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

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ur rogress s X .IN 1 SCHOOL BOARD left to right Trygve Lund, Harry Palmer Arthur Springsteen, Harry Mosher, Dr Kenneth Pzerce The student QKINLYIIIIIE' bodx of fe11tr1I I-Iwh School I9 the Student iou11e1l I 1eh spr1111f the offleers 1re eleeted I11 popul1r vote ot tI1e student bodw Those eI1ose11 Io1 1I11s Nell 1re I verette Stexens PILSIKILIII I red R1s11111sse11 VILL pres1de111 V D1Iv seeret 1r1 1I 1ett 1 1ee111s 1 IIIIICSS Ixerette btexens res1g111t1o11 111s 1eeepted XIIULIILI LCLIIOII IS I1eId sho11111-r fllllx L1-fer11r1f to be o11r next pres1cIe11t At the start of school 111 tI1e I1II 1 111en1I1er Iro111 e1eI1 I ng I1sh cI1ss IIICI C1 represe11t1t1ve at l1rfYe from the freshn1111 sophomore, rumor lllil se111or classes 1s eleeted to serxe tI1e school vear 111 tl11s le01sI 1t1ve department Le1dersh1p and scho I1st1e IITIIIIV Ire CIUJIIIICS e1eh represe11t1t1ve must I1 we Don IUI IL s Student C OUIICII IS a 111e111ber of tI1e IDISIIILI Xs soe11t1o11 of Student CULIIICIIS It 1ttends tI1e 1111d 11111ter 111d sprrng n1eet111gs, tI11s 1e1r IILICI at I1err1e11 bprmws 1nd IXIII ITIIZOO GUILIIIICY n1 1111 school proyeets 1s one of the f1111et1o11s of tI11s or1f111111t1o11 Spo11sor11111 1ssembI1es, 1rr111111111f 1 Flllf rc 1fr1m over WIxfO Ixal1m11oo, 111d presentln-f exeh IIIWL 1sse111 I1u11111- pl ISIIL Iroyects u11dert lIxCl1 to rmprove tI1e school 1re m1gr11111e covers to preserxe 1111-111111es Ill the I1I1r1r1 l111x111ff more mlrrors Imr the I11 IIUFILS IINI I111111e1111f 11 o 1I 11111r s dc 11e by the 1rt dep1r1111e11t -X1 1110 Xlflfilli eh1r1t1es 1Iso eo11s11111es some of then sue cessful efforts 111elud1111 1I1e p1ele1111r cf C hr1st1111s b1sIee1s fcr tI1e less fortunate M1reI1 cf IDIIHCS 111d l1eIp1111f fill Ixlts for tIe'p1rt111g draftees P1 otrnff th four sehools of Dow11f11e o11 the road to 1111 proxement IS the school bo1rd VI1tI1 Arthur X bprnwsteen 1spres1eIe11t Harrx L Mosher 19 seeret1r1 I-Iarrx VI Dalmer 1s treasurer 1nd Dr kenneth C P1eree and Trurxe C Lu11d as trustees, If h1s 1lre 1d1 aeeo111pI1shed o11tst111d1111r fests Wlth progress 1s 1 p1ss1xord, the1r 1111t1aI 1eeo111pl1sl1111e11t the L111col11 Elementarx behool 1 19 opened I1st '1II TI11s IICOICFIC 1nst1tut1o11 zoomed to popuIar1t1 111th 111 elementarx students because bes1fIes possessnw 1Il the 111oder11 edue -t1o111I eonvenrenees ll qref1tI1 rehexes tr11gest1o11 Ill the I11lIs IIMI elassrooms ot the other sehools 111d 'nes the xouths 1 el11nee for a better f111d more IIIUIULIKVII edue 1t1o11 Another CX'lI'l1pIt. of tI1e1r 1et propelled 1et1o11s 19 the eree tlon of the new I1Ie1eI1ers 1t the lILlITll1l I1eId e next Il 1I1e111 on 11e11 111 1 111' 1-ent 1 see 1nfr so11t1o11 IS e11I1r-111111 Q Lllll 1 H1 1 thus PIONIQIIII4' 111o1e neees ssrry CCIULHIIOIYII t1c1I1t1es for o11r exer groxung eo111111u111t1 DV. STUDENT COUNCIL seated, left to rlght I' Rasmussen S Gard B Brezen, A Horak, B Horak, D JOBJIIS, D Grmdel P Phxlllus G Eiman, B Jurgenson E Pugsley, standlng' left to rlght A Decker 1' I-Hgerborg J Carlson H Peters S James J B1ek, I' Ross S Lewis, J' Daly G Lyons M Krager Irene Olejnicziak Marle Durrstexn NJ 5 5 L., A fl' Iudl 1 1, . 'Q pg llll I 1' I're'xe'11. 11'e11s11re'r. I' 1 Je rl 'I' '. ',. F, F1 ' acglrb ' '. Q.. 1 . . . an ' 1 IT' ' '. . . . - x i I L be L L K 8 : Ds .L . L . I., ee e L el Z., b n 4 P In J- v'! A ,nz . . 