Millington High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Millington, MI)

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C ass Histor On a fresh fall morning in September of 1954, eager and gay Freshmen paraded into the Ag. Room. Under the guidance of the annual Freshman sponsor, J. L. Meachum, we began our long awaited high school curriculum. During our first class meeting in 1954, we elected Royce Shamel as Presi ent, Dan Spencer as Vice President, Sharon Vansteenkiste as Secretary, and Judy Babion as Treasurer. Royce Shamel was our Student Council Represent- ative. In our long debated meetipg we chose our class colors as Copper Sulfate Blue and White. Our motto was, Nothing is gained without work. Our ower was a White Camation. i Early in the spring of 1955, the day came we had all been waiting for. For this was the day we ordered our class r n s. gSeeing we didn't have a project in our Freshman year, we decided to have a party. And what a party it wasl Judy was the Queen of the Carnival with Danny Alcantar as our King. Then along came June and the All M Banquet with letter winners D ck Zink 2, George Kish 1, Tyrone Beebe 1, Elaine Cole 1, Hilda Hunt 1, and Lila Gleason 1. The next year as Sophomores, we chose Art Isham as President, Dick Gross as Vice President, Phyllis Carll as Secretary, and Annette Brow as Treasurer, Art Isham and Dick Harvecy were our Student Council Re resentatives. It wasn't long before the Sophomores began to strutt. Yes, we ha our class rings. You could tel? by looking at the Sophomores, they were in no rutt. For our money making project, we had a great dance with Bi l Lamb providing the entertainment as DJ . Letter winners for this year were Georgie Kish 5, Dick Zink 4, T one Beebe 2, Judy Dalrymple 1, Danny Alcantar 1, Roger Love 1, Bernard Griffit 1, Dianne MacLaren 1, gimona Bewell 1, onnie Brown 1, Lila Gleason 1, and Elaine ole 1, The summer flew by like a flash and we entered our all important Junior year. This was our bigAmoney making yivear. For our officers we selected Jim Carson as President, George Kish as Vice President, Dianne acLaren for reasurer, and Elaine Cole for Secretary. Jim Carson, George Kish, and Dan Spencer were Student Council Representatives. Our Junior Play was among our money making projects. The play, Don't Take My Penny, turned out to be a gieat success. The cast and directors helped make this play a success. The cast consisted of the following: Art Isham, urel lhrke, Judy Babion, Phyllis Carll, Georgia Jones, Kay Jewell, Bob Osborn, Royce Shamel, Judy Dalrymple, George Kish, Dianne McLaren, Virginia Reinert, Dan Spencer, llck Harvey, Jim Farnum, and Deanna Reed. The best acting awards were given to Ju y Dalrymple and Dan Spencer. We were very fortunate in having a gir selected from our class to be the Homecoming Queen. She was Marlene Morningstar and we were very proud. We sponsored the Jr, Sr, Banquet with George Kish as our toast-master, Our prom which followed tumed out Great. Our theme was carried our appropriate with all the trimmings to fit into an 'Oriental Garden. Again we had a girl from our class as Queen. If you all remember Charlotte Ormsbee took the part of being a real Queen. Before long, June was staring us in the face and the All M Banquet was being arranged with eorgle Kish receiv- ing 4 letters, Dick Zink 4, Judy Dalrymple 2, Ramona Bewell 2, Art Isham 2, Dick Gross 2, Royce S amel 2, Mike Blackmer 2, Danny Alcantar 2, Deanna Reed 2, Gary Mosher 2, Roger Love 2, Lila Gleason 2, Tyrone Beebe 2, Bernard Griffith 2, Bob Osborn 1, Charlotte Ormsbee 1, Elaine Cole 2, Erma Leach 1, Phyllis Carll 1, Judy Babion 1, June Harback 1, Lyle Loomis 1, Gerald McNeal 1, Marilyn Rohn 1, Linda Whitehead , Lois Smeaton , Alice Sherman 1, Bonnie Brown 1, and Murel Ihrke 1, also for best Alg. Project. School soon ended once more but this time we were all loo ing forward to coming back next year as the All Important Seniors. The summer went by like a breeze and we entered our last year at M.H. S. , with George Kish as our President, Dan Spencer as Vice President, Virginia Reinert as Treasurer, and Marlene Morningstar as Secretary. George Kish, Judy Babion and Art Isham