L'Anse High School - Envoy Yearbook (L'Anse, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1948 volume:

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.’’ — Addison DEDICATION TO MR. PAUL K. WARD L’ANSE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR HIS SINCERE INTEREST IN ALL STUDENTS, HIS INSPIRATION, AND CO-OPERATION IN STUDENT ACTIVITIES, AND HIS INEXHAUSTAE EFFORTS TO GUIDE AND HELP ALL, WE DEDICATE THIS THE HORNET OF 1948 FOR BREVITY IS VERY GOOD, WHERE WE ARE, OR ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD (GOVERNMENT) BUTLER Sce V C yjeh s ROBERT ANDERSON Bud” The combined qualities of a man and an athelete.” Track 1-2-3-4 Basketball 1-2-3-4 Football 2-3-4 Manager 1 Class President 1-4 Vice President 3 Hi-Times 2-3 WILLIAM ANDERSON “Willy” “just a quiet and sweet little boy.” Basketball 1-2 Band 1-2-3-4 4-H 1-2-3-4 VERNON BROWN “Hot Lips” “All the world’s a stage, and I do my part--cutting up.” Band 3 Glee Club 4 Basketball 2-3 MARY ELMBLAD “Elm” “A good student, a good booster, and a peach of a pal.” Glee Club 2-4 Class Secretary 2 Vice President 1 Girls Intramurals 4 ETHEL ERICKSON “Etch” “Her heart is like the moon--there’s a man in it. Girl’s Intramurals 4 Hi-Times 1-4 LOU ELLA FAHLGREN “Lell” ‘ This is the very ecstasy of love.” Glee Club 2-4 Band 1-2-3-4 4-H 1 Office Practice ELSIE COPLEY “El” “Earnest in work, friendly to all.” Hi-Times 4 Glee Club 4 WILLIAM EGERER “Carrots” “Full of fun and mischief too, doing things he shouldn’t do.” Band 1-2-3-4 Orchestra 2 Forestry Club 1-2-3 JOYCE FLADELAND “Faker” “Good things come in small packages.” Hi-Times 4 Class Treasurer 4 Office Practice JUNICE GRACE “June” ‘ ‘ A rolling stone gathers no moss.” Glee Club 2-4 Intramurals 4 SENIORS LILLIAN HANSHAW “ Lil” “Deeds not Words.” Band 1-2-3-4 Orchestra 2-3-4 JOHN KOSKI “Shupak” “ I would talk, Lord, how I talked.” Basketball 3-4 Boy Scouts 1-2-3 ANN MARIE HOLAPPA “Hoop” ‘There should be no love lost.” Glee Club 2 Band 1-2-3 Class Treasurer 2 REINO KETOLA i i • i ) Chick “Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.” Track 2-3 ROY KOSKI “Buddy” “ Every man is like the ff company he is wont to keep. Track 1-2-3-4 4-H MILDRED KOSKIMAKI “Milly” “God helps those who help themselves.” Girls Glee Club 2-4 Orchestra 1 Girl’s Intrumurals 4 Hi-Times 2-3 4-H 1-2-3 Office Practice El LA KILPELA “Kilpie” “Charm strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.’ 4-H 2-3 Office Practice IRMA KILPELA “Irm” “Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.” Band 2-3-4 Dancing Class 4 EUNICE LARSON “Lard” “A loving heart is the be- ginning of all knowledge.” Girl’s Glee Club 2-4 Girl's Intramurals 4 4-H 3-4 CLARENCE LEAF “Wolf” “You can’tjudge a book by its cover.” 4-H 3-4 SENIORS RyTH LEjAF ‘Sharp “in youth and beauty, wis- dom is but rare. 4-H 1 Dancing Class 4 ROSEMARY LEE “Rosie” “Love makes the world go round ' Girl s Glee Club 2-4 Girl s Intrumurals 4 Orchestra-Twirling 1 Cheer Leader 2-3-4 Class Secretary 4 Class Treasurer 3 4-H 1-2-3 Hi-Times 2-3 PETER NURMELA “Pete ' “You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Track 1-2-3-4 4-H 1-2-3 Office Practice LORE OLKKONEN “Oke” “Fine art is that—in which the hand, the head and the heart go together. Band 2-3 Orchestra 1-2-3 BETTY LONG “Lang “The windy satisfaction of the tongue. Girl's Scouts 1 Glee Club 2 Office Practice EDSEL MAKI “Mac “In him alone it was natural to please. 