Imlay City High School - Spartan Yearbook (Imlay City, MI)

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For our Senior Play we presented another costume play, 'Turn Back The Clock. The Cast con- sisted of: Mr. Palmer--Don Wittrig Irene Isherwood -- Margaret Strump Mrs. Palmer--Marilyn Hoeksema Maybelle Harrison--Lois Sisson Evie PaImer-- Patty Tauck Ollie Bannister--Gregory Andrews Larry Palmer--Joe Mc Corry Barbara Bannister--Joy Snyder Sally Palmer-- Lorna Williams Phyllis Mc Sorley--Joan Watkins Charlie Hill --Bob De Main Slim Bascombe--Jim Schirmer Johnny Stone-- Ken Lee HiIda-- Wanda Baker Extras were: Jerry Stern Barbara Dewey Frank Stapleton Beverl Miles Dean Weaver Ula McLean Our Senior trip was the highlight of the year. We left, May I9, on our Senior trip and arrived back in Detroit on the 22nd after spending three very enioyable days in New York. A train took us through Canada and we arrived at Grand Central Station early the second day. During our stay in New ork, we stayed at the Hotel Park Sheraton. Our sight-seeing tour took us to Manhattan, Chinatown, The Bowery, Site of the U.N., Cathedrals, Harlem, Greenwich, and Broadway The next day everyone enioyed the trip around Manhattan on a sight-seeing yacht. Our Senior trip was truly the highlight of the year. It is with great regret that we say good-bye to I.C.H.S., our good ship which has borne us up so faithfully. We have received our honorable discharge papers and our four years' cruise is almost over. PROPHECY Dear Diary, I have looked forward to this day for so long. It seemed good to see the old gang again. Ac- cording to previous plans, I picked up Joyce Whiteman at the Art Institute where her latest paint- ing of 'An Arabian Landscape' was being exhibited and Marlene Jahn at her new bowling alley. It appeared to be quite a place. I'n1 sorry I didn't have time to look it over. We headed due North on Van Dyke which has now been developed into an eight-lane highway. I was told that it had been constructed by the Robert Bade and Almon Brandt Construction Company. On the outskirts of Detroit we stopped to see an accident which had just occured. Who should we find in the driver's seat, but Rheta Bicknell being accompanied to the Lapeer vs. Imlay City game by Doris Powers. It was at this time that a grease smeared mechanic walked up to offer his services. It was none other than Tom Draves. He agreed to take care of the remains of the car before he, too, left for Imlay City with his wife, Marilyn and their nine children. Just as I was about to leave with two additional passengers, Doris and Rheta, who should appear on the scene but that Irish Cop, flate as everi Joe McCorry. After a half hour of ques- tioning we finally got the cause and result of the accident through Joe's head. He then agreed to escort us to Imlay City. Joe climbed ohto his motorcycle and with a screech of the siren we were off. We traveled at a very good speed. We were doing IIS mph, but we must take into con- sideration that John MacDonald makes these cars, and you know how fast Johnny always was. 18

