North Branch High School - Bronconian Yearbook (North Branch, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1951 volume:

tim— flUfl (HATER NORTH BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELD North Branch, Michigan To Mr. Guy H. Lagroe, who has made possible through tremendous work the publication of this An- nual and who has been our first Senior Sponsor and to Mr. Edward C. Krepps, who has stuck by our class for four years, three as our First Sponsor and now as our second Senior Sponsor, the Senior Class of 1951 affectionately and respectfully dedicates this 1951 BR ONCONI AN. 4 flDminisTfiflTion BOARD OF EDUCATION Mr. Warren Crawford, Trustee; Mr. Stewart Butterfield, Secretary; Mr. John Simmons, President; Mr. Francis Fike, Treasurer; Mr. Walter Marion, Trustee. SUPERINTENDENT Mr. C. Wesley Clayton B.S. Central Michi- gan College of Education; M. A. University of Michigan. PRINCIPAL Mr. Albert Stickle Senior High School Life Certificate and A. B. Central Michigan Col- lege of Education; Michigan State Normal College; University of Kansas Advanced Mathematics. 5 fficuLiy MRS. OLIVE T. BETHKE First and Second Grades. Wood- row Wilson Junior College; Uni- versity of Illinois; Central Michigan College of Education. MR. JOHN R. CHURCH Band and Glee Clubs. Life Cer- tificate. MR. JAMES A. BRUCE World History, Coach. Uni- versity of Michigan; B.S. West- ern Michigan College of Educa- tion. MR. ROBERT L. CURRIE Social Studies. B. A. Carleton College; University of Pen- nsylvania; M.A. Michigan State College; Secondary Per- manent. MR. PAUL M. DUNLAP v Sixth Grade. Central Michigan College of Education. % 7 - MRS. RUTH A. FOX Elementary Principal, Third Grade; B.S. M i c h i g a n State Normal College. MISS NOR1NNE FLORY English, Art. B.E. Toledo Uni- versity; Michigan State Normal College. MR. EDWARD E. GALLAGHER English and Latin. Saint Joseph's Seminary; Sacred Heart Semi- nary; University of Detroit; B. A. Central Michigan College of Education. MR ROBERT F. GEIGER Science. Dennison University; University of Michigan; B.E. University of Toledo. MRS. AGNES HAMLIN Fifth Grade. Life Certificate; Western Michigan College of Education; Michigan State Normal College. MR. E. GEORGE GRANT Mathematics. Coach. B.S. Michigan State College. MISS GERTRUDE HARTLEY Junior High Social Studies. B. S. S.W. Tect School; Central Michigan College of Education. MRS. BERTHA W. HOCKING Commercial Subjects. B. Sc. Nebraska State University; Central Michigan College of Education; University of Michi- gan; Secondary Permanent. MR. GUY H. LAGROE English and Spanish. Bowdoin College; A.B. Bates College; Yale University; Cornell Uni- versity; University of Vermont. MRS. HAZEL L. MOORE First Grade. Michigan State Normal College. MR. EDWARD C. KREPPS Shop. B. S. Cenual Michigan College of Education. MRS. LUCILLE MITCHELL 4-5-6Grades. Central Michigan College of Education. MRS. EARL MURRAY Fourth Grade. Michigan State Normal College. MISS HAZEL E. PENDLETON Second Grade. B.S. Michigan State Normal College. MISS MINNIE RAUH Third Grade. Michigan State Normal College. MISS BETTY ANN WARREN Home Economics. B.S. Michi- gan State College. MR. LESLIE PESEK Agriculture, Veterans’insti - tute. B.S. Michigan State Col- lege; College Life Teaching Certificate; Smith-Hughes Vo- cational Teaching Certificate; M. S. Ohio State University. MR. JACK VINCENT Mathematics 7 and 8, Junior High Coach. Central Michigan College of Education. MISS MARGARET GLENORA WARREN Kindergarten. Central Michi gan College of Education. MRS. ALTA CLAYTON Office Clerk in Superintendent’s Office. MISS KATHLEEN M. BOWMAN Principal’s Secretary. MRS. GRACE RUSSELL Secretary to Board of Education. MRS. PHYLISS R. DOWLING English, All Grades Art. A.B. Manchester College; Indiana University. THE SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE Congratulations to the Seniors--My wishes for you are best expressed in a quotation from George Eliot, Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other? and in the follow- ing poem: THE BRIDGE BUILDER William Allen Dromgoole An old man, going a lone highway. Came at evening, cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned when he reached the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. Old man, said a fellow traveler near, You are wasting your strength in building here. Your journey will end with the closing day. You never again must pass this way. You have crossed the chasm deep and wide, Why build this bridge at eventide? The builder lifted his old grey head. Good friend, in the path I have come, he said, There follows after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been naught for me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. Good sir, I am building this bridge for him. You are now ready to begin your duties. As individuals you must assume the obligations of an active citizenship. I urge that you do this with a willing heart and an earnest mind. Public life should be among the highest and noblest ambitions. To promote the general wel- fare is to achieve the greatest of all bene- fits to one's Country. Failure is not a crime, but to aim low is a crime and remember It matters not what you do Make a nation or a shoe; For he who does an honest thing In God’s pure sight is a king. THE PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE I think it was James Russell Lowell who once said, What is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect days -- . How true it is, for here you are at the end of a four-year cruise and it is graduation time and June first. You have been sailing along on quiet waters but you are about to leave the Bay of Safety and venture forth on the Ocean of Life, and some of you know just what port you are sailing toward while others are sailing for ports unknown. 9 VflLEDICTORIfln CHARLOTTE LOUISE SKWIRSK Born July 27, 1933 Entered NBHS: 7th Activities: Chorus 2. Destination: Work SflLUTflTORIfln CLARENCE B. STORTZ Born July 23. 