1 z h', 1 l,'1..' - Ze A blles at N1Ies and btutc Hlgh are z1ct1v1t1es c11p11bly h1111dIed. 9 5,95 6 1 - . , . ' . . . , ,. ,- . , -. ,Q xo . ' I . ' ' . - s 'i QQ x 4, . 'A . 1 ,.' 13,1 . A - 1 1 b 5 . xv 'bf' , . ' 1 'L 1 1 ' V o 11IJ Q ' . . '- I '-1 , . t 1 . . . . . . 'W ':' . d b 'L . . 'va 1. .' . '. I '1 - '., 1Q.Q . ,I . Q D 1 , 1 ' .. . 4. 1 I 'V I., . , Q 1 - l H 1 . - - ' X 5 . ts . 2 ' - ' ' I A I D e ' J 1b1' ' ' - ' ' ' f ' . 7' ' ' x 5 L. 1 1 ' ' 1 . , ' ' 1' I' , Vg. 1 1. 11 . ' h A n. 1 i ' D 1 V' . ' 'Li ' 1 . . ' 1 - . tl 1 1 1 . 4 Q -. L 1 5 .L o Th- 51 I' I I':1sl ofi 51g I1 3 :1 Q I . ah. D. '1I gl 5 ' I' h U

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11 '.7 1- 7 WXN chu-in Canfield 5011111103101 1 Mr C,anf1eld, a fam1l1ar figure lil our halls, IS the superrn tendent of the Dowag1ac Pubhc Schools HIS busy office 1S a buz71ng h1ve of act1v1ty Located on the ETSI floor IH Lentral, lf IS v1s1ted da1ly by many stude11ts, teachers, and lay people Lharhe, as he 19 fondly mcknamed IS a frlend to all of us Before assummg the respons1b1l1t1es of supenntendent IH 1946 he served as d1rector of Adult Educanon on the staff here Now h1S days are Hlled wnh all the necessary problems that must be solved before our schools can run smoothly dlld pro gress sat1sfactor1ly He must check to sec that both school and extra curr1cular act1v1t1es are carr1ed on ID an orderly manner He saves h1s OK to such thnws as dances, club meennvs, sports, plays etc Then, too, there are n1ght school and veterans classes TIHHSPOFIHIIOII for our rural students 1S another problem of Charhe s for he must keep the buses and statlon wagons on schedule He a1ds the bus dr1vers 111 mappmg out the best routes And when our teams are play1ng away from home he sees that a bus IS ready for them He IS also a membe1 of the School Board and reprcsents the teachers at 1ts meetnws Recently Mr Canfield made a tr1p to Atlantlc C 1ty to lttend a meetlnsr of the Bdllfblhll Assm c1at1o11 of Supenntendents there, for he IS constantly str1v111g to help us 1mprove D H S Gertrude B1ek IS Mr Q,l1llf:1Cld s capable a11d competent sec retary She has manv dut1es 1nclud1ng SOI'l11llg ma1l, keeplng records, a11d wr1t1ng letters and checks In add1t1on to these da1ly tasks she makes out teachers pavrolls and acts as secre tarv treasurer to over seventy organ1zat1ons M1ss B1ek strawht ens out our b1lls for plays a11d sales by present1ng them before the Board of Lducanon Her ss ork seems to last all year w1th these numexous Il'lII'1gS to do A new add1t1on to our busy oHace 15 Irene Oleyn1cz1ak Irene IS Gertrude B1ek s assxstant Her 111mble f1ngers take d1ctat1on from Lharlle Irene also collects tu1t1on and d1str1ct bu U'Z1llSpOI'lJl10ll fees In all, shc IS a general recept1o111st, vreetmg all of us wnh 1 readv smxle M1ss Durrsteln IS thc pr1nc1pal of the Lcntral Crade School She began teachmw here ewht ycars ago and four vears ago she became an elementary pr111c1pal C,omp1l1ng state reports, keep 1110 student records, SL1pLfNlSll'lg classes, and enroll1ng new stu dents are a few of the many jobs yyhlch are done by her At present M1ss D11rrste111 1s also fllllillllg t1me o11 htr crowded schedule to HSSISI the Wallrarm staff, OHCFIDU' us a helplflg hand over the rough spots hurg of ldiard Darla, manor lhbbs Ed Sk1pper Dorvan has been one of Dowag1ac H1gh