Morrice High School - Oriola Yearbook (Morrice, MI)

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Class Hxstory A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS A1l the world's a stage and all the men and women merely playe They have their entrances an their exits and each man 1n his time plays many parts So writes the great playwriter Shakespeare And the History of the Class of 1956 reads like a play in four dramatic acts Act I As Freshmen Our grand entrance into High School was a smash hit' following the normal procedure of casting our class off1cers, under the d1rect1on of Mr Wojahn The result was as follows President, Clarence Scollon V1ce Presldent, Betty Grinnell Secretary, Donna Schnebelt Treasurer, Norman Carr Reporter, Ir1s Dalley The highest point of Act I occurred when we we re imtiated on November 17 We kept the act1on rolling when we went on our first roller skating party at the Palomar in Lansrng The sideline event was our selling cand1ed apples at all home football and basketball games The curtain fell on Act I with a trip to the Zoo and Baseball game in Detroit Act Z As Sophomores The curtain rose, depicting the choosing of a new cast of officers They we re the following President, Clarence Scollon Vice Pres1dent, Dale W1l11ams Secretary, Betty Gr1nne11 Treasurer Donna Schnebelt Reporter, MarJor1e Coleman and our Director was Mrs Anna Land The Freshmen carried a minor part 1Il,th1S Act when we 1n1t1ated them 1nto H1gh School Act Z was successfully brought to a close by our selling men's and women s nylon hose, pom poms, and cand1ed apples Art 3 As .Tumors This act began with the following people holding the roles of class off1cers President, Donna Reporter, Julia Sturgis, and the Directors were Miss Ten Brink and Mr Jenkins The two main features of th1S Act were the Play and the Prom We remember well the air of ex citement on the n1ghts of April 15th and l6th when we produced our Play, 'Glrl Shy , and under the direction of Mr Jenkins The Prom on May Zl, 1955, was an event we shall never forget The theme was 'Over the Rainbow , with the music furnished by the Don Ray Band from M1Ch1gan State University of East Lansing During Act 3, we had seve ral scenes, portraying the selling of candied apples, magazlnes and autograph books Also we had Bake Sales and Cake Walks after every other home basketball game On February 18, Ken Clark the W O A P Disc Jockey, stepped 1nto the spotlight when he did an excellent Job providlng the records for a dance sponsored by our Class Act 4 As Seniors Now we come to our final Act, fac1ng the fourth year with the top honors of class offlcers goirg to President, Jeanette Fournie Secretary Betty Gr1nne1l Treasurer, Gary Kingsley Reporter, Dolores Ferrigan Historian, Julxa Sturgis, and Sponsors, Mr Atkinson and Mr Ph1ll1ps Some of the highlight events of Act 4 we re The Roast Beef Supper 1n October, the Refreshment Stands at all home football and basketball games, Record Uances, Cake Walks after every other home basketball game and the selling of SchoolvBa11po1nt pens The two outstanding accomplishments of this act we re the Play and our Annuals On December lst and 3rd, under the excellent direction of Mr Gerald Rasmussen, we presented the dramatic Play, Lost Horizon The second was the preparing and selling of our Annuals which was an event that permeated most of the Act While the Curtain slowly descends, we are looking forward to our five day Senior Trip to New York on May 20th to May 25th As the curtain falls on our f1nal scenes Baccalaureate May 27th and Commencement May 31st WB, the Senior Class of 1956 take our last and final bow' rs. 1 d I . 3 . - . . : . . 3 D , . I - . . Schnebeltg Vice President, Clarence Scollon, Secretary, Marilyn Green, Treasurer, Betty Grinnell, - - . 1 - II - , ' . ,Q . . . . . ' I .

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To worry little, to study less, is my idea of happiness. ROBERT EDINGTON Football . . . l,Z,3,4 Basketball. . . l,2,3,4 Baseball. - . l,Z,3 Band ..... . l,Z,4 Jr. Sr. Play F.F.A .... ' . 1.2 Class of 56 Quiet and reserved, yet highly capable. EUGENE WARREN Football ....... Z, 3 Baseball ........ 3 Track ...... 1, Z, 3, 4 Student Council .... Z, 4 Glee Club .... . . . Z Red Cross. . . . 1,2 Paper Staff. . . . . . 3 F.F.A. . . . l,2,3,4 Motto--American Ends in I Can Flower-Red Rose Colors-Blue and White One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. CLARENCE SCOLLON Football ..... l,2,3 Basketball. . . .l,Z,3,4 Baseball .... l,Z,3,4 President .... 1 President ...... Z Jr. Vice President Jr. Sr. Plays Annual Staff ll

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Class Will Stan Case leaves h1s ab1l1ty to monkey around w1th old cars to Marlon Maag, maybe you can rev eng1nes better now Mar1on Leroy Spencer leaves h1s pess1m1st1c vlews on Home and Famlly to J1m Le1nau Gary K1ngs1ey leaves h1s book on the 'Proper way to escort a g1rl to Reno Kmg hop1ng he w1ll use lt to the best advantage Julle Sturgls leaves her ab1l1ty to become Queen for a Day to Ray Sawyer Eugene Warren leaves h1S old car to Audrey Scr1bner d0n't smash them too hard Audrey Jerry Ol1ver leaves h1s eye for shoot1ng pool to Janet Green Don't spend all your t1me 1n Durand, Janet Bob Ed1ngton leaves h1S romant1c escapades to D1ck Ehl Allen Booth leaves h1s No 40 Football Jersey and torn stad1um Jacket to Larry Swlhart, hop1ng he can get along w1th Mr Rasmussen better than he d1d Rosalee Vogt leaves her farm1ng ab1l1ty to Z1on Scr1pter She llkes them tall, Z1on Dale Hart leaves h1s expenence as a teacher to Marllyn Sykes Dale W1ll1ams leaves h1s troubles 8: unf1n1shed bus1ness to h1s slster, Kaye Jeanette Fourme, the card of the class, leaves her ab1l1ty to grouch and Joke to Gordon Rood Jan Conroy leaves to D1ck Flynn her ab1l1ty to make dog shots D1ck we hope you have a better record from now on Dave Brlstley leaves h1s ab1l1ty to w1se off to Donna Schautz Dolores Ferr1gan leaves her ab111ty to get A's 1n band to Jul1a Olney Juha, all you need to do 15 get a relatlve engaged to the band d1rector Clare Aust1n leaves h1S determ1nat1on to I-hlda Stachelsche1d Wxth th1S comblnatlon we hope you'll be a b1g success, Hllda Gerald Fouts leaves h1s ab1l1ty to be secretly engaged to Phyllls Gllbert Betty Grlnnell leaves her tltle as the only l1v1ng Woman Atlas to Sldney Grlnnell Betty Neal leaves her n1ght l1fe to Gerald Edlngton Donna Schnebelt leaves a book on How to loaf around school and get away wlth lt to Helen Trlbley Clarence Scollon.. leaves to Janlce Duncan h1s ab1l1ty to fl11 t Fred Mort1more leaves h1s danclng ab1l1ty to Stan Jagodz1nsk1 Marge Kmcke rbocker leaves her typxng ab1l1ty to Er1ca Armstrong hop1ng she w1ll make the best of It Kay IVlcNaughton 8: Janet Haas leaves the1r ab1l1ty to get along wlth the teachers to all the Jumors Jackxe Deuel leaves her ab1l1ty to skip school to Helen Cannady Norm Carr leaves h1s crazy g1ggle to Joan Aust1n . . . . . , . . 9 . . I . . I I . . Q . . Q . . . . . . . . U . 9 . 1 . . . . . .H 0 . ' 1 . 1 . . . .