1933 Entered NBHS: 3rd Activities: Football 2; Senior Band; Track; Senior Play; Varsity Club; Math Club 3; Student Council; Sophomore Class President; Senior Class Vice-President. Destination: College Math Teacher CLASS OffICdS VIRGINIA HORTON President CLARENCE STORTZ Vice-President ANN GURAL Secretary MARTHA MOORE Treasurer DOREEN MAE ALBRECHT Born August 25, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Senior Band 4; Senior Chorus 4; Home Ec. Club 3. Destination: Undecided THOMAS ALMAS Born February 7, 1934 Entered MBHS: 8th Activities: Football 2; Basketball 2; Baseball2; Varsity Club 2. Destination: Undecided IVAN ANDERSEN Born November 16, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Football; Track. Destination: Factory Worker MARY BADER Born October 17, 1933 Entered NBHS: 7th Activities: Chorus 4. Destination: Office Work NORMA JEANNE BYERS Born February 12, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Band 4; Chorus 4; Home Ec Club 2. Destination: Undecided BETTY CHAMBERS Born February 6, 1934 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Senior Play. Destination: Office Work BOB CHAPIN Born June 9, 1933 Entered NBHS: 3rd Activities: Football 4; Basketball y, Track I; Senior Play. Destination: Work CORA ANN CHAPMAN Born January 22, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Home Ec Club 4; Band 4; Chorus 2. Destination: Undecided 11 DENNIS CICHORACHI Born May 24, 1932 Entered NBHS: 8th Activities: Football 1. Destination: Farmer MARION CLARK Born January 26, 1934 Entered NBHS: 3rd Activities: Chorus 4; Band. Destination: Undecided HAROLD G. GRINNELL Born February 4, 1933 Entered NBHS: 1st Activities: Band 4; Chorus 4; Pep Band 3; Math Club 4; Junior Operetta; Senior Play. Destination: Owosso Bible College ANN K. GURAL Bom January io, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: FHA 2; Cheerleader 3; Chorus 4; Class Sec- retary 2. Destination: Secretarial Work DONNA JEAN CLENDENAN Born December 31, 1933 Entered NBHS: 3rd Activities; Band 4; Chorus 4; Math Club; Home Ec Club 3; Junior Operetta; Senior Play. Destination: Marriage ELLEN GRIFFIN Born November 17, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Chorus; Home Ec Club. Destination: Office Work SHIRLEY A. HALLEAD Born November 9, 1933 Entered NBHS: 1st Destination: Marriage BILL HEATH Born February 23, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Band I; Cheerleading 3; Junior Operetta; Senior Play. Destination: Retail Selling 12 DOROTHY A. HEATLEY Born August 6, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Destination: Secretary VIRGINIA MAE HORTON Born April 30, 1933 Entered NBHS: 7th Activities: FHA 3; Class Officer 2; Student Council 2; Cheerleader 3; Math Club 3; Junior Operetta. Destination: Elementary Teacher MART ELLEN HUTTON Born March II, 1933 Entered NBHS: Ilth Activities: Band 2; Chorus. Destination: Marriage MELVIN INMAN Born December 12, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Baseball 2; Football 2; Varsity Club; Junior Operetta. Destination: Farmer BONNIE JEAN KENNEDY Born June 22, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Home Ec Club 2; Chorus 2. Destination: Undecided ELLEN KLAUKA Born June 3, 1934 Entered NBHS: 12th Destination: Undecided HARRY J. KLAUS Born October 4, 1933 Entered NBHS: 6th Activities: Basketball 4; Football 2; Varsity 3. Destination: Undecided WARD S. LAUR Born March 30, 1933 Entered NBHS: 8th Activities: Basketball 3; Baseball 4; Varsity 2. Destination: Undecided 13 MILDRED JOYCE MARTIN Born March 18, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Home Ec Club; Band 4; Chorus 4. Destination: Business NANCY CARROL MARTIN Born June 11, 1931 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Band4; Chorus4; Art Club, Home Ec. Club 2. Destination: Undecided SANDRA J. MATTHEWS Born January 21, 1933 Entered NBHS: K Activities: Band 4; Chorus 3; FHA 4; Math Club 4; Junior Operetta; Student Council; Senior Play; Sopho- more Class Secretary. Destination: Secretarial Work THOMAS MIKULSKI Born August 30, 1932 Entered NBHS: 8th Activities: Football 4; Basketball 3; Baseball 2; Track 2; Varsity Club; Math Club; Boys’ Glee Club; Junior Operetta; Senior Play. Destination: Aviation MARTHA ANN MOORE Born October 9, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Chorus 4; Band 4. Destination: Unknown HENRY McLEOD Born November 16, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Football 2; Baseball; Band 4; Chorus 3; Junior Play; Minstrel 3. Destination: Farmer DOROTHY MAE McDOWELL Born May 5, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Band 4; Math Club 2. Destination: Undecided RALPH L. McMULLEN Born May 30, 1932 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Track. Destination: Farm 14 PATRICIA ANN O’BRIEN Born March 15, 1933 Entered NBHS: I2th Activities: Senior Play. Destination: Commercial Artist PAT O’ROURKE Born March 13, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: FFA Club 3. Destination: Farm RITA GENE O’ROURKE Born October 16, 1931 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Chorus 4; Home Ec Club 3. Destination: Undecided SARAH RAYMOND Born August 22, 1932 Entered NBHS: 1st Activities: Band 4. Destination: Office Work ROSE MARIE REPIC Born October 9. 1932 Entered NBHS: 2nd Activities: Math Club 4; Senior Band 2; Senior Play. Destination: Secretarial Work RUSSELL ROBINSON Born March 16, 1934 Entered NBHS: 7th Activities: Track. Destination: Undecided MARY E. RUHLMAN Born November 20, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Chorus 3; Band 4; FHA I; Vice-President of Class I. Destination: Secretarial Work CHARLES J. RUSSELL Born June 3, 1933 Entered NBHS: Activities: Band 2; Chorus 3; Track; Basketball Man- ager; Junior Play; Senior Play. Destination: Farm 15 OSCAR A. SCHIERLINGER Born June 20, 1932 Entered NBHS: 7th Activities: Football 4; Basketball 3; Track 2; Baseball 4; Varsity Club 3. Destination: Study Art DON SENKO Born May 23, 1933 Entered NBHS: 3rd Activities: Football 2; Basketball 2; Varsity Club 2; FFA 2. Destination: Farm Work DOUGLAS D. SMITH Born February 7, 1934 Entered NBHS: llth Activities: Track 2; Basketball; Football. Destination: Farmer, Great Lakes, Air Force GLENN SOHN Born December 11, 1933 Entered NBHS: 7th Activities: Football 2; Baseball 2; Varsity Club 2; FHA 2; Basketball. Destination: Farming MARY THOMPSON Born August 10, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Activities: Band 4. Destination: Undecided MARGARET L. VIELHABER Bom August 26, 1933 Entered NBHS: 9th Destination: Office Work 1 JOAN WESTEN Born May 7, 1933 Entered NBHS: 2nd Activities: Senior Band 4; Senior Chorus 4; Junior Oper- etta; Senior Play; Math Club; Minstrel Show 4; Pep Band 3. Destination: Work in Lansing 16 DOUGLAS A. ROWBOTHAM Born March 6, 1933 Entered NBHS: K. 7th, nth, 12th Activities: Football; Track; Art Club; Dramatics Club; Journalism Club; Secretary of FFA Club; Fresh- man Class Vice-President; Junior Class Secretary. Destination: Jack of all trades SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Donna Bell Byers Jack Nellenback Patricia Horton JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Gayle Fricke, Lyman Stevens Marjorie Laur 17 FIRST ROW: Beatrice Blackmer, Janice Brunett, Alice Lake, Gayle Fricke, Lumarillys Fry, Lucille Cloutier. SECOND ROW: Norma Krierter, Doris Markle, Jean Bean, Hazel Hewitt, Elaine Chase, Mary Jane Brusie, Darlene Bader. THIRD ROW: Maxine Coe, Evelyn Chapman, Marjorie Laur, Dick Artress, Wilbert George, Gladys Lake, Carol Bethke. FOURTH ROW: Dick LaValley, Bill Hodgekinson, Ralph Hunt, Mr. Edward Gallagher, Don Ankley, Ed Ferkowicz. FIRST ROW: Miss Betty Warren, Audrey Swoish, EllenNolan, Barbara Mathews, Nadine Riley, Eleanor Talcott. SECOND ROW: Leonard Solon, Dirk Przekop, Ruth Schierlinger, Iris Osborn, Marilyn Westen, Lyman Stevens, Douglas Mclnally. THIRD ROW: Walter Nietzke, Andy Repic, Donald Travis, Don Pratt, Jim Markle, Carl McDowell. 