Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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ox: KENNETH NIELSON Ib- has faithfully followed an agzriculturaleourst- in preparation for his future. farming. A lover ul' the great out-of-doors, big, husky Ken has enjoyed twu years of baseball and tlirt-4' of active F.I-IA. work. serv- iniz as vit-uspresimleiit ont- YUIKF. V 7 fl MARY LOUISE PANNI-IY --f Next time you set- a group of bilo- riders, loolt close, for Mary will prob' ably bt- among them. Shi- likes to dance, too, and ht-I' theory ni a n n v r attracts many. Scouting and Com- mercial club have suppli- mented Popper's uommvr- cial course. and her immedi- ate future will bt- spi- Missouri, nt in MAX RAGLIN ln a ft-w yuars Spennt-r plans to bt- the proud owner of a izift and music store. He has been an imlispensablt- addi- tion to our tunnis squad. a fighting Varsity 51rislder.aml was .Junior president. A mid-term student. Max was missed thu- last st-ni Ht-'ll be in an army soon. 1'Slr'l'. outtit ,I NORMAN M I I. I, E R A jolly, dt-pt-nnlable committee worker is Norm, who hopes to bt-conie an expert draftsman or public ut-rtilied accountant. His spare time is spent in woodworking. and his past has rex olved a r o u n tl Comm' rrial t-lub. boys' rhorus, it-nnis. Boy Scouts. and in I i a ni u r al basketball. ,as LOUELLA MOON I,ou- ella is fun and always ready for a good time. .X uommer- vial eourst- has been her ulioiu- at l.Ii.S., and shi-'s bm-n a t'onnm-rrial vlob sup- porter this year. Sb-V takes our tit-lo-is at the mb.-attlr. ...JCL LILA MAE POMI-IRVll,l.I'I - Y Lily enjoys nialtinu others happy. She rollw-ts pictures, is a sports lover. and likes to write letters. Commercial work is ber choice, and her future bas been spoken for by a Marine. Lauirbinu is I,ila's favorite pastime, ALVIN RASMUSSEN A perennial giguler, Al is seldom seen without bis side- kivk, Marvin Kuin-ck, and he is observed dashing about in the mt-n's dt-partnn-nt ol' tbl- .l. C. l'ennuy store. Alvin has taken a vollt-Lie prep 1-ourse, but hopes to join one ot' the armed forrvs up- on his graduation. -161 eniors DORA MINAKER - - Dody is full ot' fun and likes to play softball. A commercial course has kept her busy at lonia High, and she be- lonigt-tl to the Home Ev. club one yn-ar, A good defense job is lJora's current goal. ICSTHICR NELSON To gt-t on the bt-am lradiob is the pipt- dn-ani ot' Esther, who also hopes to attend a da n r i n iz school. She'll patriotit-ally settle on a de- ft-nso job right now, though. A a-onimeruial student, she loves to type. BARBARA OVVEN Dress dt-siizninp and writing look lilo- fun to Barb, who will bt- at M,S.C. next year. She ranked sixth in Senior rat' ings, is Annual literary bead, 1-lass prophet, editor her fourth year on Spot- light, and was in Commer- cial 4-lub, G.A.A., and oper- etta, that-it- led cheers for the llulldoirs three years. lim, ,,,. I-on

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MARVIN KUIEUK Maru- is Uftt-n sm-n vu!- ting rapt-rs in tht- nn-at dt-- parlnn-nt :il liruut-1 s. Ht- has talwn Il wrllvlln- prm-iw vrxiiiw-, playt-d in fnmtlxall, lmslts-tliall, and trark, and :Ilan :A t I 4- n :lt-1l Wolxn-i'iiiv Huy! Stats- last runinn-V. Tall. handsomn- Nlarvin ie przwtivznlly in thu- Ilfllly num Y JAFQUELINE l,lSi'0MlH-I To ln- an Army iiurw 1- thn- ainhitiun of thii jolly Qmlzx-.it-rlwi' who Iilu-Q In xx ritt- pm-try in hu-r Npznrw tinin-. t',l:ic'llin-A' qu-nt lin i' S1-niur yn-ar with thu- llunn- lit, vlulu. HAROLD MC ARTlll'R th-in-ral is a slow and 4-asy-gnimf, hard works-I' ul' tht- industrial arts dvparl- LYNN KANUUSE Lynn, 0 wht: tmnte niusiv on his saw in tht- lfand and dan:-v hand, e n I 0 I. S haf Ialwn :i vullvygt- mu-p 3 1-unirw and wants - ' tu lu .ul zu-runaulival 1-mriin-t-i'. .-X 1t'i'l1l1i'1-n :ind dlalnund :wc-, :A m':ult:iin in tht- Vivtnry thy-Vs. :i Mmh-I-.X uwrim-i', ROGER KEHLER Hug and xnimmlli dan4'1-V. liynn NIS f'l1'Cidt'1l IU ullvw lliS gt-rx ni-numl alxayf' draft board to plan his fllIllI'k'C but, st-url-tly, he hupt-s they put him in a uuvkpit be-hind tht- wht-l-l. 'l'ht- c-alum-l of tha- Victory l'+irps and in the- l ,l ..-X. four years, hr- sin-nds muvh of his timt- making nmdvl airy-lant-s. R0lSI'IR'll KOHl.UI F A 7 1' li 1- 1- rt ul hut mlm-14-i'niim-nl . vlial: ix Km-li, lunia'-1 first V-fi Naval Aviation Fault-t and Ir-ni:in liuhinn--,s man- :lm-i'. Thi: four yn-ar urid- I,-ML :run 'twliizn lnadt- tht- All- ', 4'1-ii!'.