Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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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

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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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WAR wwf? War And the School The Iunror Red Cross under the leadershtp of M155 Vrsta and M155 Snow knrtted afghans and var1ous trrfles for convalescmg soldrers The club elected Marlorre Iohnson Pauhne Tuller Shrrley Houghton and loyce Whorley as pres1dent v1ce presrdent secretary and treasurer respectrvely Paulme was moved up to presrdent and Yvonne Smrth was elected vrce presrdent for the second semester S66 63315 worth of war stamps and bonds were credlted to l H S salesmanshlp under the sponsorshrp of Mrs Kortes assrsted by Mar tone Todd lohn Hague Belvey Schroeder Amy Khrovsky Mrldred Iensen Maxlne Rook us Raymond Lower Mary Ann Durkee Ilene Mrer and lohn Te1chmann The Stamp a Week club recorded rts members on a hall chart The Mrnuteman flag was recerved rn November and Ianuary when QU per cent of the students bought stamps and bonds The campalgn to Buy a quack by Pearl Harbor day went way over the quota The 562411 85 recerved dur mg the fourth war loan drrve was obtatned by a contest rn whlch lack Fox s and Allen Robert sons teams were wmners and lack Fox and Cohn Wrlhams were the top salesmen Our a1r scout squadron the only one 1n Mrchrgan charted as a Natlonal Rrfle Assocra tron club has completed a tramnmg course sponsored by the U S War Department Stuart Todd our only student who quahfred for ratfng as bas1c rlfleman had 245 pomts to hrs record We take pnde rn our students who have taken Jobs rn the local stores tactones garages restaurants offlces homes or farms to release men and women for more essentlal labor and to the armed forces whrch w1ll soon cla1m our graduates Prve boys who are sport mg srlver wrngs as Arr cadets are Armon Lerter Phrl Ayers Ora Roberts Emery Town send and Verle Mason Stanley Edwards has already 1o1ned the a1r force Mrlton Hammond IS on leave from the Navy and Don Hoy and Bob Rrvett two 18 year olds left for the Navy last fall A stump a week Dunkmg the AXIS Top salesmen Mmute men Ant couts 20