4-H 2-3 ANN PAQUETTE “Toots' “She is well paid, that is well satisfied:' 4-H 1 WALTER PARIS “Pare ' “Argument is food for the mind. Basketball 1-2-3-4 Band 1-2-3-4 Orchestra 2-3 President 2 Vice President 4 Boy Scouts 1-2 Track 1-2-3 Boy’s Glee Club 4 4-H 1-2 Football 2-4 WILLIAM MATTSON “ Bill “Content to follow when we lead the way. Track 4 DONNA PORTICE “Don “Let knowledge grow from more to more. JOYCE ROBERTS “ Squeeky ” “Littjp strokes fell great oaks. Hi-Times 4 4-H 4 Dancing Class 4 Office Practice SENIORS ROY SEPPALA (I t T-r • Ku Ku “Of manners gentle, of affections mild; in wit a man� simplicity, a child ’ Band 2-3-4 Orchestra 2-3-4 Hi-Times 4 Dancing Class 4 EDNA ROTH “Eddie” “Secret, and self-contained and solitary as an oyster ' 4-H Office Practice A ELSIE SEPPI “Ell” “Love, truth, but pardon error. 4-H Dancing Class 4 MARTHA SIKKILA “Martie” “Great thoughts come from the heart. 4-H 1-2 Dancing Class ELL£N SALO El “There buds the promise of celestial worth.’’ Dancing Class 4 4-H GRANT ST. GEORGE “Grunt’’ “Nothing can bring, ,you peace but yourself.’ Track 2 Football 2-3-4 RAY SELpEN “As if the W9fld and he were hand in hand. Track 3-4 Basketball 1-2-3-4 Foojball 3-4 Boy s Glee Club 4 Hi-Times 3 WILMA SWANSON Swannie “The power of thought—the magic of the mind.’ Girl’s Glee Club 2-4 Orchestra 1-2-3-4 Girl s Intramurals Hi-Times 3-4 SENIORS FRANKLIN TUTTLE “Tud” “Life is a jest and all things show it, I thought so once and now I know it.” Basketball 1-2-3-4 Football 4 Track 2-3 Boy’s Glee Club 4 Boy Scouts GEORGE WILLIAMS “Chum” u He was not merely a chip off the old block but the old block itself.” Football 4 Forestry Club 3 Orchestra 2 Office Practice CLASS MOTTO: Today CLASS COLORS: Green CLASS FLOWER: Green we follow, Tomorrow we and White and white carnation CLASS OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Robert Anderson Walter Paris Rosemary Lee Joyce Fladeland CLASS ADVISOR HELEN BETTY WINKLER “Wink” “Variety’s the spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.” Band 1-2-3-4 Orchestra 1-2 Glee Club 2-4 Girl’s Intramurals 4 lead. Paul K. Ward SENIOR CLASS HISTORY To the tune of school bells, we the class of 1948 began our practice in September of 1935, when as little girls with long curls and colored bows and tiny boys with short pants and knobby knees went timidly with our mothers to the kindergarten in charge of Miss Watts. For five years we progressed through our training in the little red school house, being an exceptional class, we had no trouble upon entering and finishing our grade school years. We were next terrified by the new experiences of the Junior High. This started the warm-up for our game. The ball was thrown into the diamond on September 5, 1944. when our players numbering 78 entered as full fledged mem- bers into the great game ahead of us. Our managers during our Freshman year were: President - Robert Anderson Secretary - Wilma Swanson Vice President - Mary Elmblad Treasurer - William Anderson The following players came to bat as members of the Football Squad: Robert Anderson, Manager BASKETBALL: John Koski, Walter Paris, Ray Selden, Robert Anderson, William Anderson and Franklin Tuttle. TRACK: Roy Koski, Robert Anderson, Roger Patten, Sulo Ellis, Peter Nurmela. For the entertainment of other classes we gave a skit, The Lamp Went Out” under the efficient umpiring of Miss Nyron and Mr. Hyde. A good show of sportsmanship was shwon by the entire class, when we sponsored a Red Cross Dance on April 13, 1945. During the first part of the game the crowd went wild with ex- citement as the war ceased in Europe. On June 8, 1945 most of us reached first base and school closed for a welcome summer vacation. On September 4, 1945, the 3rd inning of the game started. The new managers of our Sophomore years were: President - Walter Paris Secretary - Mary Elmblad Vice President - George Williams Treasurer - Ann Holappa All members of the squad had been taking their turns at