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

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CLASS WILL Richard Muir leaves his salesman's ability to Dick Campbell. Jim Newcomb leaves to be an All American. Martha Newlin leaves her typing ability to Beverly Harrison. Marion Pascut leaves her friendly ways to Yvonne Spencer. Valarie Ray wills her ability to get A's in Gov't class to her sister Barbara. Richard Romine leaves his fishing stories to Mr. Cooper. Don Showler leaves his abundance of 'Knowledge' to Warden Wheeler. Max Seidell leaves his sleeping in Gov't class to anyone who needs a little extra. lsleep not Gov'tJ Barbara Smith wills her quiet ways to Susanne Folk. Orville Smith leaves his thinking cap to John Cramer. Richard Smith leaves his ability to skip school to anyone who can get away with it. Jack Spalding leaves -to the relief of the teachers and girls he bothered in class. Marlene Strump wills her busiest year to Ann Grettenberger. Barbara Talmage leaves her A's to Alice Jager. Joan Terpening leaves her giggling to Mildred Gilbard. Harold Tietz leaves his basketball tatics to Bob Groendyke. Lois Touchette leaves her excuses for being absent to anyone who needs them. Carolyn Turner leaves her quiet ways to John Thomson. Lois Van Der Ploeg leaves for Dave. Tom Wagner leaves to explore the unknown universe. Eugene Walker leaves his gavel to Russ Stroup. Stanley Walker leaves in hopes to enter West Point. Lu Anne Ward leaves her sweet ways to Shirley Dean . Shirley Wheeler leaves her abundance of height to Steve Parnicky. ln witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names and set our seal this third day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. Dan Erla Richard Smith Duane Chisnell Betty Diller Mary Ann Halstead Karen Bonnema Glau Pwphcq On June l, l965, l, Charles Kaake, Executive Engineer at General Corporation, awoke to find my favorite bellhop, Ron Marshall, bringing in my breakfast and morning paper. Richard Romine certainly does a splendid iob on the lmlay City Daily Tribune. The bold print of the headlines hit me with tremendous impact. Here l see my old classmate, Richard Muir has been nominated on the Democratic ticket as President of the United States, with Martha Newlin as his running mate for Vice- President. Ut has been rumored that, if these two are elected, Marlene Strump will lose her position as ambassa- dor to Utopia, and Barbara Smith will be appointed as the new Postmaster General.l Orville 'Vishinsky Smith, Prime Minister to Russia, has iust returned to the United States after administering first-aid to Joe Stalin Jr. fcontinued on page 191 18

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Glau WL!! We, the graduating class of l953, after proving ourselves to be of sound mind, do bequeath our worldly possessions to the following in hope that they will use them to the greatest advantage: To the school we leave our broken seats and worn-out books. We leave to the Juniors all of our unfinished work. To Mr. Wheeler we leave a box of good aspirins, in hopes that they will cure any headaches that we have caused him in our class meetings. To Mr. Norlin-at last we are given the opportunity to please you. Since we have no worldly goods to give you, we the Class of l953, leave hoping you find it less nerve-wracking around school. Roberta Bissett leaves her shy ways to Elaine Thatcher. Karen Bonnema leaves to model baby clothes. Mary Lou Campbell leaves for Lee. Joanne Cavanaugh leaves her sweet smile to Virginia Ellis. Duane Chisnell leaves his driving experience to Roger Coffey. Jean Chisnell leaves for Ed. Alma Jean Clarkson leaves her art ability to the school. Bob Coenen leaves his charm to Virgil Woods. Jim Coffey leaves his bashful ways to Chuck Greenwald. Herman Cramer wills his baseball glove to Lee Weyer. Lucy Criscuolo leaves to find happiness. Good luck Lucy. Betty Diller leaves for Bud. Mary Lou Dungey leaves her office experience to Judy Taack. Bob Edwards leaves quietly. Joyce Ennis leaves to attend business school. Dan Erla leaves to face the draft. Don Erla leaves to start a business. Kathy Ferrett wills her blond hair to Sandra Bosker. Harold Finton wills his hunting ability to Doug Miller. Danny Fraga leaves his album of Johnny Ray records to the school. Frances Grassel leaves to get better acquainted with the world. Margaret Gray leaves her quiet ways to Beverly Sharrard. Charles Halbert leaves his Bumping and Paint Shop to Dave Wheeland. Mary Ann Halstead leaves her fine leadership to Pat LePard. Bonna Hartel leaves her attendance record to her sister Wanda. Dwain Hill leaves his basketball styles to Jim Shayna. Marcia Hoeksema leaves, hoping to become a success. Fred Irish leaves! Charles Kaake leaves his worn out brains to Dorothy Hatfield. Shirley Kane leaves her timely news to Joyce Perkins. Ed Klug leaves his good looks to Doug Gould. Marilyn LePard leaves her cool ways to Suzie Kilbreath. June Locke leaves her secretarial know how' to Bruce Upleger. George Ludington leaves his teasing with young Pete Skeberdis. Ron Marshall leaves his experiences to anyone. Leota McLean leaves herpleasing personality to anyone who needs it. Betty Mott leaves something. We aren't sure what. icontinued on page18 l g 'I7

