Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1940 volume:

Ue 9o+tia+i............... IN MEMORIAM Catherine Wolverton 19221936 Who Was Not Long With Us, But Who Will Long Be Remembered IN APPRECIATION We wish to extend our appreciation to Mr. Lloyd T. Smith, who has with us, as with those before us, given his time, effort and counsel to the improvement and betterment of this publication. His aid and interest has assured the success of this 1940 “Ionian. Secretary MR. J. CLYDE SPENCER Treasurer MR. LAWRENCE LEMMEN President DR. C. G. WINCHELL Trustee MR. D. O. MELLINGER Trustee DR. F. M. MARSH Trustee MR. THEODORE MOEHLMAN Board of Education i 1 9 1 0 6 MARY LOUISE ALLEN B.S.. B.C.S. Shorthand. Typing. Bookkeeping VIRGINIA A. COOPER. A.B. Latin, English STANLEY H. WOODS. B.S. Agriculture, Biology C. ROY CARPENTER, B.S. Industrial Arts 7 19 4 0 JAMES J. ALBAUGH. A.B.. A.M. Economics. Sociology. Civics, Commercial Law DONALD D. HALLER. B.S. Chemistry. Physics. Senior Science. Ke'ated Science LUCILLE HIGGINS. A.B.. A. M. History LOIS D. BOLT. B.S. Home Economics HELEN GAUNT. A.H. English HELEN A. MARSH. A.B. Typing, Shorthand EARLENE E. RURGETT. B.M.E. Vocal Music ROLLANI) BELLA I KE. A.B., A.M. Mathematics, Biology M. HAKOLI) M1KLE. A.B. History. Public Speaking MABEL E. BROWN. A.B. French. English BESSIE NICKOLAI Office Secretary DOROTHY GOTT Office Secretary MARSHALL SLEET. H.M. Instrumental Music ALAN J. BOVARI). A.B. Physical Education. Coaching 19 4 0 10 “—Hey, what’s the signal ?” “—brain work Flavor, please!” “Oh. hurry!” Just sophs “Yes, dear teacher' “—just kids” —Shall I let the clutch out?” “Hi, dopes” Bett’s little helpers” — Winter Sports — “What’s the ruckc' “Prize winners Triangles' Fit —” “Bill” “Termites” ’Lizzy “How’s it look?” “I don’t know. Miss Cooper” 19 4 0 1 � 4 O 12 GEORGE ROBINSON “The determination to win. Football 3. 4 Baseball 1. 2. 3. 4 Basketball 3 Spotlight 4 Varsity Club 3. 4 Annual Stall Boy Scouts 1. 2 Senior President. MARIAN EDWARDS A maid she was of winsome ways. Who danced her way through high school days.” G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Glee Club 2. 3. 4 Tennis 1. 2 Sextet. Sr.. 3. 4 Spotlight 4 Senior Secretary Senior Play Committee. WILLIAM HEITMAN Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Football 3, 4 Basketball 3. 4 Baseball 3. 4 Varsity Club 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 4 Junior Class Secretary Senior Vice-President Senior Play. ROBERT MCCORD “Learning makes a good man better.” Baseball 2. 3, 1 F.F.A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Varsity Club Senior Class Treasurer Spade Presentation at Class Day. Class History In September, 1936, one hundred sixty-seven amateurs entered their Freshman year in the Ionia Junior High School, under the leadership of the Student Council president, Bob Mellinger. They enjoyed their glimpses of the wrecking of the old Senior High building and the constructing of the new one. On January third of their Sophomore year they moved into the new building with an air of gratitude. While in the tenth grade Robert Schwyn started his role in speech by winning the local declamatory contest. William Eddy, Blaine Redemsky, and Robert Schwyn, who were later on the All-Conference team along with William Heitman, started to use their athletic ability that year. William Whitesides was developing his musical talent, and as a senior he was one of two chosen to represent Ionia at the District Music clinic at St. Johns. As Juniors the class elected Donald Eddy president and chose for the Prom the World's Fair motif with the beautiful perisphere and trylon as centerpiece. The popular athlete, George Robinson, has been Senior president. The class published the Annual under the editorship of Elizabeth Dunnett. Harvey Lemmen received the honor of the valedictory, and Doris Rubach, the salutatory. In May, The Charm School was presented with Doris Rubach and Richard Smith as principals. i:t I 9 4 0 LYLE ALLEN Who goes slow, go«.s safely and far. Football 1. 2. 3, I Baseball 3 Varsity Club 3. 1 F.F.A. 1. 2. 3. 4. DONALD HAILEY Nothing disturbs me. DORIS BENEDICT Always cheerful, never glum ; Makes a bright and cheerful chum. Glee Club 2. 3, 4 G.A.A. 2. 3, 4 Sextet 1 Tennis Forensic 2 Commercial Club I Bunsen Burners 4 Basketball 2 Senior Play. PAULINE BOOMER I am everybody's friend. G.A.A. 3 Commercial Club. ALICE BA1RI) “She makes all musical instruments talk. Band 1. 2. 3. 4 Orchestra 1. 2, 3. 4 Dance Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 Violin Quartet 2. 3 Violin Trio 4 Trumpet Quartet 3. 4 Brass Sextet 1. 2 Girl Scouts 1, 2. 3 G.A.A. 2. 3 Le Cercle Francais 4. SHIRLEY BAKER Silent as a shadow. Glee Club 2. GERTRUDE BROCK “Sweet and cheerful. Girl Scouts 1. 2 Glee Club 1. 2 G.A.A. 2, 3. 4 Commercial Club 4 Bunsen Burners 4 Girls’ Basketball 2. 3 Softball 1. 2 Senior Play Committee Tennis. LOUISE CHAMBERLAIN A lassie with a strong will. Commercial Club 4. 14 19 4 0 WINSTON CHURCHILL “An all-round boy with many musical abilities.” Orchestra 1, 2, 4 Dance Orchestra 4. EDITH COLLEY A small and happy maid. G.A.A. 4 Glee Club 4. BERNARD COURTER “He has an agreeable disposition. F.F.A. 1. 2, 3. 4 Band 1. 2. 3. 4 Boy Scouts 1. 2 Orchestra 1. 2 Nuts and Bolts 3. HAROLD CRAFT “If it weren't for play. I'd work all day. Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4 Tennis 2, 3, 4 Band 1. 2. 3. 4 Dance Band 1. 2 Boy Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 1. CARL CRAMER “Size doesn’t make the man.” Nuts and Bolts 3 Debate 2, 3 Tennis 3 Track 2. HELEN CROSS Always neat and very particular.” FRANKLIN DANCER “Some day he’ll be a great editor. Nuts and Bolts 3. BETTY DECKER Her heart is kind and fair.” Commercial Club 4 Girl Scouts 1. 2. 15 19 4 0 RETD A DEGROAT “Quiet and ever so nice.” WILLIAM DREGER Disturb not my slumber, for I dream good dreams.” Football 2. 3. 4 Baseball 3. JAMKS DOTY “Be silent: silence never betrays you.” P.F.A. 2. 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3 Basket bn II 1. RICHARD DRAKE Keen sense, common sense, no room for nonsense.” Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4 Baseball 2. 3 Football 4 Senior Play Committee. RUTH DREGER “The art of speech is a groat asset.” Glee Club 3, 4 G.A.A. 3. 4 Commercial Club 4. IDA BELLE DU MONO She always says something good about her friends.” G.A.A. 3 Glee Club 3 Girl Scouts 1. 2, 3 Commercial Club 4. FRANCES DUNN Petite and sweet.” Commercial Club 4. ELIZABETH DUNNETT Good humor is u fountain that never runs dry.” Spotlight 2. 3, 4 Annual Staff Girls’ Glee Club 2. 3. 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Softball 2. 3 Basketball 2. 3 Archery 2. 3 Tennis 2 Commercial Club 4 Class Will Senior Play Committee. I( 19 4 0 WILLIAM EDDY “Honors achieved far excel those that are created. Football 1. 2, 3. I Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4 Baseball 1 Tennis 2, 3 Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Varsity Club 2. 3, 4 Annual Staff Boy Scouts 1. 2, 3, 4 Senior Play Committee. DONALD EDDY “A Rood leader and a per-fect example.” Boy Scouts 1. 2, 3, 4 Annual Staff Spotlight 1, 3, 4 Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Varsity Club 3, 4 Baseball 3 Basketball 3 Oratory 3 Debate 4 Forensic 3 Junior President Senior Play Committee Class Prophecy. ARVILLA ESSINGTON “To be efficient in a quiet way. This is my wish throughout the day. G.A.A. 2. 3. 4. VIRGINIA FOX We are charmed with her neatness of person.” G.A.A. 2. 3, 4 Dance Band 3 Glee Club 4 Sextet 4 Commercial Club 4 Senior Play Forensic Club 3. CHARLES GALLOWAY “He will succeed, for he believes all he says. Boy Scouts 1, 2 Football 4 Baseball 3 Commercial Club. PHYLLIS GEE “Do not let her innocent look deceive you. G.A.A. 1. 3 Commercial Club 4. PATRICIA EVERTS An active, p e p p y girl with many friends. Sextet 4 Glee Club 2. 3 G.A.A. 2, 3. 4 Forensic 3 Girl Scouts 1 Basketball 2 Bunsen Burners 3 Commercial Club 4 Senior Play Committee. EDNA GILCHRIST “An earnest student, always doing her best. G.A.A. 2 Spotlight 2 Girl Scouts 2 Commercial Club 4. 