Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sparta, MI)

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unior- enior rom 1949 On May 20, 1949, the long awaited junior- Senior Prom was presented by the class of 1950. The theme was nursery rhymes and both the Methodist Church dining room and the gym were decorated appropriately. The napkins, place cards and programs had a nurs- ery rhyme character on them and the center pieces were made to look like May-pole dances. The gym was converted into a fairy-land of nursery rhymes. Three huge spider webs made of Christmas tinsel surrounded the orchestra pit. Dozens of sparkling stars dropped from threads from the false ceiling added more beauty to the make believe spectacle. A huge mural of Little Boy Blue covered one entire wall of the gym. On the other, Mary Quite Contrary took care of her garden of flowers. Punch was served in the home of The Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe . Many of the guests made wishes in the wishing well which stood in the center of the dance floor. The stage was changed from a structure of wood and plaster to a garden with soft grass and lawn chairs in which to relax. At intermission, Miss Susan Adams of Rockford entertained the group with two dance numbers.

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enior 6141.44 Betty Lonnee, ability to play hockey and live to tell about it to Jim Mortensen Doris Kober, sewing ability to Donna Reister. Joan Austin, pause that refreshes to Lyle Bloom. Karl Anderson, nickname Andy to Dick Anderson. Carl Fahling, ability to keep everything under control to Jerry Sheckler. John Scholten, ability to get along with Miss Hanna to Pete Heath. jack Dufort, quick temper to jerry Reisner. Delores Thorson, bottle of peroxide to joan Arnold. Gail Brooks, shyness to Donna Dufort. Carol Fahling, smile to jerry Sheckler. Jane Fraleigh, drum major suit to Janice Rowe. Almeta Powell, job of editor on the Echo to joan Allen. jackie Bradford, pea shooter and sling shot to her brothers. Bob Norton, love to Emily Anderson. Bill Nelton, goats to Jim Mortensen. Ray Romeyn, ability to tell sad, sad stories to Chuck Anderson. Lois Empie, ability to remember governments definitions to joan Allen. Leona Straus, English Literature book to Jim Ringleberg. Audrey Axford, geometry ability to Lois Klenk. Joan Nequist, art ability to Charles Gilson. Mildred Straus, front seat of Little Eva to Richard Ingersoll. Charles Kasper, ability to work harder in government to Erwin Bristol. Roger Irish, F.F.A. ability to Bob Beuschel. Alvin Hill, agricultural ability to Jim Parks. Wayne Youngquist, blonde hair to any Swede that wants it. Edwin Bristol, maps of Michigan to Brother Erwin. Curtis Heft, agricultural ability to Lowell Coster. Gordon Badgerow, car to Tom Norton. Gordon Baehre, arguments with Mr. Humeston to jim Mortensen. Gene Brooks, football ability and size to jim Bellamy. Bob Trudell, fencing ability to Charles Gilson. Sanford Deyo, annual worries to Bill Rogers. Walter Towns, government book to Donna Towns. Paul Schaefer, broad shoulders to jim Parks. Bob Bradford, high marks in physics to Jerry Shoup. Loeta Baughan, bashfulness to Mary Jane Van Dyke. Lenore Sterkenburg, solo clarinet chair to Joyce Roberts. Eunice Ritz, math ability to Ruth Schaefer. Kathryn Rider, ability to get along with Mrs. Sirrine to anyone that wants it. Ann Nicholson, sociology definitions to Barbara Fulkerson. Carl Mosher, lost articles from my desk to Dick Traxler and jerry Sheckler. Greydon Held, Mr. DeHart and government to Lyle Bloom. Gordon Welch, ability to make popcorn to Gordon Krewson. jerry Topping, ability to get confused in physics to Frank Stevens. Kenny jourden, ability to sleep in government to Don Stanton. Warren Guiles, corner of the hall to the romances of 1951. Frank Bueche, the class of 1951 to Miss Hanna. Delores Woolworth, eyelash curler to Marilyn Watkins. Kenny Swanson, height to Gordon Krewson. Ralph Fitzner, curly hair to Anne Schoolmaster. 17

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Sealed: Miss Hanna, C. Fahling, J. Fraleigh, D. XVoolworth, J. Bradford, G. Brooks, A. Powell, A. Ax ord. Standing: R. Norton, R. Trudell, G. Held, C. Mosher, C. Kasper, A. Line, S. Deyo, K. Rider, L. Baughan, M. Straus, R. Bradford, J. Scholten, D. Kober, L. Straus, J. Nequist, D. Thorson, J. Austin. enior f ay The class of 1950 began its thespian activities with the rootin'est, tootin'est, funniest satire on the West ever to gallop across a stagef' namely, Desperate Ambrose by Donald Payton. It was presented on March 25, 1949 under the direction of Miss Virginia Wilson. The play was a tremendous hit and boosted the juniors' treasury quite a little. After it was all over, the cast and all the play committees went to Camp Lake to celebrate. Witli one successful production behind them, the seniors turned to a bit more diffi- cult dramag Mother Is A Freshman , a comedy in three acts by Raphael Blau and adapted from the well-known movie of the same name, starring Loretta Young and Van Johnson. The play, under the direction of Miss Marion Hanna and assisted by John Scholten, was as great a success as the junior play. It was given on December 8, 1949. 19