Northern Michigan Christian School - Reflector Yearbook (McBain, MI)

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Cam Mya ec? It rs the year 1961 and Donna Dykhouse and Gladys Vxs who are the alumm reporters for the school paper Tra1l Blazer have completed the round up of tne class of 1951 as follows Ronald Jager a man of great xntellxgence has completed a dxctxonary whxch far ex ceeds Websters but It has not as yet been publlshed Harm Scnolton has succeeded ln guldmg h1s Jet engme Mercury on two wheels over a txght rope across the N1agara Falls Herm Zu1derveen has swum the Engllsh Channel ln 5 hours 7 mxnutes and 6 seconds Tins 15 an all txme record Geraldme Bxerens woke up one mornxng to fmd herself famous for dreamxng up a concoct1on whlch she calls Gerry's Freckle Remover Sne maxntaxns that she would have been even more successful mf Shxrley D1ck wouldn t run around sell1ng creams and powders to cover up freckles Forrest Sm1ts an F B I agent 15 on the track of a thxef who has stolen tne l1fe sav mgs of Mxss Joanne Wmkle They amounted to two mrllxon dollars Dorothy Dykhouse's alto voxce has become famous by advertxsmg over the N B C network whose ma1n statlon 15 rn McBa1n She IS bemg sponsored by M1ldred Beren s haxr tomc Ethel Van Houten and Margze DeVr1es are stxll the h1gh flyxng gxrls they always were They are now worklng as steward esses on the Amerxcan Overseas Axr Lxnes Boyd Tacoma xs agaln roam1ng the country only thxs t1me as a b1g game hunter mn Afrxca being employed by Brookf1eld Zoo of Chxcago Cornne Aardema has fmally worked her way to the honorary posxtmon as Custod1an of Magazlnes m the L1brary of Congress Ruth Blerens and her husband have moved to the state of Washlngton and are operatxng a large fruxt farm there called Fruxt Valley Dorothy Tacoma who thought that xt was too cold up here has gone down South and IS the manager of a hotel for summer resorters Jack Vredevoogd who has been an astronomer for the last few years has resxgned h1s lofty lookxng Job It seems he hasn't been lookmg too good lately Joyce Tacoma and Gladys TeBos together wmth a couple of assxstants are runnmg a home for aged men Last seen they were runnmg as fast as they could Leona Pluger has recently been employed by Joyce and Gladys as patcher and sock darner 1n thexr home for aged men Kerwm Koetje who used to go at quxte a pace rn a drlapxdated old chevy he owned IS stlll gozng hke a streak of hghtmng at t1mes He dr1ves one of the twenty e1ght fzre trucks owned by the great and growxng c1ty of Vogel Center Ella Jean Marcusse has taken over a candy company m New York Clty She specrahzes ln a certaxn varmety known as Ella Jean's Jelly Beans Carl Mulder IS experxment1ng w1th a new brand of corn wh1ch has now reached the hexght of two feet wlth ears as long as h1s arm Ruth Van Houten has majored 1n scxence at the Unxverslty of Columbla and IS work1ng on the hydrogen bomb Mearl Hoekwater and Ray Brxnks mxmsters from Calxforma and Rhode lsland respectxvely plan to exchange pulp1ts the next couple of weeks at the people's request Barbara Vander Wexde has recently moved to Cal1forn1a It seems that she has some specxal interest there Harold Ebels xs now a baker The other day as he was workxng xn a batter of bread he stumbled and fell and xs stall rolhng ln the dough Don Boes IS doxng the electrxc work here 1n the new rooms that are bemg added to the N M C H S He xs a very accomphshed electrxclan after four years of attendmg an electrxcal school Our school 15 qu1te proud of thxs class whxch has accompllshed so many th1ngs 27 f 0 . - i . , . 4 1 l . . . I . .

