindexter