Dowagiac Central High School - Wahoo Yearbook (Dowagiac, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 58 of the 1949 volume:

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I E A ' 1 I I I ' I I I D I J' 'N is .. P' P-W, DOL' os C Q MAE Pho'-gifnpl, f 5 4 L-. moo s A' 1l1' I' -05 Ulililn, U'-'nm X X- 5 S 7 We ffffxi ff! fgyiffwf , f S-was f aff .Q ' f! i A Y QQ Q ' l'I .i L14 Ir,- - Q x 5' 9 3 -4 i t A X--9 f if D 5 ..1 11 , Super-intendenf Behind those bold letters, Superintendent, on the door in the main hall lies Charles Canfield's office. Charlie shores the domain with Miss Biek, his secretary, Homer Smull, athletic director, and the dozens of teachers and students that find themselves down in the main office. It is by no means a private office, for it is filled with the friendly atmosphere that Mr. Canfield seems to radiate . However, Charliels duties do not all come to him in his office. His familiar figure strides down the aisle at pep meetings to induce a little spirit into us, or to perform an introduction to an assembly speaker. To him falls the iob of seeing that transportation is found for all country children of high school age. Meeting with rural school boards usually solves this problem. New faces in the teaching staff is another result of his efforts to replace those that have left Through Mr Canfield s co operation the high school s doors have been flung open to the community ln passing the well lit school at night it would not be Charles Covmeld surprising to find the Allied Arts Guild rehearsing a play a forum progressing in room 200 and veterans trying to concentrate while the City League rages on in the gym He has the respect of the townspeople and the students in trying to promote the school into an active much needed community center Frequent notices bearing Charlie s signature find their way into th home as contagtous diseases are warned of and coming meetings are brought to the attention of the parents However full his agenda Charlie always has time for one of those friendly smiles thot reserves him a place in the friendship of old and young alike Efficient Efforts Hello Central High School a familiar phrase as Miss Biek embarks on one of her daily chores that of answering an ever ringing phone A gracious and efficient personality known to all at D H S as Charlie s secretary Miss Biek is stationed the year round in the main office on first floor A general hustle bustle clicking typewriter keys and ringing phones are part of the atmosphere which Miss Biek is associated with and helps to create An early morning peek into the office reveals Miss Biek pigeon holtng the facultys mail Launching into her days routine she may be seen answering inquiries about lost items safe keeping money of various clubs taking in hot lunch money or keeping an army of records straight and up to date Reserves are called in from study hall on hectic days to relieve the tension by taking a bell 'ob on or another duty Boarders The men behind the scenes yet a very important factor in the functioning of our school are the members of the School Board The officers in command are Doc or F H Essig president H C Mosher secretary H Palmer treasurer and R J Born and A Springsteen J trustees Discussions throughout the year evolve plans for a new school building to accommodate our increasing enrollment The contract for the building is issued and attorneys and architects are lined up Other it ms on the School Board s agenda for the year deal with the problems improvements and other changes in the present program One of the bigger problems is to get the necessary equipment and issue tt so that the greatest amount of benefits may be obtained from it Charles Canfield constantly works with the School Board for the betterment of the educational system and facilities we possess The school board members are H Palmer treasurer Dr F H Essig president H C Mosher secretory R J Born and A Springsteen Jr trustees Gertrude Brel: 03 assess! 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II II ' ' ' ' II II ' ' . . . . ,, ,, . . . , 1 1 ' I II ' II I 1 1 Y 1 1 ': 1 1 - 1 ' I I r I - 1 S 1 1 - : 1 1. -1 Y 4 ' 1 ., . . 1 1 1 - ? 1 1 I 1 leon Mlnef V 'Sq 'MH Zoe Mllvenon C o 'e 09Ion o Studymg Spomsh hard ,,.-1 JA' On our woy to Chm Nc doubt ard wovk Englush Especually Entucung Small but mughty typufles an eftervescent and energetuc Mrs Jaburek Thus but of human dynamo us un her ftrst year of teachung at D H S Thus us no hundrance to her as she succeeds Mr Telfer as Student Councul advusor She has a class each of Junuor and Senuor Englush plus one helpung of Speech The presentatuon of the Barrets of Wumpole Street at John Adams H S attracts Nrs Jaburek and Senuor Englush students who see a hughly pleasung performance As sprung approaches thoughts agaun are toyung wuth the udea of attendung another play preferably a mystery Mrs Jaburek serves as an advusor to the class of 50 helpung them get unto the groove wuth all theur new responsubulutues The sole proprueter of 305 us our own Margaret Swutzer Much of Muss Swutzer s tume us spent preparung Senuors for college We encounter a wuder vcruety of knowledge concernung Englush classes un her own college Englush class Her wunnung ways and personaluty entuce students to see her perhaps lust for a vusut Progressung unto the day 305 overflows wuth luttle Freshues gaunung a wuder knowledge of Englush and cuvucs Muss Swutzer also conducts classes of begunnung and advanced uournalusm Students may contrubute and become a part of the Hu Sheet staff whuch Muss Swutzer advuses Also lusted on her actuvutues us the task of co operatung wuth three other senuor advusors to keep the 49 ers out of ruts A vuvacuous muss new on the faculty thus year us Lous Patterson Muss Patterson s haven us 3'll to whuch flocks of Sophs and Frosh rush for the betterment of theur Englush The Sophomores also receuve unstructuon on world hustory from thus popular personaluty The core classes embark on several trups tourung the Hall of Scuence 8. lndustry Museum of Natural Hustory and Benton Harbor radno statuon Pats udeas and avud unterests are an asset un advusung the Soph class along wuth three other teachers Along wuth the new year Wahoo has a new advusor Muss Patterson who replaces Zoe Mulvenan Coping Current Condlfuons Mr Clark a famuluar west wunger delves unto the field of economucs tryung to guve us a broader knowledge of these subuects and problems exustung concernung them In the fall hus govt students plan and hold a mock electuon All hugh school students are allowed to vote who have regustered usung 312 as the polls Dewey emerges the vuctor although not to our surpruse The second semester a current affaurs class us launched wuth Rex as overseer Plus hus regular dutues Mr Clark durects a follow up study of the class of 45 a prouect un keepung wuth the College Agreement Plan He also capably assusts the 49 ers to hurdle theur hurdles throughout the year Swutchung Saddles A uob worth doung us worth doung well Thus quotatuon us famuluar to students taught by Alma ReShore Mrs ReShore us best known to us as a Latun teacher but she also has classes of world government cuvucs Englush 10 and eughth grade hustory Mrs ReShore leaves D H S soon after Chrustmas because of ullness Mrs Naomu Carpenter then steps unto the role of Latun teacher also teachung her other classes Another teacher who leaves us at Chrustmas tume us Zoe Mulvenan Mrs Mulvenan specualuzes un Englush wuth her lubrary work also occupyung a great deal of tume A lot of us won t forget those fruendly chats we had wuth Zoe back un the lubrary office She also was Wahoo s advusor The fruendly shy guy that takes over Mrs Mulvenan s tenth grade Hustory and Englush classes us Leon Muner He also steps unto her shoes as Soph advusor Teachung three classes of Jr Englush constutut s the rest of Mr Muner s agenda 9 Margaret Swutzer u 'V' exiitld Co I Lous Patterson s-1 Alma ReShore Mary Jeburek X Jane Hunter - 1 i Mirthful Mathematics That William Carey possesses an endless supply of jokes is known to most who attend D.H.S., especially mathematicians. Math is Bill's specialty. Beginning algebra students are often puzzled about equations, factors, and unknowns but Bill soon has them on the right path. Sessions are often held at the board to clear away the mist surrounding some problem. His three algebra classes may disagree sometimes on algebra but they all agree that the parties held in 302 quite excell all others in both quality and quantity of food. The Seniors also are in for some board work and some parties in their solid geometry class. They change horses in the middle of the year, saddling up for a ride with college algebra. lt's quite puzzling and complicated but with Mr. Carey in the reins it's soon as plain as day C'?t to us. Mr. Carey's afternoons are spent in room 200 working on the veterans program. The young woman in the ofhce of 200 is Mrs. Helen Leich, secretary to Mr. Carey. Sixth hour period finds Mr. Carey taking time to govern S.H. for an hour. ln addition to these duties Mr. Carey helps in advising the H49-ers . Figure Finders The fair haired Senorita who occupies 3'l0 is Jane Hunter. Miss Hunter became a member of our faculty this year. Friendly grins and hi's are her trademark, greeting us as we pass by or enter her domain. Daily rendezvous are kept with mathematicians and Spanish students. Among her mathe- maticians we find algebra, geometry, and trigonometry devotees. The algebra-ists are mostly concerned with equations, unknowns, and factors, fmentioning a few of the problems coped withj. Studying theorems we learn the whys and whatfores of certain phases of plane geometry. Fifth hour 310 settles down to a session which deals with logarithyms, sines, cosines, etc. These terms are part of the fundamentals of trig. Miss Hunter steps into the shoes of Mrs. Milvenan's as teacher of Espanol. A class each of first and second year Spanish constitute this part of her curriculum. Adding to her duties is that of Frosh advisor. Miss Hunter is a staunch supporter of sports, attending G.A.A. regularly. She's always in there rootin' for the home team at our basketball and football games. Bashful Biologist . . .and what do we have here? A glimpse into room 306 reveals a museum of live and stuffed animals. Parakeets, cardinals or our delightful furrey friends fmicei may be heard adding their noise to the classroom. The keeper of this gate is Roger Norden whose delightful wit will take the lull out of any classroom. Biology and conservation are his specialty. Fish, frogs, and earthworms are dissected by the biologists with Mr. Norden standing by. lt's much easier and interesting to learn the organs of these animals and how they function when they're actually seen. Visual education via movies are important parts of both biology and conservation classes. Norden and his students often change their residence to permit other classes to use the movie apparatus available in 306. The finer points of figuring 661 cg fiom A black coupe parked behind the school over the weekend is a sure sign Mr. Norden is looking after the welfare of his animal friends. The stuffed animals we marvel over are a product of his own ability as a taxidermist. A stuffed musk- rat, mouse, bat, duck, plus a few others seem real to us as they appear in 306. Keeping an eye on the movements of the Sophomore class, along with three other advisors, proves to be a time taking job for the little time he has left. Searching Scientist Ah! fresh air , exclaim the chemistry students hanging their heads out the window during a lab period. The results of some experiment are probably being smelled just then. Lab periods are held several times a week in addition to the regular class hour. Guiding us in this realm of peculiar odors, explosions, and so forth is Carson Neifert. Mr. Neifert also has us undergo reports every Friday and completion of a proiect during the second semester. Sixth hour 307 is turned over to seniors in the interest of physics. Here we deal with the physical changes of matter. We experiment to find candle power, focal length, heat of fusion, and even the velocity of sound. Cars is always at hand to make sure the outcome agrees with the proven theories, but sometimes they won't. Mr. Neifert is also in charge of one of our newest courses, drivers training. A street is blocked aff in our behalf, until Hwh OYICITQ find Doc? we can be trusted to drive around town and venture out into the country. Learning how to park correctly is a bug- a-boo to some, but with a little practice and persistance it soon is mastered. At the end of the semester we're the proud owners of a driver's license. Rounding out his sched- ule fexcluding coachingj Mr. Neifert serves as a Frosh advisor and homeroom teacher, also sponsoring the Varsity Club with Dick Wekenman. Heat experiment Bugol-o-gists Filling findings Q., Swappins Shop When walking through the west wing of the school the aroma of baked goods floats through the air to greet you, but down around the east wing it's the good old smell of sawdust that hits you. lf somewhat doubtful just take a peek into room lOO and look at the sights. There before your eyes are cedar chests, desks, lamps, end tables, and numerous other wooden articles. Boys from seventh through twelfth grade miraculously transform a plain piece of wood into some handy do-dad'f under the cape able guidance of Lee Neidlinger. The little shoppers , or Junior High boys, indulge in the simpler process of making bread boards and window stays while the big fellows come forth with more complicated articles, using the electrical machinery that is for- bidden to beginners. At the beginning of the year each boy is given so many tickets which are used to buy wood for their projects. Before they can actually begin to work with the wood, plans must be made on paper of the project. After Lee O.K.'s the plan the construction can begin. Tools are checked out of the cage by a keeper and are returned at the end of the hour. Smoothness is a must with Lee. Each item must be sanded and sanded again. It takes time and patience but the reward for time well spent is a neat looking finish. lm, Neidlinger Whenever a play or festival comes up the old familiar cry for Lee and his boys rings out. Then a brigade of boys, ladders, and hammers appear upon the scene and the props are up, waiting for the play. This is an annual occurance for the boys. As spring nears, the annual Art Exhibit takes place. Here the boys display their year's masterpiece to the townspeople, and receive many praises on the beautiful productions. For the past twelve years Central High School has been a second home to Lester Manns. And the room that bears the title of metal shop, Les' room, is TOT in the west wing of the building next to old-face-ful , our pet water fountain. Les' room is the meeting place for metal shop experts from ninth through twelfth grade. His home room is a fit place to train these boys. It is in an atmosphere equipped with lathes humming, hammers banging, and welders smell hanging in the air. Mr. Manns leads the metal shop-pests into an array of machines and rules as the year passes. The making of metal cubes, boxes, and the more complicated artistry of drill making fill the yearly schedule for a boy. With the completion of these articles a place is reserved in the Art Exhibit as show place for metal shop. Another course, one within itself, occupying a side line of 'l0'l is mechanical drawing. Before the T-squares are brought out to beginners they must have six weeks of free hand drawing. After that they can dig into the drawing instruments and begin to work. Second year students have their pick of entering into a variety of fields. Accompanying the mechanical drawers are the blueprint boys. Special instruc- tions are given in how to draw and read the blue prints and as the year wears on we may find some of the braver boys trying their luck at the drawings. The highest drawings are shown in the exhibit, making each boy strive for four points. A sixteen year or older boy is needed to work in a downtown store . This familiar announcement read by Eleanor rings out over the public address system into the class rooms as Les again finds an open job for some high school boy or girl. Whether it is in concern with the high school employment or the shop boys, we can always be sure Mr. Manns will do an efficient job. Shaping up our projects Metal shop in sess on xii 9 E About Ag When you get to the thurd floor turn to the rught and stop at the second door on the left Thus us where youll be durected nf you re lookung for the ag room Heod farmer un 308 us Vuctor Woodruck Vuc s been located un the ag department of DH S for the past three years Thus has re ulted un a wude acquauntance wuth the farmers an thus vucunuty plus the students that he has un hus ag classes Lookung on the schedule Vuc has lasted un hus day confer ences a nunth grade ag class and two other classes under the tutles of Farm Management and Crops and Souls Mr Woodruck says that approxnmately 55 to 6004: of the boys takung agrucultural courses untend deflnutely to go unto some fleld of farmung A general course us guven to the Freshmen who are takung ag A more specualuzed course us that of studyung local crops and souls sophomores and lunuors attend these classes Vucs advanced farmers are studyung hortuculture ffruuts and vegetablesj and farm management He also has a twelve month program that uncludes summer vtsuts to the forms un thus area at whuch he consults wuth hus students and assusts them un any of the problems that they mught have The Future Farmers of Ameruca group at D H S are made up of about fifty one of the boys un the ag classes Mr Woodruck us theur sponsor The F F A emblem la cross sectuon of an ear of cornl adorns the door of 308 Joe Scott Less Ludwug Davtd Gullette and Edven Thor are presudent vuce presudent secretary and treasurer respectuvely of the Future Farmers In other offices we have Ruchard Szymanowsku as reporter and Leo Toney as sentunel Every year the F F A boys organuze a parluamentary procedure team takung part un the annual reguonal meetung at Cass Dufferent F F A groups un thus reguon demon strate the correct way to conduct a busuness meetung Our group comes un thurd wuth the chapter from Cass wunnung flrst honors at the reguonal and also at state Joe Scott acts as chaurman for the group wuth Dave Gullette as secretary Members on the floor are Jum Fule Chuck Sprague and Edven Thor Another hughlught on the Future Farmers calendar us the annual parent and son banquet held un the gym The food us prepared by the gurls Future Homemakung group Mr Jack Buttner county agrucultural agent us guest speaker The purpose of the banquet us to estab lush better relatuons between the students school and theur parents engaged un agruculture Thus year the award of State Farmer goes to Joe Scott lt us awarded through the state F F A and us based on prolects among them were swune daury cattle potatoes and a Fo Last fall durung the Centennual twenty three of the ag boys helped put our exhubuts un varuous store wundows They were sponsored by name brands through Kauser Fraser The happy endung to thus escapade was the fact that they got a vusut to Wullow Run to tour the Kauser Fraser plant there A bus us chartered for the day and the students are excused from school Vuc goes along to see that all stay un order not gettung too wuld un the bug cuty Noon hour 308 us swamped by gurls who get theur dauly noontume vutamuns The raduo us usually blarung forth to entertaun them The gurls organuze and form commuttees who are responsuble for keepung the room free from crumbs A few of the gurls stay here at noon to study but as sprung draws near they escape to the out of doors The F FA members Back row Dave Mer wan Bob Ausra John Hewutt Gordon Whute Ruchard Palm Jum Fule Warren Garrett Don Wulson Morley Wolf Glen Grady Charles Bakeman Harold Fam Maruon Toney Ed Chandler Don Funk Jum Puerson Ted Bckeman Jack Magner Leo Toney Ken Weudner Front row standung Floyd Chandler Delbert Smuth Danuel Haley Danny Huff Ted Wuruck Ken Koch Stanley Pankausku John Glynn Louus Geussel Jack Henderson Al Patzer Larry Fosduck Jum Carlson Duck Bannow Kent Robunson Gene Carter Suttung Charles Sprague Dove Gullette Joe Scott Ed Thor Ruchard Szyma nowsku fmers We Ing up Po tg foes Z5 v-bs , I r T ,, . . 1 ll ' ' I ' ' I ' ll ll . . . . ,, . , ,, . 1 . . . . . . , . . ,, . ,, . . . 1, U - Q N 1 1 ' ll ll Il ' ll , . I ll ' I ll ll ll ' ' ' 1 . . u . . . . ' I I 1 ' 1 I I . . . . , h . . . . . . . -5 x u ,, . . . . ' 'X ' . . . f u . . . xx,-f 1 ' FX I - t l u ' ' ' uc, . 4 , 1 I ' ' . - - - - ,..... 1 1 - 5 1 - -1 1 1 1 1 i u crop of wheat. I , - l . . . . . , Il ' ll ' ' Il ' ll . 1 ' ll ' ' ll - l ll II ' I - - ' ' 74. V, 5-31.5 . , - U ,A 2 ,Q 1 f u' s 3 5: . i if - 1 tf f' ? ' . . . : - - . ' l F 1 ft v' F' - 1 1 1 1 1 ' 7 , ' 1 1 1 . ' -, I I 1 7 - F , , 5 1 - if f - - 1 I I I ' I I I V - ' 1 I I I - s Nc lrene Thaler, Velma Swisher Smilin' Seamsfress Round about the west wing of Central High room 'IO8 is the ideal haven for the seamstresses of D.H.S. The flowered drapes hanging at the window add to the friendly atmosphere along with the complete living room around which the class is centered, with ample storeroom in the cupboards that flank the two sides. Fresh green plants and the homey attitude of Mrs. Velma Swisher complete the picture. Mrs. Swisher's day begins with the eighth grade iunior high girls. Aprons and dishtowels are made under her direction. There are many times when a seam has to be straightened. The scissors again are put to snipping the old one out and a new thread goes in. After much re-doing a towel is made that is a pride to these girls. ln order to learn how to sew a straight line on the sewing machine the girls are given a piece of paper with different lines drawn on it. Many hours are spent at the machines trying to follow these lines in a straight manner. Girls from senior high excel in the more complicated process of dress making. Patterns are laid out on the big tables and scissors are set to work. After many fittings and rippings the results are a suit or dress that is wearable . Courses in personal grooming are also taken up. Right hair styles, the best color of makeup, and what color in clothing should be worn are all taken up. lt wouldn't be a sur- prise if one were to walk in and find girls experimenting on each other with different hair styles and make-up. Mrs. Swisher, along with Miss Thaler, is advisor to the Future Homemakers of America. This is an organization of domestic girls of Central High School. The purpose of this club is to pro- mote the appreciation and the satisfactions of homemaking, to further good will, to provide group recreation, and to foster the development of leadership in life. Their motto Toward New Horizons expresses the above mentioned goals- learning to Whot's cookin'? live better today in order that our lives and those of our families may be better tomorrow . Heading the F.H.A. are Anita Parren, president, Beverly Horak, vice-president, Arlene Horak, secretary, Emma Jean Drake, treasurer, and Alice Sasaki, reporter. In November a get together conference at Kalamazoo finds Anita Parren, Emma Jean Drake, Alice Sasaki, Luretta Kroger, and Jeanette Keesler attending. Ideas are exchanged between different homemaking groups in order that each club may be improved. March twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth find a two day conference being held at Michigan State College in East Lansing with Arlene Horak and Luretta Krager as representatives for the Dowagiac group. Here State officers are elected and a general discussion is held between the different groups with the exchang- ing of ideas squeezed in. The colors of this homemaking organ- ization are red and white. These colors symbolize youth, as their flower, the red rose, symbolizes the vibrant, glowing health that is necessary for the happiness and efficiency of home life. In order to obtain their Junior Homemakers degree the girls must be an active member of the local F.H.A. chapter for one semester, they must have completed one semester of instruction, have re- peated the creed from memory, have explained the symbols, emblems, and colors of the club, and demonstrate a knowledge for satisfactory homemaking. The F.H.A. is not all work without any play. Every year the Future Farmers of America find themselves entertained at dinner given by the girls. After eating the hearty dinner, games are played and all attending have a grand time. It is not unusual to find the landing on second floor a bakery as the F.H.A.-ers sell baked goods for a money making proiect. Their yearly project work is along the different phases of homemaking. All girls who par- ticipate in this organization agree that it is a helpful and worthy club. As April rolls around, it finds us ioining in to make the annual style show a huge success. Suits, dresses, and other items are shown ot? by their creators in front of mothers and teachers in the auditorium. Afterwards a tea is held in room 108, treating their visitors as well as themselves. A new novelty that is added to Mrs. Swisher's schedule is a boys sewing class. This is open only to domesticated seniors. Here the fellows take to a needle and thread and learn to darn the holes in some socks brought from home. The mighty seniors also take turns learning how to press a shirt, finding the key to the tricks that lead to independence and bachelorhood. 5omethin's cooked up ' ' WAV 4 5 -,,...- li O V5 FHA members Standing Arlene Horak Diane Creenwood LaVerne Martin Beverly Austin Julia Baker Maxine Farrow Pat Luk Pat Meyers Suttung Luretta Kroger Aluce Sasaki Mary Lou Keesler Beverly Horak Emma Jean Drake Pat Fraze Anita Parren Betty Austun lon couch arml Dolores Love Shirley Schneck Jeanette Keesler Vurgunua Garmon Cookm' Cook Umm such a heavenly smell' One of the Eve senses of he students of Central Hugh School again registers that the cookung class us un action A new commander us heading the department un room T09 The salty voice of Muss Irene Thaler is known to all home ec students from lunuor to senuor hugh school The babies of the food fetching room first learn the funda mentals of cookung The gurls from iunuor hugh don their haurnets and aprons un preparation for whipping up a batch of biscuits Sometimes uf they have the time eggs are quickly transformed unto omelets or scrambled results are obtained After each food preparation dishes are washed stoves shined and a spuck and span kutchen remam the only tales of our cookung escapade busy hour each day in the tantalizing room planning pre pa ing and servung meals A tasty breakfast and luncn are created under the careful guidance of Muss Thaler Some of the well spent time us added to the buyung and selecting of goods Also tacked on to the beginners is the 'ob of keepung the kitchen un shape ln homemakung Il a more advanced course time us spent learn mg the simpler process of food preservation Tume us spent learn ung to set a table correctly and after ut us set how to conduct yourself at ut Cooking utensils are brought out of the cupboard and a breakfast or lunch appears before your eyes Besides learning how to prepare a meal time us also spent un how to Cherry ple queen and runner up Y'Q clean up afterwards a task that all take part un Additional knowledge us gained as Muss Thaler explains how to distribute the family food budget so that all members will benefit As the holiday seasons roll around new ideas to brighten the table are discussed and later put to test The results are worth noting and also worth eating Lufe around the home can be dangerous so the gurls are taught good suggestions for home safety The upper crust or homemakung Ill us composed of advanced hugh school gurls The technuque of selecting a good quality of kitchen equipment us brought out un the studues of the year Pre servung puckles luke they dud un grandma s day us another under takung of this advanced class Muss Thaler also helps give out hunts on con umers buyung Here the labels are thoroughly gone over to tell whether the best buy us an A B or C As communuty dunners are always poppung unto the pucture Muss Thalers gals are called upon to help They help plan the food and spend the cvenung as waitresses Another class quute different from the others us held fourth hour It us a cookung class only completely composed of senuor boys Donnung their aprons each boy participates un the makung of cookies macaronu and cheese and the roastung of meats Muss Thaler co operates wuth the cooks in the hot lunch room and together they plan the lunches throughout the wunter months Also unto her hands falls the responsibility of orderung the food and keepung a record of the cost Cuttun up Iluq r u u I L .. f 1 . . l 1 - Q , rx . . . 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A I , , My 4 1. .' 1 T ' 'S -A - 1 A f ., fr Olga Shewchuck Da ydreamlng Done Introduclng Mass Olga Shewchuck Thus rs Mlss Shewchucks tlrst year of teachung at DHS Another confederate of hers new In the commerc a' dept IS Mlss Thomas Dark brown eyes and haur Cwnth quute a but of daydreamlng thrown Inj typnfy Mnss Shewchuck On her schedule we flnd classes of World History Engllsh and typsng lnsted One class of history and Englssh are combined unto a core class third and fourth hours The world hlstoruans use the Story of Natnons as their standby throughout the year In world hnstory the class ns divided unto groups throughout the year and as each new unut rs approached a new group IS asslgned to t Thus group presents rt to the class guvung the test or any other asslgnments necessary to understand the chapter Mlss Helen Mann of New York IS one of the speclal vusstors to the tenth grade In Shewchuck s classes The purpose of her vrslt as to obtain lnformatlon on the drtterent ways cur rent events are taught The students prepare for her vlsut by wrltlng and presentnng a qulz show qurzzung the contestants on current events nssues Make belreve cash awards are given for the correct answer It IS presented as a radno program over the public address system Miss Mann also vlsrted many other schools beside D H S seeking Information on the same toprc We also have a study of the classics supervnsed by Mass Shewchuck The well known classlcs are all read from abrndged addrtrons Among those we chose to read are House of Seven Gables Les Miserables and The Three Muskateers In November we take trme out from the classroom to stage a vnsrt to Chrcago We traupse around seerng many sughts plus what we really lntend to do to see the Museum of Science and Industry The Fueld Museum and the Aquarium One of the hugh lnghts un our day takes place when we get rn on a raduo broadcast at Goldblatts Store A few of us also tourney over to the Plan: torlum to Increase our knowledge of astronomy ln between these vlsuts we also manage to find time to do some shopplng In April Shewchuck vnsrts Chncago agann this time she travels with the Commerclal Club In the afternoon Miss Shewchuck goes down to 2l2 and Intro ducesL C Smlths Remington Rands and Royals to the beglnmng typlsts Strains of Toreador tloatung from 212 In the afternoon may fool you unto bellevlng a music class IS underway but nt IS really one of typung Beglnnung typlsts plug away In tome to the musuc untnl finally by the end of the year we re practucally speed demons C75 Our typung classes also receuve a certaun amount of practuce typtng buslness letters and envelopes Tnme tests are also thrown In as added attractlons but only after we become more famrllar wlth the keyboard -A! S-4 .Z Speed test commg p Keepnng books 7 Busy doing nothing Y 14 Busy Bus:ness Booster Heap b:g chuef over the commerc:al department :s M:ss Ela:ne Sheltraw Rooms 210 and 2'l'l are devoted to commerc:al tra:n:ng and work M:ss Shewchuck and M:ss Thomas are the two other teachers work:ng w:th M:ss Sheltraw Shellys classes consust of shorthand typ:ng and office pract:ce mostly made up of g:rls Both the shorthand and typ:ng classes are composed of second year students The second year shorthand :sts don t have much trouble gett:ng the curves to curve consequently work:ng a great deal on d:ctat:ons F:ve m:nute d:ctat:ons are often held everyone str:v:ng for s:xty to 120 words per m:nute As :n other advanced typ:ng classes legal documents statements and post cards are typed More practucal typ:ng :s also done such Us typ:ng :nvo:ces monthly statements form letters and tabulat:ons These are bound to come :n handy sometame whether work:ng :n an office or not M:ss Sheltraw :s co ord:nator of the co operat:ve program wh:ch :s :nnovated th:s year F:fteen g:rls from the commerc:al department are chosen to work :n var:ous offices These g:rls have the:r school classes :n the morn :ng devot:ng the:r afternoons to office work They work for I' Ela:ne Sheltraw several teachers and :n the offices of var:ous agenc:es and fac tones :n the commumty Offices located at the Dowag:ac Steel Furnace Co Heddon Ba:ts The Fa:r Store Burl:ngame s Wolver :ne Insurance Co Tr:ple A Monaghan Insurance and Prem:er cla:m some of these g:rls Shellys gu:dance of the program :s a real success and she hopes that :t may be expanded :n the comung years The office pract:ce group learns how to run mach:nes such as the d:tto m:meograph, and gelat:n dupl:cator All these mach:nes are located :n the two rooms of the commerc:al department d:v:ded from the regular class room Theres also a var:ety of addlng and comput:ng mach:nes Shelly and her commerc:al :tes run off announcements for us also makmg our play programs and programs for the Chrnstmas and spr:ng vocal fest:vals and the band concert F:eld tr:ps and speakers are also on the agenda to help students :n the:r office technlque Men from the Wolver:ne Insurance Co and Amersdorfer s Insurance talk to the commer c:al :tes on the quollficatlons necessary for a good office worker Another essent:al :tem for a good office worker :s learned :n office pract:ce when telephone :nterv:ews are rehearsed Th:s :s done so mnstakes wont be made on the :ob A tr:p to Ch:cago :s on the agenda for Apr:l The Ill:no:s Bell Telephone Co Gra:n Exchange and the Gregg College are v:s:ted Topp:ng off the day :s dunner at the Normandy House Shelly s fr:endIy adv:ce and help are always welcomed by he sen:ors She also :s faculty adv:sor for the Commerc:al Club a act:ve organ:zat:on of sen:or g:rls :nterested an the bus:ness field Joyce Thomas Commercral Capers The blond of the commerc:al departments b:g three :s M:ss Joyce Thomas M:ss Thomas has classes of bookkeep:ng typ:ng shorthand and Bus:ness Engl:sh to cope w:th Her day beg:ns w:th a class of advanced typ:ng These typusts cl:ck the:r way through legal documents and statements An other lesson that proves to be worth wh:le :s learn:ng how to type post cards At first the first year shorthand :sts have trouble try:ng to get l:nes to turn to curves correctly but w:th a b:t of pers:stence and M:ss Thomas coach:ng results worth not:ng are obtamed The first year shorthand members orgamze a club w:th M:ss Thomas as sponsor The profits earned from sell:ng :ce cream bars cook :es and candy net a tr:p to Ch:cago The bookkeepers have a bullet:n board wh:ch they attend to On :t we may see some of the notebooks they have made In these are l:sted all the :mpor tant processes of bookkeep:ng that have been learned In her Bus:ness Englush class a struggle for the betterment of grammer takes place Mondays are devoted to :mprov:ng vocabulary and the spellnng of :t Here varlous types of bus:ness letters are stud:ed and notebooks conta:n:ng them are also made M:ss Thomas chores do not end w:th her classes for she :s adv:sor to the cheerleaders and has two classes of baton tw:rlers under her d:rect:on We can often hear her pract:c:ng w:th the cheer leaders as we stroll by the aud:tor:um or gym M:ss Thomas :s also head of the pep meet:ng comm:ttee wh:ch :s someth:ng new at D H S It :s :n charge of all sk:ts for the basketball and football games The cheerleaders fpart of the pep comm:tteeJ co operate w:th the d:fferent clubs and organ:zat:ons around D H S to pre sent these sk:ts Each club or group of students must s:gn up before hand for the game whose pep meet:ng they des:re S:nce so many g:rls turned out for baton lessons the four tw:rlers p:cked for the band next year were chosen on a compet:t:ve bas:s Last but not least M:ss Thomas helps adv:se the Freshman class SESSION of bookkeep:ng v nn - --A 5 F 5 Gfjfmic Robert Huppensteel Antomette Ash GLEE CLUB Back row Mary Garrutano Margie Robblns Dorothy Keene Lorna Gordon Ruth Knytych Irene Olelnlczal: Barbara Watson Lorna Greenwood Betty Austnn Ellzabeth Richards Betty Couch Beverly Laylln Mary Maxey Dorls Casey Genevueve Cochrane Mary Lohrofl Dorus Phllllps Kay Belton Ruth Lang Second row Evelyn Shlvely Jean Muller Maxine Farrow 'oon Crubler Pat Hunsburger Blanche Cleveland Jean Torrey Alberta Chamberlaun Mary Alece Luthrcnger Dolores Tokarskn Arlene Horalc Leona Schmndt Mary Gebhard Ftrs? row Ruth Polk Louxse Urlck Beverly Race Margaret Prescott lrma Glesler Margaret Kondlestorfer Beverly Horok Glorna Bowman Evelyn Brel: Marlorla Wendt BAND Back row Marcia Cushing Barbara Elman Mary Huelsman Jean Muller Carol Demlng Duck Bannovv Jim Pullnn Tom Prather Ralph Myrlmle Loulse Urnclx Ruth Knytych Second row Ellen Johnsonbough Harruet Deming Carol Weber Nancy Barnes Barbara Holtz .llm Deal Francis Howard Ruchord Paxson Sally Stevens John Buckingham Everette Stevens Kenny Deal Ball Gravnt Frist row Nancy Hendryx Julia Balmer Gloria Bowman Marilyn Hagen Ruta Mclauchlln Gene Carter June Wilson Joan Grubler Pat Fraze A 5 Q ,i 2 ri J 6 9 -' V my gg e 5 ffyp my Q 5 5 1 ... ,Q l , B A C5 3 ,l :- Q 1 LS' 6 Q ra 2 A ' A a X r ,f l 'S : aa- 'Ds 1' i Art- ful Students with their noses pressed against the display window near 201 are probably struggling for a better look at the art departments latest work. D.H.S. artists display various kinds of artistic talent here. It may include soap or wood carving, painting, chalk drawings or work done with plastics. Margaret Hunter serves as guardian of the artists' haven, 2O'l, working with both iunior and senior high Picasso's . As Christmas approaches we are bombarded with offers for greeting cards which art students have made and are selling. The climax of the year is reached in the giant art exhibit held in May. Happy faces are seen as their owners have their artistry displayed. Miss Hunter and her troupe help on the artistic end of our dramatic and musical productions. Margaret Hunter Inspired Instrumental-ist Hippin' it up at the pep meetings and football games is the D.H.S. Band directed by Robert Hippensteel. Hip is one at our old standbys, teaching here now for several years. Most of Mr. Hippensteel's worries center around the band and concert it presents every spring. However he does take time out from these duties to teach a class of junior high math. Hip gets a wee bit angry with these math students once in a while, but for the most part they're pretty good l?D. First, second, and third hours are spent instructing future band members or members that are iust trying to improve. He allows us to practice in the aud during our study halls. One of the highspots in the spring concert is the presentation of Swanee River. It is narrated by Carol Deming, while the band plays various versions of it to suit the different parts of the country she is talking about. Our officers we elected at the beginning of the year were: Ralph Myrkle, president, and Gloria Bowman, vice-president. There are also several librarians. With the coming of spring Mr. Hippensteel can be seen coaching the tennis team. Vocal Versafality Busy as a bee serves as an excellent description of Antoinette Ash, who keeps things humming in the singing dep't. Under her baton are the Symphonettes, titty girls who received training in the girls glee club previous to their entrance. Twice a week the mixed chorus works out . A group of boys plus the Symphonettes compose this movement , The Christmas spirit is kindled as the mixed chorus partakes in a song fest. Huge glass slides pertaining to the Yuletide season are described in song by the Chorus as the climax of the evenings entertainment. Our musical extrava- ganza is presented in May with the entire mixed chorus partici- pating. The stage is converted into a Japanese garden for this occasion. The boys lending their voices to the mixed chorus are: B. Biek, C. Biek, D. Bussler, B. Chambers, R. Chamberlain, L. Cox, T. Downey, K. Deal, D. Fox, W. Garrett, F. Howard, D. Hillman, K. Johnson, D. Merwin, J. Pullin, B. Rose, F. Ross, J. Ross, E. Schalm, K. Shultz, L. Toney, L. Urick, M. Wright, C. Dew, J. Gillen, D. Hedges, L. North, W. Rigterink, D. Stephenson, B. Strome, F. Rasmussen, and R. Raiford. V 1 4 f ' 'X ,f'sl...Ilsc, . ,ff fl xx l ,f' K -, , . ,ff !. cf! if! DN - ,-,, 'f' ? LU Slidin' point on Singing Symphonettes Oh, Christmas tree -S ! t i Co ol ater P' 3 -9 Carnpe s e fn ds atu P gig. '4 Wafery Ways The summer months roll around and everyone from the students to the teachers begin their vacation However the school busses do not discontinue working for the summer when school ends because they are used to take the Cable Lakers out to Cable Lake Cable Lake is the location of the E Root Fitch Foundation camp where youngsters can spend four days a week enloymg themselves Here they can learn to swim in the crib and after passing a test can advance into deep water A game of horseshoes can b played an adventurous excursion is taken by others There are rest periods throughout the day when stories may be read Included in this group are students ranging from five to fourteen years of age Older students often work at camp supervising the younger kids or lust helping where they re Miss Carlson needed making money and having a good time at the same time Handicraft work also helps to take up idle moments of the people liking to do that work Skipper Dorgan supervises the entire camp Seelftg that It does not go hay wire Health Handy Because she is always concerned with the health of the community Miss Edna Carlson s friendly face is known to most of the people in Dowagiac and the surrounding area She is constantly on the look out for any illness among students especially those that might lead to an epidemic She is chief cow puncher in the spring round up of youngsters wholl begin school In the fall Miss Carlson s and is also in demand when vaccination time rolls around Her calm voice and witty humor are a great booster to the morale of any of us that ve ever visited her Big Business A new club to enter the ranks of the other clubs is the Commercial Club Miss Elaine Sheltraw Miss Joyce Thomas and Miss Olga Shewchuck are the advisors Election of officers is the first malor task Loretta Schur assumes presidential duties Joyce Peck the vice Anita Parren the secretarial end- and Nancy Nelson the treasury duties. To raise money for a trip to Chicago we make some monogrammed stationery and sell it to the students. We also have candy and cookie sales in the main hall on second floor and big bake sales downtown. These are also held to raise money for the trip to Chicago. A beautiful day emerges for our trip. Twenty-tive of us girls go plus the three advisors. We take in the Gregg College the Grain Exchange Stock Exchange and the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. lnitiating new commercial members 4 . . Il' Afhlem: Anglers Thus year D H S sports a new organuzatuon called the Varsuty Club Boys who ve receuved letters un any of the sux malor sports may loun It us set up wuth Carson Neufert as the advusor and Duck Wekenman assustung hum Landung un the offices are Jerry Peter son as pres Louue Uruck as vuce pres Les Ludwug as sec and Bob Manley as coun collector The purpose of the Varsuty Club us to see that sports are kept clean and to further the development of them Central and 00 5'ePI'e 50 Oak Street fifth and suxth grade boys have Varsuty Club members as theur coaches On the moola end we rause 96 dollars from the Penny Carnuval In the sprung a Sports Banquet wuth a guest speaker and several of the towns people attendung us held Usherln Us ns Umm boy was that good' These words are spoken as the Youth Councul members fInush a delucuous dunner at Mark s Restaurant un South Bend Thus us a treat for students who ve worked on Y C throughout the year Loyd Cruffleld us our advusor accompanyung us on thus annual excursuon As usual the buggest task of Youth Councul us to supply supervuse and run the dances after basketball and football games Most of the musuc throughout the year us supplued by the luke box but occasuonally Jack Thomas and troupe move un Ice cream bars cakes and perhaps candy bars are sold to quench the thurst and hunger of the dancers The omcers elected from students chosen to be on Youth Councul by the student body are Ralph Rauford presudent Donna Toy vuce presudent Irene Olelnuczak secretary and Joe Zablocku treasurer Besudes these members we have Dale Bussler Mary Huelsman Bull Weber Jackue Lee Pat Luntemoot and Bull Ponessa from our ranks Pat and Bull are alumnae The Ushers Club starts a brand new school year off wuth a brand new advusor Muss Jane Hunter The task of electung officers us quuckly gotten underway Jack Rose emergung as presudent Carlene Brabon secretary Shurley Schneck vuce presudent Betty Couch treasurer and Donna Toy sergeant of arms We have orange and black arm bands to udentufy us We usher at basketball and football games whule plays and other events keep us busy also We try to keep thungs quuet and seat everyone at these functuons VARSITY CLUB Standung Charlue Dew Bob Manley Jack Gullen Larry Fosduck Ed Thor George Hall Walt Rugterunk Les Robunson Spuke Carlson Chuck Rutter Suttung Duck Harttung Ed Osborn Ted Turner Jum Northrup AI Patzer Louue Uruck Sam Bullungham YOUTH COUNCIL Stondung Joe Zabloclu Lloyd Cruffleld Ralph Rauford Suttung Donna Toy Irene Oleunuczak Dale Bussler Mary Huelsman Jackue Lee USHERS CLUB Standung Joe Horak Lorraine Ruple Em ry Smith Jack Rose Fred Juluan Shurley Schneck Suttung Carlene Brabon Betty Couch Nancy Anderson Donna Toy ry - A Q ' II Il ' ' . , . . 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Q . . 1 - 1 I U , . - I Q , 1 I I I N al 1 KKK Wahoo members busy wuth the dummy are Stondung Sam Sasaku Marqueda Sprung Councul meetung of the edutors Standung Pot Carpenter Dorus Casey Joan Grubler steen Frank Lagerborg Carl Buek Genevieve Cochrane Marulyn Hagen At the desk Susan Gullen Suttung Duck Dowsett leona Schmudt Betty Johnson Jonuce Nowak June Robarts Pat Addungton l HI SHEET Standmg Donna Thomas Susan Gullen Jack Gullen Marulyn Staley Beverly Muchoels Margaret Haskuns Nancy Neff Don Shaner Mary Maxey Ken Weudner Vurgunua Sopher Aluce Sasaku Suttung Pat Carpenter Duck Burrows Duck Hedges Hurrym' Hu Sheet ers Read ye' Read ye' Read about whats happened us happenung and what us to happen at D H S un the Hu Sheet our school news paper publushed by a group of D H S ers under the supervusuon of Margaret Swutzer Head man or the edutor us Duck Burrows Assustant edutors are Pat Carpenter and Donna Toy Jack Gullen guves us the low down on sports around D H S vua the Hu Sheet Aluce Sasaku exchange edutor gathers newspapers from other schools un exchange for ours The reporters are Susan Gullen Nancy Neff Mary Maxey Margaret Haskuns Ken Weudner Duck Hedges Don Shaner Nancy Behnke Donna Schoff and Mar garet Messenger These reporters are pucked from Muss Swutzer s uournalusm classes The Hu Sheet us prunted once a week un the Dowaguac Dauly News usually appearung on a Tuesday or Wed nesday Assugnments to be un by Fruday are always posted on the bulletun board un 305 for the reporters The followung Monday they are typed and heads are thought up for them It s a pro blem and a worry to get headungs that flt deep sughs emutted by the edutors usually accompany the completuon of heads for the varuous storues On Tuesday the Hu Sheet makes uts appearance before the press Wullung Workung Wahoo nes After a whole summer vacatuon the Wahoo oftlce hums wuth actuvuty soon after school beguns The old Wahoo members guve ut a good goung over gettung ut shuned up for the new school year We fund Dorus Casey wearung the brand new tutle of edutor un chuef Assustung her and also headung the copy department us Leona Schmudt Duck Dowsett us head shutter bug whule .Ioan Grubler us Busuness Manager Pat Carpenter totes a goodly amount of responsubuluty on the art staff Our flrst maun move us to secure new members When these are added to our ranks fattenung the varuous staffs we begun our plans for the 49 Wahoo Most of our meetungs are held after school except mountung meetungs whuch are held at Brook s Studuo Zoe Mulvenan beguns the year as our advusor but leaves at Chrustmas tume so Lous Patterson com pletes the dutues of advusor for the remaunder of the year A penny carnuval held Aprul 1 marks the begunnung of our sales druve We re un ca hoots wuth the Varsuty Club un pullung off thus deal A turnout of townspeople and students from kunder garten through twelfth grade cram D H S to see the carnuval There seems to be no end to what can be seen and done at the carnuval It s undeed a busy year as we plug for an All Amerucan as well as a book that wull please the students Deflnutel y Dramatuc The charmung lady wuth sparklung blue eyes who us most apt to be seen around Central s halls precedung play tume us June Kelly Mrs Kelly durects our dramatuc productuons replacung Yvonne Fusher who was here last year She teaches at Oak Street but we re glad to have her come up to Central to coach the plays ln the fall Dear Ruth us scheduled as the S nuors chouce for a play The cast had a chance to compare theur versuon wuth the movue whuch was on at a local theater lts a comedy un volvung Ruth who has troubles because of an umpush and devulush younger suster It us presented behund the footlughts on the nught of November 18 After Chrustmas vacatuon the uunuors begun work on We Shook the Famuly Tree also durected by Mrs Kelly Thus plot revolves around the woes of on famuly wuth an especually mustreatedf7Jyoung daughter Huldegarde I . 1 1 g , ' ' 71 ,,1 , 1 1 I an -W Q11 H , ,ik 1 -, ,Q Z .1 1 3,1 1 u ' ...1,, 1 ' 4 1-5, , 1 1 1 1 t- A A 'ia I 'I s - , - ,lf ' 4 0 1 ' !,' .., K K, 1. A . ' li, 1- , Q . I 'Z , J ' I 'T . .. Q, 1 ' ,J N 1 .U '14 Q- ff' A ,R I n , 1 , KV ' 1 ' ,of I 1 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 1 I I I I ' ' AA I '- I I I 1 1 1 . - 1 ' ' ' ll ll 1 11 11 - - - - . I D ll ll ' ' ' ll ' ll ' I I - 1 . 1 , . . . , . . , . ,, . . . . - : - 1 1 1 1 . . I I I I I I ' ' 1 ' i I I 1 a . 4 , . . I O - - - , . . . . , 1 1 1 . ' 1 ' , 1 1 .' ' II ll ' ' ' , , 1 1 . H H I v . . . . ' ' I ' ll ' ll ' I I Q Q . . l I . . I I I I I I I I I I ' ' . . . , . . . . . . ,, ,, . . . . - 9 1 , - . . . . . . , . . . . 1 11 11 . - ,, ,, , . . . . . . I . 1 ' ll ll ' ll ' II ' 1 1 - .- 1 . I ' Il ll 9 ' ' ' ' II ' ll . - 1 - Seniors of Dear Ruth are: Sranding- Betfy Kanz, Les Ludwig, Nancy Hendryx, Jaclc Rose, David GilleTYe. SiHingfBill Judd, Jackie Lee, Joyce Peck, Pat Carpen- ler, Diclc Ferris Presenfing We Shock The Family Tree are: Sfanding-Marvin Downey, Larry North, Marcia Cushing, Donna Toy, Nancy Welsh, Dick Hedges, John Ross. Siffing- Johnny Jaburelc, Mary Gebhard, Joan Gribler, Beverly Rice, Tex Marshall Mrs. Kelly , . . paint jobs , . . Alberfs havin' troubles . . . all's well that ends well . . . almost time lo ga on CW mime ewifdwze Class of '52 All molces', lcinds' ond description ot youngsters' mob D.H.S. in the body lobled the Freshmen closs. These 'Freshies soon stcrt functioning, electing their clcss ofhcers. In this capacity we find Lcirry Cox cs president, Fred Rosmussen os vice-president, Bob Broy os secretory, ond Betty Bournoy os treasurer. To voice our opinion in the student government, Student Council, we choose trom our English closses, Don Hunt, Kent Robinson, Bill Grovit, Suscin Roitord, ond Bob Broy, The tciculty members oiding us throughout the yeor in our vor- ious octivities ore .lone Hunter, .loyce Thomas, Robert Strieter ond Corson Nietert. Dole Bussler helps serve colces ond run the iuke box ot the youth dances os 0 member ot youth council. In September when thoughts turn to the beginning of o new school yeor, they ore olso turned to the ' tootboll rush' . This is o yeorly event which occurs the first week of school between the Freshmen ond Sophomores to find out who hos got the most muscle . lt turns out this time thot the Sophs hove. Severol weelcs loter we treot them to some coke, ice creom, ond doncing in the gym. All the nome bonds ore present on record. We're hoping thot well fore better next yeor ond be in store for o porty given to us, not by us. ,B Winding their way through study hall to the Wahoo office during study periods or after school are five members of the Freshman Class. Betty Johnson and Pat Addington add their bit to the copy staff, while June Roberts and Marqueda Springsteen help dope out problems on the art staff. Marilyn Hagan learns some infor- mation concerning the business end of Wahoo. Providing some pep at the basketball, football games, and pep meetings are the cheerleaders, one of which is from our ranks, Joan Holtz. There are few organizations in D.H.S. in which some Frosh face can't be found. Several of our core classes take field trips during the year. On one we are taken to Lyle's Dairy and shown the different methods of bottling milk and making ice cream. The ice cream tastes pretty good too. ln Miss Switzer's ninth grade English class we take part in an essay contest, writing on How Fathers Can Help Make Us Better Citizens. Betty Johnson and Judy Jurgenson have the best written performances , and sent their essays into the com- petition. The Fresh also take part in the Penny Carnival, setting up a booth of balloon and candy. One organization composed nearly entirely of Frosh girls is the Girls Glee Club. Those who are a part of it are: J. Abbey, P. Addington, M. Bailey, O. Baker, N. Barnes, B. Baldwin, C. Beebe, P. Behrman, S. Bilderback, M. Black, B. Bournay, E. Carris, G. Chambers, S. Corwin, R. Couch, L. Doer, G. Eiman, A. Evans, J. Farrow, S. Foreman, P. Glynn, B. Griffis, D. Grindel, M. Hagen, B. Hiler, D. Hodges, M. Hodges, J. Holtz, J. Iliff, S. Iliff, B. Johnson, J. Jurgenson, B. Keeler, M. Keesler, J. Krizinski, E. Kulovitz, M. Latislaw, D. Love, A. Maxon, M. Mott, J. Moroz, M. Murphy, P. McAtee, B. Page, A. Patzer, N. Peters, F. Pompey, R. Pompey, S. Raiford, B. Richardson, E. Rollins, D. Rose, L. Ruple, D. Sam- mons, M. Shaer, N. Skibbe, M. Smith, B. Swartz, M. Szymonski, B. Taggert, E. VanDePolder, D. Welsh, C. Wilson, L. Yetter, M. Zechiel, R. Wytanowycz. ,ai vi-rsaf back 'aw tw He-ltr, Thomas t-'ann Do' funk. Lcrr, Foscick, Ricnarft Ha't'.' g. George Gratis, Bill Kelly, Ds-an N0k.g,.' vw Prg'Qr,' K:':'L'.?, Ki Franks SKC' 'cw Morgue' Haskins, Beverly Feel:-r fsa'f1::rc: he tz Br-wrlv Horak Susrg Q-Hier, Diana- C-re--nwcccz, Arlc-no Ho'ck .'-tmrgari-f Kaofiis'cr4--r, Sue Gard first raw Canis' Joyce Gould Karat Johnson Suzan c P-mil John Jones Marilyn Hoages, Darwin- r-'lr1rtsel', Vircinlc. Garwczn Du'-mi Hillr-san Jet- ve Ki:-slfr Class of '51 A triumphant yell resounds over the Athletic Field as the Soph- omores announce their victory over the Freshmen in the annual football rush. lt's held the first week of school and we're pretty proud of ourselves as it's our second victory. We also took the rush against the class of '50 when we were Freshmen. The excite- ment of elections also comes at the beginning of the school year. lt's a close race for class president between Bob Manley and Everette Stevens. A couple of ties and a stuffed ballot box call for several revotes. Bob Manley is finally chosen. The students holding other class offices are Phil Allen as vice-president, Alfred Patzer as secretary, and Lester Peterson as treasurer. Everette Stevens is elected the representative at large for the Student Council. Jim Biek, Jim Cooper, Frank Lagerborg, Alfred Patzer, and Lester Peterson are elected to represent our English classes. The members of the faculty advising us this year are Lois Patter- son, Roger Norden, Leon Miner, and Victor Woodrick. Thus with these people as our leaders we begin another school year. The Sophomores make their stand in many of the clubs and various activities. Wahoo, Hi-Sheet, Glee Club, Band, Ushers Club, Varsity Club, F.H.A. and F.F.A. All have their toll of 51- ers . In February we give a dance for all high school students and race with the moon. Racing with the Moon is our theme. lt's one of the most successful dances of the year netting seventy-six dollars profit to boost our treasury. The floor show is one of the highlights of the evening with chorus girls, vocalists and a band C?J. Representing us in the talent show are several Sophs. Frank Lagerborg and his accordion are always in for an encore or two. Arlene Horak is one of the sopranos in the sextette while Barbara Holtz accompanies. Barbara also accompanies the Symphonettes. In the fall several Sophomore English Classes take trips to Chi- cago. A bus chartered and we leave in the wee hours of the morning, however we get home early in the evening. The Field Museum, and a radio broadcast are all visited. lt is the first time for a visit to Chicago for a lot of us and we spend our free time sight seeing some more. In January Dowagiac takes to the air over station WKZO. Among Genevieve Cochran:- L Pow:-rs n 51:51 ' A 4, Bl Brtton Roy Chrzrffz--flat T gk Vtfeilvv Di-P12153 P' l A f L fn Jr-vrv Deal Strirlf-y 'ir 5 Sefvrf 'mv Huw i-uS ' Gertrude Cucwix--rs, Ar:'r-2 f s Cooper, Econ-e Dugan' r 1 Thr-rf-sa Caruso I-xlL,e :: f- we- -1 H nah Clwurctwl, Judy Dclv I 'it 'L-- B Emir-fs SQ! B if-vglacnt Q1 :K fiunri Ccdft, Wilfred Curtis, Gerald fiawr cl Chandler, Arthur Slain 'liar'-,rt Dad ILX .9 the students participating in this broadcast are four Sophomores Charles Pevin describes Dowagiac, Marie Szymonski tells about Dowagiac's favorite recording, Frank Lagerborg yields informa- tion on the new drivers training course offered to high scool seniors and Wilfred Curtis gives info about the Biology courses taught at D.H.S. Comes spring and a group of Sophs visit station WHFB in Benton Harbor. Miss Patterson and Marcia Bailey are on the air. Marcia has to give with a gag iwhich turns out to be the winning onej and Miss Patterson is seranaded to the delight of all. Michigan State College is invaded by two of our Sophs at Future Homemakers of America Conference. Both Arlene Horak and Luretta Kroger are prominent in F.H.A. work at school. Arlene serving as secretary. Marion Toney and Ed Chandler are among the F.F.A. boys who take a trip to Willow Run, visiting the Kaiser- Frazer Plant while they're there. Last but not least comes the sport department in which the 51- ers are well represented. With Jim Carlson, Bob Manley, Al Patzer, Jim Northrup, Norman Tinkey, Ed Osborn, Chuck Ritter, Dick Harttung, and Jim Pierson on varsity football we have some- thing to shout about. Bob Manley is also part of the big five on varsity basketball, turning in some mighty nice performances. Cheerleading rooters in grandstands and bleachers at the football and basketball games is another Soph, Bill Rose. Spring brings baseball which in turn attracts Sophomores. Those at- tracted are Dick Harttung, Tom Dodd, Ken Hughes, and Bob Manley. We are far from devoid of track men, Jim Northrup, Ed Osborn, Al Patzer, Jim Biek, Dick Bannow, John Buckingham, Ben Pompey, Jim Pierson, and Ed Chandler upholding us on this department. On the courts we have Sam Billingham while Jim Carlson covers the green . The Sophs really show their stuff at the inter-class track meet held in the spring. It's a close race between the Juniors and us all the way, but they manage to get the better of us by just one point. With exams all passed and homework all in we look forward to a peaceful homework-less summer and then to the fall when we'll come back to D.H.S. as Juniors. V. Woodrick Baclr row Howard Lawson, Jim Pierson, Charles Peven, Jack Magner, Jim Northrup, Stanley Panlnauski, Alfred Patzer, Bob Manley, Ed Osborn, Ben Pom- pey Third row Pauline Rite, Marvin Ott, Darrell Pruett, Frank Lagerborg, Lester Peterson. Second row Elizabeth Richards, Beverly Laylin, LaVaughn Nitz, Marion Reist, Dorothy Poniedzielski, Beverly Page, Gladys Lyon, Janice Nowack, Nancy Neff, Mary Lynn Maxey. First row Hazel More rrson, Jeanette Pence, Margaret Prescott, Ruth Lang, Pat McAtee, Ruth Polk, Nancy Parrnotf-r Hrlnn Magnet Lurr-tta Kragvr, Mrltlrr-d Morrill fits? Class of '50 We have lost a few old faces and gained a few new ones, but for the most part our classmates as Sophomores have remained the some for our Junior year. We're soon underway electing Irene Olejniczak, Stanley Stasiak, Delores Love, and Doug Ferrel as president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer respectively, of the entire junior class. Still on the subject of elections we turn to Student Council where Walt Rigterink is vice-president and Ralph Raiford is treasurer. To join their ranks we send Gloria Bowman, Richard Symonowski, Irene Olejniczak, Don Stephenson and Charles Dew as representatives. They are chosen from the English classes. Thus, with the aid of our capable advisors, Margaret Hunter, Mary Jaburek, Jim Stitt, and Lee Neidlinger, we are organized and begin our activities for the year. One of our first moves is to journey to Dearborn, Michigan to see the Edison Institute. We obtain knowledge plus a good time. Not long after we're home we embark on various enterprises to earn money. One of these is a paper drive which brings satisfactory results from our eftorts. Then comes the big question Would you like to buy a magazine subscription? This question echoes and re-echoes throughout a two week period in the fall during our magazine drive. Our treasury is fattened quite a bit after this venture ends. Taking time out from our school activities we go for a hay ride out Leo Toney's way. This is an escapade we all enjoy even though the wagon does break down. Around Christmas time four talented 5O-ers band together to form a Barber Shop Quartet. These boys, Don Bussler, Larry North, Ralph Raiford, and Louie Urick soon win themselves a permanant place in the hearts of their various audiences. They serenade us with such songs as Coney Island Babe , Don't Be Angry , Memories and Roses of Mom . The Fremont basketball game skit sends the audience into an uproar as male beauties from the junior class are turned into fe- male beauties C?J representing different teams in the conference. Miss Dowagiac captures the beauty title with Miss Fremont as the worst contender. Immediately after Christmas vacation we begin preparation for our dramatic production which occurs February II. lt's really a tree shaking aftair as We Shook the Family Tree is presented. R Norden Back row Darwin Stockwell, Marion Toney, Charles Ritter, Norman Spencer, Esc-'erte Stevens, Bill Rose, Francis Tabbert Third row Gordon White, Bob Riggs, Burl Wes' Ralph Simcson, Clayton Smith. Sam Sasaki, Bud Schoetzov.. Second row Mary Weber, Donnavelle Samrnons, Marie S1y'no'sli 'nary Lu SJits, Jean Torrey fran' ren Mildrr-cl Yochim, Hell-n Yoder, Mary Sriuer Kay Williams, Ccrolyn Vv'rnrt'ivfl fiarticzrix Wc'tsart, Mcrtjor QA YV!-riflt C- 'ly Vw' sn L. .mort Schmidt, Bc- , Taggvt f fb few Margie Robbins, Delores Love, and Carol Webber are iuniors chosen as yell leaders. Nearly all clubs as well as sports are populated by members of the class of MSO . In the spring we give the Sophs a run for their money and best them by one point in the interclass track meet. The coveted trophy that's been exhibited in study hall for about o week then becomes ours. Our final big production of the year is the Junior Prom. Gay dancers enter a pumpkin door taking leave from a fairy coach, inside the door they find themselves at Cinderello's Ball. Ted Germann's orchestra furnishes the music. Behind the orchestra we see a huge castle in the air as background. This is indeed a fairy tale evening and one to long remember. As the school year draws to a close we look forward to summer and o party at Twin Lakes. E h 'I l ri-8 it-... ...A A Fr' A53 Q M, N vfOQCQ X abyss., 0 QC. U g xssvffq 'W 1 x ,ogjgod UCICIDICIJ I f O .l5p,Q 71,1 44, ,X ll 2 Qu-X I ll :S-fa P I' F un ' , 'Ad A . L .Q . 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They turn out a week before school starts for Hconditioningf' and re- conditioning . Some faces are familiar but there is also a lot of new blood , mostly in the form of Freshmen getting their first taste of football. Doing push-ups, practicing blocking and tackling, and even holding a few practice scrimmages are all part of these pre-school sessions. Even after school begins the football fellows continue doing these workouts seventh hour and after school in preparation for their first game September 17. Nearly all the games are played at night under the lights, so several get-to-gethers are held on the grid before a regular game. Guiding this entire process is Carson Neifert and assist- ing him as line coach is Dick Wekenman. Dick also coaches the Freshman team. Grand opening night fof the football seasonj is held September 17. Our foes are down from up Bangor way. The boys chosen for the starting game are not too experienced. Les Ludwig and Dave Gillette are the co-captains. Jack Gillen and Dave Gillette are the starting tackles. Walt Rigterink and Jerry Peterson man the end posts with Chuck Ritter, Doug Ferrel, and Jim Biek avail- able for relief. Ferrel, one of the outstanding punters in the con- ference handles the kicking end of the situation. In the center of the line is Jim Northrup and Louie Urick at guard posts. Les Ludwig takes over the line center position. Jack Kelly sells the signals and Gordie Lang and Les Robinson, speedsters, fill the job of halfbacks. An eager and up and coming Soph, Al Patzer zer, starts at fullback. The Chiefs fight hard in their opener against Bangor but they just can't seem to match the power of the Bangor football team, and are handed a 19 to 12 defeat. Which way did he go? Manley carries the ball over in the first quarter. Bangor r o to score and continues scoring, although Robinson mana put one over in our behalf in the last half. The full power - Bangor's eleven fiashes forth in the fourth quarter for ninet three yards in their last touchdown of the game. Northrup re- covers Kelly's fumble on the kickoff, but the Chiefs aren't able to get underway consequently having to punt. The backfield shines in this game with Kelly playing especially hard. On the line Osborn and Meade uphold their guard posts very well. On September 24, we lose a close game with Allegan, 13-6, for our second non-conference setback. The Chiefs display little drive and are unable to find scoring opportunities. Allegan's touchdown in the third quarter occurs when they intercept a pass. Dowagiac's only touchdown is obtained in the fourth quarter, and is helped by a series of penalties and a pass from Taggert to Zablocki which puts the ball on Allegan's fifteen yard line. Les Robinson shakes off a tackle for the touchdown, but Ferrel's boot for the extra point is too wide, leaving us with only six points. October 1, we muster all the fight we've got but it's not enough to out score the Three Rivers Wildcats. lt's our first conference game and a 26 to 12 defeat. The Cats score in the first quarter but we come back fightin to make our T.D. via the air. The Block that pass awk iz , , ..--6jQ6Lf second quarter the teams just battle back and forth without scoring. Although trailing in the fourth quarter by two touch- downs the Chiefs do not give up hope and succeed in taking the pigskin over a second time. This goal was also made on a pass when Kelly fires one to Ferrel, who caught it in the end zone. The Chiefs and St. Joe Bears move through the air and on the ground October 6. The largest crowd of the year turns out to see this game. We stop a possible Bear touchdown in the first quarter on the four yard line, but the Bears show a great deal more experience and power than the Chiefs have, and shove over a touchdown in the third quarter and two in the fourth quarter to defeat us 26 to O. Evenly matched State High and Dowagiac turn out a battle of the lines October 15. State High pulls the pigskin over twice via the interception of two passes, but Kelly being unable to play we stick more or less to the ground. Seven passes are attempted with the completion of three, two of which go over the goal line. The backfield doesn't get into motion until the fourth quarter when we rack up four hrst downs in a row, but it's the linemen's hey-day who turn in an outstanding performance. The only casualty of the game is in the fourth quarter when Doug Ferrel iniures his ankle. Finding Niles good meat to keep us out of the cellar we take on bold airs to overrun the Vikings i2 to O, on October 22. For the first time in the season the Chiefs really look good . A hard charging line seems to hnd the gaps in the Viking defense. The first half is scoreless, but in the last half we take the pigskin over twice. Along with this victory comes the Caroll Jones trophy which is awarded annually to the victor of the Niles-Dowagiac game. On October 29, the Bucks from Buchanan and our orange and black clash in Buck-land . The first quarter is scoreless with Dowagiac having a three to one edge in first downs. How- ever, the Bucks seem to revive in the second period and drive to our eight yard line before they're finally stopped. The line which has been turning in a good defensive game the whole season reaches it's peak, while the entire team plays inspired football, but not inspired enough to overcome a T3 to O score. The last game of the season finds the Chiefs waddling through mud to meet the South Haven Rams. lt takes place November 5 and is a 7 to O defeat. The game is unusually clean with only twenty yards lost in penalties, however, the pep and spirit ex- hibited in the Buchanan game is lacking in this one. Taggert is the only casualty of the game and is carried off in the fourth quarter with a leg iniury. Last but not least is the Freshman team, fChiefletsJ coached by Jerome Andersen, which helps to prepare boys for the varsity. The Chieflets play all the Freshman teams in our conference. Back row - Don Stephenson, Chuck Cooper, Dick Harttung, Jock Gillen, Dave Gillette, AI Patzer, Bob Manley, Don Chapman, Bill Emmons, George Hall, Ronnie Holtz, Joe Zablocki, Fred Sherk, Jerry Peterson, Les Robinson. Front row - Ted Turner, Jake Taggert, Gordy Lang, Jim Pierson, Louie Urick, Jim North- rup, Ed Osborn, Carl Stevens, Les Ludwig, Chuck Ritter, Walt Rigterink, Doug Ferrel, Jack Kelly, Spike Carlson ., l - .4 - , W7 Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec an an an Xyftt BASKETBALL Bangor St Hugh St Joe Three Ruvers Allegan South Haven 42 Nules Fremont Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaglac Dowaguac Dowaguac Maja QM C31 Cagey Cagers The Chueftauns swung unto a new basketball season thus year under a new coach James Stutt Hopes for the top layer un the conference arent too brught but Stutt and the boys do theur best and are seen sweatun ut out every nught after school un the gym We get the f1rstglumpses of our team un a non conference game agaunst Bangor The Chueftauns succeed un stompung out the Bangor utes 43 41 Nov 30 The good ol orange and black doesnt fare so well un theur f1rst conference game on Dec 3 The State Hugh quuntet polushes us off by a 38 27 score Dec 10 the Chuefs solourn to St Joe ends an defeat The Bears guve us the short end of the rope 39 21 The Chuef tauns hnally come through wuth a conference wun Dec 17 Even though the Three Ruvers Cats f1ght desperately un the last moments for a rally the Chueftauns stave them oft 45 35 The game wuth the Allegan lnduans Dec 21 IS a thruller to the last second The ball rolls un our favor untul the last few seconds when Allegan plunks un one more basket than we do leavung a 45 43 tally Jan 7 at South Haven the Chuefs play a smooth brand of ball only ut usnt smooth enough to overcome the Rams They net 42 po nts to our 33 The next week the Chuefs pay a vusut to Skunk Hollow meetung the Nules Vukungs They re too much for the Dogpatchers who play hard un the f1rst half but f1nally succumb 54 pounts compared to theur own 34 However we re on our feet a week after to guve Fremont cagers a run for theur money They leave the f1oor on t1e taul end of a 41 32 tult What turns out to be one of the most excutung basketball games of the year us played Jan 21 wuth Buchanan The last two munutes prove to be the most excutung the score us constantly tued and untued Funally the Bucks sunk one not guvung us tume to retaluate The whole team turns un a Hne performance leavung a 39 37 score Jan 28 State Hugh and Dowaguac meet on Westerns hardwood Even though we re rated as under dogs we manage to scalp them 34 31 Teamwork us the bug factor un thus wun all the players tallyung Feb 1 the St Joe Bears maul us takung the cake 46 sluces to our 31 The Bears really catch f1re un the thurd quarter to tuck un the vuctory The Chuefs can t seem to get on the ball Feb 4 at Three Ruvers consequent ly the Cats cdmunuster a shellackung At the half the Chnefs leave the f1oor un a 14 14 deadlock but un the thurd quarter the Cats are full of bounce and keep on bouncung Rams whute wash us by a 44 36 tally For Buchanan five makes a clean sweep of the Chuefs to wund up the season wuth a 32 57 defeat Dowaguac and 41 pounts to our 28 Feb 11 the pennant bound South Haven 40 32 Feb 15 Nules skunks us Dogpatchers un our gym our last conference game we head for Buck Land The Buchanan match theur skull un the tournament game held un St Joe Our team doesnt show much lufe un the f1rst half but enough spark us mustered un the second half to get 37 pounts although not enough to overcome the Bucks 41 Thus season the team dudnt gaun too much un the way of vuctorues but a great deal was gauned un experuence and sportsmanshup whuch wull be an csset to next season s team The reserve basketball team coached by Duck Wekenman turns un some mughty enter taunung games precedung the uegular varsuty exhubutuons They play all the reserve team from the schools whuch the bug f1ve play except Fremont stackung up f1ve vuctorues Wheres the ball T059 P . 30 41 ' 43 . 3 . 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' L. -I ',l I . - . - u - 11 - ff - - - T , , - ' u Jan .lan Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb BASKETBALL Buchanan St. High St. Joe Three Rivers South Haven Niles Buchanan 39 31 46 41 40 44 57 Dowagiac Dowagiac Dowagiac Dowagiac Dowagiac Dowagiac Dowagiac 3 34 31 2 3 3 3 Standrng Don Bussler Jack Kelly Don Stephenson Jack McAvoy Duck Burrows Doug Ferrel Charlie Dew Walt Rlgtermlr Sfmng Bull Judd Julme Toggert Kneelmg Bob Manley Duck Lambert Jerry Peterson BASQETBALL RESERVES Bac row Tom Dodd Spnke Carlson Stanley Staslalc Fourth row Jlrn Buell Buck Arney Stanley Boyle Jack Gellen Thrrd row Lester Peterson Norman Spencer Frank Lagerborg Front row Al Pctz r Chuck Rn er Sam Bllllngham Larry Cox Bull Emmons Ralph Rartordlwnth ball F r LV if ' 1 . k I ' . ff I 9, l 'tt , Apr: T4 Aprul 26 Aprul 29 May May May May lc row standung Allen Jenluns Don Wulson Charlue Dew Tam Dodd Wayne Ruple Ted Turner Jerry kwutz Kay Galewsku Slttung on dugout Doug Ferrel Jum Northrup Leanung Wully Bannow Bob Moore ue Subut Larry Cox Melvin Wright Fred Ross Bob Carlusle Jerry Peterson Jack Henderson Gules Mat Kneelung Kenneth Hughes Duck Rose Marvun Downey Reunhart Weussau Bob Manley Joke Taggert 'id Cooper Bob Ruggs May May ,-NKN BASEBALL Buchanan South Haven 0 Buc anan St Joseph State Hugh Nres St Joseph State Hugh Nules TRACK Aprul 14 Buchanan 4426 Aprul29 Nules 78 St Joseph 39V2 Ma 5 Three Ruvers 57 St Hugh f' X X May13 Conference May T8 State Hugh Xb May 21 Reguonal I Dowaguac Dowaglac Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowagucuc Dowaguac Dowaguac Dowaguac 6416 Dowaguac 9Vz Dowaguac 29 Dowaguac Standung Ken Koch Jerry Peterson George Hall Bob Carlusle Kayo Abuney Wayne Ruple John Ross John Buclungham Ted Turner Ben Pompey Charles Dew Louus West Al Patzer Jum Puerson Larry Cox Jum Northrup Kenny Deal Fred Ross Tom Downey Gules Matthews Robert Root Duck Harttung John Soetre Eddue Syx Ed Chandler Suttung and lrneelung Ed Kafka Walt Schalm Doyle Fax Tom Stasuak Walt Rugterunk Duck Bannow Les Robunson Ed Osborn Jum Buell John Daly 38 X' T l Y , L 1 'l 6 ' 7 ' ' T2 ' h 'll ' 4 3 . 7 ' T2 6 ' 3 ' T - n A U 'IO 'l ' ' -' I 17 , - , .5 , . .V ' f . ,I A I I . 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Jack Kelly Baclr row Joe Horak Jum Pullun Duck Dowsett Bernord Bourney Floyd Chandler Duck Burrows Jock Gullen Jock Amundson Front row Bull Emmons Som Bullungham GAA Back row Julua Balmer Lorroune Yetter Marqueda Sprungsteen Odetta Baker Jaclue Calvun Helen Crufheld Kay Gould Rosolua Couch Sue Corwun Marulyn McCaIley Susan Rautord Fern Pruce Mary Ann Black Ncuncy Barnes Alberta Chamberlaun Fern Anders Sarah James Ruta McLauchlun Jeruta Welsh Joby Belton Betty Dorgcun Duxue Stahr Thurd row Gerry Eumon Joyce Bauley Nancy Smull Judy Marshall Maruon Bruessoud Sally Stevens Mary Martun Maruon Stutsman Betty Brezen Cecule Huemstra Pat Demung Sandra Gard Duane Gaedke Susue Brucker Pat Phullups Pot Cooper Hcurruet Demung Susue Dowsett Suttung Grst row Jo Gwult June Buell Gay Yaw Sue Struclcland Peggy Nelson Pot Slater Marue Runlzel Irus Glynn Elaine Perrun Betty Rasmussen Carol Phullups Madra Luntemoot Janet McKenzue Karena Stephens Jane Huckman Jerry Atwood Donna Gwult Darlene Sopher Shurley Nuckert 'u I3 ' o ' 2 . r .. 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I 'ws 41 Nl I X SARAH JANE ADAMS Halr of gold eyes of blue Dom con lte domestlclty relgns knrt one purl two srngle and double crochet familiar words of her hobby assists Homer to gain secretarial experience shy friendly smile runner up for centenmal queen 9 CHARLES BAKEMAN Swrng your partner Chuck Huntm rs has hobby twlddles with trumpet has smile a mann attractron Future Farmer of America Navy blue 9 JULIA BAKER Day dreamer Ju re bedecked with blond harr and 'Yi 7 .7 Sarah Ja e Adams Cha les Bakeman Julla Baker Joan Bates Nancy Behnke Garry Booth Corlene Brabon Mary Jane Bray Arnold Breckel Ramona Burch Ruchard Burro Richard Bussler blue eyes at ease behind the rems clarunet :st GAA 81 FHA round out actrvntles to Kazoo and Bronson then wearer of the white 9 JOAN BATES .loyous and launty halls from Hartford and goes back to fetch her diploma Pods a pennant collector ta all and s m lnght on her feet campus coed NANCY BEHNKE lncessant grggles assrstant rn a photography studio flaxen hour a goodly amount of devrltry her hobby IS working with photos out of D H S unto nurses traunlng 9 GARRY BOOTH Not much to say seen around In hrs flrver quiet ln has ways all out for farming from down Indian lake way smiles that make you happy 9 CARLENE BRABON Saucy neat and petute that steady twosome of Couch and Brabon Bourbon alto :st for Symphonettes trots down to Tru County cfter lunch for the rest of the day woman In whlte 9 MARY JANE BRAY Where there s life Dump lm 'PJ humorous Gertle of What A Llfe her pranks add Irfe to our prom and play commuttees laughter from deep down ln every day is a holiday nurslng perhaps streams Imp Ish blue eyes devll may care outlook Ag and Future Farmer at present tame to be or not to be a mechanic 9 RAMONA BURCH Sleek COIHUFES partung ways wrth golden halr fruendly blue eyes com mercnal clrquer two years with Glee Club wor but no certain kmd after grad 9 RICHARD BURROWS Lrterary lrkmgs Duck holds HI Sheet edrtor shrp sports rn and out of doors affection for classrcal llt collectaons year each as our president and vnce presrdent Irberal arts college 9 RICHARD BUSSLER Qurzzrcal expressions Bus or Shrdpoke to fruends an Interlude wuth football and ba ketball makes a hobby of keeping cars runnnng quuck sense of humor grease monkey at Sprmgsteen s garage Patrlcla Carpenter Dons Jayne Casey Jack Chandler Blanche Cle eland Dolores Cooper Joyce Cooper Betty Couch Caroll Curtus I Carol Demrng George Dems g EI wnbeth D gan Carlton Dormo R cha d Do sen m Jeo D alle Dc lene E gle Ja e Engle L fi ,fs lifr 4 5 A 11 - 11 . . . . - , . . . ' . . . . . . ' . . . -. . . . . . . . . ,, ,, - . . . . ,, . . . , , - 11 11 - - - - - - 11 - 11 11 . . . , . . . ' ? ' ll I ll ' U... ... l-i- . . - . . '7 T ll ' ll ' ' 11 11 . . ' 11 I- 11 l I A - - D I ' ' I - - - -7 11 11 . . ,, . ,, . . . I . . . . . . . I , Q i ll ll ll ll -' 1 Q ' 1 11 1 - 11 11 - eww' . . . . - ly lr ' 11 ' 11 n r ' ' ' ARNOLD BRECKEL- Breclc . . . nimble Nimrod of tleld and A ll' -' If ' - - 11 - 11 A it ' ' . . . ' . . . k- Q ' ' ll If T ll ' ' . L . . ,, ,, . ,, .- . - . . ' ' . . . . D H. H l . . . CI F 1' ll ' ' ' fl x 11 11 11 - 11 - ' - . . , N 'C ,. sl ' , K - . 42 , . ws . . . . V - , L, jf ff W A Te, as sr I Pe g . -. ' Y ,- . ' I ' . aw hc '..- f ' 7 J L fp F 9 1 X . ., I ' 'n i or n i r w E ma n r r n n 1,11 PATRICIA CARPENTER - ln on what goes . . . ass't. editor of Hi-Sheet . . . Pat for Student Council . . . Wahoo claimed one year . . . star of our plays - the efficient Miss Shea of What A Life , and sophisticated Dear Ruth . . . in the spotlight . . . interior decorating at Michigan State. 9 DORIS JAYNE CASEY - Smiling Irish eyes . . . Casey , our editor . . .tramping along . . . Symphonnette-ist . . . D.A.R. selection . . . covering campus at Mt. Pleasant. 9 JACK CHANDLER - Hearty laugh . . . good shot with the camera . . interest centers around mechanical drawing . . . wrecks and repairs radios . . . oh, for a ride in his old-mobile . . . science catches his fancy . . . engineering in the offing. 9 BLANCHE CLEVELAND- Blondie . . . warbled for Symphonnettes . . . in cahoots with commercial course . . . diminutive in stature . . . future forecast cited as cloudy. 9 DOLORES COOPER - Pleasing performances . . . takes the minutes for Student Council . . . faithful hand in play and prom committees . . . sleek and shiny hair . . . typed to fit a secretarial career. 9 JOYCE COOPER- lf you ask me . . . always ready with an answer . . . time spent with Stitches and a needle . . . bitten by the commercial bug . . . a ring on her finger. 9 BETTY COUCH - Fun out of life . . . the blondest hair you ever did see . . . the cold school marm in What A Life . . . helps us find sittin' room as an usher . . . full of fun . . . alto in Glee Club of four years standing . . . Tri-County-ist. 9 CAROLL CURTIS - Shy but friendly . . . busies himself in a machine shop . . . winning brown eyes . . . silence betrays no one . . . tinkerer with engines . . . a toast to the navy. CAROL DEMING - Sweetness prevails . . . skill with drums exercised in band . . . avid committee member . . . captivating smiles . . . eyes for Robin . . . a ring on that finger . . . County Normal in the immediate future. 9 GEORGE DEMING - Whistle while you work . . . Bob , but George to most of us . . . down from up north . . . a day spent with gun or fishing rod is a day well spent . . . wielder of shy smiles . . . punches the clock at Heddons. 9 ELIZABETH DORGAN - Quiet on the surface . . . gamestress deluxe . . . our own Betty . . . all out for sports . . . the vice for G.A.A .... four years of corn-etting for the band Betty Fairleigh Dick Ferris Margaret Filley Beverly First .lads Flanders James Fax Patricia Fraze A Warren Garret . . . college - perhaps. 9 CARLTON DORMAN - Silent paths . . . Cart for short . . . De-Molay-ist . . . matchless match covers . . . a cooling f?l ice route in the summer . . . senior English receives seniority. 9 RICHARD DOWSETT - Good for a laugh . . . candid fever . . . Wahoo's photographer for four years . . . Mr. Patterson of What A Life . . . a Chump for intramurals . . . springs over 440 . . . the long of it- six feet, one inch to be exact . . . at ease with a racket . . . another Western Michigan-sian. 9 EMMA JEAN DRAKE- Short and sweet . . . keeps an eye in the F.H.A.'s financial situation . . . green eyes that spell mischief . . . a stone-y hobby- unusual but interesting . . . lady in white at Micheal Reese. 9 DARLENE ENGLE- Junior sized . . . many laughs in store . . . Tag . . . partiality for office work . . . always up to something - work or play . . . tendency to favor typing . . . excess energy effer- vesced in G.A.A. 9 JANE ENGLE- Bright brown eyes . . . snapping shutter makes for more snapshots . . . history for her . . . course consists of this, that, and everything . . . a rural course at Western Michigan. BETTY FAIRLEIGH - Oh, so merry . . . Bet . . . hustlin' usher . . . a gal for G.A.A .... play and prom committees . . . she bit for Bit and Lead . . . a year of County Normal- then her own school. 9 DICK FERRIS - Come what may . . . sharp dresser . . . the much abused Albert of Dear Ruth . . . Miss Shea's beau in What A Life . . . Harvey's after school . . . bookkeeping and accounting rate an extra plug . . . to college to be an accountant. 9 MARGARET FILLEY- Silence is golden . . . will shoot a pic any time . . . likes to study her Latin American neighbors . . . further study in the business field. 9 BEVERLY FIRST- ln quest of quiet . . . kindliness . . . typing as a hobby and favorite subiect . . . friendly hi's and friendly smiles . . . efficient performances are an asset to guide dep't. . . . plans brewing for business college. JACK FLANDERS - Tendency for talking . . . come one, come all - Jack will shoot you with his camera . . . Hi-Sheet's photographer . . . course centers around mathemetics . . . main ambition is to have a photography studio. 9 JAMES FOX - Long and lanky . . . ham at radio . . . works in his dad's machine shop . . . partiality towards mathemetics . . . extra points for mechanical drawing. 9 PATRICIA FRAZE- Quietude . . . in charge of the fun of the future homemakers . . . four years with the sax . . . a hike for relaxation . . . Murl and Pat . . . a prominent 4-H'er . . . pushing the pedals . . . hazy future. 9 WARREN GARRET- Serious outlook . . . Sinatra's second - discovered in the talent show . . . booming bass of mixed chorus . . . Decatur to Dowagiac . . . in plain English he likes English . . . F.F.A.'er . . . riding on the air waves. The fall of '45 we invaded D.H.S. 160 strong but gradually decreased until our diploma list reads only II2. We were off to a good start as we downed the Sophs to 'emerge victors of the annual tussle between the two classes. Autumn of '46 finds the Frosh on the short end as we again take the scrimmage between the Freshmen and Sophomores, feeling a bit proud as we do 50, Gathering our elforts we put them behind a drive to gather clothing for European children. All classes unite to help us in our venture for the needy. 43 ' 1 I gal f 'I -eil 4 . David Gillette Lorna Gordon Barbara Gorham Alben Grady Lorna Greenwood Jack Hartsell Nancy Hendryx Katherine Hiemstra R y Ho t ld Holt Jos ph Ho ak Robe tludd R lph W ll J d B tty K t DAVID GILLETTE Geared to the ,ob sports stylist talent behind footlights our own Henry and Lt Seawright Future Farmer of America K of C award ol? to State 9 LORNA GORDON Dark dark brunette gradu ating lunior Feet' likely to see her dancing any time in Shorthand Club devotee to Glee Club 9 BARBARA GORHAM Smiling thru reigning reins with horses farmerette oh for those shining brown eyes from Gorham to Sattelmaier 9 ALBERT GRADY Quietude lust call for Boone smells of sawdust lead towards his favorite class transfiguring a block of wood gives satisfaction e Army gains another 9 LORNA GREENWOOD Stately stature Symphonette soprano for three years the aromas of the future 9 JACK HARTSELL Gentleman Jack collector of coins sticks to his stamps preferably physics on with the proms the future in a little red schoolhouse 9 NANCY HENDRYX All sweetness and petiteness sense of style drifted down from Lansing In sophomore year bewitchang brown eyes Henrys steady in What A Life Dear Ruth s younger sister mischievous Miriam music main interest 9 KATHERINE HIEMSTRA Human dynamo quizzical prankster Kate colnkeeper for GAA an usher ette committee gal flaming red tresses Student Council er white cap at Borgess RAY HOCTEL Untroubled ap up yo troubles the shop gang metal and wood mornings spent in school afternoons spent building service with Uncle Sam 9 RONALD HOLTZ Speak low fitted for planes and T squares a rep on Student Council slugger Ron football fancies college engineer 9 JOSEPH HORAK A word to the wise said goodbye to Morton High the Ushers Club swings the racket mathematically I inclined an engineer at U of M 9 ALAN JENKINS Mis chief afoot one of the domesticated seniors battin in for the team smiles prevail Ears for all a visit to Uncle Sam 9 ROBERT JUDD T ing off hey Gaylord golfing on the green math is a must fording along in his Ford construction company calls 9 RALPH WILLIAM JUDD Here there and everywhere 'us Bill basket ball fever four years What A Life included Bill of course commercial A Sr P after hours bell bottom trousers or college 9 FRED JULIAN Muslc and mechanical a foot in the furrow Alexander wearer of orange and black ushers band often tunes up at noon hours forecast in role of farmer 9 BETTY KANZ Always something Rut always willing to help student director of What A i e What size shoe sir? a Nightingale in the making at Bronson JACK KELLY Up to shenanigans D veloped by baseball basketball and golf gains experience as a Future Farmer of America football fan out for a good time indefinite plans 9 IRENE KLAPCHUK Smiles that make you happy better known as Renle favors English Chat Chats staff at Oak Street likes to take care of tots to be a telephone operator 9 MARTHA KNAPP There are smiles alias Mart sprung from Cedar Springs no shine to one sublect at home with a book Heddon s helper a Mrs as her degree 9 DOROTHY KRIZINSKI Serenity Dort busily pounding her Royal ready reader partici pates in co operative program G A A gal prepared for dictation 9 EDWARD KULOVITZ That Chi kid blown here from the Windy City behind the ball in intromurals basketball and bowling lust Baker partial to Ag farmer a c el Rona 1 e r Alan Jenkins r a i lam ud Fred Julian e anz , A Jock Kelly Irene Klapchuln Martha Knapp Doro hy Krizinskl Edward Kulavitz 1 rl ' 11 - . . . 1 11 ' - ' ' T ll ll ll ' ll ' Il ' ' ll ' I ll . . . . ,, ,, . . 