Clio High School - Mustang Yearbook (Clio, MI)

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We went to Lake Lansing on our class trip in June, As the end of our Junior year drew to a close we found that our class had only 118 members in it, September of '57, 110 began the most exciting and important year of all, the senior year, Our class sponsor was Mr, Wylie and Bob Martin was senior class president. Lee Ackerman was vice-presi- dentg Jan Niles, secretaryg Freda Findlay, treasurerg Judy Haynes, girl representativeg and Larry Roth, boy rep. The class dues were set at 34, 00. Our class play was Papa Was a Preacher which we put on in December. It was a successful play with a profit very great. After the play, the cast and their dates went out to dinner at Saginaw. In April we held a car wash in front of Walker Cleaners and made a profit of 3567. 00. Larry Roth was elected captain of the '57 football team and also received an honorable mention. In basketball Duane Allison received an honorable mention, Senior cheerleaders were Jan Niles, and Norma Miller, In October, five candidates were chosen for homecoming queen. They were Caroline Burkhardt, Judy Haynes, Marie Reid, Karen Shelly and Marilyn Solak. The entire high school voted and Karen Shelly was elected Queen for the '57 football season, In the Lower Thumb F.F.A, seed judging contest the Clio team received first place, The two senior boys on the team were Carl Stroope and Vaughn Jones. The Flint Chapter of the D, A. R. gave a good citizen award to a senior girl this year. It was the first time this had ever been done in Clio, the six finalists were Freda Findlay, Barb Crnolatic, Norma Miller, Karen Shelly, Judy Haynes, and Lee Ackerman, Judy was the winner. May 9 was the big night for the Juniors and the Seniors, The Juniors put on a banquet in the cafeteria for us and following that we put on Clio's first all-night prom. The theme for the prom was Moon1ight and Roses and the gym was decorated in that style, We hired Red Johnson' s orchestra from Ann Arbor for the evening which provided three hours of wonderful music. Mr, Rummel took pictures of the couples, After the dance the group went to the Gem Theatre and saw the show Wild as the Wind which lasted until 3:30 A,M. Then on to a breakfast in the cafeteria and a church service in the new study hall, The prom ended at 6:30 with a lot of tired Juniors, and Seniors with many wonderful memories to treasure forever. This year for the first time the Junior Chamber of Commerce presented a 8300. 00 scholarship to a senior, who was Barbara Crnolatic, Changing the color of the graduation robes from grey to royal blue was a great accomplishment for which we were all are proud, After considering many colors and flowers we chose rose and white as our class colors and the rose as our flower, The class voted to take the senior trip to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, We will go June 6 via Grey- hound, Our honor students are Jonell Robbins, Dick Powers, Freda Findlay, Judy Heath, Nancy Hughes, Judy Haynes, Judy Magruder, Karen Shelly, Ed Korunes, Elaine Oldham, Judy Schuntz, Lee Ackerman, Bar- bara Peth, Don Lee, Mary Lou Adams, and Bill Walker. Our Salutatorian is Wayne Sedlow and Barbara Crnolatic is Valedictorian with a 4:00 average, Although this is all of our class history we would like to close with our theme, which is, Not fin- ished, just begun, 'i

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'58 611155 Jfisfvry We began our first exciting high school year as 161 nervous freshmen eager to prove ourselves. Sure, we were nervous, but after a few weeks with the high school routine we felt that we were beginning to fit in. Then we were initiated! I Our sponsor for this big year was Mr, Newman, who was starting his first year at Clio also. Immediately after getting things settled we elected Kaye Rogers as president with Sharon De Mell as vice-president, Karen Moreau as secretary, Lee Ackerman as treasurer, Sandy Caryl as girl representative, and Fred Whitman as boy representative. Class dues were set at 851. 00. In the spring we put on a dance called the Lollypop Lick Leap where we gave away free lollypops. The Dance was a tremendous success even though we only made a profit of Sl, '74, Carl Stroope was our athlete of the year by receiving a varsity letter in track. When our wonderful freshman year drew to a close we discovered that during the year we had lost eleven of our classmates and now had a total of 150, We took a class trip to Walled Lake in the last week of school, Starting our sophomore year we considered ourselves old timers of the Clio High and were ready to tackle almost anything, With 150 in our class we thought we were sure to become the biggest and the best, Our first dance that year was after the freshman initiation, Campaigning and elections were next and although there were many disappointments, the class officers elected were: president, Lee Acker- man, vice-president, Caroline Burkhardt, secretary, Norma Miller, treasurer, Karen Shelly, girl rep., Elaine Oldham, and boy rep, , Larry Roth, Class dues were set at 32. 00 and Mr, Gobel was our sponsor. Our big money-making project for the year was a talent show called Sophomore Talent on Parade with Ron Habkirk and Norma Miller as emcees, It was a success with a profit of S105.00. Karne Shelly, Janet Niles, and Marilyn Bachelor were elected varsity cheerleaders for our award- winning sophomore athletes who were, in track, George Atkin and Bob Martin, in basketball, Duane Alli- son, in football, Larry Roth, and in baseball, Al Thomas. When the roll call was taken at the end of another year we found that our class now had only 136 members, The following September began another flourishing year for us with 127 Juniors ready for lots of hard work and fun, Our sponsor for this year was Mrs, Solak, who was the typing teacher, Elections were held and class officers were: president, Ron Habkirk, vice-president, Dick Powers, secretary, Marilyn Solak, treasurer, Sharol De Mell, girl rep,, Freda Findlay, and the boy rep., Dan Gage. Class dues were set at 33. 00. Juniors cheering for the players this year were Marilyn Bachelor and Norma Miller, Outstanding ath- letes for our Junior year were: in basketball, Duane Allison, who was elected co-captain and also chosen the most valuable player, in track, Bob Martin and Vaughn Jones were a part of the team that won the Central Michigan Relay Trophy for Clio. In the spring of the year we put on a dance called Moments to Remember, We had all kinds of music, old and new, and made a profit of 342, 00, In May the Junior Class presented the play, Little Women, which to the play cast, represented a lot of hard work and fun, Because of the director who helped us, Miss Shephead, the play turned out a success Following the play, the cast and their dates went out to eat at Wayne Johnsons in the Horizon Room at the airport, The following week we put on the Banquet preceding the Prom. The theme for the banquet was Ebb Tide and it was held in the basement of the Wesley Church, Don Lee was the emcee and our entertain- ment for the evening was, Walter Kirk playing Lazy River on the saxophone, and Carl Stroope singing, and Bob Jordan recited a monologue,

