Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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Machine shop is a course which teaches the student the fundamentals of modern machine prac- tice. It is the training ground for future foremen. Drawing, tracing, and making blueprints in both machine and architectural design is an important part of this course. Typewriting is not the only course offered in commerce, but it is a pop- ular one and one which often leads to success.

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A CITY OF INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS segfqzz. , ,t 2 IS 653065955 If ' P25875 Q RQ ,Q il M. 5 1- 'N I 3,5 5 5:11 5 3' Q My .,.. Q , .. ,, M I if R 3 -1- S, 51652: . I,,,V , M at tt 55 I Q -V 5l,..i.Ms:,,gggg'. is tg?msw- 1 'S.'X mn:-Ei The photograph of the industrial plant at the left is typical of this area. Dur- ing World War Il, Paul V. McNutt of the WMC called this area the place which did the outstanding job in America in production of implements of war. To- day 60 per cent of work- ers are employed in in- --s dustry here. The City of Muskegon Heights is truly a city of industry and busi- ness in Western Michigan. Five industrial plants from Muskegon Heights are listed on major stock exchanges throughout the nation: Campbell, Wyant, and Cannon Foundry company, once our largest independent motor casting produc- er: Sealed Power corporation, pis- tons and piston rings: Norge divi- sion of Borg-Warner corporation, refrigerators: Manning, Maxwell, and Moore, Inc. CShaw-Box Crane and Hoistlg Iohn Wood Manufactur- ing company, gasoline pumps. Muskegon Heights has been an industrial city ever since it was in- corporated as a village in 1891, and later a city in 1903. It has grown to a population of 19,500 and occupies a land area of 1,899 acres. The Muskegon County Airport which is located near the southern edge of the Heights has an area of 576 acres and represents an invest- ment of S800,000. It is located on Capital I-lirline's main line - Wash- inton, D. C. to Minneapolis - and is one of the nation's tops in volume of air travel on a per capita basis.

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A CITY OF RELIGION. GOOD HOMES. RECREATION With its 22 churches and 12 de- nominations, Muskegon Heights may indeed be called a city of re- ligion. Churches make the World a good place. What kind of world would We have without them? Opportunities abound for health- ful recreation: swimming, dancing, picnicing, skating, moving pictures, youth centers, baseball school, bas- ketball, all sponsored by City Recre- ation. C. P. Ziegler is director. Mr. Harry Bomers, councilman, is chair- man.