Sand Creek High School - Harvester Yearbook (Sand Creek, MI)

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'HARVESTER' now, we shall do all we can to repay the many sacrifices you have made for us, and shall endeavor to prove worthy of your trust Schoolmates, we say farewell with the hope that you may carry on loyally and diligently Do your best, both for yourselves and for the glory of our school Fellow classmates, let us resolve anew to go foz'th bravely and so live that we may be proud of each other and that Sand Creek High School may be proud of all of us Let us be patriotic The young people of today hold in their hands the future of our country The world needs citizens who live up to the golden rule seven days in the week, who lift a helping hand to the other fellow Let us pay our debt to our school by years of Christian living So, in behalf of the Class of '49 I bid everyone farewell Sala fa tory Parents, teachers, members of the school board, and friends Tonight it is my privilege to welcome you to the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1949, and to thank you for the wonderful opportunity you have given us to start life in the proper way Success is never half so wonderful as when it is shared with us because without your help we would never have attained it Graduating from high school is only one of the most important achievements in a persons life To stop here would be undoing all the things we have been working for in the last twelve years We must go on to higher fields of life and greater achievements' ere are eighteen students in this class, each one, individually talented and planning seperate paths for the future Each one of us should look within ourselves for our special interests and capacities and then survey the world of work for opportunities to fulfill them Have you ever realized there is a history and a promise to everything that happens? The history of this Commence ment night may well be our high school education and the promise success, and happiness for everyone of us So again, speaking for the class of '49 I bid each of you welcome Vonda Hagadorn with our friends. We believe you should share our success

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HAmVEoTER afeclcctory Parents, teachers, friends, members of the school board and classmates There are times in the life of everyone when Farewell' seems the saddest of all words There are other times when around this sadness lingers a touch of hope and joy and to night ls one of those times of mixed emotions ture of building a peaceful world as well as building useful lives We, as the youth of America, must build on strong foundations lany are building on artificial foundations which seem strong when things are going along smoothly, but let the storms of life come and they crumble into dust W must build securely The world is depending on us to be the leaders of tomorros We cannot make this contribution unless we have fully prepared to do our best. There are many famous people who have made millions of dollars for themselves, but when you look under the surface of their lives you find that they have contributed odbfshal low and superficial portions to building secure foundations in the lives of other people If you search ln the unknown places you will find people known only to the friends they have helped These are the people who are really leaving something to the future world It is our challenge as high school graduates to build hi but to remember that a great life must first have afirm oundation We are Builders of a future Let's construct it so secure That through all l1fe's raging tempests, It will evermore endure Great are the joys and privileges of being a High Schan student. Yet not one of this graduating class, I am sure, would choose to remain one forever There are other heights to climb, other prizes to capture in the great game of life, other marks' toward which we feel we must push. Why do so many young people set out on their graduation day with high hopes and golden promises and yet fail to make even a tiny mark upon l1fe's pages? Perhaps it is because they have not built on strong foundations or perhaps once started on the path of llfe they do not push toward the mark but live on the praise of past achievements. As this is probably the last time that we shall be as- sembled in a group, we, the class of 1949, wish to say fare- well to everyone who has had a part in making our high school career happy and successful. We wish to express our gratitude to you, our school board-also to you, our teachers, for your assistance during our high school days. We want you to know that we fully ap- preciate the value of your guidance during this, the period when we were building the foundations of our lives. We thank you, dear parents, for your faith in us. We wish to assure you that, though our efforts may seem weak I1 I' 0 ll e . I Tonight we are starting on a great adventure--an adven- . e ll

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'HAI1VESTE l Cfadd ,Nia tory le, the class of 1949, began our history in September of 1945 We had a class of 38 members and as usual we were blamed for everything Our class officers were as follows President Tens Barber Vice President Robert Campbell Secretary Vonda Hagadorn Treasurer Jack Gogolin Advisor -I Smith The foremost event of our Freshmen year was initiation, after which we became members of S C H S Next we were Sophomores with a class of 35 members Not being blamed for everything this year we were ableto initiate the Freshmen Our class officers were as follows President -Ben Bailey Vice President -Jack Gogolin Secretary -Joan Allen Treasurer Lee Blood As Juniors we planned our most important event, the Junior Senior Banquet This year our class had 22 members Our class officers were as follows President Joan Allen Vice President -Betty Jones Secretary -Joyce Ferry Treasurer Vonda Bagadorn Advisor Mrs McGregor Now we are Seniors with 18 members Our most important events were the Junior Senior Banquet, May Dance, and Gradua tion Our class officers are as follows President Vonda Hsgadorn Vice President Dorothy Zander Secretary Phylliss Myers Treasurer -Gloria Edwards Advisors Miss Beck, Mr Lstchaw I A I O s 2 -..-----...---..-..------., ------..------..,--------..- ' I O l I o 2 Advi sor---------Q--.-.Q-..----..-.Mi 53 Beck e I -.....,-------N.-------...- . I 0 2 ---..---.--- .