7 1 � 4 O MARIE GINEBAUGH A true friend is she.” G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Commercial Club 4 Girl Scouts 3 Basketball 1 Girls' Softball 2. MARIAN GLOSSI “She acts, speaks, and looks just as she should. G.A.A. 3, 4 Girl Scouts 1 Forensic Club 3 Commercial Club 4. GRACE GRAHAM Quiet and unassuming. Commercial Club 4. GEORGIA LEE GREEN A light heart lives long.” G.A.A. 2. 3, 4. DONNA HARRIS Smile and the world smiles with you.” G.A.A. 2, 3. 4 Basketball 2. 3, 4 Spotlight 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3 Glee Club 2, 3. 4 Forensic Club 3 Senior Flay Committee. HELEN HASKINS A still tongue signifies a wise head.” Glee Club 2, 4 Commercial Club 4. VICTOR HAWN “A little learning is a dangerous thing, but it’s not half so risky as none at all.” JERALD HORROCKS I'm not merely the musician. I’m the whole band.” F.F.A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Band 1. 2, 3. 4 Orchestra 2, 3, 4 Dance Orchestra 3. 19 4 0 18 RICHARD HOWARD Few words are best. ALICE HOY “An even mixture of good humor. Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1. 2. 3. 4 String Quartet 3 Girls' Dance Band 3 G.A.A. 2. 3 Basketball 3 Tennis 2. 3 Le Cercle Francais 4. EDWIN INGVARTSEN “Rugged individualism. F.F.A. 2. 3. 4. PHIL JACKSON “Life’s a jest and all things show it.” DOROTHY KEIHL She always did as she was to!d.“ KATHLEEN KIDD Her ways are ways of pleasantness.” G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Girls' Glee Club 2, 3. 4 Sextet 3. 4 Spotlight 3. 4 Annual Staff Senior Play Committee. DWIGHT KILLION A witty comrade.' Baseball 2. 3. 4 Basketball 3 Commercial Club 4 Bunsen Burners 3. ROBERT KLEIN A man of many inches and every inch a man. Baseball 1, 2, 3 Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4. 19 19 4 0 ELDON KNAPP All musical people seem to be happy.” F.F.A. 2, 8. RALPH LELAND A man of silence is n man of sense.” F.F.A. 2. 3. 4. HARVEY LEMMEN “There is no knowledge that is not power.” Valedictorian. ROBERT MC KENDRY I want to be good, but not too good.” Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4 Band 1, 2. 3, 4 Dance Orchestra 3. I Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Football 3, 4 Tennis 3 Senior Play Track 3 Boys Quartet. VERLAND MC LEOD There is more in me than thou thinkest.” F.F.A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Band 2. 3. 4 Baseball 3 Boy Scouts 1. KEITH MC VEIGH Good fellow, among fellows.” Band 1, 2. 3. 4 Dance Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3 F.F.A. 4. BARBARA MARKHAM Barbara is always cheerful. Need more be said?” Cheerleader 2, 3. 4 Glee Club 2. 3 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3. 4 Girls Softball 2. 3. 4 Basketball 2, 3, 4 Le Cercle Franca is I Commercial Club 4 Archery 3. ELISABETH MARSHALL “I have a heart with room for every joy.” Softball 2. 3. 4 Basketball 3. 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Cheerleader 2. 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3. 4 Commercial Club 4 Le Cercle Franca is 4 Archery 2. 3 Class Prophecy. 19 4 0 20 MARGUERITE MARTIN “Her air, her manners, all who saw admired. G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Forensic 3 Commercial Club 4 Senior Play. JOSEPHINE MASCHO A small and happy maid was she. G.A.A. 2. 3 Hand 3, 4 Bunsen Burners 4 Commercial Club 4 Debate 4. RICHARD MATHEWS “A twinkle in his eye bespeaks a cheerful soul.” Golf 3. 4 Bast ball 1 Basketball 1 Commercial Club. ROBERT MELLINGER “Master of anything: he chooses to do.” Boy Scouts 1. 2, 3, 4 Commercial Club 4 Basketball 2 Baseball 4 Golf 1. 2. 3 Spotlight 3, 4 Senior Play Annual Staff. ARLENE MILLER A good natured girl is one to be desired.” G.A.A. 2. 3. 4. ROWENA MINAKER “May she never change except in name. G.A.A. 4 Girl Scouts 1, 2. 3. DELORES MOORE Patience is the best remedy for every care.” Girl Scouts 1 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Le Cercle Franca is 4 Archery 2, 3 Girls’ Softball 2. 3. 4 Girls’ Basketball 2, 3, 4 Spotlight 3, 4. OLEN MORGAN He’ll hold the plow or drive it. F.F.A. 1, 2. 3. 4 Football 2. 3. 21 19 4 0 JACK MOWATT Sorry, girls. he’s already attached. Baseball 2. 3. 4 Basketball 3. 4 Football 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3 Boy Scouts 2 Varsity Club 3. 4 Senior Play. JEAN MYERS I never let my studies interfere with my education.” F.F.A. 3. 4. ISABELLE NELSON A neat little person. Girls Glee Club 3. 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Commercial Club 4 Girls' Softball 4. WILLIAM PEARCE Full of fun and mischief too. __ Doing all there is to do. Football 3, 4 Baseball 4 Band 2. 3. 4 Orchestra 2. 3. 4 Dance Band 2. 3. 4 Trumpet Quartet 3, 4 Varsity Club 3. 4 Boy Scouts 2. 3. 4 Annual Staff. DOROTHY PHILLIPS — Quietness of all things is the hardest to copy.” PETER PHILLIPS “It’s difficult to be serious. NAOMI POPENDICK I'll do my best: angels can do no more.” G.A.A. 2, 4 Basketball 3. IDELL PRESCOTT Silent as the pictures on the wall.” Girl Scouts 2 G.A.A. 2. 3 Commercial Club 4 Bunsen Burners 4 Class History. 4 19 4 0 E PRIEST good mvXurod g r W e to k desired.' and , ‘2, 2, 4 rcheslra 2, ’2, 4 iir s Dunce Orchestra Z 'ommcrc n C ub. WILLIAM RETERSTOFF He hath put away child ish things. KENNETH HANSOM “Nothing is impossiV.e to the industrious. THELMA RASMUSSEN She speaks in a deliberate manner. Commercial Club. BLAINE KEDEMSKY My idea ot an agreeabl� person is one who will agree with me. Football 2, 3, 4 Baseball 2. 3. 4 Varsity Club 3, 4 Bunsen Burners 3 Boy Scouts 1. 2, 3 Senior P ay Committee. GORDON RIES I’ll draw my own sue cess. Hand 2. 2 Dance Orchestra 2, 3 Annual SU.lT Spotlight 3. I Boy Scouts 2. 3 Football 4 Baseball 4 Varsity Club Senior Flay Committee Class Prophecy. VIRGINIA RIES She wears a smi.e which no cloud can overcast.’’ Senior Play Annual Statr Spotlight 2. 3, I Commercial Club 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4 Bunsen Burners 3 Forensic Club 2 Basketball 2 Girl Scouts 1. 2 ALICE ROSS Little do I care how little I am ; I can do as much as the bigger girls can. Glee Club 2, 3. 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. I Commercial Club 4 Annual Staff Spotlight 4 Senior Play Committee. 23 19-10 BETTY ROWLEY A loyal heart and true, that’s Betty all thro’.’’ Commercial Club 4 G.A.A. 1. 3 Girls’ Softball 3. DORIS RUBACH Excuse me. please. I have a date with success. Senior Play Annual StafT Salutatorian Spotlight 3, 4 Glee Club 2. 3, 4 Sextet 4 Commercial Club I Bunsen Burners I Orchestra 1. 2. 3. 4 Dance Orchestra 2, 3. 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Forensic 3 Debate 3. 4. ANITA RUEHS Wee. but not weak.” G.A.A. 2. 3, 4 Glee Club 4 Bunsen Burners 4 Commercial Club 4 Tennis 2, 4 Softball 2. 3 Girl Scouts 1, 2 Girls' Bnsketball 2. 3 Senior Play Committee. MARJORIE SCHILD A smile with intent to do mischief. Glee Club 4 G.A.A. 2. 3, 4 Girls’ Softball 2. 3 Commercial Club 4 Senior Play. CAROL SCHMIDT “In order to get to the top. you must get to the bottom of things.” Girl Scouts 1. 2 G.A.A. 2. 4 Glee Club 4 Basketball 2 Commercial Club 4 Junior Sextet 2. Class History. GORDON SCHMIDT Put my ’ford’ in the open air.” Baseball 3 Track 2 Band 3. 4 Orchestra 1. 2. 3 LORRAINE SCHROEDER A merry heart does good like medicine.” G.A.A. 2. 3 Commercial Club 4. ROBERT SCHWYN A soul of power and a wealth of lofty thought.” Annual Staff Senior Play Football 3. 4 Varsity Club 3. 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4 Band 1. 2. 3. 4 Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Debate 1. 2. 3. 4 Declamation 2 Oration 3. 4 Fix tern iwraneous 3, 4 Spotlight 3. 4 Boy Scouts 1, 2. 3. 4. 1 9 I 0 24 WALTER SELBACK “They also servo who stand and wait.” F.A.A. 2, 3. 