Creston High School - Saga Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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One oT Those rare people who are Truly beauTiTul is Joyce Manning, who was Peggy, The vague lovable characTer in our Sr. play. Joyce was in The Hilcers club. Gloria, one-acT plays, debafe, and was mosT acTive in all round dramaTics. Being a member oi Hikers and Girl Reserves, and helping wiTh Gloria and Jr. revue made June Markus a loyal class member. A live wire oT wiT, Russell Mawby appeared in The revue, one-acTs, Gloria, and Sr. play. He was sporTs ediTor of The Echo, and in The band. He belonged To The Science club, Jr. Honor socieTy, and Sr, Honor socieTy. of which he was president A grand sense of humor was The high mark oT Lyle McCann's personaliTy. Lyle was a debaTer and parTici- paTor in The exTempore division oT Torensics. Ever since coming To CresTon, Tom McGee has been in The sporTs limelighT. Tom made The All-ciTy TooTball Team and was capTain oT The I945 Track Team. Marian McKee was The busy CourTesy paTrol member in The caTeTeria. Mickey worked hard as a Jr. revue usher, in choir, on debaTe, and as a member of The Spanish club. Gerald Melpolder reminded people of a shy liTTle boy someTimes, buT a very likable and nice person. Gerry was vice-presidenT oT The Science club, doorman Tor The Jr. revue, and on The war council. FirsT sTage co-manager To have an allgirl crew, Mary Lou Mieras Tound her vacanT hours passing quickly as she prepared Tor various dramaTic producTions. She was in The revue, A.B., Girl Reserves, and on The Saga sTaTT. Vocally giTTed co'capTain oT T'ooTball was Calvin Miller. He was in The SchuberT club conTesT, STudenT Council. Hi-Y, and Science club. He parTicipaTed in TooTball, baseball, baskeTbaII, and Track. Cal was presidenf oi The junior class. An all round good Tellow was popular Tun-loving Wesly Miller. PresidenT oT The C club, co-capTain of The TooTball Team, Hi-Y, and Co-ed council were some oT The acTiviTies Wes parTicipaTed in. Lee Moerland was one oT The Tun makers oT The senior class and one of Those gruTT soldiers oT Herod in Gloria. A grand girl wiTh plenTy oT pep and a nice giggle, Donna Mol, who came Trom Tech in her senior year, is one of Those gals wiTh more Triends Than she can counT. Genial and good naTured Lois Mol was a deTiniTe asse-T To her class. Lois belonged To The A.B. club and served on The CourTesy squad, was an usher Tor The Sr. play, and in The Jr. revue. On The Beam was Oma Monroe who could always be depended upon. Oma worked hard in The Jr. revue and was a member oT The Hikers club. ThaT husky soldier in Gloria was Donald Moss, who also appeared on The TooTball Team, Jr. revue, and one-acT plays. Don was a member oT The l-li-Y, Bars and Chevrons, and The LaTin club. SweeT and demure JudiTh Mulder, vice-presidenT oT The iunior class, appeared in The revue, Gloria, The one-acTs, choir, and The girls' sexTeT. She belonged To The Jr. Honor socieTy, LaTin club, and AmiciTia. ThaT long, long hair of Marilyn NewTon's was The envy oT her many Triends. Marilyn was very good in aThleTics, especially diving, and Took parT in The pep assembly play. Exceedingly clever wiTh her hands. Rosemarie Nickel was in The A.B. and Hilcers club. She also helped wiTh The Jr. revue and was an usher for The Sr. play. 23

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AlThough she kepT a deep, dark secreT, Dawn King liked To play The piano and sing. This small miss was a member oT The CourTesy squad. Everyone liked RuTh KoerT who helped wiTh Gloria, The one-acTs, Sr. play, Jr. revue, and Sr. ushers. She was a member oT The Girl Reserves, LaTin and l-likers clubs. WiTh her mind always Tocused on Typing, Dorofhy Kooiman s+ill Tound Time To be a member oT The l-likers and A.B, clubs and To work hard on The Sr. play and in The band. AnoTher mid-Term graduaTe, Arlene Kryger, gave valuable service by being an Echo TypisT and serving on The CourTesy squad. She was a member oT The Girl Reserves. NOT being absenT nor Tardy Tor Tour years was The record oT DoroThy Kufchinski. PeTe was a member oT The Jr. l-lonor socieTy, AmiciTia, A.B., and The choir. She helped wiTh Gloria, Sr. play, one-acTs, and worked in The oTTice. Marvin Laansma liked our class so well ThaT he Took a P.G. course aTTer graduaTing in February. Being capTain oT The riTle Team and belonging To The l-li-Y, Bars and Chevrons and The STudenT Council kepT Marv preTTy busy. Handsome Douglas La FOFTEST, who is now in The Army Air Corps, was a TaiThTul member of The TooTball Team, and l-lieY. Doug was also in The Bars and Chevrons club, an oTTicer in R.O.T.C., and Science club. Phyllis LandsTra made many a Triend while she was here in CresTon. She is anoTher commercially minded sTudenT who was a member oT Girl Reserves, A.B., and