Pigeon High School - Milestone Yearbook (Pigeon, MI)

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SENIQR 1951 f'sN f Class mo to ' e will either find a way or make one omi Kraft 'nike President 'A brilliant student and a pood pal to all Class Officer 1 2 Student Council 3 Junior Play Senior Play hilestone 3 Librarian 2 3 Valedictorian largaret Ann Nclntyre Peg Treasurer 'Nomen are made to be loved, not understood Class Officer Junior Play Senior Pla Milestone Librarian 1 Band 1 2 3 Chorus 1 3 Physical Education Salutatorian Class Colors Dark Blue and White Class Flower Red Carnation ww 8 Rosa deiger Vice President UI am from the farm, t you can tell, the gir1S all know me very well Class Officer 2 Junior Play Senior Play Paper Staff 3 Latin Club Football 2 Tumblwng 3 A Iarllyn Thlck Hlinnieu Secretary HI feel Cupid tickli g my heart strings Class Officer 1 2 3 -ii Jun or Play jSenior Pla lilestone Paper Staff 3 Chorus 1 1' Lp, . Q' t : W .N N 8 1 Tj ll - - I ' f u ' A Q, f V X . N - - 3-A 3, . ' fr 'L' 'L+ - 53 -L+ V ,ff V ,C L+ -- A ' . ' F.F. . 1 3 u l lj? ' ' ' V A . . -,1 .N H M 1+ ' n . . H A X LQ5 . ' - -A ' ' 'M 'EEL LP , 3 of

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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 .

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Roger Gettel nM1dnight HOh what a man, he S dies figures whenever he can Milestone Editor Wilestone 3 M Junior Play Senior Play Band 2 3 M Football 1 2 3 A Mary Diebel HLee 'Alwa s willing her part Reporter Class Officer Junior Play Senior Pla hilestone Paper Staff 3 Latin Club Pres e Leipprandt 'Tico ULife is so wonderful and by bothering others, I have no time to enjoy 1 Student Council Pres Class Officer 2 Junior Play Band 2 3 Football l 2 3 Basketball l 2 Baseball l 2 Track 2 3 1 2 F Linda Rothfuss nLin' uThe joy of life living it Senior Play Chorus 1 2 Latin Club Ulf' fu? Janet Buchholz 'Cooky' 'An innocent fa but you never can tell Milestone Class Officer 3 Junior Play Senior Play Band l 2 3 Salutatorian Leo NcArdle 'Stupe Hurry I don't kn the meaning of the word A 2 F F A Officer Chorus 3 Track 2 Football 2 Tumbling 3 Baseball Fvelyn Griggs nEv1e' HFl1tter, flutter, to an fro, say a word and then I go Chorus ack Perry HAmateur A real ohilosooher ear ly and late, if a line were crooked, he'd argue it straight H Class Officer 1 Jun1or Play Chorus 3 A Football 3 Track 2 3 Tumbling 3