Marcellus High School - Wildcats Yearbook (Marcellus, MI)

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Will We, the Senior Class of 1951 of Marcellus High School, members being of sound mind and body, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament, revoking all wills made previously and do set our hands and seals on this 23rd day of May in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-One. To the undersigned - providing they are of sound mind - we leave this: Collectively: To our Alma Mater - we leave all undergrads, may they treat you as gently as we did. To the faculty - our just debts and funeral expenses. To the future Seniors - the privilege to fill our places in the back of the assembly To the future Juniors - our athletic standings. To the future Sophomores - the ability to make money for a Senior trip. Individually: I, Ken Artis, leave- I, Gene Barber, will my trips south of town to no one. I, Bill Bent, will Shirley Reigle to no one, I, Gene Breseman, will to Bucky, anything of mine he doesn't already have. I, Betty Clark, will my success with young men to Joan Howlett. I, Nancy Clark, will my height to Harriet Wyman. I, Joanne Cox, will my outspoken ways to anyone who's bashful. I, Donna Eisenhauer, will my interest in Home Ec. to Natalie Mooy. I, Georgia Emig, leave my boisterous laughter to Joyce Cripps. I, Marian Griner, will my good ways to Alice Wright, I, Bill Harris, leave this school to O. H. Jensen. I, Joan Harris, will my baby sitting at Bent's to Shirley Reigle, I, Floyd Hering, leave my good looks to Ed McClain, I, Beatrice Hibbard, leave my ability to get around the teachers to anybody who needs it. I, Jim Hunt, leave Ag. Class to anybody who will take it, I, Arlo James leave my quiet disposition to Jim Reynolds. I, Bill Lee, will my curls to Clayton Hartman, I, Maurice MacCartny, will my way with Timm to Meridith Clark, I, Priscilla Mathews, will to Mary Logan my slim figure, I, Richard Olsen, will my ability to get into trouble to James Kirby. I, Dorris Pyle will my lung capacity to anyone who will accept it to keep up the school spirit at ball games. I, Elwyn Shugars will my arguments with Timm to some brave person. I, Lyle Stuck, will my good behavior to Francis James. I, Emagene Rose will my musical ability to Cleon Frye. I, Jean Tank, leave my giggles to Evelyn Smith, I, Audrey Wright, leave my fighting habits to Dixie Frazier. I, Aurieta Wright, leave my red hair, blue eyes, height 5'2 - to Russel Gailhouse, I, Lula Bell Youngs, will my assembly seat to Mary Griffin, 12

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We find Gene Barber is now not only an interest holder in the Parke-Davis Company, but a life-long possessor of the Davis heir. We are pleased at the progress made by Priscilla Mathews, for she is now a writer for the Unusual Fairy Stories Co., designed for both young and old alike, Busy keeping order in her MHome for Hopeless Hoodlums is Nancy Clark whose kind heart was concerned about helping them get another start. She is turning out fine citizens we hear. There has been a new partnership begun and the members seem quite familiar to us. They are none other than Joan and Billy Harris, William is doing well at his commer cial art position and Joan is taking a course in home nursing. Lula Belle Youngs has just signed a life-long contract with a prominent recording company and her first record is to be released soon. They say her distinctive style will make the Hit Parade. We find Joanne Cox is now the head seamstress of the e'Needle and Thread Co. 'She makes everything from undershirts to overcoats, In one of the corner drug stores, whom do we find but --- one energetic young phar- macist by the name of Dorris Pyle. She always did want to be a druggist and now she' up to her ears in pills, Well, A pill a day, keeps the doctor away, We see a sign hung outside a dinky little dwelling that reads: Pianos tuned reason- ably. Can it be that Emagene has finally acquired perfect pitch? Well, these are the various accomplishments of the class of 5l as we take our eye from the keyhole and continue on our way. ll S

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History In the year Nineteen Hundred Forty-Seven, the Marcellus High School opened with great gloom. What had walked in the front door ? Only us, the new Freshmen. As the lowest form of animal life, we met and elected our officers: President - Bill Bent, Vice-President - Jim Hunt, Secretary - Joan Harris, Treasurer - Elwyn Shugars. Our two Student Council members were Floyd Hering and Aurieta Wright. We chose Mrs, Kirby as our Class Advisor, A few weeks later we all went through the torturous form of initiation and after that, everything settled down to normal? ? f? In our Sophomore year we came back, bent on revenge on the incoming Freshmen We hope we succeeded. We met and chose Mrs. Kirby our Advisor. We then proceeded to elect Gene Breseman - President, Jim Hunt - Vice-President, Gene Barber - Treasurer, Bill Lee - Secretary, Student Council Representatives - Bill Harris and Lula Belle Youngs The next year we were upperclassmen and had the Swelled Heads. It didn't last very long though when the Seniors came along. This year we elected Gene Breseman - second time President, Maurice MacCartny - Vice-President, Marian Griner - Secretary and Jim Hunt - Treasurer. The Student Council members were Jean Tank and Charles Phillips. This year we selected Miss Tait as our Advisor. Our activities were a Christmas dance with the Sophomores, a Banquet and Prom for the Seniors and our Junior Play, Judy Pulls the Curtain. At the end of the year the school voted and chose Gene Breseman, Bill Lee and Jean Tank to be the Student Council President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treas- urer, respectively. At last the big moment, we enter the school as Seniors. We met and chose Mr. Allen to be our Class Advisor. We then proceeded to invest the honor of President on Jim Hunt, Vice-President on Bill Lee, Secretary on Georgia Emig, and Treasurer on Elwyn Shugars. Marian Griner and Kenneth Artis were chosen our Student Council members. The Senior Class Play was Mistakes At The Blakes on December 8th, in spite of the impassable roads. The time we have looked forward to for so long is now near, and although we are very happy about the whole thing, it is so seemingly the end that we will need our memories to keep us. ' l3