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Cf M W!! CL We Semors bexng of sound and dxsposlng mxnd and to think that some doubt xt' d declare the following as our last WILL AND TESTIMONY To Freshmen The ab1l1ty to atta1n the h1gh cultural status we as Semors have attalned and a vamshlng cream to remove that green color so common among them To Sophomores Fxfty yards of curtam to keep under cover when a teacher approaches and a mxle of rope to help pull through the next two years To Jumors The headaches that come wxth bemg a Senxor and a ton of asp1rm left over by the annual staff To Mr Westmaas A choxr capable of reading mus1c and the ab1l1ty to sxng at least four dxfferent pltches at once To Mr Eggebeen A staff that always agrees wxth h1m and a horse whxp to tame h1s e1ghth hour study group To Mr Kooy One basketball game wxth th1s score Chrxstxan 71 the opponent 16 and the hzghe st rank attalnable 1n the army To Mlss Schaaf An electrxc dev1ce to keep Englxsh students awake and a. set of txres for her Terrxble Paxn To Mr Rxbbens An understandmg and co operat1ve busmess ar1thmet1c class To bus drxvers A four lane h1ghway so that they can drxve over twenty mxles per hour To the Jamtors The servxces of our Clean up Squad Cornne Aardema do wxll my quxet d1spos1t1on to Agnes Kuxpers Carl Mulder do w1ll my extra xnches to Nelvm Jager Harm Scholton do wxll the remamder of my Ford to Geert Borgman Geraldmne Bxerens do wzll my cute gxggle to Don Ouwxnga Gladys Vxs do wxll myself to Maman Koster fxguratlvely speaking Harold Ebels do wzll my excellent handwrltmg to Marllyn Koetje and Phyllxs DeRu1ter and Don Aardema Elle Marcusse do w1ll my fxrst three hours of sleep every week to Marge Tacoma Marge DeVr1es do w1ll my qulet ways to Ruth Zuxderveen Ethel Van Houten do wxll my abzhty to get 1n and out of trouble to M1ldred Heuker Forrest Sm1ts do wxll my crooked nose to Loxs Brmks Dorthy Dykhouse do w1ll my d1amond to the baseball team Herman Zulde rveen do w1ll my gxft of gab to Dorthy Slachter and Juhe Schutte Dorthy Tacoma do w1ll all wemght lost work1ng on the annual to Dorthy Zu1derveen Boyd Tacoma do leave I hope I hope I hope Joanne Wxnkle do wxll Angle DeVr1es and Ada Lucas my bubbllng personahty Ruth Van Houten do w1ll my barn overalls to Berme Tolsma Ron Jager do bequeath my eloquent vocabulary to Esther Vredevoogd Gladys TeBos do w1ll my late hours to Evelyn Kenbeek Kerwln Koetje do w1ll my abxhty to be a lady's man to Stan Ellens and Harland Hendrxcks Ruth Bzerens do wxll my last typmg permod to Lee Brmks Barb Vander We1de do wzll my bxg feet to B111 DeZeeuw for a better understand1ng Mearl I-Ioekwater do w1ll my athletxc ab1l1ty to Janxce Bumng and Anme Smxth Ray Brlnks do wxll my ab1l1ty to study to Roger Loeks Don Boes do wlll my 'One should be seen not heard motto to Dorthy Boven Donna Dykhouse do wxll my geographxc locatlon to Norma Bolkema Mxldred Berens do wxll my smgmg abxlmty to Ardythe Tacoma and Julle Ouwmga Leona Pluger do wzll my anonymxty 'P '7 to Jul1a Kortman and Angelxne Meekhof We Sh1rley Dxck and Joyce Tacoma do w1ll our 'why study? ' attztude to Harmma Sxkkema Z6 L ' . , . . . . Q . . J, O 1' . , . . . . . . . I' . . . . . I, , ' ' . 1' . . ' . . . . L . D . . ' . . . . 1' ' . . . . . . . I, Jack Vredevoogd, do will my way with Mr. Westmaas to Harvey Mulder, Orville Baas, I, , ' ' . I. . , . . . . I. , . . . . . D I. . , . . . I 1, , ' ' . I, . I . . . . It ' . . . . . I, , - , , . I' . , . . . . . . I, , ' ' . I, , . I, , ' . I. . . , . . . I, . , . . . . . In . I . . . . , I, , . . .. . . . . . 1, . , . . . . I, , ' ' . I, 0 . . . . I. . ' . . . . . . . ' I, , . . - . - . . . .

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