Stephenson High School - Classmate Yearbook (Stephenson, MI)

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(Slassmate- (ierald Martin (ici-ald ] Iartiii. tlio new i)i-inci|ial of Stt ' pln ' iisoii lliirli School, was horn in La- Poi-te ( ' ouiity, liuliaiia. In addition to tlie duties tied to that jiosition. he teaches physics and pliotourapliy. During- the past seven yeai ' s of his service here, he has taiiuht consuniei- and general science, clieiuisti-y, physics, eh ' ctricity. I ' adio code, aeronauties, and ])hotoi:i ' apli ' . Mr. .Martin tau :lit in lierrieii ( ouiity. Lower Michigan, t ' oi- seven years. He received his education at several colle i-es. He altinided l!ei-rien County Normal for one year. Western Michifi ' an, three years, I ' ni versify of IMichijzan for one sununer tenn, and the University of ( hica ro foi- one suinniei- tc-rni. His travels include Vaslunj;ton. D. C, Xia i-ara Falls, New York, Canada, ami the ] Iidwesteni States. Ir. Martin has a few hohhies aU . ' I ' liey aiv hnntin ' ' ' , fish- inir, baseball, basketball, and i-eading-. IIis ])et peeve is iieople who can ' t be trusted. Mr. .Mai-tin ' s opinion of Stephenson lliiih S ' hool is: ' riic future will liok! many succe.sses and achic cmcnts. To a very capable ami optimistic prin- cipal, the students of Stephenson Hij b School wish much success. Richard McCurthij lUueeyes? Darklunr, ' Never around when you want him. ' You guessed it . . . Coach Dick McCarthy. Coach was born in New York and was always interested in sp.orts. He received his Bachelor of Science De rree from pjast Strandslmru ' State Teachers Collef;e in Pennsylvania in 1943, then came to our f;-reat state of ;Michipan and ji ' radiiated from University of Michijian with an M.A. in 1947. Coach has been hei ' c foi- two years. He has served in the Army and traveled in the United States Canada and tlic Philippine Islands. The vein of hiuiior in Coach was revealed when he .said ...-■) ' ID tall, Ki. ) pounds, blue eye.s, dark hair with a few streaks of ■ray in it due to woriyin - about the bas- ketball team. C iach is always dres,s( d in cond ortal)le clothing and the fewer ties, the hajipier he is. Home life is his hobb ' e and like all -i ' ood coaches his i et peeve is boys that think they know more than their coach and smart aleck .yirls. Vc all agree . . . ' ' We a ' ot a coach. Siiirlii Iliishji If you evei- hear students speakiui; ' a fiM-eii:n lanji ' tiajre you know they were tau-iht by the new Spanish teacher. Senor- ita Shirley Elizabeth llu.sby. This is •Miss Ilusby ' s first year of teaching ' and besides S|)arnsh she also teaches KuLrlisli. .Miss llu.sby g-raduated fi-om Maiqncttc High School and then entered Xorthern Stale Tcachci-s ' College of .Marquette. .Michigan, where she received her l ' aclicloi- of Arts Degree. Although her travels have not been very extensive and liave oidy aken her through Up|)er and Lower Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, she has an eye foi- going to Mexico for Summer school. We all know this would be a wonderful trip so we all wish she could go. She has two very outstanding hobbies. Wcf favorite is her tiny miniature vase colle-tion. anil liei- si ' i-ond is ihi ' collecting: of English Hone China, mo-tly cups and saucers of ditt ' erent sizes and siuipes. . nd like mist ti ' acliers she has hei- pet |)ee i ' which is gum ciicwing in cla.ss. .Miss llusliy likes the outdoor wintei- .-■ports, tobiigganing. and skatiuii ' arc her favorites. Miss Ilusby ' s opinion of Stephenson High School is that, it is a very friendly and proure sing school. Jean ReynaUh ] Iiss Jean Reynolds is a very active and attractive English instruct r of the fac dty of Stej)h( nson High Sdiool. Mi.ss Reynolds is formerly from Fern dale, ,Michigan. She graduated from the I ' nixersity of Michigan in 1947. She is teaching liei- jecond year in Slephens:in. Miss Reynolils teaches Senior English, Creatix ' e Wilting. American ( io -ci-niiieat. Community Eniilish Tliiee. Coiileiiipary Lit.. . iiici-ic;in Lit. and Forciisics. Si you can all sec what we mean liy an ai ' tive teacher. One of h(-r hobbies is traveling. She has traveled through the Eastern Sea- board Slates, the Southwest, West Coast and till ' Canadian Rockies. She al-o likes- l i ice kall■ and read IxKiks. IIci- pet peeve is students who n ' lnind 111 r to turn on her car lights. Her opinion of S.II.S. is a iz ' ood school with room Uw improvement.