Schools best assets for twenty fave years E1ghteen of these years were devoted to teachmg chem1stry and some sc1ence Then he was promoted to the rob of pr1nc1pal Its not easy work, but Sk1pper has come through w1th flymg colors On the first dav of school Sk1pper was ready to lnform us about our homerooms and tt d1sh out the rules and regulat1ons for the comlnsf school year The first few days of school are probably the hardest for he has to help 1n the rearrangmg of schedules and get the freshmen off to a good start Sk1p IS 1 very sought after fellow because h1s s1gnature 1S needed on the absentee and tardy sl1ps before the perso11 1n quest1on can return to hIS classes He also has to be a good detect1ve to track down forged pass sl1ps As a substltute teacher Sk1pper rates h1gh for he has a grand se11se of humor H15 study hall IS very pleasant because ll seems as 1f he IS always ready w1th a humorous story the purpose of wh1ch 1S to calm the constant buzz But everv once 1n a yy h1le We fand the trouble makers spendmg some much re gretted t1me after school Frlendly adv1ce 'mans anyone who needs lt and that 1n cludes almost all of us from the loyxlv freshman to the self as sured SCIHOYS It IS Sk1p who has the last look at the appllca t1ons of the lucky SCUIOFS who plan on another four years of hwher educat1on These are onlv a few of the manv thlngs that have to be done by our 1ndustr1ous pr1nc1pal Then after n1ne months of work at school Sk1p superv1ses the k1ds for the summer months out at the F1tch Foundanon Lamp So as If IS very Plillll to see Sk1ppers work IS never done Mrs Eleanor Sk1bbe 1S Sk1ppers gal Fr1day Shes also h1s Monday, Tuesdav, Wednesday and Thursdav gal, too At 10 10 everv mormnff Eleanors pleasant voxce IS heard over the P A svstem g1v1ng the da1ly announcements Dur1ng the football and basketball seasons, Eleanor has the yob of sellmg student nckets lll the office She also has to take care of ordermv the name cards and Lommencemcnt announce ments for the SCIIIOYS Th1s IS a yob lll ltself Xt the end of eyery sus weeks Eleanor has the flfylllg yob of record111g all of the grades To be a PI'll1Clp21lS secretary you almost have to be a 11 alkmg ency cloped1a Th1S IS necessary for there 15 always someo11e who wants 1I1f0l'ITl1Il0I1 and IH th1s category Eleanor does yery well No m ltter hon many ll1lllUS Fleanor has to do she IS always yullxnfr to help someone 111 need and th1s aboye all makes her ve y pc pula vs 1th le l d . 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Di ur illing Edna Carlson Wayne Clark Janitors Bus Drivers Service League LINCOLN SCHOOL Th1s sprawhng structure of l'Jl'lLlx, surrounded on two stdes by a fcnccd tn plaxground, 19 the new Llncoln School To accommodate approxtmately 720 voung pup1ls rangtnv from lctnclergarten throuvh s1xth grade, 1t has seven larvc class rooms, an attractlve ofhce, a xfymnastum, and a moder11 nurse s olhce Lach classroom has hrlateral hvhtmg gtxmg 1t an unu loolc bccause of tts Slilllllllff roofs Wtde halls, one SldC of xvhlch are xxflndoxxfs, malsc the xx hole butldtnfr vcrv hxfht a11d cheerful bclt Ltllflflll , nexx Green challsboards 1nd blo11dc Iurmture of modcrn deswn enhance the effect The 'x1llClCFU.lI'ICl'l room xx1th drapes of ltxfht velloxx' and others portraxmxf farm vard scenes has a spec1allx heated floor alxvaxs xx arm lor tots to plax upon Separate plav areas, one coxered for