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Hlass Qifairfrgf We give JOHN PARRY these worms in a can to grow another Thunderbird. Now let's see you try your hand. To shy WAYNE SEDLOW we give this Brylle creme -- a little dab will do ya and all the girls will pursue ya. To PAT HUNTOON we give this wishing well in hopes she can break her cowboy's spell, To our class pessimist, DICK POWERS, we give these glasses, so he can see the sun, instead of just showers. To CAROLINE BURKHARDT, better known as Burkie, we give this vitamin pill to make you feel real perky. To BOB JORDAN we give these toeless shoes, When he goes back to Arkansas these shoes he'll surely use. To BOB MARTIN we give 20 extra votes, so that in important matters there's nqt a shadow of a doubt. To SONJA KOTESKY,our party throwing miss, we give this noisemaker to put her in her bliss, For KAREN MOREAU, who's engaged to Denny, to start her marriage right, we give her this shiny penny, To DAN GAGE who sleeps with his hand out the window we give this glove to warm him just in case of snow. To JUDY MAGRUDER, our wonderful Pizza cook, so she can cook something else, we give her this book. To ED BOLTON we give this pocket shield so Miss Boyse can't see what your pockets yield, To MAX EDWARDS this permit to smoke in session we give, You won't have to mope around now, just take out your per mit and live, To FREDA FINDLAY, who has a big picture window, we give you this shade, so only your silhouette will show. T0 SHARON DE MELL with IUOSI of her guys in the service we give these 68 tranquillizers in case she gets nervous when they're all home on leave, To RON HABKIRK we give this little life preserving trick in case the Purple Dukes again want to throw him in the creek. To JOAN WARNER who's so very true blue we give the old 1 -- 2! To ROGER LARMEN we give some coloring for his face, Next time you feel faint, Roger, around the white lines trace, To SANDY PALMER who's found everywhere we give her this red ribbon to find her easier there. To BOB HICKS we give this flour to make your face a little white, When people embarrass you, Bob, don't blushg stand up and fight. To MARIE REID who has a 1940 Ford and a chauffeur with dark hair we give this item so you'll be a cute pair, We give this Mistletoe to JANET ROWLEY so she'll have Xmas every day, Isn't that jolly? We hope when this motorcycle wheel goes around, it will keep ELWYN THOMKINSON on the ground. To NORMA MILLER whose ambition is to be a nurse we give this doll, Now practice first. To DAVID CHAPPELL we give these fins in a sack to make his Crosley look like a Cadillac, To GLORIA TAYLOR with a diamond on her hand we give this heart -- hers was stolen by a man, To DANE COMPTON and RENE BEDE these handcuffs we gladly give so you'll be joined together as long as you both shall live, To BILL WALKER, who readsalot, we know not what, we give these specks, so when he reads the tiny print, his eyes he will not wreck, To WALTER KIRK who wants to direct a band we give this baton to wave in his hand, To DALE HIPPENSTEEL, better known as Hippy, we give this no nod pill to make him more pippy. To LYNN KUDLICKA who is in demand we give this trap to catch her man, To SANDY CARLY who wants a red corvet we give this model -- It's as close as you'll ever get, To BOB LEIGHTON we give this date book, as you can see, a convertible was all it took, To DAVE MANNEY, who is in the Navy Reserves, we give these life savers, just what he deserves, To MARILYN BACHELOR who was absent from school quite a bit we give this excuse for memories, now don't have a fit! To BUD MESSER, who worked in the candy store, we give this candy bar -- now don't ask for more! To FAYE PARKER we give this tack to pin Gary down, Of him she can now keep track, To TOM NEEDHAM who loves to play the drum we give this sheet music, Don't play it, Tom, just hum! To SHARON DOYLE this little gold band we give to go with the large diamond she wears on her hand, To our provoked friend, BOB LOWELL, we give this whip so his temper he can control, To ANN DUBEY who always rambles into Gambles we give this little black book to make the date, Here Wyatt Earp -- I mean, FRED KLATT, wear this badge always wherever you're at, To MARY LOU ADAMS a fan of Rock and Roll we give this little rock to roll with, To GEORGE ATKINS, who wantsafarm, we give him this start, a little barn, To JIM PETERSON, with thick curly hair, we give these scissors, Now cut it off, to the girls it isn't fair, To JANET NILES, a fine housewife would make, just to make sure we give her this recipe fora cake, To FRED WHITMAN with his hair of yellow we give a little bleach, You're a lucky fellow! To MARILYN SOLAK, who likes to go smelting all night, we give these No Nods, to keep looking bright, To DOUG BLOOMFIELD, our sleepy time friend, we give this nail, We'll hang him on the end, .... .,,., AA..-A -i , ,,, .,,., ,, , , ..,, MYMW l,-.47 M , , A M?-M