Lakeview High School - Log Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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'74 9' 0 Qt Svrhnnl n aieuivw Lusten my readers and I Barton the Spartan wull tell you the story of the three interesting years whuch thus years graduates have spent at Lake 1 vuew Hugh Twas a gay September day when the class of 45 then a bunch of very bashful and tumud sophomores entered hugh school un the old buuldung B A sides thus part beung new to them they were yet to have another new ex peruence that of attending school for only a half day because of crowded condutuons Real hugh school actuvutues began wuth homecomung festuvutues Then one of the bugger thungs un the Sophs luves the J I-lop theur first formal I really got a bang out of the next bug dance whuch was the Girl Date Boy All the gals grabbed an unsu spectung fellow and off we went to the dance sponsored by the Girls Athletic Club whose membership was mostly sophomore gurls Later un the year rumors were confirmed and we knew that we would have a new school the next year The day we marched un a parade out to Woodrow Avenue to lay the new buuldungs cornerstone I put on my best suut of armor and clanked right along wuth the rest of the kids Clumaxung the years actuvutues was the Senuor Prom whuch was attended by many sophs now hardened to the socual routune of , all kunds of dances The prom was followed by baccalaureate and commencement and so the year ended leavung that year s sophs 5 ' class for the year l943 l944 The next September found the new junior class enterung along wuth e new sophs and senuors a brand new school lt could be added here that because of the shortage of metal they were obluged to hang coats on hooks un the halls and leave books on shelves overhead Thus locker sutuatuon was not a duffucult one for me as I always wear my suut of armor ln keepung with the new sutuatuon a new system for electuons was developed It was patterned after the natuonal electuons and was a source of great unterest to all Class officers were elect ed and thus uunuor class really went to town establushung themselves as no small factor un the success of the school year The homecomung celebratuon was something to be remembered that year wuth many alumnu , a Q returning to take part un the festuvutues Up untul thus tume I had always stayed un v - the background and observed what was doung I It was now that I made my decusuon to wrute and TZ publush my furst book the Log It was a real v ' success especually sunce ut was sponsored by the IQ44 senuors and even that years uunuors helped me out In fact I was so satusufed wuth - my efforts that I m makung ut an annual actuvuty Page Twenty eught I X ' I I I I W ' . . .I I . .' . . I e- u if ' .. - A ' 1 , ' w . l f n ' ' r I L J s ., I Q. ll, D I I l I 1 to take over the 'exalted position of junior 117-If - - . pu 'ff' th ' , . . , D . . D . I A .I 4. . . ' . . . D 0 B X . . . . X ' ku I ' - .... I , . . .

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George Knaght wall my persuasaveness to Edward Wag ner Jam Lampky wall my rag dag cork your bottle and rap your rompers to Clem Johnson Squart Leater wall my dead eye basketball prowess to Glenn Yeakey Beverly Long wall my worraes of love to Pat Gaskall Rosemary Loser wall my freckles to Wanda Mabus Norma Manwarren wall my blue gym shorts to Edath Frantz Varganaa Martan wall the room at the end of the hall to Barbara Ratlaff Olave MacMallan wall my proxamaty to school to Reatha Collans so that she can get to school on tame Betty Mead wall my red leather jacket to Dave Mel vans collectaon of flashy clothes Galbert Mead wall my musacal abalaty to Bob Young blood Robert Meade wll my skappang abalaty to Darwarf Flemang Marcaa Merchant wall my youthful ways to anyone who possesses no love for the sallaer thangs an lfe Holton Messenger wall my fraendly manner to Gerald Hammer June Maller wall my twatchang eyebrows to Maldred Pye Myrte Maller wall my long fangernaals to Frances Smathers Helen Montague wall my chemastry notebook to Herby Button who probably can fagure at out Maraam Moore wall my abalaty to keep out of trouble l'7l to Bob Laard Mary Moran wall Mergatroad Sylvester to Varganaa Gould Maralyn Morgan wall my wratang abalaty to Barbara Beck Jack Murray wall my good looks to anyone who agrees wath me Roy Nachols wall my last wheelbarrow full of gravel to Don Lyle Galson Ken Naelson wall my love for the opposate sex to any one who up untal now has had a steady garl Harraet Reack wall my absence from fourth hour study to ctta Lou Packard Leo Rench wall my masculanaty to Ralph Carr Rex Rammel wall my Twan Valley garls to Lawrence Lewas who can use them next year Bert Roberts wall my garl troubles to Bob Boot Mfaraan Roberts wall my serenaty to Maralyn Tyson Gene Rose wall my love for dancang to Junaor Marsh Helen Rose wall my smale to Barbara Thompson Ruth Rosenburger wall my offace job to Martha Buse fank Mary Lou Rountree wall my hadeous laugh to Carol Katchen Jackae Rouse wall my