Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sparta, MI)

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AND WE BEQUEATH CLARISSA LAUFFER - Distinction of being the piccolo player to Carolyn Baughan. JEANNETTE LONGCORE - Her love of horses to anyone who shares her interest. ARLAN LUNDQUIST - His Spanish book to anyone who will have it. LOREEN LUNDQUIST - Her ability to get along without men to Joan Van Leeuwen. DICK MAY - His height at right guard to Ron Klenk. SHIRLEY MAY - Her ability to get along with people and to make friends tu anyone who needs it. JIM MOCRACKEN - His baseball ability to his little brother. NEVA MEGINLEY - Her position at the Ben Franklin Store to Bonnilou Cumings. ED MOMBER - His ability in shop to Reggie Pennington. GLORIA PARKS - Her ability to get along with Mr. Tuttle to Duane Parks. RON PENNINGTON - His little red book to Merwyn Jacoby. MARILYN PHELPS - Her long hair to Sharyl Reed. HOWARD PICCARD - His ability to get along with Mr. Humeston to Vance Tawney. MARILYN PLESCHER - Her ability to get along with Mr. Gardner to Beatrice Jenkins. MELROY POLING - His bright, beautiful, wavy red hair to any other angel who wants it. JOAN POPE - Her ability to drive a car to Vonnie Pope. NOREEN PRESTON - Her ability to always have some place to go and something to do to anyone who is bored with this life. ROGER RADECK - His sports ability to Harry's kids. MARVA RING - Her ability to get along with 'her bachelor uncle to Miss Garland, CARYL SAVAGE - Her two years at Sparta l-Iigh to Marge Austin. JOAN SCHWAB - Her height to Kay Kober. LOUISE SHUE - Her govemment marks to Charla Phinney. RAY SHUILING - Defensive left side of the line to Kenny Shangle. LYLE SIMMONS - His Hudson to Dixie. ROGER SIMMONS - His ability to play boogie on the bass to Gordon Blackmer. ROGER. SINGLETON - His few rides in Carlson's car to anyone who has no will to live. MIKE SLAPINSKI - All the blondes in Grand Rapids to Don Shangle. TOM STORTZ - His old Ford to Bob Boros. DON THOMAS - His seat in assembly to Alan Braford. DICK TINNEY - His ability to get along with Mr. DeHart to -Bert Phinney. JACK TITUS - His ability to get along with Joan Dewey to Ron Plummer. PAUL TOVEY - His Chevrolet to Miss Garland, so she won't be speeding all the time. DALE TRIMBLE - The linebacker spot on the football team to anybody who will fight like heck for good old S. H. S. GALE TRIMBLE - Privilege of being the only lefty on the basketball team to Ron Plummer. JOHN TURNER - His ability to keep on good terms with Mr. Alguire to Bob Boros. DON USHER - His good times in high school to his brother, Norman. LEON VAN ZANT - His curly hair to Chuck Twichell. FRAN WARD - Her blond hair to Marilyn Topping. JUDY WILSON - Her dark hair and brown eyes to Marinell Chase.

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CLASS WILL Upon leaving our Alma Mater, never to return, we the class of 1954 leave our prize possessions to the undersigned. LORNA AMBURGEY - Her position as church organist to Anita Jacobs. MARGE AMIDON - Her fun in high school to Kid Amidon and Kathy Bear. ANN ANDERSON - Her fingernails to Linda Watkins. MERT ANDERSON - Her love for LaVern Schut to Joyce Trimble and Judy Rohm. GERRIE AUSTIN - Her short hair to Barbara Dewey. ED BARR - His extreme tenderness to Ron Plummer so he can capture romance once again. DON BATES - His size to his brother, Roger. MARILYN BLOOMSTROM - Her bashfulness to Joan Dewey. DON BRADFORD - His poetry page to Phil Barber. DUANE BRADFORD - Privilege of being the heaviest man on the football team to brother, Larry. GLENN BURGETT - His unused textbooks to Jack Scoby. MARIE CANIC - Her ability to control her temper to Sue Ledbetter. BOB A. CARLSON - His Dodge to anyone who can find it. BOB L. CARLSON - His worries of the Annual no Marinell Chase. LOUIE CHAPMAN - The Sparta Theatre pop corn stand to anyone who wants it. ROBERTA CLAY - Her fondness of Spanish and Miss Garland to Donna Benedict. ELAINE CLINTSMAN - Her love of dancing to anyone who loves to dance. HELEN COUTURIER - Her natural role as a brat in the Junior Play to Karen Anderson. NICK CREVELING - His ability to do Physics to Jerry David. DEAN CUMINGS - His two black eyes from the Junior Play to. Bernard Lewis. VERN DAVENPORT - His hot-rod to Paul Shue. RON DeLANG' - His singing ability to Bernard Lewis. KEN DENHOF - His English Lit. book to David Hemmg. BOB DERCK - Anything he's got to anyone who thinks they can get it. SALLY DE VOS - Her ability as a successful business manager to Barb Scheneman. GLENN DUNN - Being of insane mind, he wills his joke book to Draino Parks. GEORGEA ERHART - His hopes of becoming an engineer to Gary DeLoof. JIM FAI-ILING - His height to Dex Rohm. BARB FERGUSON - Privilege of arguing with Mr. Davis to Leroy Klein. KENNY GRAVES - His comedian talents to anyone who is against the advancement of civilization. LARRY GRAY - His Dodge to the nearest car lot. SHIRLEY HANNA - Her position as forward co-captain to Kay Kober. BEV HEFT - Her peroxide bottle to Kay Kober. ROGER HEFT - His good time in Ag class to Jim Kline. GORDY HELSEL -'His government book to Vance Tawney. NAOMI HILER - Her love of basketball to Marilyn Sargent. ELOISE IRISH - Her title as class flirt to Janet Stanton. DOROTHY JENKINS - Her red hair to Barb Scheneman. ANNE KELLOGG - Her ability to be on time to her sister. ELEANOR KIK - Presidency of the Senate to Janet Stanton. RON KLEIN - His technique to any guy that wants no women. JANET KOBER - All her good geometry marks to her sister.

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CLASS DOENI In leaving halls that mean so much A host of memories dear Are brought back in these passing thoughts Of each past and present year. Of hours we've spent, and fun we've had Of friends who hate to part The plays, the games, the band, and chorus That linger in each heart. The pleasures and the hardships Have combined to'make complete The years we've shared at Sparta High We hold them as elite. But even as we graduate And leave these realmsg we see Our hopes turn to the future And the challenge of life's great sea. And looking now to greater things We see the nearing year, When the burdens of a troubled world will he our own to bear. ,We lift this humble prayer to God That the wisdom which we take Will be the instrument we need To put a broken earth in shape. --Don E. Bradford