bat, the heavy hitters being: FOOTBALL: Walter Paris, Grant St. George, Robert Anderson BASKETBALL: Walter Paris, Ray Selden, Franklin Tuttle, William Anderson, John Koski, Robert Anderson. TRACK: Roy Koski, Reino Ketola, Robert Anderson, Peter Nurmela, Roger Patten, Grant St. George Many of the heavy and light hitters participated wholeheart- edly in band, orchestra, Glee Club and other school ac- tivities throughout our whole baseball season. We re- ceived a new member, Vernon Brown. Early in the fourth inning our officers were called into con- ference concerning our class rings. Upon making our choice, the glad news was given out and we the Sophomore class were no longer unidentified players of the game. The most successful dance of the year, “THE FALL FROLIC, was given by our class on November 16, 1945 with the help of our capable trainers, Miss Higgins and Mr. Quilliam. A number of our girls took part in the formal showing of the 1946 Girls’ Glee Club Concert which was attended in great numbers and enjoyed by all. On June 7, 1946 we all retired to the batters box and school closed for another vacation with the 5th inning past. In the 6th inning, beginning September 3, 1946, we rallied our team together as Juniors and Upper Classmen. A new batter from Oregon came in, Betty Long. We received our class rings early in the fall. They have the school entrance and our school symbol, the hornet, on the crest. This year we devoted our efforts to the good of our school and community. During the second half of the 6th we gave a pep session in the form of a play on good sports- manship ‘Gwinn vs L'Anse.” This was highly successful. Sportsmanship did count in our class and in an effort to prove this the following members reported for: FOOTBALL: Robert Anderson, Walter Paris, Grant St. George, George Williams BASKETBALL: Walter Paris, Kay Selden, Robert Anderson, Framdin Tuttle TRACK: Kay Selden, Kobert Anderson, Franklin luttle, Koy Koski, Peter Nurmela, Reino Ketola One of the highlights of the 1st have of the seventh inning was the Commercial Dance sponsored by the Commerciai Club under the direction of Mrs. O’Neill and Mr. Quilliam Our class was largely responsible for the success of the party. Our class scored a resounding hit in the last half of the 7th as our Junior Prom, “THE CRYSTAL BALL was given in honor of the Senior Class, on May 16, 1947. It proved to be a smashing success. The 7th Inning stretch came on June 6, with most of us on 3rd base. Two more innings to go. Would we succeed? That was the question. After taking our well needed seventh inning stretch, we returned to school on September 2, 1947. Seniors at last, and the most valuable players of the school team. Our new and final managers of the team for the last two innings were elected on October 30, 1947. They were: President - Robert Anderson Secretary - Rosemary Lee Vice President - Walter Paris Treasurer - Joyce Fladeland We also elected Rosemary Lee as our class cheerleader. Our outstanding players in the athletic field were chosen and made the following places: FOOTBALL: Captains George Williams and Robert Ander- son, Players Ray Selden, Walter Paris, Franklin Tuttle BASKETBALL: Captains Walter Paris and Ray Selden, Players Robert Anderson, Franklin Tuttle, Vernon Brown TRACK: Roy Koski, Ray Selden, Bill Mattson, Robert Ander- son, Peter Nurmela, Mgr. A Boys’ Glee Club was organized under the direction of Mrs. John Hill. This was the first time in many years that the boys had an opportunity to show their singing talent. The eighth inning was over as we took our exams and climbed swiftly into the ninth. The ninth began with extreme excitement and moans were heard throughout the field as