Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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(2lau 1Hlitoiij We the graduates of I9I4.8 started our High School days at Mattawan, on September 8, 19UC- As Freshmen there were 58 In our class. For our Class Advisor we had Mrs. Slaughter our Biology teacher. As Freshmen we were lucky, because they had no initiation that year. We elected class officers after returning fran grape harvest, around October 23rd. Our officers were President-Conrad Burket. Vice President-Doris Mumford, Secretary-Lloyd Harrington, and Treasurer-Patrlcia Mack. In the fall of the year we had a skating party at Joners Nob on Big Rock Road, but because of poor weather, only a few people attended. On September 10, 19I4.5 we started our second year at High School, with an enrollment of 37 in our class. We elected class officers on October 8th, with Lloyd Harrington as President, Margene Hall as Vice President, Delores Grgurich as Secretary, and lone Alexander as Treasurer. Our Class Advisor was Miss Smith On October 23 we had a Halloween party at the High School gym,but it didn’t fare out so well We ended our Sophomore year with a picnic at Eagle Lake. On September 9 1914-6, there was an enrollment of lp6 Juniors. On September 30th. we elected class officers. They were as follows: Margene Hall-President, La Vena Jeffries-Vlce President, Lloyd Harrington-Secretary, and Norma Bell-Treasurer. Our Student Council Members were Margene Hall and Donald Parrish For our Class Sponsores we had Miss Abbott, Mrs. Blalock and Mr. Simmons. We ordered our class rings on November 8th. and received them April 17th. Our Junior Play, Double Exposure, was given on November 15 with Mr. Peer as Director, the cast Included Doris Mumford, Edna Myers, Clyde Mumford, Norma Bell, Donald Grlmn June Klein, Margene Hall, Donald Parrish, La Vena Jeffries, and Patricia French, with the help of two Seniors, Dick Bishop and Donald Atherly. James Jeffries was stage manager. We also elected Queen Candidates for the F. F. A. Fair, they were La Veta Jeffries and Doris Mumford Doris won the Candidacy, On May 10, we gave the Prom in honor of the Seniors It was based on a Mexican theme. The Decorations consisted of cactus, Mexican dummies, parrots, vines clinging to the walls and to the open patio set up for the orchestra For the banquet the waitresses wore Mexican skirts and blouses and the waiters wore dark suits. The tables were decorated with minature cactus, the programs were made up to represent Mexican water jugs We marched with the Seniors at Baccalaureate on May 28 and also at Commencement on May 30th On September 8, 1914-7 we Seniors entered school for our final year, with a class of 1$2 pupils We elected class officers October 12, with Clyde Mumford as President, Margene Hall as Vice President, Patricia French as Secretary and Betty Miller as Treasurer Our Student Council member was Conrad Burket and our Class Advisor was Mr. Peer. Queen representatives were Doris Taft and Mary Arbanas• We had our pictures taken at Powell Studio on September 29 and received them on November 12 We gave a Sadie Hawkins dance in honor of Thanksgiving on November 21 and raffled off a turkey. So far this year we regret losing five of our classmates, Donna Sherburn, Alice Whipple, Dale Lamb, Donald Parrish, and Kenneth Stratton. We extend our congratulations to the marriages of Alice Whipple, Donna Sherburn and Kenneth Stratton. We are now looking forward to our Senior Play, Senior Trip, the Prom which the Juniors will give in our honor, and last but not least. Baccalaureate and Commencement

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(2laa fit ophecij Dear June; % Lately I have seen many of our classmates of 48 and Ithought that you might enjoy hearing about them. So here goes: Mary Arbanas is now the Dean of Women at the Black Hills Agriculture College,and doing very well. I heard that Connie Burket (known in college as Bonebreaker Burket), has hung his Chiropractor shingle out in New York. Patsy Bair is now the manager of Grant's Department store in Lawton and she soon hopes to marry the head floorwalker. Richard Derhammer just took the new Job as swimming instructor at the Y. W. C. A. He thinks the work is very interesting. Elaine EXistin has added eighty more acres of grapes and planted another pickle crop on her huge farm called Dustin’s Dusty Acres . A letter from our new and distinguished congressman Joel Campbell stated that Bob Krajewski was nominated to run for the presidency in the convention last week even though he is five years too young. Congressman Campbell is trying to amend the Constitution for his friend. Arthur Murray happened to see Ralph Gotham dancing the Rhumba at the Stork Club last month, with Margaret O’Brien and hired him as a dance instructor. Lloyd Harrington has recently taken Frankie’s place on the Hit Parade and in his spare time is designing those hats known as Harrington’s Fantasies. Sonja Henie was at Texas Corners (a suburb of Kalamazoo), a short time ago to visit Crooked Lake. While there she saw a dashing, handsome man flashing by on the ice. It was hay Sokolowski of course. She admired him so much that he now has a contract with her for the Ice Follies. Clyde Mumford who up to last week was a motorcycle cop, has nowtaken over a service station which used to be called Spikes , but now is called El Morrocco. Doris Mumford has given up raising orchids in her florist shop and now instead is raising little Weeds . I see that Elaine Newbre has given up her stunt flying in Florida and now has settled down with the president of T. W. A. Airlines. I saw a ravenhaired beauty working at a tavern in Hawaii a short time ago. It was none other than our blonde bombshell Dolores Gregurich. Ellen and Josephine Goldsmith are still singing on Gene Autry's program. They say the way the girls harmonize and yodel on Oklahoma Hills is really swoony. Bonnie Gage is still acquiring fame as a F. B. I. agent in Washington. For a short time she was Editor of the New York Times. It seems that Farma11 tractor sales have goneup 90 since Pat French was appointed head of the sales department. Thelma Geissel has opened a dress shop in Mattawan now. She made her name working in Hollywood for M. G. M. as a dress designer,so she thought she would bring some style to Mattawan. Roy Moyle recently created a new hair style in his beauty parlor at Paw Paw called Magical Madness . The other day visiting the circus we caught our old classmate Rena Timmer's act. She is the most popular tight rope walker. La Vena and La Veta Jeffries were at the circus too, but not as spectators, they have the title now of being the only twins in the world to have the total weight of 976 pounds. Robert Derhammer rang the doorbell at my house yesterday, you know, he’s getting to be such a high pressure salesman with that smooth line, that I couldn't get a word in edgewise. Up until last month Doris Taft was the hesd Physical instructor for The Charles Atlas Women's Muscle Building School. Ramona Underwood always liked history so well in school that she is now teaching it at Mrs. Upington's Finishing School. Uncle Larry Wilkinson is carrying on with his Children’s Story Hour program fbr Krunchy Korn Flakes. James Jeffries was put behind bars yesterday, b £ it didn't bother him at all because his Job as teller in the National Bank pays in more ways than one . Dorothy Markle is a very efficient secretary nowadays. I heard she got the Job by marrying the boss' son. Betty Miller certainly looks nice inher bus driver's uniform. She has a run from Detroit to New York for the Bluehound Bus Company. (She had private lessons).