Pigeon High School - Milestone Yearbook (Pigeon, MI)

Page 10 text:

Catherine Protzman Life Certificate Michigan State Normal College Central Iichigan College of Education University of Iichigan First Grade Mildred Schumacher Huron County Normal Extension Credits Central lichigan College of Education Second and Third Grade Harriett Ruegsegger Life Certificate Chicago Evangelistic Institute Western Michigan College of Education Central Iichigan College of Education First and Second Grade Wilma Emerson Three Year Life Certificate College Kindergarten I N The school has be ome a symbol of The American Way of Life is dedicated to the belief that every person is worthy of becoming the most and best that his God given talent will permit That nation which most effectively and universally passes its cultural attributes from one generation to the next, wisely and not tardily meeting the needs of pro gressive change will be victorious in conflict with opposing ldeol oglcal forces from within and without its borders America looks to its school system as one and perhaps the most important medium through which regard for the lndividual is engendered and its democratic institutions and practices are made secure The Pigeon Community School System is dedicated to serving the ed- ucational needs in this area To this end a system of primary and sec- ondary schools has been organized which strives to minister to the needs of all the children The scope of this program must be sufficiently broad to prepare our children for further study at the University, or college of their choiee, and at the sane time, to present worthwhile experiences for those pupils who must end their formal education with graduation from High School The administrative philosophy of the Pigeon Community School has been based on the premise 'The Schools are provided to serve the be n erests of the children enrolled To put this philosophy in prac- tice, adequate building facilities, good equipment, a broad course of study, and a competent school staff are needed Today we are proud to say that Pigeon has all of these and that the educational opportunities of the children and adults in this area are better than any time in the history of the school. Zanfbfjj 6 .9 3 QA 1 . 1 f n ' '- is ,Q A . Michigan State Normal c ' . It , Y - ' st 1 t .

Page 9 text:

FACULTY Robert N. Lippert B.S. Central Michigan College of Education Shop, Mechanical Drawing Cut the monkey business. 8-f' 57 05 1 gf, 2?ml J, w , n,tfx1 ' - 1 2, Mildred E. Hutchinson B.S. ' Central Michigan College of Education G1rl's Physical Education, English uRoll call, sound of - -3-L+ Howard Thompson University of Illinois Agriculture Mary Shetler Central llchigan College of Education University of Xichigan Sixth Grade Esther Kohr Michigan State College N' Normal College Central !4ch1gan College of Education Fourth Grade 'll' s I 5 ' 14+ Lorain R. Dunn B.S. Michigan State College Instrumental Music Put your chairs, stands, and music away. Bob R. Sternberg B.S. Michigan State College Agriculture Incidentally, now boys Robert L Kirkpatrick University of Illinois Agriculture Nwlll you please trv o be here on time? Marian Carpenter Life Certificate Central Michigan College of Education Fifth Grade Muriel I lorrlson Alma College lichlgan State College Third Grade f 1 vv H 2 .N ' Q'-in X 'qth - . f -. 4 8-S- B.S. A 'I - 4 H 4 j K ,' :A - an ' X Q 43. N . t ', ,,gLf Q - 1? f KK, A V . ', s,i.,5g1 115, - 4, tv ,,, iw. '- Q1 .I f ifg 3' B .A . , Q .IZ 1 .h 7. Q4 . ' , j - qi ...Q 3117, .S3,'.':11':Q1 f, - :':1 u1z A J . I 1 ' 'Q I .. J 'H -H - A 0 f. Life Certificate va A'- . ' e - Q J' ,m B.A. I ' 51 V! s U ,jg I- ' Q ' , :,: ':l:.'.,V I E EE:?:- A . ., u , Yi , ol 1WEHg'5E5Q. LTER? 5 H:Qi.jkiEiEELii ' 5 :.iff:::i ag-T-:-. ' i'

Page 11 text:

