Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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BETTY CLARK ARTHUR FRANK “Betts” Loves murder mysteries. Knowledge is power.” Phys. Ed. 1. 2. 3; Dramat- ic Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4 RUTH FYNEWEVKl “Ruthie” Number pul-lease. “I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty. Orchestra 1: Phys. Ed. 1. 2; Bible Study 1. 2; Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Dra- matic Club 2. 3. 4; Com- mercial Club 4; Library Club 4. “Art” Other men eat to live, while I live to eat. En- tered from Conklin 3; Phys. Ed. 3. 4; Dramatic Club 4; Sr. Plav: Glee Club 4; F.F.A. 4; Library Club 4; Zenith Staff 4 RICHARD GARTH WAITE “Dick” Men’s words are ever bolder than their deeds. Model Airplane Club 1; Band 1. 2. 3: Orchestra 1: 2. 3; Phys. Ed 1. 2. 3. 4; Dramatic Club 3. 4; Glee Club 4; Commercial Club 4. PASQUALE GARZELLONI “Pat” Athletic. You’ve got to be a football hero to get along with a beautiful girl. Entered from Mus- kegon 3: Baseball 3; Bas- ketball 3. 4; Football 3. 4; Phys. Ed. 3 4; Class Treas. 3: Glee Club 4: Varsity Club 4. DORIS GAVIN “Irish” With her mouth full of news.” Entered from Wright 2; Glee Club 2; Dramatic Club 2. 3. 4; Phys. Ed. 2. 3. 4; Basket- ball 3. 4; Bronco Staff 4; Library Club 4. DOROTHY GILLHESPY Quiet and sweet, and in- clined to her studies. Entered from Conklin 3; Phys. Ed. 4; Commercial Club 4; Library Club 4. EARLE HAMBLETON “Hambone” You can tell him by the noise he doesn't make” Airplane Club 1; F. F. A. 2. 3. 4; Phys. Ed. 2. 3. 4; Commercial Club 3; Dra- matic Club 3. 4. DONALD GORDON Buck” I couldn’t be good if 1 would: and .1 wouldn't be good if I could. Entered from Nunica 2: Basket- ball 2. 3. 4; Baseball 2. 3. 4; Football 3. 4: Track 4: Library Club 4; Varsity Club 4. BERNARD HAZEKAMP “Bernie” Left for service. He lives to build, not boast. Pres, of class 2; Phys. Ed. 1. 2. 3. 4; Football 1. 2. 3. 4; Co-captain 4: Track 1. 2; Baseball 2. 3; Varsity Club 4.

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of the year 1941, the friendly portals of Coopersville High School swung wide to admit seventy-five serious-minded freshmen, eager to lift anchor and launch themselves on this great and glorious ocean which we call life. Our first year in C. H. S. was indeed an industrious one with many of us carrying, not only our required subjects, but extra curricular activities as well. A great many of us, as Freshmen, en- joyed immensely the all-school parties, especially that weiner roast and skating party we had at Grand Haven in the fall of ’41. The class chose as their leaders to conduct their affairs and bus- iness: President. Vivian Albrecht; Vice-President, Charles Johnson; Secretary, Shirley Holt, and Treasurer, Bernard Hendrickson. But, alas! Our freshman year had slipped away all too quickly for many of us. However, vacation found us with few regrets and much eagerness for the coming year when we would all be back together as Sophomores at C’ville High. Beginning the school year of '42, we Sophomores really went to work in earnest, determined to make this year a profitable one. In sports, we blazed forth with promising talent in both football and basketball. Two members of our class, Bernard Hazekamp and Kenneth Laug, won their major letters in football. Some of the girls, as well, earned major and minor letters. As Soph- omores, we did not have many class parties, but the student mixers were fun for all. In all other activities, likewise, we Sophomores played an active, if not leading part, under the splendid guid- ance and good leadership of our class officers: President, Bernard Hazekamp; Vice-President, Ed- ward Tikkanen: Secretary, Blaine Sessions, and Treasurer, Gladys Wolbrink. We began our Junior year with a marked increase in enrollment due to the fine transporta- tion facilities provided by means of the school busses. Class officers elected for the year were as follows: President, Dale Rosel; Vice-President, LaVerne Rakosky; Secretary, Lois Taylor, and Treas- urer, Pat Garzelloni. We held our first class party as a picnic in the gym, which was considered great fun by all students. We were particularly well represented in all sports that year—football, basketball, baseball, and track. The Junior play production, “The Mad Hatters,” under the excel- lent direction and management of Mrs. Altenburg, was the tremendous dramatic hit of the year. We brought our Junior year to a close amid that gay, picturesque affair—the Junior and Senior Banquet, which, incidentally, was the social highlight of the year. Decorations for it in the man- ner of a Southern Plantation Party gave us a glimpse into that gay friendly atmosphere of the old South. Baccalaureate Services were held on May 28th, and graduation services were held on June 2nd. thus formally closing our Junior year. With only one more year to go, we sadly closed the volume on another chapter of our school life. We now looked forward with clear minds and eager hearts to that most important of all years—when we would be