18 SOPHOlHOfif CLASS FIRST ROW: Norma Klauka, Violet Lake, Agnes Linck, Barbara Almas, Patricia Horton, Donna Bell Byers, Darlene Brunett. SECOND ROW: Betty Hutton, Shirley Dockham, Dorothy Klauka, Lee Kelly, Patricia Martin, Jerome Boyle, Pat Cook, Marjorie Artress. THIRD ROW: Willis Hud- son, Sigmund Gura, Donald Grinnell, Donald Heron, Stanley Barlog, Marilyn Hilts, Marjorie Bean, Donald Blackmer, Douglas Anderson, Mr. Robert Currie. FOURTH ROW: Donna Allen, Junior Heron, Clarence Kennedy, Bob Chambers, Vernon Almas, Ronald Brown, John Hayden, John Engleman, Donald Evans, Gail Harris. FIRST ROW: Janet Myers, Louise Stine, Naomi Steuwer, Norma Moore, Jean Richards, Beverly Patrick, Beverly Render. SECOND ROW: Janet Richard, Leona Przekop, Vivian Robbins, Adeline Meyers, Mabel McConnell, Betty Tallieu, Leona Miller, Doris Reed, Carol Swadling. THIRD ROW: Elvyn Moore, Floyd Vollweiler, Fred Naracon, Donald Swoish, Jack Nellenback, Larry Strick, Larry Miles, Lloyd Maynard, Hugh Wnuk, Bill Stiglich. FOURTH ROW: Carl Swadling, Jim O’Brien, Floyd Raymond, Mr. James Bruce. Jerry Mundale, Ed Mikulski, Robert Schank. 19 fiitsmn CLASS FIRST ROW: John Kruschinski, Ray Eckhardt, Elmer Miller, George Knox, Tom Jolicoeur, Don Mayberry, Bill Laur. SECOND ROW: Jean Hallock, Barbara Baker, Elsie Kelly, Dolores Lange, Ellen Law, Pat Marsh, Charles Braidwood, Gerald Bush, Helen Daugherty. THIRD ROW: Robert Cichoracki, Richard Bard, Gary Hoffman, Clara Fermingham, Betty Harmon, Shirley Hebberd, Beverly Buck, Kathryn Armstrong, Mr. Robert Geiger. FOURTH ROW: Betty Ferkowicz, Holly Heath, Mary Ellen Dodds, Harold Knox, JohnCurrell, GlenGrinnell, Ralph Klauka, Robert Bethke, Frank Flynn, Joan Krake. FIFTH ROW: Hilbert June, Clyde Allen, Edward LaValley, Kenneth Bruske, Filena Fricke, Beth McNish, Grace Morse, Daniel Adamic. FIRST ROW: Eugene Seelye, Joseph Skwirsk, Richard Talcott, Jack Miller, Tom Watson, Roy Stiglich, David Snover. SECOND ROW: Alvin Weigel, Duane Stevens, Marvon Payne, Walter Ragatz, Nancy Robinson, Mary Smythe, Eva Smith, Donna Strauel, Ann Marie O'Rourke. THIRD ROW: Eldon Weigel, Douglas Strauel, Fred Smith, Frank Skalecki, Ralph Smith, Jacqueline Richards, Shirley O'Brien, Bill Westen, Mr. Robert Geiger. FOURTH ROW: William Spencer, Pat Ruhlman, Pauline Steuwer, Gene- vieve Nellenback, EJlen Richard, Lucille Weingartz, Margaret Skwirsk, Marilyn Chambers, Shirley Ragatz. FIFTH ROW: Mr. George Grant, Joan Re pic, Myrna Robison, Ann Willett, Mae Thompson, Elizabeth Schlaud, Sally Moore. 20 SEVtflTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Nancy Ritter, Maxine Podvin, Rosemary Adams, Jean Fricke, Judy Castle, Doris Braid- wood, Sandra Fricke. SECOND ROW: Richard Jolickard, Nancy Akers, Pauline Tanquay, Carol Bau- man, Marion Smith, Della Smith, Ellen Ann Boyle, Miss Gertrude Hartley. THIRD ROW: Duane Gillis, Eugene Bauman, Robert Cloutier, George Medberry, Anson Stelmak, Carleton Morse, Wesley Smith. FOURTH ROW: RonaldSeelye, Jimmy Chambers, FrankMargriff, JackRutledge, Cecil Watson, Marlin Taylor, Peter Schlaud. EIGHTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Katnrine Skalecki, Lucille Schank, Ella Blackmer, Mary Jo Wilson. Geraldine Krie- ner, Virginia Evans, Mary Jane Naracon, Barbara Dearing. SECOND ROW: Dale Weigel, Jeanne Schueneman, Phyllis Bard, Barbara Tater, Harlene Boyle, Shelbe Papke, DeAnn Hoffman, Ruth Ann O’Neil, Julie Zmich, Mary Ellen Kennedy, Ronald Kozlowski. THIRD ROW: Mrs. Phyllis Dowling, Rita Nolan, JohnLinck, Raymond Schank, Dick Griffin. Gerald Schlaud, Bruce Matthews, Virgil Horton, Jerry Jamison, Mr. Jack Vincent. FOURTH ROW: Gerald Schutz, Eugene Howard, Ward Thompson, Carl Fike, Ernest Skalecki, Richard Kriener, Kenneth Chambers, George Cumper, Lyle Murray, Junior Adams. 21 FIRST ROW: Stanley Chase, Roger Murray, Norman Stine, Geraldine Barck, Edward Turner, Bern- ard Bader. SECOND ROW: Jerry Castle, Bobby Harris, Edward Vollweiler, Gloria Ankley, Robert Westen, Gerry Nellenback, JamesSkwirsk, Clarence Linck, THIRD ROW: Miss Gertrude Hartley, James Ferrier, Jack Griffin, Barbara O’Neil, Eleanore Smyth, Paul Stacey, Mrs. Bertha Hocking. FOURTH ROW: Jack Wnuk, Yvonne Schank, Ronald Harley, Donald Gould, Marjorie Thompson. FIRST ROW: Bob Naracon, Carol DeGrow, DianeLocklin, Thelma Kriener, Ellen Papke, Janet Craw- ford, Richard Schank. SECOND ROW: Richard Clothier, Bonnie Baker, Mina Boyle, Jewel Gardner, Nancy Cloutier, Jane Wilson, Rose Baker, Emilie Nelson, Katherine Nolan. THIRD ROW: Richard Wynn, Donald Kunz, Barbara Seelye, Jack Render, Melvin Murray, Donald Vollweiler, Ronald Aker, Arden Stevens, Betty Reynolds, Bud Hauck, Larry Coates. FOURTH ROW: Richard Brim, Frank Rich- ard, Perry McConnell, James O Neil, Betty Skwirsk, Kay Schnepp, Charles Stacey, Bill Stine, John O’Neil, Oscar Kunz, Stanley Miller. 22 FIRST ROW: Judy Ward, Sharon McIntosh, Joyce Andrews, Linda Lou Myers, Ruth Ann Weingartz, Donna Jean Neaves, Dorothy Brace. SECOND ROW: Jim Chase, Bernard Ruhlman, Robert Morse, Frederick Linck, Carol Trato, Yvonne Fuller, Leatta Butterfield, Judy Dearing, Alfred Castle, Orville McConnell, Earl Lewis, FrancisFricke, Jay Thompson. THIRD ROW: John Bruman, Arnold Morse, Helen Boyle, Charlotte Turner, Mary Fern Cobb, Bonnie Kennedy, Betty Tater, Jessie Rossman, Phyllis Bruman, Judith McKillen, Carolyn Rhodes, Rosemary Jolicoeur, Paul Ankley. FOURTH ROW: Ronald Wilcox, Larry Thompson, EugeneMyers, Joseph Kozlowski, Claude Horton, Robert Gould, Joseph Gaska, Charles Grinnell, Douglas Romain. flfTH GRADE MRS. MITCHELL’S Room FIRST ROW: GordonPorritt, HermanKlauka, LaRoyChase, Beverly Hauck, Robert Schueneman, Blanche Baker. SECOND ROW: James Nietzke, Lyle Boyle, Phillip Matthews, Joyce Crawford, Loretta Monette, Emily Chase, Sandra Brim, Roberta Bruman, AriettaBlackmer, Richard Butterfield. THIRD ROW: Mrs. Lucille Mitchell, David Grinnell, Thomas Stelmak, Raymond Tanquay, Frederick Rhode, Wendell Ferry, Dennis Wnuk, John Repic, Paul Schank, Darlene McVean, Sharon DeGrow. 23 FIRST ROW: Louis Ruhlman, Norman Adamic, Charleen Cumper, Bobbie Rankine, Donna Jean Cobb, Joanne Hunt. