Greenville High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Greenville, MI)

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LEFT: Becky Nelson and Wendy Os tenscn arc presented the Elizabeth and Guido Binda scholarship by Board president Ralph Loeschner. BELOW: After 37 years of service to Greenville Public Schools, Biology instructor Robert Budge accepts a gift on his retirement. 1 ■'”l I''ve nil ABOVE: On Leadership Day, Wednesday, the members of the senior class sit together for one of the last times as a class. RIGHT: During the Leadership Assembly Assistant Principal, Tom Matchetl, gives the Student Council Awards. 23

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Honors week again eventful 22 Honors Week started with Activities Day Tuesday May 22, at 7:50 am. Mayor Cindy Titche was the Mistress of Ceremonies, and gave the opening address. Art, music. Industrial Arts, Math and Spanish awards were given out. and then Mr. Doug VanSyckle presented the Anne Hathaway Cook Award to Kathy Commee, and the A.F. Allinder Award to Brent Rasmussen. Outstanding Male and Female Athletes were Steve Bernard and Lyn Hallock. Vocational Office Practice. Vocational Auto, Health Careers, and Food Service certificates were presented, along with Agriculture Awards, where Walt Taylor received the Outstanding Senior Award for FFA. Vocational Machine. Distributive Education, and Cosmetology certificates were given, and then exchange student Paivi Harkonen said a few departing words. Wednesday was Leadership Day, with the 1984-85 Mayor, Beth How, acting as Mistress of Ceremonies. Cindy Titche gave the Student Council report and Student Council awards were presented. The new officers for the 1984-85 year. Mayor Beth Hoy, Vice Mayor Tom Kohley, Secretary Lynne Olsen, Treasurer John Kulmacz and Supreme Court Justices Diane Kuhn. Tim Rood, and Mike Schmiedicke were sworn in. Attendance, Project Outreach, Student of the Month and Yearbook awards were given, as well as Boy’s and Girl’s State. The Rotary-Camp Emory Leadership Scholarship went to Walt Taylor, and Outward Bound recipients were Jim Remus and Becky Rieckman. Thursday, Scholarship Day, brought over 40,000 dollars in scholarships to graduating seniors. All Round Boy was John Merchun and All Round Girl was Kristy Harrington. Class Speakers were Nancy Peterman, John Merchun and Kristy Harrington. Friday’s Swingout started off with a bang! Just as the opening march was about to be played a firecracker made an enormous bang, and the alleged prank- UPPER RIGHT: During Swingout, Class President Peggy O'Brien was Mistress of Ceremonies. RIGHT: Representing the senior class arc Secretary. Amy Updike and Treasurer. Lee Anderson. They presented a poem to the staff of GHS reflecting fond memories of time spent together. sters were cleared from the gym. Only a short delay, and the Swingout Ceremony continued. The Commander Grow Award was presented to Brent Rasmussen, and Lisa Coats received the American Legion Auxiliary Award. Nancy Peterman gave the Welcoming Speech, and Kristy Harrington gave the Class History. On behalf of the senior class, Amy Updike, Secretary and Lee Anderson, Treasurer presented a poem entitled “To Our Teachers by Maria Tower, with special recognition to the retiring Mr. Budge. An emotional ending as Maria Tower read the class poem “Prelude , and John Merchun said “Goodbye” with the closing address. ':' e ri3ht SI Misenoi, I’mi i

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Commencement speaker inspires class On Sunday, June 3, 1984, at 3:00 pm, the processional “Theme from Star Wars” began, and Royal Blue and Silver gowns marched two by two into A.F. Al-linder Gymnasium. There were no tears for the graduating seniors, they were proud of themselves and their accomplishments, and they were ready to leave GHS and begin their futures. The class motto, You only live once, but if you live right once is enough” hung above the platform, dictating a destiny for the graduates, and an inspiration for the underclassmen. Senior class President Peggy O'Brien gave the invocation, and Principal, Clark Oliver introduced the platform guests. The Address was given by Mrs. Delores Cook, a former school board President and the first female commencement speaker at Greenville. She ABOVE: Gary Durham and Todd Blumberg pensively await the beginning of the processional. ABOVE RIGHT: Michelle Dibble gives a congratulatory hug to a classmate after commencement. RIGHT: Signs of content, happiness and apprehension show on some of the graduates faces. talked about the advantages of growing up in a small town and the special people that Greenville was sending into the world. Clark Oliver presented the class of '84 and the graduating seniors received their diplomas from the Board of Education. A great cheer went up as tassles were moved to the right side of their cap, finally feeling the end to high school and the beginning of the rest of their life. Rebecca Sue Lewis sang “Others May Come” with piano accompaniment by exchange student Paivi Helena Har-konen. The graduates stood as “Today is Graduation” began, and they paraded out of the gymnasium, ready to face the world. 24