the dignified Seniors of ’45. At last that longed-for year arrived. Behold! We were here—the Senior Class and gradu- ates of ’45. We opened the fall term with our regular election of class officers and selected from our fellow students the following members to lead and represent the Senior Class: President, Dale Rosel; Vice-President, Ted Sheridan; Secretary, Mary Rhodes, and Treasurer, Edward Tikkanen. The football first and second teams, composed of many Seniors, were particularly outstanding that year, winning the Trophy Cup for the Championship. All the Seniors were much excited over the graduation pictures which were taken in the fall. The first edition of our new school paper (The Bronco) went to press with Anna Kruger as the editor and backed by the aid and cooperation of an efficient newspaper staff. As Seniors, we were well represented by a majority of the vic- tories in basketball due to the outstanding effort and cooperative spirit on the part of the teams of both the boys and the girls combined with the excellent coaching done by Miss Streeter and Mr. Konley. After the Christmas holidays, action on the 1945 Zenith Annual got under way, under the direction of Mrs. Ray-Jones, to make the 1945 Zenith the greatest success in the hisory of the school. Hot dog sales at noon, conducted by the Home E; girls of the Senior Class contributed much to our class treasury, and to help the Red Cross Drive in school. The Seniors went all out for the drive and really put it across. The Senior play entitled “Ring Around Elizabeth , under the splendid management of Director, Mrs. Altenburg, was a grand performance. It was given on the 18th and 19th of April and publicly acclaimed a great success. On the 15th and 16th of May, the Senior Clas took their trip to Chicago, and a wonderful time was enjoyed by all. The 18th of May, we Seniors, were the honored guests of the Juniors at the Junior and Senior Banquet. We wish to thank the Juniors for the splendid manner in which the banquet was conducted in true Mexi- can style for we all had a wonderful evening. Time has passed by quickly and here we are once again on the eve of graduation with but a few days more before we will say farewell forever to our happy high school days. It is with sadness that we note that not all of our friends and class- mates can be with us on this greatest of all nights, for many of them have been called away into the service of our country to fight for that freedom for which America stands. We shall miss them graduation night, but we are proud—yes, very proud—to claim them as the graduates of 1945. in this noble service. Baccalaureate Services will be held on May 26 and on the night of June 1, we, the Senior Class of '45 will soon pass from out of these portals forever, but wherever we go. whatever fate we may share, we will always look back in fond memory to our carefree school days as students of C’ville High. —BETTY CLARK.

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VIVIAN ALBRECHT “Viv” Stately as a pine, but not so lonely. ' Slim and tall— just right for basketball. Class Pres. 1; Vice-Pres. of Home Ec. Club 1: Or- chestra 1: Phys. Ed. 1. 2. 3. 4; Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4: Co-captain 4; Dramatic Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Pres. 4: Glee Club 2. 3. 4f Jr. Play; Sr. Play; Bronco Staff: Zenith StafT: Commercial Club 4; Pres, of Library Club 4. LUCILLE ANDERSON “Lucy” Behold! a twinkle in her eye!” Some lucky man will get a good cook. Home Ec. Club 1. 3. 4; Phys. Ed. 2; Dramatic Club 2. 3: Glee Club. 2. 4. ALFRED BOLKS “Fred” Born for success he seemed. Navy. Phys. Ed. 2. 4; Band 1. 2. 3: Or- chestra 1. 2. 3: Dramatics 1. 2. 3. 4. MARY BUWAY “Red” How far that little can- dle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Entered from Muskegon 2; Glee Club 2 3. 4: Dramatics 2. 3. 4; Phys. Ed. 2. GLORIA ANDERSON “Blessed is he who has found his work.” Studi- ous. Glee Club 1. 2; Bi- ble Study 2; Library Club 4; School News 4; Zenith StafT 4. NANCY BENNINK “Nanc” Above the cloud with its shadows is the star with its light. Glee Club 1. 2; Dramatic Club 1. 2; Home Ec. Club 1. 3: Basketball 3: Commercial Club 4; Library Club 4. RUTH BOUWER O Music. sphere - de- scended maid. Friend of pleasure, wisdom’s aid. Will make an efficient secretary. Orchestra 1; Glee Club 2; Bible Study 2; Commercial Club 4; Zenith Staff 4. KATHERINE CARSON “Kit” Music, when soft voices die. vibrates in the mem- ory.” Treasurer of Home Ec. Club 1; Phys. Ed. 2; Dramatic Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Jr. Play; Sr. Play: Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4. Pres, of Commercial Club 4; Li- brary Club 4; Bronco Staff 4; Ass’t Ed. of Ze- nith Staff 4. DOROTHY CARLSON ’Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.” Home Ec. Club 1. 3. 4: Phys. Ed. 2. Dramatic Club 2. 3: Commercial Club 4; Library Club 4. FLORENCE CARLSON The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.” Home Ec. Club 1. 3. 4. Phys. Ed. 2; Dramatic Club 2. 3: Commercial Club 4; Library Club 4.