Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sparta, MI)

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Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and forty- seven, residing in the Village of Sparta, do hereby will and bequeath in the manner following: First: To the Senior Class of 1948 - a. All unpaid bills, which in turn shall be passed to the class of '49. b. Our two wonderful and charming classes, Government and Eco- nornics. c. Our Senior Assembly. d. Our quiet and orderly Way of conducting a class meeting. e. Our Representatives in the Senate. f. The fun of promoting the Annual. . Our favorite by-Word ohl'1? . The privilege of putting on a spooky Senior Play. i. Our quaint trick of catching measles and the flu at the most inoppor- tune times. Q h Second: To the class of 1949 -- a. The first day in school lsetting next to the windowsl. What a thrill! b. The excitement of putting on the Iunior Play. Third: To the class of 1950 - That eventful morning when the class rings arrive. Fourth: To the Faculty - The thanks and appreciation for doing the best they could with not much to start With. ' Fifth: To the incoming Frosh - Three good strong waste paper baskets and hundreds of strong coat hangers. lPlease let 'em down easy.J We hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. We also name: Superintendent: W. H. DeHart Principal: I. H. Gardner Captain: V. Y. Tuttle as co-executors of thiswill.

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Senior Class Hall of Fame Best Liked Girl . Best Liked Boy . Best Dressed Girl Best Dressed Boy Class Cut-Up . Class Bookworm Most Bashtul Girl Most Bashlul Boy Prettiest Girl . Most Handsome Boy . Girl Athlete . Boy Athlete Girl Musician . Boy Musician Best Personality Girl Best Personality Boy . Class Promoter Class Poet . . . Who Did The Most For Sparta Who Did Sparta For The Most Florence Lenske . Keith Hall Margaret Ebers . Ted Baker . Lois Oakes . Elaine Stortz . Nola Heath Carl Woolworth Martha Lee Nason . Keith Hall LaVonna Allen Warren Straight . Barbara Bull . Ted Baker Florence Lenske Kenneth Colby . Barbara Bull Arzie Pinckney . Iohn Nequist LaVonna Allen

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Senior Class Prophecy Eight years have passed and upon our return to the fair city of Sparta we notice many changes. e As our car needs repairs we drive into the spacious garage of Kenneth Colby now sole owner and proprietor. Talking to Kenny we find that he and his wife, the former Florence Lenski. are doing fine and that he is the father of two bouncing boys. When we asked how business was progressing he replied, Fine, but I have a little competition with the Chevrolet garage which we later find is owned and operated by none other then Ted Baker. After Kenny has assured us that our car will stay together we decide to make a social call on the former LaVonna Allen who brings us up to date on all her former classmates. After four long years of struggle in college, Wilmine Baehre decided to take the easy Way out by marrying the brilliant agriculturist Dean Allen, While Margaret Ebers married the well-known doctor Iames Badgerow. Bob Anderson is living on easy street since he's made millions off of his invention, the nonfsquirting grapefruit. Max Waldherr and Arzie Pinclmey are running neck to neck in the comic script race. Max with his Flitting Fanny the air hostess, and Arzie with Clancy Cobb the sailor. LaVonna then tells us of the four girls who promised to be true before they left school. Betty Bazzett, Marjorie Brooks, Beverly Carrier, and Elvema Metzger. All find married life quite alluring. Barbara Bull and Lois Oakes have become Well-known in the field of medicine and Henry Baehre in the world of physics. Martha Lee Nason has also shown her ability in the music world, but none is greater than the great Metropolitan star Laurence Bohrnan. singing Short- nin' Bread. And of all the great careers Keith Hall has the hardest-Van Iohnson of l955. While reading the newspaper, we come across the sports page and find the Bee-Hivers play tonite with Nell White as their star player. Warren Straight has made his appearance in sports by becoming a great ring fighter. Managed by his shrewd brother Richard Straight. Also as stars of the football field and bowling alley we find Richard Sterkenburg and Duane Schoolmaster. Leaving LaVonne's house, we drive by the great expanded foundry. Here we stop to talk with Arva Kober who tells us she is secretary to Vice- President Dan Cheslek.