Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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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

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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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Haunts We Remember As we leave our Alma Mater and follow trte paths of the world we shall often trunk back to the t1me when these thrngs vvere not just re membrances but realrty the dm of Thorps at noon those exclttng moments at the Armory when the basketball score was tred those after the dance snacks at Nrftys mg to the show when we should have been studylng eatrng smoky hot dogs and wad mg rn the stream at the county park e happy shout of str1ke at the bowlmg alley or the deJected look after a gutter ball dropplng 1n at Mac s for a coke takrng those over due books back to the lrbrary rrdrng the ferns wheel at the fa1r freezrng our feet at the skatmg r1nk runnlng around the foot ball t1eld for gym eat1ng the cold hot dogs sold by the GA A at football games or won dermg why they never got to us strolhng along the rlver tn sprlng pushmg our brke up Un1on h1ll takrng a brrsk walk around the horn meettng our frtends at the church eatmg those dehcrous hot fudge sundaes hearrng the vtmd whrstle around the W B Ltncoln or the roarmg of the crowds when the team comes out of the held house takrng an overmght at the glrl scout httle house Cno one could remember the name Unaltyrl trytng to declde durmg classes whether the rumble overhead IS a P 40 or a P 38 and last but not least the school song From the boundary lmes of Mexlco To Mrnnesotas plams Away off IH the Phrlrppl es And way back home agarn Theres not a htgh school anywhere That we have even known Can show a crevt o brave and t ue As students of our own CHORUS or we a e yolly student of lorua I-ltgrr eve got the sand Our colors are th vvhrte and blue e rarse our sta da ds 'ugh fo dea o d l H S RAI-l RAI-ll RAI-Il ere the kmd that do or dre You rnay talk abou a 'tle g at Football and ba eba oo We Wlpe all tearn r1gh oft the sla Thats what our tea can do We e a band of 1ollv boy and gr Wrth colors wh1te a d blue At all the games we shou and rod A vrcto s alway d Noon hour rush Game txme At Bertha Brock Is the feature on now? The hang out 21 0 IMMLL ST JUHNS 1 Y r , v' ' I I 'T . . T - Q - A gO- b - -T - T ,,k'?5rl' wi th D,a5'5 . gi L .X . ,, . UH,- , 'rf 7 I 51841, . , . Gy Gi, ' 1 . . T ' I I 1 r I 4. I IY 7 - - T I , . . .. ,H , 's . r' F r ' ' . s 'J 'lg W ' n r l' ltr r l l .r t tl tics re. r . S ll! ' .s ' t '. te- ' ' r 1 r . A s . 'rls V rl I1 j . . ,, ' r' s o A , Q., , e . br ,F ' - rs m