Holton High School - Exodus Yearbook (Holton, MI)

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lST YX is WILLIAM M EDEMA Bill Medema entered Holton High School in September, 1943. During the summer following his sophomore year he joined the navy. At the pre- sent time he is stationed in California. During this school year Bill has taken and successfully passed the test provided by the navy which qualifies sailors for a high school diploma if the high school accepts the work. Bill's work has been accepted. Therefore he will be the fourteenth graduate of the 1948 class. IOSEPH FILIPIAK -Ioe Filipiak entered Holton High School in September, 1944. After com pleting his sophomore year he joined the navy. He is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Maryland. joe, too, has taken, and passed the qualifying test for a high school diploma. The fifteenth graduate of the 1948 Class will be joe Filipiak. The senior class extends congratulations and a welcome to Bill and joe who are joining the 1948 graduating class.

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. TYX ...., CLASS PR OPHEC Y Hello, what's this? Are my eyes deceiving me? l'm sure that sign said- -but, oh no, that just couldn't be--yes, it really did! That sign ac- tually said Podunk City Limits . My, my, how time has changed things here. Why I remember when this was merely a gravel pit. Ah, well, stranger things have happened! Let's travel around a bit and see if we can find anyone we know. Shall we be on our way? Look, here's a hotel. The sign over the door has Stagger Inn writ- ten on it. Let's stay here for the night. Say, Clerk, we would like to--why Grace Steger! What on earth are you doing here? The last I knew of you, you were in partnership with F. W. Woolworth. Did you join new forces or just dissolve partnership? So we spend an hour chatting over old times with Grace. Since we last saw her, she has been married three times and has now settled down in Podunk to run a very successful hotel, minus all three men! Divorces do come in handy. What's this? Why that child looks like someone I used to know ---- Say, girlie, what's your name? ------- You say jessica Pyatt? ------- Could your father and mother's name by any chance be Ted and Patty? ----- It is? Well, fancy that! So Ted finally married Patty Syers and settled down to raise his large family. That must be his lumber store we see down the street. Ah yes, Pyatt and Son's, Inc. Do remind us to stop in and see him before we leave. l-le and I used to get along fine. Why they even have theatres in Podunk. Look, tonight is a stage play. I wonder who is playing. Here's a poster. It reads: You've seen her in pictures, you've heard her on the air, now see her in person. We proudly present Elvira Wiggers and her golden voice under the management of the great Walter Dublinski Smith, owner of the Met Opera House. My, my, my, here they come out of the theatre now. Let's see what they have to say. Hello Walter and Fflvira. lt's been quite awhile since---you say you married someone from New York, Elvira? And you Walter, finally did talk Delores Schroeder into seeing things your way? ---- How charming! Well, we must be running along. See you tonight. Goodness! l'm certainly glad we decided to visit this town. We've met so many people we know. lt's hardly possible to believe that one could meet so many old class mates in a town like ----- What's that, paper boy? An extra? Let nie see one of ---------