HISTORY fc' 'f 'S-Wx In the year l9 7, forty two stu'ents enrolled ln the freshmen class Ne were all meek and green but with the help of our sponsor, Nr Yordy, elected our class officers which were Jean Craig, President, Harold Deering, Vice Presldent, marilyn Thick, becretary, Ted Lelpprandt, Treasurer Ne were getting along fine by becoming acquainted with each and everyone when the Sophomores decided to help us oy giving us a traditional initiation Ne all agreed it wasn't as bad as we expected and after all the fun and laughter the Sophorores treated us to a llnch Remember the cocoaq In April Nr Yordy took us on a field trip along the Scenic Highway from Caseville to Grind Stone City In June we xere invited to a party at Ir and hrs Yordy's farm which turned out to be a lot of fun for everyone In our sophomore year we added one to our en ollment making us a class of forty three Ne elected class officers as follows Nancy Bushey, President, Ross Geiger, Vice President Naomi Kraft, Secretary Lyle Shetler, Treasurer, with r Yordy and IP Sternberg as sponsors We immediately be gan plotting the torturous night, October ll Ne had bad as they had thought it engoyed very much We had County Park, ay 18, 19 9 We then planned our school picnic which brought us to the close of our sophomore year We passed into the eleventh grade with a decrease of five students mak ing a small class of thirty eight students Ne started the year 1950 by electing our officers which were Naomi Kraft, President Francis Tetreau, Vice President harllyn Thiel, Secretary Janet Buchholz, Treasurer This year was full of achievements for us with the help of our sponsors hrs things we would do to the freshmen on initiation them frightened, but they admitted it wasn't as would be We had many class parties which we a Trea ure Hunt which was held at Caseville ball games, had a fish fry at the Vollmer Hotel and made quite a nice profit from it Tne High Light of the year was our play 'Brides to Burn which we presented April 13th and l th It was the most prof'table and successful event of the year Last but not least, we put on a Junior Senior Banquet at the Cross Luthern School Auditorium, hay 26th The last thing the Juniors had a hand in was decorating for bacculaureate for the Seniors of 1950 After three long years of struggling we finally reached our goal as Seniors In the fall of 1950 we as Seniors enrolled with a class of thirty six We immediately chose our officers which were as follows Naomi Kraft, President, Ro s Geiger, Vice President, Marilyn Thick, Secretary, Peggy lclntyre, Treasurer, with hr Lelpprandt and Mr Yordy as our sponsors beptember 23rd, we Seniors were the most outstanding group in the school dressed in our best, the very height of fashion' You guessed it Senior pictures We then earned a large sum for our treasury by selling at the games and sponsoring another fish fry at the Vollmer Hotel We found out that selling Chrlstras Cards was a help to our Treasury By this t1 e we were very busy preparing lor our Senior Play A Little Honey which was pre sented December 13th and 1 th Phe Juniors, Seniors, and Student Council purchased for the Pigeon High School a public address system which they earned by selling magazines We were all looking forward to our trip to Niagara Falls, and New Vork City whlch began hay 15th When we returned from our trip the Juniors gave us a banquet The Commencement gowns we chose for this year are white for The girls and blue for the boys Our Baccalaureate will be Nay 27th, with Rev Lester Ruegsegger in charge Commencement will be Thursday, lay 31, with Mr Clair L Taylor, Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruct' The shadows high school days these happy days on, as speaker of our high school events are lengthening and the close of is very near Nlth mixed feelings we say good bye to all looking fo ward to life beyond high school 7 f 'N L - 1, . 1 . ' . z . W8 1 I u ,4 T. Q . A . A . ' , E' ul . 1 , P D 7 ' - . g . 3 A-. A , ' h A - . I , z l : 1 1' I Q 1 Lelpprandt and Mr. Yordy, We sold refreshments at the football and basket- 1 - , 2 , u u . L+ - . A - 7 B Q ' I s. . . . On ,'l A . 1 , Au , . . m 1 ' fl - . Q ,R 4 A ' I O 'a P .