4. ARLENE SESSIONS “Sun - kissed, moon - kissed and ’nuff said.” Girls' Glee Club 4 G.A.A. 2, 3, 4 Commercial Club 4 Girl Scouts 1, 2 Girls' Basketball 2 Girls' Softball 2, 3 Senior Play Annual Staff. WINSTON SETCHFIELD “Wit and humor are born with the man.” NORRIS SIGNS He knoweth himself, and that is not all.” Baseball 2, 3 Basketball 2, 3, 4 Varsity Club 4 Track 4. ALICE SMITH Silence gives tcrace to yountf women.” Glee Club 2, 3, 4 G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Commercial Club 4 Girls' Softball 2 Tennis 2 Sextet 4. GLENDALE SMITH “Ho is yet unproved by us. but we think he’s a Rood fellow.” Baseball 1, 2, 3. 4 Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4 Varsity Club 4 Commercial Club. RICHARD SMITH “They conquer who believe they can.” Orchestra 1 Senior Play Band Track 2 Tennis 3, 4 Boy Scouts Extemporaneous 4 Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Varsity Club 3. 4 Football 4 Basketball 3 Boys' Quartet. VIVIAN SMITH “Few words are her motto.” Glee Club 1, 4 G.A.A. 2. 3, 4 Tennis 2 Sextet 4 Commercial Club 4 Girl Scouts 2 Girls' Softball 2. 25 19 4 0 MERRITT STILWELL When business interferes with school, let school go hang. Boy Scouts 2. 3. 4. WILLIAM VERMILYA “Sober but not serious. FRANK THALISON “A small man who can shoulder responsibility.” Track 3 Class Poet. HARRY THOMAS Carefree and debonair.” BETTY VAN VLECK “Lively, cheerful, and a real comfort to her friends.” G.A.A. 2. 3, 4 Commercial Club 4 Senior Sextet 3. I Girls’ Glee Club 2. 3. 4 Senior Play Annual Staff. JOY WAGNER Best values come in small packages.” Girls’ Glee Club G.A.A. 2. 3. 4 Tennis 3 Commercial Club 4 Baseball Club 4 Senior Play Girl Scouts I. 2. 3. 4 Class Song. RAYMOND WAGNER “To worry little and study less. Is my idea of happiness.” THEODORE WANDEL “He looks at things straight in the face. 26 19 4 0 AILEEN WARNES Kindness is wisdom. Commercial Club 4 G.A.A. 3. SALLY WELLMAN Happiness and pleasantness are rarely absent. Glee Club 2 G.A.A. 2, 3, 4 Basketball 3 Junior Class Treasurer Senior Play Committee. ROBERT WESTBROOK Napoleon was a small man too. Football 2. 3 Baseball 2. 3 F.A.A. 1. 2. 3. 4. AILEEN WILSON Always friendly with a smile for everyone. GRETA WHEELER Little, lively, and lovable. WILLIAM WHITESIDES His musical abilities cannot be beaten.” Band 1, 2. 3. 4 Orchestra 1. 2. 3, 4 Boys' Quartet 3, 4 Football 1 Bunsen Burners 4 Dance Orchestra 2, 3, 4 Forensic Club 3. MARY BETH WILLOBEE She has a will and finds a way. Annual Staff Class Sonjr Glee Club 2. 3. 4 Commercial Club 4 Tennis 3, 4 Softball 2. 3. 4 Basketball 2. 3, 4 Girl Scouts 2 Bunsen Burners 3, 4 Forensic Club 3 Senior Play Committee G.A.A. 2, 3. 4. 27 19 4 0 Senior Annual Staff With this “Ionian we the class of 1940 mark another milestone of our work in high school. It has been a difficult and obstructed path with the illness of our editor and business manager. With this yearbook we have introduced new ideas in its publication. Of these innovations we have been very proud. It has been our hope to record here many memories that will in later life be revived. If this is achieved, we can feel assured that this publication is a success. We wish to thank those who have lent their services that this 1940 “Ionian might be completed. It would have been impossible without the help of the faculty, students, and business men. STAFF Editor-in-chief Assistant Editor Business Managers Advertising Manager Art Editors Athletic Editors Literary Editors Society Editors Literary Critic Faculty Critic Faculty Sponsor Faculty Photographer Elizabeth Dunnett Kathleen Kidd Robert Schwyn Donald Eddy Robert Mellinger Gordon Ries William Pearce William Eddy George Robinson Alice Ross Arlene Sessions Doris Rubach Virginia Ries Mary Beth Willobee Betty Van Vleck Miss Mabel E. Brown Mr. Lloyd T. Smith Mr. Russell Bates 28 19 4 0 Senior Play A handsome young automobile salesman inherits a girls' boarding school and insists on running it according to his own ideas, chief of which is that the dominant feature in the education of the young girls of today should be charm. Under the direction of Miss Helen Gaunt and Mr. Lloyd T. Smith, the play, The Charm School,” was produced on May 31 at the Ionia Theatre. The committees which aided in the production of this play were as follow: tickets—Alice Ross, Anita Ruehs, Kathleen Kidd, Elizabeth Dunnett, Mary Beth Willobee; properties—Marian Edwards, Naomi Popendick, Gertrude Brock; advertising—Donna Harris, Gordon Ries, Donald Eddy, Blaine Redemsky; stage-—William Whitesides, William Eddy, Patricia Everts, Sally Wellman, Richard Drake, Charles Galloway. CAST Austin Bevans Richard Smith David McKensie Jack Mowatt George Boyd William Heitman Jim Simpkins Robert McKendry Tim Simpkins Robert Mellinger Homer Johns Robert Schwyn Elise Benedotti Doris Rubach Miss Hays Virginia Ries Miss Curtis Virginia Fox Sally Boyd Arlene Sessions Muriel Doughty Betty Van Vleck Ethel Spelvin Marjorie Schild Alix Mercier Marguerite Martin Lillian Stafford Joy Wagner Madge Kent Doris Benedict Dotsie Greta Wheeler Charlotte Frances Dunn 29 _ 1940 — Class Will We, the exalted Seniors of the Ionia High School, City of Ionia, State of Michigan, not knowing what may befall us, and being aware that soon we shall leave these halls forever, do hereby publicly make our first and last will and testament. I. To the school board we leave: 1. The school which we occupied for three consecutive years. 2. The struggle to maintain funds with which to operate for ten months. II. To the faculty we bequeath: 1. The burden of the juniors. 2. The responsibility of the school government. 3. The credit for our fine record. III. To the Juniors we bequeath the following: 1. The choice of second-floor lockers. 2. The privilege of being honored at the prom. 3. The right to dignity. We do hereby make, constitute, and appoint Lloyd T. Smith sole Executor of this, our last will and testament, and it is our wish that he may dispose of our estate in his own way, by his own methods. IV. (Personal Bequests) I, William Heitman, do leave my rosy blush to Don F. White, Jr. May he thrill the girls as I have! I, Anita Ruehs, do leave my petite figure to Donna Sherwood. Plenty of exercise is the secret formula. I, Jack Mowatt, do leave my all-round athletic ability to Stanley Hanline. I, Robert Schwyn, do leave my ability in oratory to Martin Anderson. May he hold audiences spellbound as I succeeded in doing. I, Kathleen Kidd, do leave my literary competence in working on Spotlight and the Annual to Mary Jean Coon. I, Norris Signs, do leave my superb dancing technique to Richard Wicherham. May the girls flock around him as they did me. I, Elisabeth Marshall, do leave my hearty voice to Mary Eddy. May she attain high honors as cheerleader. I, William Whitesides, do leave my suave appearance and charming manners to Gordon Fuller. I, Delores Moore, do leave my skill in writing and translating French to Anne Rumisek. I, Robert Klein, do gladly leave two feet of my manliness to George Westbrook. I, Marjorie Schild, do leave my giggles to Jean Weisgerber. I, Donna Harris, do “sadly” leave my typewriting technique to the next person who attempts to use my rattly old typewriter. I, Don Eddy, do leave my magnetic powers with women to Bruce Harris. I, Doris Benedict, do leave my dear old Essex to Catherine List. Don't slam the door, Kate. It might fall off. I, Gordon Ries, do leave my ability for getting “scoops” for the Spotlight to Bob Pierce. May you scoop them as I did. To our successors, the Class of 1941, of whom we think so highly, we bequeath our Senior Session Room along with the privilege of elevating themselves to the high position we are now leaving. In witness whereof, I hereunto ascribe my name, and affix my seal on the thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty. Signed, THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1940 Notary, Elizabeth Dunnett My commission expires June 13, 1940. This instrument was, on the day of the above date thereof, signed, published, and declared by the said Senior class to be its last will and testament in the presence of us who at its request have subscribed our names thereto as witnesses, in the presence of the Senior class and in the presence of each other. Alice