Senior Pictures were taken on February 4, 1948. The Senior Girls gave themselves a Buffet Supper on March 22, 1948 at the home of Wilma Swanson. Judging by the amount of food eaten, it was a huge success. A new inspiration was brought into the game in the form of a Senior Class Bake Sale held on April 3, 1948. We knew we had set excellent examples in former years and now our hard work began to show, as underclassmen followed in our steps. The sale went over big and greatly aided our class fund. Our Senior Dance “APRILS SHOWERS” was held on April 9, 1948 and was a prosperous and decorative party which made a huge glow in the middle of the ninth inning. The top of the ninth found us up at bat. We had played the field and now it was our turn to have the ball come our way. The annual Senior Skip Day was taken on May 6, 1948. Six cars Journeyed over the state line into Wisconsin and the Seniors had a wonderful time. The Business and Professional Women of Baraga County sponsored a tea for the Senior girls of Baraga and L’Anse High Schools at Baraga cn Monday afternoon, May 17, 1948. It was enjoyed by all the girls. Our Invitations were ordered and we received them the latter part of May. At a special meeting, the class decided on the Class Motto: Today we follow, tomorrow we lead; Flower: Green and White Carnation; Colors: Green and White. Towards the end of May our traditional Senior Picnic was held at Baraga Park. Arriving early in the morning, the day was spent in eating and having lots of fun. Later in the afternoon the teachers joined us for supper and an evening of sports. Amid the groans and moans the next day, the seniors were able to relate the terrific experiences. On May 30, 1948, Baccalaureate Services were held for the Seniors in the High School Gymnasium. We were the second class to be honored with this service at school. We have now finished the game and have won. Forty-three of our players have scored home and are at the plate on Class Night. We are now awaiting Commencement with pride as we have made History with two Valedictorians and have had a very high scholarship throughout High School. We now hope that we may be followed by succeeding classes in our fine work both in classes and extracurricular activities. ELEVENTH GRADE THE JUNIOR CLASS Probably the largest class in high school is the Junior Class. They gave a dance in their Sophomore year that proved to be a huge success. In the ticket selling contest, the girls lost. The penalty was a dinner which was postponed to their Junior year because of the lack of time. The members of the class have been active in extracurricular work, Glee Club being one of their main attractions. The Junior Class officers are: President, Robert Wandell; Vice President, Norman Schroeder; Secretary, Norma Jean Dubuque; Treasurer, John Zarek. This year the annual Junior Prom held in honor of the Seniors was given in the latter part of May, as the last major event of the school year. ppp TENTH GRADE SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY In the fall of the year we elected the following officers: President—Lyle Sesnsenbrenner Vice President--Stanley Dudo Sec ret ary--Keith Bunnell Treasurer--Robert Hitch Advisers are Mr. Quilliam, Mrs. Johnson and Miss Sillesen Kenneth Anderson, William Mayo, Stanley Dudo, Carl Goodreau, Robert Hitch and Keith Bunnell received letters in football. Mary Klase won first place in the district oratorical declamation contest. NINTH GRADE FRESHMEN CLASS HISTORY On September 1, 1947, seventy-five enthusiastic students entered as Freshmen and began their high school careers. Paul Maki and Edward Bishop won letters in football. Freshmen players dominated the “Bee” basketball