were Student Council Representatives. It wasn't long an another big day came to pass on the calendar and that was our long awaited senior pictures, When they returne we were all as proud as seniors could be. On November 26, 1957, we had our Senior Play. Swing Your Partner was our selection. This cast consisted of Jud? Dalrymple, George Kish, Lois Smeaton, Art Isham, Deanna Reed, Royce Shamel, Judy Babion, Doyle Stratton, an Irma Leach, Dan Sppncer and Mary Mills. George Kish and Irma Leach walked away with the best actor and best actress awards for t eir participation in the Senior Play. Another of our money making projects was the Talent Show on January 27. Besides furnishing excellent enter- tainment, it helped to swell our class funds. On March 21, 1958, we had our last money making project before we were to say good-bye to M.H. S. Both of these, financially speaking, were a success, On May , the Juniors gave us a big send off with a wonderful banquet, followed by a beautiful prom, One, I'm sure, we will never forget. Soon June was here with the All M seeing letters given to George Kish 5, Dick Zink 4, Ramona Bewell 4, Judy Dalrymple 2, Alice Sherman 2, Lila Gleason 2, Deanna Reed 2, Art Isham 2, Royce Shamel 2, Dick Gross 2, Gary Mosher 2, Joe LaBean 2, Harold Baker 2, Ken Carlson 2, Bob Osborn 1, Mike Blackmer 1, Charlotte Ormsbee 1, John Schluckbier 1, Jack Powers 1, Mike Martin 1, Dianne McLaren 1, Phyllis Carll 1, Bernard Griffith 1, Judy Babion 1, June Harback 1, Lyle Loomis 1, Gerald McNeal 1, Marylyn Rohn 1, Linda Whitehead 1, Bonnie Brown 1, Georgialones 2, Doyle Stratton 1. Followingl this we had the annual Baccalaureate Services. Now time was really running out. We may ave thought we were all glad when June 4th came around, but deep down we all wanted to be freshmen again like we were in 954. So to tyou, the underglriads of M, H, S. , we, the seniors, want to wish you all the very best of luck and happiness in your uture years at . H. S, Also we want to say Thank You for making our last year so enjoyable, because you help make it possible by your complete cooperation in our every effort. Good by and Good Luck Yours Sincerely, The Class of 1958! 24

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NAME KEN CARLSON BBINNIE GRIFFITH CHESTER CAIN CHARLENE STEWART JUDY BABDN RAMONA BEWELL PAUL MARKEL JBYROLD MCNEAL SONNEY MCPHESON LYLE LOOMIS HAROLD BAKE! ALICE SHERMAN DAN SPENCER LOIS SMEATON IDN HUTCHINS CALVIN KEINATH MARILYN ROHN PHYLLIS CARLL CHARLOTTE ORMSBEE LINDA WHITEHEAD JUNE HARBACK JUDY DALRYMPLE MARIE BROWN DALE BLUE JIM SAHA KAREN HUTCHINSON BOB OSBORN DICK ZINK JO ANNE HETHORN KAY JEWEU. ROGER LOVE ROYCE SHAMEL KENNETH SAWYER DALE SAVAGE GHJRGIE CATLIN BONNIE BROWN ROBERT FALL HJLDA HUNT IRMA LEACH TYRONE BEEBE ROLLAND FOSTER ROLLAND FALL DANNY ALCANTAR JOE LaBEAN MIKE BLACKMEZ GEORGE KISH MIKE COBB GEORGIA JONES MUREL IHRKE GARY MOSHER WILLIAM PARKER JIM CARSON Ll1.A GLEASON ELAIN COLE JOHN SCHLUCKBIER DICK HARVEY MIRIAM WOODWARD VIRGINIA REINERT DIANNE MCLAREN DICK GROSS GARY LARKIN MARLENE MORNINGSTAR JACK POWERS MARY ESTHER MILLS JIM ALIDRE DOYLE STRATTON MIKE MARTIN DEANNA REED ART ISHAM JOHN WEEKS Chalk Talk LIKI-ZS Basketball Eating Candy Hunting Gt Flshlng New Clothes Sallor Shoes Gr Earrings Girls It Food Food My Car Hot Rods Hunting, Fishing Dances People who are kind to animals fespeclally mel Friendly people Football, Swimming Hunting, Fishing Popular Music Garg. Food, Johnny Apples, records, boys Friends, music Clothes, Money George Kish Roller Skating, Swimming Ice Cream Hunting A certain person Shop Elaine Cole Butterscotch Candy Dale, Frog leg Dlrmers Lauy Living Football and Band Hunting, Cars Hunting, Flshlng Lot of Friends Boys Called non Kame Jlm Jack, Sleeping Hunting, My Girl Sandra Everything Ice Cream 8: Girls working Shrimp Money Just about everything A good Party Cars and Auto Racing Sports of all kind People, Food Nothing and Nobody Apple pie 8: Ice Cream Dick Zink Money dr Girls Night life Interesting people Bob 81. Weekends Leo, Chicken, Bing Crosby Good Girls Girls, sleepino, food Les, my job and sports Nothing Carl and Till Cars All Good People Food Lyle and Cadlllacs Girls Eating DISLIKES