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Virginia Murray, Arnold Bowman, Louis Goodrich, Ruth Brace, Joyce Ferrier, Joan Thompson, Rita Schlaud, Jo Ann Klauka. THIRD ROW: Larry Neaves, Joseph Bruman, Janet Burack, Frank Skwirsk, Gerald Bader, Michael Patrick, Colleen Horecki. FOURTH ROW: Ronald Caldwell, Marilyn Richard, Harold Molzon, Carol McVean, Mabel Zrnich, Raymond Porritt. MRS. FOX’S Room FIRST ROW: Carol Richard. Margie Murray, Darla Locklin, Janice Aker, Geraldine Lamphier. SECOND ROW: Shirley Smoke, Frances Morse, Marie Bruman, Mary Ann Bauman, Marie Robinet, Janet Rhode, Judy Gould. THIRD ROW: Larry Houck, John Grinnell, Richard McClements, Gene Rossman, Bernard Chase, Ronald Rachow, James Scrimger. FOURTH ROW: Henry Burack, Frederick Margriff, Ralph Deshetsky, Richard Brace, Dale Parker. 24 FIRST ROW: Doloros Przekop, Bernardean Lewicki, Janice Rankine, Caroline Boyle, Joan Castle, Shirley Robinet. SECOND ROW: Bertha Mathews, Reho Krause, Thomas Clotier, Emma Jean Ross, Russell Brace, Beverly Parker, Robert Young, Tommy Butterfield. THIRD ROW: Anson McConnell, Donald Nellenback, George Smyth, Marcella Linck, Charles Griffin, Bill Fricke, Richard Harley, Dale Bauman, Miss Minnie Rauh. MISS PENDLETON’S Room FIRST ROW: Eddie Linck, LeonaStine, Jo AnnFike, Janice Yenglin, David Cloutier, DeloresThomp- son. SECOND ROW: Billy Lewis, Clark Smoke, James Morrison, Howard Mathews, Tommy Barnes, Ronnie Ward, Ross Hallock, Jack Pierce. THIRD ROW: Miss Hazel Pendleton, Barbara Lewicki, Dor- othy Goss, Dorothy Crawford, Denise Locklin, Eddie Wilson, Lewie Smith, Marie Bowers. FOURTH ROW: Paul Morrison, Allen Ferrier, Larry Fricke, Dianne Torr, Mary Jane Monroe, Joyce Robinet. FIRST ROW: Shirley Kriener, Linda Brace, Judy Caldwell, Ida Jane McConnell, Anna Lois Ross, Karen Jo Brim. SECOND ROW: Carol Deshetsky, Lyndon Ford, Alvin Porritt, George Goodrich, Leo Bruraan, Sue Ann Ritter, Doris Ann Kunz, Velma Lazar. THIRD ROW: Mrs. Olive Bethke, Mary Ann McClements, Bobby Klauka, Leonard Bruman, Henry McConnell, Lee Bruman, Billy Harrison, David Bruske. MRS. MOORE’S Room FIRST ROW: Gale Rumph, Jeanne Kohler, Royleen Torr, Ronald Schlaud, Betty Kay Hoffman, Billy Sillers. SECOND ROW: Louisa Nelson, John Bush, Elayne Lewis, Earl Kriener, Donald Bauman, Ron- ald Bauman, Diane McGuire, David Fitch. THIRD ROW: Arthur Podvin, John Scrimger, Doris Ritter, Rose Smoke, Douglas Baird, Judy Thompson, Ronald Monette, Gary Lewis, Ellen Robinet, Karen Lindquist. FOURTH ROW: CarolynKozlowski, SusanneMedbury, Mary Ellen Papke, Mrs. Hazel Moore, Jerry Morse, Michael Castle, Maryan Stiglich, Shirley Reynolds. 26 KinDERGflRTEn FIRST ROW: Robert Chase, Herman McConnell, Candace Ritter, Mary Ritter, Harry Carl Papke, James Porritt. SECOND ROW: SharonBrace, Joanne Lamphier, Robert Butterfield, Stanley Fricke, Janice Matheson, Jack Lewis, Nancy Lou Monroe. THIRD ROW: Richard Hunt, Mary Ann Young, Mary Ellen Lagroe, Miss Margaret Warren, Lynn DeGrow, Sheralyn Vollweiler, Robert Harrison. FIRST ROW: Eugene Jolicoeur, Ruth Ann Bader, Betty Jane Watson, KarenRachow, Carol Murray, Alan Fike, John Castle, JosephineBruman. SECOND ROW:- Dwayne Schlaud, Asa Thompson, Edward And- rews, William Barnes, Judy Klauka, Gilbert Trato, George Lazar, Allen Kennedy. THIRD ROW: Nor- man McClements, John Braidwood, William Bauman, Miss Margaret Warren, Layton Mathews, Mary Lou Tanquay, Barbara Locklin. 27 CLASS PAOPHLCy Doreen Albrecht has gone on to fame. And we thought the only thing bright about her was her name. Tom Almas does his farming by sunlight, And still does his charming by moonlight. Ivan Andersen doesn't look at blonde or red- head; He seems to be set on a certain little Brunett. Mary Bader, Who was quiet as a mouse. Is now the proud mistress of her own house. Norma Byers is on television, singing in a choir; Chuck sits at home, her voice he does admire. Betty Chambers, who starred in the Senior Play, Is now in Hollywood quickly turning gray. Cora Chapman, voted the laziest kid in the group. Is now the head of her own little troop. Marion Clark is a live little wire; In an office she hires and fires. Dennis is doing nothing these days; Since he got his diploma he’s been in a daze. We thought Donna Jean talked through her hat; Her uncle got her into Congress. Now she’s doing just that. Ellen Griffin sits and pounds a typewriter; Every time she sees the boss her eyes get brighter. Harold Grinnell, who is the “Jack of all Trades , in our class, Is making extra money by mowing his neighbor’s grass. As she looks at Dave, she flashes her charm- ing smile. Shirley Hallead now wears two rings on her left hand, And thinks married life is simply grand. Bill Heath, our arguing classmate, Has de- cided that farming is to be his fate. Dorothy Heatley works in a candy shop; If she intends to keep her figure, she’d soon better stop. In the Burnside Stockyards there's a lady auctioneer; We see Virg Horton still knows how to cheer. Melvin Inman will soon a doctor be. And treat his patients for a small fee. Bonnie Kennedy is lucky to have her sense of humor, Because her wee ones are now four in number. Ellen Klauka is working in a bank and does her job well; Some day she may own her own. Who can tell ? Harry Klaus has acquired a lots of wealth; Seems like he’d spend it on someone besides himself.' Ward Laur, who slightly resembles Dane Clark, Just starred in “How Green the Park. Dorothy McDowell has acquired a college de- gree; She's one who’s made use of trigono- metry. Hank McLeod, the class agriculturalist, Is still going to college and increasing his know- ledge. 28 Ann Gural will soon be walking down the aisle; CLASS PfiOPHECy Ralph McMullen hated to get up in the morn- ing; So now he works nights and snores in the morning. Millie Martin is still on her father’s farm; She thinks the cows appreciate her charm. While in the house Nancy Martin keeps the books, Does all the mending and also cooks. Sandra Matthews has followed the family trait; As a telephone operator she can really rate. TomMikulski, our brilliant aviator. Watches pro-football from his helicopter’s radiator. Martha Ann rises early and builds the fire; Then she wakes Bob, the plumber Wes just fired. Pat O'Brien is a special dress designer; Her original creations couldn’t be finer. Patrick O’Rourke, we thought, had a deep mellow voice; Now as an Army sergeant, he repeats all orders twice. Rita O’Rourke has invented a new kind of gum; It holds flavor indefinitely, but who likes rum ? Sarah Raymond has taken the final step; Now she has three meals a day to get. Rose Marie Repic is wasting her looks.Cause down in the cafeteria, WOW! What she cooks ! Russell Robinson thought he'd like to be a farmer; But we just got word that he’s now a specialized snake charmer. Doug Rowbotham, as a wandering tramp. Is jumping the trains from ramp to ramp. Mary Ruhlmanneeded some money. Sold her red hair. Does she ever look funny? Charles Russell has joined the Air Force, His purpose being to travel of course. Oscar Schierlinger, the side-burn kid. Just finished another picture, which looks better when hidden. Don Senko is on the air crooning; The girls in the audience are wildly swooning. Charlotte Skwirsk stands on a soap-box in times Square; She is giving tips on how to dye your hair. Douglas Smith changes jobs from week to week; When he finds one with lots of money he will cease to seek. Glenn Sohn owns the smallest, mortgaged farm in the county; He raises foxes and lives off their bounty. Professor C. B. Stortzhas published another book; He claims to have tri-sected the angle, but Mr. Stickle won’t even look. Mary Thompson works in a restaurant; No smart guy will flirt with her, man or runt. Margaret Vielhaber teaches country school; The children all respect her, a yardstick is her rule. Joan Westen went to Lansing with a quiet voice, To see if she could also hook a man of her choice. 