Stockbridge High School - Panther Yearbook (Stockbridge, MI)

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SENIUR TRIP The Semor Class of 1950 chose to go to Charlottesvxlle and Washmgton D L v1a the Skylme Drxve through the Shenandoah Natlonal Park for the1r annual tr1p The semors left May 14 from Toledo Oh1o arrzvmg m Charlottesvllle Va the next day where we spent part of the day sxghtseemg We took a mountam tour to the homes of Jefferson and Monroe came back to Montlcello Hotel, where we boarded buses for the Skylme Drwe down through the Shenandoah Nat1ona1 Park and on mto Washxngton D C On our th1rd day we were taken on an all day tour of the c1ty Some of the hlghlxghts were the Washmgton Monument Jefferson and Lmcoln Memor1als Arllngton Cemetery Lee s Manslon, Mt Vernon and the Natlonal A1r Crulse where we were provlded w1th muslc for dancmg durlng thxs crulse on the Potomac The follomng mormng we agam took a tour th1s txme It was to see the xnterxor of Publxc Bulldmgs mcluded were the Bureau of Prmtmg and Engravmg Pan Amemcan Umon, Smlthsoman Instltute The U S Capltol Congresslonal Llbrary and the Supreme Court Bulldmg The balance of the afternoon and evemng were free On the ftfth day we boarded our coaches for the homeward trlp on the Sports man We arrxved ln Toledo Frlday mormng where we transferred to our school bus to be brought home after a glorxous sxx day tr1p to the capltol of the Umted States . , , h. , U. . . . 3 l, 7 ' ' . . , . port. In the evening we were taken to the Wilson Llne for- a Moonlight Steamer . . U . ' . . h H '. g 1 . . D '. , - . - , . . , - ,

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CLASS Ill 'l'0llY In September of 1937 a new class met ln the kmdergarten room We were very small and very frxghtened that flrst day but we soon got used to the faces that we were to start school wlth Flve of 1ts members were Jack Musbach, Carolyn Drown Paulme Roepcke, Barbara Klstler and Shlrley Stevens Manlyn Nnchols and Edgar Myer Jomed us in the fourth grade Our class bemg large was always upset tmg the school system In the grades our happy school days were ended w1th a school plcmc at the end of the year at Pleasant Lake Paul ne Roepcke reyomc us ln the eighth grade after leavmg ln the slxth In our Freshman year many more members were added to our class roll, among them were H Toppmg I Ward A Stowe, J Llebeck D Elmckl, .T Worden N Cobb, M Mmer, M Parks G Colhns, W Grnffes J Steffey W Cole and A Trapp We put on our flrst All H1 th1s year, to swell our treasury we sponsored a paper dr1ve We took part ln the xmtlatlon given to us by the sophomores Musbach was our class presxdent When we became Sophomores we pxcked up three more members B Stevens from Hartland, Mlchlgan P Roberts from Fowlervllle Mlchlgan, and S Stevens rejomed our class after leavmg us nn the elghth to go to Athens, Mlchlgan Fun was In our .Tumor year D Prater became one of our lucky members It was 1n thls year that we began pub11sh1ng the semx monthly newspaper, the .Tumor Journal as we called xt We sold stat1onery collected old newspapers, sold at the games and put on a Mmstrel Show whlch ran for two evemngs Two other b1g events of the year were our All H1 Club 50 and the J Hop and recept1on Don Kmsey left us at the end of the year after a very successful Job of presldency to enter a school Ln Grand Raplds Our Semor and flnal year was full of act1v1ty P Gauss D Cobb and D Llebeck Jolned us th1s eventful year As Semors, we are stlll too close to the past to have memorles It stlll doesn't seem that we are ready to graduate after all these years But under the helpful guldance of Mr Batchelor we have been measured for our caps and gowns, ordered our cards and announcements and gone through the most trymg of all ordeals, that of havlng our Semor pictures taken I m sure most of us are a llttle subdued after fmdmg out what we really look 11ke Our Semor Play, Stranger ln the Nlght, was as much a success as last year s play The Pan ther was another b1g venture th1s year and, although we have a lot to learn, xt s been fun worklng on It All the proceeds gathered from thls year and years gone by make xt posslble for thls class to go to Washmgton D C for an educatlonal 6 day tr1p And now, suddenly, we are ready to graduate, and perhaps we feel a httle hke we d1d on that flrst mormng, thlrteen years ago, a lxttle puzzled half eager to stay where we are but yet a.nx1ous to get out and see what s comlng next And I m sure that we all hope that our hlstory twenty years from now w1ll be as full of humor and growth and kmdness as lS the hlstory of our thlrteen years together as members of the class of 50 and students of Stockbrldge Hlgh : . ' , . , . . ' , . ' ' . , . . Q . . Q . 1 . . . J. f - . l , -. 1 . . - , . - . . . had by all when we presented the All-Hi of the year, Superstitious Flop-I-lop . I. . , ' l

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CLASS PRUPIIECY On the dark and ra1ny nlght of October 32 1960 B C Mr Batchelor was v1s1t1ng Jeannette Llebeck s tralmng camp watchlng h1s son who IS fast becommg a pr1ze flghter He was s1tt1ng at h1s rmgsxde seat when all of a sudden BANG! I ll Mr Batchelor slumped 1n his seat Just as we heard the shots we saw the v1l11an .Tack Musbach w1th a bloody knlfe 1n h1s hand dash to the wa1t1ng car w1th Ike Ward at the wheel wh1ch he swlped from Ann Stowe All of Ed Myers chxckens were de feathered as the car tore past h1s farm l1ke mad They raced through the one horse town of Flatslats w1th Copper Delmas Prater and Fearless Fosdlck Cole trallmg fast on thelr tall The get a way car smashed mto a slgn board whxch read Pm up Queen Kxstler starrmg at the Bowery owned by the Cobbs Doctor Paul Roberts assxsted by Nurse Barbara Stevens arrlved ln the ambulance KYou could tell xt was drlven by M111y Kelser by the dents m the fenders the meantlme the Town gosslp Mary Parks had the news spread all over town and squad car 56 pulled up to the ranch drxven by Captaln John Steffey w1th Sergeant D1ck El1nsk1 better known to the boys at headquarters as Clancv was grumbhng about the mterruptlon 1n h1s Canasta Game Rxght behlnd the squad car came Doug Flash Bulb Engle and Scoop Carolyn Drown of the Daxly Blurb edlted by Jlm Worden The body was removed to Doug Llebeck s Lazy Rest Morgue ln a br1ght red hearse drlven by Paul Gauss The Inquest was held w1th Allan Trapp presldxng Corky Browsamle performed the autopsy The funeral was held at the Wetmore Funeral Home w1th mlmster D1ck Prlce Marllyn Nlchols and Marllyn Mmer sang the beautxful duet Dry Bones w1th Hester Toppmg at the organ The casket was carrxed out by Shlrley Stevens Genny Coll1ns and Wanetta Grxffes and dumped lnto a sxx foot hole dug by grave dlgger Pauhne Roepcke Slnce th1s group detested a boat trlp so much they were sentenced to a boat tr1p to Alca traz , . . . S ! 7 ' 7 . . . ,, . - . ,, . , . ' VV ' YV In ' YI ' IV ' 'V il ' ' ' ' G YV YV 7 .1 I YY YI Y' Iv ' ' . , . . ' YY VY ' ' ! '-: S