South Haven High School - Ram Yearbook (South Haven, MI)

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OUR SCABLET PAST OOTPRINTS. Thousands oT Them. along The corridors oT our Alma MaTer relaTe a Tale oT sTudenT liTe. To our keen vision are revealed Tamiliar TooTprinTs, The Trail, The sTory oT The Class OT 1937. CharacTerized by youThTul conTidence in our abiliTy and eager anTicipaTion Tor The gay Times beTore us, The Trail begins in Junior High where as kids wiTh some promise we Teel The glory oT limelighT when Bud Moran. our exTra special aThleTe, gains a coveTed place on The varsiTy baskeTball and TooTball squads. Charles TaiT and Mary Brady added To our glory as Freshies, winning The American Legion and Auxiliary awards. respecTively. EnTering Senior High The Trail exposes a slighT TalTering-a scared sTiTT Teeling -buT soon The TooTprinTs again show confidence. NOT unmindful OT our sTudies we Throw ourselves whole-hearTedly inTo The Task oT pleasing The upper classmein. AT ChrisTmas Time The Sophs oT '35 playing SanTa Claus To The less TorTunaTe Tamilies OT SouTh Haven. My! we were busy! Dan Szarkowski served as our class preside-nT. More honors we TlaunT when Bud Moran is selecTed as an All-ConTerence Tackle by TooTball criTics. ln The same year Tive OT our members wriTe Tor The CriTic. Then as spring ushers in The Tever, Mary Brady wins The Sub-DisTricT DeclamaTion ConTesT wiTh her declamaTion, Ropes Well acquainTed wiTh Senior High, we reTurn in The Tall oT l935, as busy Juniors wiTh Alexander Shek as our PresidenT. Our classmaTes have places in The Band and OrchesTra,4 on The STudenT Council, The CriTic sTaTT. and The aThleTic Teams. This year we make deTailed plans To make Junior-Senior NighT The besT ever. Through our eTTorTs in sponsoring skaTing beineTiTs, candy sales, and TickeT sales we are able To enTerTain The Seniors aT a banqueT and a prom. We Teel proud in being able To swing such a huge success. As worldly and quiTe sophisTicaTed seniors, we enrolled aT school wiTh our aims high-varsiTy Team, annual sTaTT. and honor role. Our Two big proiecTs Tor The year, The Senior play, New Fires, and The Purple and Gold keep us working. By This Time we see our class aThleTes Tirmly esTablished in Their berThs on The Teams. Bob Myers comes TorTh as an All-ConTerence guard, and Bud Moran, cenTer par excel- lence, is high scorer in The Big Five Conference. Marshall Bodfish is our chieT exec- uTive. CharloTTe Clarke ediTs The Purple and Gold wiTh OTTO Greening as Business Manager. Now we are eagerly anTicipaTing The enTerTainmenT secreTly planned Tor us wiTh The Juniors as hosTs. This lasT sTrerTch oT our Trail Tinds us looking eagerly and possibly a biT sadly Toward June IO. CommencemenT Day: Toward leaving our High School career OT work and pleasure To make our TooTprinTs beyond S. H. H. S. MARGUERITE MOREY. .. 21 ..