29 CLASS GlfTS DOREEN ALBRECHT--Remembering that “Little girls are to be seen but not heard.” Doreen, we present you with this roll of ad- hesive tape. THOMAS ALMAS—We give you, Tom, this mirror so that you may always admire that very handsome face of yours. IVAN ANDERSEN—Here is a doll, Ivan, which should help you remember Darlene while she is in school. MARY BADER — We give you, Mary, this pamphlet which has detailed directions on how to make conversation. NORMA BYERS—Having heard of your dif- ficulties, Norma, we present you with a pri- vate, telephone, so you will not have so many evesdroppers when talking to Chuck. BETTY CHAMBERS—Betty, you eat candy all day long and never seem to get fat. Here is a box of Cracker Jacks, and you even get a prize. BOB CHAPIN and MARTHA ANN MOORE— Here is a piece of rope, Martha and Bob. All you need now is a preacher to tie the knot. CORA CHAPMAN—We are glad to give you, Cora, this megaphone which may help others to hear what you have to say. DENNIS CICHOR ACKI—Dennis, we give you this pair of stilts which will help to bring you up in the world. MARION CLARK—Knowing ourselves the wayward ways of men, Marion, we present you with this rolling pin so you may keep Bill in hand. DONNA CLENDENAN—Here is a fork, Donna Jean, so you may do your own share of farm- ing without expecting Gene to do it all. ELLEN GRIFFIN—We present you, Ellen, with this big fistfull of money so you may now buy that blue convertible you have always wanted. HAROLD GRINNELL—Harold, to give that long, straight hair of yours some care, we present you with these curlers. ANN GURAL—Ann, in order that you may continue your cheerleading, we present you with this book on cheerleading, not that you really need it. SHIRLEY HALLEAD--Will this Army pin, Shirley, be a help as a reminder ? BILL HEATH—This is a memorandum book. Bill. We hope you can now keep all those ap- pointments you are so famous for missing. DOROTHY HEATLEY —We give you, Dor- othy, this dictionary, hoping that it may help you when you start on your career of office work. VIRGINIA HORTON—We know a fine young lady, Virginia, who permits her temper to wander widely. Will this ice pack be accept- able as a cooler on those occasions? MELVIN INMAN—It is disappointing, Mel, to be snowed in while deer hunting, We would like to give you this snow shovel with our wishes. BONNIE KENNEDY—Here is a bus of your own, Bonnie. We hope you will never have to walk again. ELLEN KLAUKA—You are so quiet all the time, Ellen, that we are giving you this whis- tle. Please blow it so everyone will know where you are. HARRY KLAUS—We present you with this pass, Harry, which will permit you to return to N.B.H.S. and graduate with a certain sopho- more. WARD LAUR—Here is a new car, Ward, so Beverly will not have to face an eternity of riding in your Model A. 30 CLASS MILDRED MAR TIN-- We give you, Mildred, this typewriter so you may keep in practice and never lose that speed. NANCY MARTIN--We hear, Nancy, that you like to sew, so we give you this needle and spool of thread. SANDRA MATTHEWS and TOM MIKULSKI— We are happy topresentyou both, Sandra and Tom, with this pair of handcuffs so that neither of you will ever be separated from each other. HENRY MCLEOD—Here, Henry, is a book on “How to be a Private Eye.” We hope it may help you to keep track of Janet forever in the future. DOROTHY MCDOWELL--He re is a candy bar, Dorothy, and we hope that it will keep you as sweet as you are now. RALPH MCMULLEN—Noticing things as we go along, we present you, Ralph, with this hammer so you may pound out the dents in your car. PATRICIA O’BRIEN—We give you, this package of dates so you may never be with- out one. RITA O’ROURKE and PAT O’ROURKE-- Here, Rita and Pat, is a hatchet. Please bury it so that you both may argue more like a brother and sister. SARAH RAYMOND — This is your first piece of furniture, Sarah, to help you start your housekeeping. ROSE MARIE REPIC--We present you, Rose Marie, with this horse to remind you of your favorite sport. RUSSELL ROBINSON—We give you some bubble gum, at least enough for one new stick each day. Russell. We know you will be gay. DOUGLAS ROWBOTHAM—We give you, Doug, this new paint brush to replace the one 31 GIFTS you wore out on Christmas cards. MARY RUHLMAN—Here is a brush, Mary, to help keep that red hair of yours as beau- tiful as it has always been. CHARLES RUSSELL—In order to help you keep track of all those girls. Chuck, we give you this address book and hope it may be useful. OSCAR SCHIER LINGER--Here is a step ladder, Oscar. Would Pug find it easier to be equal on this ? DONALD SENKO—Ah, Don, we hear you are quite the boy, so here is a wolf-hunting li- cense for you. Just to make it legal, you know. CHARLOTTE SKWIRSK—Charlotte, you are so quiet you never seem to talk in classes, in other words, you area teachers’dream of what a student should be. To change this, we give you this noisemaker. DOUGLAS SMITH—To you, Doug, we give this block with an A on it, so you may never say you did not receive one in school. GLENN SOHN—Here is an egg beater, Glenn. Youmay still continue to stir up trouble even after you are out of school. CLARENCE STORTZ—Clarence, youmaybe very tall and you may try to be a man, but we give you this lollypop because we know vou are just a boy at heart. MARY THOMPSON—Mary, everyone liked your hair cut real short, so we give you this pair of scissors. We think you will know what to do with them. MARGARET VTELHABER —This desk is to make up, Margaret, for the desk with which you had to put up with in bookkeeping. JOAN WESTEN—In view of your great act- ing ability, Joan, we present you with this roll of film so you may always see yourself in pictures. CLASS HISTORy On September 3, 1948, the Seniors of the present