Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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li Q! ?XW ANCHCRA fs X ' 6? Q SALUTATORY Plrents Teachers and Fr1ends Tomght we have reached the foot of the mountaln called Llfe Th1s IS the chmafc of all our h1gh school career for wh1ch we have labored smce early chlldhood So tonlght we w1sh to welcome you to th1s program IH wh1ch we celebrate our accompllshment and at wh1ch we must say farewell to old Mason Hlgh We the members of the Senior class w1sh to express our thanks and utmost gratitude to our parents our teachers and frlends who have helped to keep us on the path of educatlon and learn1ng Many tlmes we have felt always been our ever helpful teachers and frlends who put us back on the rlght path We d1d not reallze then what they were domg for us but now that we have reached the top we look back and reallze that they were dome the r ght thmfr Twelve long years ago we all start d out each 1n h1S own path When we reached hlgh school we all Jomed 1nto one path and w1th cooperatlon we have at last reached the helght of our high school days Before us l1es the mountaln of l1fe wh1ch we must ascend Each of our paths now sep arate and we wlll each pursue ou1 own way Some of us wlll find hard cllfnblng and w1ll be forced to pass over dangerous places 1n our lxfe and we wlll not have our teachers and frlends to gulde us but must decide our own course Others w1ll find easler paths and wzll reach places of hlgher fame But no matter how far we go there w1ll always be newer and better fields b lore us to explore Tonight all of our Joy and happmess IS shadowed by a tmge of sorrow deep 1n our hearts for we must bld ffuewell to our classmates and our school 1n wh1ch we shall never fwfun enJox such pleasures as we have durxnff the past four years We wlsh now to thank the cxtlzens 'md school board of Mason for the fine school and wonderful equlpment we have had to use IH bulldmg the foundatlon of our l1ves Tomorrow we start a n w trall and wlth the knowledge and fellow Shlp Splflt we haxe gathered here w e are sure to be successful m the trlals before us Gerald Qtrlckland llji N ,EF135 f'-fnfu ,- x ' wt , fe' D -3 gg Q 42 ', 1 2 ' ' as '11 KTTTZNM1, , I E . . ,X xxx Again' t I. Page 25 2 , ' : . . v . 7 I . 7 Y. 7 discouraged and it seemed that there was no use of going on, but there has ' y v ' , v ' O 5 ' O- D . . V , . Vc - y v. 1 ef ' I , ' C 1 ' 1 I I V . Y C bl . . 'Y x I 7 . D h v' 1 ' .. I C . L I A 1 . G . 1 v V C 9 V . Y. , v v ' ' ' f y . r C9 Y ' . q W P. - ' I f ! 4 , . A ! , A ,7, V , ' , E X 1 , 1 .

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., X10 uh? 'QL IW ANCHURA 'W Xl. aff -M-mm Paz 4 VALILDICTORY It IS not an easy task to say farewell to Mason h1gh school We look back over the years and reallze that they have been and probably w1ll be the happlest of our llves Each of us mlght plcture our hlgh school days dlfferently Some mlght see It as a splder splnnlng 1tS web a weaver pattern1ng a beautlful tapestry or a puzzle that had taken four years to solve These are dlfferent VIBWN but after all are they not s1m1lar'7 Each IS a work that requlres tlme and patlence to complete In my mmd I see a beautlful tree At first 1ts leaves were small green buds but as tlme passed they grew large and strong The gardener pruned and cared for the tree puttmg the wayward branches back lnto the1r places All through the summer the leaves remalned w1th the tree some t1mes dancmg and fluttermg 1n the breeze other t1mes battllng the w1nd and storms In the fall they were brlght and gay IH thelr autumn colors for at l-Ist the1r work IS done and they are ready to go Along comes the w1nd and they are gone each on lts separate way Llke these leaves our class has had good t1mes and troubles We haxe also had helpers Tomght we w1sh to thank our parents and teachers and all those who have helped us reach our goal Although we are leavlng