Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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SALUTATORY Friends, it is with sincerest pleasure that we welcome you to these graduation exercises of the Hrst class to complete its senior year in the new high school. During the course of the last year and a half it has been our privilege to witness the construction of the new building, and now as the first graduating class we wish to express our appreciation for it and our pride in it. To face, with the right attitude, those trials which we shall encounter, and to meet their great challenges, we must revert to our previous school experience. In so doing we shall recall the problems encountered under the trying conditions of the old building and those difficulties lightened by the environment of the new. With its appearance we had not only a new school but a new spirit, new hope, and added prestige. Those who really comprehend the actual worth of the opportunities which the public schools afford have found what Lincoln, Franklin, and many others strove for - the opportunity to learn. In this world of today where strife and turmoil are ever present, it is necessary that we be prepared. It is my belief that regardless of what changes may take place, regardless of political unheavals, regardless of economic disturbances and changes, a nation which gives to its youth the opportunity for study and education that the schools of the United States give will perpetuate itself to the everlasting good of its people. So to-day as we review the past, relate the present, and dwell in the future, we bid you listen and be happy. Parents, teachers, and friends- we salute and welcome you. N ey Eldred if25l

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VALEDICTORY It is not with a feeling entirely of sadness that I express, on behalf of my class- mates, the appreciation and affection of the students who are leaving for those from whom they part. However, it is only natural that there should be some tinge of sadness connected with this day, for we are now leaving our school, our sheltered homes, and our friends, and must face life alone. Still let us not call this a regretful day, for we have successfully completed a number of years in which we have been preparing under your guidance for happier and fuller lives. Although we have a pleasant feeling of poise and assurance because of the training which we have received in the Ionia High School, we assure you that we are quite conscious of all that we shall have to experience in the years to come. You have sought out and encouraged whatever latent abilities we possessed, used every effort to broaden our characters, and taught us an appreciation of the world about us. Having shared the joys and sorrows in our companionship of these past school years, we do find it rather difficult to say good-bye. Our friends have been a part of our education. Let us, then, keep memories of the ideal which we hope to achieve and happy recollections of our years together. Our duties as students will not end simultaneously with graduation. To hold fast to our ideals through success and failure, to concentrate our energies on higher learning, to use our training gained at Ionia High for the betterment of all mankind - all these duties are still ours. We have been students attempting to be practical in thought, now we must experience the application of our philosophy of life. We must live in the present and make a reality of our dreams. We must make use of each day-not dream of days gone by or days to come as we were somewhat in- clined to do in our school days. As a guide for our faith, let us consider this bit of wisdom from a sage who lived twenty-five centuries ago. u Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life, In its brief course lie all the varieties and realities of your existence, The bliss of growth, The splendor of beauty. For yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a visiong But today, well lived, makes every yesterday a vision of hope. Look we, therefore, to this day! Such is the salutation of the dawn! Katherine Rumisele li 24 1

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Jacqueline Ackerman Helen Anderson - Georgia Avery Arnold Balzell - William Barrows - Maxine Bielow - Winifred Bennett Donald Bigsby - Robert Brown - Donald Carpenter - Waynetta Castle Glee Chambers - Sydney Chase Lyle Clifford - Bryce Courter June Crandall Virginia Douglas Venola Corwin - Ney Eldred - Margaret Frridge - Nola Gaut - Audria Geiser Marie Glossi Edna Grams - Audrienne Hale Blanche Hallett - Selma Heim - Ruth Helmes - Max Hinds - Frances Higbee - Beulah Hoople Mark Hoppough Russell Howard - Thelma Humphrey - Billie Imus - Dale Jepson, Jr. - Fred Johnson - Leonard Johnson - Mary Johnson - Frances Jorgensen Mariella Kendall Vivian Kitson - Virginia Krieg - Melvin Larson - Doris Laycock - Gordon Lehman Rex Leland - Carl Linebaugh WI-IO'S WHO IN 1950 - - - Patient instructress in tap-dancing - Assistant in a studio wardrobe department - - A waitress in the New Brown Derby - - Talented sandwich man of Hollywood - A well known editor of a cosmopolitan magazine - The co-editor of a nationally known magazine - - - - - A competent script girl - Successor to Jack Benny--known as Haz Benny - - - - Revivalist of square dancing World's champion heavyweight boxer - Scenario writer for motion pictures - - - - A well known lecturer - Winner of the Academy Award for director - - - A stern officer of the law - Stooge to Haz Benny World-celebrated toe-dancer - - - - A school teacher on a vacation - - - - Internationally known stylist A pillar of society- President of the school board - - An American representative in the Olympics - - - Operatic star of the movies A waitress in a fashionable restaurant - - A cashier of a smart eating place - - - Assistant to a Hollywood designer Foremost woman news commentator of the day - A feature writer for a popular magazine - - - - - A private secretary - - - - A prominent Girl Scout executive - - - Owner of the New Brown Derby - A competent stewardess for the Blue and White bus line Co-owner of the You Guess What' restaurant - A movie stunt man, specializing in eighty-foot leaps Property man, specializing in outmoded automobiles - - - The best-loved of American violinists The lovely vocalist heard on the Hour of Charm The awe-inspiring president of Thirtieth Century-Wolf studio - - - - The truly unique sweet potato artist Challenger for title of champion flagpole sitter - - A hostess in a Hollywood restaurant - The original woman movie photographer - Tied for the above mentioned honor A prominent motion picture executive - The co-owner of a popular restaurant - - Owner of the Blue and White bus line - - - - A wealthy cosmetic manufacturer - An aviator well-fitted for his task by reason of looks - - Track star- holder of the world's mile record Much lauded inventor of a device to count the unemployed automatically 41261