Olives Girls who Smoke Subjects in School Homework Homework Sad People Conclsed People Govt. Class Talktlve Glrls Stuck-up people Nosey People Rowdy A Impollte people Outer spacemen who refuse to talk to youl Stuck-up people Some People Stuck-up people Teasers Stuck-up people Overbearing people Second Hr. Class Second Hour Gossips Nosey people School Hot Rod Driver Quiet Study Halls Math School Pie Getting up ln the mtlnlng Mean People working at Cobb's Chevolet, Women Drivers women lktvers A wise Guy Mr. J.D. Obscene Literature School People who Bragg Grown-ups Iwho aren't grown up yetl Girls who two time what I don't like Beets Nothing to do Oysters Being Broke School and work Some Peoples Children Some Women drivers History People who drink Fool lsh Females Certain Male teachers who dispise girls sports My sister at times. Informers Don't got any Pessimistic people School work 3,000 miles between Leo and me. Bad Girls Work Diets, Army, and Boy Chasers Everything Cold Class Roomsl Sisters Math Sister Brothers who Tell Girls boyfriends Women Drivers 23 HOBBY Swiss Horses Collecting Pict. Readlng writing to Ron Dancing Swimming Hunting Hunting Cars Eating Plano Staying out of trouble Cooking Saving Money School Spurs Sewing Dancing Swimming Reading Music None Roller Skating Cards Motorcycles working on cars Elvis Presley Fishing, Hunting Sports Dancing wrltlng to Dale Playing lt cool Eat, sleep, tnuslc Hot Rods, hkchanlc Raising Mink Traveling Diving my '49 Driving Reading Swimming Raising small animals Collecting Arrowheads Hunting Horses Hunting Model Airplanes women writing Letters working on Machinery Most Anything Hunting Hunting, Bowling Collecting post cards Hunting Anything that's a good time. Records Dancing writing Letters I pump gas water Skiing Et Hunting Filling my Hope Chest Hunting Cooking and Baking Cars Hunting Hunting Dancing Hunting, Fishing Hunting FAVORITE SAYING What do you thlnkl Oh my Goahl Oh Manl Gee Whlzl 'All right Already' You don't sayl lsn't that right? Ignorance ls Bliss What do you want? An egg ln your beer. I don't know Crlpe Sakes There Ya Gol Oh Mercyl Iret's Est' Holy Cowl 'Under that grim look. there is a smile. 'Nothing is gained without work' There Ya Go would be Telling Never work to Hard Nice Try 'Honestly' You got money. I got time. Come and Get ltl Iss fun to do but don't get caught doing it How about that Bless my boot button It's never right to do wrong ln order to get a chance to do a rlght. 'Get serious' 'nom snow, as yn- You like that, Huh? well, you got the point. Share and Share alike. I'll be famous yet Don't get shook Better not say. You like that, Huh? A penny saved ls s penny earned. Don't what me, lis- ten next time. Nix Don't huh me. listen next time. Come on Baby Variety is the spice of life. All Righty Right-o-Fido !Can't say lt. I can't say it 'Oh Nerts 5th Amendment Life is grandl l Any who How about that Never trust a women Better not say AMBITION Ask Lois Successful Father Male Secretary Secretary Marriage Work Fleet Admiral Farmer Air Force Mllllonalr Make Money R. N. Educated Nm. Work Us Marriage Earn S150 Farmer Office Waker College Home Gt Family Office Worker Office Worker Study Plano Teaching Contractor Rldlng Around Farmer Marriage Work work di Marriage Mllllonalr College. Family Business Mechanic Mechanic Work Journalist Preacher Beautlclan Nursing To be successful at my job. INo matter what lt lsj Making Furniture. work Job Farmer Steady iob. Engineer Retire R. N. Truck Illver Truck Driver Factory Worker Multi-Millionaire Teacher Marriage .loin navy Plumber Nuhe Marriage Marriage and Secretarial Work Can't say that I have any. Good Job Work ln a Nursery school Mlllionalre Secretary Wa-k Slate Police College Secretary Forest Ranger Marriage

