Okemos High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Okemos, MI)

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DEDICATION One of the symbols of progress at Okemos High School is the erection of the lighting system for the athletic field, made possible only through the generosity and support of the following citizens, who bought bonds or gave money to finance the construction. It is with sincere and humble gratitude that we dedicate the 1954 “Tomahawk” to them. George II. Richards Maynard Eberly Duo-Control Spring- Don Ilayncs Dale Wilkins Bernard Qucmby V. R. King Luate Nl. Port wood Holx'rt Swanberg Stuart Reuffer Robert Stetler Frank Crazzato James Paty Ralph A. Renz Erwin J. Benne Calvin Burch Lanier DeLind Robert Backus Ralph Brown O. K. Grettenberger L. D. Kleiver Derwood Dickinson C. K. Parkhurst Dell Bennett Howard Cook Lloyd Butcher John McKinley II. M. Jason Okemos Varsity Club Mr. Mrs. F. C. Martindale A. 11. Eichmeier Mrs. C. A. Johnson Warren Pruim I lerbert Abendroth Milton Stevens Okemos Elevator Co. R. V. and Leona Remington Arthur B. Cooper, Jr. Robert L. Slider Maynard Unruh Tony Coates Edward G. Hertel, Sr. Wm. D. Whitmore John Whitmycr Modern Wholesale Electric Richard E. Stetler Dr. Edmund Visger M. L. Murphy RolxTt T. Schepperley James and Ruth Chapman Harold H. Winslow Harold Wells Norman Wells Ralph Rol ert Brown Fred Brocci Wonch Battery Company Max Whitmore Lee Rathlxme Maxine Haga Mr. Mrs. A. I. Hansen Mr. Mrs. Harold Hodge Mr. Mrs. Louis Neller Herbert Davidson Irving Wilkins Ray Budde Walter Patenge Charles W. 1 lowland Paul Luck A. E. Roney Harold Redman Thomas A. Beaman, Jr. Richard McKane Rodney Waters Reuben Everett Charles F. Cummins Edward Shipley David Cardone Preston Nichols H. H. Ruhland Pearl Newton Ray Carlson Walter L. Weiss Robert J. Hadley Warren Houghton Mr. Mrs. Carl Andrus Russ King Mrs. Carl Farr Rex Wilkins Mr. Harold Glass Robert Eldredgc Harold C. Good Dr. I. J. Breckenfeld L. J. Bratzler Don II. Wallace John S. Weaver Mr. Mrs. Leonard Phillips Mike Sweeney W. O. Brinker George E. Barlow Fred W. Wells Frank Tunks Donald L. Hilda Kranz K. G. McManus L. Wolf anger Melissa Line Christopher Sower Claude Maynard Ruth S. Richard F. Youngblood Irene Robinson Hugh J. Carpenter Irwing Elizabeth Miller Leonard M. Rosdail Earl Chadwell John Sander Joe Zalewski Richard B. Hill Robert P. Hill, Jr. Walter F. Holliday Gerald G. Blomquist Ann K. Blomquist Marjorie Mouser Alice Mouser Gilbert Mouser II Thomas Mouser Jan Estelle Charles Sweeney W. H. Sheldon Monty’s Bar Orla Stillman Emil Dreps Lewis Lei by Mark E. Heerdt Lester E. Wolcott J. J. Roden E. L. Warner Tom Johnson Edwin Thomas George Morton Mr. Mrs. Bernard Ward Silas VanSickler Russ Secrest Hollice O. Epperly H. E. Renard Mr. Mrs. George H. Parisian Jarry Blomquist Ann Blomquist Marvin Keller John I. Whitmycr Earl M. and Bernice E. Leonard Richard Dickinson Josephine Nichols Guy Shmmvay Glen Cline Capitol City Paint Decorating Co. Gorsline-Runciman Co. Darwin Dudley Mr. Mrs. D. II. Webb Arthur Hopkins Harvey Barnard Mr. Mrs. Ronald McDonald M. R. Eicher Kenneth E. Henderson I. H. Marmon Charles Delamarter James Kiomento Lyle Wakcman Roland Cook Mrs. Elsie Mason Walter Hughes B. A. Stickle Roy O. Webb, M.D. Mrs. Florence B. Hill Mrs. Minnie Grettenberger Flood’s Chevrolet Sales John T. Schubel Eleanore Osborne Leo Nothstinc John Grettenberger Jack Stillman Linn-Baker Equipment Company A. R. Nash Mrs. H. James Rcnaud Jae Kitchen Voss Sales C. E. Widick J. J. McLean Mary V. Strand George Alderton James Karey Clinton Aldrich J. R. Tomlinson Consumer Power Co. Royce Groh Luke Kelly [2]

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FOREWORD In this, the thirty-first year of operation of Okemos High School, we look back and view with wonder the great strides made by the school since it graduated its first class in 1923. The senior class has expanded from two members to forty-four; the underclassmen, who numbered fifty-one in 1923, now number three hundred and two; the high school faculty has grown from five teachers to twenty-two; and we now have eleven clubs where we had none before. The material facilities of the school have grown also. Expanded curriculum, classroom space, bus fleet, and athletic plant all reflect the progress made in three short decades. The “Tomahawk” itself has come into existence and grown in size and circulation since the first students received diplomas from Okemos. Since so many changes have taken place in so many things, in recognition of thirty years of accomplishment, we have made the theme of this year s yearbook— “PROGRESS.” Dennis Avery, Editor Mary D. Sheldon, Sponsor [4]