Homer High School - Trojan Yearbook (Homer, MI)

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22 THE TROJAN T i 1 T TT T I-1 T n T I T T z» i i j u i i i i u n i Fellow Class Mates, Parents, Teachers, and Friends: First I wish to express for the class of '46 our appreciation for the interest you have shown by coming to this class night program. As our parents and friends you have watched us for several years while we have . . 19 4 6 grown up through elementary school. Junior high school, and now we are finally at this last part of our senior year. You of course know that this is a happy event for us. W© are happy and proud to have achieved this goal, and are glad to have you here with us as we celebrate the accomplishment. Whatever success we enjoy, it has been partly because of your efforts and your help. We wish to express our sincere appreciation for the opportunity that has been ours. As you listen to this program being presented by the members of the class, you wffl. see that we have had a lot of fun during our Journey through high school. But we hope you will be convinced of the fact also that we have not missed the purpose of school. a We know that this graduation does not mark the end of our education. Some will not go further in formal classes, and some may-but each of us will probably face much more real education in the future than ire have experienced so far. This next part of our education may be learning to do some definite Job it may mean learning a new trade, or becoming more skilled in a trade or business in life; but for each there is much ahead we are sura Whatever our place in life, our public school training will improve our opportunity. Again, for the class, I wish to express appreciation for our opportunities. We hope you enjoy the program we have prepared for your entertainment May I at this time extend a hearty welcome to this class night event.

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THE TROJAN 21 I- T o I C i 1 I z» This is the story of the Seniors of 1947. H.H.S., that is where we have been for four years and where we have mastered each lesson and learned every rule. Pour years ago there were more than fifty of us. We demonstrated our enormous strength by pulling the Sophomores through the river twice. The Sophomores remembered us with an initiation and reception party. We are quite proud of the record we made that year for the sale of war stamps and bonds. Our Freshmen class lea ders were president, James Court; vice president, Carroll Avery; secretary, Dorothy Chamberlain; and treasurer, Joyce Mickle. Our able class advisors were Miss Hossman and Miss Detrich. As Sophomores we organized with forty-five members. With our superior strength we pulled the Freshies through the river. Our girls bowed to our underclassmen in the softball game. We were pleased to initiate the Freahraen and welcome them with a party. In March we sponsored al all-school party which we called the Green-Eyed Jump. We were led that year by George Bradley, President; Marian Estelle, Vice President; Dick Jones, Secretary; and Beverly Easton, Treasurer. Lyle Tuck and Lloyd Kroul were our Student Council Representatives. The class was sponsored that year by Miss Goodell. As Freshmen and Sophomores we had our good times, but as Juniors our social life broadened out. We found it the custom for the Juniors to compliment the Seniors with a prom. We early in the year planned a series of endeavors to earn money. We sponsored a bake goods sale and a St. Patrick's dance. Concessions at the games and the sale of T-shirts were very prosperous undertakings too. Those dramatically inclined put on a play which added a nice sum to our balance in the bank. Those who participated in The Howling Success were Lois Gridley, Wilda Karns, John Smith, Rennie Swope, Marian Estelle, Norman Maurer, Pauline Miller, Dorine Dack, Beverly Easton, Lyle Tuck and Lloyd Kroul. Our decorations for the Junior Prom carried out the theme, Wish You Well. A wishing well centered the gym, and other good luck effects completed the decorations. Souvenirs were miniature horseshoes. The leaders for our Junior jear were president, Joyce Mickle; vice president, Lyle Tuck; secretary, Rennie rcpe and treasurer, Joan Smith. Our Student Council Representative were Marian Estelle and John Smith. Miss Evans was our class advisor. Now to note the activities of the Senior year—the most important year in our school history. The Senior play, Bolts and Nuts, was the first major event. Its stars were Beverly Easton, Marian Estelle, Rennie Swope, Jerry Warner, Betty Safford, Charlotte Westbrook, Kenneth Kempton, Chester Yost, Bill Akins, lyle Tuck, Joyce Mickle, John Smith and Opal Smith. At Christmas we entertained with a dance. Kie gym was gaily decorated with seasonal effects. There was appropriate music and a sketch based on The Old Lamplighter. Lois Gridley was selected by the class and the faculty as the worthy recipient of the D. A. R. award. In January, Rennie Swope and Lyle Tuck were chosen to take the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Test. Class honors were announced on March 20; the highest ranking students were Rennie Swope, Vernon Kempton,Kenneth Kempton Lois Gridley, and Lyle Tuck. Throughout the year our thoughts were filled with such weighty problems as class flowers, mottoes, pictures, caps and gowns, parties, invitations and other commencement particulars. These activities were led by our class officers: President, Rennie Swope; Vice President, Bob Mickle; Secretary, Charlotte Westbrook; and Treasurer, Chester Yost. Miss Evans was again our able advisor. Early in May, the Junior class honored us with their prom. Our Senior trip was planned for May 14 to 17. We enjoyed a boat ride from Holland to Chicago, Baccalaureate services were held at the Methodist Church on May 18, with Rev. Lowry as the speaker and Dr. Prentice officiating. May 20 was the date set for Class Night. Rennie Swope gave the Valedictory and Vernon Kempton the Salutatory at Commencement on May 22. The Commencement address was given by Dr. Roberts of Hillsdale• We’ve Jumped the last hurdle, and made the last grade. We, the graduating class of 1947, have at last attained our first major goal.

