Hudsonville High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Hudsonville, MI)

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Marion—That’s what I was thinking but you can’t always tell. I won- der how Freda has been getting along. I believe she started to work in the Hudsonville State Bank the same summer that we were graduated, didn’t she? Harry— es, she worked in the bank for about three years before she married the garage man’s son, Don Alward, the speed king. He has taken over his father’s place, who has retired, and they are pretty well fixed. Freda helps him with the books when she isn’t riding around the country in a sedan. Marion—I met Fredrick Kunzi last year when we had a game with Grand Rapids, and he tells me he is on the farm next to his father’s, and that he married our valedictorian, Frances Patmos, who taught in the Alward district for a couple of years and was instrumental in consolidat- ing the Georgetown and Blendon rural school districts. He had a bright looking son with him. He is one of the leading farmers in that community for he took a short course of scientific farming at M. A. C. and also keeps in contact with Department of Agriculture. And by the way, Mr. Louwsma our superintendent is teaching biology and athletics at M. A. C. and Miss Preston, you know they were mutually interested in this kind of work, is instructor in the Home Economics department at M.A.C. I’ll bet he will fall a victim to her charms. It’s funny how teachers stick to their profession. Harry—Yes, my business took me to Evanston the other day. You know the Northwestern School of Oratory is located there. Well, Miss De- witt is head of the public speaking department there. I caught her in the act of cranking a Maxwell car. She still insisted they are the best car that was ever made, especially when comfort is concerned. Evidently she doesn’t believe in self-starters any more than the time you got soaked in the rain-storm when you cranked her car in front of the schoolhouse, remember it? Marion—I sure do. I never had a better shower bath in my life. Those were the days when we were in school. Say Harry, we play in Philadelphia next Wednesday, can’t you manage to be there? I’ll see that you get your choice of a seat. Harry—I’ll try and be there, but how did you happen to get in with the Chicago team? Marion—That’s quite a long story, but you see, in the first place I played in Kalamazoo during the six weeks prior to teaching school and it happened that a coach from Grand Rapids was there. He asked me if I didn’t want to try out for the Grand Rapids team. Of course I was willing and I played with them for two seasons. Then I received a good offer from the White Socks here and have been playing with them for the last two years, and I’m pretty well satisfied. It gives a person a chance to see the country and not be tied down. Say, let’s go for a lunch. Harry—All right, I’ll have just enough time before the train leaves.