our sp1r1t and best w1shes w1ll always be w1th 'Vlason Hlgh The good t1mes we have had and the frlends we have made w1ll never be forgotten Too soon comes graduatlon and llke a puff of w1nd w1ll scatter us each taklng hlS own path Next year new leaves w1ll come to the tree of Mason hlgh school Thev w1ll become strong and hardy because of the sturdy tree upon Wh1Ch thev grow It cheers and comforts us as we leave to know that these new leaves w1ll carry on the sp1r1t of Mason and share ln 1fS honor happlness and frlendshlp Llla Blakely - N 1930 -, A, 1 1 ,- 'ar if Sxxet CZ X X l 1 'X' I .' s , ' -'L 1 Q ' 3 sk . ll , '2 ' 5 . ,f , , hy , tx k X , YAQ V H V Aff I. T e 2 1 . V . c . . . . . Y . . 7 9 . .. , 1 ' I , . 1 A . . - 1:1 L 1 T 1 . . 1. c . ' . YI . , . . Y , ' . 1 X . I Y. . . 1 ' 1 y' v' D . Y f , . I V I . V 7 7 ' 1

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ti fp IX! aa ASDMAIJDL lg ANCHORA A XA aff 5 HISTORY OF THL CLASS OF 30 To the knights in the days of old Keeplng watch oer the mountaln height Came a vision of Holy Grail And a VOICE through the waiting nlght Follow follow follow the gleam We are like the knlghts IH the days of old Just twelve short years ago we saw visions of greater things perhaps not in the same light that we see them now but to us they were visions to be fulfilled We looked with admiration on the upper classmen and resolved to make our way to the top Doris Harrison Gerald Strlckland and Helen Zimmer are the three Oflglnal members of our group But through the years many others from surrounding commumtles have Jolned us Miss Titus guided us through the first two years of learning just as faithfully as she had guided others years before She soothed our bumps and bruises taught us our first readln and wr1t1n and rithmetlc then finally consented to pass us on to higher learning H M Silsby came to Mason ID the first grade Leah Diehl Jolned our ranks in our second year and Gerry Sawyer followed in the fourth Now to go back a little The unthought of disaster the fire came upon a quiet town in the dark of a January night IH 1921 Men women and children were wakened from sound sleep by the shrill blast of the fire whistle Flames shot like angry demons 1nto the cool air The frame of the old building stood out distinctly in the flood of light Then four walls collapsed It was lost to us forever 'Slot long after the fire school was called m the churches of the town while architects drew plans for a new and finer building and men were put to work to carry out these plans Our new home was ready for us when we entered the fifth grade What a beautlful building it proved to be the finest of all schools 1n the CO'l munity At the beginning of his fifth year in school Clrry St Georg discovered that the Mason first ward school was the place for him so he left the second ward to Join us Perhaps we witnessed one of the proudest moments of our lives the morning the rooms of the high school were opened to us as well as to the upper classmen Loren Leonard quletly took hls place among us Llttl did we realize what hls coming would later mean to our class and our chool Jess Curtis and Geraldine Palmer slipped in 1n the eighth grade Freshmen have a way of coming here from all parts of the countryside and thus our freshman year ushered 1n boys and girls of all descuptlons We have Cary Burns our powerful lefthanded pltcher Lefty s a regular fellow Gretton school sent him here But Gretton did not finish with X4-L-'27 4 1950 9 'f-,. 11 af 'ia - iff' :W . f' - off 45 5 fl, ' fait. ..' 5 : ' l ,inf x, ,- I 1 ,V I . ,Qt lf, i --,, .. nl. V, ,,,., g , ,,,,. Y i Psuzr- 26 '1 7 ll ' ' Y ' vi , Y . . V . . . 1 , as ! 7 ' . . . V I 1 7 T , . f . . . . K 3 ' 1 66 ' 7 ' ' 1 5 ' ' !1 Y ' ' ' ' ac nn , . I . 1 7 . Y . 1 ' I 1 v . . . . . . . . . . . Y 1 1 r 7 . . , , . O . . 1: 9 A A' . , 3 . . . ., . Y V K . V Y- . K7 ' 3 . . ,,. . Y K 1 S . . 1 L u v ' ll 7 YY c y . '. 1 l . '