Grand Blanc High School - Echo Yearbook (Grand Blanc, MI)

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lg jlfomemiv . .. Once upon a time throughout the country, the Class of '47 was coming into existence. Now there are seventy-live students graduating this June: of these only twenty began in the first grade at Grand Blanc. ln the third grade Bill Wadsworth came to school without his shoes one day and in the fourth grade John Partenio, Pete Schabel, and Bill Wads- worth got their mouths washed out with some nice, clean soap! lsn't that Bill a rascal? But we had a lot of fun also, with all kinds of parties, hikes, and classroom pranks. With quite a struggle and a few apples for the teacher, we gracefully emerged into Jr. High! Gee, look kids-we're in with all the big shots now! This was our first taste of High School life and boy, did we love it. Before we knew it, we were there at last-in Senior High! And the first thing those mean Sophomores did was to initiate us darling, inno- cent, little Freshmen! We A'Ladies and Gents had to suffer through long underwear, full skirts, sloppy boots and lipstick all over our faces! Our class officers were as follows: Tom McLean, presi- dent: Dolores Siminiski, vice-presidentg and Jack Murchie as both secretary and treasurer. While growing older and having gained a little more knowledge, we became Sophomores. And the first thing we did was to get revenge upon the new and helpless Freshmen, That's the custom, and oh brother, what fun! Jack Murchie plunged into the presidents position: John Partenio took over the vice-president's dutiesg Carl LePage carried the pen- cil as secretary: and Maribeth Myers held the bag as treasurer. The next to the last-our precious Junior year! It came in with a BANG-and continued that way most of the year. Our prom, the Rose Garden Hop, in February was very successful. Then our Junior play, Galloping Ghosts, was a money raiser as well as a hair raiser. The Junior-Senior party we gave for our superiors was one of the big events of the year. The class officers were president, Robert Roy Cfirst semesterl, William Wadsworth Csecond semesterjg vice-president, William Wads- worth ffirst semesterl, Jack Murchie Csecond se- mesterj : secretary, Nan Burren: treasurer, Leo McGrath. And now at last-the big shots! We came back in September with swelled heads and bulging pock- ets, which incidentally, soon deflated after we had paid all the expenses of being Seniors . . . With Bill Wadsworth back in the presidents chair and John Partenio, vice-president: Nan Burren, secre- taryg and Leo McGrath, treasurer: we plunged into our activities with gobs of vigor and vitality. r In the Hrst half of our great year we kept up the Qld tradition of selling nourishment at the football games to all Grand Blanc's ardent fans! Also, pro- grams at all the games, T-shirts, pencils, and pins helped us to raise money that was badly needed! During the year we also enjoyed scads of Friday night dances, among which were the Highlight Club dance, Christmas Victory Ball, Valen- tine Partyf' and Waistline Dance, with everyone paying a penny an inch. Boy, did the Plumpies suffer. Miss Berdan directed our Senior play, 'fThe Bright Penny, presented December 13, 1946. lt was a comedy in three acts and really kept the crowds rolling in the aisles! Then our ECHO work started, one of the big jobs of the year-Carolyn Denorish was made the big chief, and her assistants, so it says here, were Betty Tomblinson and Leo McGrath fsee what we meanj ! Don Thoroman was made Business Man- ager: Maxine Rayner was also up among the big- shots with subscription management and selling her special job: Nan Burren headed the committee for the sale of advertising. After much persuasion and our faithful promise to be good, we said farewell to the less fortunate, and left on a wonderful boat trip May 1 l, for three super days. We felt we were definitely important, being the first class in nine years to have this privi- lege. We came back home with memories galore to write in our diaries and 'fmulti to remember for a long time. And now as our year drew to a close, Bacca- laureate struck us suddenly with the sudden realiza- tion that our Senior year was almost over. On Class Night we all gained ten pounds over the scrump- tious dinner our Mommies fixed us and then we had oodles of laughs over the jokes and gifts we got. Then the following night our Senior year was brought to a close by Commencement,

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l l TO OUR SPONSOR In parting, We, the class of '47, Wish to express our gratitude to Miss Berdan for her untiring efforts in helping us with our ECHO and other senior activi- ties. Under her guidance We have brought our most difficult and yet most enjoyable year to a close. In our estimation, no one will ever equal Miss Berdan in leadership and understanding. We take this opportun- ity to give her our thanks and appreciation for all she has done. 19