use on ra1nx davs, are another adxantaxfe offered thc lxlndcrgartencr tt Itncoln bchool lqtnpped xxflth complctc shoxxcr rooms lor both boxs and sglrls thc UXlTlll.19lLll'I19 baslc usc IS for phxslcal CClLlLlllUll I-Ioxxcx cr, 1 portablc sttce shdcs casllx mto pllcc If one c11d xx l1c11 school progr1ms, 1re on thc calcndar 'Ihe schools ple1s1ntness malxcs manx adults YVl9ll thcx xxerc btcls 111 school ll 1111 'lhc staff trles 111 exerx xxax to m xlxc I mc: ln a happx hc 1lthx placc for Ll'1llClI'Lll Headquarters Ihe U111tcd bervlce League xx as Ulgdll ved Ill 1941, and has groxvu to xx hcre lf now helps seventx e1ght famthcs annullly On Frldstys anx xvoma11 necdtnxr cloth 1110 for herself or fdfl1llV mav sro to tl1c Lcaxfue Housc and worlc lor ll lLplll'1llg 111d Illilxlllg ovcr used Lllllllllll' Unserv lceablc clothtnxf IS made 111to Lllllllh xvhlch 1lso max bc bouxfht xx1th xxorlc l1ou1s Thc Llty L,OL1llCll furmshcs thc I cavuc Housc Thc peoplc of Doxxa-r11c donatc clothes, fllI'l1llL1I'L, and toys Thesc 1rc col lccted on baturdavs by Mr and Mrs amcs Inolclcn a11d sortcd undcr thc SUPLI VISIOII ol Mrs Dclbcrt Marshall The thcory behtnd thc Ullllhil SLYVILL Lca-fue IS tl11t peoplc apprcctatc hclp more when thcx' help themsclves Th1s has been provcn by the l11CI'CdSl1'lg num bers that recelve a1d through the Leasguc cach yCJl Wayne C larls IS 111 hrs second vear as 1 Dowaglac jLlVLIlllL vorlxcr Hts LXICIISIXL proxrrtm IS clrrled on Ill school, 111 homcs, courts, lI'lLl xxftth parents as well He works xvtth mal tdyusted, emotlonally d1sturbed, and ha11d1capped chtldren He has bec11 a soclal xvorlser for etvht years mcludlng four years Clllflllxf World War II w1th the Red Lross Before thls he acted IS home serv1ce Cl'1dll'IUJl1 xv1th the Red Lross for txve11tv three ye 1rs Mlss I dnt C arlson 15 the pubhc hcalth nursc of Dowaxftac schools bhe checks all s1clc calls that are reported at school and also answers calls from pr1vate homes If anv of our teachers report a threc dav absence YV1ll'!OLll excuse, MISS C arlson checks up and sees what IS the matter all contagtous dlseases are re ported to thc state and so ate health reports bhe IS a member of the bcrxlcc League Iloard UU1 capablc crcxx of bus and statlon xx won drlxcrs IS Carl Xsh O1 nl l51rncs, Bob I-Ialcr oh11 Callahan C la1r DcMull lllil Lcon Mmcr 'I hcsc men brmg thc buses 111 throufrh both good a11d bad Weather Uur 1dl1lfOI'S xx ho lceep the school 111 top shapc arc Lloyd K IIIELICI Lcslte Klnv Hobart Shroxer, ldugenc Valdes, and Leonard VVenglarsls1 1 , I L I ' , ' '. . ,,. . , 1 V I ' ' ' VV. 4,-' . , . 2 I A ' ' ,V ' X ca ' ' 1 I 'A ca ' , A '. zz- N A 1 ,O ,. . Q .,1 ' ' 1 .' 1 ' 5. - - 2 fr 1 rn v - - . O ' 1 , K . . 4.6 , ,U . , pal. , . 1 s I In 1. . 1 1 . 1 , . ,., ,O 1 , , , , ' . ' '.. ' 1 . . N, r ' ' ' ' ' ' , . . l' 1 1 ' ' - - . 1 1 . T' 1 . 4 4 Y 1 . . . . . . . D ' sually hght atmosphere, and to the bulltllllg ttself, that modern , A -, , - , - 7. . - ,,, A . . . I . 1 , O ' . . . 1 . '. ' . -s y s tv , an , , N . . . , I l , g , D ,, , , ,R , , il t I . ,, , ,o. , 1v' , 2 vl I . ' . 1 Q ' U D . ' 1 ' . ,' . 1 . ' v .-. 2- ' - ' ' , , .D . 1 4 ' ' , 1 y 1 . 1 ' . ' ' - 1 - 1 1 3 , ' ' , ', 1, i H E I, v A. ,.,, . K, ,lb ,. , 1 4' nf ' - s .- ' ' 1 1 - , . - 1 , TL, A' ,K ,ul . 1 , 1 . 1 'ml ,' ', ,' 1 , ' 1 S tai. ' ',' ' I , f I 1 X . as- ' - .' 3. ' Lv. 1 -, . 11, ,L 'V ,fs - 1 ' K ' '.