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GUY WENBAN VVhen this annual goes to press, Guy is con- valescing in New Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, atter an appendicitis operation. We hope he will be back with us soon. His most active interest in high school has been in the agricultural held. He has been a member of the Future Farmers of America. Like his father his main interest is in power machinery, especially threshing machines, and automobiles. DALE WEPFER Following in his brother Bill's footsteps, Dale played half-back on the football team, '35, '36, ,37. He also played basketball, '35, 36 and intramural basketball, '37. As a junior he served as vice president of the junior class. As a junior he was a member of the Vocational Club and as a senior ot the Auto Club. His pal is Paul f VVink J VVinkel. RONALD WILKINSON Playing leads in the operettas, The Mikado, '36 and joan of the Nancy Lee, '37, Ronald has proved his vocal talent. He has also taken part in the glee club, '35, '36, '37 and mixed chorus, '35, '36, '37. He served on the Student Council, '35, He was a member of the Future Farmers of America, '35, '36 and ot the Travel Club, '36. Hobby- writing comical poems. Plans to work with a truck' ing hrtn between Grand Rapids and Florida. HENRY WILLIAMS While attending South Haven High School, Henry has played flute in the band and orchestra. He be- longed to the Vocational Club as a junior and to the Current Events Club as a senior. He has been one of Coach Grein's most valuable tennis players during his sophomore, junior, and senior years. Long suit-debate in economics or government class with Mr. Grein. DUANE WILLIS VVhen Duarte receives' his diploma in june, the music department will lose one of its most competent members. He has played saxophone in the band. '35, '36, '37g orchestra, '35, 365 pit orchestra, '35, '36, '37, and sax quartet, Y37- He has also been in the glee club, mixed chorus, and the operettas, H. M. S. Pinaiore, '35 and The Mikado, '36, Likes wood working and drawing. Plans to study commercial art. -20 PAUL WINKEL Paul has played hall'-back on the football team, '34, '35, '36 and guard on the basketball team, '35. '36, YS7. As a sophomore he was treasurer of his class. ln '35 he played trumpet in the band. As a junior he was a member ot the Vocational Club. Most easily recognized by two outstanding things -his bashlulness and his stooge hair cut. His inseparable pal is Dale VVepter, and his hobbies, hunting and fishing. HAROLD FRENCH Harold, like his brother, Fred, declares himself an ardent goli' fan, and we are told that there is heated rivalry between these two brothers. Harold spends most ot his time working at the South Haven Kountry Club in the summer. As a sophomore and as a junior he played on the football and basketball teams and in the latter year on the golf team. ln '36 he belonged to the Chemistry Club and in '37 to the Senior Dramatic Club. JOHN HOLU BAR johnny played on the football team, '35, '36g basketball, '35, 36, '37g and on the track team, '35, '36, '37. Ile keeps in training by delivering meat tor Nittenegger Brothers Meat Market in the sum- mer and on Saturdays. He played clarinet in the band, '35, '36. Ht- joined the Vocational Club as a junior and the Auto Club as a senior. Favorite pastetime--driving. VVould like to travel when he has finished high school. GAYLE SWEET A member of the glee club and the mixed chorus, '36, Gayle became a merry chorister in The Mik- ado. As a junior she belonged to the Travel Club and as a senior to the Home Economics Club. Her inseparable pal is Helen t Lu j Kero. Her nick- name is Em. Her hobbies-music and. skating. She plans to take a course at VVestern State Teach- ers' College next year. LOUIS WARSKO As a sophomore Louis was a member of the glee club and mixed chorus and took part in the operetta, H. M. S. Pinatoref' He has also belonged to the Future Farmers ot America, '35, '36, '37, His hob- bies are swimming, mechanics, and driving a ear. Answers to Shorty, Louie, Stub, or Slim. His best pal is Tony f Fuzz l Defazio. Next year he plans to take a course in automobile mechanics. O

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BOYS Charles Tail Jack Schlaack Charles Tail Paul Kuebler Phillip Smilh Dale Wepler I-Iarold Sanlorcl Paul Kuebler Paul Winlcel Elmer Aulie Edwin Eby Paul Kuebler Alexander Shek Charles Tail' Alexander Shelc Ollo Groening Charles Tail Duane Willis Alexander Shel: Cloyd Moran Andrew Sperli Cloyd Moran Ernesl Balasiclc Duane Willis Charles Tail OUR ELITE MOST POPULAR BEST LOOKING SMARTEST WITTIEST MOST BASI-IFUL CUTEST MOST TALENTED PEPPIEST BEST DRESSED MOST TALKATIVE MOST SERIOUS NOISIEST KINDEST MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT MOST COURTEOUS MOST PLEASING PERSONALITY MOST AMBITIOUS MOST ARTISTIC FRIENDLIEST MOST ATHLETIC BEST DANCER TALLEST SI-IORTEST MOST MUSICAL MOST ALL AROUND -22- GIRLS Mary Myers Margrele Damgaard Shirley Richards Margarel McCrimmon Eleanor Warslcow Rena Morgan Mary Myers Rila Morey Naomi McNeal Rila Morey Mahla Sill Frances Lundy Charlolle Clarlce Mary Brady Charlolle Clarlce Mary Brady Charlolle Clarlce Jean Walson Mary Myers Rila Morey Naomi McNeal Marqarel Tilher Sarah Tiggleman Anila Johnson Naomi McNeal