Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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Zenith John La Duke Rachel Boer Norris Lawton MR JOHN LA DUKE MISS Boel was boln ln Zeeland and hex home IS M1 John La Duke was bo1n 1n Laxuence Mlch 1gan where he has also 51 aduated f1 om hlgh school Mr La Duke gxaduated from Weste1n Mlchlgan College whe1e he majored m Socxal SCIENCE and geog1aphv He has spent fou1 vca1s of h1S llfe teachmg school He taught one yea1 at F011 Custer n a Rehab1l1tat1on School and thxee VGHIS at Coopels v1lle M1 La Duke IS now wolklng on h1S M8StGl s Deg1 ee at the UHlVEISltV of Mxchlgan MISS RACHEL BOER M1ss Rachel Boel gxaluated fx om Zeeland Hxgh School She 16LLlVCd hu Bachelox of SCIENCE De gxee flom We teln MICHIHHD State Teachels Col lege mn Kalamazoo Mlss Boel taught one veax 1n Mattavs an then 1n 1941 she came to Coopersvllle vxhexe she has taught fo1 exght S6315 there For a na ume she collects post mal ks and tl vels dllllflg he1 vacat1on MISS Boer IS the tE3Ch61 of Jumor Hlgh MR NORRIS LAYTON Mr Lavton was born ln Kalamazoo He at tended Western MlChl28H College and majoxed 1n Physlcal Educatlon In 1939 he I9C61V6d h1s B xch elor of Sclence Degree Duxmg the wax four years of h1s l1fe we-le spent ln the servxce Mr Lavton sexved as a cap ta1n Wlth the lnfantxv 1n Euxope F01 falthful S61 v1ce he won five battle btdIS and an arxow head Befoxe enteung the GIVICG he was coach at Coopelsvllle Hxgh School Leavmg Coope1sv1lle he went to Zeeland Latex retuxnlng to Coopels vllle whexe he has now been teaching fox two weaxs He has been teachmg school fox five seaxs M1 Lavton IS also the adv1so1 of the Jumox Class at Coopersvxlle He lS marrled and has tvxo ch1ld1en 54 as Er. 'Trix ' ,Rafi -1- S E ' '.. N V ' - X N. 7 if , - A ff X255 I AM 'e 1 , 1 . . 1 v ' - ' . S ' ' va .' . ' ' . . . ' ,. ' - . . V 5. . I U D A N , I V 7 . . 3' ' ' , i . , ' , ' ' ' . ' . . I . . ' a . ' ' ' 1 - w I - 4 . Q7 . - -' -' V ' ' v . Q Q. S Q ' 1 ' . , . .,K . . ' - , , ' h . . .,' ,. . ' , - , , . . C . ' ' , v - I . ' , . ' ' v ' .

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SOCIETY Emmy OLD AND N W NSTR CTOR Claire Kern .-Esther Streeter Ellzabeth Vander!-Iyde JZ UNITED FOR PROGRESS MRS CLAIRE KERN COODCISVIIIB has long b en the home town of Mrs Clalre Kern havmg been born here and go 1ng to th1s h1gh school After leavlng hlgh school she graduated from MlCh1g3H State Nolmal and later attended Davenpoxt McLachlan Busmess School Before graduatmg however she began her teach1ng career Her first teachmg pos1t1on was 1n a rural school Just outslde of Coopelsvxlle Shortly after th1s she returned to the hlgh school where she has been teachmg Commerc1al subjects Mrs Kern has estabhshed clubs to make her commerc1al subJect more mtere txng to the stu dents In past years she has been advlsor to semor classes as well as underclassmen Mrs Kern teaches some of the commercxal courses 1n Coopersvllle Hxgh School MISS ESTHER STHEETER M1ss Esther Streeter graduated from Coopers v1lle Hlgh School She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Western M1Chlgan State Teach ers College and her Master of Alts Degree from the Un1vers1tv of MlCh1g3n M1ss Streeter was born 1n Coopersvllle and has llved here all of her l1fe She taught five years at Three Rlvers and has spent the rest of hex teach men s League Councxl ln College M1ss Streeter worked two summers as a walt ress