Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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CLASS HISTORY Way, way back in the fall of '35, 53 green little freshmen came tripping up the school walk determined to “get an education. The first thing was a “wow,’ of an initiation, the last one at C’ville High. We had active participation in Football, Hi-Y, Glee Club, Scouting, Bible Study and Declamation. We had two excellent get-togethers in the form of parties. With a lot of pleasant memories, school closed for our first eventful year. Next fall 50 gay Sophomores came swinging hack to C. H. S. Members of our class took first and second places in the Sunday School Oratorical Contest and two of our class took part in the A. A. play. We also took active part in the other activities. With two parties we dis- banded again for vacation. Happy and looking for a good time, we came skipping back in September with a lot of newcomers from Conklin, Allendale, Eamont and Nunica. And yet, trying to maintain a certain bit of dignity, for we had attained the grand title of upper classmen. With boys out for football who received letters. We had an excellent class play, which drew a large crowd. Quite a few of the class took part in an operetta given by the Glee Clubs entitled “An Old Kentucky Garden. We had one party and we had a lot of fun in the preparations for our Junior-Senior banquet. Amid the rush of semester tests, the banquet and commencement, we bade each other a hurried farewell. And back to school again! Not this time looking up to the grand and glorious SENIORS, but actually belonging to them! With the addition to our school completed, and some new teachers, it seemed like a new place. With a great many out for football, we left a good record behind. Members of our class took part in baskelball, baseball and track. For the girls, Eloise Strong made an excellent record in girls’ basketball. With eight of our class in the cast, the A. A. play entitled “It’s Papa Who Pays,” made an excellent hit. We published the Zenith, our school annual. Members of our class were in the Student Council and many were represented in the various other activities. An excellent time was had by all at the Scavenger Hunt held on March 11. And so, with misty eyes and gay farewells, we bid adieu but this time, for some of us, for life. GERTRUDE ADEMA

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Venema. Wilma For I was born to love.” Journalism 1. Lewa Club 2. International Friendship 3 Glee Club 3. ' Oh. Professor” 3. Culture Club 4. Library 4. Waldie, Leland He has lived among us these several years, and yet we know him not.” Entered from Allendale 3. International Friendship 3 Library 4. Senior Boys Personality Club 4. Yost, Lerine Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. Men were deceivers ever. Library 2. 3. 4. Journalism 4. Vissers. Marvin To worry little, to study less, is my idea of happi- ness. Entered from Allendale 3. Football 3. 4. Bible Study 3. Band 4. Senior Boys Personality Club 4. Werly. Karl Anything for a quiet life.” Track 3. Glee Club 3. Basketball 4. Physical Education 3. Senior Boys Personality Club 4. Safety Education 4. Westrate, William A friendly attitude to- ward all. Entered from Nunica 4. SENIORS We will soon be independent, And choose our work for life, Will we be Teachers? Doctors? Nurses? And make the best of all our strife? We’ve strived to get an education. And now we’ve got it, what is next? How to choose an occupation, Is a problem quite perplexed. Continue being open-minded, And seek advice from those who know. Daily strive for what is better, It’s the best track on which to go. —Iva Dennis.

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CLASS PROPHECY As I was contemplating upon the members of our class, one evening, the radio announcer from station F-A-T-E said: “One week from tonight, Lady Mysteria will be at this station. During the corning week, write her any questions you wish answered. Therefore, I wrote to Lady Mysteria, giving her the names of all my classmates, and asked her what had become of them since we left school to the present time of 1950. I eagerly await- ed the time when she would come on the air. At last the moment arrived, and Lady Mysteria's voice came floating in. After a few remarks she began: Gertrude Adema and Elfredn Otterbein are botli nurse maids for some wealthy people in New York City. Evan Dale Andrews has become a National 4II Handicraft leader with Ferris Hambleton and Keith Taylor as his assistants. Lela Fairchild is a Home Economics teacher in Lansing, Michigan. Teunis Busman with a few years of training, is an electrical engineer and is employed at Ann Arbor. Grace Bennink and Angeline Meerman are working at a confectionery stand in the Pantlind Hotel Lobby. Iva Dennis is a talented musician and with the singing talent of Leona Kwiatowski enables them to be members of our internationally known operas. Golden Burden and Lerine Yost are waitresses in a restaurant with Junior Cook as chief cook. Willis Ellis is living by himself and owns and operates a wayside stand. Paul Elenbaas and Lynn Hill are the executives of a great matrimonial bureau in New York City. Jeannette Esther and Laura Meindertsma are foreign Missionaries. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mulder, the former Miss Venema, are owners of a large dry goods store and this store has flourished because of the excellent salesmanship of Ruth Fritz and Mary Ann Parish. Elmer Hecksel is an undertaker in the island of Haiti with his apprentice Lyle Holtrop. Francis Knoper has overcome his bashfulness and is the leading salesman for the VanW in- gerden Insurance Company. Robert Ten Brink has become an architect at Washington, D. C. Anna Kramer is the wife of a wealthy merchant. Lester Lieflers and Harold Schmidt are firemen with Raymond Stark as their chief. Marvin Vissers is married. He and his wife are on a large farm with Leland Waldie and Foriest Snyder employed as the hired help. Doris Roth, a famous beautician, has employed Jane Matthewson as her private secretary. Shirley Mengel is a laundress with Karl Werley and Junior Parkel managing the delivery- service. Jean Tiiick and Joy Mergener are the two head nurses at the University State Hospital. Marian Post is the private secretary of a Chicago banker. Phyllis Hawn and Charlotte Ter A vest are managers of a Parisian Dress Shop. Alice Ruster, who has a cozy little home of her own, is a story writer for the Good House- keeping magazine. Eloise Strong has become a famous air hostess known throughout the land. Harold Seekman, who ran for State Highway Commissioner, was defeated by Stanley Stephens. Charles Martin has found his future as business executive in Detroit. As president of the University of Michigan William Westrate has become one of our noted men. After she had finished about my old friends she made a few more remarks and signed off. JOSIE BOSKER