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lu„JLLL'Ai,, 2£l • • l“» T U 1 1 n TZ« TT li n i T f J i I 1 I. BUILDINC THE PEACE Parents, friends, and fellow classmates, it is a pleasure to be privileged to try to put into words for the class of 46 the aim, purpose, and ideals that we feel in our hearts. As you know, our motto is: Before us lies the timber, let us build. We are here tonight to dedicate ourselves to this purpose. The purpose of helping b.jild out erf the chaos of the war Just won, a lasting peace. The war is won it is true, but the peace is yet to be own. It is quite a different thing to win the peace than it is to win 1946 the war. V.ar is destructive. Peace is constructive. Our parents, our friends, our brothers, and our sisters have prepared the way for us. Our grandparents and great-grandparents have planted the seeds of freedom and Justice, and the brotherhood of man in the heart of our country. There it has grown. It has passed through years of hardships and years of prosperity. It has weathered the storms of life. These blessings we have inherited, and to them we must add. We must take the opportunities presented to us and help make a peace that shall be unbroken by war between nations. Some of our parents, friends, brothers and sisters have fiven their lives to end this war. Each of us has done his part whether on the attle front or on the home front, giving blood or gathering paper, tin, or scrap iron. Each of us must do his part as we did in war, by making sure there is freedom for everyone, by obtaining it for those brought before the courts, and last but not least, and the one that I consider the most important, the living together of all men in a brotherhood of love, of tolerance, and of fellowship. It may not be accomplished in our time. The task will be passed on to those of you who will graduate next year, and in many years to come. Let us dedicate ourselves this day to help make a peace that shall not tolerate war. Some of the timbers have been cut and hewn, but still others have not. We must set to work to seek the best of these remaining timbers and cut and hewn them into logs which will help to make the foundation and structure for peace. We entered school as small children to learn to read and write and do our arithmetic problems. We emerge from school with much more than that. We emerge with the knowledge that v.e have accumulated during our twelve years of school. Most important of these is that we have learned to think for ourselves, to reason things out, to search for the truth. W'e thank the men and women that have made it possible for us to attend school. We may be considered as young timber. Our parents, our friends, and our teachers have sheltered and helped us; and protected us; have started us growing in the right direction. It is now time for us to be self dependent. We are no longer sheltered as we were. We stand as a group of young people on the threshold of life. It is in our hands to build our lives and our characters so that they may stand as straight and tall as the giant redwoods, that our lives may be worth while. We are now about to graduate from high school. We have been approved by our parents and our teachers as having the knowledge to go out into the world and begin to take our places among the men and women who strive to make this a lasting peace. Appropriately the night on which we graduate is called Commencement, because we are beginning our lives. We look back and recall the good times we had. We look ahead and see work, hardships, and problems. But we look forward also to pleasure in successes and accomplishments. W’e look forward to our e-merging as men and women. We are resolved to do all we can to the best of our ability to help make this a better place in whichi to live, a better place in