hour began their bold and blind ad- venture in the North Branch High School. Little did we know then of what lay ahead of us. The struggles and endless work that we have endured would have been a nightmare to weaker individuals. As Freshmen, we were a group of strong- thinking, hard-working individuals, with many plans for the future. During our Fresh- man year we were green atthe gameof rais- ing money for our class. However, we spon- sored a skating party at Collins’ Roller Rink at ImlayCity, which was a great success and at which everyone had an exceptionally fine time. For our class officers that year, Bill Heath was class president, Walter Baraboll vice-president, Ann Gural secretary, and Carl Lindsay treasurer. In the Sophomore year we lost eighteen sturdy or pretty members, namely, Larry Horton, Mary Lou LaFortune, Tom Pred- more, Joyce Predmore, Phyllis Taylor, Marilyn Snay, Jean Bean, Carl Lindsay, Ray Bennett, Pauline Myers, Stanley Czaczkow- ski, Helen Vieihaber, Flossie Klauka, Edward McConnell, Rosemary Renolds, Victoria Schutz, Sheela Mack, and Ruth Merrill. New additions were Erick Dickerson and Douglas Rowbotham. With a lot of effort put forth, the remaining students put on the Sophomore Swing, a dance withBob Willits and his orchestra from Caro on May 26, 1949. A large crowd turned out for an enjoyable time. In our Sophomore year, our class officers were Clarence Stortz for president, JohnGossman for vice-president, Sandra Matthews for Secretary, and Martha Ann Moore for Treasurer. During our Junior year, thirteen more members left the class, namely, Joan June, Joyce June, Dorothy Jasper, Sally Skalecki, Billie Castle, EvelynHurd, Walter Baraboll, Tom Burns, Dari Dhooghe, Jim Schutz, Erick Dickerson, JohnGossman, and Elizabeth Pat- rick. New members joining us were Mary Ellen Hutton and Douglas Smith. On October 22, 1949, we received our class rings. We were anxious and pleased to wear and display them. Our class officers for the Junior year were for president Virginia Horton, for vice- president Mary Ruhlman, for secretary Douglas Rowbotham, for treasurer Martha Ann Moore. On March 10, 1950, in our Junior year, we presented the Junior Operetta, a hillbilly version of a feud in the mountains entitled “KentuckySue. The cast included such well- known members of the class as Donna Jean Clendenan, Joan Westen, Sandra Matthews, Tom Mikulski, Virginia Horton, Charles Russell, Mary Ellen Hutton, Harold Grinnell, Bill Heath, Bonnie Kennedy, Marion Clark, Mary Thompson, Mary Ruhlman, Henry Mc- Leod, Norma Jean Byers, and Melvin Inman. The Operetta was a memorable success and the cast enjoyed presenting it to a very re- ceptive public. With the loss of Mary Ellen Hutton and the gain of Ellen Klauka and Pat O’Brien, we marched through the twelfth grade as a group of forty-nine tree-ripened Seniors. By this year we had become accustomed fairly well to the inscrutable ways and means of the faculty and the inflexible laws of the school. This year, after three years of exper- ience, our experienced entertainers set forth to present our last display of talent before the public. The members of the cast worked with undiminished enthusiasm to perfect the play entitled “Object, Matrimony,” which we presented on two great nights before an en- thusiastic public, January 16 and 17. The background of the play was a Shakespearean Club, in which the ladies as members found (Cont. on page 34) 32 CLASS WILL We, the class of 1951 of North Branch High School, being of illegal age and unsound in mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, hereby revoking and annulling any and all Wills by us made heretofore: Doreen Albrecht wills her shyness to Bill Virginia Horton wills her singing ability to McNish. Ellen Nolan. Thomas Almas wills his height to Dick Art- ress. Ivan Andersen wills his ability to keep cool to Walter Nietzke. Mary Bader wills her bashfulness to Lenny Solon. Norma JeanByers wills her shyness with the boys to Gladys Lake. Betty Chambers wills her acting ability to Norma Kriener. Robert Chapin wills his speed to Don Pratt, Cora Chapman wills the name “Naracon to Boots Cloutier. Marion Clark wills her smile to Maxine Coe. Donna Jean Clendenan wills her laugh to Wilbert George. Ellen Griffin wills her A’s to Doug Mclnally. Harold Grinnell wills his physique to Dick LaValley. Ann Gural wills her place in taking part in school activities to any Junior brave enough to take it. Shirley Hallead wills to Eleanor Talcott any man in the army just so long it is not Carl. Bill Heath wills his talking ability to Janice B runett. Dorothy Heatley wills her secret ambitions to Nadine Riley. Melvin Inman wills his happy-go-lucky ways to Carol Bethke, Bonnie Kennedy wills her arguments with Kenny McIntosh to Jean Bean. Ellen Klauka wills her advanced shorthand to Iris Osborn. Harry Klaus wills his flirting ways to Alice Lake. Ward Laur wills his Model A to Evelyn Chap- man to take her boy friend out. Mildred Martin wills her typing speed to Elaine Chase. Nancy Martin wills her dislike of boys to Audrey Swoish. Sandra Matthews wills her place in Senior Band to Barbara Mathews. Tom Mikulski wills his ability to stick to one girl to Dick Przekop. Martha Moore wills her place as pianist for school activities to Marjorie Laur. Henry McLeod wills his one-arm driving to Carl McDowell. Dorothy McDowell wills her good nature to Beatrice Blackmer. Pat O’Brien wills her extra dates (if any) to Gayle Fricke who really does notneed them. Pat O’Rourke wills his Irish name to Ed Ferkowicz. (Cont. on page 34) 33 CLASS HISTORY (cont.) matrimony as their greater object and sought to marry the weaker minded men. In the clos- ing scene all the girls pooled their efforts to catch individually a straying male. The cast for this play included Betty Chambers, Joan Westen, Ann Gural, Sandra Matthews, Harold Grinnell, Rose Marie Repic,Charles Russell, Donna Jean Clendenan, Bob Chapin, Tom Mikulski, Bill Heath, and Clarence Stortz. This was the play of our Senior year and of the following years for the class of '51. On April 29, we Seniors left for our class trip to Washington, D. C. This enjoyable trip lasted four days. We saw suchnotable points of interest as the United States Naval Acad- emy, Washington Monument, National Muse- um, National Gallery of Art, Arlington Na- tional Cemetery, Memorial Amphitheatre, Custis Lee Mansion, JeffersonandLincoln Memorials, and the Congressional Library. On May 1, we were entertained at the Casino Royal for dinner and a floor show. The class officers of our Senior year have been Virginia Horton as president, Clarence Stortz as vice-president, Martha Ann Moore as treasurer, and Ann Gural as secretary. After three years in high school, the Senior