Colon High School - Magi Yearbook (Colon, MI)

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Senior Class History The Class of 1961 started on their high school journey with fifty-nine students. Our class officers were: president, Thomas Davis; vice-president, Ruth Ann Schwartz; secretary, Kay Sprowl; treasurer, Roger Decker; reporter, Frances Van Voorhees; and Student Council members, Barbara Burle and Lyman Freeland. The capable advisers our freshman year were Mr. Leroy Evarts and Miss Mary Wit-tenbach. The freshman candidate for Halloween Queen was Barbara Burle, and our candidate for Homecoming Queen was Ann Hagelgans. Our initiation consisted of an evening party. We all took turns in riding a little red wagon on a plank from the stage to the gym floor. Many were the mishaps. Our sophomore year started off with forty-seven students at the door. Our class officers were: president, Thomas Davis; vice-president, Thomas Correll; secretary, Kay Sprowl; treasurer, Frances Van Voorhees; class reporter, Ruth Ann Schwartz; and Student Council members, Barbara Burle and Larry Roach. The advisers that guided us were Mr. Melvin Flowers and Mr. Deloss In,an. The sophomore candidate for Homecoming Queen was Barbara Burle. The sophomores were given the honor of presenting a Christmas play before the high school. We chose the play entitled A Christmas Rose. We began our Junior year with forty-three students. Our class officers were: president, Thomas Davis; vice-president, Thomas Correll; secretary, Kay Sprowl; treasurer, Frances Van Voorhees; reporter, Mary Kay Olney; and Student Council members, Ted Koehl and Barbara Burle. Our advisers were Miss Helen Reesor, Mrs. Elaine Chesnut, and Mr. Walter Chesnut. Our Junior Play was A Case of Springtime, and Mrs. Elaine Chesnut was our director. On May ll|, we entertained the seniors at our Prom, The Old South. We arranged the stage as a colonial mansion, while the floor and walls portrayed a colonial plantation with background mountains in the bleachers. Fran Van Voorhees was toastmistress and Roger Carr, toastmaster. We sent Mary Kay Olney to Wolverine Girls' State and Tom Correll to Wolverine Boys' State. Edna Overholt was our Homecoming Queen candidate. During our senior year, we had forty members. Our class officers were: president, Thomas Davis; vice-president, Thomas Correll; secretary, Beverly Van Vorst; treasurer, Kay Sprowl; reporter, Barry Mumby; and Student Council, Mary Kay Olney and Roger Decker. Our advisers were Mr. W. H. Judd, Mr. Manley Van Voorhees, and Mr. Miller Stayrook. Kathy Cunic was majorette for four years; Tom Correll, our band president; Roger Decker, President of the Student Council; Kay Sprowl, Cheerleader Captain; Ann Hagelgans, head librarian; Ginger Bryan, head usher; Fran Van Voorhees, Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow and D. A. R. Pilgrim; Judy Johnson, Homecoming Queen and l|th of July Queen; Willard Heath, Kay Sprowl, Tom Correll, and Wilma Woodworth—News Editors; and Mary Kay Olney and Larry Lane, Annual Editors. Larry Roach was chosen for the First Team of the St. Joseph Valley League All League and as most valuable player. Roger Decker and Charles Smith were given All State Honorable Mention. Gary Phelps, Lorna Groth, and Eva Arnwine produced the school art. Larry Wagner, Willard Heath, and Ted Koehl were our school mimeograph men. For the second year, the Agriculture boys swept the district of all honors; Roger Carr, Public Speaking; the Parliamentary Procedure Team, Jim Saxman, Barry Mumby, Bob Me Clish, and Tom Davis; the Demonstration and Farm Forum Teams, that were composed of underclassmen, took the underclass honors. Before our senior year was over, we moved into our beautiful new high school. We were the first to graduate in the architecturally perfect gym. Roger Decker and Mary Kay Olney assisted In the Cornerstone Ceremony. We chose red and white as our class colors and red and white roses as our class flowers. Our graduation motto was Today we follow; tomorrow we lead. We took a wonderful trip to Washington, D.C. and New York City. 19