at the Shadv Shore 1n Dowagxac and also at the Mxchalmda Beach Lodge ln Whltehall She has also worked for the Contlnental Motors Cor poratlon M1ss Streeter teaches Enghsh and Amerxcan L1t erature Physlcal Educatlon and acts as the GIFIS Coach ELIZABETH VANDERHYDE Mrs VanderHyde was born ln Coopersvllle and has made th1s her home ever 1nce Graduatmg from COODGFSVIIIE Hxgh School n 1911 she then attended Western M1ch1gan College where she re celved her A B Degree Mrs VanderHyde left Hlgh School th1s year ln January after completmg twenty five years as a teacher K' xx . ' I Q1 -, ,n,JL, X ,. , Y . ' D v - '. . Q ing career at Coopersville. She was on the Wo- , . . - V . 1 ' v . ' ' ' ' 1 . ' s - . . i ,

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, Zenith .john Dewgtt Nlarjone Rlemersma Gerald Franz MR JOHN DE WITT Mr John De Wltt was born IU Holland M ch1 gan where he spent most of h1s l1fe He g1adu ated from Hope College IH 1938 M1 De Wltt S91 ved two and one half yea1s as a e1geant 1n the m1l1ta1y pollce 1n Af1 xca He has spent three years teachlng school The of Holland and the remammg two XCHIS he has taught at COOD8lSV1ll6 H1gh School Mr DeW1tt lS ma1r1ed and has a son two VQHIS old and a daughter bo1n th1s sprmg Mrs R1eme1sma was born and l1ved 1n L n slng but moved to Coopelsvllle fou years ago MRS MARJORIE RIEMERSMA MIS MQIJOFIG Rxemexsma graduated fxom Lan smg Central Hlgh School 1n 19-12 and she Hlddll ated and ICCQ1V6d her Bachelo1 of A1ts Degx ee at MlChlE8H State College at Lans1ng ln 1945 As her iixst Job M15 R1emersma wolked at the J C Penney Depa1tment Stoxe 1n Lans1ng fo1 about two S6315 She also worked f01 the State of M1ch1gan for a half a V631 Mrs R1eme1sma has taught 1n Coope1sv1l1e fo1 four years She teaches 'he kmdexgarten ch1ldren and mus1c and art ln the grades She IS also the Advlsor of the H1gh School G1rls Glee Club and Double Sextette Mrs R1eme1sma l1kes to kmt and sew He1 hobby IS collect1ng post marks from envelopes l GERRALD FRANZ Mr Franz band and olchestra dll6CtO1 1n the hlgh school was born n Norfolk NeblaSk3 No vember 12 1910 After comp1et1on of h1gh school Mr Franz attended the Conservatolv of Mus c at Lawrence College for f0U1 years Whele he majoxed Although mus1c teachmg Jobs weze practlcally lmposslble to get 1n 33 he landed a pos1t1on at New Holstem Elkhart Lake and Plymouth all 1n WISCOHSIH fo1 212 yeaxs He taught the M H College Orchest1a 1n Plymouth the cheese cap1tal of the world After teachmg at Red G1an1te WISCODSIU for 5 years and Harlcon Wxsconsm fo1 2 yeals he came to M1ch1gan and taught 1n East Grand Rap1ds for one yea1 and was teache1 supe1v1sor at Hagar s Muslc House fOl 3 veaxs Th1s year he IS teachmg at Max ne and Oaklc-1gh as well as at Coopersv1lle Mr Franz has owned the MUSIC Center on Brldge Street 1n Grand Rap1ds smce the summer of 1947 and ln the fall of that yeax he staxted teach mg at C H S He was mar11ed to Dorothea Wallace Septem ber 14 1935 and has four sons Mr Franz IS a membex of the DeMola1 Com mandery Band 1n Grand Rap1ds where he plays the horn ,, 149,53 ' F' Y N W Y , . 1 it 1-ta. -gt V , , f N551 4- ,gi I 4 1 t . ' I 'G' 5 hz . l in H . ' .. 'A s fag' 'U' . , .L 5 1, A . . .- . S i . . . V. . . -. l ' ' I ' ' Y - a mst year he taught at 3 rural School just outside IH 1nstrumenta1 mus1c, and was graduated 1n 1933. Q I - . . . . y . . . ' I . ' Q . - M ' ' '. If . ' . ' . --. . ' v 1 Y . . . , ' 4 . , -