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

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of l954, of lmlay City High School, State of Michigan, being possessed for a short time of sound mental faculties, do hereby make known to all, this our last will and testament. To the Faculty, we bequeath our appreciation of their untiring efforts in guiding us along the narrow path of knowledge. We sincerely hope that the classes to come will be as brilliant and responsive to their teachings as we have been. To the Juniors, we will our dignity and, though it may prove a strain on their tender and unsophis- ticated minds, we hope that it will be duly appreciated. To the Sophomores, our encouragement and sympathy. To the Freshies, from personal experiences, we advise them to get a stand-in with the faculty, before they obtain the impression that they know all the answers. We, the individuals, do bequeath the property, both real and personal, as apprehended below to the needy: I, Ray Bissett, bequeath my sweet silence to Lawrence Dean. I, Dick Campbell will my athletic abilities to Allen Scott. I, Gary Gwandler, will my 'milk cart' to any aspiring farmer. I, Roger Coffey, will my book on 'How to Win the Girl You Love' to Jim Shayna. I, John Cramer, will the art of turning corners without slowing down to Allen Swailes. I, Barbara Crawford, will my argumentative ability to next year's debating team. I, Mary Delmore, will my Red Hot Times to Anna Repits. I, Don Dresser, will my loud mouth to anyone vifno can make better use of it. I, Virginia Ellis, will my pleasant ways to Mike Zahnow. I, Carl Essenberg, will, in behalf of my teachers, my penman ship to the up and coming Freshies. l, Mildred Gibbard, will my ever-blooming blush to Beverly Vlieg. I, Ann Grettenberger, make the supreme sacrifice of my social position in the eyes of mankind to my- one desiring my position. I, Beverly Harrison, will my bashfulness to flirt with the opposite sex to Pauline Caldwell. I, Charles Heil, will my unsurpassed record of whispering to Elaine Thatcher. I, John Herrera, will to those more unfortunate than myself, my ability to bluff. I, Alice Jager, will my privilege to aggrevate Mr. Pippin, to my younger sister. Beware--there's a limit, Lois. I, Jerry Kowalski, will my sheik hair style to Duane Maison. I, Danny Kowalski, will my general ability to those less unfortunate than myself. I, Patty Le Pard, will my sunny disposition to Carol Buckland. I, Jack Maison, will my latest composition 'I Love Me', to Bob Stawecki, I, Doug Miller, will my alarm clock to anyone with a tardy record. I, Ed Mott, will my surplus ambition to Marilyn Clark. I, Keith Owen, will my surplus amount of protein to Larry Dorow, l, Steve Parnicky, leave my pitching record to an up-and-coming athlete. I, Bill Patow, will my knowledge of farming to anyone wishing to secure this information. l, Joyce Perkins, will my Hedda Hopper Freckle Cream to Ronald Woodworth, with the hope that it brings better results. I, Dorothy Raetz, will my shorthand ability to Delores Wilson. I, Marilyn Raetz, will my powder puff to Nancy Smith. l, Tommy Romine, will my cleverness at copying Physics problems to next year's class. I, Bob Schmidt, will my ability to argue to anyone vlno can secure material suitable for arguments. l, Jay Schultz, will my theatrical talent to any stage-struck actor. I, Dick Seidell, will my ability to sleep in government class to Doug Campbell.