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HISTORY The giant plane -- Spirit of l.C.H.S. has flown into port. lt carries passengers numbering sixty- gglftj, officers five, and sponsors two. Our iourney is finished, we have reached our goal, Graduation ie . ln i948 we entered our plane scheduled for a cruise over uncharted regions. We had as officers: Pilot, Sixto Olivo, Co-pilot, Joe McCorry, Chief Mechanic, John Cassidy, Purser, Joan Watkins, Representatives, Bob De Main and Susan Petsnick, and Navigators, Eileen Smocke and Yeoman Pe Long. We feared destruction in the air pockets near lnitiation Island, but we averted this disaster, which wasn't as bad as we had anticipated, and we continued our iourney. The following year, l949, we again entered the ship intent upon exploring further the region known as Knowledge. As Sophomores we had as officers: Pilot, Joe Mc Corry, Co-pilot, SixtoOlivo, Chief Mechanic, Joyce Whiteman, Purser, Joan Watkins, Representative, Bob De Main, Navigators, Mary Welsh and Yeoman Pe Long. This year, in order to earn money for our Senior Voyage, we sponsored several fudge sales. We had our first party at Collins' Roller Rink. ln a contest among the squadrons of the four classes in high school for student day, we selected as our candidates Superintendent, Ken Lee, Principal, Frank StapletSn, Secretary, Betty Kaake, Janitors, Jim Schirmer and Doug Maison. Ourlast project this year was the decoration of the gym for Baccalaurate and Commencement. We did not have any trouble with our engine nor did any other catastrophe befall us. ln l95O we embarked upon our th-ird voyage in the quest forEducation. ln this year we chose: Pilot, Don Wittrig, Co-pilot, Margaret Strump, Chief Mechanic, Joyce Whiteman, Purser, Joan Watkins, Repre- sentative, Arn Godo, and Navigators, Carolyn King and Peter Skeberdis. For the second time we neared initiation lsland and we stopped long enough to sponsor a baby parade for the class of l954. We ordered our class rings from the Terryberry Company of Grand Rapids. For the King and Queen of Football we selected as candidates, Joyce Whiteman and Joe Mc Corry. Our point system was estab- lished, and we started to work. We sold advertising for football and basketball programs, made and sold pompons for games, had fudge sales, candy sales and sponsored a Miss and Mr. Basketball con- test. Our own two contestants Margaret Strump and Arn Godo took the honors. For student day our candidates were: Superintendent, Joe Mc Corry, Principal, Bob De Main, Secretary, Joy Snyder and Joan Watkins, Janitors, Ken Lee and Duane Lo Bair. Our Junior Play, 'Meet Me ln St. Louis, was presented the evenings of April 5 and 6. The cast consisted of: Mr. Smith-- Don Wittrig lda Boothby--Joy Snyder Mrs. Smith - - Peggy Stenzel Luci Ile Pentrard - - Joyce Whiteman Rose Smith . . Puffy Tqqck Mr. Duffy -- Gregory Andrews Esther Smith -- Margaret Strump Mr. Dodge - - -lim 5Cl1iYmeI' Agnes Smith - - Lorna Wi ll iam s Mrs. Waughop - - Mary Ann Trowbridge Tootie Smith--Joan Watkins Katie--Marlene JOHN Lon Smifh -. Ken Lee Fred Gregory - - Doug Mai sor. John Shepherd - - Joe Mc Corry Conductor - - John Cassidy ln the Spring we returned to the hanger for minor repairs and entertained the Seniors with the annual J-Hop. Music was supplied by Chester Cosavage. Thus it was that our last year came and we proceeded to secure for ourselves a much better knowl- edge ofthe unknown. We chose for our last hop, l95l, Pilot,Don Wittrig, Co-pilot, Ken Lee, Chief Mechanic, Joy Snyder, Purser, Joan Watkins, Representative, Arn Godo, and Navigators, Joanne Olmsted and Richard Wheeler. Our candidates for King and Queen of Football were Ken Lee and Lois Sisson. Powell Studios took our Senior Pictures, they were delivered to us on November 26. We sponsored paper drives, A Christmas Ball, Bake Sales, sold Christmas cards and wrappings, magazines, and advertising for basketball programs. ,continued on page 18 Q 17

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About five miles out of lmlay City, we noticed Joe trying to direct our attention to a large red and purple sign. On it in huge letters were the words Honest Andrews for Bigger and Better Cars. He is probably still trying to sell those cars he had while he was in high school. Then we saw Sollman's Acres' --the biggest bean farm in Michigan. His inspiration to take up bean farming came to him one Friday afternoon in U.S. History class. As we drove over the hill a gigantic sign met our eyes. In shocking pink were the words 'Stern and Cassidy's Mellon Plantation. CWatermelon that isll Rheta mentioned that she heard the football team was eating up all their profit. As we drew near to lmlay we noticed a plane was circling over. the town. We.w0r1deI'eCl if it could possibly be Joan Watkins back from her hop around the world. Doris said that there was a piece in the paper about the invisible island she had sighted off the Florida coast. Driving on, Marlene asked if we had heard the latest news on Martha Bode. 'We were very surprised when she told us that ,she had at last found the slight flaw in Einstein s theory of relativity after twenty years of research. lt seemed good to turn down Third Street again and see the familiar places. On oneiside of the telephone poles was a notice stating that Barbara Dewey WGS YUHHIHQ for Pffrs' 93.2 She had been trying for three terms now, but hasn't done any better than her Uncle om I twenty years ago. As my Cadillac sped past the main intersection we thought we recognized the brawny figure of Bob Ellis, who has taken Lex Barker's place as Tarzan in the movies and with him was Danger- out Don Deming now wrestling on T. V. It was time to eat lunch so we dropped into the Kup Kaake Tea Room, owned and managed by Patty and Betty. We ate dinner with Frank Berlinger, Bill Warner and Tom Kalisz, who told us of their daring exploits in deepest Africa where they have spent the last six months hunting wild elephants. After lunch we started for the game by way of Almont Avenue. lt was here that we met Arn Godo, who is now working in Fort Knox as a doorman. lt seems funny that Arn should have a Cadillac and a diamond ring. As we entered the gate at Schirmer Stadium, there stood two intellectual looking women, yes, it was none other than Mary Burger and Leola Clemens, now professors at Yale. l heard later that Jim acquired the money to donate the stadium from his very profitable Billiard Hall. As we proceeded to find our seats who should we run into but Ken Lee and AI Lindke, who had iust returned from Siberia. They had tried to make a retreat from women. Seems they still have as much trouble with them as they had in school. An elderly gent dusted off our seats and handed us our programs. He looked very familiar and it was Joyce who first realized that he was the old brain of the class, Don Wittrig. Don told us that there were still several class members around town. He pointed out the four Cheer- leaders on the field and said that they were Doug Mai son's daughters, and Duane LaBair's boy is the fullback on the team this year. Don said that he had received a letter from Pete Russell who was sorry that he and Earl Colburn couldn't come because they were in charge of filling in the Grand Canyon as a safety measure for the government. fcontinued on page 20 J 19