Plymouth High School - Plythean Yearbook (Plymouth, MI)

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Senior History We started our freshman year in the fall of 1932, with 132 freshies lin the full sense of the wordl. We elected Robert Egge, president: Donald Blessing, vice- president: Hal Horton, secretary: Robert Wilkie, treasurer: Jeannette Brown, student council representative. On October 6 we were heartily welcomed by our superior and experienced seniors. Although we received fourth place in our stunt The Old Fotygraft Album , we redeemed ourselves by standing nrst in ticket selling. We were actively represented in debate by Jewel Starkweather and Tom Brock. To close our first successful year, we sent twenty members to the Honor Banquet for scholarship and forensics. The following year, numbering 110, we chose Barbara Hubbell, presidentg Jewel Starkweather, vice-president: Dorothy Hearn, secretary: Jack Birchall, treasurer: William Rudick, Student Council representative. We again captured l-first place in Stunt Night ticket selling, and second in our original stunt Rip Van Wink1e's Dream . Tom Brock won school, district, and sub-district honors in extemporaneous speaking. The song-birds of our class, Madolyn Weller, Norma Jean Roe, Patricia Cassady, Edith Mettetal, Jeannette Brown, Jewel Starkweather, Barbara Hubbell, and Florence Norton made up the Girls' Octet. Richard Innis, Robert Wilkie, Lloyd Trinka, William Rudick, Robert Egge, and Frances Trombley represented us on varsity teams: and Patricia Cassady, Jean Dunham, Madolyn Weller, Edith Mettetal, Dorothy Hearn, Angie Roginski, Virginia Cline, and Phyllis Stewart were warded their 1,000 point letters. In our Junior year, with 112 members, we chose as our executive board Tom Brock, presidentg Jeannette Brown, vice-presidentg Jewel Starkweather, secretaryg Norma Jean Roe, treasurer: Irene Ciesielski, Barbara Hubbell, and Jewel Stark- weather, Student Council representatives. Our play, Huckleberry Finn was an altogether successful event. Two of our members, Jewel Starkweather and Tom Brock, were on the debate squad and won their way to the State Championship De- bate at Ann Arbor, where, in a 2-1 decision, they went down to a gallant defeat at the hands of Kalamazoo. Lloyd Trinka, Richard Innis, Robert Egge, and Dan Burton made varsity teams. Our modernistic J-Hop, held on March 13, was another out- standing success, through the cooperation and efforts of Pat McKinnon, general chairman, and our advisers-Misses Walldorf, Frye, Allen, Mr. Latture, and Mr. In- gram. Elizabeth Hegge, Jewel Starkweather, Jeannette Brown, Norma Jean Roe, Pat McKinnon, and Betty Housley earned their 1,000 point school letters, and Dorothy Hearn became girls' ping-pong champion. In Stunt Night ticket selling we took flrst place, and tied with the seniors for first place in stunts, with our idea of Mod- ern Mother Goose . To close our junior year, we presented a very successful Junior- Senior Banquet, with Pat McKinnon as toastmistress, and Hit Parade as a theme. Beginning our senior year with 103 members, we re-elected Tom Brock, president: Jewel Starkweather, vice-president: Jeannette Brown, secretary: Norma Jean Roe, treasurer: Patricia Cassady, Kenneth Klelnschmidt, and Jewel Starkweather, Stu- dent Council representatives. After the freshman reception in October, we began work on the Swiss decorations for our Prom, which was held on December 18, and proved a. very successful affair, thanks to Jean Dunham, general chairman, and our advisers-Misses Lickly, Wells, Fiegel, and Mr. Latture. On March 18 and 19 we presented our play Little Women with seventeen seniors taking part. Tom Brock, Jewel Starkweather, Jeannette Brown, Edith Mettetal, Dorothy Hearn, and Florence Norton were active on the debate squad, and won their way to the quarter-finals, where defeated by Flint Northern in a 2-1 decision. Jean Dunham, girls' sport man- ager, reports that a majority of our girls have participated in inter-class sports, and many boys received their school letters for participation in varsity sports. The honor position of valedictorian is tie between Jewel Starkweather and Jeannette Brown, both of whom have all A's and an average of 97. Our salutatorian, Phyllis Stewart, has an average of 96.8 with one B. The next seven people with the highest averages are, in the order of their standing: Florence Norton, Edith Mettetal, Tom Brock, Patricia Cassady, Dorothy Hearn, Norma Jean Roe, and Mary Holdsworth. We, the class of 1937, wish to thank our advisers and faculty for their helpful cooperation during our years in school. 15

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Robert Wilkie Bob Band 1: Basketball 2, 3, 4: Baseball 3, 4: Hi-Y 3. 4: Plythean Staff 4: Football Mgr. 3: Varsity Club 3, 4: Class Sjorts 1, 2, 3, 4: Stunt Night 1. Marvin Wilson Marv Torch Club 2: Hi-Y 3: Senior Drama Club 4: Radio Club 2, 3 fVice-President 2, Treas. 33: Boys' Glee Club 4: Baseball 2, 3, 4: Senior Play: Class Sports 1, 2, 3. Henry Worden Hank Entered from Cooley High School, Detroit, in 1936. Senior Play: Photography Club 4: Hi-Y 4: Senior Drama Club 4. Pollyanna Wright Girl Reserves 1, 2: Stunt Night 3: Glee Club 2, 3, 4. Howard Zander r In Memoriam John Nash-a. member of class of '37 Bom June 2, 1919 Died April 5, 1936 Senior Prom After passing the reception line formed in the main room of a Swiss chalet, the guests at the Senior Prom danced amid snowy peaks and flower-strewn valleys of Switzerland. One wall depicted scenes from St. Moritz, Winter playground of Switzer- land: the other wall, the scenes from Heidi . Moe and Carter's orchestra playing be- fore a Swiss cottage and between snow-capped hills helped to make the Prom a great success. The general chairman was Jean Dunham, and committees working under her were: Decorations, E. Mulry: ceiling, J. Brown: orchestra, P. Burton: construc- tion, F. Trombley: lighting, C. Saylor: chaperones, P. Wright: refreshments, D. Compton: programs, P. Stewart: floor, J. Moore: clean-up, T. Brock. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. George Smith: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dyk- house: Mr. and Mrs. George Burr: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buzzard: Mr. and Mrs. Herald Hamill: Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kirkpatrick: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Suther- land: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Griffiths: Mr. and Mrs. August Hauk: Mr. and Mrs. William Weller: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mulry: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Starkweather: Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs. 14

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'QL N si I , Top Row: Brockg Kleinschmidt: Miss Lickly Seated: Starkweather: Roe: Brown: Dunham With the aid of the advisers the senior executive board, which was composed of the ofiicers o-f the class and three Studnt Council representatives, very successfully managed the various activities of their senior year. The advisers were Miss Lickly, Miss Wells, Miss Fiegel, and Mr. Latture. The members of the board were: President, Tom Brockg vice-president, Jewel Starkweatherg se-cretary, Jeannette Brown: treasurer, Norma Jean Rc-eg student council representatives, Kenneth Kleinschmidt, Jean Dunham, and Jewel Stark- weather. Freshman Reception On October 2, the seniors congregated in the gym in order to welcome officially the freshies to Plymouth High. Games, a play, Breakfast , given by the Senior Drama Club, and dancing provided the evening's entertainment, with a few cheers led by the freshman cheerleaders, J. Scarpulla, B. Thomas, E. Mulry, and G. Holton. After three hours of merriment everyone was willing to admit the getting acquainted process could be very enjoyable. 16