Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Another rung wos norled on the lodde of hrs tory th1s seoson For the frrst ttrne rn the records of the school lonrot hrgh debctters won etght out of erght denotes rn the preltrnlnory tournaments Credrt tor cr lorge shore of the success goes to Hctrold Mrlfle ond hrs COCICl11I'1Q olorhty The subyect thot the deboters exercrsed therr tolents on thrs ,edr mos Besolved thot the Unrted Stottes should torn rn reconstttutrng the Leggue of Ngtrons The Mrchlgon Forensrc ossocrotton ofvorded srlver keys to lootn Bowne ond Torn Blorckrnore who upheld the otftrrrnohve ond to Beg Brown ond Fred Kerster who obly supported the nego tlve The tegrn opened the seotson mth proctrce de bottes olt Lonslng Eostern Muskegon ond other schools At horne ond on lT1DS Mrss Cooper gove Masters of The S11ver Tongue Pro and con Developmg polse Voluoble cr1t1c1stn to both the tedrns ond severol orospecttve debctters who lncldded LOUISE olvkes lohn Bgrnes Ned Whrte Moro e Voehl ton ond Ado ledn Nrelsen ln the hrst prehmtnory tourngrnents n Decerr oer v lonro defeoted Grond Boprds Cnrtstron t tce Ludrngtor once ond recerved ove l IG second contest on lonuory l3 lO'llCI deteoted Vrddlevrlle Hudsonvrlre Ludrrgtoh o d Grond tootds Chrrstton ortngmo lonlo on top mth etght ct nes For thts flchrex tent tloe school re e ved o woll plooue from tne Unlver rt otM1ch1 go Forensrc gssocrottron ln the ftrst elnntnotton contests ot Grond Bop ds Chr1st1on rn Feoruory the locols ere thrown out ot further comoetrhon by o 2 l oec sron to g strong l-ludsonvrlle teom end1ng o seoson ot tourels . . , , I 1 t - - A . , - 1 W - A . . N . ' V rw . A .7 . . 1, . F , , A 1 l one A n -. ,, 7 . X 1 - . , it , , , . . . . . . . X. A I . W .. , . , 1 l l. I A 1 J .. ' vi o ' t . t 'en . ' f . A , , . , r , c 1 g s y - 4 . , N 1 Y A - .. - , i A . . I i V Qi ' 'wt . , X . I

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Eyes and Ears of the School It s onl lt s otll Yes the Spotlrght was othcrally turned off rn tradrtronal style by the senrors who edrted the last rssue Iune 5 The 43 44 Spotlrght made 1lS debut on Septem ber 20 We hadnt realrzed that our newspaper skrlls were so rusty after vacatron but w1th four teen hard workrng veterans we made the dead l1ne Bob Brvett a senror who was our busrness manager left us to Jom the Navy Brll Youngs a talented sophomore we drscovered had a sports lrngo ot hrs own Cubs Yes there are new reporters erght ot them selected after several exasperatrng tryouts We met every Tuesday at ll 30 that rs all ot those that we could catch 1n the hall At the meetrngs we gave out assrgnments drscussed the An array ot odors came from those who must lunch durrng the meetrng because ot noon classes All stones had to be rn by ll 30 Thursday but that deadl1ne was seldom met Thursday and Frrday nrghts we typed our stones and wrote headlrnes Refreshments whrle we worked pepped up our last mrnute head wr1t1r1g Monday two students ambled down Unron hrll at ll 00 to proof read the tour columns we hoped to have What no tea? Sorry Alumnl no tea thrs year Yes we know we are breakrng tradrtron but Uncle Sam Just wont allow Anyway we and our student guests emoyed a Chrrstmas party at Bea Brown s ouna board progress1ve games prctures grtts