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

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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

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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

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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