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GLW P lcontinued from page tel Duane Chisnell, the barker at Super Circus, has had a major operation on his voice box to reduce the volume, because he was bursting his patrons' eardrums. lt has just been claimed that Luanne Ward is a bigamist and her case will appear before the Supreme Court next week. Private Detective, Dick Smith, is hot on the trail of a kidnapper who has disappeared with the multi-millionairess, Shirley Kane. Alma Jean Clarkson, a famous artist, is drawing flies on the large Walker Dairy Farm, owned and operated by Stan and Gene Walker. Jim Coffey is the sole owner of the prospering Salada Tea Company. Jack Spalding and Fred lrish have finally saved enough money from delivering the Lum Daily News' in Attica to purchase their i000-acre farm in the heart of Lum. The Erla Twins, Dan and Don, are posing as the Toni Twins--and you can't even tell which twin has the Toni. Ed Klug is another boy that has made good. He is the owner of the Klug Mellow Brew Company. Hot Rod Driver, Chuck Halbert, is giving policewoman, Joyce Ennis, a merry chase around lmlay City, She just can't catch him! Bonna Hartel is Arthur Godfry's assistant in his new career, painting freckles. Mary Ann Halstead has been teaching Arthur Murray the new dance, takes five to bango. l see that Frances Grassel has just broken the world speed-typing record at 23llf2 words per minute. Upon turning to the Society Page l am surprised to find that the happily married couple, the former Joanne Cavanuagh and Harold Tietz, are the proud parents of the United States Dairy Queen. Mary Lou Campbell is now the 'Torchn singer with the Bob Edwards All -Girl Orchestra. Betty Diller, famous speaker and liberalist, has just taken a trip to Paris to meet her husband, Budd. Dwain Hill and his assistantfare world -wide ventriloquists. l see that one of my old buddies, 'Max Seidell and His Trumpet Trio, are starring at the Fox this weekend. Bob Coenen has been publishing a number of articles on Marriage Counseling. Mary Lou Dungey, now the wife of one of the Erla Twins has just given birth to a son who will be called Donald Elias Jr. Jean Chisnell, Roberta Bissett, and Jo- anne Terpening are making millions in their prospering little chewing gum business. Marilyn LePard, starring in LePard's Other Husband, has just learned of her recent and most up- setting competitor, Valerie Ray. l was amused to read that a very prominent and popular author, Carolyn Turner, had pre- sented her latest science novel, The Correct way to Raise Goldfish, to Mr. and Mrs. Thom Wagner, fthe former Barbara Talmagel to keep them occupied on their trip to the moon. Karen Bonnema is now the owner of the world-wide Tot Shops. Marion Pascut is now starring in her academy award winning picture, The Private Life of June Locke. l see her private hair dresser is none other than Madame Margarete LeGray. Lois Vanderploeg has just signed a contract with the Jantzen Company, modeling their famous bathing suits at Miami Beach. Shirley Wheeler is now a famous Metropolitan Opera Star. l find on the Sport's Page that Jim Newcomb made All -American Tackle but he gave all the credit to his coach, George Ludington, of Marygrove College. l see that Marcia Hoeksema swam the English Channel. lf l remember correctly she used to practice every night after school in the Belle River. The famous New York Yankee baseball announcer, Don Showler, is bedridden with laryngitis. l see quite an article telling about Betty Mott. She was the first girl to make a major league baseball team. She was signed up by the Tigers. Kathy Ferrett, who plays center for the Girls All -Stars, scored the amazing total of 97 points in one game. l see that the Mighty Monsterous McLean and Terrible Tiny Touchette' are wrestling for the World's Women Championship. Harold Finton is now a popular wrestler also. l'll have to watch television tonight. My favorite program l Love Lucille, starring Lucy Criscuolo and Desi Fraga will be on. Now let's see, l think that takes care of everybody in the class. Yes l guess it does. l can hardly wait for our reunion in September! 'Herman Cramer, Dwain's assistant. 7965 W