Homer High School - Trojan Yearbook (Homer, MI)

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SENIOR CLASS POEM 20 When we started to school twelve years Ago, We were only five or so. We had to learn to write and read, Both with care and utmost speed. We learned to conquer long division, In spite of older folk's derision. We learned to spell and multloly, And during recess we clayed Spy . We battled decimals and fought with fractions, The teacher scolded us for our actions. Our reading books produced less friction, We read adventure, poems, and fiction. In the ninth grade the country kids came In, We had a Tug-of-War and didn't win. Eut our girls won the softball game, And In All-School Parties we won great fame. December 7th of '41 we came out of a sleep—war had begun, We bought war bonds, there was a Job to be done. In '42 we won the Tug-of-War, hale and hearty, We again won aclaim for our All-School Party . v V In suite of the school hbuse burning, We continued our diligent learning. Nothing much haooened In 4?, except the party, play and crom, And we each had to take our report cards home to Mom. In 44 we lo6t Bob Ingraham and Ray Estelle to the Navy, With them In there pitching, we'll win, by gravy. Ir. 45 we lost Tom Kelfer to the Array, We hooe It's over before he gets much army pay. We started out with 33 In '41, We worked fairly hard and had a lot of fun. We've finished with 18 In '45, We've lost a lot but we're still willing to strive. Our work Is done, we've passed our tests, We're glad tonight to be your guests. There isn't much more to relate, The time has come to graduate. r Charles W. Floyd

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY 19 This le a brief review of the occupations of the Graduates of the class of 1945 of Homer. It Is taken 15 years hence. Our first is Carlton Butters, famous concert violinist,now aopearlng at Carnege Hall. Carlton first gained universal recognition when he appeared on Major Bowes program back in 1949. He is only one of the 1945 graduates of Homer High to achieve recognition, another is Miss Doris Koons, professional golfer, who has won the National Women's Open Tournament for the fourth consecutive year. Professor Donna Belle Brockway Is now the head of the department of Human Anatomy at the University of Michigan. Professor Brockway has spent many years In the study of Human Anatomy and Is now considered tops in her field. Alice Carothers has Just divorced her third husband,multi-millionaire Robert Alonzo Booth III. She charged extreme cruelty and non-support.Charles Floyd has Just been unanimously elected president of the National Bartenders Union. It is evident he Is well qualified to fill this position. Dorothy Richardson is now a chorus girl In the Zlegfleld Follies. Miss Richardson, a former “A student, has proved that she has beauty as well as brains. Joan Heath occupies a very prominent niche In our cabinet circles. She is now properly addressed as Madame Secretary of Labor. Frances Ackley, successful theatre actress, has Just returned from Europe where she coooleted her sixth year of that sensational play Cloudbursts in the Sahara . Bill Janes, famous big game hunter, has Just returned from Africa where he caotured the last remaining specimen of the famous shoo fly. Chuck Redlger, Justice of the Peace of Homer Township, has apprehended many master criminals,including the man who killed Hoooer, way back in 1945. This assasln he turned over to Ralph Whetstone, who has been Warden of Alcatraz, a federal prison, for many years. We are proud of Lieutenant General Thomas 0. Kelfer, who proved to be such a great military strategist. He was promoted from the rank of private to Captain after saving the life of his commanding officer's daughter, who, lncldently. Is very good-looking. Dick Lanphar is the only one to represent the class of 45 in Hollywood. He Is currently starred as the greatest lover the world has known since Charles Boyer. Betty Jones, another graduate of the class of 1946, has taken a very distinguished position in the community. She has taken the Job of nlerht watchman, formerly occupied by Myron Rosster. Word has Just been received that Notre Dame has again taken Big Ten Conference honors. Most of this team's credit goes to its great coach, Bob Mansfield, a former graduate of Homer High. Ed Mestdagh has finally settled down and taken a permanent Job. Two weeks out of every year he Is Santa Claus In a large department store. Bob Sharp 18 the owner of Sharp Lovelies model agency. Bob, a former resident of Homer, is well known in the advertising world as an authority on women. Bob Vincent is manager of the We Render Anything Renderable rendering works. Bob has proved very successful after serving a short term in prison for

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21 SENIOR PLAY The Senior Play, Auntie s Money was presented on December 1 with the following cast; Mrs. Case, about to bestow the llon s share of her fortune to her nephew, Is an old lady who Is deaf, tempermental, and very rich, played by Dorothy Richardson. Veleta, Mrs. Case’s attractive niece who gets the bunt of Mrs. frame's temper, played by Betty Jones. Ruddy Boles, Veleta s lawyer fiance, who does much to clear up the Tamlly feud, played by Ralph Whetstone. Berthanna, Mrs. Case’s simple-minded house maid who Is very super-stltous, played by Donna Brockway. Lance, Mrs. Case's favorite nephew, who Is a worthless scoundrel , —forever planning what he is going to do with the money he will receive upon his Auntie's death, olayed by Robert Vincent. Dr. Bert Stockton.played by Robert Sharp; and Dr. Max uones,played —byTKarles HeUger,a couple of quack doctors who try to cure Mrs. Case and separate her from some of her money. Much to their surprise, she is healed. Director: Mr. Carr Ass't Directors: Miss Goodell and Miss Deltrlch Mrs. Case, is about to give her money to Lance, her worthless nephew, when two quack doctors, who also want some of her money, heal her ears. Then she finds out what Lance really is and leaves her money to a worthy cause. nrs case