New Troy High School - Trojans Yearbook (New Troy, MI)

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Patti Patti an excitable one, really is a lot of fun. Activities Glee Club 1, 3, 4 Gym 1, 2, 4 F, H, A, 3, 4 F, H, A, lParl.D 4 Hot Lunch 3 la Marys 1 Mary is gay and isn't shy, so she has won a lucky guy, Activities Glee Club l,2,3 Gym 1, 2, 4 F. H. A. 1, 2 Basketball 1 Patti Pat is sweet and nice to all, she found her Bob before us all, Activities Gym 1, 2 Glee Club 1,2,3,4 F, H, A, 1, 2 Jean Jean is cute and awful nice, lucky is he who shares the rice. Activities Glee Club 1, 2 Gym 1, 2, 3, 4 . JN if ' ' ff PAT AINSWORTH JEAN BENKE K Mary Ann When in school she is not very quiet, when outside she is really a riot. Activities Glee Club 1 Gym 2 F,H,A, 1,2,3,4 WHARTON MARY ANN KORBELIC ' 'Jimmie' ' If Jim is around there won't be much work done. Activities Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Gym 1, 2, 3 'Qx if PAT ACKERMAN JIM RICHARDSON c? we Wi 2-,S

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SHIRLEY LANE NANCY WEAVER Shirl Ihave a heart with room for every joy lor boyl. ED FORRESTER Eddie A likeable fellow is he. A great success he is Activities bound to' be. Glee Club 1 Activities Gym 1 Gym 1, 2, 3 F, H, A. 2 Basketball 2, 3 Track 3, 4 . Football 3, 4 . W , ' 1 W lINan!i Energetic, loads of fun, and for mischief she's the one. Activities Gym 1, 2 D! FRED BRIGGS RUTH HILDEBRANDT J V rw Ruthie Freddie Though he was thought to be quite shy, Fred is Eenie, meenie, minie moe, someday she may find the Joe, really quite a guy. Activities Activities Gym 1, 2 Gym 1.2,3,4 Glee Club 1,2,3 F, H, A, 1, 2, 4

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Senior Histor What proud and arrogant freshies we were on that memorable day in Sep- tember, 1951, when we first entered New Troy'smysterious upper grades. Ignorant of the joys and sorrows which were to be ours, thinking only that at last we had reached a long-sought goal -- High School -- we held our heads high and cared little what others thought. But oh, too soon, it seemed, we realized that our already acquired knowledge was small, that there was greater work to be done! The arrogance of the 42 members ofthat Freshman Class soon turned to meekness, when we found out that the others in the high school considered us just the LOWLY freshmen. Our class President that year was Ron Schuchg our worthy Advisor was Mr. Vernon Schultz. When at last we became sophomores, we possessed all the pride of the graduating seniors. No longer could folks call us green , We had made friend- ships, and many of us felt we were capable of assuming any responsibility which our school might put on us. New activities caught our interest. This year our class.,Advisor was Mrs. Wirth, and our President was Elaine Wallenberg. When the time came for us to become juniors, we suddenly realized that half of our high school life had gone by. Where we did not know -- the days had passed so quickly. Our class membership had dwindled to a mere 37. Some of our classmates had left school for good, while others had moved someplace else, and were furthering their education. Our big event this year was the Prom, put on by us in honor of the graduating seniors. We also had a big drive to sell magazines, which was our largest money- making venture. It was quite a success. This year we became more familiar with many of the seniors, looking up to them with envy, and anticipating the day when we might assume their title. At last it came. We were Seniors. Our last year has seemed the busiest of them all. First we elected our class officers and advisor. Our President was again Elaine ,.Wallenberg, who had been our president since our sophomore year. Our class advisor was Mrs. Galbreath, who had been of great help to the class in her advisory capacity, and also as a very fine teacher, through both our junior and senior years. She was untiring in her efforts to have a nice prom when we were juniors, and as director of our class play in our senior year she spent much time and effort to make this play a success. On April 29 the Class of 1956 held a prom in our honor at the Whitcomb Hotel, in St. Joseph, on a beautiful evening. Our senior trip, to New York and Washington, was tenatively scheduled for sometime in Aprilg this was an out- standing event in our high school life. Baccalaureate was held on May 22. We knew our days here at Troy were fast drawing to an end, never to come again. We ended our school days with a class night program. We knew we were high school students for the last time. At eight o'clock sharp on the evening of May 25 we marched down the aisle to the platform. This was the completion of many years of effort by the 33 Seniors, and when we received our diplomas it was all ended, save the memories. The next day the school picnic was held, and on Friday we made our last visit to the school to pick up our report cards. As we go, we leave many friends, some never to see again, familiar sights, and many fine teachers, however we still have our memories to live with us forever. During our stay at New Troy we had our share of good times, and also times when it seemed like we just couldn't get ahead. However, everything turned out quite well in the end.