Maple City High School - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Maple City, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 82 of the 1953 volume:

administration S«r C. K. Simon Jack D. Rader Superintendent Principal MAPLE LEAF STAFF Standing: Fritz, Activities Editor; Sattler, General Mana- ger; Peplinski, Editor-in-chief; Brow, Sports Editor and Pat U1 Her. Seated: Kucera, Secretary; Cluff, Assistant Editor; Garvin, Class Editor; Brow, Artist and Schettek, Activities Editor. CLASS WILL OF 53 I, Frances Schettek, hereby will my good behavior to Arthur Kilinski and my bashfulness to Don Peplinski. I, Arlene Fritz, hereby will my position on the girls' basket- ball team to Mary Stanton and my secretarial job to Eleanor Wagner. I, Cresence Garvin, hereby will my basketball position to Eleanor Wagner and my way of getting along with the boys to Carol Olsen. I, Donna Brow, hereby will my cheerleading sweater to Carol Olsen, my typing ability to Arthur Kilinski and my job as Secre- tary of the Senior Class to Mary Stanton. I, Sharon Cluff, hereby will my cheerleading sweater to Eleanor Wagner, my job as Librarian to Don Peplinski and my secretarial job to Carol Olsen. I, Louise Kucera, hereby will my typing ability to Tracy Whitten, my job as Editor of the Televisor to Arnold Smith and my position on the basketball team to Carol Olsen. I, Pat Miller, hereby will my job as President of the Senior Class to Paul Nowak and my butch haircut to Arnold Smith. I, Robert Zientek, hereby will my way with the girls to Frank Novotny and my basketball ability to Arthur Kilinski. I, Alex Peplinski, hereby will my job as Treasurer to Frank Novotny, my candy eating to Eleanor Wagner and my job as Sports Editor of the Televisor to my brother, Don Peplinski. I, Philip Sharnowski, hereby will my fishing ability to Arthur Kilinski and my intelligence to Don Peplinski. I, Reynold Brow, hereby will my job as Vice President to Tracy Whitten and my wave in my hair to Frank Novotny. I. Raymond Waslawski, hereby will my basketball ability to Arnold Smith and my bashfulness to Paul Nowak. I, Carroll Sattler, hereby will my math ability to Arnold Smith and my power of speech to Frank Novotny. I, Ronald Shupiery, hereby will my speed to Tracy Whitten and my attitude for being rough to the girls to Frank Novotny. CLASS PROPHECY OF 1973 Looking to a quiet afternoon we find our class of '53 having a class reunion. We find everyone present except Pat who is always late. While waiting for Pat everyone is telling what they have been doing for the last 20 years. Carroll: After I graduated drom the U. of M., I entered law school and now I am a probate judge. This office was made possible to me under the help of my campaign manager, Alex Peplinski. Alex: In 1957 I graduated from Ferris Institute with a degree in pharmacy. Now I have a drug store in Cedar. Since business was poor last fall I thought I'd help out an old class mate. Last winter when I was in Florida, I met an old Friend, Frances Schettek. Frances: I'm working in Saint Joseph Hospital as an anesthetist. Two years ago one of my patients was Donna Brow. Donna; I am now working for Ronald Shupiery, who is the Pres- ident of the General Motors Company. Ronnie: I've been unusually successful in the last twenty years. I think most credit for my success can be given to Reynold Brow for encouraging me to keep going on in life. Reynold: I have also been successful in life not only being married and having two wonderful children, but I have a good job working for the Internal Revenue Department. While looking over one of the returns I came across a familiar name, Raymond Waslawski. Ray: I'm a farmer in Kasson Township. As for that income re- turn, that was my wife's mistake. You know how women are!! One day a big Cadillac got stuck in front of my house and much to my surprise there was Sharon. Sharon: The day Raymond pulled me out of the ditch I was going to my mothers after taking Pete to work. I left the children at mother's and went to get my hair fixed at Arlene's Beauty Shop in Glem Arbor. Arlene: I have my Beauty Shop running smoothly now. A few weeks ago I started a partnership with Philip. Philip: I have studied many women's hair styles. One day last week Louise came in and I gave her a poodle haircut as she is interested in dogs. Louise: I have many registered dogs on my large estate in Illinois and Bob Zientek is serving as a caretaker. Bob: One day as I was walking the dogs, I bumped into an old classmate, Cresence. Cres: I’ve been married for quite a few years and I've got a wonderful husband and