Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Most Athletic Boy John Seymour Cutest Girl Helen Krhovsky Most Popular Boy and Girl Bob Slater, Dorothea Brown Hamlsomest Boy Ed Demorest Prettiest Girl Janet Rademacher Class will lfVe, the Senior Class of the Ionia High School, City of lonia, State of Michigan, being of sound mind and body and fully aware of our immediate departure from the halls of our cherished Alma Mater, do hereby for- mulate our first and last will and testament. ARTICLE I Q To the Board of Education we leave the hope that you will complete the gymnasium in time for use by our grandchildren. ARTICLE II To the faculty we leave the memories of the hard times we have given them during the last four years and the will to go on teaching our followers who are nearly as difficult as we were. ARTICLE III To the junior Class we leave our superiority and able leadership. May you make good use of it as we did. To the Sophomores we leave our knack for getting ahead. We hope you do as well. To the Freshmen we leave our ability to get around. May your four years be as eventful as ours were. ARTICLE IV fPersonal Bequestsj I, Helen Maroulis, do leave my wit and wisecracks to Gordon Van Houten in case his supply should be- come exhausted. I, jackie F leckenstein, do leave my best pair of faded jeans to Pat Thwaites, on the condition that she takes good care of them. Please use Vel, Pat. I, Tony Helderop, do leave the Student Council presidency to any one capable of this great task. I, Marvin Haskins, do leave my driving ability to George Hamblin. Take it easy around the corners, George. I, Carl Nash, do leave my physics class seat to the person who likes to have fun and can obtain squatter's rights there. VVe, Jack Husted and Helen Krhovsky, do leave our exorbitant heights to Don Shattuck and Dorothy Ed- wards. It comes in handy, so we've heard. I, Eleanor Kaiser, do leave my artistic abilities to Dwight Lockwood. I, Marge Lint, do leave my vim, vigor, and vitality to Honor Williams, to add to what she already has. I. Marilyn Todd do leave my ability to outeat any of my friends to Phyllis E. Martin. I, Clyde Stout, do leave my assorted collections of cars to Dick Fosburg, providing he can keep them running. I, Polly Hafner, do leave the annual editor's head- aches to some long suffering soul. With it, I leave any patience I have left. We, Jeanne and Joanne Kress do leave our record as the twiniest twins of Ionia High School to any future twins who will be as twincere about it as we have been. We hereby appoint Lloyd T. Smith and Anna Smith as co-executors of our last will and testament. Signed, The Senior Class of 1949 Notary Public, Signed, Marilyn Todd. Carl Nash My commission expires June 10th, 1949. 20 Boy and Girl Who D-id Moat for the School Pauline Hafner, Russell Gregory Cleverest Boy and Girl Carl Nash, Helen Maronlin Busiest Boy and Girl Rus Gregory, Ruth Stencel

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CLASS OFFICERS: Robert Slater, Melvin Haney, Eleanor Kaiser, Harvey Van Vleck CLASS HISTORY: Melvin Haney. John Morris Jeanne Kress. Valedicturian Ruth Stencel, Salutatorian Joanne Kress, Vlledictnrian Class History The history of the Senior Class ol '49 comes in hve big volumes. Early in September oi lil-15, a group of students began their studies in Ionia High School, under the careful guidance of Mrs. Heitman and Mrs. Gould. They selected for their class oflicers Melvin Haney, President: Ed Demo- rest, Vice-presidentg Marion Dadd, Secretaryg Hob Slater Treasurer. A quartette ol' girl voices was formed with janet Rademaeher, Marilyn Van Vleck, Eileen Lund, and Dorothea Brown. In the helds of speech, Joyce Horn and Melvin Haney took honors for their oratorical declamations. In the second volume we find that with the able assistance of Mr. Wiles and Miss Adams, the class chose Phil Resh for President, Stan Emelander as Vice-president, Julia Luett- johann as Secretary, and Bob Hull as Treasurer. April Showers, the biggest school party of the year, was spon- sored by the Sophomore class. When the Freshman quar- tet returned, they admitted Lucille Kolarik and Helen Krhovsky to their ranks. The Football coach went to sleep that year and granted a letter to Bob Slater. The third volume is pretty important because the students have now become juniors and are faced with Prom troubles. Karl Gierman was elected President, with Bob Slater, Vice-president, Eleanor Kaiser, Secretary, and Mari- lynTodd, Treasurer and Art Swanson, Sergeant-at-arms. The class and Mr. Morrall and Mrs. Gould immediately set about to raise money for the Prom. With the funds from the three school parties, Stardust