Breckenridge High School - Brecksonian Yearbook (Breckenridge, MI)

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'Tomorrow U lat 'Then 7 Parents and Friends: Tonight it is my privilege to welcome you to the graduation of the Senior Class of 19 5. it is an unforgettable hour for us and we wish to dedicate it to you, our friends and parents, as a token of gratitude and appreciation. Not only are we grateful to you, but we pause to pay tribute to our Heavenly Father for it is to Him we are indebted for our very existence and all the blessings of life. As we leave this school we think of the phrase - Tomorrow what then? We think of the last four years as being a stepping stone for the tomorrow. But when, how, and where ve step is very uncertain. Of one thing we are certain. There will be a tomorrow and we must prepare ourselves to meet it I We feel sure there is a place where our talents may be expanded to their fullest growth and our energies wisely spent. Youth would not be youth without that undying confidence in the future. We High School students of today look beyond the turmoil and the strife that is in the world today to a future with greater achievements to be made than have ever been known. We believe there are more startling discoveries yet to be discovered than have ever been. Yes, great changes are rapidly taking place around us. Every year, every month, and nearly every day some unexpected occurrences start us wondering - Tomorrow What Then? Changes are occurring in government, industry, school life, course of study and in the social order. With these inventions and discoveries revolutionizing the lives of human beings, we too, must be ready to meet the challenge of this ever changing world. When we entered High School four years ago the goal ahead - that of looking toward this eventful night - seemed to us far in the future. However, at last we have arrived at that goal. This hour marks a definite change in each of our lives. Up to this time we have been just an average group of students not thinking much of the future. As we stand at the threshold of our graduation, we realize we are facing a new experience. We are starting upon a new adventure. We know as we go forward to put into practice - to act tomorrow what we learn today - we will meet competition, discouragement and adversity, for every life has its portion of these. However, if we have determination and a will to overcome whatever the tomorrow holds, we shall succeed. The knowledge and experience we have gathered at Breckenridge is priceless, but we are going to need determination, courage, patience, perserverance and other virtues to enter into this new world with our heads high. With these qualities within us we will bo able to face the thought - Tomorrow, What Then? - with a different viewpoint placed upon it. If we can meet life unafraid, with a determination to succeed, we shall not break faith with all of you who have made it possible for us to attain our goal. Once more permit me to welcome you as our guest on this - our last appearance as Seniors of the Breckenridge School. When we gather here again we too, shall be here to wish good luck to some other Senior Class as ambitious and happy as we. We hope you will obtain as much satisfaction and enjoyment from being here as we have in entertain- ing you on our last appearance as the class of '45 --Norma Bissell

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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

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Jdait Will and eitament We have called you together upon this solemn occasion to listen to the last will and testament of the class of 'U5. Having completed and fulfilled all requirements of B.H.S. and being desirous of enter- ing a second and more profitable phase of life, we deem it necessary to distribute our earthly goods in the following manner: We will our orderly class meetings to the Juniors, our good marks we were always going to get to the Sophomores and all the gum wads under the desks in study hall to the Freshmen. NORMA BISSELL wills Harold to the U.S. Navy for the duration. To FLORA GREENING goes Gerald Brennan's competent and reliable driving. HAROID BRENNAN leaves his physique to Wesly Peters. PHYLLIS BREIDINGER bequeaths her quietness to Margie Carter. JAMES BRIGGS wills his consideration of others to Don Spaulding. To ALICE D17TCHER goes Dale Dosson's pleasing personality. BOYD DOUGLAS bequeaths his bass voice to Mr. Bacon. EIDON DUTCHER leaves his popularity with the girls to Dick Roth. JOYCE EDGAR, BETTY HIGH, GENEVIEVE SCHLEMMER, NINA STRONG will the rest of the male population to the re- maining unattached girls. BOB GALLAGHER leaves his determination to Lyle Gallagher. To FRANCES SAWVEL goes Barbara Griffith's weekly trips to St. Louis. BOB HOPKINS leaves his large vocabulary to Charles Karpal. JOAN HRDLOVICH wills her Merrill friends to Dorothy McCory. ALICE KIME leaves her musical talent to Kenny Corbett. WIIDA KUSE bequeaths her ability to get along with sailors to Alice Eastman. To BETH LOCKHART goes Paula McCallum’s enjoyable singing. FLORA MCPHERSON wills her ability to change boyfriends overnight to Phyllis Jessup. MARGIA MILLER bequeaths her height to Twila Becker. MAR- JORY NEAR leaves her church activities to Gloria Luneack. JACKIE NEIT2CE wills her bowling ability to Barbara Neitzke. JOHN POINDEXTER bequeaths his valedictorianship to Bob Bolt. To SHIRLEY FiDEP- SPIEL goes Mary Schlemmer's little giggle. WESLEY TRYON leaves his masculine charm to Bill Frost. WILLARD TRYON leaves his curly hair to Lyle Carter. FRANK TUCK wills his farming ability to Dale Wolfgang. PAULINE YANKIE bequeaths her daintiness to Purle Good. Sixty-two timid young kids entered the B.H.S. doors September 2, to begin the four year climb to the top. The main event of the year was the annual tug-of-war with the Sophomores, both boys and girls partic- ipating, in which these newcomers defeated their rivals. This event was topped off with a party given in the evening in honor of the freshmen. The Ghost Grabs, a short mystery play, written by the Freshmen girls and directed by Miss Theo Isham, was presented at an assembly program. John Poindexter‘brought us through that year with Mr. Patterson as our advisor. Thirty-eight returned for their Sophomore year. Bob Gallagher brought us through this year as our class president and Mr. Stevens was our advisor. That year a lot of the boys started getting cars and getting acquainted with the girls. We again held the annual tug-of-war but lost them both this time. We topped this off with the annual Freshman-Sophomore party. In the fall of '1 3, we again returned to B.H.S. to study. Only 35 came back. Our biggest event that year was the Junior Class Play, That Crazy Smith Pamily. This was a big success, we received more money than any other Junior Class. We surprised the teachers that year and had a Junior skip day. The ones that didn't go on the trip stayed home. The whole school board came to school and gave us a bawling out for it. That spring we gave the annual Jr. and Sr. Banquet in honor of the Seniors. We went through this year with Dale Dosson as our President and started out with Mr. Peterson as our class advisor, but he gave it up to Mr. McKenzie, and went over to Alma to teach. In the fall of we came back as what they call the sophisticated Seniors. We had hardly begun to think of being seniors until we had our senior pictures taken. The Senior play Don't Keep Him Waiting, given December 6, was a big success. We again had a skip day but we got permission this time, and took Mr. Abbott along to make us behave. We went through the Flint Journal in the forenoon and went to a show in the afternoon. Some of us went bowling at night in Saginaw. We shall close the doors of B.H.S. on June 1. May each of our histories in the future be as bright and shining as that of our class of '45 --Norma Bissell —Jackie Neitzke —Wesley Tryon