Napoleon High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Napoleon, MI)

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,Q WWW WWW 73, 544 eww Ldfheew-aJM1z.J The Lamps of the Years Cast a Warm Glow Rapxdly the star of the class of '50 xs disappearing beyond the horzzon, and w1th xt the memories and hxgh school lxfe of its members But let xt gleam for a moment on a morning four years ago Finally entering as hrgh school students stfll under the dxrectlon of our advisor Mr Hugh Howland, we were faced by more dlffxcult classes and new routme Like all green Freshmen, we found It hard to adjust ourselves to the new and dxfferent responsrblhtles we would have to undertake At last came our Sophomore year, and the thought that soon we would be upperclassmen What satlsfactxon to see the Freshlesu trying to adjust themselves as we had The classes were becommg more and more dxfficult wxth pesky angles and smelly dissected frogs and pickled pigs eyes holdmg the spothght As juniors we realized we had to start makxng money for our Semor trxp We held dances, sold candy and pop at basketball games as well as durmg noon hours Class ring measurements were taken and the realization that graduatlon was not too creased our excxtement We held it lh the school gym to begln a new precedent We put on the jumor play Everythxng on Ice The thrxll of our coming Semor year was suddenly dxmmed by the unexpected death of a good fnend and wonderful classmate B111 Bouldrey The apex of our high school lxfe was finally here, we were Senxors We said it over and over just to be sure xt was true The last s1x months began wxth the thrxll of Senior pxctures, no mxrades of photography were achleved, as yet, much to the dxsappozntment of some of the members Oh! We had a prevxew of the Cap and Gown Feehng lnvxtatxons were ordered and sent to all of our friends and relation spreadxng the glad news afar Practice for the class play was begun agam The hard work and great expectlon IS all 1n the past, but the empty feeling xn the pxt of our stomach when we appeared on stage, that memorable fxrst performance comes back as nf xt were only yesterday The junior and Senior banquet was held and was very much enjoyed by all Finally graduatzon the recexvmg of our dlplomas, of havmg our names read off as we proudly stand to let our frxends and relatwes see your last act as a hxgh school member Now we are ready for the partlng of the ways As our class motto says, To Strive to Seek, to Find, but not to Yield Z8 h V Q i . . WV far in the future became apparent. The responsibility of giving the junior and Senior banquet in- - Os - . li . . . . ll - Ci - . ll . ll .

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DQXEENE WEESNER 'To the shy belong 41937 P y-3 FHA.-I-2 IN MEMORIAM 'l'ohcmemoryo!Bill Boullny vholhllpdlb, l949,vedoliutq ills line. MARY WETHERBY lcouldbebetter lflwonld but it l lwful lonesome beiq good Annual 2-4 Bull l Z-4 Play3l'H.A.lZ Qoruall Chas President l BILL VII-IITEHBAD li silence is golden, he is vorlh A ton o! gold Class of 5 0 ochool began one autumn day, Thxs year 15 our last we all do pray The Semor session was all a flurry The bell wxll rmg and they all wlll hurry Nancy and joe to thelr studxes wzll go Dunham and Marks the very best looking They keep the ' love stew' hotly cooking Carole and Meddy most popular of all They have frlends from spring t11l fall Hudson and Raby most likely to succeed, More people like these we really do need jamce and Homer who fhrt all the time, Behmd the lockers they spend most of thezr time Spencer and Wxlllam who are the class pests Dull as they are, they bother the rest Sparhng and johnson from their mouth does come A continuous hnq, of plenty of nothmg And to this, the end, we say farewell, To a class who we dad know so well by Homer Huffman Z7 uns-r na' PEACE HARRYWILLIAMB Mucha!-nine oldpnh Plly 3 r r A. 1 za Track I 1. . . . . -,, f-,' 'f-1,.,, ! They're studious people we all do know. O 1 . D I . - I . . . . . . 'N

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Class Wlll We, the members of the class of 50 of Napoleon Hlgh School, the city of Napoleon state ofM1ch1gan, bemg of feeble mlnds and pleasant memornes, do hereby make, pubhsh and declare this our last wxll and testament, hereby revoking all former wnlls, bequests and devlses of whatever nature by us made Nancy Aiken Her knowledge to Robert Ratclxffe Mary Secklnger Her car to Nancy Gaunt for transportatlon Marllyn Basom Her pure blonde haxr to proxy Mary Goodband Delores Dunham Her neatness to the Freshman glrls Louanne Fellows Her weight to Gert Doney Becky Hollfxeld Her attractxon of the opposlte sex to Marilyn Luce Rxchard Raby Hxs reverence to jlm Deland john Ray Hts red halr to green halred Carlene Tucker janlce Spencer Her collectlon of class rlngs school sweaters and I D bracelets to Mar cla Day jeanne Spencer Her ab1l1ty to be a B T O Bzg Txme Operator to Melva Stancllffe joe Rxchardson Hxs ablllty to keep hxs mouth shut to jack Dalton Maxme Marks Her ab1l1ty to keep her nose on her own szde of the fence to Mary jane Reddy Wanda Early Her ab1l1ty to keep her face strazght to Donna Herr B111 Whltehead I-hs quiet d1gn1ty to jlm Preston Darrell Marks I-hs abnhty to hang on to a g1rl frlend to Ogden Adkms jlm Meyer Hxs soft beautlful blue eyes to Tom Patton Beverly Brown Her suct1on wlth the teachers to Barbara Bruce Fay Fraser wllls herself to jack Franstead Homer Huffman Hls athletxc abxhty to Clarence Brown Carole Smlth Wills her horses to Ronme Vreeland so that lf hzs car doesn start m the mornmg, he wzll always have a way to school Loulse Ray Her engagement rmg to the junxor glrls to add to their collection Mxdge Coppernoll Her ablhty to keep her car on the road to joan Fllber Harry Wxlhams Hrs partys to Max Heckaman though we don t know what Harry wzll do wzthout them open, to Marxlyn Rutan Wills Loule to any glrl that thmks she can take hlm away from her jlm johnson wxlls hxs t1e wnth Meddy for thxrd place ln class marks to Raymond Gler Betty Klrkbrlde Her stubborness and determmatlon to jane Bechtol Bonme Moeckel Her ab1l1ty to get along wlth everyone to Shxrley Hansel Marllyn Benjamin Her abllzty to pass Economrcs and Government wlth her book the Semor class of 51 Don Harrls Hls ablllty to come ln e1ghth place ln state track meets to Tom Kendall Daryle Heselschwerdt Wzlls all has lzttle cows and chlcks to Robert Drummond Dorene Weesner Her qulet cackle to Shlrley Patton Mary Ella Wetherby Her ablllty to go on a dxet and st1ck to It to juamta Ehyart Floyd Schwexkert H1s qunet manner to john Rlchardson Clyde Rosencrance His sergeant ratmg to Eddxe Harrls to control Amta Meddy Paczorek I-hs abxhty to keep the annual gomg to Herble Moulton Kay Sparlmg Wxlls her ab1l1ty to get a Joke across to Mr Howland Glenna Mae Eagy Wllls her skxrts to jean Watts so she won t have to wear overalls Betty Hudson Wills her motto, Keep Smllmg to Conme jayne 29 . . a 1- , . .K I . , . - -- . . . - lt