Hikers club. Always rarin' To go, Margie Langeler worked dili- gently in The Jr, revue, in The Sr. play and in A cappella choir, and belonged To The Girl Reserves, A.B. and Hikers club. AcTive in The Sr. band Tor Tour and a half years, Clifford Lawrence was especially inTeresTed in aeronauTics and science. CliTT was also a member oT The Con- servaTion club. Possessor oT snappy brown eyes, Effie Lee Took parT in Gloria, The one-acT plays, and Jr. revue. She was also in The choir and CourTesy squad. A valuable member oT our class was Eloise LeTTinga. Eloise held memberships in The A.B. and LaTin clubs. She was also secreTary oT Sr. Honor socieTy and worked on The Sr. play and Saga. An acTive member oT The l-li-Y was ClinTon LindhouT, who also worked diligenTly in Jr. revue, and was one oT The kings in Gloria. ClinT was also in The A cappela choir, and an Echo-Saga circulaTion sTaTl member. Busy Jeanne LivingsTon belonged The Saga sTaTT, The STudenT Council, Spanish and A.B. clubs, was acTive in Torensics, The choir, Jr. revue, Sr. play, and one-acT plays. Being assisTanT librarian kepT Barbara Locke on her Toes. Barb was inTeresTed parTicularly in commercial course and was a member oT The A.B. club and Girl Reserves. Dick Loomis, reTurned To CresTon aTTer a prolonged absence. Dick was especially inTeresTed in baseball and was a good dancer. l-le was always ready Tor Tun. Philip Lucasse was a member oT The Science club, DebaTe, and on The class memorial commiTTee. A Tormer sTudenT aT Davis Tech, Phil was AssisTanT EdiTor oT Their school paper. DoroThy LuTz had a cracker iack oT a smile which carried her a long way. She was mosT inTeresTed in book-. keeping and belonged To The Hikers club. 22

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'ic nw X Qs' X skis sets? S S T2 Qin -qw -fs Caroline Nielsen was anoTher sTudenT who was parTicu- larly inTeresTed in commercial subiecTs. She came from Davis Tech in her senior year. John NorTier was a very eTTicienT co-ordinaTor on The War council in his senior year. John wenT ouT Tor Track and his special inTeresTs were machine shop and gym. ATTracTive, dark-haired Isla Mae O'Donnell belonged To The LaTin and AmiciTia clubs and choir. She Took parT in The revue, The one-acTs, and Gloria. The special inTeresT oT Jack OlmsTead, now in The navy, was sporTs, as shown by his acTiviTy on The TooTball and baskeTball Teams. He was also in The C club, R.O.T.C., and Bars and Chevrons. Tall, blond Terry Olson was a TooTball end, and cof capTain oT baskeTball. Clie was in The Hi-Y, and Science clubs. He is now a member oT Uncle Samis navy. AcTive, indeed, was Neoma Oosse, a member oT AB., LaTin, Hikers, and Girl Reserves. Lee worked diligenTly in The revue, in The choir, on The CirculaTion sTaTT. Ellen Oosferwall is very arTisTically inclined as anyone can Tell who has seen any of her mounTings. She aspires To become a secreTary. Ellen was well liked by all. Jene Overbeck, ediTor-in-chieT ol: The Echo, kepT herselT busy in The one-acTs, Gloria, revue, and served on Co-ed council, STudenT council, and Forensic. Jene was a mem- ber oT The LaTin club, Girl Reserves, and Jr. Honor socieTy. Especially inTeresTed in music, Bill Palma was a member oT The Sr. band. Bill Took parT in The Jr. revue and The Jr. AmaTeur hour. AT presenT Bill is playing in Gene SargeanT's band. Donna Jean PalmaTier was ElizabeTh in Gloria, Sr. play, one-acTs, Torensics, choir, CourTesy squad, SchuberT club conTesT, Echo sTaTT. She was a member oT AmiciTia, A.B., Girl Reserves, Jr, Honor socieTy. She possessed a lovely singing voice. Roberi' PaTTerson was always ready Tor a good Time. Bob was especially inTeresTed in machine shop. Mary Lou PeTTiT was in STudenT council, LaTin and Library clubs. Jr. Honor socieTy, inTer-school sTudenT council, The revue, Gloria, The Sr. play, and Echo adver- Tising manager. A newcomer To CresTon, Cornelia Phillips was, indeed. a welcome one. Connie's high school career was mosT high-lighTed by commercial subiecTs. PresidenT oT The senior class, an officer oT The Sr. Honor socieTy, member oT The Jr. Honor socieTy, and The receiver oT a cihzenship award, were a Tew oT The honors ThaT came To Don Pollie in his years aT CresTon. Clarence PosTmus was a member of The Science club and on The Track Team. Jack is a former sTudenT of Davis Tech. A name To maTch The girl was given To BeTTy Joy Priddy, who really was preTTy. BeTTy served on commiTTees Tor The one4acTs, Gloria and The Sr. play. Norma ProcTor loved To hike: Thus, she was a TaiThTul member of The Hikers club. Norma was in The choir and orchesTra. A Johnny on The spoT was RoberT Quick. As presi- denT ol' The iunior class, he worked hard in The revue. Bob was TooTball manager, in The R.O.T.C., and held membreship in The Hi-Y, Science, Bars and Chevrons and C clubs. 24'