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' If ' u w ,, . ,, . . of - - 11 tt - 44 Gordon Lang Jack e Leo Mary Allce Lmgle Lester Lud g Patrucua Luke Jack McA oy Ma ga et Messenge Be erly Michaels I Jean Muller Rage Modl Julua M rphy Donna Meye s Ralph Myrkle Nancy Nelson An to Parren Joyce Peck Ill '91 Jerry Peterson Do s Ph II ps Ja et Pond En cl Rrdge ay Leslue Robunson GORDON LANG Hu ya Gordy flyung cmders net two D s our football half speed demon prom helper 3R store after school 9 JACKIE LEE Popular personaluty Jackue and Gene Student and Youth Councul ute a con vuncung Mrs Aldruch mother of Dear Ruth marchung along wuth the band tunkerer wuth puano headed wuth a campus 9 MARY ALICE LINGLE Snappy styles GA A for a spell cuts up wuth a clarunet plays wuth s tume un at Tru County coed at Muchugan State 9 squad a But and Leader Les for F FA vuce presudent handy man What A Lufe when George fLesl gets wuth Henrys gurl speaks for speech 9 PATRICIA LUKE Able equestruenne all out for F H A astrude her horse commuttee woman putters around the kutchen more educatuon 9 JACK MCAVOY Sky scraper Mac transferred from Marmuon Mulntary Academy rollung along un hus merry Stude heught helps basketball Speech Club presudent colleguan 9 MARGARET MESSENGER Guft of ga Mag publucuzer of plays Hu Sheet ust two years you guessed ut another commercual ute oftlce experuence gauned un co operatuve program 9 BEVERLY MICHAELS Luvely lstuc upon acquaintance Bev vs Muke donated tume to Domecons Student Councul two years musuc from the squeeze box Spotlught ute Western claums Muke JEAN MILLER Greetungs wuth a grun statuesque soprano of Symphonettes bells of the band Domecon ute hearty laughter cluckung keys County Normal 9 ROGER MODL Nonchalant o adopted ltaluan accent for Jr play a racket un full swung the Ushers Sergeant at arms scootung along modler of aurplanes a drawung board un hand off unto the wuld blue yonder 9 JULIA MURPHY A smcere smule Ju ue long locks and lots o haurdoes play and prom commuttee helper drawung devotee on Wahoo staff Intent on commercual art career 9 DONNA MEYERS A song on her lups to Cass and back agaun un the saddle un odd moments a sleek lookung bob wuth the rungung of the last bell nts off to Tru County commercual course now whute collar worker later 9 RALPH MYRKLE Easy gomg lust amblung along marchung malor of the band does some drummung call hum Chuck cual commercual and more commercual un merry mux ups collects postcards a knack for salesmanshup snappy servuce at bookstore Gregg College un Chu 9 ANITA PARREN Charmun fruendly brown eyes flrst wuth commercual work wuelder of needle cnd thread short golden locks Madame Presudent of FH A a year at County Normal 9 JOYCE PECK Fruendl1ness prevauls Coldwaters loss of a swell gal suster of Lt Seward s un What A Lufe Dave and Joyce steady twosome Commercual Club er a busuness world ahead JERRY PETERSON Breezun thru Pete man of D stunctuon reddush haur and wunnung smule hugh pount man on basketball team sportsman supreme helpung hand on prom and play commuttees 9 DORIS PHILLIPS Beckonung smule bashful blue eyes dualung 0 may gtve you operator Phullups typung truumphs over all whnte collar worker 9 JANET POND Tranqull tendencues lust about five feet hugh much dancung done fruends call her Toots work but undeceded 9 ENID RIDGEWAY Charm 1n mmuature Shorty' Ieusure tume us spent letter wrutung hauled thus year from Pontuac on to busuness college 9 LESLIE ROBINSON A dash of devultry fleet feet an track and football Student Councul two years Les or Robble unto the army l ' ' wi ' ' v r r r v ' -uv -Far 1 . '. 'a li I .S 2 71' , , 'i I RCLI, ' ' 1 L? 1 1 .1 l - f ' 3 , . ' r ' u r i 1 If ,V ,Thi ' .NWN . f. , , F K 1, ,Ju A I I rl I i n I ' w ' ' - 11 -- 11 ll 11 - - h ,, . . ,, ,, I. ,, 1 , . . . T ll ' ll Q 4 ' l D . ' -' - 1 11 - 11 ' ' lf ' ll ll II ' 1 n Q a 1 ' ll - 11 - - . . . . , . ' T ll ll s 1 - . . . , , ' . . ' ' ll ll ' i ll 1 ll s Q v sau.: ' '. '- , ' - ff LESTER LUDWIG - Man of muscles . . . co-captain of pigskin . . . visibility - 0. 9 NANCY NELSON - Busy miss . . . commer- ' ll ll ' ' s 1 n u u - - - . . . . . . ' , , . . . ' . . . ll ' If ll ll v - 11 I 11 - - . . ,, .,, 11 - 11 . . I - 1 ,, . 1 ,, . . ' i II If If ll a ' ' ' ' - 11 - - - 11 - - ll 11 - . ,, , ,, . ' ' - ll - 11 - 11 - bll ll ll ' ' 5- -' . n p' . . I s u . . . T ll ' f ll ll fl - - H . -l l U H H H . . ' . D . . . . . . ' . . . ll - ll - - . . . . . . ' ' ll - ll ' -F I l T ll . . . . . . . . . . A H . , H H . . ,, . ,, . . . . . . - ll - - 11 - - H I ' ' ' ' - ' I1 11 . . . . . . 'l . . . . H . I . . . . , . '- . . . . . . . - - ll II 1 - - - - - H H H H . . . . . . . . . . - . . . R g . . . - - - ' . . . H H l P . . . ' ' -- N I 'I ' ' ' ' ' ll ll II ' ll 45 JACK ROSE- Business airs . . . position as pres. of Ushers Club . . . dramatic devotee- Mr. BradIy of What A Life , Dear Ruth's father . . . dropped in from Riley High in South Bend . . . retailing at Western. 9 BETTY ROWE- Cheerful charm . . . relaxes reading when not busy bowling . . . G.A.A. . . . another member of commercial clique . . . enioys typing . . . indefinite indications after grad. 9 WAYNE RUPLE - Smile lshyj the while . . . hunting and fishing score a direct hit as a hobby . . . Rupe . . . on the ball with baseball . . . math -favorite catch . . . consistant in commercial course. 9 ALICE SASAKI - Diminutive miss . . . Domecons and F.H.A. - major part of H.S. curriculum . . . culinary art occupies Al's spare time . . . Hi- Sheet's exchange Ed . . . future marked by a ? . ELLA SCHENK -- Alway's in line for a good time . . . Ella Bella . . . flashing brown eyes . . . one of the commercial club . . . pow wowed on Pow Wow staff in Frosh year . . . assists with co-op program. 9 LEONA SCHMIDT- Top of the class . . . Onie . . . ye old copy editor . . . mania for square dancing . . . Glee Club alto four years . . . a year as Student Council repre- sentative . . . on with education. 9 DONNA SCHOFF - Dark eyes and hair . . . Miss Eggleston of Jr. play . . . daubs paint in spare moments . . . served a term as vice-president of Dome- cons . . . forecast in role of country school marm. 9 CAROLE SCHRYER - A twinkle in her eyes . . . another contribution to the commercial field . . . typing is top favorite . . . caroled for Glee Club . . . supporter of Youth Forum. LORETTA SCHUR- Johnny on the spot . . . gray matter runs along commercial lines . . . Lets spotted for Spotlight . . . '47's Student Council secretary, '46's treasurer . . . student direc- tor tor What A Life . . . future plans - ?. 9 JOSEPH SCOTT - Why worry chum . . . Scottie collects shootin' irons . . . Mr. President to Future Farmers . . . the '49-ers vice-president in '48 . . . branded in the band as a trombone-ist . . . assists carpenter dad. 9 FRED SHERK - Flippant . . . out for football four years . . . true to DeMolay . . . mathematics and science tie for first . . . debates rate . . . on to college. 9 EVELYN SHIVELY- Lifting laughter . . . Evie . . . yen for collecting records . . . sings soprano in Symphonettes . . . makes that green stuff as Olympia's waitress . . . energy efficiently distributed. i- The dough in our treasury rises as we canvas the school and town for magazine subscriptions as up-and-coming Juniors. What A Life is our dramatic production. We lead quite a life preparing for its performance but are rewarded by a presenta- tion enioyed by all attending. In the spring of '48 as our fancies turned to thoughts of the J-Hop, we changed the gym into a scene from the Arabian Nights, waltzing to A Thousand and One Nights . Dear Ruth is scheduled as our senior play to the enjoyment of all who saw and worked in it. Our senior ball is a replica of a huge pond, the dancers skating around to the music of the Skaters Waltz . After much controversy we pile into the school bus and are off to a day of picnic-ing on our skip-day. 46 JOY SINK - That ivory look . . . petite and sweet . . . winning eyes and winning smiles . . . a definite commercial course . . . a member of the new-born Commercial Club . . . to enter the business world. 9 CAROLINE SMITH- Demure charm . . . twinkling eyes . . . loaded with smiles . . . four years of a general course . . . Iook under Section Four , say's our librarian . . . an added voice to Glee Club . . . left at the half as a Mrs. . 9 DONALD SMITH- Fun and fancy free . . . to Iive with life . . . beckons to Smitty . . . a perpetual grin and laughs from within . . . out for football . . . that glint of red hair . . . metal shopper. 9 JAMES SMITH -f Music maker . . . magic with his fingers . . . the piano or the guitar, take your pick . . . composes his own boogie . . . iust call him Jim . . . his course sways towards shop . . . a future of -. LAWRENCE SMITH - Where's the rush . . . ambling along . . . to be on the outside is better than studying within . . . a course of shop and general work . . . another Senior fellow attracted to the kitchen. 9 ROBIN SMITH - Come what may . . . a Pontiac's pal . . . hopped on J-Hop committee . . . general agenda . . . responsible for Carol D's ring . . . presided over Bit and Lead . . . a short course at Michigan State. 9 VIRGINIA SOPHER - Sweet, shy, and small . . . quiet Ginny . . . a term with Student Council . . . at home with commercial collegues . . . typing technique . . . at ease in H20 . . . a working road. 9 CHARLES SPRAGUE- A right guy . . . Stub . . . pitched in at both semi--formals . . . all out for fun, and finds it . . . shy- maybe . . . of the Future Farmers . . . shop-pest . . . a path towards work. DIXIE STAHR- Carefree capers . . . it's a hit to Dix if it pertains to sports . . . toots the trumpet in band . . . pep with a capital P . . . G.A.A. vice-president . . . trotting down to Indiana U. after graduation. 9 CARL STEVENS - Sincere . . . Shrevie . . . selection for Student Council president . . . other sports as well as football strike his fancy . . . active on various committees . . . marin-er. 9 ROBERT STOCKWELL- Carefree cruising . . . Bob to us . . . a dancing demon . . . Let's hczve Jed lace lefty love Wayne luple Alice Seeeki Ella Schenk Leona Schmidt Donna Schell Carole Schryer the D H S cannonball' popular personality for the Spider a knack for basketball mg field man on Chumps in intramurels 9 PATTY ARCHER TAYLOR From a baseball team Don dons his skates with the first good Miss to a Mrs a seen in the blue of band devotee freeze h for a good movie English is his favorite of HI Sheet GAA for a time Sept 26 1948 Mrs sublect believe It or not 9 MORLEY WOLF Not a care ID George Taylor 9 DONNA THOMAS She s got rhythm the world more often called More in his third year of snap shot ting when possible an interlude as cheerleader F F A committee man favors manual training happy bows to the commercial field with office work as future ambi when hunting fun with his autos 9 JOE ZABLOCKI Athletic tion 9 EDVEN THOR Handsome ish sports fan and part: plunging fullback wa a vy black hour kept track of ci ant f ends call Ed or Fritz I I blue and gold of our finances in lunior year Mr Treasurer to us as Sophs F F A treasurer of F F A and senior class in the band and mechanical drawing pet subgect in Uncle Sam s army sings a tune for us once in a while dressed in khaki HAROLD TOPPING Witty wlttlclsm Curley Wahoo s bookkeeper rep on Student Council candid camera man mathematician lifting anchor in the future 9 TOM TURNER Take lt easy Toad a basketball participant In Frosh year long live the alibi F F A to his credit na special commitments on has school agenda out to Calif and in the navy WILLIAM WEBBER On his merry way the 49 ers president as a lunlor and senior football fullback baseman In baseball basketball for a short time popular with the LttSh J hSt FdShk EISIHF people in khaki at the end of the semester 9 NINA WEBER O ' U C O ep col re el eyn I e Sophisticated styles that tall and wlllowy look rom hobby with horses a trip down another aisle after graduation 'a 9 KENNETH WEIDNER A fan of fun Ken a more F familiar title another Future Farmer creator of humorous 9' situations photos and cars occupy spare moments favorite sublect a draw between Ag and Speech collegnant PJ 9 ROBERT WHITMORE Quite quiet a knack for plumbing Jo S k new Smm better known as Bob a keeper of himself farmer at the present time 9 VIRGINIA WILLIAMS Not a minute to srt still to Dogpatch from Niles in sophomore year Chicken Oh' Johnny her theme song dancing is doing what comes naturally ushers for the Ushers Club a wedding knot to tie 9 DONALD WILSON Reserved until La re ce Smath Rob n Sm th V rg a Sopher Charles Sprague Dune Stahr Carl Ste em Robe t Stock ell Patty Archer T ylar Donna Thomas Eclven Thor Harold Topping Tom Turner William Webber Nma Weber Kenneth Weudne Robe t Whitmore V rg n a Will oms Donald Wilson Morley Wolf Joe Zabloclu Qc if S. 4: A A ll ' Il ' ll ' ll ll ' ' i ll ll ll ' ' ' . ... 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P . , Band Julua Baker Nancy Barnes Glorua Bowman Jum Deal Carol Demung Warren Garret Joan Grubler Nancy Hendryx Jackue Lee Tom Prather Joan Tunkey June Wulson Baseball Bob Carlusle Chuck Cooper Chas Dew Doug Ferrel Bob Manley Jerry Peterson Walt Rugterunk Wayne Ruple Jake Taggert Ted Turner Don Wulson Basketball Duck Burrows Charles Dew Doug Ferrel Bull Judd Jack Kelly Bob Manley .lock McAvoy Jerry Peterson Walt Rugterunk Jake Toggert Football Don Chapman Bull Emmons Doug Ferrel Jack Gullen George Hall Duck Harttung Ronald Holtz Jack Kelly Gordon Lang Les Ludwug Bob Manley Jum Northrup Ed Osborn Al Patzer Jerry Peterson Walt Rugterunk Chuck Rutter Les Robunson Fred Sherk Don Stephenson Carl Stevens Jake Taggert Ed Thor Norman Tunkey Ted Turner Louue Uruck Joe Zablocku FFA Bob Ausra Harold Fam Jum Fule Dave Gullette Lester Ludwug Joe Scott Charles Sprague Ruchard Szymanowsku Ed Thor Leo Toney Ken Weudner Morley Wolf Cheer Leaders F H A Delores Love EmrTtC Jean Drake Morgue Robbuns Pat Frcze Carol Weber Anutcu Parren Q7 GAA Duxu Stah r Betty Dorgan Glee Club Carlene Brabon Dorus Casey Betty Couch Warren Garret Lorna Greenwood Betty Kanz Jean Muller Dorus Phullups Leona Schmudt Evelyn Shuvely Golf Spuke Carlson Bob Judd Bull Kelly John Steumle Hu Sheet Duck Burrows Pat Carpenter Donna Toy Speech Duck Ferrus Bull udd Student Councul 48 Jum Buek Glorua Bowman Pat Carpenter Dolores Cooper Frank Lagerborg Everett Stevens Carl Stevens Irene Olelnuczak Tennus Max Allen Sam Bullungham Duc Burrows Don Bussler Duc Dowsett Jack Gullen Track Duck Bannow Jum Buek John Buckungham Charles Dew Duck Lambert lmanagerj Jum Northrup Al Patzer Ben Pompey Walt Rugterunk Bob Root John Ross John Saetre Ed Thor Ted Turner Ushers Club Carlene Brabon Betty Couch Jack Rose Shurley Schneck Donna Toy Wahoo Dorus Casey Pat Carpenter Duck Dowsett Joan Grubler Leona Schmudt 6 ff fl, y Q A 1 1 g T .ku T ,k T . ,J ARBOR BEAUTY SHOP BAKEMAN 8. 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