Mount Pleasant High School - Derrick Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, MI)

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St?6t6 ROW ONE: David Peterson, Wilma Prescott, Ricky Price, Roy Quezada, Roger Rahl, Diana Rich, Judy Robison. ROW TWO: Beulah Ruegsegger, Roger Sheets, Alex Sleight, Marion Smith, Polly Joy Smith, Judy Snyder, Robert Stahl. ROW THREE: Mary Lou Stevens, Darlene Taylor, Gary Taylor, Sarah Torres, Carol Truhler, John Truhler, Herb Utterback. ROW FOUR: Linda Utterbaclc, Donna Van Horn, Sharla Walton, Carl Weller, Judy Westbroolc, Connie Witte- kind, Joyce Wood. ROW FIVE: Robert Wood, Tom Woodruff, Jim Yost, Jack Young, Elton Bellinger. fi JQ ( k H h O fl High school ' s fun, these eighth grade homemaking girls decide as they mod- el clothes designed and created in class. It ' s fun, too, to join the audience and watch the others.

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£ty t£ ROW ONE: Ken Gerhardt, June Gibson, Terry Gill, Janet Glass, Norma Gregg, Doug Hansen, Joan Harless. ROW TWO: Garey Harvey, Mary Lou Heintz, Sharon Horton, Sandra Hostutler, Roger Hughes, Helen Jackson, Beth Johnson. ROW THREE: Robert Johnson, Kay Jones, Loraine Kahl, Donna Kegg, Gene Kemp, Tom Kirkconnell, Peter Knapp. ROW FOUR: Ben Knipe, Kay Krapohl, Ace Kraus, Kay Laidley, Sharon Lentz, Freddie Lickert, Tony Lopez. ROW FIVE: Madelon Lorentson, Pat Lovejoy, Leroy Lower, Mike Lynch, Bob McAlester, Gerald McDonald, Kenneth McQueen. ROW SIX: Mary Mah on, Barbara Merrifield, Caroline Merrill, Sue Middlesworth, Don Miller, Carolyn Moore, Gary Moose. ROW SEVEN: Rachel Moreno, Gayle Mortensen, Mary Moss, Peter Moutsatson, Connie Mullett, Bob Mumford, Ronnie Mumy. ROW EIGHT: Adverna Nolan, Bob Onstott, Danny Opdycke, Dixie Opdycke, Gary Pack- er, John Palmer, Dan Paullin.

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I I a jTRDNGER nation VOTE YE5 One of the most controversial issues in modern Mt. Pleasant times ended Nov. 23, 1954, as the city ' s citizens voted to erect a new high school. In four previous attempts, the proposal was de- feated at the polls. The fifth ballot carried by a surprisingly decisive 2-1 margin. Out of 2348 votes cast, 1513 were for the new school. Nega- tives numbered 835. The new school is being built on the south- west site, which received 1447 of the votes cast for the building ' s location. Bonds secured in the amount of $1,500,000 will probably be paid off in 14 years. In campaigning for the school, civic groups openly gave support. Full page ads listing hun- dreds of boosters were run in the Daily Times- News by the businessmen of Mt. Pleasant. A number of articles entitled Your Schools were also run. A film strip, So Many Children , showing actual classroom conditions in the city ' s schools pointed out the real need for more space. Even the students got in on the act. The day before the clinching vote, a parade consisting of the high school band, college band, and floats made by high school students made its way through downtown Mt. Pleasant. Marching high school and elementary students carried posters urging a Yes vote for better education. Perhaps one reason why the bond issue was not passed on an earlier ballot was the arguing on the choice of sites. This situation prompted one man to say that If we haggle over sites, we ' ll never get a school. We need a new school no matter where it ' s built. A victory dance was held at the MPHS gym the night following the fifth ballot. Mr. John Wiley, assistant principal, rang the bell atop the present high school at 10 o ' clock in honor of our late principal, L. C. Wendt. Mr. Wendt vowed that he would personally climb up and ring it if we ever got a new school. So the building that was but a year ago just a dream to students, faculty, and civic-mi.ided citizens, is now rising skyward. The new school . . . a monument to those who fought for it . . . an institution to prepare tomorrow ' s citizens for tomorrow ' s world. % },.-■■ £ ' - -fv kwi