Holland Christian High School - Footprints Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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Only one of our class went in for athletics. Ralph Fryling entered the Olympic Games and now is coach of both track and tennis at Breedsville. Garret Vande Riet has taken to the newspaper business and is now editor of the South Olive Clarion. Harold Mouw is his reporter, while Hazel Slikkers writes the Heart Trouble Column for those who have romantic impulses. Gleen Breen, strange to say, has also followed science. He is an Archeologist and at present is the head of an expedition excavating the buried city of East Saugatuck, trying to find the bones of its founder. I did not hear from Fred Rutgers, but his friends wrote me that he is the head of an exploring expedition into Australia. He is after a three legged chicken to put in his chicken hatchery. They say Willis Nien- huis is his guide through the jungles. Ben Timmer played the stock market and struck it rich. He is married now and has a beautiful suburban home in East Graafschaap Heights. He runs around with a big limousine with Willard Dykstra as his chauffeur. And not only Ben, but Gerard Prius, is also sitting pretty. He dabbled in Real Estate and made a fortune. And - yes, the girls also have a representative in the athletic field. Ada Ver Schure is a coach of a girls' basketball team at a girls' school and an instructor in physical training. Gertrude De Haan has opened up a beauty shop. And Irma, of course, is a nurse. She is stationed in a hospital in Chicago. She gave up matrimonial life in order to realize this ambition. I I must not forget Donald Westing. Remember what a speed .king he was? He first thought of taking saxophone lessons abroad but changed his mind. He is now an auto racer and for two years has won the Indianapolis Speedway Classic. When he isn't racing he works in the Wyoming Gold Mines. K But I must cease. This epistle is becoming a bore, I fear. I think I have told you about all of the members. It surely makes me feel proud to think that all of them have succeeded so well. Your former classmate, LAURANCE VELTKAMP, D.D., Ph.D., T.N.T., Professor of Ethics and Sociology, Leipzig University. Pagz Twenty- v XXX I ,I 7 X ffl I-1 if AVL ' ll X' lllllllllllll f T ,' Af . if t ', i si T I 1 . V.. 3 A ! h '25 K I

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, W k h I , 9. 1 mm X w s X. 'XXX Xxx X . 5 . V sf W RX in ii ' ' jf' - 1' 1 'X - - - 'e '-- or fvw- ,S-' Q' . . ' 55' T'f'.L1.: F-52 '- -. ' -5 W' A .2 ' -' L f, -A V 'Gi ii - si-3 i 111, l-iw .-Kw.. ai. 19 1 1 ,Xl t SX N ff f x Q 1 Sq.. X X ' l l 32 'x'X.'5fe ll A. 1'- Clarence Bouman has received his MD. from the University of Michigan. He is married now and has an office in Zeeland. In case you would like to look him up, his office is in the huge Van Faasen Tower, a massive four-story skyscraper built by Arnold Van F aasen, our old classmate. Arnie finally settled down to business and is now a great Broker. He lives in Hudsonville. H Marvin Dobbin wanted a job with excitement so now he is a detective. He and Fleetfoot have shifted headquarters to Burnips Corners. They are trying to check the crime wave prevalent in that territory. But I suppose you are more interested in some of your old girl friends: Gertrude Oetman has bought over tl1e great Eleanor Jones Photo Corporation in Holland. She became interested in photography when she was Photo Editor of the Annual. But, alas, that was years ago. Ida Sturing is still working at Woolwortlfs, although she is a sort of head one there now. Alyce Bos has obtained a position as stenographer at Brink's Meat Packing Co., owned by Arthur Brink. Angie Kammeraad is a teacher in a big school in Grand Rapids. A But, let me return once more to the boys. Joe Waldyke, you may be surprised to hear, has achieved eminence. He was elected by the Zeeland populace to the State Legislature. He has recently introduced a bill in the House, namely: that Zeeland be provided with subway and elevated railway to relieve its vast business district of some of its trafiic congestion? It is a noble bill which he is attempting to pass, for people are not safe on the busy