s and their officers had become ac- customed to what they should do or should not do. Our officers this year have wisely led us and we are ready to acknowledge quite freely that no other class of North Branch High has had or will ever have their equal. With this modest agreement with all those present, the Class of 1951 now closes gently its own his- tory book, chronicling the achievements of four highly successful years at North Branch High School, and begging to hold only in mem- ory the mistakes and failures which we may have made. CLASS WILL (cont. ) I Rita O’Rourke wills her ways with Mr. Lagroe to a junior who can not get along with him. SarahRaymond wills her job to anyone as her left hand shows she will have a job of her own soon. Rose Marie Repic wills her glasses to Donna Stoneburg who always looks half asleep in class with the hope that it will do something for her. Russell Robinson wills his football ability to Ralph Hunt. Douglas Rowbotham wills his ways with teachers to Jim Markle. Mary Ruhlman wills her hair-do to Marilyn Westen. Charles Russell wills his so-called driving ability to Bill Hodgkinson. Oscar Schierlinger wills his wavy hair to Don Travis. Donald Senko wills his place as manager in sports to Darlene Bader. Charlotte Skwirsk wills her bangs to Hazel Hewitt. Douglas Smith wills his lunches to Mary Jane B rusie. Glenn Sohn wills his apologies to Mrs. Hock- ing. Clarence Stortz wills his knowledge of Hist- ory and Government to Don Ankley. Mary Thompson wills her neat dark red hair to Doris Markle. Margaret Vielhaber wills her desk in book- keeping to Lumarylis Fry. Jo AnnWesternwills her name “Jo” to Orva Moore. Dennis Cichoracki wills his height to Andy Repic so he’ll be as tall as Imogene. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands to our last Will and Testament at North Branch High School this twenty-ninth day of May, 1951. A. D. Lincoln, Jeffersen, and Franklin 34 Bflonconifln STflff FIRST ROW: Rita O’Rourke, Rose Marie Repic, Ann Gural, Virginia Horton, Mr. Guy H. Lagroe, Sandra Matthews, Juan Wesen, Donna Jean Clendenan. SECOND ROW: Charles Russell, Mary Thompson, Bill Heath, Glenn Sohn, Oscar Schierlinger, ClarenceStortz, Harold Grinnell, Robert Chapin, Tom Mikulski, Ward Laur, MaryRuhlman, Ellen Griffin, Martha Moore, Mary Bader, Pat O’Brien. FIRST ROW: Sandra Matthews, JoanWesten, Ann Gural, Donna Jean Clendenan, Betty Chambers. SECOND ROW: Martha Moore, Tom Mikulski, Mr. Guy H. Lagroe, Charles Russell, Rose Marie Repic. THIRD ROW: Robert Chapin, Clarence Stortz, Harold Grinnell. 35 FIRST ROW: Joan Westen, Elvyn Moore, Carl McDowell, Charles Russell, Harold Grinnell, Clarence Stortz. SECOND ROW: Orva Moore, Evelyn Chapman, Maxine Coe, Donald Grinnell, Gail Harris. Alice Ann Lake, Rose Marie Repic, Dorothy McDowell, Sandra Matthews, John Engleman, Mr. Albert Stickle. CHfffiLfflDEfiS Ann Gura 1, Mary Jane Brusie, Margaret Brusie, Ruth Schierlinger, Virginia Horton, Pat Horton. 37 FIRST ROW: Edward Ferkowicz, Donald Travis, Junior Heron, Jerry Sirick, Jim O’Brien, Eugene Seelye, Henry McLeod, Bill Hodgkinson. Walter Nietzke. SECOND ROW: Mr. Leslie Pesek, Charles Braidwood, Alvin Weigel. Duane Stevens, Harold Knox, Sigmund Gura, Walter Ragatz, Edward La Valley, Richard Collins, Ralph Smith, Douglas Strauel. THIRD ROW: John Currell, Marvon Payne, George Knox, Donald Heron, David Snover, Floyd Raymond, DonaldSwoish, Ralph Klauka, Eldon Weigel, Hilbert June, Robert Cichoracki. FOURTH ROW: Frank Flynn, Dick Artress, Doug Mclnally, Bill McNish, Lee Kelly, Tom Jolicoeur, Elmer Miller, Ray Eckhardt, John Kruschinski, Edward Mikulski, Stanley Barlog, Daniel Adamic, FIFTH ROW: Douglas Smith, Carl Swadling, Ralph McMullen, Russell Robinson, Joseph Skwirsk, Hugh Wnuk, Vernon Almas, Donald Ankley, Jack Miller, Clyde Allen, Tom Watson, William Spencer, Pat Ruhlman, Richard Talcott, Larry Miles. JVf£ «1 j� • ? v� • — JUNIOR OPERETTA SENIOR MAJORETTES RESERVE CHEERLEADERS BOYS’ GLEE CLUB stniofi BflflD FIRST ROW: Sandra Matthews, Ellen Nolan, Beverly Render, Norma Byers, Sarah Raymond, Alice Ann Lake, Mary Thompson, Patricia Martin, Ellen Richard, Marilyn Chambers, Filena Fricke. SECOND ROW: Audrey Swoish, Donna Stoneburgh, Margaret Brusie, Patricia Marsh, Marjorie Bean, Marilyn Hilts, Darlene Bader, Beverly Patrick, Carl Swadling, Sally Moore, Shirley Dockham, Donna Jean Clendenan, Mr. John Church, Joan Repic, Rose Marie Repic. THIRD ROW: Cora Chapman, Carol Swadling, Donald Blackmer, NancyMartin, Marilyn Westen, Evelyn Chapman, Mildred Martin, Donald Grinnell, Marvon Payne, John Krusehinski, Jo Ann Westen. FOURTH ROW: Eleanor Talcott, Ellen Law, Orva Moore, Martha Moore, Patricia Cook, Harold Grinnell, Edward Mikulski, Bill Laur, Mary Ruhlman, Dorothy McDowell, Donna Allen, Naomi Steuwer, Marjorie Laur, Donna Byers. FIFTH ROW: Beverly O'Brien, Glenn Grinnell, Barbara Almas, Bill McNish, Henry McLeod, Joan Krake, Pat Horton, Lucille Weingartz, Janet Richard, Jean Ann Hallock, Genevieve Nellenback, Bill Heath, Betty Tallieu. FIRST ROW: Charles Grinnell, Frank fvlargrif, Richard Jolicoeur, Jack Rutledge, Jerry Jamison, De Ann Hoffman, Sandra Fricke, Jacqueline Richard, Rosemary Adams, Imogene Richmond, Maxine Podvin. SECOND ROW: Mr. John Church, Leatta Butterfield, Carol DeGrow, Jessie Rossman, Nancy Ritter, Marion Smith, Elizabeth Schlaud, Elsie Kelly, Mary Jo Wilson, Rita Nolan, Doris Braidwood, Geraldine Kriener. THIRD ROW: Ronald Seelye, Shirley Hebberd, Virginia Evans, Carleton Morse, Marlin Taylor, Beth McNish, Ann Marie O’Rourke, Doris Lange, ShirleyRagatz, Holly Heath, Bev- erly Buck. FOURTH ROW: Eugene Howard, Richard Wynn, Pauline Steuwer, Eugene Bauman, George Medberry, Dale Dodds, Tom Jolicoeur, Frank Flynn, Duane Gillis, Kenneth Chambers, Cecil Watson, Peter Schlaud. 42 sfnioR CHOROS FIRST ROW: Mildred Martin, Joan Westen, Rita O'Rourke, Norma Moore, Janet Myers, Darlene Bader, Mary Bader, Donna Clendenan, Martha Moore, Marion Clark, Ellen Nolan, Mr. John Church. SECOND ROW: Darlene Brunett, Cora Chapman, Norma Jean Kriener, Adline Myers, Leona Przekop, Marjorie Laur, Carol Swadling, Donna Byers, Gayle Fricke, Beverly Patrick, Donna Allen, Janet Richard. THIRD ROW: Margaret Brusie, Mary Jane Brusie, Donna Stone- burgh, Pat Cook, Jean Richards, Patricia Martin, Barbara Almas, Nancy Martin, Naomi Steuwer, Gail Harris, Louise Stine, Betty Hutton, Shirley Dockham, Norma Klauka. FOURTH ROW: Ann Gural, Lucille Cloutier, Evelyn Chapman, Marjoris Artress, Sandra Matthews, Mary Ruhlman, Alice Ann Lake, Charlotte Skwirsk, Ruth Schierlinger, Marilyn Westen, Orva Moore, Bonnie Kennedy, Norma Byers, Doreen Albrecht, Carol Bethke. FIRST ROW: Virginia Evans, Mary Jo Wilson, Ann Marie O'Rourke, Doris Laine, Pauline Steuwer, Jacqueline Richards, Barbara Tater, Elsie Kelly, Jean Ann Hallock, Ellen Law, Jean Fricke. SECOND ROW: Sandra Fricke, Imogene Richmond, Doris Braidwood, Rosemary Adams, Marion Smith, Coral Baulman, Ellen Richard, Joan Repic, De Ann Hoffman, Rita Nolan, Marie Spencer, Geraldine Barck. THIRD ROW: Mr. John Church, Nancy Ritter, Barbara O'Neil, Geraldine Kriener, Pat Marsh, Beth McNish, Mary Ellen Dodds, Filena Fricke, Myrna Robison, Maxine Podvin, Yvonne Schank, Eleanor Smyth, Marjorie Thompson, Marilyn Chambers, Shirley Ragatz, Holly Heath. FOURTH ROW: Lucille Weingartz, Elizabeth Blackmer, Barbara Baker, Judy Castle, Della Smith, Pauline Tanguay, Ann Willett, Mae Thompson, Elizabeth Schlaud, Lucille Schank. Gloria Ankley, Mary Jane Naracon, Eva Smith, Genevieve Nellenback, Catherine Skalecki, Betty Harmon. 