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Glassmate ' THACllKHS BIOGRAPHIES FJhdhilh Hioifii T iKikiiiL: ' for a hunk. ' Can ' t rind it ? .Inst ask (lur scliodl lilii ' arian. Ilvtii iJiown, who is always williiiji ' to lend a lii ' lpiug hand. Mrs. Brown has l)een employiMl liy the Stcplu ' iisdii Board of Education for five cai-s. tliis beiii her second year as sehool lilirarian. Mrs. Brown, whose hometown is Sil- ver Springs, New York, attended eleiiien- lary sehool at Geneva, New York ami hig ' h sehool at Rnsh, New York. To fnrtlier her edueatiou she attended i-ollrt;c ,il Albion, Jliehigan for fonr yeai-s. In addition to lieing- scIkioI lilii-arian Airs. Brown has eharji ' e of sevci-al stndy halls which keej) her very busy. She has traveled through Washing- tini. AliiHiesota. New Yoi-k, Michii;an and some of the n ii-tliwcNlcrn and ccntrid states. Mrs. Brown ' s holihics imdndc rcadin;.;- and huildinji ' a library of idassical records. When asked her opinion of S.II.S. she said, I like it or 1 wonhln ' t lie tea-li- ill ' here. John S iniil(jiiisf If you shoulil lie walkini;- down the street and see a green Ford int of control, youi- first gues-i may be that it is driven by a member of the S.II.S. Drivei-s ' traiii- in.ii ' cla.ss taught by John Snnd(|uist. This is Mr. Suiidi|ni-t ' s si ' cond year at Stejihenson High S.diool where he teaidies Alathematics and I)rivei-s Kihica- tioii. Mr. Sundquist was born in liai ' k Kiver, .Miiliigan. Graduating from Harris lligii School he attended Wayne rniversity and . ' ci1 lici ' ii Michigan College ol ' Kdncation where he received his Mastei- of Sdence degree. .Ml ' . Sundqui t ' s jn-evious teaching before coming to Stephenson is one year at Bark River and three years as an ap- prentice teacher in the Ford IMotor Coiii- ])any if Detroit. He en.joys all spoi-ts, bis fax ' orites are baseball and golf. To Mr. Sundcjuist. a swell friend to all. the Seiiioi-s wish the best Inck. Frances Wi iijuml. Mrs. Frances Weigand joined tlie faculty of Stephenson High School in 1948 for the secoml time. She teaches General Math, Business Training, Sociol- ogy aiul p]nglisb III. Mrs. Weigand, who comes from Spald- ing, graduated from Maniuette high school. She attended Michigan State Col- lege and Xoi-thern Michigan College of Educalion, where she i-eceived her B.A. degree. She was treasurer of the girls league and captain of the -jirls ' basketball team. She was also in the Literary Society. Mrs. Weigand has been in the teach- ing profession for IS years. During these years she has taught at Ilermansville, Bark River, the Wells Township schools, Stephenson, Carney and now back to Ste- phenson. ( She was i)rincipal of the Steph- enson School the first time she taught here and also at Caiaiey.) Her hobbies are reading and swim- ming. Her jiet i)eeve is people who do not consider the rights of others. We a.sked her opinion of Stephenson Sehool. She replied, 1 think the sehool is run etfii-iently, and it keeps up to modern trends of t ' dncation without sacri- ficing basic skill. Also the members of the faculty are exceptionally friendly and cooperative. .Most of the students are interested in their work. Uri ' . Bnni( rr Rev. Ronald A. Brunger was born May 11, ]f)ll in . ewberry, Michigan, After high school graduation Rev. Briuiger attended Albion College, Boston TJniver.sity School of Theology and Boston University (iraduate Sehool. Rev. Bi-unger is a part-time teacher at Stephenson High Sidiool. He teaches ninth grade mathematics, eighth grade history and civics. He is serving as pastor of the Stephen- son and Ingalls Methodist Churches. Rev. Brungei- ' s hobbies are music, family history, American histoiy and niathenuitical statistics. His jiet peeve is girls in slacks. His opinion of Stephen.sou High is that it shows good sportsmanship aiuI good school siiirit.

