Okemos High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Okemos, MI)

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Tho we moaned loud and long about homework. Each wondering parent knows We did our evening studies In pauses between the shows. CLASS OF '51 Page 15

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Mrs. Oswald, Mrs. Hoosa, Mrs. Everott, Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Nichols. Hack How: J. Ash. C. Kirkpatrick, It. Everett, B. Mchano. C. Kommeyer. Front Row: L. Rathbone, C. Lower, M. Either, 1 . Prethrr. Parker Prethcr llle J4effling JJands Ina Mae Richards

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ani CLARENCE PRENTICE Sonic iliuj he'll foot us nil hy cufinj: name spinurli anil Urine mu tall. Sitiidmky I, 2 Glut Praiidmt I Clati Secretary 3 Band 3. 4; Prmidmt 3 Circulation - Yearbook HAKHARA ALCATK The lauuhter of a uirl It ainonu the mint delightful lounil» of earth. Cln » Secretary 4 Play 3. 4 F.H.A. 2 l.ihrary 3 Yearb M k Activities 4 VIRGINIA OIIM A itootl face it the hrst letter of recommendation. Oat Vlcc-Prcildcnt I Library 2. 3. 4 Play 3. 4 F.H.A. 1. 2. 3 Glee Oub 4 Senior Editor-Yearbook JACK Will i MYER I hare no tecret of tureen hut hind ivork. Class Treasurer 4 F.F.A. 2. 3. 4; Sec. 3. Pres. I business Manager-Yearbook The Senior Class of 1951 began their Freshman year with high hopes and now as seniors look back on their attainments. Under the sponsorship of Mrs. Ruth Kelly and Miss Phyllis Collins they gave an all-high Roller Skating Party. Then they ended the year with an all-high square dance, the Hill-Billy Hop. In December of their sophomore year, with just three years left of high school, they sponsored a semi-formal dance, Winter Wonderland. which was a huge success. On February 5, the boys in the class put on a pancake supper and had a good crowd. This year Mrs. Kelly and Mr. Robert Smeltzer sponsored the class. In their junior year they had many money making projects for the coming expenses of the Junior and Senior Prom. On November 3, they sponsored an all-high party, “Hobble Gobble ’ at which door prizes of a turkey and a chicken were given. This same year the class put on one of the most unusual dances held in Okeinos High School called the “Soc Hop,” a name derived from the checking of shoes at the door and dancing in stocking feet throughout the evening. The social events of the junior year ended with the Junior and Senior Prom, “Neath the Southern Moon.” The fall of 1950 found the senior class with seventeen original members from the first grade. Mrs. Mildred Hagberg gave her services for a benefit lecture for Mr. Smeltzer. They gave a dance, “Autumn Nocturne with Herbie Fox’s orchestra. As Senior’s they sponsored an Alumni Banquet during Christmas Vacation. There were two hundred fifty graduates and guests attending the event. Following this program great enthusiasm was showed for organizing an alumni association. Officers were elected and it is planned that this will be an annual event. Plans were made early in the fall for the Senior trip to Washington, D. C. Mr. Ray Pellett, Dean of Men at Western Michigan College of Education, was selected for the commencement speaker on June 7. Page 16