43 BflSKtTBflLL RfSERVfS FIRST ROW: Robert Bethke, Fred Smith, Charles Braid wood, Gary Hoffman, Walter Ragatz, Billy Westen, Kenneth Bruske. SECOND ROW: Coach--James Bruce, Eugene Seelye, Dick LaValley, Don Travis, John Englcman, Edward LaValley. BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Jerry Castle, George Cumper, Lyle Murray, Ronald Seelye, Jerry Nellenback, Cecil Watson, Jack Griffin, James Ferrier. SECOND ROW; Coach--Jack Vincent, Ward Thomp- son, Robert Cloutier, George Medberry, Gerald Schlaud, Virgil Horton, Richard Griffin, Junior Adams, Manager--Bruce Matthews. 44 vflRsuy BflSHtTBflLL FIRST ROW: Jack Nellenback, Walter Nietzke. Dick Przekop. Jerry Strick, Jim O'Brien. SEC- OND ROW: Leonard Solon, BillStiglich, Andy Repic,Tom Almas, Elvyn Moore. Coach--George Grant. FIRST ROW: Oscar Schierlinger, Robert Chapin, John Engleman, Andy Repic, Don Senko, Glenn Sohn, Harry Klaus, Carl McDowell, Tom Mikulski. SECOND ROW: Henry McLeod, Dick Przekop, Leonard Solon, Melvin Inman, Tom Almas. Elvyn Moore, Bill Stiglich, Jerry Strick. Ralph Hunt, Clarence Stortz, Coach--James Bruce. vfliisiiy fOOTBHLL 45 FIRST ROW: Captain--Oscar Schierlinger. SECOND ROW: Henry McLeod, Robert Chapin, Melvin Inman, Tom Almas, Donald Senko, Glenn Sohn, Harry Klaus, Tom Mikulski, Clarence Stortz. scmoR fOOTBflLL pifiytRS fOOTBflLL RfSffiVfS FIRST ROW: Junior Heron, Don Travis, Jim Markle, Eugene Seelye, Bill Laur, Vernon Almas, Donald Mayberry, Walter Ragatz. SECOND ROW: Walter Nietzke, Edward Mikulski, Lee Kelly, Fred Smith, Dick Artress, Billy Westen. 46 George W. Fitch Fred. Fitch Fashion Award You can pay more Winner 49-50 But you can’t buy better FORD Phone 77R2 George W. Fitch Son North Branch Your Ford Dealer 25 years Congratulations Class of '51 DR. D. M. BAIRD, JR. North Branch dmiiel ofM s sons ROBERT A. BIGGS, M. D. Since 1875 North Branch Congratulations to the Senior Class of N. B. H. S. LEWIS V. GRAHAM, piontEfl Bonn D, D. S. Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance System O. 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STORE GERARD AND WALKER WENTA BROTHERS Meats-Groceries Sinclair Service Station Clothing-Drugs Gifts-Toys Groceries and Gas Parts-Accessories-Repairing Corner of M-90 and M-24 Fostoria, Michigan Fostoria, Mich. Phone 35 FOSTORIA GRAIN CO. BARNES’ LAKE STORE CALDWELLS’ Ph. Columbiaville 9144f32 Hi-Speed Products-Groceries Grain-Beans-Seeds Meats-Hardware-Ice Cream Coal, Lumber General Mdse Phone 117-f-13 Moffet’s Corner at M-53 Farm Supplies Barnes’ Lake Imlay City, Michigan The Seniors wish to express their sincerest thanks and gratitude to all those who have helped to make this Yearbook possible: the adver- tizers for their generous support; Powell Studio for its fine pictures; Mr. Walter Taylor for the football pictures and the large picture of our school building in the front of the book; the Bronconion Staff; and Mr Lagroe for the tireless effort and endless work he has set forth in the successful completion of this Annual. merchant WHATEVER IT WILL BE AT YOUR SERVICE Whatever your job, wherever you go, there are many good things in store for you in our land of plenty. Reddy Kilowatt, your low-cost electric serv- ant, helps make this so. He is always on hand when you need him! SENIORS PET PEEVES NICKNAMES Doreen Albrecht Mr. Lagroe Darky Thomas Almas Economics T ommie Ivan Anderson Economics Mary Bader School Norma Jean Byers School Dimples Betty Chambers Boys Slug Robert Chapin Teachers talking of their va- cation in Student Council Bob Marion Clark Chemistry Donna Jean Clendenan No mirrors in the girls lav. Cleny Ellen Griffin 4th Hour Study Hall Elley Harold Grinnell Girls that persist in chasing you Ann Gural Pep meetings Annie Shirley Hallead School Squirrley William Heath Class uncooperation Bill Dorothy Heatly Pep meetings during noon hours Dottie Virginia Horton Physics (class) Virg Melvin Inman Getting up Monday mornings Mel Bonnie Kennedy Kenny McIntosh Bony Ellen Klauka Final examinations Harry Klaus Proud women Ward Laur Chemistry Mildred Martin Noisy Kids Mimi Nancy Martin Men Nanc Sandra Matthews Lunch line Sandy Dorothy McDowell Kenny McIntosh Dot Henry McLeod Mr. Currie Hank Ralph McMullen English Smiley Thomas Mikulski Girls in tight jeans T om Martha Ann Moore Kenny McIntosh Mike Patrick O’Rourke School assemblies Pat Rita O'Rourke Noon hour activities R eater Pat O’Brien Harry Klaus and Glenn Sohn Cindy Sarah Raymond Noisy study halls Kitty Rose Marie Repic Class meetings during noon hours Rosie Russell Robinson School Russ Douglas Rowbotham Barbara Doug Mary Ruhlman Getting up in the morning Charles Russell Girls talking about their boy- friends Chuck Donald Senko Government Tootie Oscar Schierlinger Class meetings Bubs Charoltte Skwirsk Mr. Currie Sis Douglas Smith Girls Doug Glenn Sohn Mr. Currie Gus Clarence Stortz People who gripe but won't volunteer C.B. Mary Thompson School Red Jo Ann Westen No volunteers in class meetings Jo Margaret Vielhaber Noisy study halls Peggy 55 SCOBE SHEET Member of Senior class BOY GIRL. Most Industrious Most Talkative Most Popular Most Bashful Most Athletic Cleverest Best Looking Wittiest Laziest Best Dressed Best All Around Best Dancer Most Likely to succeed Biggest Flirt First to Marry Class Pest Most Respected Hardest to Date Clarence Stortz Glenn Sohn Oscar Shierlinger Ivan Anderson Oscar Shierlinger Douglas Rowbotham Tom Almas Bob Chapin Russel Robinson Bob Chapin Oscar Shierlinger Bill Heath Clarence Stortz Bob Chapin Bob Chapin Glenn Sohn Oscar Shierlinger Tom Almas Virginia Horton Virginia Horton Ann Gural Mary Bader Donna Clendenan Donna Clendenan Ann Gural Donna Clendenan Cora Chapman Martha Moore Ann Gural Jo Ann Westen Charlotte Skwirsk Jo Ann Westen Shirley Hallead Donna Clendenan Charlotte Skwirsk Mary Ruhlman m |M YERSdup-lfO YEARBOOKS THE PACEMAKERS OF QUALITY MYERS AND CO. INC. 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