Godwin Heights High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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SENIOR PICNIC

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CLASS HISTORY We began our quest for knowledge back in the year of 1937. Determined to fight and conquer the battle of life, we prepared to arm ourselves with that all-important weapon of education. We, like most normal classes, didn't take our freshman year very seriously. The majority of us possess more of a desire to play practical jokes rather than concentrate on the vast problem of raising necessary money and studying daily assignments. However, between our amusement periods we did find time to sponsor various proj- ects and elect four capable leaders to guide us through our first tempestuous year. We chose for our president Kay Hager, as our vice-presi- dent, Bill Lackey, Ruth Becker as secretary, and Leatha Tanner as treasurer. To raise money we sold everything from candy to valentines. When we glance briefly at the high spots of our freshman year, we must also remember the adventures in the Biology classes. While the teacher focused her attention on one-half of the class, which was studiously dissecting apples, the other half was busy eating them. Immediately after our passage from our fresh- man into our sophomore year, we realized that a specific financial goal had to be attained. This sudden realization caused the business geniuses of the class to expose themselves. From that time on we kept them busy creating money-making enterprises. These projects included selling holi- day trinkets and editing a Christmas newspaper. incidentally, the editor of this successful publica- tion was Bill Lackey. We entrusted our class officers to Ray Moore as president, lan Siple as vice-president, and Vivian Walstra as secretary-treasurer. On the basis of our financial outcome we regard our sophomore year as highly successful, thanks to a capable advisor, Mary Frances Miller, and to the cooperation of the officers and the class as a whole. As juniors we plunged with renewed energy into our Big Year. Foremost in our minds was our desire to make money so that we could pre- sent the seniors with an unforgettable banquet. Our first task was to elect capable officers who would lead us successfully through the swamp of competition and bad breaks. With Wayne Red- ner as president, Richard Fox as vice-president, Bob Bolthouse as secretary, and Kay Hager as treasurer, we couldn't miss. The various schemes we used during our junior year to earn money are too numerous to mention here. The most important of them were our home-coming dance and our radio rafflep and, of course, the big event was our junior play captioned Heart Trouble. We will never forget the long hours of intensified rehearsing, those few nervous moments before curtain time, and the large audiences which turned out for us. There was only a short lapse of time from the conclusion of our play until the time of the Iunior- Senior Banquet. We will always remember the hustling and work it took to prepare Godwin's gym for the big night. The Dutch theme was cleverly worked out to the last detail, Remember Ev Hunt's orchestra swinging it among the tulips and windmills? The entire evening is indelibly stamped in each of our minds. As the seniors of 1941 we come to the last chapter of our unity. At the beginning of the year we made a tour through a local bank. Later some of the class members attended a political convention which was being held in Grand Rapids. 1 The major event of the year as far as finances were concerned was our senior play, Spring Fever. Again some of the members of the class tried their hands at dramatics under the guidance, of Mrs. Harbaugh. The result was a fast-moving' comedy designed to make the audience forget its troubles during the lapse of time occupied with its presentation. Our final' project was an annual, the fifth pub- lication of a Godwin yearbook. Under the leader- ship of Kay Hager as editor, Ian Siple as associ- ate editor, Bill Lackey and Lloyd Backart as business managers, and Larry Van Allsburg as sports editor, we published the 1941 Wolverine. Thus our high schooling has ended. Armed with the fundamentals of education, we leave our dear Alma Mater to seek our fortunes. Some will go on to the universities and colleges of our fair land. Others will enter businesses and make homes. Though widely we be scattered one bond is shared by us all - the ties of friendship formed in school. In closing, we seniors of 1941 wish to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to the teachers and parents who have helped us receive our education. And especially do we want to thank Miss Klenk, our advisor in '40 and '41. We will be indebted to her forever for the priceless advice, guidance, and assistance she has given us. Respectfully submitted, Allert Wiersma, Class Historian

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