Pershing High School - Parade Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Padung, Summa S Pershmg Summer School made hrstory m 1945 wrth the greatest enrollment on record A total of 653 students took advantage of the many courses offered Of the 653 entrres 43 schools contrrbuted 179 students who worked along wrth our own Pershmgrtes The faculty 1ncluded 14 members of the regular teachtng staff Practlcally all courses rn Englrsh were offered and many courses tn soc1al studres mathematxcs sclence and commercral work Wh1le most of the trme was spent 1n broad enlng the knowledge of students ID regular class work some trme was gtven to promote the war effort and other extra currlcular actrvmes Over 90 per cent of those enrolled bought war tamps thereby keepmg the m1nute flag tlymg throughout the summer A total of S10 OOO IH War Bonds was purchased wrth Whrch an L 5B ambulance plane was underwrxtten Among other 6Cl1V1l19S the frrst prmted ed1 txon of The Pershmg Newsette was publrshed Cam1lle Moore was ed1tor1n ch1ef and Dorothy Thompson Barbara Hrggmbotham and Phylhs Anderson assocrate 9d1lOIS Mr Harry H Rlgg was the sponsor The sen1or class conslstmg of 38 students en Joyed the usual Cham of events that accom 7945 pames all graduatmg classes A dance was ponsored by the graduates and was held 1n the cafeterra to the mellow tunes of The Swmg st rs A DICHIC was held at Rouge Park w1th m mbers of the faculty as chaperones and guests Cap and gown day was experlenced as the semors appeared ln classes IH therr royal blue attrre Commencement SXGFCISSS were held on Thursday August 9 On th1s day 38 12A s re celved therr dlplomas 1I'1 the hbrary Parents and fr1ends frlled the room to capaclty M I B lftogvoy prmcrpal pres1ded foseph farewell address The class memorlal was pre sented by Betty Lou Shubeck class secretary and Ro emary M1nne one of the outstand1ng s mors was the student speaker The guest speaker was Mr George Baker Asslstant D1 rector of Adult Educatlon of the Detrolt schools Mrss Alrce fodlck a Pershmg alumna who has made rngmg her professron sang The summer sesslon ended August 10 there by enabhng all students to emoy three weeks of vacatlon before the open1ng of the fall semester lass Q lcers BACK BOW Edward Smokosk1 Cllftord Shaw FRONT ROW Betty Lou Schubeck, foe Swleclkowskr I ' e ' - '1' - - , , . Swiecikowski, class president, delivered the s , ' ' ' ' o I . I I . . V 5 ' , ' . H S . I 1 ' ' I ' - 1 1 ' ' U l I I ' U I . - S, , , , , , . . . K - . G . , 'I ' .

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WU-x is ibn I Harrison Wilcox Science We 'Nu Wilmer Wme Science I WP Cm qaithful Cgriencls Earl Potter Commercial Kathryn Prottengeier Health E. William Richmond Vocational Harry Rigg Ioseph Ring Iacob Rogvoy Head, Ellenor Rohrback Norman St. Aubin Florence Schafer Mevetta Schmid Margaret Sellman Louise Shoemake Gertrude Steinberger Herbert Stevens George Stewart Ruth Taylor Margaret Tuta Pauline Ullnch Agnes Ward Social Studies Social Studies Social Studies Librarian Science English Health Mathematics Commercial Mathematics Social Studies Social Studies English Social Studies English Commercial Moms Wattles Attendance Teacher No Pictures Robert Haskins Olive Cobb Helen Becker Helen Ienkms Cathenne Ierwrch Alma Iohnson Sgt Andrew Alek Eleanor Norton Hester Edmund Ioseph McCarthy Thelma Sonnenberg Mrs Lillian White Fred Bartels Leverett Carter Catherine Kelley Gertrude McGram Vene Smeltzer Counselor Counselor Counselor Counselor A Counselor Office Staff Helen Stewart Mariorie Goulding Comelia Groar Donna Higgins Shirley Lobel Rose Ricotta Frances Sunko Mary Van Dusen Helen Haglund Accompanist

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,rlmwz 1945 Q bv L 'Y 'T in be xi mv' We Ann Bystrzynskr George Cauvrn Eva Coppa Betty Lou Davrs Amenco Fabnzro Helen Farhat Edward Gadrent Gerald Green Bonnle Grurts Dorothy Hardy George Iohn Holub Mary Hutchms Henry Kuchta Lorrame Lragre Mary Lourse Martm Ernestrne Menwether Rose Mary Mmne Donna Mrtchell Shrrley Mueller Lorrame Rondon Paul Rymak Ruth Schrer Elrzabeth Schubeck Clxftord Shaw Mrchael Shrbley Edward Smokoskl Murrel Stevens Irene Stosevtch Ioseph Swre rkowskr Helen Terrell Eugene Tutag Sally Watkrns Ruby Wonchowskx No Plctures Henry Adamczyk Ann Nagrrch W1ll1am Nrsula Irene Perczak Joseph Watt