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Seniors JOHN WIELSMA 'A smart man is one who hasn't let a woman pin anything on him since he was a baby. Band 'l,2,3,45-V.Pres. 45 Movie Club l,2,3,45 Annual Staff 3,45- Bus. Manager 45 Junior Play5 Senior Play. ART ZAHNOW Napoleon was a little man, too. Senior Play5 Movie Club l,25 Basketball 25 Speech Club 3,45 Band 'l,2,3,45 Glee Club 4. Class History Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! We today in the presence of our noble classmates, proclaim an enlighten- ment of our varied and hectic career!--a brief summary of who we are and what we have been. You may ask us, 'What has the class of l954 accomplished? This we can best tell you together. Four years ago we, brave and undaunted Freshmen and 'Green As Grass, tripped gaily to lmlay City High School wholly ignorant of the obstacles that we would have to overcome. lnitiation was 'the thing in our minds for the next few weeks and we surely did get it. Not content with feeding us raw oysters and castor oil, the iuniors succeeded in giving us the electric chair.' We finally managed to elect our officers. Lee Weyer was our president5 Judy Yntema, Vice Presidentg Ray Oille, Secretaryg Dick Campbell, Treasurerg and school life went along smoothly with Mr. Crook as our advisor. ln our Sophomore year we were lead by Russ Stroup as Presidentp Roger Wagner as Vice Presidmt, Jay Schultz as secretary, Marcia Van Den Burg as Treasurer. Miss Waara and Mr. Roland were our advisors. Our main project in this year was our sales of Spartan pens and pencils. ln our Junior year we elected Jerry Kowalski as President, Steve Parnicky, Vice President5 Dorothy Raetz, Secretaryg Judy Yntema, Treasurer5 with Miss Force and Mr. Skeberdis as our advisors. Then with the memories of our freshman iniation, we took our revenge on the present Freshman Class. Of course the two big events of this year were the Junior Play and our Junior-Senior Prom, both of which were big successes. The theme of our Prom was, A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the 4J's furnishing the music. But to top off our third year in high schlool, we sold magazines and broke all former records by selling over 52,000 worth. We then started our life as Seniors. COh! That dignified title., We were under the leadership of Lee Weyer, Presidentg Bill Patow, Vice President5 Sandy Ward, Secretaryp Patty LePard, Treasurer: and Miss Smith and Mr. Wheeler, Class Advisors. We began our money-making projects with the sale of magazines which proved to be not quite as successful as in our Junior Year. We then had our pictures taken by Powell Studios. Soon after we presented our Senior Play, Hillbilly Courtship,' under the able direction of Mr. Thayer. Our next proiect was the sale of Christmas Cards which turned out fairly well. For our Senior Trip, we went to New York. Many of the Seniors worked on the annual, which we tried to make the best ever published. We also kept up our standard of all 'A' marks which we set up while we were Fresh men. As our golden high school years are now a thing of the past, let us look back upon the four years we have spent together in happiness. We would like to express our gratitude to the faculty for the many hours they spent in guiding us through this inportant period of our lives. We, the Senior Class of 1954, now bid adieu to lmlay City High School as we take our places among the Alumni of lmlay City High School.

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CLASS WILL l, Beverly Sharrard, will my four Years' experience in chewing gum, to anyone with weak jaws. I, Nellie Lou Simmons, having a mind larger than my stature, leave a piece of it to those in need. I, Yvonne Spencer, will my ability to complain to the class of 55. I, Russel Stroup, will my falsetto laugh to Fredie Alverson. l, Jerry Stroman, will my carefree disposition to Len Schuneman vho may find use for it in his Senior year. I, Eileen Stryker, will my natural blond hair to Sandra Bosker. I, Judy Taack, leave my ability to look innocent to Charles Greenwald. I, Agnes Tanis, bequeath my pamphlet on 'How to Keep Slim on Mother's Cooking' to Floraiean Frantz. I, Larry Turner, bequeath my virtue of silence to Tom Blonde. l, Bruce Upleger, will my most recent novel 'Adventures ofa Bachelor to Bill Elling. lThis novel is a sequel to Advice to the Lovelorn. I I, Lupe Villapando, will my bashfulness to Shirley Brandt. l, Roger Wagner, will my 'Car' to anyone able to manipulate it. I, Sandy Ward, will my ability to hook a ieweler to anyone who can do it. l, Bill Weaver, will my curly hair to David Kilbreath. l, Lee Weyer, will my good understanding Ibig feetl to Jerry Touchette. I, John Weilsma, will my Adams Apple' to any envious Eve. I, Art Zahnow, will my excess height to Roger Bonnema. Class Prophecy Dear Diary, This has been quite the evening! Alice Jager, chief-executive of the Upiohn Co., still sticking to her vow 'I'll never get married, and I, now employed at Saks Fifth Avenue as fashion consultant, went to see the latest hit, 'What Love am I , showing at the Roxy Theatre. Starred in the movie was Judy Taack, more commonly knovm as Elinor Monroe. Upon entering the theatre I noticed the cigarette girl, Mary Delmore. She got tired of selling candy and recently changed to cigarettes. Alice told me to turn around! Who did I see but the New York Times Society Editor, Joyce Perkins, gathering gossip for tomorrow's edition. Just as we were being ushered to our seats by Virginia Ellis, we heard someone call our names. Keith Owen had recently bought the Roxy and was looking over the crowd with his manager, Carl Essenburg, when he saw us. Keith invited us to his private box. As we viewed the audience, down the aisle came Mildred Gi bbard and Roger Coffey with their nine children! Keith said he had a special short tonight, for the '3 Stooges had retired from the movies md Don Dresser, Ray Bissett, and Gary Chandler had taken their places. The house lights grew dim and the newsreel began. There was Jay Schultz engaged in a political debate. He was running for President on the Democratic Ticket opposite the Republican candidate, Sandra Ward, while his wife, the former Pat LePard, was busy doing his campaigning. Dan and Jerry Kolwalski had topped the world's speed record to the Moon with their souped-up 'Piper Cub. Tom Romine had iust returned from a big game hunt in South Africa. ILooking for new flea specimensll