Napoleon High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Napoleon, MI)

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Junzor Class H :story Editor jane Bechtal As meek and t1m1d as httle Freshmen we sneaked m the back s1de doors of Napoleon I-hgh School The upperclassmen played their pranks and trucks on us but we soon dxstmgulshed ourselves When Hallo ween Carmval tnme came along the green' Freshmen came out on top wlth our contestant jane Bechtol bexng crowned Queen of the school Our Sophomore year was rather dead but after many va1n efforts we created some ways to xncrease the value of our money bag We contmued mfluencmg the other classes and teachers by takmg part ln all of the school act1v1t1es jumors Oh, at last! Our officers led us throughout the year with poxse and ab1l1ty mn our many act 1v1t1es They were Pres1dent,j1m De Land, V1ce Presldent, jean Watts Secretary, Shxrley Patton and Treasurer, jane Bechtol One of our most excltmg moments was the selection of our class rmgs wh1ch really made us feel as though we were gettmg just that much closer to graduatxon Some of our other doxngs were the jumor play, the jumor Semor Banquet, and of course we were honored to have our candxdate, Marcxa Day, be crowned Queen of Napoleon l-hgh School, at the Halloween Carmval To keep our money bag bulgmg, we sold candy, statlonery, metal sponges, and had a rummage sale We now feel that we are ready to start our Semor year wlth a b1g bang Class Prophecy Tune 10 years after graduation Plzfce The dark and dreary offzce of a fortune teller Mary jo Seckmger thought she would be a teacher, but I see she d1dn t get that far She IS lwmg on a small Nancy Alken was golng to be a nurse, but her brain was so overtaxed with knowledge that she IS now Inmate of Kalamazoo Harry Wzllzams xs now a bxg tlme operator, ln fact, so much so that he now resldes at Cooper St College jackson, Michigan jamce Spencer IS stzll collecting her famous sweaters, I D braclets and rxngs She has made such a good haul that she opened a store whxch IS running mn strxct competxon wxth Scnmgers at jackson Betty Kxrkbrzde 15 now a famous auctxoneer at Crenshaw s Lxvestock Barns Delores Dunham s beauty has won her fame and fortune and she has been pxctured in many of the famous magazmes as the famous 'Mrs Robert Asterbullt Lenhart Kay Sparlmg has carried out all her most determmed plans She has flmshed college and IS now raxsmg the famous Halcott football squad Glenna Mae Eagy s husband, jack, IS coaching The Halcott Eleven Glenna xs composmg the cheerxng sectzon Carole Smith d1dn't fxmsh college as she planned, she and Morris are married and raxsmg throughbreds Beverly Brown is busy teaching school and un her spare tlme she IS sellmg lmght fxxtures Mary Ella Wetherby has gone through college and has now settled down to be a doctors wxfe Jeanne Spencer has left Woolworth s and IS now a bar maid at Shores Homer Huffman s track runmng m school has helped hun m hls married hfe because he ms really makmg tracks now Dorene Weesner IS chief assistant to the keeper of the city dog pound All the lost dogs that aren t called for ln less than six days, she takes home wrth her She really has a house full 30 . . ll I - I: ri 54 B II . . . . ll - II I . - . . II - Il 0 Q . . 1 . ll a II . - I - . . farm outside of Clark Lake and raising sheep. . . . . . an . . 1 n I - I . - ' . u . n I . - It II . . - I . u I . . . . - . . . . 1 u 0 '

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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

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Richard Raby has completed h1s mmzstry tralmng and has now umted all his classmates ln Holy Matnmony Wanda Earleywxth her llttle tram of recruxts ns st1ll followmg the army around from coast to coast Becky I-lolzfleld xs travelmg wxth Barnum and Ba1ley c1rcus and has her own kzss booth Claude Carrns IS taken up hxs career wxth Charles Atlas and has at last made a man of h1mse1f Marilyn Basom IS makmg her debut as stand m for Beatrice Kay on vaudevllle Louanne Fellows has opened a wlde held as a commercial artzst Lounse Ray has now become fully acquamted wxth Home Economxcs and IS plannmg to follow Mrs Robb as a teacher joe Richardson IS stxll Ln Greece woomg all the Greeczan Godessess After fmlshmg her course with Power Modelmg School, Maxxne Marks now has her own agencymNew York Daryle I-Ieselschwerdt has taken over hls fathers busmess and IS makxng large proflts wzth john Deere Implements Fay Fraser 15 a busy lzttle woman ln her bungalow, applymg all the knowledge she acquzred in Home Makmg Marxlyn Benjamm has become a teacher, somethmg that surprlsed us all Bet she s not letting her puplls get away wlth the things she dld jxm Meyer IS ln the Major Leagues now, after getting out of the Marmes The Yankees slgned hxm up as their ace pitcher and he's really pxtchmg It around now Marilyn Rutan and Louie own thexr own lxttle A and P store and busmess IS really booming Betty Hudson has started up a chxldren s nursery She IS domg quxte well in It The kzds all thmk she tops Bonnie Moeckel and Darrell Marks have been mar:-led now for slx long and happy years They are still lzvlng in Napoleon and are stlll attendmg all the Plrate games C1Yde ROSCHCTB-DCB 1185 taken over BS Commander ln Chxef of the Army Now the members of the Semor Class of '50 won't have to worry about their sons bemg drafted Meddy Pacxorek IS running a 120 acre farm now He xs doxng rlght well wzth It too Floyd Schwexrkert IS head typlst at Consumers Power We d1dn't thmk he d ever make xt As for Bxll Whitehead, he hasn t saxd a word yet jxm johnson ns racmg cars on the lndxanapolls Speedway Hope he doesn t lose hxs head over xt john Ray owns half xnterest xn a gold mme Don t spread that around to the Semors, or poor john won t have a cent Eugene Richardson owns the other half interest 1n the gold mme The boys are really makxng the money Vhldred Coppernoll has just opened her Snappy Taxi Cab Service Don Harris IS in the Wxlds of Africa domg some game huntlng Always knew that his lxlung for shotguns would come ln mighty handy someday 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Q a I . ' Q n . 1 . . . IS . . . . . . .. . . . u. n . -'- ' . ',g n . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . I . . - Q u I - . I C ' . . . I . n n 0 . . .. . . A . - . .. - . O