Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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First a conference with Mr. Smith Editor Hanline presents the plans Business committee ready for action Typists prepare the copy Photographers at the other end of the camera Last step — literary group proofreading Annual Staff The 1941 Annual staff organized itself differently by dividing the members of the staff into four definite committees — photography, business, literary, and typists — and by adding junior assistants for experience in publication problems. The staff fully realizes that, without the aid and cooperation of the students, business men and the faculty, this book could not have been published, and to them it expresses its appreciation. Editor-in-Chief Literary Editor Photography Editor Business Manager Literary Committee Business Committee Photography Committee Typists .... Junior Assistants . Faculty Advisers . Faculty Photographer . STAFF ......................Stanley Hanline ......................Mary Jean Coon ......................Virginia Hanson ..............................Robert O'Neal Catherine List, Jane Larson, Donna Sherwood, Virginia Liscombe Don White, Jr., Doris Harvey, Delrose Heinzel-man, Raymond Tafel Marion Maynard, Douglas Parker, Anne Rumisek, Keith Rhoades LaDonna Miller, Dorothy Richards, Sarah Marker Mary Eddy, Richards Olds, Warren Vanhetloo Mr. Lloyd T. Smith, Miss Mabel E. Brown Mr. Russell Bates « 20

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Virginia Worden — Musical . . . quiet a pleasant companion . . . homemaker . . . sang strong alto with girls' chorus, ensemble, and Glee club . . . two years of G.A.A. Charles Wrung —Agreeable . . . Charley has a pleasant smile . . . interested in animals . . . enjoyed riding his bike . . . three years of F.F.A. work. Class History September, 1937, marked an important event in the lives of 141 freshmen. No definite class organization was set up, but they elected their quota on the junior high Student Council. The class enjoyed a picnic at Riverside Park in the spring. Under the leadership of President Robert Pierce, the sophomores began their three-year course in the new high school, being the first class to spend three entire years in the newly erected building. During the junior year one of the most important school events was the junior-senior Prom. The theme of this party was a beautiful Southern garden. Class President Claude Edwards was drum major of the school's largest band which, attired in new uniforms, supported all the home games on our newly lighted athletic field. Don White, Jr., captain of the basketball squad for two years, received honorable mention on the All-State team and membership on the All-County and All-Conference first teams. Under the leadership of President Robert Todd, the seniors sponsored a gala alumni party. The senior play was Youth Takes Over Andrew Detmers received outstanding honors when he was selected a member of the State F.F.A. Mary Jean Coon was valedictorian and Dorothy Brown and Virginia Liscombe were salutatorians. Eighty-nine seniors received their diplomas on June 20, 1941. First Row: Don White. Jr., class will: Stanley Hanline, prophecy ; Robert Todd, president’s address : Claude Edwards, prophecy : Andrew Detmers, presentation of spade. Second Row: Dorothy Brown, co-salu-tatorian ; Catherine List, history ; Beverly Bliss, song; Anne Rumisek, poet : Mary Jean Coon, valedictorian ; Delrose Heinzelman, prophecy ; Vir-Kinia Liscombe. co-salutatorian : Arlene Petersen, history ; Marion Maynard, song; Virginia Hanson, will ; Margaret Mascho, song.

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Senior Play A young professor, principal of a small high school, attempted to prove his theory that, if you keep a bad boy busy, you have a boy too busy to be bad. When Albert Williams, the school's bad boy, was appointed president of the League of Young Citizens, complications arose which form the plot of Youth Takes Over, presented by the seniors May 23, at the Ionia theater, with Miss Helen Gaunt and Mr. Lloyd T. Smith directing. The acting committees of production were: business, Dorothy Brown, Hazel Hawkins, Helen Stevens, Jean Weisgerber, Dorothy Richards, and Sarah Marker; scenery, Louis Ruehs, Richard Wever, Elaine Misner, Helen Faulkner, Doris First, Doris Hawley, and Bob Haskin; property, Jack Chase, Mary Jean Coon, Virginia Hanson, and Phyllis Waldron, makeup, Marianne Langdon, Beverly Bliss, Anne Rumisek, Glenna Selchfield, and Doris Harvey, ushers, La Donna Miller, Elaine Misner, Marian McLellan, Genevieve Durand, Sarah Marker, Marguerite Hausserman, Helen Faulkner, and Phyllis Waldron. CAST Albert Williams .... Richard Husted Mrs. Rathbone . . Delrose Heinzelman Miss Gunther...............Betty Brunson Miss Stickney . . . Mary Jean Coon Dr. Pierson.................Don White, Jr. Betty..................Marianne Langdon Barbara.....................Doris Harvey Henry....................Orland Hotchkiss Mrs. Jones.............Virginia Liscombe Mr. Andrews .... Jess Christensen Dancers .... Hazel Hawkins, Esther De Armond, Virginia Hanson, Donna Sherwood, Margaret Mascho Snooky..................Catherine List Ethel...................Anne Rumisek Ditsie................Jean Weisgerber Swinburne.............Claude Edwards Peggy....................Beverly Bliss Gloria...................Jane McKendry The Postman .... Andrew Detmers Lenny...................Robert O'Neal Gus........................Robert Todd Mrs. Thurston .... Arlene Petersen Red.......................Jack Higbee 21