Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Class Da Standing: Etlward Grant ll J S th gl l t Bll C' l f I 1h Se ,orc OH iron-n, iron ecy. and Corinne Wolverton h t y We Record The Senior Elect Fourteen lucky grads were elected to honored ronks by tunrndlcers ot the Senior party held dt the Country clulo in lune Get these exdlted Seniors to sign your booksl Chosen the Prettiest Girl . Selected os the l-lcrndsomest Boy She is the Most Populcfr Girl He is Chosen os the Best Liked Boy . This Girl is CI Whiz ot ct Ddncer Chosen cms the Best Boy l'Folncy Stepper . She is the Sports Lover ot the Group Athletics is His Success . She is cz Clcxssy Little Lassie Most Attrcrctive Boy . . She is the School's Go-Getter' The Boy Who Did the Most tor Cleverest Girl of All . . A Very Gifted Young Mon . Almd Mater

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We Look Back Back in the fall of 1939 we took over the task of running the lunior High as high-class' Fresh- inen. We were ioined that year by 41 non-resi- dent students, bringing our enrollment to 144, and George Spaulding was elected as our leader. That was the year we had the school fair, and we also were the adopters of the Student Council constitution. Miss Frances Little, Miss Frances Patmos, W-illiarii Smith, and Stcnley Frisbie helped Principal Thompson 'keep us in lineff We timidly entered the Senior lligh as llSophs under the brave leadership of Edward Grant, and the supervision of Miss Mary Allen and Boy Car- penter, who couldnt llbear to part with us, so steered us through our lunior year, too. Always breaking traditions, we sponsored the first lunior play in years, l'Bashful Bobby, We also en- livened the atmosphere with a series of elab- orately decorated school parties that we, natu- rally, think were topped only by The Woodland Fantasy, our lunior-Senior prom. Our class officers that year were President Max Baglin, Vice-President Gordon Green, Secretary lune lohnson, and Treasurer Bob Baymor, 19431 Dignified Seniors at lastl Several color- ful weeks of campaigning resulted in the election of Don Todd as president, Bob Baymor, vice- president, Alice Swanberg, secretary, and Lor- raine Murphy, treasurer. We couldn't possibly have made our Alumni dance, Senior plays, and Annual such successes without the aid of Prin- cipal Lloyd T. Smith, Miss Virginia Cooper, Miss Mabel Brown, and Bussel Bates. Eighty-six of us donned our gray caps and gowns Sunday evening, lune 6, for the Bacca- laureate service, which was held at the Church of Christ. The following Thursday morning we met on the sloping lawn south of the high school for our Class Day exercises. The next morning, Iune ll, happily stepping up onto the theater stage to receive our hard-earned diplomas, we viewed our old classmates with mixed emotions, great happiness and the sadness of parting. Class Day X Standing: Gi-urge Spaulding, valedictoi-ian, Donald Todd, pri-sinh-nt: Murray Sullivan, song. Seated: Juni- Marie Johnson, sung: Betty Ji-an Kuhtz, poem: Joan Fuller, song: and L1-ora Moore, salutatorian. -20

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Nobody S1eeps! 0 Seniors Face Footll hts The untiring, lively Seniors really outdid them- selves when they presented their two sparkling comedies at the lefferson auditorium April 9. They not only made a financial success, alter patriotically breaking the tradition of an expen- sive theater performance, but also provided the audience two hours of fine entertainment. As the curtain rose on the play, Everything Nice, another tradition was broken, two Senior plays being given in one evening. A scientist fBob Raymorl rose to fame, a love affair was promoted Uune Iohnson and Gordon Greenl, and a philandering Papa Doll tMeredith Ionesl was lured home by the escapades of two uncontrol- lable child prodigies floan Fuller and Kathlyn Hinesl. Leora Moore and Corinne Wolverton completed the cast. Edward Grant, a natural actor, played the stel- lar role in the crime thriller, l'Nobody Sleeps. From the curtains rise to the final bow, he held the audiences interest with his comic portrayal of a frustrated robber. His peppy associates, who also proved to be accomplices in crime, were Madeline lohnson, Lorraine Murphy, Lois Arntz, and Marjorie Hague. Also behind the productions success were Bob Horn who put the town wise to the opening night, Betty Robinsons ticket salesmen, and Charles Utess, LaVern DeForest, and Eric l-leit- man who constructed the stage settings. The class owes many thanks to Miss Virginia Cooper, who directed the casts. Her energetic character and unceasing work played no small part in the final triumph. Everything Nice -22