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

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ALBERT D FORREST Al Band 1; Choir 3; Play: Jr.; Basketball 1,2,3; Base- ball 3,4; Track 3,4; Football 1,2,3,4; Favorite Pas- time: Hunting; Pet Peeve: Certain teachers!!; Am- bition: Undiscovered; Chief Characteristic: Dis- agreeing. One can not always be a hero, but one can always be a man. LAURA M. MCLOUTH Band 1,2,3; Girls' Basketball Manager 3,4; Favorite Pastime: Looking around; Pet Peeve: Girls wearing jeans; Ambition: Sales clerk; Chief Characteristic: Crazy hair-do's. I can be serious, but I'd rather be gay. BEVERLY J. AUSTIN Bev Choir 1,2,3; Annual Staff 4, Social Editor; Play: Jr. Sr.; Favorite Pastime: Talking; Pet Peeve: Rules; Ambition: Swim the Sahara Desert, Chief Charac- teristic: Adventurer. Of all the letters of tongue or pen, she likes those letters M-E-N. ROBERT J. DOUGAN Dougie Band 1,2,3,4; Class Vice-president 1; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Football 3; Favorite Pastime: Hunting and fishing; Pet Peeve . Bullies; Ambition: To be a dentist; Chief Characteristic: Fiddling around. I'll get there if you give me time. PAMELA A. REED Pam Band 1,2,3; Glee Club 1,2; Choir 1; Annual Staff; Art Director 4; Play: Sr.; Class Vice-president 2; Basketball 2,3,4; Girls' Softball 2,3.4; Favorite Pas- time: Playing Poker ; Pet Peeve: Card Sharks ; Ambition: Be a Millionaire over night. Chief Characteristic: Shortness. You're only young once. 14

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GEORGE L. BEEBE JR. Liberace Play: Sr.; Track 3; Favorite Pastime: Hunting and Fishing; Pet Peeve: Lanky Girls; Ambition: Canadian trapper; Chief Characteristic: Reserved. A little learning is a dangerous thing. So, why take chances!H SUZANNE M. BACHELDER Suze Choir 1,2,3; Play: Sr.; Favorite Pastime: Living it down; Pet Peeve; Crepe Hangers; Ambition: Let world go by-----Chief Characteristic: Neatness. You couldn't call her bashful, and you couldn't call her bold. TERESA M. HERBLET Tessie Choir 1; Drama Club 4; Play: Jr. and Sr.; Basketball 4; Girls' Softball 3,4; Homecoming Queen Candidate 4; Favorite Pastime: Boys; Pet Peeve . Senior class meetings; Ambition: House Wife; Chief Charac- teristic: Late hours. What! no men in Heaven? Leave me here!’’ PHILIP H. WETOSKEY Phil Choir 1,2,3; Play: Jr.; Visual Aids 3,4; Track 3,4; Football4; Favorite Pastime: Living the life of Riley; Pet Peeve: Engl ish ; Ambition: Engineer; Chief Characteristic: My ears. What a little man for that big mouth. HUGH G. ARCHER Shorty Baseball 1,2,3,4; Track 3,4; Basketball 1,2,3; Foot- ball 1,2,3,4. Favorite Pastime: Hunting and Fishing; Pet Peeve . Freshmen. Ambition: Farming. Chief Characteristic: Perseverance. An athlete, brilliant, and keen. ROGER L. CURTIS Rog Annual Staff: Snapshot 4; Baseball 1; Track 3,4; Bas- ketball l,2,3;Football 3,4; Favorite Pastime:Sleeping; Pet Peeve: Alarm clocks; Ambition: Truck Driver; Chief Characteristic: Short legs. Little things mean a lot. KEITH G. REED Band 1.2.3.4; Visual Aids 1,2,3,4; Annual Staff: Business Manager 4; Play: Jr. and Sr.; Class Secre- tary 3; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3; Football 1, 2,3,4; Favorite Pastime: Women and Song?;Pet Peeve: Braggarts; Ambition: Teacher; Chief Charac- teristic: Impulsive. The later I get to school in the morning, the shorter the day is. H. STEPHEN DOYLE Steve Band 1,2,3,4; Visual Aids 1,2,3,4, and President 4; Student Council Representative 2,4; Play: Sr.; Class President 1; Class Treasurer 2; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 1.2,3.4; Track 4; Favorite Pastime: Girls; Pet Peeve: Engagement rings; Ambition: To be a bigamist; Chief Characteristic: Long legs. Men of few words are the best of men. 13

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COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Baccalaureate Services Giffels Fieldhouse Processional Hymn Hymn Reading from Scriptures Prayer Hymn Sermon 8:00 May 22, 1955 Mrs. Isabel Wright Congregation Duet Rev. Ephert Eckelbarger Trio Rev. Richard Cook Pastor Nazarene Church Benediction Recessional Rev. Ephert Eckelbarger Mrs. Isabel Wright Giffels Fieldhouse Class Song Salutatory Piano Solo Class History Class Ni hl Exercises 8:00 May 24, 1955 Class of 1955 Marilyn Baumgras Bill Powell Author, Theodora Christacopulos, delivered by Steve Doyle, 9th grade; Pam Reed, 10th grade; Caroline Knoblauch, 11th grade; and Duane Ginther, 12th grade. Clarinet Solo Class Poem Class Will Vocal Solo Class Prophecy Class Band Class Oration Boys' Quartet Giftatory President's Address Girls' Quartet Joan Harris Virginia Warner Author, Jim Putnam; delivered by members of class Dale Slee Rose McGrath Members of the class who have served in school band An Willard George Beebe, Roger Curtis, Bob March, and Robert Sayles Keith Reed, Teresa Herblet, Myra Malkin, and Sam Harmount Bill Powell Beverly Austin, Suzanne Bachelder, Mary Jane Hutchings, and Rose McGrath Valedictory Marilyn Wert Giffels Fieldhouse Processional Invocation Graduation Exercises 8:00 May 25, 1955 Laingsburg School Band Rev. Ephert Eckelbarger Pastor Church of God Vocal Trio Address Irma Putnam, Velma Antcliff, and Vera Clark Dr. Charles Anspach, President Central State Teachers College, Mt. Presentation of Class of 1955 for Graduation Presentation of Diplomas Pleasant, Michigan Raymond O. Nash, Principal, High School Keith Reed, Superintendent, and Dr. R. G. Alexander, President of Board of Education Recessional Laingsburg School Band 15