Buchanan High School - Pines Yearbook (Buchanan, MI)

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Honor Convocation This year the Honor Convocation was held during general assembly on May 29, 1942. Honors to the outstanding students in different fields were awarded. The Velmarian Literary Society gave bronze pendants to the following for creative writ- ing: Short Story 11-12 First: Ruth Shtukas Second: Marion Blake Essay 11-12 First: Marion Blake Second: Doris Lamb Poetry ll-12 First: Lola Dalenberg Second: Vivian Wallace The well-known bronze plaque, given to the person in the upper four grades who excels in creative writing, went to Marion Blake for her essay, No, thanks! The girls in the G.A.A. received some well- earned rewards for their work. Silver bracelets went to: Helen Hanover, lean Phiscator, Evelyn Gaul, Beverly Weaver, julia Rouse, Phyllis Sherwood, Fern Rogers, Marie Arrick. Major letters went to: Edna Hattenbach, Bon- nie Mills, Barbara Arrick, Lucille Lamb, Ger- trude Markham, Doris Shreve, Beverly Birong. The athletic department presented awards in football and basketball. Those receiving basketball awards were: Elwood Vergon, Dick Hess, Steve Doak, Dick Snodgrass, lack Frank, Pete Dreitzler, Lyle Watson, Eugene Anderson, Robert Vanderslice, Charles Trapp. Football awards went to: Pete Liska, Robert Vanderslice, Fred Meyers, Lyle Watson, Lefty Welch, Robert Six, Robert Bachman, LeRoy Wallquist, Richard Luke, A. D. Adams, Gene Kobe, Lee Pierce, Robert Topash, lack Frank, Charles Trapp, Charles Dickow, Clayburn Gooch, Dick Snodgrass, Randall Couchman, George Zupke, Elmer Handley, Hervey Arrick, lack Green. The Daughters of the American Revolution always give a well-deserved award to the sen- ior who has excelled in history. lean Dalrym- ple received this. Second: Vivian Wallace Short Story First: Dennis Lyon Second: james Mclntire Poetry 9-10 First:-Naline Chain Second: Evelyn johnson One-Act Play 12 Essay 9-10 First: Iosephine Pascoe First: james Mclntire Second: Betty Donley 9-10 Short Story 7-8 First: Dora Dean Leiter Second: Eugene Spatta Poetry 7-8 First: Eugene Spatta Second: Richard Slocum All through a students school years she is observed for her development in citizenship. Later on she is also judged for her participa- tion in both school and community organiza- tions. This year Doris Lamb received the award and attended the state meeting of the D.A.R. In Mrs. Weaver's second year Latin class, to the hardest working student goes an award. The person must also write a commendable essay upon some subject pertaining to Latin. The Bausch and Lomb Science Award went to the student who showed the most progress in all four years of science. lean Dalrymple received the award. The apprenticeship awards are decided by the boys themselves. Citizenship and work- manship are the bases for their decision. The winner was Donald Snider. Mr. Robinson gives awards to the senior members of his musical organizations. The people who receive the awards are judged for their dependability, good citizenship, and their ability. The prizes went to Marion Blake, Margaret Semple, and Nancy Scheetz. Every year the Ladies Auxiliary of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars gives two prizes to the persons who write the two best essays, this year on the subject, Unity for Victory. The prizes are first prizedseven dollars and fifty cents in defense stamps: second prize-two dollars and fifty cents in defense stamps. The winners were Margaret Semple, first: Marion Blake, second. The senior honor students received recogni- tion at this assembly.

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IN MEMORIAM DONALD KELLER On the night of March 8, 1942, durinq a severe snow storm. Donald Leroy Keller met his death at South Haven. His goods ness, generosity, and determination is deeply embedded in our memories. The class regrets the loss of one so full of life. RUDOLPH REICH ln 1937, We lost one of our classmates, Rudolph Reich, from pneumonia. lt is unfortunate that We have lost him for he was so talented. We offer our most sincere sympathy.

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Through the Looking Glass With the Subcon- scious Kid Yesterday l began to think, fall right, all right, quit pushin' to look at mel. To continue -Yesterday it occurred to me to sort of look into my magic looking glass and take a gander at the future. Well, lo and behold! There stood some of me best school bud- dies . All grown up. No, l'm not a fibbin'. They were all a little more gray and a little more bald headed. ln fact the year nineteen sixty found Homer Knapp bald headed and with fifteen grand kids. Then with perspiration breaking out on my forehead, l peered even farther into the look- ing glass, gazing in on the future of each of the '42 graduates. Some were still creaking around Clark Equipment, others were building Uncle Sam's fighting forces also tearing down the morale, and still others were famous people. Since this class had had such talented stu- dents, quite a few had become famous. Dick Hess, for instance, had been crowned cham- pion paper airplane thrower. jackie Bilotti was being bored by a group of men for de- signing and selling some new hat creations for women Chumm-and I was beginning to think people wouldn't be bothering with clothes in years aheadl. joe Pascoe had just taken an- other bow for her new play on Broadway, She Was More To Be Pitied Than To Be Given Rat Poison, starring the glamorous wrestler, Fran- ces Post, also the one and only Sheik Brom- ley. Whr-r-r, Girl. CThose notes stand for a boy's whistle. You know one of those famous Buck- t1nipecials.L.ALwhistle between the teeth and the rolling of the eyes. Ah, that brings back memories. Hum-ho hum. To Con- tinuel. A now famed snake charmer, LaVon Eagley was found vacationing in Florida. Ah, yes, and the looking glass tells me june Greg- ory took loe Louis on the other night: she couldn't beat him either. Guess that guy will go on forever. Marion Blake was caught dancing with that Hollywood Romeo Steve. We1l, Hand Me My Curling Iron, Dippy. fBy the way, they tell me when Steve was beginning to become a starp they changed his name from Doak to Dippy because the producers said Doak sound- ed too much like Dope. l Talk about being embarrassed though. l see Marguerite Bliss has reached the height of her ambition. lt seems someone tacked a flag on her and stood her on top of the post office on Pike's Peak. Elwood Vergon married some English debu- tante. fGuess I won't tell the girls around here right now. They never would get over crying and wailing. Yes, and l won't open my mouth for another reason too. I was laying bets U00 to ll that Elwood would marry one of his musk- ratsl. Kathleen Stoner, the great Alpine climber, is going to scale Mt. Everest tomorrow. She'll be accompanied by Yale College. Lynea lngleright, as you know, did have high ideas of success. Well, today her ambi- tion was reached. She gave Mayor LaGuardia the hot foot. Lynea really doesn't look so bad in a cooler either. For a minute l thought I was going to have to discontinue my peeking in on the future. My looking glass faded but came back again. Ah, here we go again. lust think I'm living in nine- teen sixty. Talking about lnglerights, Eleanor, no rela- tion to Lynea except that they both play crap and were just let out of Kalamazoo a few weeks ago, is a model for an advertisement for Drip Mascara . Shirley Roberts just copped the champion- ship billiard title away from Willie Hoppe. Bernadine Beamer and Tom Harmon are cook- ing up a professional football team. Now if they could only find a backer. Let's seel Wrigley's got a baseball team: I got a . . . but then the glass is becoming cloudy again, and l cannot see the rest of my old class of l942. Dorothy Geary