Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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JANE WAGNER I chatter, chatter as I go. G. A. A. 2, 3. 4 LOUIS WAGNER Six feet of manliness. CHARLES WILDER Had he failings, they would lean (o virtue's side.” Class Prophet Basketball 3. 4 Baseball 3. 4 Football 3 Track 2. 3. 4 Tennis I. 2. 3. 4 Golf 2. 3. 4 Forensic I. 2. 3. 4 Debating 4 Oratory 3, 4 Declamatory 1. 2 Band 1. 2. 3. 4 Annual Staff Senior Play ROBERT WILDER He speaks less than he knows.” Basketball 4 Baseball 4 Senior Play

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MARY SCHEIERN To know all is her ambition. G. A. A. 3 MAXINE SMITH 'The heart of honor. G. A A. 4 PAUL STEWART Knowledge has no bounds Class Will Orchestra 1 Band 1 Annual Staff News Staff 3. 4 Boy Scouts 1. 2 Boys' Glee Club 3 Tennis 4 Forensic 2. 3. 4 Debating 2. 3. 4 Oratory 4 Extempore 3. 4 Senior Play MARGARET TAFEL A stern look, but a gentle heart. G. A. A. 3 HERMAN SMITH Habitual grin . MILDRED THORNTON All her paths are peace G. A. A. 2. 4 Glee Club 4 MARIAN SMITH IVA TOWNSEND A mild manner and a gentle A merry heart that laughs at heart.” care” G. A. A. 2. 3. 4 Glee Club 4 Page 16

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LAVERN ZANDER “Full of spirit' Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4 Track 1. 2. 3, 4 HAROLD ZEIGLER “Sober as a judge, and yet . . Annual Staff Band 1. 2. 3, 4 Orchestra 1. 2. 3. 4 Boy Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4 Brass Quartet 4 Senior Play Dance Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Song Tennis 2. 3, 4 State Band 4 CLASS HISTORY We, the present Seniors of the Ionia High School, enrolled as Freshmen four years ago, with the feeling of importance typical of high school students. The year proved successful in many ways for our class. Several members participated in dramatics; Charles Wilder won first place in the Declamatory District Contest; and the Student Council was originated by our class. To close our first successful year in high school, the Freshman picnic was held at Crystal Lake. We entered school the following September as Sophomores, fired with enthusiasm and looking forward to the day when we should be Juniors and eventually dignified Seniors. That year was marked with distinction when Margaret Dodes won the essay contest sponsored by the Michigan T. B. Association; Wilhelmina Hahn won second place in this contest. This year’s activities terminated with the class picnic at Crystal Lake. To open our Junior Year, we elected Murl Connor as president; Bill Scheid, vice-president; Melvin Mann, secretary; Margaret Dodes, treasurer. As Juniors, we sponsored many school parties, with the welcome assistance of Miss Charlotte Breid-enstein and Mr. Robert Ayers, and entertained the Seniors at an exceedingly fine Junior-Senior Prom. An Oriental atmosphere was created by Japanese folk and Japanese scenery. The spirited music of the orchestra helped to make our hearts gay and our feet light. This picturesque event will ever remain in our treasure chest of pleasant memories. At the end of this year the much anticipated school picnic was held at Morrison Lake. We arrived in our Senior Year with ninety-seven members, one of the largest classes of Seniors to be graduated from the Ionia High School. Class officers were Melvin Mann, president; Bill Scheid, vice-president; Betty Brock, secretary; Bettv Chase, treasurer. The first part of the year was spent in the old Senior High building, but we returned to the W. B. Lincoln building to finish our career as Seniors. With Miss Evelyn Burke and Mr. Lloyd Smith as sponsors, several of our members have enhanced our class to quite an extent, and we hold them in high esteem. Some of these people are: Margaret Dodes and Hazel Hoople, who took the class honors; Betty Wellman, second in the class, has done excellent work since coming to Ionia last fall. Esther Galloway has been prominent in the Spotlight; Captain Robert Arndt placed in the West Central Basketball League; LaVern Zander and Charles Wilder have exhibited exceptional ability in athletics; Paul Stewart, Charles Wilder, Lawrence Read, and Harry Ronan, coached by Mr. Maurice Fall, distinguished themselves as members of our superior debating team by entering the championship debate at Ann Arbor. Many of our classmates, including Mary Margaret Howard, Marjorie Owen, Harold Zeigler, Donald Campbell and Dale Rosecrance, have displayed talent in music and have enriched our parties and made our school days more delightful with their entertainment. The Senior-Alumni Dance of December 29; the Senior Play, Remember the Day,” produced on the twenty-first of May; the Junior-Senior Prom, May 28; Class Day, and Graduation, compose the outstanding events of our Senior Year. As we reach the end of our high school days, we feel certain that our accomplishments in the last four years will be profoundly influential in our future and aid us in solving life’s problems with greater efficiency and courage. Although we leave the school with reluctance, this day, beyond all contradiction, is one of the most happy occasions we shall ever experience. Page 18 Betty Chase.