two lovely children. Well, look who finally came in--Pat. Well, it's about time, Pat. Everyone has been telling about their lives in the last twenty years. Now it's your turn. Pat: I'm sorry I'm late but I had a flat tire on my atomic car. Well, all I've been doing in the last twenty years is setting up a truck line that runs to Alaska. We hope that everyone has enjoyed this class reunion and hope that we can have another one in twenty more years. CLASS HISTORY 49-50 This is the year we entered the Maple Cith High School, with the following students: Arlene Fritz, Sharon Cluff, Donna Brow, Frances Schettek, Patsy Sharnowski, Louise Kucera, Cresence Garvin, Proxes Skipski, Raymond Waslawski, Alex Peplinski, Ed- ward Nowak, Bob Zientek, Ronnie Shupiery, Philip Sharnowski, Carroll Sattler and Reynold Brow. Of course, since we were Freshmen, we were considered the zany green horns of the school and after a few days of school our friends the Sophomores wel- comed us with an initiation party. Fortunately, all of us survived. As we were just starting in our high school career we had many things to think about, one being to start a money campaign for a Senior trip. 50- 51 We came back to school in September and found our class had grown to 18 members since Marcella Nemeskal and Patrick Miller joined us. Now it was our turn to have fun so we initiated the Freshmen shortly after school started. 51- 52 School opened in September and as Juniors we found we had lost Proxes Skipski, Patsy Sharnowski, and Marcella Nemeskal. We got things rolling by staging a dance late in September. After this dance we began preparing for the Junior play, ’’The Funny Brats”, in November and it was a huge success. We raffled cakes at all home basketball games this year and when the year ended we had about $230 in our treasury. On May 16 the Junior classes of Isadore, Maple City, and Empire held a Junior-Senior Prom at the Glen Arbor Community Hall. 52-53 We started this year with a Washington or bust slogan and during the second week the class began preparing the annual. We all pitched in and put on dances, sold candy and pop, and by Feb. 1, had $700 in our treasury and at present we are planning our trip to Washington. During March we began preparing for our Senior play under the direction of Mr. Rader. This play was presented on April 24. Baccalaureate service were held on May 24 and on Com- mencement Day we graduated from Maple City High School. ACTIVITIES September--The Seniors got the ball rolling by staging a Hard Time Dance in later part of the month. October--The Sophomores put on an initiation party in honor of the Freshmen. In the later part of this month the Seniors put on the Third Annual Harvest Carnival in which all the classes of the schools participated. December--A Christmas Program was presented by the Centerville Township Schools. January--The Senior class held two dances this month on the 17 and 31. They also held a radio raffle this month which was raffled off at the last dance. February--A Lincoln program was presented by the High School. March--The girls and boys attended John Deere Day. The Fresh- man presented their play, Miss Chatterbox very successful! April--The Seniors presented the Senior play Cornin’ Around the Mountain !! The annual Athletic Banquet held in honor of the Basketball teams of MCHS was held on the sixteenth. May--The Seniors had their Senior trip to Washington D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Krull came along as chaparones. Also, the Com- mencement Exercises, Baccalaureate Services were held. The Junior-Senior Prom, sponsored by the Junior classes, was held May 1 at the Maple City Gymnasium. seniors r juniors The Junior Glass with their Advisor, Mr. Rader r freshmen Kasson Center Kindergarten, 1st 2nd Grades Teacher, Mrs. Coleman activities athletics PANTHERS In the 1952-53 basketball season the Panthers won 12 out of 14 WLT Conference games which put them in first place with Fife Lake. Both teams received a trophy and their names engraved on the floating trophy. Picture, back row, left to right: Coach Rader, A. Peplinski, D. Peplinski, Hanna, Zientek and Waslawski. Front row, left to right: Sharnowski, Novak, Brow, Miller, Whitten and Shupiery. On January 9, the Panthers lost a heartbreaker to Buckley on the winner's home floor. The Panthers led for the first 3 quarters, but Buckley out-scored Maple City by 9 points in the last quarter and won the game by one point. 