Comstock Park High School - Hilite Yearbook (Comstock Park, MI)

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To Gary Jansen I Caryl Lamberts bequeath my mathemat1c1an bra1n I Esther Post bequeath to Mary Lou Van Soest my cheerlead1ng ab1l1ty To Noreen Snyder I Darlene Ludlow bestow my ab1l1ty to obtaln a bo s r1ng I Lee Pelton g1ve back to Roger Ph1ll1ps h1s tuba We Verl1n Brewer and Denn1s Kavanaugh endow our athletlc careers to Ke1th Snyder and D1ck Bra1ley I Erma Jean Relckard w11l to Marlene Magee my woeful manners To Ed Obetts I D1ck Johnson leave my Y M C A act1v1t1es I Curtls Parkhurst leave my ab1l1ty to get along wxth glrls to Larry Ho1s1ngton I Bettle Thomas leave my Job 1n the offlce to L1ngle Brewer I Carl Glass g1V6 to Dave B1rdsall and Don Cadwell 6 1nches of my helght To Wendell Carlson I Greg Rauhn w1ll my manly charms On Earl W1er I Jerry Rrpley bestow my beloved t1tle of class nu1sance I John Yonkers g1ve to J1m Plfer and Ronald Stowltts my package Luckles To Joe Holmes I Jack Bellows leave my fr1endlyl1ttle sm1le I Lorra1ne Mlller leave my edltor s desk for the annual to Melvln To Luella Maguxre I Delores Jebb g1ve my st1ck of gum I Bette Prerce leave my soft vo1ce to Gary Zandstra To Mary Lou Verner I Carol Hendee leave my Job as l1brar1an I Glorla Flnk leave my small wr1t1ng to Darwln Tewsbury and Robert Noorthoek To James Wlldey and Jerome Marble I James Felty glve my apple pol1sh1ng ab1l1ty I Yvonne Workrngs leave to B111 Schansma my ab1l1ty to work IH a hosp1tal and not lay 1n one To Frank Gr1ff1n I Adrlan Van Horn leave my unearned grades I Maryann W1er leave my stat1onery to Patsy McEwan To Neal and Nyle Spauldlng I Russell Parrls leave my enjoyment from playxng basketball I Eldon Koon leave to John Matthews and Harold Munsell my 1nter estlng experxences 1n the servlce I D1Ck Gr1mmer bequest to Roger Chandler and Roger Slegel some of the waves mn my halr I Marlan Kltler glve to Dawn Grey all of my man troubles To Dorothy Jebb I Pat McCullough leave my seat 1n Journal1sm Class I Inez Smlth leave to Janet Cadwell my studlous way CLASS OF W1tnesses Sara Sleeperhold Armanda Armlock Frleda Full Nelson Any s1m1lar1ty between th1s and a legal w1ll IS purely colncrdental Darlene Ludlow Mary Bartlett Bette Plerce Glorla Fxnk 13 Carol I-Iendee I I I j I I I I Y' ' . I I ' , J I ' , . , .... . I I . I I ' I I . I Y 1 ' I I I . , , Of . I I I ' . . . , . I I Grose. I I ' I I ' J I I ' I 1 . 1 1 1 ' I I 7 I I ' D I 0 Y 1 I . I j - , , . I y ' n . , , I I o