Zeeland thoroughfares. Jacob De Graaf first thought of entering the jeweler business, but changed his mind. He is now a traveling salesman. He sells a product known as Mustache Stimulant. William De Mots did not know what to take up so finally he decided to take up areonautics. He is now an airplane pilot and flies one of the great air mail planes across the country. He is always accompanied by Stanley Boven, who is his mechanic. It is said that they plan to make a non-stop flight from New York to the North Pole, thence to China. I hope they succeed. There are some who followed the more religious branches of life. Willis Heet- derks is an evangelist. He planned first of going to Zion City and become an Apostle, but instead he has set up a big tent in Drenthe and there fosters revival meetings. Grace Schreur is his co-helper and does most of the singing at the meetings. Clarence Jansen is doing Missionary Work up in Canadag Henry Nykamp is his interpreter. Eugene Peters is a professor in one of our great colleges. He is consulted by all the great scientists of the age on matters of physics and scientific theories. At present he is trying to unravel Einstein's theory. Page Twenty-six

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23' - 'N 1 P 7 J ' W J l, - l , N We X s lr YE -X qs 1 X 5 ' A 1 . . X X x l.. . K A .ge ' X go. N' A 1 Rt 1 X 3 - . . - .- -- --- .-- -2 .2 fur- . N 'K' :':r?.'--1T-1- - air- ..5--- ' , f-f . 's' m 3' .VY .. '- -'-g4ar- Y 54 7- gi- ' i 19 .Q 5 ' 'slr . f if-.... - ' .11:,...:- Last Wnll and Testament 121. 9 Et- ' We, the Senior Class of 1931, in order that our peculiar traits and qualities may ' 1 not be lost, do hereby individually bequeath the following legacies to the appointed S beneficiaries: 1. Gerald Appledorn's blushes to Harris Van Huis. 2. Fred Assink's mathematical abilities to Edward Nagelkirk. 3. Alyce Bos' marcel to Myrtle Beeuwkes. . 4-. Peter Beckmanis sh 'ness to Esther Brunsell. l 5 Eff' A ends' silende to Adrian Kolean X . ie r . Q X 6. Warnetta Alofs' vocal abilities to Fred Ver Hoef. . 7. Willis Heetderks' glib line to Fannie Riemersma. 8. Ra mond Bontekoe's jazz ability to John Hamer. 9GydDH' llktM :Ord . ertru e e aans cur y oc s o argare os en orp. . William Ditmar's strut to Ruth Wabeke. X ,ff A . Marvin Dobbin's better half'7 to John Vogelzang. X . Angie Kammeraad's height to Harriet Kragt. X ,,, Y X Q? k a 1 'X ,pr-'Cs .,.- I ...lla-um V wunnun , Nl . ,la 1 ly 1 I l 3 3 -is is . X x ix XX . ' P 0 N l 1 fx . ' 3. Y D ,. x J , 9 'l . K ,- .4 10 11 12 13. Eugene Peters' seriousness to Henry Ditmar. 14-. Ralph F ryling's plumpness to Helena Dykman. 15. Harry Boeris Diekema Cuti' to Joe Heerspink. 16. Gertrude Oetman's dimples to Esther Klomparens. 17. Jacob De Graaf's mustache to Albertus Selles. 18. Clarence Jansen's Dutch brogue to Iman Bosch. 19. Hazel Slikkers, pep to Josie Last. 1 20. William De Mots, modesty to Henry Wabeke. 21. Russel F redricks' giggles to Harold Lubbers. 22. Henry Nykamp's shortness to Ray Brat. 23. Ida Sturing's sport oxfords to Nellie Michielsen. 24-. Ben Timmer's athletic abilities to Gerrit De Groot. 25. Willis Nienhuis' loafing to Thedford Dirkse. 26. Arthur Brink's butcher abilities to Edward Stielstra. 27. Clarence Bouman's mirth to Donald Koeman. 28. Stanley Boven's recklessness to Jerry Bulthuis. 29. Garret Vande Riet's innocent air to Louis Van Hemert. 30. Grace Schreur's friendliness to Anna Landman. 31. Gerard Prins' heel plates to Harriet Waldyke. 32. Phyllis Klomparens' stare to Wilma Por. 33. Harold Mouw's slyness to Elizabeth Boer. 34. Arnold Van F aasenis cartoon jacket to Robert Evenhuis. 35. Ada Ver Schure's boy-cut to Florence Vander Woude. 36. Fred Rutgers' pranks to Peter Stielstra. 37. Donald Westing's wind to Marvin Becksvoort. 38. Laurance Veltkamp's oratorical ability to Richard Bonge. 39. Irma Van Faasen's habitual absence to Janet Staal. il-0. Glenn Breen's twitching to William Vander Ploeg. 41. Willard Dykstrais good nature to John Mulder. 4-2. Joseph Waldyke's Citizenship Cup to Raymond Van Hemert. In Witness Whereof, we do hereby affix our signatures on this, the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred thirty-one. -THE SENIORS. Page Twenty-aight