and tood Maybe we have occasronally shrrked our duty but weve had lun especrally those 6 oclock snacks on Thursday nrght Untrl the Spotlrght IS on agarn for another year so longl SPQTLIFHT STAFF E lt 1 ch f A x tant ed t 1 Soclety lllltlll' Lntrrary edlt N w d tor Lou Slyk '21 V Ima J an Sums Sue Houghton D O Q S 9 l Club Elltor Mu L editor Busmess man.a1.tr Secretary T t I rame kuhn Stuart Todd Joan Bo ne Lucxlle L L l C' ll h UC 9 8 HL GI' Don Ogl r Bull Youmzs YD S Spcrt rqorter Reporter R e An Allen June Rr iem ky J n McKendry Cub reporters Alrce We sg rber lan H cks Eleanor Westbro k Aden Jean N fl en June Steele Janlce Donalson Rchard Burlmgame Daxul Plrer Rich d P dr ete on Spell ght. ad M1 Mabel Brox 1 1 . . . . . . . , . - . , . , , . , , . I . . . - ' I I 1 1 1 1 . . , I - . 1 .. . ' W 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . , 1 . 1 . 1 , 1 . . ,, ,, . , . . . - , A I I ' T I . 11 D ' f d' nr-'n- ie . , . . . . . . . . iso e. I ss S i 0 ' . , . . . . . . e ' e ' 1 ' - 1 ' or . . . . . . . . oris wens prevrous lssue, and lamented over what was cut. ' 4. - A 1 ' - ' - 1 - - B Qf Q BYPWD si ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . ' ' ' fl ' ' ' , 1 . . 1 . . - . YV ' . . . . . . . . . . . . ' ec ' i . . . , . . . . . 'i 1 ' - 1 . . , 1 s 1 1 s . . . . . . . ' 1- . , - I S . . US n , 'I S ' , U21 ' ' ' ' . . . ' i 0 , . i , . ' : 0 . ' i - s , 1 ' , ' 1 i ' ' ' '. 'P . - . . . 1 rg ' - 1 i visor' . . . . . . . . 'ss ' ' VD

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Topp1ng oft 1ts second v1ctor1ous season lon1a speakers took all the places tn the drstrtct speech contest held at Hashngs on Aprrl l3 The w1n ners of thrs contest went to Lanstng for the Be glonal contest May 8 beyond wh1ch there was no further competltron From Charlotte and Hashngs lon1a decla1mers Clyde Spencer w1th The Eleventh Command can Purpose took hrst and second places re spectwely ln dramatlc declamahons Ioan Bowne won hrst place wrth Wh1te Chtls wh1le Iune Bedemsky placed second w1th The Murder ot L1d1ce Charlotte and Hastmgs wrthdrew trom the extempore speech and oratory contests g v 1ng the regronal honors to the loma speakers loe Lockwood rn extempore and Wayne Waldron tor h1s oratron Post War Agmcultural Problems Declaimers Robert Guernsey Clyde Spencer Dramatic declcrimers Iune Redemsky Ioan Bowne Extempore speakers Ioe Lockwood Fred Kelster Orcztors Wayne Waldron Bea Brown A Fred Kerster and Bea Brown runners up IH the local contest automahcally became second place w1nners IH the dlstrtct meet All these speakers recewed keys from the Mrchrgan FOFSHSIC asso ctatron and the fxrst place d1str1ct w1nners were awarded the Detrott News dtcttonarles w1th thelr names engraved IH gold Much credrt for the speakers goes to lvhss coached the decla1rners and the new speech coacn M1ss Lehman who kept the orators and extempore speakers on the1r toes ln addltton to the d1Slf1Cl w1nners the local competttron brought seven other puptls to the fore loan Gutlfoyle Pat Clay Lee Gleason and Eugene Beck decla1rned rn the local contest wh1le Ioan Bowne Tom Blackmore and Bea Brown took part tn the hrgh school extempore hnals I , y 11 ment, and Robert Guernsey, with 'The Amerl- Grieve, Mr. Thompson, and Miss Robinson who . l , . - , . V l9 W1nners