Colon High School - Magi Yearbook (Colon, MI)

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Dona Hoekzeraa Marilyn Fenner Y-Teens 3 Treasurer 1 Chorus 2 Operetta 2 Glee Club 1 Colon Hi News 1 Proof reader 1 Annual Staff 1 Class Treasurer 1 Junior Play Cast Band 5 Solo-nnsembles 2 Chorus 2 Operetta 2 Y-Teens 3 F.H.A. 2 Latin Club 2 Colon Hi News 1 Stencil Typist 1 Mimeograph 1 Operator Junior Play Cast Kenneth Robbins Colon Hi News 1 Artist 1 Annual 1 Printing 1 Junior Play Stage Mana r Richard Hartman Baseball-Varsity 1 Colon Hi News 1 Reporter 1 Junior Play Stage Manager 1 Hood Barbara Bailey Honor Student Latin Club 1 Colon Hi News 1 Typist 1 Teachers' Sec'y. 1 John Schull Student Council 1 Proraptor Junior Play 1 Senior Play 1 Colon Hi News 1 Mimeograph 1 Operator 15

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Gloria Weiderman Band U Solo-Ensembles 2 T-Teens U Vice-President 1 Reporter 1 Office Secretary 1 Teachers' Sec'y. 2 Annual Editor 1 Ass't. Editor 1 Chorus 2 Operetta 2 Monitor 1 Junior Play Cast Senior Flav Cast Prom Toastmistress Weide Gerald Nichols Football-Varsity 2 Baseball-Varsity U F.F.A. Member 3 National Convention 1 F.F.A. News 1 Green Hand 1 Chapter Fanner 1 Class Treasurer 2 Student Council 1 Monitor 1 Annual Staff 2 Colon Hi News 1 Gossip Editor 1 Junior Play Cast 1 Senior Play Cast 1 Jerry Morris French Baseball-Varsity 3 Basketball-Varsity 2 Football-Varsity 3 Class Vice-Pres. U F.F.A. Member 3 President 1 Vice-Pres. 1 Conventions National 1 State 1 Speech Contest 1 Training Camp 1 Green Hand 1 Chapter Farmer 1 Colon Hi News 1 Sports Editor 1 Annual Staff 2 Basketball Ed. 2 Morrie Junior Play Cast Senior Play Cast Sylvia Bokhart Annual Staff 2 Colon Hi News 1 Feature Ed. 1 Latin Club President 1 Librarian 3 Y-Teens U Vice-Pres. 1 Class reoorter 1 Chorus, Operetta 1 Usher Club 1 Monitor Office Secretary 1 Teachers Secretary 2 Junior Play Cast Senior Plav Cast Botfie Gaye Bradford Band 8 District Ensembles 3 State Solo 1 Y-Teens 1 Monitor 1 Usher Club 3 Colon Hi News 1 News Editor 1 Typist 1 Annual Typist 1 Teachers' Sec'y. 2 Operetta 1 Glee Club 1 Junior Play Cast Senior Play Cast tSesuoM Joseph Swonk Basketball-Varsity 1 Football-Varsity 1 F.F.A. Member 3 Leadership Camp 1 Vice-Pres. 1 Green Hand 1 Chapter Farmer 1 Colon Hi News 1 Co-Editor,Sports 1 Toastmaster 2 Prom 1 F.F.A. Banquet 1 Junior Play Cast 1 Senior Play Cast 1 14

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16 GIgAA, JliAt uf The class of 53 started out with twenty-seven members as Freshies. The class officers elected wore: Carolyn Herrifiold, president; Morris French, vice-president; Nancy Decker, secretary; Marilyn Fonner, treasurer; and Donald Clipfell, Student Council member. Geraldine Noga and Joan Goodrich left us during the first semester. Our candidates for Carnival king and queen were Nancy Decker and James Mast. Somehow we suffered through initiation. The boys wore girls’ shorts and baby hats and carried baby bottles. The girls wore gunny sacks and old heavy work shoes. Mrs. Virginia Ash was our advisor. Our sophomore year found us twenty-eight in number having gained Beverly Taylor, Dorothy Calendar, and Jerry Pattison. Before the year was out, we lost Barbara Offenbocher, Dorothy Calendar, and James Mast. We elected as our president, Carolyn Morrifiold; Morris French, vice-prosidont; Louise Drumhiller, secretary; and Joseph Swonk, treasurer; John Schull was our Student Council member. Morris Fronch and Carolyn Morrifield wore our candidates for the Carnival king and queen, and Nancy Docker was our candidate for the Hallowo’tn queen, serving on the queen’s court. In the month of October, we initiated the Preshies of '5 U. Miss Wilma Ladyman was our advisor. As we entered our junior year, Larry Kinter joined us making us twenty-seven in number again. Larry Kinter was elected president; Norris French, vice-president; Nancy Decker, secretary; Gerald Nichols, treasurer; and Beverly Taylor, reporter; Carolyn Merrifield was Student Council member. During the year, Robert Case and Gene Blair left us, Gene to Join the Navy. On November 2, we gave our Junior play, Love is Too Much Trouble, directed by Mrs. Virginia Ash. We had Joy and not trouble in putting it on, and we remember gratefully all that Mrs. Ash did for us and her patience with us. Carolyn Merrifield was our candidate for the Hallowe’en queen and served on the queen’s court. Nancy Deckor and Gerald Nichols were the candidates for Carnival king and queen. For our Junior-Senior Reception, the gym was decorated with a version of Moonlight on the Seashore. Mrs. Flora Ambs was our class advisor. We began our senior year with twenty-two students. We triod hard to live up to our new name. Vfe all had to work to keep the Colon Hi News on schedule. The Annual was a big undertaking too. Nr. Flowers and Larry Kinter kept us all busy the first semester so that we had all the money earned for our senior trip and turned our concessions over to the Juniors the first of February. Barbara Offenbechor returned to the fold again. Jack Johnson and Barbara Bailey also joined us. Mildred Jackson and Beverly Taylor did not return.v Jack Johnson left at the end of the first semester. Larry Kinter was again electod president; Morris French, vice-president; Nancy Decker, secrotary; Gerald Nichols, treasurer; Sylvia Bokhart, roportor, and Carolyn Merrifield. Student Council member. Nancy Decker was elected Hallowe’en queen and Carolyn Merrifield was chosen DAR PILGRIM. Our senior play, That's Our Boy was directed by our class advisor, Mr. Nelvin Flowers. Our senior trip, which was scheduled for Washington, D.C. and Now York, was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Flowers. Af e earned our money for the trip by selling magazines, candy, cookies; with bake goods sales, dances, movies at the Avalon, penny suppers, and our two plays, v.e graduated in royal blue ani white gowns , those being our class colors. Our class flower was the red rose and our class motto was The Ropes of the Past will Ring the Bells of the Future. Our Baccalaureate sermon v as delivered by the Reverend Homer Bailey, the father of Barbara Bailey, graduating honor student of our class. Among our senior honors, Jerry Pattison and his team for demonstrating raising dairy calves won first place at the district contest at Vicksburg, bringing home the trophv. Jerry Nichols won the bronze medal for parliamentary procedure, taking l+th place.