55-54. BLUE JAYS Last fall the girls entered the All-Girls WLT Conference together with Buckley, Fife Lake, Williamsburg and Rapid City. The girls lost one conference game to end the season in sec- ond place. The Blue Jays also split with Elberta in two games of non-conference play. Picture, back row, left to right: Watson, Waslawski, Cate, Whitten, Dalzell, L. Olsen and Coach Simon. Front row, left to right: Mikses, M. Kucera, Garvin, L. Kucera, Fritz, Stan- ton and C. Olsen. RESERVES The Reserves had a very successful season this year contend- ing 8 wins to one loss. Their only loss was to Lake Leelanau by the score of 35 to 17. Picture, back row, left to right: Coach Rader, Novotny, Jim Miller and Wisniewski. Front row, left to right: Joe Miller Lyon, Cluff and Kilinski. VIKINGS The Vikings showed a very promising future by winning 8 out of 9 games this season. Their only defeat was given up to Glen Arbor. Picture, back row, left to right: Stachnik, Shupiery, Kilinski, Kulanda, Wisniewski, Hlavka and Lyon. BASEBALL Last fall the baseball team had a fair season by winning two games from Isadore, one from Glen Arbor and one from the In- dependents. They lost one to Lake Leelanau, Glen Arbor and Buckley. The line up for Maple City was: Raymond Waslawski and Jim Miller doing the catching and Alex Peplinski, Reynold Brow and Arthur Wisniewski taking care of the pitching chores. The infield was made up of Roger Lyon, Paul Nowak, Mickey Cluff and Pat Miller. The outfield consisted of Tracy Whitten, Don Peplinski, Frank Novotny, Bob Zientek and Joe Miller. THE TELEVISOR The newspaper is an extra curricular activity offered since 1950 under the supervision of Mr. Krull. The Televisor got off to a slow start but is beginning to formulate itself into a school institution. This winter the School Board purchased a new mimeograph for the school, which will aid the newspaper staff to produce a more attractive newspaper. The newspaper staff: Editor, Louise Kucera, Social Editors, Connie Whitten and Marjorie Cate; Sports, Pat Miller and Alex Peplinski; Artist, Donald Burry; Class Reporters, Bruce Lyon and Janet Nowak; Lithographer, Mary Jo Kucera; Business Manager, Roger Lyon; Advisor, Mr. Krull. The Reserves with Coach Jack Rader The 7th 8th Grade Team with Coach Philip Krull ..V RED MILL LUMBER COMPANY 115 N. Hall Street Phone 211 Traverse City, Michigan Our Sincere Best Wishes To the Graduating Class of 1953 RENNIE OIL COMPANY Traverse City, Michigan Best Wishes SUTTON BAY BRANCH Traverse City State Bank Complete Banking Service Compliments of Quality Cleaners and Dyers Sutton Bay Phone 41 Traverse City Phone 438 The Best in Dry Cleaning Service Compliments of REED S TAVERN Sutton Bay, Mich. 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Compliments of The Employees and of The Management of the Traverse City Iron Works IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Compliments of Albin Tode Lumber Company Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber Maple City, Mich. WARD EATON Studebaker Cars and Trucks Traverse City, Mich. Phone 102 K SBEN’S MARKET Edmond C. Flees Meats and Groceries Phone 3 Cedar, Mich. Compliments of CHESTER KUZNIAR Cedar, Mich. Compliments of GARVIN’S GARAGE General Auto and Truck Repairing Phor.e 75-F-2 Cedar, Mich. ELMER BILLMAN General Insurance Real Estate Phone 18 RUBY BILLMAN Cabins and Cottages Cedar, Mich. Best Wishes Leelanau Lumber Company Phone 2311 Lake Leelanau, Mich. M. MARTHISON AND SON Funeral Home Ambulance Service Anytime - Anywhere Phor.e 35-F-2 Sutton Bay, Mich. Lake Leelanau Cooperative Company In The “HUB” of Leelanau Co. Lake Leelanau, Mich. Read The Leelanau Enterprise Tribune L. E. ANDERSON Pioneer Merchant Northport, Mich. Ehman’s Standard Service Bay and Elmwood Traverse City, Mich. Progressive Dairy, Inc. 529 Randolph St. Phore 666 Traverse City, Mich. Compliments of Little Bohemia and Take Out Traverse City, Mich. Compliments of PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mich. Compliments of THE DOG HOUSE Serving Doggone Good Food Steaks, Chops, Fish, Chicken 2 Nice Party Rooms Call 471J for Your Next Reservation Corner Front Division TRNKA’S PRESS SHOP 619 Randolph Kling Bros. Made to Measure Clothes Dry Cleaning - Repairs Traverse City, Mich. Compliments of GLEASON’S FOOD STORE Traverse City, Mich. r Old John Deere’s Don’t Fade They just Putt-Putt Away COLE BROTHERS Friendly Farm Store Traverse City, Mich. MINNEMA MUSIC HOUSE 114 South Union Traverse City, Mich. Most Complete Music Store In Northern Michigan May Every Success Be Yours This Fine 1953 Group F. E. FIVENSON COMPANY John C. Morgan Company Cherry and Apple Products Traverse City, Mich. 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