Frankenmuth High School - Eyrie Yearbook (Frankenmuth, MI)

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In Memorium: Dennis L. Kern Dennis Lee Kern was born on June 14, 1956, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kern as the sec- ond of four children. Dennis attended St. Lorenz Lutheran School through the 8th grade. While attending Frankenmuth High School as a member of the class of 1974, he was also a junior usher at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church. Dennis was an ardent fan of all local and national sports, and knew many sports statistics by memory. Being brought up on a farm, Dennis played an important part in working with his father and older brother on their land. It was in a farm accident on March 26, 1973, that Dennis passed away. Those who knew him will always remember his friendly smile that never seemed to fade from his face. One of Dennis’s major interests in high school was industrial education. He was en- rolled in nearly every class available in this department and maintained an excep- tional average. When he died, his class established The Dennis L. Kern Industrial Education Award, an honor given each year to the outstanding student in that de- partment. The first recipient of the award was his brother Ken. It is the wish of the Class of 1974 that each student who is deemed worthy of this award in the future will accept it with respect for what it represents.

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Each day of the 1973-1974 school year, more than seven hundred students flocked to what they knew to be their “educational institution”. Nearly seven hours of their day was spent in wandering through the laby- rinthine corridors of F.H.S. in an attempt to gain that precious wisdom the youth so often hears about. Each student discovered something different during this journey and it was these varying ideas and feel- ings that made Frankenmuth High the enchanting mosaic it was. Every individual contributed his part to make F.H.S. what it was this year, and the memory of each will live on. Some will be remembered by all, but each will be remembered by someone.

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The Graduating Class Of 1974 From ordering graduation announcements to address- ing the envelopes, from being measured for caps and gowns to donning them for the first and final time, this is the road the senior class travelled their final high school year. Realizing that they were the oldest students at Frankenmuth High and it was really “their” Senior Prom came easily for some and slower for others. Nonetheless, in the end, the words “senior” and “graduation” had their own special meaning for each member of the class of '74. On the following seven pages are those students who truly believed in their hearts that the class of 1974 was the greate st ever; this pride will always be theirs. a. Joellen Abbenante Christine Abraham Rosemary Allen Heidi Auernhamer b. Kim Baggarly Karen Baker Andreas Ball c. Joe Bannerman Sandra Bechtel Kathy Bender d. Barbara Bernthal Timothy Bernthal Dennis Beyerlein