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lass Prophecy A cool breeze was blowing as I entered the gates of the Alumi Field. There was much commotion as the small group gathered together once more. again for a reunion on the Millirigton School grounds, from which they graduated in 1958. Gazing back to the parking lot I see Mr. George ish and his wife. the fonner Judy Dali3'mple, driving in with a 1968 yellow convertible. George is now the star quarter back or Michigan State, and Judry is a cheerlea er for his team. Landing, near by is Danny Spencer. He is trying to bring his latest invention, 'The Air Boom' own to earth. uf Going ack to the school grounds see Deanna Reed. She has just retumed her 10th diamond ring to the 'Past-Love' of her e. And there is the 'Ole Apple King' himself, Mike Cobb. He owns the 'Three Tree Orchard' south of town. Must be the cider got the best of him. Mike is chatting with his old buddy Royce Shamel, now the great romantic actor. Royce claims his next picture is called 'The Night of Passion. ' The leadln lady is going to be played y Jo Hethorn, the world famous actress. In her last movie, I was A Guitar String For Elvis, she payed opposite of the teen-age idol and lost fifteen pounds ln the process. Roger Love, Slugger Love. is here tonight with his wt e. Rog is in with the big time fights. Next week he ls scheduled to fight t e great 'Daring Dygamite Dan, who we know as Danny A cantar. This is to be the greatest fight of the yearl Roger is gzokiingsfror hlssfirst win. nnie Brown, famous newspaper woman. says she 's going to the fights to get a story for her paper, 'The nn e own ast. Georgia Jones recently opened a swanky New York fashion shop, 'The French Room, where all the latest Paris fashions are beingedisplgyed. She has just hired two new models, Phyllis Carll and Irma leach. mie riffith and Tyrone Beebe are sitting together recalling old times with their wives. The commotion nearby is caused by all the little Grifflth's and Beebe's. Cal Keinath and Jim Sahr are now co-owners of the Burp Beer Co. . They are chief Sippers. Their capable secretary ls Marie Brown. Dale 'Hotrod' Blue has now gone into the manufacturing business of motor scooters. He has entered the racing profession and is known as 'Blue Streak' Blue. Kay Jewell called to say she couldn't make it tonight. She and Dale are in Germany and due to the fact that their rocket ship was out of commission they decided to spend a qu et evening at home. June Harback and Marilyn ohn are now assistant manager's at Zhender's Hotel in Frankenmuth. They seem to be quite prosperous as theyllboth drive a Jaguar. Joe LaBean, ike Martin an Dick Zink have combined their football talents and are now playing pro-football for the Detroit Lion's. Elaine's cooking must agree with Dick as he is looking better than everl Mike Blackmer and his wi e, the former Alice Sherman. have just arrived. Alice has given up the piano teaching profession for a few months to care for their new set of bo? tripletsl Hilda Hunt has just arrived in a fabulous m nk coat. She is the owner of Hilda's Beauty Salon' and her old senior glrl friends support her by having their hair done there regularly. who is that stirring up dust and papers on the school grounds? It's none other than Don Hutchins, who is now a District Street Cleaner in New York ity slum area. He just can't stand the sight of messy school grounds. That isn't Ken Carlson with his nose buried in a Govemment book is it. why yes it isl After ten years he is still trying to get that credit in Government. We hear that lick Gross is plugging away at his own Leonard Gas Station located on Millington's Super Highway, ten lanes wide. As we were driving through town we noticed that Sonny McPherson has his own Super- Ihiper Vegetable stand. We found wt by the grapevine that Sonny was arrested because he was selling rotten vegetables. Lila Gleason is now a successful elementary teacher here at Millington High School. She is one of the few who have com- bined marriage and a career successfully. Karen Hutchinson is now executive secretary to the President of the United States. We always sald she would go places. Chester Cain is here this afternoon and informs us he is still amusing himself with the same old pastime, which is getting acquainted with all the neighbcrly hobos who run between Maine and Mexico. Confidentally, the hobos happen to be girls! Georgia Catlin likes the new Edsel so well that she and Roy went into business for themselves. 