Ross Arlene Sessions Who’s Who In 1960 ★ Lyle Allen — Owner of a big mining and trapping concern in Canada. Donald Bailey Manager of the Bailey Oil Company. Alice Baird — Owner of an all girl swing dance orchestra. Shirley Baker — Inventor of new hair do’s. Doris Benedict — Vocal instructor. Pauline Boomer Designer of hosiery. Gertrude Brock — Model of Miss Harris's Dress Shoppe. Louise Chamberlain Secretary to U. S. president. Winston Churchill — Great violinist. Edith Colley — Owner of a book store. Bernard Courter — Owner of a 1,000-acre stock farm. Harold Craft — Champion U. S. tennis player. Carl Cramer — Owner of the Dew Drop Inn. Helen Cross — Well-known beauty operator. Franklin Dancer Editor of a big newspaper. Betty Decker Owner of an antique shop. Retha DeGroat Office girl of I. H. S. James Doty — Co-owner of a 1,000-acre stock farm. Richard Drake — Famous baseball pitcher. William Dreger — Head commander of U. S. Navy Air Corps. Ruth Dreger A publicity pamphlet writer. Ida Belle DuMond — Charge of public school libraries in Chicago. Frances Dunn — Hat checker in a night club. Elizabeth Dunnett — Dean in a girls' school. William Eddy Famous athletic instructor. Donald Eddy — President of Ionia School Board. Marian Edwards — Known by her great art exhibits. Arvilla Essington — Saleslady of knick-knacks. Patricia Everts — Designer of dresses for Miss Harris's Dress Shoppe. Virginia Fox — Champion typist for past two years. Charles Galloway — Owner of a large food store. Phyllis Gee — Nurse of proved ability. Edna Gilchrist — Instructor of 4-H Club. Marie Ginebaugh — Waitress in the Dew Drop Inn. Marian Glossi -— Most popular model in New York. Grace Graham — Secretary to Haskins’ Orphanage. Georgia Lee Green — Assistant to Heda Hopper's Hollywood Donna Harris — Owner of a modern dress shoppe. Helen Haskins — Owner of an orphanage. :i i ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 � 4 o Who’s Who In 1960 ★ Victor Hawn — Famous agricultural teacher. William Heitman — Squadron commander at Selfridge Field. Jerald Horrocks — Top flight orchestra leader. Richard Howard International news correspondent. Alice Hoy - Secretary of Bailey Oil Company’s president. Edu'in Ingvartsen — Proprietor of “The Blue Ribbon kennels. Philip Jackson — Comic strip artist. Dorothy Keihl — Waitress in the exclusive Airway Club. Kathleen Kidd — Editor of the “Air Review Weekly. Dwight Killion Successful salesman. Robert Klein — Handsome, dare-devil test pilot. Eldon Knapp — Reviser of the Square Dance. Ralph Leland — Inventor of Leland’s colorless grass. Harvey Lemmen — Head auditor of Consolidated Airways. Robert McCord — Chief of research division of Whirlwind Motors. Robert McKendry Traffic manager of Superior Airways. Verland McLeod — Instrumental in securing Ionia High School’s Radio Station. Keith McVeigh Owner of the most popular dance orchestra — Swing and Sway with Slug McVeigh. Barbara Markham Greatest girl softball catcher of all time. Elisabeth Marshall — Co-owner of radio station W-I-N-D-Y. Marguerite Martin — Well-known society matron. Raymond Martin — Center fielder of the Windy Breezes. Josephine Mascho Hostess on the Super Airway Flagship. Jack Mason — Commander-in-Chief of C. C. C. camps. Richard Mathews - Corporation lawyer for Consolidated Airways. Robert Mcllinger — President of The Skyway” bottling works. Arlene Miller — Baker in an animal cracker factory. Rowena Minaker — President of the Lonely Hearts Club. Delores Moore — Popular Sportswoman. Olen Morgan — Director of the agricultural experiment bureau. Jack Mowatt — Movie king, starred in “Airways. Jean Myers — Noted authority on mustache sizes. Isabelle Nelson — Ballet queen. William Pearce — Designer of aircraft interiors. Dorothy Phillips Publicity manager of Rite-way Air Tours. Peter Phillips — Travel director of Rite-way Air Tours. Naomi Popendick Talented actress co-starred in Airways. Idell Prescott — Producer of the most exquisite hats. 19 4 0 ---------------------- 32 Who’s Who In 1960 ★ Irene Priest — Great dietitian of Dew Drop Inn. Kenneth Ransom Head of Ransom Buildings, Inc. Thelma Rasmussen — Married to U. S. Ambassador to Russia. Blaine Redemsky — Big League umpire. William Reterstoff Chief Airplane Mechanic at Vermilya Airport. Gordon Ries President and founder of “Society of Bearded Men. Virginia Ries Well-known photography model. George Robinson — Track star, second only to Jesse Owens. Alice Ross — Woman reporter on Hot Shot magazine. Betty Rowley Owner of Rowley Roadsters, Inc. an auto plant. Doris Rubach — The only woman steeplejack in the U. S. Anita Ruehs World's most beautiful figure skater. Marjorie Schild - Woman speed-boat driver and holder of two world records. Carol Schmidt — Latin teacher at U. of M. Gordon Schmidt — The only man to swim all the great lakes. Lorraine Schroeder — Employed as secretary at Acme Coal Yards. Robert Schwyn — Well-known criminal lawyer. Walter Selback -— Public Enemy No. 4,685,321. Arlene Sessions — Hollywood dress designer. Winston Setchfield Inventor of Setchfield Overdrive for high-speed cars. Norris Signs — Head of Signs' Detective Bureau. Alice Smith — Sports' reporter for Detroit News. Glendale Smith — Press agent for a dog troupe. Richard Smith — Half owner of large creamery in Southern Michigan. Vivian Smith — Famous woman high diver. Merritt Stilwell — Commercial artist and cartoonist. Frank Thalison — Fifth-rate speed skater. Harry Thomas — Big manufacturer of lamp wicks. Betty Van Vleck — Married to a motor-car conductor. William Vermilya Owner of a transcontinental airline. Joy Wagner — Now has legal half interest in a laundry. Raymond Wagner — Test driver for Rowley Roadster, Inc.” Theodore Wandel — Salesman in a shoe store. Aileen Warnes — School teacher in rural Kentucky. Sally Wellman — World-renowned parachute jumper. Robert Westbrook — Barker in a circus side-show. Greta Wheeler — Member of a famous roller-skating troupe. William Whitesides — Stoker on the steamship S. S. Napoleon. Mary Beth Willobee Secretary-treasurer of “Society of Bearded Men. Aileen Wilson Partner in Wilson-Smith Creamery Company. :{:s 19 4 0 Will ELIZABETH DUNNETT Poem FRANK THALISON President GEORGE ROBINSON Spade Presentation ROBERT MCCORD Junior Cla� t President CLAUDE EDWARDS Prophecy DONALD EDDY. GORDON KIES. ELISABETH MARSHALL History IDELL PRESCOTT. CAROL SCHMIDT Class Salutatory DORIS RUBACH Valedictory HARVEY LEMMEN Day 194 0 “Studying ?” “We’re ready—” “Eddy’s flop— “Yes, Miss Higgins' “Physical education, boy!” “The layout—” “Yea, team!” “Ladies' choice” “Elmer—“ “It's the la’s that get ’em” “Cuttin up” “We’re friends” “Thinking—” “Lina—” “Hi—Kidd!” “Round the corner” “Oh joy, oh rapture unrefined” Juniors Virginia Anderson Raymond Andrews Betty Baker Clarence Beach l nnnnth RurLhnm Theodore Bennett William Bcnsinger Beverly Bliss Betty Bloomer Dorothy Brown Betty Brunson Gloria Burke Richard Burke Helen Burns Jack Chase Jess Christensen Eugene Clark Richard Clark Mary Jean Coon Dale Cope Esther DeArmand Andrew Detmers Genevieve Durand Royal Dye Claude Edwards Helen Faulkner Doris First Clyde Gee Allan Green Bertha Hahn Joyce Anne Hamlin Stanley Hanline Jeanne Alida Hannah Ruth Harding Bruce Harris Doris Marie Harvey Robert Haskin Marguerite Hausserman Hazel Hnwkins Doris Hawley Delrose Heinzelman Jack Higbee Orlund Hotchkiss Vern Huey Richard Husted Paul Johnson Norman Kanouse Milton Krieg Virginia Liscomhe Catherine List Ruthella Longfield Juniors Beverly Lyle Arleen Lytle Jane McKendry Marian McLellen Donald McPherson Sarah Marker Harold Maroalcs Margaret Mascho Marion Maynard La Donna Miller Cherribcll Minaker Elaine Misner Clara Morgan James Myers Raymond Nash Vcrnona Nichols Robert O’Neal Douglas Parker Arlene Petersen Deloris Peterson Robert Pierce Keith Rhoades Doralee Rich Harold Rich Leslie Rice Anne Rumisek Dorothy Richards Louis Ruehs William Schneider (Jenna Setchfield Donna Sherwood LaVona Sible Ervin Stanton Beulah Steele Helen Stevens Ray Tafel Charles Thorpe Robert Todd Robert