squad. Other activities in which some of the mem- bers of the Freshmen class participated were the band and orchestra, Glee Clubs, cheerleading, and twirling. While this peppy and determined class has not done anything outstanding as Freshmen, it is looking forward to three more active years as students of L'Anse High School. President—Paul Maki Vice President—Phyllis Cote Secretary—Sheila Ellis Treasurer—Larry 111 Advisors: Mr. Quilliam, Miss Mary Harrington, and Mr. Hill EIGHTH GRADI EIGHTH GRADE CLASS REPORT Different members of the class have made various acheivements this year. A number of them took up 4-H and won numerous honors. Others are members of the Glee Club, orchestra, and band. All members of the class will participate in the annual spring demonstration. Quite a number of the boys went out for basketball. The officers are as follows: President—Joanne Peterson Vice President—Dale Martell Secretary—Glen Gransell Treasurer—Raymond Clements The advisors are: Miss Wiitala and Mr. Walli SEVENTH GRADE JUNIOR HIGH--7th GRADE President--Kirtland Demgen Advisors Vice President--Theodore Bordeleau Mrs. Soli Secretary--Irene Storm Miss Higgins Treasurer—William Koski Mrs. Ward •am • •� � y '• yy v v a .v.v.•. a a JOURNALISM STAFF Back Row: Mr. L. J. Quilliam, advisor; William Anderson, George Brunette, Roy Seppala, Charles Ahlsen, Jack Zarek, Robert Derocher, Lowell Hanshaw, and William Foucault. Front Row: Tyyne Leppanen, Betty Lepola, Jeanette St. John, Elaine Whitty, Ethel Erickson, Joyce Fladeland, Gloria Lintz, and Joyce Roberts. Absent were, Wilma Swanson, Edith Boivin, and Elsie Copley. CHEERLEADERS Phyllis Cote, Marilyn Francois, Rosemary Lee, Patricia Tollefson, Donna Whaley and Jeanette St. John. L’ANSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND Directed by Mr. L. J. Jacobs the band numbering 70 members attended two festi- vals held at Marquette and Houghton. They presented to the public both a Christmas and a Spring Concert. L'ANSE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Directed by Mr. L. J. Jacobs, the orchestra numbers 45 members consisting mostly of Underclassmen. The orchestra presented a concert combined with the two Glee Clubs on May 25, 1948. GIRL'S GLEE CLUB Under the direction of Miss Anita Karvakko, the Girl’s Glee Club consisting of 85 members participated in a Christmas and Spring Concert. BOY'S GLEE CLUB Under the direction of Mrs. John Hill, the Bo s Glee Club consisting of 30 members participated in a Christmas and Spring Concert. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Back Row: Rosabelle Perault, William Anderson, Roy Seppala and Donna Portice. Front Row: Lillian Hanshaw, William Egerer, Helen Betty Winkler, Walter Paris, Lou Ella Fahlgren, and Irma Kilpela. “ Music has charms to soothe the savage beast ' VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD Back row Mr. P.K. Ward Prin. Co-Capt. Ray Selden, Lloyd Seavoy, Cyril Fortier, Elmer Williams, George Skuggen, Mgr., Mr. C.J. Sullivan. Front row Bob Anderson, George Brunette, John Zarek, Norman Schroeder, Co-Capt. Walter Paris, Mr. Millman, coach. BEE BASKETBALL SQUAD Back row Marvin Tollefson, Paul Ward, Dale Lindstrom, Paul Maki, Keith Bunnell, Curtis Peterson, George Skuggen, Mgr. Front row Carl Goodreau, Lyle Lindstrom, Leslie Tollefson, Edward Bishop, Duane Anderson, Richard Ward and Mr. Millman, Coach. ' Tra c ff- Ye ft ? Js.e6flm 7oiOert Jrt “Ha, on Conference L’ANSE HIGH SCHOOL BUSES AND DRIVERS Bus I Aura and Pequaming--Hjalmer Liuska Bus II Skanee Road--John Budreau Bus IH Pequaming--John Grace a. m., Clyde Kent p. Bus IV Herman--Kenneth Kent a. m., G. Carriere p. Bus V Dynamite Hill and Red Rocks--Harvey Hyde