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CLHSS llllll We the graduatmg class of 1954 Comstock Park Hlgh School county of Kent State of M1ch1gan do declare and estabhsh th1s to be our last w1ll and testament Item Item Item 1 To the Freshmen we leave our ab1l1ty to be qulet 1n study hall To the Sophomores our s1ster class we leave our many al1b1s and excuses to get out of anythlng Q91 To the Jumors the future Senlors Q71 we leave our ab1l1ty to stay to gether through th1ck or th1n Mrs Champl1n and Mr Rosendahl we g1ve our deep apprec1at1on or he1p1ng us and hope they ll tuck us 1nto thelr trunk of memor1es Mr I-Iachrnuth we leave all our unused te st tubes Mrs Shew we leave our sneakers Mr Buth we leave a new route 1n dr1vers' tra1n1ng Mrs McDonough we leave our books and art supphes M1ss Lamoreaux we leave our blend1ng vo1ces Mrs Snyder we leave our verbs prepos1t1ons and sunny d1spos1t1ons To Mrs Geren we leave our le1sure hours so that she may catch up w1th her work To Mr Gxeger we g1ve our penclls and rulers To MISS Holmes we leave our stud1ous ways To Mrs Vos we g1ve back the many papers we used to do our as s1gnments Mr Hondorp we leave all our used Jokes Mr Weldon we leave a speech class to go Wlth h1s soap box Mrs Jones we leave a pa1r of st1lts so that she may be seen Mr DeJong we g1ve our s1ncere hope for a successful year at C P H S To Jack1e L11l1e we g1ve our best w1shes for a successful marr1age we leave a new m1racle wall cleaner I Jamce Noom, generously leave to Jeanne LaPons1e ZIXZ 1nches of my stately hexght I ROSIS Whxtlatch leave to B111 Anderson and Tom Truesdell my ab1l1ty to spend all my spare days 1n school Peggy Lent share w1th Jerry Boynton my ab1l1ty to 'keep a secret Barb S1egel do not leave Ph1l Kerr as I want h1m myself Lynne Sh1pman leave my w1nn1ng sm1le and pleasmg personahty o Sh1rley VanderMate Les Rector leave to Wayne Schoenboyn and M1ke Babka my l1ttle flashhght so they can f1nd the1r way 1n the dark To Don Sare I Arlene De Bruyn leave my sense of humor To Sharon Daane I Mary Bartlett leave my Phys1cs book 1n hopes she gets more use from lt We J rry W1lson and Randy Reynolds g1ve to D1ck Hanson our l1ttle black book To Marllyn Wxetsma I Ruth Smlth bequest my shapely f1gure To J'1m Kelly and Dave Carpenter I Chuck Meek w1th a ball of strmg so that they may hold the1r cars together I Marlene Babka leave my pos1t1on as class f11rt to Mar1an Crowley To Albert Ma1ne I Harold H111 leave my ab1l1ty to ra1se heck any t1me anywhere We Frances Van Horn and Pat Cortr1ght leave our bottle of perox1de to Lavonne Lamoreaux I Pat Seelman endow my ab1l1ty to speed at all t1mes to Bonme Sab1n To Bruce S1bley I Dale De Jong leave my extreme bashfulness I Gwen Kurz g1ve to Mary Jamce M1ller my book what you want and how to get lt 12 : 1. ' ' ' ' - 2. , ' , ' ' 3. A ' , n' U . ' ' - : l. To . ' .. ' ' ' f . , . . . i 2. To . . 3. To . . 4. To . ' ' ' ' . 5. To . ' . 6. To ' ' ' . 7. To . , ' ' 8. . ' ' 9. . ' ' ' ' . 10. ' ' . 11. . ' 12. To . . ' . 13. To . ' ' , 14. To . ' ' . 15. To . ' ' 16. . . I . . - . . . . I 17. To the Custodians, Mike Siegel, Clarence Wier, and George Anders, 2. , u a ., I 3- I, , ' . ' ' 1 .Il 4. I, ' , ' ' , 5. I' . , . . . . . t ' , 6. I, , ' ' ' v. , , , ' . 8' I D I . Y . 9. , e ' ' , ' ' ' 10. . . . I , . , . . 11' l I .v J . 12. , , . . D. . U 13. . , y . I . . . - 14. I , . . . 15. I , . . . 4 . 4 I 16. 1 ' ' ' . 17. , , ' ' '

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' N.., .-X X X.. ,X MOON fs ULHSS PHUPHECU Dear Marlene fBabkaj I ve dec1ded to wr1te you about the success of our talented Sen1or Class You'll really be happy to hear how some of our classmates have made names for themselves I was glad to hear that your sea shell Jew elry company was dolng so well 1n Flor1da Say hello to your s1ster and brother 1n law Well on Wlth the whereabouts of our class of '54 Jerry W1lson 15 now sell1ng h1S products throughout the world Pre sently he 1S sell1ng deep freeze un1ts to the Esklmos Jack Bellows has recently been appo1nted manager of a new supermarket 1n Comstock Park Verl1n Brewer 1S 1n h1s f1fth season as an outstandmg fullback w1th the Detrolt L1ons Pat fCortr1ghtJ Kavanaugh and her husband Den n1s are now l1v1ng 1n Cedar Spr1ngs where Denn1s 1S 1n h1S 6th year of h1gh school coach1ng Dale De Jong has Just returned from England where he won the Br1t 1Sh Open Golf Champ1onsh1p Harold H111 can be seen around Grand Wrltlng for the Press and has h1s own column ent1tled I Don't Bel1eve It Dlck Johnson has just completed plans for Comstock Park's own Y M C A Teachmg mathemat1cs at Grand Rap1ds .Tumor College 1S J1m Felty Accord1ng to h1S Wlfe Commander Charles Meek 1S now on a cru1se of the Med1terranean Sea Randy Reynolds has an 1mportant pos1 t1on Wlth a large Ch1cago f1rm do1ng work 1n commerc1al art Les Rector and Greg Raul1n are st1ll on the1r hunt1ng tr1p to the w1lds of upper Canada Lorra1ne fM1llerl Rector has a pos1t1on 1n Congress bemg a repre sentat1ve from the state of M1ch1gan Adr1an Van Horn 1S a very success ful TV techn1c1an on WOOD TV Parkhurst Furmture 73 the name for the new furmture factory on R1ver Road owned and operated by Curt1s Park hurst Lee Pelton can be found anyt1me at h1s muslc stud1os on Monroe 1n Grand Rap1dS G1v1ng p1ano lessons for the Pelton Stud1os 15 Mar1an K1tler Esther Post has been teach1ng school 1n Grand Rap1ds and th1S year has been appo1nted pr1nc1pal of a south Slde Jumor h1gh school Darlene Ludlow 1S the new manager 1n charge of w1ndow d1splays at one of the largest downtown department stores Lynne Sh1pman has her own TV program for the l1ttle ch1ldren Her program has replaced HOWDY DOODY on many stat1ons Pat Seelman and Pat McCullough have opened 14 l ,,, I - 5 f 6 r Q' f 1 ,SJ 1. 7' nw K - , . . . Rapids as a reporter for the Grand Rapids Press. Jerry Ripley is also