'I'hey own the 'Petzold Edsel Company. Mary Mills, wife of Dr. Carl Schurtz. is now his assistant secretary. She heard that the hospital. which they own, employs some pretty snazzy nurses, so she decided that she and the five little schurtzes had better look in on him occasionally. The former Marlene Morniggstar came today with her husband Les Long. They tell us they built a 85,000 addition to their ultra modern ranch ryupe home or her successful nursery school. Althouglh Judcy Ba ion fMrs. Ronnie Couchj ls a successful housewife, she is also head drum majorette at Central Michigan Colle e. S e ha a slight accident while bathing her baby boy. She thought he was a baton and tried to flip him. OE! Look at Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker driving up in one of the company cars. He now owns his Dad 's car business. 'The Baker Acre Chevrolet Sales' in Frankenmuth. After looking through town I see the name is changed on Schumaker's Restaurant. It is now 'Eat at lshams. We specialize ln hot homemade bread and cold pickles. East of town we see the big dairy barns belonging to Murel Irke. He owns '740 milking cows and 4. O00 acres of land. Look over there. Isn 't that Jim Carson, John Schluckbier. and Jack Powers? I imagine their names have been plastered on all the sport pages for they are the Champion Bowlers. Rolland Fall is happily married. lsn't the latest little Fall addition cute? well, this one finally looks like their Daddy. Ohl There's Rolland Foster followingln his brother Doug's footsteps. Nothing ls gained without a big speech. he alwpys said. Paul Markel ls head chemist at Dow Chemical Company in Midland. His latest invention is calle Fingertip Night eat. This is none other than a fluid poured into batons to keep majorettes hands warm at football games. Ramona Bewell and Charlotte Ormsbee wired to say 'Aloha from the Hawaiian Pineapple Patches, which they own. This they bought while stationed there. Four more months and they will have completed their ninth year in the Wacs. Dick Harvey is due here tongght for a big Disc Jockey Dance. His popularity, as a DJ has rlsen since high school days and he now has his own TV program, ou Ain 't Nothing But a Dancer. Dale Saviage and Ken Sawyer are now co-owners of the Saw er-Savage Scrap Iron Medal Inc. , and are doing quite well. Mr. and rs, Bob Osbom, his wife the former Virginia Reynert, own the John Deere Implement Co. Virginia helps drive a tractor when she isn't busy with their two little daughters. Charlene Stewart and Linda Whitehead are their head secretaries and enjoy their work immensely when Bob isn't bossinlg them around. Sittingddown at the table near the right, we see everend Bob Fall and his devoted wife. He is pastor of the Lutheran Church in Vassar. Gary osher, we hear. is doing prett well for himself. He is head model for Pepsodent tooth paste lit contains Lanollnj. Jerold McNeal, owner of Ye Big Potato Iyar-m has won first prize for raising the bi est potato of the year. We are deeply sorry that one of class-mates, Lyle Loomis, can not be with us toggy. He is just beginning a llfe sentence in Jackson Prison for bigamy. Jim Allore has been touring the state singing hillbilly songs. It has been rumored that Jim has had an offer to tour the Ozark Mountains to teach the hillbil es how to sing. Doyle Stratton and John Weeks have just returned from a tralpqping expedition in Alaska where they caught their limit of polar bears. We see Gary Larkin and his wife coming up the wa now. Gary is a successful apprentice for General Motors Corp.. where he has been sweeping the floors for therpast ten years. Lois Smeaton, head librarian at the State Library in Lansing, has establlshed quite 2 name for herself after publishing her latest book Wh Librarians Go Craz . Miriam oo war ina y put er artistic talent to work and is head designer at MGM Studios in Hollywood. She was recently fired from RKO because she was always late for work. Mrs, Leo Cowan, the former Dianne MacLaren. is unable to attend the reunion because she is resting after giving birth to her 12th son. She always said. They're cheaper by the dozen, And so fellow alumni, we now conclude our tenth annual reunion. we hope that you will all make plans to be with us again next year, same time, same place, and the crowd drifts away ......