Redford Union High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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une Cfadd cyiriforg U Four long years ago, in the dim, dark, distant past, we were Freshmen. Our sponsors were Mr. Grimshaw and Mrs. June. We were an exceptionally bright group of Freshmen, or at least that's how we felt. At Christmas we had a Freshman Christmas Party. Also, the girls held a tea and invited their mothers. They made the cookies and the punch in the home eco- nomics room. .. That about finished up our Freshman Year except for our class picnic in June at which everyone got a sunburn and a stomachache. Then we were Sophomores and we had Mr. Grimshaw again for the boys sponsor, and Mr. Harrison took Mrs. June's place as the sponsor of the girls. During this year we threw the Sadie Hawkin's Dance and it was very successful. Christmas came and since we were Sophomores, we were invited to the Christmas Tea, that made us feel very important. But drat the luck! the day before the tea it was called off on account of a bad snow storm which left the roads icy. Completely confident of our dance-giving ability, we attempted to throw the Shamrock Shimmy. Everything was all set, but at the last minute Mr. Grimshaw informed us that we had omitted his signature on the requisitiong therefore, we would give no dance! ! ! So, there was nothing for us to do but gallantly turn over the dance to the class directly behind us, who, in turn, had nothing to do but rake in the money. It was a very successful dance and with green eyes we watched them make more money than any other class had ever done. But still undaunted, some of the kids frpm the class sold hotdogs at the foot- ball games and donated their profits to our class. The last thing that happened that ear was our successful picnic at Cass Lake. This was a big hit, with everyone still alive but quite worn out at the end of the da . yln September when we came back to school, we felt proud that we were Juniors. But underneath all the glory of being a Junior, we found that we had added respon- sibilities. We had to throw the Senior Prom. Early in October, Mr. Grimshaw called a committee to start planning for the prom. Besides securing a band and a place to throw it, we found that we would need money. This was the difficult part. Our first money-making adventure was the purchase of ZOO School Daze auto- graph books at fifteen cents each, to be sold for a quarter each. It didn't exactly go over with a tremendous bang! In fact, we had 150 left. So, a few months later, we announced that we had obtained a new shipment of these much sought after books and would again sell them. We still had some left. We gave two dances which were fairly successful. We levied heavy dues on our class. We certainly were an unselfish class, because we had no thought of making a profit on the prom, we scarely dared to hope that we would break even. But virtue is its own reward and we made 32.00. During that year, we also took an educationalf'?j trip to Greenfield Village in two excursions. Outside of a few who missed the bus, we certainly all enjoyed it. The very last activity of the year was our picnic. This was the year we got to go on the Junior-Senior Picnic. We went to Cass Lake again, and this time, because there were two groups instead of one we really had a swell time. We entered our Senior Year with a swelled treasury. We went quickly about the business of being seniors. We had our Senior Pictures taken, cap and gown measurements, and lively debates on where to go on our class trip. Somewhere in the schuffle, we obtained two new sponsors, Miss Arnold and Mr. Dempster. In November, we gave a striking theatrical production, The Senior Play-- What a Life. It was a comedy with Jerry Kelly cast in the lead as Henry Aldrich. Like everything else we gave, it was a tremendous success and we made S200 profit. Because we were drawn together in our common position as leading students in the school, a wave of social feeling sprang up and resulted in Senior Parties. We were quite surprised to find that a lot of our fellow classmates were really fun. We only regretted that we hadn't got together sooner in the lower grades. Again in one last desperate stand, we tried to unload our School Daze on the new batch of Freshmen. We sold about Z5 of them, which left us with another 25. However, we did do better by selling refreshments at the basket- ball games. Christmas came and went with the annual Christmas Tea and during the holidays there were several parties composed mostly of Seniors. Spring days were crowded with activities as graduation drew near. We shall always remember our Senior trip, practicing for commencement, and the other events of those last weeks. All and all during our Senior Year, we lived it up , and, of course, we did well in our studies too.

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MARCELLA GOODREAU BEVERLY KENNEY Silence in a woman, Simple, but oh so sweet. is 3D art. G. A. A.: Girls Glee. Jr. Girls Glee, I ACK STONEBRAKER He is an up and coming star. LOUISE YURCONIS Student Council: War- A The greatest gift is hoop : Reserve Basketball: personality. Varsity Basketball: Varsity Swimming Team: Tennis Football: Baseball: Fresh- Team: School Paper: man Basketball. Counse1or's Aide, Cllluafg 15 HERMAN LUITINK Always out for good time. FRED LaFRI-ZNIERE Freshman Football: No man really flatters the Boys Glee: Mixed woman he loves, Chorus, GLENN PAXTON WILLIAM J. SCANLAN lf brains were dynamite, A happy-go-lucky he'd explode. fellow. Hi-Y: Student Council: Latin League: Latin Club: Debate Team,

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BARBARA LEWIS Vice President There are a few things that never go out of style: one is a feminine woman. Thespians: Class Officer: Student Council: Senior Play- What A Life : Annual Staff: Pep Club: Band, MR. DEMPSTER Class Sponsor ROGER HANDY President l would never dare to show all my intelligence. Basketball: Golf: Hi-Y, Pres. . V. Pres.: Student Council, V. Pres.: Varsity Club, Sec. : Science Club, Pres.: Class Sec, IACQUELINE VAN DAM Secretary There is no wisdom like frankness. Latin Club: Art Club, Pres. Student Council, Treas.: Class Treas,: Class Sec. eniord Class Flower: Clas s Colors: Class Motto: -V .'. Tl-IELMA ENSIGN Her heart is like the moon: it has a man in it. Pep Club: Band: Student Council: Class Treas.: Homecoming Queen, 1953. MISS C lass Carnation Powder Blue and Silver Success is ou ARNOLD Sponsor 1' let's go get it. ji f, . K 4' X 6' 1, ff Af'i 'l' 'I