Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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Prophecy A LARGE field of flowers ahead seems to announce to me that my journey would soon be ended and the problem which had caused me so much thought would be solved. Entering this field I started to pick some of the flowers, but my task of finding the flower which pleased me most seemed hopeless. At last I discovered a beautiful rose growing under a tree in a secluded spot which attracted my attention. I plucked this rose and as I did so my thoughts began to wander to the future of my classmates and teachers from Coopersville High School. Then as if the Makers’ hands had touched the flower, it began to grow and the petals to spread, which caused a kind of screen to be cast over the flower. My problem was solved, for there in each petal was portrayed the future occupation of each member of the class and faculty of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and from these visions I deduced the following prophecies; Gayl Grieve taught school for a few years and then became messenger for the Editor-in-Chief of the Coopersville Observer. We always wondered when in school why Gayl was so interested in her home paper, but at last the mystery is solved. Lyle Hanchett, after leaving school, studied surgery at the University of Michigan and now is a successful surgeon in Mayo Brothers Hospital in Minnesota., Marvin Bulthuis, our star athlete, is pitching for the New York Nat- ionals. Helene TerAvest has established a boarding school for girls at Denni- son. Her rules are very strict as she will not allow the use of powder and rouge and bobbed hair is not permitted. Henry Ahrens taught History at M. A. C. for a few years and has recently been elected senator from Michigan. Ben Nanninga has become very wealthy on his stock farm at Lamont with his unlimited knowledge of breeding Jersey cattle. Florence Haas attended Kalamazoo Normal for two years, where she specialized in French and English. She taught at C. H. S. two years ago and proved to be successful, as they asked her to teach the next year, but she had greater attractions elsewhere. Edward Wezeman went abroad to study art and is now a famous artist, drawing cartoons for the Chicago Herald and Examiner. Ruby Barrett attended school at Ypsilanti, where she received a life certificate, and since then she has taught kindergarten in Marne. Page Twenty-seven

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jjjopur vMh |pgh Jch l ■ $ I, Justin Wolbrink, gladly give my rosy cheeks to Esther Mackey, for they cause me much displeasure. I, Edward Wezeman. bequeath my golden curls to Spoofy.” May they cover your honorable brow as they have mine. Now, having each one left his individual properties to those of our suc- cessors we thought most deserving of them, we hereby aqpoint Mr. George Laug as executor of this, our last will, to which we have signed our names and affixed our seals this tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, nine- teen hundred and twenty-four. LEALAH GLEASON. Page Twenty'

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Jjasj0 rjV'53l jjijgh Jc Lealah Gleason worked in Grand Rapids for a while, where she became very popular in society. She was fortunate enough to marry one of Grand] Rapids’ wealthiest citizens and is manager of a large household. Emery Scott was always fond of arguing and at last has reached his aim. He has become a lawyer who specializes in divorce cases. Carl Stephens joined the navy immediately after graduation and last year he was appointed Secretary of the Navy. Carl is very fond of this work, as Inez Nibbelink, his high school classmate, is his private secretary. Wilma Sickles was always very popular among the young people and is in Hawaii giving dancing lessons to the natives. Reginald Goodrich, small in stature but large in mind, had succeeded very well in the management of our “Aloha” and is now manager of the G. R., G. H. M. Railway. Garland Baker after working in the Coopersville Bakery for several years, started in business for himself. He owns the well known “Baker’s Bakery” in Grand Rapids and discovered a new receipe for making wedding cake which pleases all the young people. Eleanor Stevens is a close relative of Ben Gunneman and lives on a large farm near Eastmanville where she raises Rhode Island Red chickens. Frances Bolhuis worked in the Hospital in Ann Arbor and became a graduate nurse. She is the head nurse at Hackley Hospital at Muskegon. Harold Van Doom owns a large cattle ranch in Montana and had the good fortune to marry a widow with six children. Ben Gunneman has changed his disposition greatly. He is State In- spector of Schools in Florida. Alys Barret is very popular and wealthy in Cleveland where she owns a restaurant. Her winning smile seems to draw much trade. Glenroe Mohns attended Calvin College after leaving C. H. S. and be came a minister. He was then sent as a missionary to China. Jean Scott, well known by her dramatic ability is traveling all ovei the world speaking on the benefits of bobbed hair. Gerald Lubben is a prominent photographer, specializing in pictures o young women, but however, he has a life’s contract for taking pictures fo the C. H. S. annuals. Beryl Gleason, the champion typer of the United States, is the Fresi dent’s private secretary. Hunter Noble attended the University of Chicago for four years and i one of the best dentists in Chicago. » Marietta Marshall, always interested in school work, is teaching i Page Twenty-ei