abalaty an p f to anyone who needs exercase Bob Rutherford wall my sportsmanlake qualataes to pro spectave athletes George Salyers wall my stubborness to Jean Monby Tom Sechrast wall my abalaty to get the women to Ellwyn Warren Edna Mae Shafer wall my whate boots to Ruth Ann I-leselchwerdt Gladys Smath wall my freckles to Dack Jones Mary Alace Sommer wall my sanceraty to Imogene Ferguson Eleanor Sowles wall my reserved manner to Phyllas Howe Maraon Spauldang wall my secret marraage to Dora sene Ranehart Janet Stadle wall my wooden Dutch shoes to Dack Ed danger who ould stand a lattl heaght B tty Stock wall my charm bracelets to any aunaor who can manage them Barbara Strangham wall my many haar dos to Elaane Parkanson Eugene Swank wall my dagnafaed attatude to Jam Seamers Dack Tanas wall my old Chevae to anyone who can tand the aar condataoned body at has Walfred Tanner wall my lattle bay appearance to Dale Crane Palmer Taylor wall my versatalaty to Howard Babcock Wayne Taylor wall my football posataon to Melvan Ball Joan Thomas wall my short haar to Marae Beck Robe t Tobaas wall my bare raght foot for kackang to Robert Schwalm Jenn Travas wall my heaght lshortl to Ruth Ann Race Warren Walters wall my bag muscles to Jam Alexander Dewey Waterman wall my football abalaty to Jammy Cook Joyce Wenger ,vall my roller skatang technaque to Joyce Landberg Sylvaa Westfall wall my hula skart to Rosalae Worth angton Nlaralyn Wulf wall my flartang ways to Doras Confer Ted Wyman wall my borrowed pencals and paper back to thear owners Page Twenty seven . I . . - ll I . . ' I, , ' ' ' - . . ,,. . 1 ' 1 1 ' l . a, ,, aa I, , ' ' . . . a, H I - A . , ll I . . ., Q , . I, , ' . , , . .. ,, ,, . I, , , . I - . . . . , , I, , . . , . .. I, ' . , ' ' ' I - I I a, a, ' , , V A I . . . ,a . ,, -- I I . I I I b II , . . - a . I C ,, ,, . e . . . . aa . . aa . I, e , ' ' ' , I . ' . . . , . . - - V - a, , l I . Q I II I I . . .. . I . , . , . ,. . . s - . , , . , . . I ' ' ' . ., .. ll I I ll ' , . l, , - , ' I, , ' . ' ' . . ll X T a I . . A . , , . ' . , , Il 4 .I . , . A I I l . . . . . . , If ' , F . I I ll ' I ' ' ' - , , IA I . l . , . , i

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February came and the sunsors put on a wonderful J I-lop The decora tsons sn keeping wsth the winter theme displayed many talents of the com sng sensor class Ushersng sn the spring season they sponsored the Girl Date Boy dance on April Fool s day Next came the all school play What a Lsfe whsch I thought was an excellent comedy Had st not been for my prestige I doubtlessly would have been asked to leave because when I laughed my armor made a good deal of l lOISS -C Graduation actsvstses that year took on a new mean sng for this class They were next sn lsne for graduation Stscksng to tradstson soon after the Sensor Prom and Baccalaureate they sponsored the Junior Sensor Recep tson for the sensors after the commencement exercsses So ended that year and now the bashful tsmsd sophomores of l942 1943 were readsly prepared to take over thesr newly appointed place as Lakeview hsgh school sensors This year s sensors recesv thesr responssbslstses on nearly the first day of the school year The elections took place and I found that the sensors had taken school and were really on the ball S fa I can always rely on the home coming activities to Isven up any school year and this year s home coming dsdn t betray my plans for they were one of the best sn many years Work on the Log was begun early this year so that I wouldn t forget a thsng and I saw this class ued its way into the elsmsnatson tournaments Football season came and went and some of the fellows thus ended thesr high school sports careers whsle others continued to par 04 tscspate sn the other sports basketball baseball track tennss and other msnor ac tsvstses llslx The partsally tradstsonal Thanksgiving and Christmas dances were events of the year wsth many other dances The fsrst Band Follies sn Lake vsew s history was presented sn February whsch shows that even the band has pro gressed to unlsmsted areas The week after Easter the Sensors presented the Girl Date Boy dance Later sn May came their Sensor Prom Class day proved to be a wonderful expersence for me I accompansed the sensors to thesr breakfast and later we went on a class day pscnsc The Sensor play Baccalaureat Commencement and the Junior Sensor Reception fol D o lowed sn rapsd succession And so I fsnd myself at the end of my story I have told you a lsttle of our high school sn revsew sn the next few pages I have attempted to sllustrate this years hap pensngs I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I have ensoyed gather ing them Ssncerely Barton the Spartan Page Twenty nine . I . . . . I . - S e af f I as . Q. 'ZX , ' ' ' ' - 4 PIN , . . . . . s I 1 . . gy X9 , I n 1 I -I 6- ed A re' la, - - If I - over the leading positions in the 9 produce O delicate, team Whiqh Org, . me I. . is ' '- nf? up 1. db Q J . f. s gs, I 0 I ' I .h . . shi, ' f0:' I.- lis' II rf -I 11' - 11 . ,, . - Q'