-1'--:iwM-4-mill tt-ani. Huh Q nas ilinlislnn-iwzxlvlv in thn- BETTY JEAN KUHTZ .ll1niui'1+I:iy, Simtligrht, liun- Villas PUC! is B--INN Whll Q1-iiliiirln-i's. llunn-ICt'.vllilu. hflg 3 knilfk 'QUT Wflfillg lun yt-:li'4 lil' gmt-lx. ,mg huinurmis sturit-s and I+-tl:-rs. YVILLIAM MAF IIUNOITGH L'zmn-ra vlulr. trzu-li, hae- lwtlwall. an: h a V Q- li 1- pt pre-tty lvlwy. Ill- liln-s danc- ing and hrmlinlr, has lots of frim-mls, and is a future liusim-as man. ll.-ing a guml lmruxs r Hill his ' l X .xrsity ttmthall Ml'lJ4m1111l :.' litlh- trfvulvlt- assm-rlingr hi4 rights. me-nt. Ht-'S oft:-n sm-n at his . . , - , . favuritc- sport, luikt- riding. HILLENIl.1Yllhl'-l'l5f'hIFl-. 'E and iQ luokim: forward tl- l mmt'H l will-Mi '- 'umm hig lm N qi , .. Iqlf. Y In- Hn-lc-n s past 4l1x'z-reiun, a lrzll ' hqrzld 'A iq nl' t,m::U r It-lt-plimiv opt-r:itui'.l1n-r prvs- - . . 4 - 2 ' - - . ,Q Buy Scout and i'ulnni--rt-izil H: FS: iiqlllm-'. lfll,n'i?' and wr ' t r wrutt- fur tht- Spulligflit Ihrnw- 1 ' ' yt-ara and h'w In-luiiglt-rl tn 15- 4i.A.rX.. lil I C 1- m nit r 1- i al 4-luh. ant charlie tliri-v ul' lxaxkt-zhall. Slit- lun-s to tram-l and says shi- hopes ht-r lift-'s work will kt-vp hm-r in-ar airplanm-s. Thi- Hmm- Ev, and -IH 1-lulis lu-pt Us-tty busy fur two yt-ars, and S1-outing ariutlm-i'. l T , 1 P JAMES LEWIS f A golf pru of the future. Jim has 1 he-un active in Varsity foot- ball, baseball, track, and Cunimercial club. Bt-ing a quit-t and likuablv person, he 1 has he-en popular with ' un-ryunc-. Tho draft gut l .lim early in April, afte-r his 1 St-nim' credits wt-rv com- plvu-, and ht-'5 now in the Air Corps, 1

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aan-.K ns JAMES SMITH President ol' F.I .A. his third year was Jim, who has had a eourse in vocational agriculture at I.H.S., graduating eighth in his class. He presented the traditional Spade to the Junior president on Class Day, and wrote for the An- nual. MURIEL SMITH Rank- ing fourth in the elx 17 Muriel is an outstanding e a n ti i d a t e for a vollege campus. She was assistant photography editor ot' the lonian,'i class historian, second plat-e winner in ex- tempore speaking. and lrooli exchange k e e p e r . Mur spent three years in double quartet. four in band. and two in G..-LA. BEVERLY STOWVELL Bess, a chubby little dick- ens, is full of fun and al- ways intent on eseaping studies. She-'cl like to lie a beauty operator even though she already has a diamond! While at I.H.S. li e v 4- rly spent a year in the girls' chorus and two with G,A.A. and Commercial club. it GERALDINE STEBBINS -- Stebb was the amusing Miss Odessa Henworthyu in the Junior play. society editor during her second year of Spotlight. and has a c t i v e l y partivipated in G.A.A. and Commercial club activities. Her future is un- planned, but Stebb is al- ready a workin' tial. HELEN S U I, L I V A N Shorthand and typing are right down her alley, and Helen will be a perfect pri- vate secretary. Her lo-.ely alto voiee won her early notice, and she has deco- rated the double quartet for three years. Sully is an- o t h e r hard-working soda- jerker. E R W I N REIJEMSKY 'Sweden hopes someday to be a skilled mechanic and has spent his high school eareer studying industrial arts and seienee. He is a captain in the Victory Corps, a former Scout. played football two years, and has been on the intra muial baseball and basket hall teams, BETTY ROBIN S 0 N Beta says her iillltlh' is in iletinlte, but her eommereial course may help it out. lie ing an assistant leader ot' a 4I-I club, Senior play busi- ness manager, li.fX,.X. and s Commereial e I n b worker detinitely kept. her lvtlsy this yk'2lI'. eniors S 'I' E P H E N RICE The wilty remarks that vircu- lated in third hour history eould often be traced to this eurrent soil-tiller who joined us from Grand Rapids in the tall ol' 'ell and was 'tin on the know in the liun- sen liurners, Steve nas a rtllln-ple prep student, An- nual writer, and wants to be a laixyer. FRED RIYMISEK l re d was a wow ol' a fullbaelt this year. his first on the team. A eomlnned business and voeational eourse has been his ehoiee. and he has belonged to the lmlu.-X, his Iwo years at l.l'I,b. l'red likes to laugh and have inn. llell soon be having it in the Army. LAVERN SMITH Blond Smitty loves the outdoors and can often be seen riding his hike around town. A general eourse has been his oeeupation at I,H.S. His immediate future will be the Army. no doubt, and after that Smitty has dreams ot' being a faetory mechanic. ii