VanderMolen Joyce VanNornum Phyllis Waldron Lewis Ward Jean Weisgerber Richard Wever Don White. Jr. Richard Wickerham Irene Wilcox Virginia Worden Charles Wrung Kdward Zander 1 � I 0 38 Sophomores Merva Adams Howard Allen Martin Anderson Wayne Anderson Lois Arntz Marjorie Astle David Ayres Doris Kaird Charles Hall Joyce Hanks Anita Herkhorn Jean Henedict Hetty Hennctt William Hlark Jean Hloomer Beverly Howne Roy Bradley Edna Brooks Morris Brooks Phyllis Brown Dale Burdy Robert Burns William Burras Harry Carroll Wayne Chamberlain Fred Christopher Esther Clark Donald Coe Edward Coon Betty Lou Conner Tom Conner Ronald Curtis Lester Dadd Dorothy Dalton Emma Dalton William Dowsett Glenna June Douglas Betty Dunn Jean Dunn Clarabelle Durkee Max Eckert Mary Eddy Barbara Eitniear Betty Elwess Walter Farnsworth Elaine Ferris Alice Fitzgerald Barbara Franks Thelma French Gordon Fuller Ralph Furman Mildred Gallagher Betty Gallant Robert Gardner Kenneth Gazella Clyde Geiser Erwin George June Ginebaugh 1940 Sophomores Myrtle Glossi Florence Gott Elmer Green Mixine Grcenhoe Lorraine Griffin Nadine Guernsey I.ois Guider Floyd Hammond Dale Haney Gordon Hannah Donald Harp Joe Haskin Kmma Hasman Mary Helmes Barbara Herron Jean Hines Kathlyn Hines Mary Margaret Hitdlehaugh June Holcomb Dorothy Howard Meriline Hoy Barbara Johnson Frank Johnson Clair Johnson Meredith Jones Fred Kernen Margaret Kctchum Geraldine Kiefer Arlene Knapp Jo Ann Krieg Lucille Kyaer Ammie Lake Marian Langland Ralph Lee Hazel Leland Gayle Leslie James Lewis Jacqueline Liscombe Tom Lockwood Winifred Lockwood Harold McCord Richard McCord Wilma McPherson Frank Miller June Mitchell Louella Moon Ralph Montgomery Geraldine Moore Leora Moore Betty Moorehead Henry Morgan Jeanne Mosson Ruth Motcheck Betty Mull Glenn Munger Marian Munger Leslie Murphy Harold Nelson 10 194 0 Sophomores Jerome Nelson Jnmes Nichols Esther Nielson Richard Olds William Owsley Mary Louise Panney Virginia Pearce George Peterson Rose Mary Peterson Aylmer Potter Max Raglin Betty Randall Kenneth Reynolds Gordon Sargeant Adonnis Sattler June Sawtell Betty Selleck Ruth Scheiern Imogene Scheuer Earl Schmidt Virginia Setchfield Margie Shattuck Martha Shoemaker Charles Signs Albert Simons Jack Skinner Kenneth Smalley Charles Smalley Asaph Smith Glenna Smith Lavern Smith Lester Smith Lina Smith Loren Smith Lillian Sachor Leo Stanton Phyllis Steel Geraldine Stebbins Alice Strong Murray Sullivan Anita Tafel Ruth Tanner Sidney Tingley Donald Todd Shirley Todd Warren Vanhetloo Jack Van Reenan Clara Jane Velia Virginia Velia John W'anamaker Geraldine W'edge Betty Welker George Westbrook William Westmaas Donald White Kathleen White Arnold Wickerham Dolores Wilbur Betty Mae Wiles Doris Willobee Carmen Wingeier Janice Wingeier Joe Wyman Donald Young Jean Young 41 19 4 0 —and if it works!” “-my hero—” Marian G—” I. C. Airport “Our Alma Mater” “Hats off!” “Contact!' “Seeinjr double—” In the valley of Giants' “Here's lookin’ 'atcha” '-pah “—the Junior play” Woe hall” ‘It's do or die” Ooooh—” “Looking: up” “Gosh—this studying:” Calendar of Events 19 4 0 42 September 5 —The Take-off. School begins. 11 - Girls try vocal chords. Glee club organizes. 12 — Robert McCord heads F. F. A. 18 — First “Spotlight” goes to press. 19 — School spirit demonstrated. First pep meeting. 22 - Big Rapids game ushers in football season and first catastrophe. October 5 — Girls outclass boys! First report cards. 6 — Bulldogs lose to Belding 6-0. 14 — Tags? Band Boosters' tag day for new band uniforms. 19 — Scientists experiment. Bunsen Burners organize. 20 — Boys’ Vocational defeated by Bulldogs. 26-27 — Tables are turned! Teachers attend M. E. A. November 5 Concert completes payment on band uniforms. 7 — Night school organized. 9 — Parents visit school. 9 First League Debate held with Creston of Grand Rapids. 17 — F. F. A. school party. Square dance the big attraction! 23-24 — Thanksgiving vacation welcomed! 28 — Football players enjoy banquet. December 1 — Juniors sponsor their first party. 14 — Charlotte bows to Ionia's debate team. 15 — Seniors sponsor “shindig.” 22 — Christmas vacation brings winter sports. 27 — Seniors entertain Alumni. January 3 —- Back again! School commences. 12 — First home basketball game. Ionia bows to Hastings 24-21. 17 — Headaches! Exams begin. 19 — Bulldogs conquer Lake O., 51-16. 26 — Annual staff appointed. Calendar of Events 13 19 4 0 February 2 — Greenville is victim of Ionia. 3 Play day at Greenville for girls. 7 — Vacation! Teachers go to County Institute. 9 We beat Portland at basketball. 15 Girls' basketball — Alumni defeated. March 1 — Hearts leap year party by Juniors. 7 — Senior scholastic ratings announced. 8 — Annual School Fair displays variety of talent. 17 —Spring concert of modern music produced by Band, Chorus, Glee Club. 19 — Night school disbanded. 21 — Three boys win local forensic contest. 22 — Spring vacation. Rest at last? April 1 — School begins! 9 — We're in the movies. Pictures of Ionia in movie. 10— The Charm School to be Senior play. 13 — Boy Scouts attend appreciation. 18 — Schwyn, Edwards, Anderson take sub-district honors. 19— Hard time party by G. A. A. 22 — Play cast announced! 26 — Junior high in news! Dramatic club stages annual plays. 3 — “Ye Olde Music Box’’ party, sponsored by speech and music. 7 — The “Ionian” faces the deadline. 9 — District Speech contest here! 20 — Formals, dim lights, gaiety — Juniors give prom! 31 — “What's your first cue?” — Senior play. 6 — Exams start. 9 — Seniors given spiritual guidance, Baccalaureate. 10 — “We’ve sure worked hard for this,” Senior play banquet. 11 — Seniors’ last party at Country Club. 12 — Faculty entertains at Supt. Rather’s. 13 — Seniors relinquish all duties to the class of '41 at Class Day. 14 — Commencement — We're off! Happy Landings! 19 4 0 44 Come and gel it Two rones, and Spectator ' ‘‘Scoop . Inc.” “I)ori� !” “Playmate ” “In the spring—” “Going away?” “Sweet and Hot!” “Fruit of labor” “Giggle ” 194 0 46 G. A. A Seventh Row: J. Hamlin. V. Sotchfield, N. Guernsey. P. Steele. I). Willobee. B. Elwess. A. Rumisek. Sixth Row: L. Moore. V. Worden, M. Greenhoe. K. White. B. Moorehead, M. Astle. D. Howard. V. Velia. E. Marshall. B. Markham. A. Lytle. L. Miller. Fifth Row: D. Satler, R. Tanner. M. Shoemaker. J. Mosson. E. Nielson, G. Stebbin . B. Welker. F. Gott, G. Dour:las. D. Baird. D. First. E. Misner. D. Heinzelman. Fourth Row: L. Sible, A. Petersen. B. Steele, E. Colley. B. Eitniear, J. Young. B. Bliss. C. List. D. Brown. G. Setchlield, H. Burns. Thin! Row: C. Durkee, B. Bowne, M. Hoy, M. Eddy. R. Dreger, A. Smith. V. Smith. R. Harding. J. Hannah. I. Prescott, A. Fitzgerald. L. Smith. M. Gallagher. B. Connor. Second Row: P. Brown. .1. Wingeier. S. Todd. C. Wingeier. .1. Hines, J. Krieg. I. Nelson. M. Maynard. A. Ross, B. Van Vleck. D. Keihl, M. Ginebaugh, D. Moore. A. Miller. V. Ries. First Row: Miss Lois Bolt. D. Rubach, D. Benedict. M. Glossi, M. Edwards, G. Brock. A. Ruehs, K. Kidd. A. Sessions. J. McKcndry. M. Schild, J. Wagner, J. Weisgerber. M. B. Willobee, S. Wellman. P. Everts. Looking forward to a full year, the Girls' Athletic Association resumed its activities in September with much enthusiasm. More than eighty girls attended the first meeting. The following girls were elected officers: Sally Wellman, presi-dent; Jean Weisgerber, vice-president; Marguerite Martin, secretary; Mary Beth Willobee, treasurer. Miss Lois Bolt, Miss Evelyn Ducher, and Miss Doris Jaffee were the new faculty advisers for the club. Joy Wagner was concessions manager, and her assistant was Arlene Petersen. With the help of these two girls and volunteers, the club cleared $37.88 by selling hot dogs, gum, candy, and peanuts at all the football, basketball, and baseball games. The club voted to give the money to the Athletic Association and also to a furniture fund for the living room of the home economics department. Miss Lois Bolt and Miss Evelyn Ducher coached girls' basketball. Play Day was held in Greenville and Hastings. The schools participating in the activities were Hastings, Greenville, Ionia, and Lowell. On April 19, 1940, the girls sponsored a ‘'hard times party, which was very successful. 