Ball, Sock Hop, and Leap Year Leap, and a bake sale, the class, led by prom co- chairmen, Polly Hafner and Bob Slater, put on the prom. But now we come to the fourth volume. With Principal Smith and Mrs. Anna Smith as Advisers, and with Bob Slater as President, Melvin Haney, Vice-president, Eleanor Kaiser, Secretary, and Harvey Van Vleck, Treasurer, the class got under way. The highlight ol' the year was the annual, with Mrs. Smith as Annual adviser. Polly Hafner was chosen Editor-inschief of the Annual with Ruth Stencel as Business Manager. Rus Gregory be- came Editor-in-chiel' of the Spotlight and Tony Helderop was voted Student Council President. This year, John First became F.F.A. President and State Delegate to the Kansas City National F.F.A. convention: Donna Nott became F.l-l.A. President: and Rus Scholtens was again chosen as Band President. Ed Demorest, Bob Slater, johnny Seymour, Dave Stebbins, Art Swanson, and WVayne lVoodard won letters for their participation in sports. Rus Scholtens took an active part in the music honors. The Senior sextette took an active part in civic allairs by singing at several events. This book of history has its happy ending with graduation day. The filth and last volume is yet to come. fSignedj john Morris Melvin Haney 19

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Class Prophecy Today, June 10, 1969, we find ourselves in the uranium-rush town of Ionia, Michigan. During the past twenty years our former classmates of Ionia High School, class of '49, have achieved world fame, and now an expedition led by that eminent scien- tist, Robert Kline, has brought Ionia into the lime- light. The uranium mined here will be shipped directly to Doctor John Loerch at the Loerch Laboratories in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The greatest deposits are to be found at the boom town of Prairie Creek. As we board the Anderson Bus Line for the dedi- cation ceremonies of Prairie Creek as a city, we see that the bus is driven by none other than its owner and operator, Richard Anderson. Also on the bus is Rus Gregory, editor of the New York Times, who is covering the story personally. On our right are the two prominent farmers, Lloyd Edwards and Stanley Emelander. Lloyd is noted for his perfec- tion of the modern cow that regularly puts her milk in bottles, while Stanley made a comfortable million from a long range farming machine that enables the farmer to do his work while sitting on his front porch. John First, Secretary of Agriculture is ap- proaching them. Behind them a few seats is Austin Waldron, president of the Nickleplate Power Com- pany, talking to Donna Nott and Pat Kennedy who operate the Hanna's Hoofer Hangout and who get their power for bright lights from Mr. Waldron. Pointing out the places of interest along the way to a group of natives that they brought back with them are Joanne Font and Harley Gillett, mission- aries, who recently returned from the jungles of Muir. As we get olf the bus and are ushered to our front row seats along the banks of Prairie Creek by Jackie Padgett, we see by our program that Shirley Gee is taking the oath of office as the first Prairie Creek Mayor. John Seymour, the first gentleman of the city is seated at her side. Also seated on the platform are Eleanor Kaiser and Marilyn Todd, who will be sworn in as city clerk and treasurer, respectively. Before the formal ceremonies are be- gun, entertainment will be provided by the famous Fair Town Jazz Band comprised of Maestro Russ Scholtens, Harvey Van Vleck, Franklin Piper, Gary Moore, Bob Lewis, Don Bates and John Alfonso. Also on the program are the great Melvin Haney who accompanies his singing dog, Eric, and Jeanne and Joanne Kress, world famous duo-pianists. The speaker for this historic occasion will be our Michi- gan governor, Tony Helderop. After the program's finish we encounter a group of young girls rushing after Robert Hull, Matinee idol. He is talking with Karl Gierman, who was recently appointed president of General Motors: Jackie Fleckenstein, who is manager of the Hialeah race track, famous for its colorful Hamingosg Doro- thea Brown, who operates a school for misguided boysg and Art Davis, who recently set a new world record for round-the-world-flights: time, four min- utes flat. As darkness falls, we are reminded that the bus will be leaving shortly. It is time for us to be on our way. We are sure that everyone has had as enjoyable a day as we have. Signed, Sarah Sykes, Phil Resh Song Writers: Rue Scholtens, Lucille Kolarik, Dorothea Brown, Janet Rademacher Class Poet: Russell Gregory Class Will: Carl Null, Marilyn Todd Clue Prophecy: Sarah ykel. Phil Rash