Clarkston High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Clarkston, MI)

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CLASS HISTORY IN THE YEAR 1923 three members of our original class, Jeanne Lowrie, Earl Terry, and Leslie Alward. entered the Clarkston Public School. Madeleine Gulick entered the group in the second grade. Miss Anna Curtis was our teacher for the first three grades. . . D Josephine Stewart joined us in the fourth grade under Miss Ethel Barnes. Some of us well remember this year and also our teacher, because we had an experience with chewing gum. It seemed that four or five of us were continually chewing gum. We were made to stand by the radiator, up in front of the room, and also in the corner, but nothing could seem to stop us. At last one night Miss Barnes read off a list of names who were to stay. We noticed that there had been a new rod placed in front of the room that day, but we did not think anything like this was going to happen. After the pupils were dismissed we were told to go out into the hall. Each one of us was called into the room one by one to receive our punishment. The first was the luckiest one. because he could watch all of the rest of them receive theirs, while the last was the unluckiest one because he had a regular audience. Thus this little incident stopped most of us from chewing gum. No new members joined us until the eighth grade and then Emmalyn Ellis came from Springfield. Mrs. Mikan was our teacher this year and under her tutoring five of us took the county eighth grade examination. We were quite proud when we received two diplomas this year. As freshmen we entered the Clarkston High School in 1921 with the follow- ing members: Olarabelle Amidon Leslie Alward Beatrice Buys Gernert Case Wendell Crosby William Dunston Thelma Durham Emmalyn Ellis Catherine Ferguson Harry Fuller Glenn Goodrich Madeleine Gulick Vernon Esther Hale Doris Inman Jeanne Lowrie Frances Morgan Pearl Osten Donald Reason Walter Elizabeth Patterson Kenneth Riddle Robert Shoemaker Josephine Stewart Earl Terry Myra Walter Mrs. Mikan. Miss Olsen, and Mr. Hood were our teachers. We were lucky this year and escaped initiation, although we were given a weinie roast with that thought in mind. After a year of insignificance we entered the tenth grade with two new teachers. Miss Herriff and Miss Peters. During this year we organized our class and elected the following officers: President, Josephine Stewart; Vice-President, Emmalyn Ellis;.Secretary, Myra Walter; Treasurer, Madeleine Gulick; and Class Sponsor, Miss Peters. There was much excitement when Miss Peters told us that we might have the play entitled, Daddy.” We became jolly Juniors in the year of 1923 and ’24. Again we elected the following officers: President, Myra Walter; Vice-President, Earl Terry; Secretary, Carrie Nell Merritt; Treasurer, Leslie Alward, and Class Sponsor, Miss Peters. Our class play entitled, As a Woman Thinketh, given in the Opera House, was a great success. We cleared around seventy-five dollars, with which we bought our class rings. In June we gave the annual reception to the Seniors on Sunset Hill. On September 4, 1924 fifteen Seniors looked forward to a happy and successful year. But a deep sorrow came to us when our classmate Myra Walter was killed in an auto accident. About two months later Floreine Newberry moved near Romeo. Thus our class was left with thirteen members. The Seniors have (Continued on page 27) 24

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THE LIT. CLUB To you, my readers, I’m going to tell Of a new organization, liked so well, The Lit. Club. Every two weeks is appointed a com mittee, To gat up a program; spicy and witty. A fine idea! By this club, we hope to make Speakers that never tremble or shake. Is it possible? Of members, the number is twenty-five. All Juniors and Seniors, much alive. A Peppy Crowd. With original stories we’re flooded galore, And jokes that receive an applause for more. So entertaining. Also, to broaden our intellects grand: High positions in life to demand. With lots of money. We, the instigators, feel supremely proud, And people, for years, will praise aloud The Lit. Club. —Beatrice Luella Buys. TOAST TO THE EIGHTH GRADE Here’s Here’s Here’s to the happiest, to the snappiest, to the classiest. The Eighth Grade. Here’s to the wittiest, Here’s to the dittiest, Here’s to the prettiest, The Eighth Grade. Here's to the truest, Tho’ not the bluest, But perhaps the fewest, The Eighth Grade. —Elsie Parnall. C. MERRITT’S FORD (?) ONE DAY in 1914. almost eleven years ago, Henry Ford stood looking at his latest model roadster. A shiny new car with a brass radiator, oil lights straight fenders, and a rubber bulb for a horn. That was in 1914. Now the latest model is nearly ready for the antique shop. It is minus two fenders, the lights, muffler and the top. It runs slowly on the level if the tank is full of gasoline and if Chuck wound it sufficiently. But it runs swiftly going down hill, regardless of conditions. It is a good Ford. The other day Chuck took it to the garage and was advised to raise up the radiator cap and run a new Ford under it. Chuck said, Nix, it has run good for eleven years, it will run for five more, anyway.” Maybe he was right, but if it starts like it did the other night, 1 agree with the garage man. Chuck says it is one of the best fresh air cars in Michigan and that fresh air is good for all of us. We agree with him for the other fellow. The most important part is the crank, which is sometimes used in starting. Next comes the steering wheels, which keeps Chuck on the seat, especially on bumpy roads. Whenever he drives it he always takes a bushel basket and on the way home picks up the parts that have fallen off while going. This is a good idea but what puzzles Chuck is where to put the parts that fall off. This car is a vital member of “C. H. S.,” for who would not feel shocked to not see the antique standing in the driveway by the ash pile. We could not keep interest in our lessons until we learned what had happened. Without it ‘‘C. H. S.” is on the rocks. We thank you. 25 —Kenneth Stevens.