47 19 4 0 Varsity Club In 1939, thirty lettermen of the four major sports, football, baseball, basketball, and track, organized the Ionia Varsity Club. This club was organized to promote and to preserve good sportsmanship, to enforce respect for the honor sweater and the letters which members are allowed to wear only for meritorious service in one of the major sports, to raise the standards of athletics by means of friendly competition at interscholastic meetings, to develop and maintain a better standard of scholarship among athletes, and to bring about a better and greater Ionia High School. This year of 1940 the club membership has increased considerably. Not only students, but alumni as well, who have won letters, take active part in the meetings which are held once a month. The elected officers of the club this year are: Robert Pierce, president; William Owsley, vice-president; and William Pearce, secretary and treasurer. Third Row: W. Pearce, W. Dreger. J. Mowatt. R. Drake, R. Wicker ham. V. Hawn. S. Hanline. Second Row: K. Ransom. W. Vanhetloo. W. Owsley. R. Schwyn. Coach Bovard. L. T. Smith, Director of Athletics; B. Redemsky. W. Eddy. D. White, Jr.. G. Ries. First Row: R. Pierce, G. Robinson, W. BensinRer, R. O'Neal, W. Heitman. D. Cope, R. Wever. D. Eddy. Bunsen Burners Back Row: S. Hnnlino, T. Bennett. R. Schwyn. R. O’Neal. Third Row: D. Harvey. B. Bliss, A. Petersen. I). Phillips, M. Willobee. I. Prescott. D. Moore. M. Maynard. Mr. Donald. D. Haller. Second Row : E. Marshall. B. Markham. D. Ruhach, D. Benedict. R. Harding. H. Burns. First Row: A. Kucha. R. Smith. G. Brock. W. Whitesides. W. Heitman. A. Sessions. R. McKendry. G. Setchfield. M. J. Coon. The main features of the Bunsen Burners' meetings during 1939-1940 were outside speakers and student experiments. The club meetings were held twice a month in the science laboratory. The Bunsen Burners also went on an excursion to Dearborn to inspect Ford's plant, May 16, and visited the County Garage on another meeting night. A movie was given at the School Fair, and an exhibit of scientific apparatus was also shown in the science laboratory. During the school year the club has been affiliated with the National Science Organization. OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Sergeant-at-Arms Faculty Adviser Donald Eddy William Eddy Mary Beth Willobee Robert Schwyn Richard Smith Mr. Donald Haller Commercial Club The Commercial Club is a new organization composed of those who are taking commercial subjects. The object of the club is the protection, benefit, and social and cultural improvement of its members. Meetings were held twice a month at the high school, under the leadership of its elected officers: president, Alice Ross; vice-president, Delrose Heinzelman; secretary and treasurer, Betty Van Vleck. The programs consisted of interesting speakers and musical entertainment. Included in this group were Warden Warren Dodge of the Michigan Reformatory; Lieutenant Mulbar, of the Michigan State Police; Mr. A. Poulos, who talked on sponges and deep sea diving; and Mr. Arthur Brown, who talked on business life. A trip was taken to the Acme Business College in Lansing, and the group was also escorted through the State Police barracks there. Visits to various offices and other business schools were included on the calendar. The sponsors were Miss Mary Allen and Miss Helen Marsh. Fourth Row: J. Christensen, N. Kanouse. R. Drearer, I. Nelson. J. Warner. D. Keihl, H. Faulkner. M. McLellen. I. Prescott. Third Row: D. Richards, L. Sible. A. Petersen. J. Van Nornum. P. Waldron. M. Ginebaugh. L. Miller. E. Misner, G. Durand. V. Smith. Second Row: Miss H. Marsh, B. Decker, A. Sessions. G. Brock. B. Van Vleck. H. Hawkins. D. Harvey. .1. McKendry, D. Heinzelman. J. Hannah. D. Rich. S. Marker. Miss M. Allen. First Row: A. Ruohs, A. Ross. D. Benedict. V. Ries. M. Schild. D. Rubach. G. Graham. A. Smith. L. Schroeder. E. Marshall. B. Markham. M. Willobee, H. Haskins. ■St=sa= 50 19 4 0 Debate Resolved: That the United States government should own and operate the railroads. This is the question that was debated this year. The preliminary round of four debates was with Grand Rapids Christian, East Lansing, Charlotte, and Grand Rapids Creston. The first two of these were lost and the last two won. Those participating in at least one of these four debates were Robert Schwyn, Doris Rubach, Claude Edwards, Don White, Jr., William Westmaas, and Gordon Fuller. On December 9, 1940, Ionia held its second annual debate tournament with about fifteen schools present. Others on the squad that took part in practice debates with Flint, Shepherd, Lansing, Comstock, Alma, and Mt. Pleasant were Dale Burdy, Donald Eddy, Elmer Green, Barbara Eitniear, George Spaulding, Richard Olds, Warren Vanhetoo, Joyce Banks, Jeanne Mosson, and Esther Nielson. Faculty sponsors were Mr. Harold Mikle and Miss Virginia Cooper. 51 -------------------------- 1 94 0 - Spotlight As in the past years, the Spotlight has again given to the community the activities and functions of public school life. The Spotlight has enabled students to become acquainted with newspaper work and to get actual experience in writing news articles. At Christmas time a tea was given for past members. Staff Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Literary Editor Literary Critic Editorialists Society Editors Sports Editors Sports Reporters Club Editors Columnists Reporters Typists Faculty Adviser Elizabeth Dunnett Kathleen Kidd Robert Schwyn Virginia Ries Robert Mellinger, Virginia Liscombe Donna Harris, Sally Wellman Stanley Hanline, Gordon Ries George Robinson, Donald Eddy Doris Rubach, Mary Jean Coon Robert Schwyn, Gordon Ries Delores Moore, Ruth Motcheck, Catherine List, LaVona Sible, Jean Weisgerber, Beverly Bliss, Don White, Jr., Richard Wever, Dorothy Brown, Arlene Petersen, Robert Pierce, Delrose Heinzelman, Elaine Misner Alice Ross, Marian Edwards Miss Mabel E. Brown 1 94 0 Activities 53 ------------------------ 1940 ------------------ Activities - 4 -19 4 0 -------------------- 51 F. F. A. Fifth Row: W. Setback, A. Detmers. R. McCord. V. McLeod. C� . Myers. Fourth Row: E. Knapp. C. Si ns. A. Smith. G. Peterson. D. Haney. J. Doty. 0. Morgan, H. McCord. F. Hammond. Third Row: R. Dye. C. Beach, R. Westbrook. R. Nash. R. Iceland. E. Ingvartsen, J. Horrocks, E. Stanton. Second Row: C. Wrung, C. Gee, L. Smith. B. Courter, C. Johnson. D. Young, H. Morgan. R. Bradley. K. McVeigh. Supt. A. A. Rather. First Row: G. Westbrook. H. Rich. R. Furman. W. Chamberlain, R. Johnson, C. Thorpe. G. Munger, T. Wandell. L. Ward. Mr. Stanley Woods. The Ionia Chapter of the Future Farmers of America has a membership of 45 boys, all of whom are enrolled in agricultural courses. The officers elected for the year were: President, Robert McCord; vice-president, Olen Morgan; secretary, Jerald Horrocks; treasurer, Ralph Leland; reporter, George Peterson; and sergeant-at-arms, Andrew Detmers. Mr. Stanley Woods was faculty adviser. At the beginning of the year a program of work was made up. The objectives in the program were: to strengthen the Supervised Farm Practice Program, to develop a spirit of cooperation among the members, to sponsor programs for the improvement of economic conditions of the people in the community, to promote leadership, to stimulate earnings and savings, to train members in proper conduct of meetings, to increase scholarship, to provide good recreation for the members, and to keep the public informed as to the work carried on by the Ionia Future Farmers Chapter. The F. F. A. conducted an active athletic and social program during the year. Among the more important events were softball and basketball games with other schools, several hot-dog feeds, a successful school party, and a Father-and-Son banquet. The F. F. A. is a member of the state and national association of Future Farmers of America, and has cooperated as far as possible with the programs set up by these organizations. In the spring of the year the members attended Future Farmers’ Week at Michigan State College and competed with the other chapters in the State in judging, public speaking, and other activities. 