St Philip High School - Statuette Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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.gguclenf gounci Moderator Rev A Nadrach Rzght J Powell N Gubry J Hudon B Stembacher M Pavlekovxch T Stembacher M E Black T Hogan K ORe1lly 107 ' 3 ' 7 ' 3 ' 7 , . , . . , . , .

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aifff Clfewe We the class of 46, upon our graduatxon know not what the future holds rn store for us We only hope that when we meet the world we w1ll successfully w1thstand the trrals and obstacles 1I offers us To those who have helped us through these years we w rsh to show our gratltude by gomv rnto the world and beeomlng good Catholrc men and women To Monsrgnor Walsh we are grateful for the fatherly krndness he has shown us and for the splendrd example of noble manhood and prrestly drgntty he has ever set before us To h1s assrstants Reverend Father Nadrach and Rexerend Father Ham xlton, we wrsh to say Thank you for mstrllmg rn us relrgrous rdeals along Wlfh prmcrples of honesty obedxence and good sportsmanshmp and for ardxng us 1n the format1on of hab1ts of rlght hung regard for the help they have gnen us rn solxxng our daxly problems as well as for rmbcddrng In our mlnds the tenets of an ethlcal educatxon Most of all elo we wlsh to thank our plrents who through constant self dennal and sacrxhce hate reared us tn Qathollc homes and grven us the opportunxty of attendxng a Catholic school To ill those who have helped us durlng these years we wlsh to show our gratltuele and tppreeratlon through tetlons lnstead of words From the bottom of our he trts we say Thanks to cxeryone for exery th1ng Tlyomfzr Cwzroj 106 a ' ' v ' l A 4 v g v ,4 A Y ', ' A 'l ' . e ' 1 l . ' K vs C s l y fl , For the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we have the highest , A - K ' v A V Y' I y 7 2 v C A . I - A A J I J C I . 6 rl Y. C ' 2 1 , Y Q ' 1 A - 1 .K l L I A, y it A D i ' 5 C D A 1 A U 1 e I 5 . 1 A y 1 s . l J A .L S vs y' y 4 12 v 1 , U L f A r 1 r A v A '..

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1 IN-fa. ,an ma! 'Ml JJ I9 6 There we were the greenest of freshmen all antici pating our first chance to get acquainted with the social events of high school At last the annual unior Wiener Roast was announced for October 8th with a dance to be held afterwards To think we had to dance in front of the whole high school' This called for a spur of the moment get together at Gerties for some practice before our first public appearance Drsregard ing a few bruises due to initiation no one suffered any 111 effects from the Wiener Roast and we had passed our 1n1t1at1on lnto the social whirl Next came the Senior Halloween Dance where we said goodbye to a little more of our self consctousness In February the unlors entertained the high school at their afternoon tea dance and a good time was had by ll The Sophomore Dance followed on March 5th night Finally on Aprll 26th came our first formal the Senior Prom It was every bit as thrilling as our wildest expectations Then it was our turn to prove ourselves as a class We held our Freshman Spring Frolic on May 14th with the Percy Jones Orchestra supplying the music The dance was a success and we had establlshed ourselves in the good graces of the upperclassmen After accompllshrng this we were ready to enter our Sophomore Year Due to the war and meat rationing wreners were an unknown item in the fall of 1945 so the uniors substituted a Halloween dance on October 30th but it turned out to be lust as much fun The next event was the New Years Dance when the New Year was ushered in amld much garety Next we entertained at our Sophomore Stomp on April 11th with the music supplied by our own classmate Tom Pratt and his orchestra It was Senior Prom time again and on Apr1l 28th we gathered at the Elks Ballroom for a grand evening to the accompaniment of the Percy jones Orchestra Amid spring decorations of pink and white apple blossoms the Freshmen came into their own on May 5th when they entertained at the Freshmen Frolxc On une 8th we held a class picnic at Willard Park Although the weather was still cold a few of us ven tured into the water and ended our sophomore year with sore throats After a delightful summer we found ourselves in our unior Year and ready to exercise our privilege of initiating the new Freshmen at our junior Wiener Roast Soon after this the Seniors presented the Goblin Gallop in the midst of pumpkins and cornstalks On November 10th the neighborhood of Battle Creek Avenue was the scene of a snake dance and an evening of hilarxty when we all met at Bonnies for a class party On December lst we the uniors gave the unior Sno Frolic in the gym whrch was virtually transformed into a winter scene with twinkling stars and fluffy whlte snow Year at the Social Hall February 13th was a full day for the juniors In the afternoon the members of Team ll in the Christmas card contest were the guests of Team I at a oarty in the Lab In the evening we attended the Sophomore Heart Hop among the traditional Valentin decora tions At Carols on February 24th we held a farewell party for George Bonnell who was leaving to join Uncle Sam s Navy Here it was spring agaln and on Apr1l 13th we were entertained in high style at the Freshmen Holland Fling where an old Dutch Windmill shared hofio s with Stan Smuddes orchestra The night of April 31st found us at Bruces blddmg farewell to Stan for he was changing his pltce of residence from Battle Creek to Chicago Spring formals were again a favorite topic of con versation and on May 16th th class of 45 gav their Senior Prom in the Hart Hotel Ballroom Wer nt Proms wonderful? Each one seemed better than the last On May 20th we were guests of the Library As ocia tion at the junior Senior Holy Commun1on Breakfast 7 Z -D 1 Lf: 1 I P - f 4 4 - O I 3 . 1 D..- , . U ' an ' I J , 1 . . - s , ' 7 1 il ll - ' 7 . , , . . 7 , I , . , . , . . 1 . , . 4 , H , , . - a . H , U , , . and we found ourselves in an Hawaiian Paradise for a December 31st again found us bringing in the New ' D 3 7 . . 1 7 l . . ' . , - , . . I .. . , , I . ,, , . , l L ' a Q. 1 H - A - . . I , 1 6 - - , . . . 5 l I 9 . . . . . ' ' J ' , , D 7 ' ' ' 1: , . ,, . . . . , A I Y Y. Y 5 . . l I s I D 2 1 F . , I l , . l I v , 5 l 3 I , , . e ' ' . . , , D S .- , . - . . 108