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Glassmate yirijniKi W ' l II II ' r( ri}i diid Stilln .InJi iisdii Xii |i;j|)i ' l ' s to colTcrt. liii chlss scliedlll. ' to kci ' |) ii|i with, but (ill. the t piiii;-. filing ' , liookkci piiit;- ;iii(l iniiiicournphiiiy that she has to kiM ' p iiiultM- Mi-. (iiU ' ky ' s nose. Of course, we ' re [leaking of our sn|)ei-inten- ilent ' s si ' cK ' tary. Virginia Wenuergreu. vl;o cdiiies from Wallace where she has lived all her life. Miss Vennei-gi-en, who is s|;iirting a flashy ilianiond. was horn on .March 4, lUl ' S anil was eui-olled in the Wallace (iradc S-honl in the fall of VXVi. She attended the Wallace schnol through the seventh grade, spent her eighth urad- at lugalls and then fini.shed hei- high s -hool ill Stephenson. She graduatetl from Stephenson Iligli School in the S|)iMng of li ' 4() and in tlie fall of that same year she took the position she now holds as office se i etaiy. liesidis till ' things mentioned ahove Mi.ss Wennergren has charge of the supply room and answei-s telejihoue calls for Mr. (lUcky and I he students. One joli that Mi.s.s Wennergren has that keeps the students jumping is ringing the bells for elas.ses. Mi s Weiiiici ' grcii likes to keep n;) with S.II.S. sports along with her holiliy of dancing. When a ked alioiit her plans for the future, she replied, Can ' t .vou guess ' , and waved her left hand around the of- fici ' . In order to keep up with the student rush, our school needed another secretary. So Stella Johnson reigns in .Mr. Martin ' s ofFice, grand dispensin- of excuses, messen- ger of events, and trouble shooter for all. If you see a busy i-eddiead going- through the halls, it ' s no one but Stella .Fohnsoii in her first year as a .secretary. She aci|nireil experiences l).y working three years during her studj ' halls in 1 he office. ] riss Johusou was boi-n in Chicago o!i Xovember 1- . IDl !). She has resided in Steplicnsiiii for the past 1 5 year.s. Miss Johnson was .secretary of the Senior class in which she did a remarkable job. She has taken pai ' t in Ixifli the Junior and Senior plays. She was also co-manager of the Senior cariiiv;il. Her travels have taken her through Michiiian. Wisconsin, Illinois. :inil Indiana Her hobbies ai ' e listening to the radio, and reading. Her pet |ieeve is getting U[) in the morning. Miss Johnson ' s opinion of Stepiienson High is a xi ' vy pi-ogre- si ve school and is cliangiiig. Ilei- future is undei-idi-d. but we ' re siii-c whatexer she iiiidei-lakcs will be a success. Ji ' iihi li YiKlkir Kobin-t ' oi ' lkei- has been teaching in Steiihenson fm- the past two years. He also taught one year in Chicago. Mr. Voelker received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Univei-sity of Notre Dame, and his Bachelor of Science from the Xorthern Michigan College of Educa- tion. He has traveled through most of the United States, Alaska and Mexico. His hobby is record eolleetiug. fHs j)et peeve is gigglers and people who talk out of turn. When he was a.sked of his opinion of the school, he said that this is a very (hiiaiiiic school. ■JikIiIIi Miiitiin rrs. Judith Alortou joined the Steph- enson facidty three years ago. Mrs. Mor- ton teaches Junior High and Social Stmlies. This year she initiated a course in bal)y sitting which has been vety suc- cessful and ] ractical. Mrs. Morton has taught in the grades at Harrisville, Dur- and, and Mason, Michigan before coming to Stephenson. Mrs. Morton graduated from Stephenson High School and receiv- ed her H. S. degree from Xorthern Mich- igan College of Education and has done some graduate work at the University of Michigan. Mrs. Jlorton ' s travels have taken her through South Carolina and Texas. ] Irs. Morton ' s hobbies are read- ing and cooking while her jiet peeve is students who don ' t do their work. Mrs. Morton ' s opinion of Stepiienson High School is: ' ' I think Stephenson is becoming a better school each year. As a per.sonal note I rrs. IMorton said, I es- ])ecially enjoyed teaching this j-ear.