55 194 0 Speech Winners Claude Edwards Martin Anderson Robert Schwyn Three Ionia boys win sub-district honors! This is the news that was brought back to us front East Lansing on April 18. The three boys who won were Robert Schwyn, Claude Edwards, and Martin Anderson. Robert Schwyn’s oration, “Freedom of the Press,' won first place, while Claude Edwards led the extempore speaking contest on the subject, “Russo-Finnish Treaty. Martin Anderson took first place in declamations with The Assassin of Youth. Claude Edwards and Robert Schwyn were coached by Mr. Harold Mikle, and Martin Anderson by Miss Helen Gaunt. These boys also participated in the local contest which was held March 21 at the Ionia High School and in the district contest held at Ionia on May 9. Band Sack R°w: E. Coon. S. Todd. C. Geiser. R. Curti . D. Burdy. E. Schmidt. I. Priest. F. George. A. Baird. k. McVeigh. Fourth Row: Mr. Sleet. T. Lockwood. D. Todd. R. McKendry. J. Webfferber. M. Smith. G. Green. G. Leslie. J. Chase. R. Todd. Third Row: M. Mascho. M. Maynard. J. Fuller. D. Baird. M. Sullivan. X. Rhoades. V. McLeod. J. Horrocks. G. Fuller. B. Bliss. L. Murphy, G. Setchfield. R. Vos. Seco ? C. Awards. J. Mascho. A. Hoy. E. Grant. C. Beach. B. Courter. J. Van Reencn. W. Whitesides. E. Green. H. Craft. F. Gould. M. Eckert. G. Hannah. D. Hawley, front Row : E. Nielson. C. List. G. Douglas. B. Holland. A marked interest has been shown in the past year in the development of instrumental music under the direction of Mr. Marshall Sleet, who is completing his first year in Ionia schools. At the first football game of the season the band members appeared in their new blue'and'white uniforms, which were made possible through the hard work of the Band Boosters' Club, organized in the spring of 1939. At many occasions during the past year the band has been much in evidence. It played at all home football and basketball games and in parades. November 1939, the band gave its first concert to complete payment on the new uniforms. On February 20, two members of the band William Whitesides and Gordon Fuller, represented Ionia in a band clinic at St. Johns. The spring concert of the organiza-tion was presented March 17. The Band Festival of District Seven took place, April 6, in Grand Rapids. Although this was the first real festival the band had attended, it was very proud and happy to receive second place. The band also made a recording of two numbers this year. Besides a well rounded organization, there are four branches of instrumental music: a trumpet quartette, a clarinet quartette, a saxophone trio, and a brass quar tette. 37 194 0 Orchestra There has been a great improvement in the orchestra this year under the direction of the new leader, Mr. Marshall Sleet. The members of the orchestra are: violins — Robert Schwyn, Winston Churchill, Dale Burdy, Alice Baird, Eldon Knapp, Lois Guider, Alice Hoy, Phyllis Steel, June McClow, Frederick Christopher, Paul Warnshuis, Bonnie Miller, Betty Christopher; cello — Francis Gould; trombones — Robert Todd, Martin Anderson, Earl Schmidt, Irene Priest; trumpets — Jack Chase, William Pearce, Donald Todd, Robert McKendry, Norman Kanouse; clarinets—William Whitesides, Jack Van Reenen, Elmer Green, Doris Hawley, Glenna June Douglas, Doris First; saxophones — Gordon Fuller, Beverly Bliss, Jerald Horrocks, Marion Maynard, Glenna Setch-field, Doris Baird, Margaret Mascho; melophones — Tom Lockwood, Jean Weis-gerber: French horn — Murray Sullivan; drums — William Westmaas, Stewart Todd; Edward Coon; piano — Doris Rubach, Mary Esther Helmes. The orchestra played for the Christmas programs at the State Hospital, County Institute, Minstrel Show, Retail Merchants' Banquet, and at Commencement. 19 4 0 58 The Glee Club, which is organized to develop the voices of students and give a better appreciation of music, had its first meeting in September. More than forty girls turned out for the meeting, and most of them continued coming throughout the year under the talented instruction of Miss Earlene Burgett. The girls sang at the State Hospital and at the Christmas assembly. In March, they gave a Spring Concert together with the chorus and band. The girls also sang at Baccalaureate and Class Day exercises. The members of the organization were as follows: Doris Benedict, Gertrude Brock, Dorothy Brown, Mary Jean Coon, Carmen Crowner, Edith Colley, Eliza-beth Dunnett, Ruth Dreger, Barbara Eitniear, Betty Elwess, Mildred Gallagher, Donna Harris, Jeanne Alida Hannah, Helen Haskins, Ruth Harding, Joyce Anne Hamlin, Lucille Kyser, Kathleen Kidd, Jo Ann Krieg, Mildred Kemp, Leora Moore, Isabelle Nelson, Esther Nielson, Arlene Petersen, Virginia Ries, Alice Ross, Anne Rumisek, Anita Ruehs, Donna Sherwood, Arlene Sessions, La Vona Sible, Alice Smith, Vivian Smith, Marjorie Schild, Carol Schmidt, Betty Van Vleck, Beulah Steele, Mary Beth Willobee, Virginia Worden, and Jean Youngs. The girls were accompanied by Doris Rubach and Virginia Fox. 59 19 4 0 Dance Orchestra Ionia High School, unlike most schools, has a very fine dance orchestra, which under the direction of Mr. Marshall Sleet, has made much progress during the past year. This organization not only benefits the members by giving them actual experience, but gives all the students the opportunity to dance to a real orchestra instead of a victrola or radio. Besides playing for all school dances, the group played at the school fair, school picnic, P. T. A. suppers, and also at several banquets for the business men of Ionia. The members of this orchestra are Jack Chase, William Pearce, Robert Me Ken-dry, Robert Todd, Martin Anderson, Stanley Hanline, Keith McVeigh, Winston Churchill, Doris Rubach, Beverly Bliss, Catherine List, William Whitesides, Alice Baird, Francis Gould, Mary Esther Helmes, Dale Burdy, Tom Lockwood, and Jack Van Reenen. As as extra-curricular activity, this organization is enjoyed by the greatest number of students of the Ionia High School. 19 4 0 Sextet and Octet Back Row: Miss Earlene Burgett. Betty Van Vleck, Kathleen Kidd. Marian Edwards. Jean Weis-gerber, Jeanne Alida Hannah. Mildred Gallagher. Patricia Everts. La Vona Sible. Lucille Kyser, Dorothy Brown. Front Row: June Marie Johnson, Doris Rubach. Doris Benedict. Vivian Smith, Alice Smith, Virginia Worden. Boys’ Quartet Miss Earlene Burgett, director: Mary Esther Helmes, accompanist: Richard Smith, William Whitesides. Victor Hawn. Robert McKendry. Football Fourth Row: O’Neal. Smith. Owsley. L. Smith. Green. Kanouse. McPherson. Gee. Third Row: Ransom. Ward. Orwigr. Stanton, Bensinger, Wickerham. Husted. Wever, White. Second Row: Coach Bovard. Coach Frisbie. Pierce, Harris. Cope. Ries, R. Smith. Hanlim . Coach Smith. Front Row: Schwyn. Redemsky, Allen. Mowatt, Robinson. Pearce. Heitman. W. Eddy. Dregor. Drake. For the second consecutive year, night football drew ever increasing crowds to the Ionia football field. Coach Alan Bovard started his third year directing football activities with bright prospects for a good season. He had a veteran line and a back field which was light and fast. He also had reserves for every position. A squad of 85 players reported in September, and in three weeks was whittled down to the 24 who were carried all season. Ionia took on a heavy schedule this year in tackling some of the bigger teams of the state. In the first game of the season against a hard fighting school, namely, Big Rapids, Ionia lost, after first quarter setbacks. The final score was 14 0. This defeat put the Bulldogs in fighting trim for the next week's game against Lowell. The ground was wet and the ball slippery, but Ionia's star center. Bob Schwyn, made no slips. As the last whistle blew, the score stood, Ionia 2, Lowell 0. In the next game