Laingsburg High School - Looking Glass Yearbook (Laingsburg, MI)

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Senior Class History We began our high school days with smiling faces, because we were the first class of many years to get by without the diabolical schemes of initiation. The first thing we discovered was that mrs. reed was to be our class advisor, and she would start us on our adventurous way through the sorrows and joys of high school. We chose larry powers to lead us through our first year. Richard wert was to be his “stand in.” dolores cinther was named as secretary and clare creene was to be in charge of the money. The class sold magazines in a contest against the tenth grade. We won the contest and the tenth grade had a party with us as honored guests. When we entered our second year of high school we weren’t quite as shy because we were now accustomed with the new rules which we had to abide by. We held two parties this year. Our first was a party in the Home Economics building with mr. wesner, our class advisor, as the only chaperon. We also had a skating party during this year. Our officers were President, sam wright; Vice-President, larry powers; Secretary, pat burley,- and Treasurer, clare greene. We had now entered the eleventh grade and this was the year for us to start making a little money. We first began to bring in the money by having a dance with Ed Berry’s orchestra furnishing the music. We were lucky to get the orchestra free of charge and we reaped around thirty dollars. This was our first step toward our prom and also our senior trip. carol irwin had the honor of being our Junior President, richard wert was again our “stand in” being named as Vice-President. We chose larry powers to keep the “books” and jean Austin to keep tab on the finances. Our advisor was the new commercial teacher, mr. westerhof. Our Feather Party was held December 6. We made around $219 on it. A great time was had by everyone when we got together for our first class party of the year. mr. westerhof and mr. and mrs. forster were our chaperons. This party was held January 20 in Rogers Hall. Our Junior play, “Head First,” was held April 20 - 21. The play was a success and we made around $90 on it. mr. westerhof directed it for us, and mr. forster helped us with it during our two week’s vacation. . The Junior-Senior Prom was held May 4 in Rogers Hall. Barney McCardle’s orchestra furnished the music for this evening of entertainment. And now we are seniors. We have reached the highest rung on the ladder of high school years. Under the guidance of mr. doyle, our advisor, we chose officers to help us through our last year of high school. Our officers were as follows: rita mccrath. President; henry baumgras, Vice-President; joanne waterous. Secretary; jean powell, Treasurer. The class had its first get-together of the year by having a Halloween party at the home of a fellow classmate, edwin Parker, mr. and mrs. Parker were our hosts and presented us with a very enjoyable party, mr. and mrs. doyle were our chaperons. Our annual Feather Party was a great success and this was to help a great deal toward our senior trip in the spring. We made a net profit of $338.66. The Junior-Senior Prom was held Saturday, March 12. Our graduation exercises were held during the last week of May. JEAN POWELL JEAN AUSTIN RICHARD WERT

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Valedictorian Did Someone Say Dignified? The crowded halls between classes aren’t that bad. Powers! Salutatorian Richard Wert DIGNIFIED SENIURS . more displays of dg? h,S eels already. an Jean Powell ha Displaced Persons? Well, not quite. Just Journalism Day at State. CLASS OFFICERS—For the seniors are: President, Rita McGrath; Vice-President, Henry Baumgras; (picture does not appear) Secretary, JoAnne Waterous; Treasurer, Jean Powell. These students were elected in September to handle the affairs of the class.

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Remember When NORMA LEE fell off the slide in kindergarten and broke her collarbone. DOLORES GINTHER collided with TINY HIDDID on the playground. The result was a black eye for DOLORES. BARBARA HURST stood in the corner half of a day in first grade for talking. JEAN POWELL fainted in the fifth grade. (It seems that BARBARA HURST and JEAN ate too many chocolate chips the night before.) BOB KYES, TED ROWLEY and WAYNE BASINGER each had to occupy a corner in the study hall. This left only three corners filled as JEAN AUSTIN reminded the teacher and JEAN was asked to fill the vacant corner. This happened in MISS BENNETT’S 7th grade geography class. ANN HERBLET was finally persuaded to keep quiet by some tape which MISS GIFFELS put across her mouth in first grade. BONNIE SPARKES had her hands slapped by MISS RYDER in kindergarten for biting her pencil. JOANNE WATEROUS found a ruler decending on her ear during seventh grade science class for talking to SAM WRIGHT. RICHARD WERT joined our class in the seventh grade coming from Leslie. BUTCH COOK accompanied by WAYNE BASINGER and BOB KYES skipped school one afternoon in the 10th grade. MR. REED started checking and found the boys sunning themselves on the Cory Bridge. We hear the boys had to stay 9 hours for a week. Crime doesn’t pay! BARBARA WILLARD broke her wrist trying to ice skate down the hill by Alexanders. This happened in the 7th grade. We also hear BARB and ANN HERBLET enjoyed a day away from school in the 11th grade and then found themselves with two days off that they hadn’t bargained for. EDWIN PARKER disturbed the peaceful calm of the school by breaking the window in the big door downstairs. ED was working for the 11th grade dance at the t'me. TED ROWLEY was the hearthrob of all the girls when we were in the 3rd and 4th grades. HANK BAUMGRAS read the joke about “blankets” to the U. S. History class. RITA McGRATH was kept after school by MRS. MERRILL, only RITA didn't stay and then missed science class for three days more. LARR POWERS had the leading part in the “Wildcat Willie” series which were put on in the 6th grade. CAROL SMITH was then CAROL IRWIN. PHYLLIS MILLER stayed one neon hour for talking in a study hall in the 10th grade. JOHN MAHONEY used to always win while playing the eraser game in the 3rd and 4th grades. CLARE GREENE always carried a pack of cards around in the 8th grade. We heard they were used in study hall. SAM WRIGHT used to come to school. MR. DOYLE worked so hard to finish an exam on the ditto machine so we could take it before Thanksgiving vacation. We took a hike to “Pike’s Peak” in the 7th grade. MR. REED took our 8th grade class to see the “Sugar Bush” at Michigan State College. We had a contest with the 10th grade to see who could sell the most magazines; our freshmen class won and the 10th grade gave us a party. We gave a spring dance in our junior year.