Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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First Row—Bill Scheid, Charles Wilder, Donald Campbell, Jack Faude. Second Row—Betty Chase, Betty Wellman, Ruth Gallagher, Charles Wilder, Esther Galloway, Marjorie Owens, Dorothy Gott. Third Row—Miss Burke, Madeline Boyd, B etty Brock, Maxine Mitchell, Murl Connor, Wilhelmina Hahn, Elaine Wanamaker, Mary Margaret Howard, Mr. Smith. Fourth Row—Rudolph Johnson, Lawrence Read, Frederick French, Paul Stewart, Berdyne Travis, Harold Zeigler. SENIOR PLAY 1937 brought forth a delightful entertainment in the form of “Remember the Day,” for the Senior Play. The play centers around Dewey Roberts, an adolescent boy, revealing his trials and tribulations among his school chums and the great influence his teacher. Nora Trinell, has upon him. Regardless of the fact that he masquerades in the role of a roughneck,” his real innerself pushes forward to make him a finished gentleman when he grows to manhood. Miss Evelyn Burke and Mr. Lloyd Smith, Senior sponsors, directed the play assisted by Margaret Dodes, business manager; Elwin Brown, stage manager; Marian Richardson, property manager; and Geraldine Matthews, head usher. Cast 1st Bell Boy Robert Wilder Nora Trinell Ruth Gallagher Flower Girl Maxine Mitchell 2nd Bell Boy Lawrence Read Reporter Rudolph Johnson Dewey Roberts Charles Wilder Kate FI ill Esther Galloway Tom Donald Campbell Steve Hill Bill Scheid Ellen Talbot Marjorie Owen Miss Price Dorothy Gott Dan Hopkins Murl Connor D. R. Roberts Mr. Steele Jack Faude Edith Phelps Betty Chase Mrs. Roberts Betty Wellman Charlie Berdyne Travis Dorothy - Elizabeth Brock Edgar Harold Zeigler Mildred Wilhelmina Hahn Jane Elaine Wanamaker Mr. Roberts - Paul Stewart Mr. Phelps Frederick French Miss Kline Mary Margaret Howard Anna Madeline Boyd Charles Wilder Page 19

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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.

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SALUTATORY It is my privilege to extend a most cordial welcome to you on behalf of the Senior Class. We wish to express the sincere appreciation of the class for the efforts of our parents, other tax payers, the administration, and the faculty who have made it possible for us to complete our high school education. The knowledge that we have had you trustworthy people to guide and assist us has helped us over many of the difficult places of our high school career, until at last we are going out into the maelstrom of life, more able to face the problems of life because of your help and trust in us. Not only by these words, spoken on this class day, but by our actions in the years to come, we wish to express our appreciation for the kindness and the guidance given us. We shall strive to be worthy of your pride in us, and to compensate in some measure for all that you have done in trying to cultivate systematic thinking, honorable and gracious conduct, dependability, and a proper civic attitude. Perhaps the question of repaying this debt is present at this moment in the minds of our class members. Society does not demand that children repay in money every dollar that has been spent in the home and the school in providing livelihood and training. Does this, then, leave us without obligation? On the contrary, in some ways the responsibility placed upon us is heavier than a financial one. It is our duty to prove that we are worthy of the faith which our parents and teachers have had in us. We shall try to show our worthiness of your confidence. Voltaire has said, By appreciation we make excellence in others our own property As we welcome you, we have your excellence in mind, and hope to make it ours. Page 20 Hazel Hoople.