Galesburg Augusta High School - Rambler Yearbook (Galesburg, MI)

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Class Histciy Mother, do I have to get up’” That was the sixty-four dollar question. We were torn between wanting to play with our toys and the desire to learn the intricate mysteries of school. Finally, though skeptically, we decided to try school. We hurriedly dressed and ate breakfast. Our mothers combed our hair and sent us off down the street. How proudly we walked up the steps and into the school build¬ ing where, standing in the doorway of our room, our first teacher waited to greet us. When the b§ll rang, she had the following names on her list: Mary Jane Behan, Pat Blessington, Duane Bresson, Elaine Carson, Frances Lockwood, Barbara Shirley, Ralph Smith, Edward Welling, Lila Mae Wheaton, David Freer, Polly Reed, Dorothy Lambkin, Jack Moses, Aurelia Alaria, Fred Schmidt, Lora Downs and Donald Haist. When we came together in the first grade we greeted three new classmates: Carol Knight, Edna Dow- ling and Dick Ralston. We were very sad to lose two of our playmates, Duane Bresson and Barbara Shirley. Miss Densmore taught our group this year. Evelyn Inman joined us in the second grade and Donald Haist left us. Mrs. Luneke was our instructor. The following year Mary Lou Lyles, Alta Bristol, Frank Grice and Rosemary Holbrook were received into our group. Aurelia Alaria and Fred Schmidt left us this year. We had Miss Kugel to guide us through our year in third grade. In the fourth grade Giles Burton joined the class. Mrs. Snow was our teacher. Miss Brown welcomed us into the fifth grade and Bernard Yager and Bill Schrieber were the only new members. We lost Frank Grice and Lora Downs. In the fall of ’46 we began the sixth grade with Mrs. Howell. This year we met Alan Fry, Jim Kiss¬ inger, Jon Borough,. Eva Geddings, and Ronald Coe. Dick Ralston, Dorothy Lambkin and Polly Reed left us that year. Finally, we were proud members of the Junior High! Florence Grover and Polly Beatty joined our group, while Carol Knight, Eva Geddings and Bernard Yager were not with us that year. Our new members in the eighth grade were, Ronald Ball, Carole Bel land, Edward Klepper, Duane Bresson and Carolyn Smith. Yippee!!! We may be acting like lunatics, but can you blame us? Why? We are Freshmen at last! We welcomed Nancy Champion, Carl Rosa, Estelle Wortinger, Billy Cox, and Jayne Woodruff. We lost Mary Lou Lyles and Florence Grover. This year was full of new experiences, such as passing to classes and having those wonderful class parties. Fred Henshaw became a wel¬ comed member of our group when we became Sophomores. Jayne Woodruff, Alta Bristol, and Edna Dow¬ ling left us. One more hurdle and we will be Seniors, we sighed happily when we began our Junior year by welcoming Norma Pohl, Martha Brown, and several students from Augusta: Tom Cates, Nancy Eldridge, Marion Pervine, Eleanor Rogers, Don Rutherford, Barbara Shirley, and Sally Sinclair. That year we lost Polly Beatty and Billy Cox. This year was highlighted by. the Junior play, which was a huge success under the direction of Mr. Hahnenberg, and the honoring of the Seniors at the annual Junior-Senior Prom in April. It is hard to believe, but we are Seniors at last. This year we welcomed into our class David Spear. This year we can look forward to our Senior trip, the play skip day, the Prom and the most important item of all, Commencement. Ron Ball, Mary Jane Behan, Carole Bel land, Pat Blessington, Jon Borough, Duane Bresson, Martha Brown, Elaine Carson, Thomas Cates, Nancy Eldridge, Fred Henshaw, Rosemary Holbrook, Evelyn Inman, Jim Kissinger, Ed Klepper, Frances Lockwood, Marion Pervine, Norma Pohl, Eleanor Rogers, Don Rutherford, Barbara Shirley, Sally Sinclair, Carolyn Smith, Ralph Smith, David Spear, Ed Welling, Lila Mae Wheaton, and Estelle Wortinger will be the proud graduating class of 1952 from the Galesburg-Augusta High School. Farewell, undergraduates, it ' s time to say adieu. We ' re not glad to leave, but weVe starting life anew. We ' ll cherish all our friendships for they ' ll not be cast aside. Although we shall make new friends, the dearest will not have died. May much success and happiness be yours in the years to come, and may you strive for good things now and ever.