against Belding, the Bulldogs lacked scoring punch, although they piled up 256 yards to Belding's 61 yards. Belding's halfback broke loose for 6 points, ending the game with Ionia 0, Belding 6. Next in order was the Grand Ledge team, whose line averaged 200 pounds to the man. The team was too big for the Bulldogs and, in spite of the first touch' down of the season for Ionia, we lost 12'6. «:j ---------------------------- 1 9 4 0 - Football The boys from Lansing next invaded the Ionia sport spotlight and, after a hard-fought game in which Ionia lost Captain Cope, who was injured in the second quarter, Ionia came into the victory circle with 12 points to Lansing's 6. The next Friday night was rainy and the field sopping wet, but the fast charging Mt. Pleasant team engaged the Bulldogs in mortal combat. The Oilers were not overrated, and Ionia bowed in defeat to the tune of 20-0. After a hard week of blocking and tackling practice, the Ionians were again in fighting spirit as they journeyed to Hastings and were rewarded for their hard work by downing Hastings 6-0. Again, rain halted practice, and the Ionia lads, eager to even their opponents’ score, went to Greenville, where the Bulldogs bit 39 points out of Greenville during the game. Tiger Smith saved the day by stopping a last-minute touchdown drive. Ionia also scored on its first play. Thus the final game of the season ended, Ionia 39, Greenville 0. Ionia won four games and lost four for the best season in thirteen years. Ionia scored 65 points to its opponents’ 58. Ionia gained 1,784 yards to opponents’ 962. Ionia was second in the West Central League and placed three players on the mythical first team. Bill Eddy, Bob Schwyn, and Blaine Redemsky. Bill Heitman and Jack Mowatt were chosen for second team, and Dale Cope was given honorable mention. Bill Eddy and Bob Schwyn were also given a trophy for the most valuable players of the 1940 season. Lettermen who will be back are O’Neal, Green, Cope, Hanline, Harris, McPherson, Bensinger, Owsley, Stanton, Pierce. Third How : Robinson, Pearce. Second Row: Heitman. Drake. Ransom. Smith. Schwyn. Front Row: Redemsky. Allen. Dreger. W. Eddy. Rios. Mowatt. Basketball Fourth Row: W. Vanhotloo. A. Wicker ham. Detmers, Darlintr. Third Row: Coach Bovard. N. Sisrns, Klein, Eddy. Coach Smith. Second Row: W. Heitman. Mowatt. Craft. Hawn. R. Wickerham. Front Row: Hanline. White. (I. Smith. Harris. First Row: Coach Smith. E. Heitman. Geiser. G. Vanhotloo, Coach Albaus;h. Second Row: Spaulding, Green. Smalley. Warden. Third Row: Beach, Stanton. C. Sijtns, L. Smith, Hotchkiss. Front Row : Leslie, Nichols, Jones. 65 19 4 0 Basketball With eight veterans back, including four regulars, the Bulldogs made amends for a poor record of last year by winning the county championship with nine victories against three defeats. Coaches Alan Bovard and Stanley Frisbie directed first-string practice; Coaches William Smith and James Albaugh, the second squad. Three players were lost at the end of the first semester, Victor Hawn, Jack Mowatt, and Richard Drake. Many honors were won by individual players. Captain Don White, Jr., won honorable mention on All-State team and membership on the All County and All-Conference first teams; Richard Wickerham, All-County and All-Conference second teams; Stanley Hanline, All-Conference second team; Glendale Smith, honorable mention in All-County and All-Conference competition. December 1 Ionia 22 Lowell 16 8 Ionia 12 Holding 13 15 Ionia 21 Hast ings 18 January 5 Ionia 21 Portland 14 12 Ionia 21 Hasting 24 16 Ionia 44 Greenville 18 19 Ionia 51 Lake Odessa 16 26 Ionia 29 Grand Ledge 32 February 2 Ionia 29 Greenville 16 9 Ionia 32 Portland 17 16 Ionia 32 Relding 18 23 Ionia 32 Hattie Creek Lakeview 29 29 Ionia 28 Lowell 21 Total Ionia 374 Opponents 252 Smith Eddy Signs Craft --------------------- I � 4 0 Mi Baseball The big moment of the first baseball game arrived with only two days of practice, due to cold weather and rain. Many newcomers made their appearance, battling for the open positions with the four regulars of last year, Bill Heitman, Gayle Leslie, Stanley Hanline, and Robert McCord. Those trying for positions were: catcher — Stanley Hanline, Leo Stanton, Ronald Curtiss; first base — Captain Bill Heitman, Royal Dye, Harry Carroll, Bob Gardner, Howard Ward; second base — Gayle Leslie, Ralph Furman, Kenneth Smalley, Joe Wyman, Eric Heitman; third base — Glendale Smith, Allan Green, Clyde Geiser, Floyd Hammond; short stop Gordon Ries, Bob Mellinger, Richard McCord, Erwin George; left field — Dwight Killion, Bob Mellinger, Wayne Chamberlain; center field — Robert McCord, Richard Worden, Frank Johnson, Lewis Ward; right field—Bill Pearce, Otto Orwig, Henry Morgan; pitchers- Richard Wickerham, Andy Detmers, Gordon Ries, Bob O’Neal, Harold McCord, Arnold Wickerham, and Paul Johnson. Baseball Schedule We They April 14 Alumni here 16 3 April 16 Palo-Reserve (iamr here 4 1 April 19 St. Johns here 6 13 April 23 Greenville here 9 7 April 26 Greenville there 6 3 April 30 Hastings here May 3 Portland there May 7 Lake Odessa here May 10 Hastings there May 14 St. Johns there May 17 Grand Rapids here May 21 Lake Odessa there May 24 Portland here May 30 Play off H7 19 4 0 Track The rapidly growing interest in track in 1940 was evidenced by the large number of candidates who reported for practice this spring. This season Ionia had one of the strongest track teams in recent years. Ten letter winners of last year returned to make the team a strong and well-balanced aggregation. The members of the team were as follows: hurdles Leslie Murphy, Gordon Fuller: sprints — Martin Anderson, Don White, Jr., Robert Miller, Fred Christopher, Meredith Jones, Fred Kernen, Frank Elwess, Robert Kohloff, Marvin Kuieck, Ralph Lee, James Lewis, William MacDonough, Ralph Montgomery, William Owsley, Robert Raymor, Keith Rhoades, Gordon Sargeant, Donald Todd, Donald White, Donald Harp; distance runs — Orland Hotchkiss, Robert Pierce, Charles Signs, Norris Signs, Lester Smith, Jack Higbee; field events Martin Anderson, Dale Burdy, Dale Cope, Max Eckert, Fred George, James Lewis, William Owsley, Robert Pierce, Robert Raymor, Norris Signs, Don Temelco, Richard Wever, Don White; relays — Leslie Murphy, Gordon Fuller, Don White, Jr., Martin Anderson, Robert Pierce, Richard Wever, William Owsley, Fred Christopher. April 19 Grand Rapid Davia Tech There April 26 Greenville There April 30 Keldinjt Here May 3 Central State Relay Mt. Pleasant May 4 Third Annual Rural Track Meet Here May 11 Went Central League Meet Hasting: May 18 Rational Meet Mt. Pleasant May 25 State Meet Lansinit «� K 7 Tennis The tennis season of 1939 proved to be very successful, for the squad won two matches each from Belding, Lake Odessa, and Portland, and lost only to Greenville. The squad won county championship and second place in the regionals, which were held here, and in the conference matches. Harold Craft and Betty Meisling were county singles champions. Also, the tennis squad won both the county and conference boys' doubles. This year's squad, consisting of Eugene Clark, Harold Craft, James Nichols, Douglas Parker, Richard Smith, Max Raglan, Jack Chase, Gordon Vanhetloo, and Jack Van Reenen, should prove equally successful. Seven tennis matches have been scheduled for the spring of 1940, April 25 East Lansing Here May 1 St. Johns There May 4 Hastings There May 9 East Lansing There May 1 1 West Central Here May 22 St. Johns Here May 25 Lansing Central There � 9 1940 I ERECTED BY THE CLASS OF 5 1919 717 I IN HONOR OF THE FORMER STUDENTS OF. r IONIA HIGH SCHOOL - I WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY I 1917-1918 Intermezzo Up and Over” “We have not forgotten “Gee!” “Oad“ “Stanline” “3 men on a horse— “Tickets, please—” “Judy!” “Smile, please!” “Benny Goodman. Jr. “Declamations—! “Watch those tinkers” 70 Patrons ARROW GRILL Hamburgers and Soft Drinks BEEBE'S RADIO SHOP R. L. Beebe Compliments of J. C. PENNY CO., INC. 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