Swartz Creek High School - Dragon Yearbook (Swartz Creek, MI)

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Cfarid .lrlidforg By Hazel Taylor and Fred Vasicek From the days of yester-year came the cheerful memories of our beginning inhigh school. It seems like four endless years ago that we wondered what it would be like to be a senior. What does a senior have that a freshman or junior hasn't,got? Yaaaa, you guessed it. lt's that tired, rundown feeling from over-exhaustion! It doesn't seem possible that we were once ambitious little freshmen. Let your imagination drift back through the years to the month of September in 1947. On one bright' sunny day forty- one foolish freshmen started on the road through high school. Let's see, what was our first ---- Oh, yes, now I remember--- finding our home room was our first encounter, and who did we meet when we walked in but Mr. Sullivan, our class sopn- sor. After much confusion and meeting old and new acquain- tances, we finally settled down to work. Phyllis Curtis was elected as president, Pat Plummer as vice-president, Marion Yax as secretary, and Barbara Pharris as treasurer. Things rolled along about the same everyday for two weeks. Then one morning we were a surprised and frightened bunch upon walk- ing into home room. There on the blackboard were written the fantastic things we had to do for initiation. Those sophomores surely made us look like idiots with the boys looking like girls, but the girls not resembling much of anything. Among some of the activities of our freshman year were two dances, which turned out well. Out two concessions in the annualcarnival were baseball throwing and the ring toss game. We thought that we had been slighted when our candidates for king and queen, Allen Webb and Dorothy McClung, were de- feated in the popularity contest. June eighteenth ended our freshman year in high school. Oh golly, how good it was to be out of school for our summer vacation. Time slipped by that summer and we were back in school again in the fall. This being our second year in high school made us sophomores. Much to our astonishment we occupied the same old home room, but found Mr. Webb to be our new sponsor. From some forty-three odd students we elected our class officers, president, Dorothy Berlin, vice-president, Orval Auteng secretary, Betty Sue Dorrisg and Ueasurer, Lloyd Ste- phens. Norma Wilson, Joyce Fitzgerald, and Bill Fitzgerald were not to be found with us this yearg however, there were four new classmates in our class: Marjory Arnold, Betty Donaski, Marguerite Luginbuhl, and Marya Luginbuhl. Most of us were sorry to have our sponsor, Mr. Webb, leave in the latter part of the first semesterg but we met with a very remarkable per- sonality when Mr. Prappen, our new sponsor, came. Then came our revenge, initiating the freshmen. What a rough old time we hadl We really had those poor freshmen worried for a while, but lt wasn't really much to be afraid of after all. Finally our exquisite class rings arrived for which everyone had been waiting. Come to think of it, l'll bet some of those class rings have a history within themselves. Our candidate, Tom Lawther, won the election for the vice-presidency of the student council. The two dances spon- sored by our class were held on September 24 and the second on April 25. We also had an ice-skating party and took part in the annual carnival. Because of the stiff opposition Bill Wood and Marjory Arnold were defeated in the king and queen con- test. On the last day of school we were invited to a picnic at the Hoag's summer cottage. Upon our return in the fall of '49, realizing that timewas flying, we decided to get down to work for next year would be our senior year. Since Mr. Prappen did not returnto teachthat year, we again found ourselves with a new class sponsor. This turned out to be none other than Mr. Fierke, our brilliant but somewhat reluctant science teacher. After counting ears and dividing by two, as Mr. Fierke would say, There turned out to be only thirty-six students ln our junior class. We were regretful to find Elmer Vincent, Mary Lou Hoadley, Pat Plummer, Dorothy Berlin, Betty Sue Dorrig, Doyle Sampson, and Donald Knotts missing among the familiar faces. To add to our disappointment we had no new comets that year. From our midst we elected Tom Lawther, David Hoag, Marguerite Luginbuhl, and Velma Bristol as president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer respectively. Our first undertaking of the year was the campaign for our candidates, Allen Webb and Dorothy McClung, for the pres- idency and vice- presidency of the student council, Even though we were defeated we had three members from our class in the student council. Fred Vasicek and Phyllis Curtis as class rep- resentatives, and Dorothy McClung as band representative, We held a dance on October 31, 1949 and also several parties during the year. Then the junior class was proud to pre- sent the annual junior play, The Real Mr. McCoy . Under the excellent direction of Miss Lillian Baly, this was a huge success with lots of laughs. Of course the most important event was the preparation for the Senior Prom on May 31. All danced to the entertaining music of Brahm Ward and his orchestra. The auditorium was decorated with flowers and colored paper with a crystal ball in the center. The red and yellow spot- lights shining on it had a beautiful effect sending beams of light everywhere. Everyone had a wonderful time. Then we all looked forward to the Junior-Senior Banquet. The food surely was delicious. Thus, went our junior year with every- body eager to be off on their summer vacation again. Golly, did it feel good to be a senior and sit on top of the world. Oh, boy what a time we had. We were always thinking of everything under the sun that would be smart to pull. No wonder those teachers had special meetings just to talk about those proud but mischievous seniors. Coming ,back to a new building to be the first one to be graduated from it made us feel high-spirited. This new build- ing certainly did a lot in improving and making new studies possible. There are only thirty-two of us this year. Among some of the students who dropped out were Lloyd Stephens, Marjory Arnold, Sharon Artibee, and the twins , Marguerite and Marya Luginbuhl, The only new student is an attractive young lady named Barbara Baker, From our diminishing number we chose Allen Webb for president, Dorothy McClung for vice-president, Sally Oesterle for secretary, and Lloyd Stephens for ueasurer. After Lloyd left, David Hoag was elected to take his place. We still have that familiar acquaintance, Mr. Fierke, as our advisor. Our first activity of the year was selling magazine subscrip- tions. The girls sold far more than the boys. Then there were our graduation pictures taken by the Powell Studios'. They turned outquite satisfactorily. In October we sponsored a dance with the music of a local band. On December 9 came the presentation of the senior play, The Groom Said No . We also held several parties at which we always had fun. There were numerous other activities. Remember that hilarious talent show we presented? Boy, some talent. l'll never forget that-- --Oh, well skip it. Oh, yes, just to recall the fun we had on skip day makes us wish we could do it again. At last we were on our joyous senior trip for which all of us had struggled and worked through the last four years. Gosh, that trip certainly was exciting even though we did get sick. We all started from here one early morning and took a school bus to Holland, Michigan. Boarding a boat we started off for Chicago. After docking a short while we again set sail for Mackinaw ,Island where everyone had the time of his life. On leaving Mackinaw Island we arrived at Detroit from whence all of us were glad to get back to home sweet home. Coming back to those dreadful exams after Baccalaureate was something we didn't look forward to. But then came Class Night and Commencement which enthralled us to the heights of joy. Thus ends the era of our class in those well-known halls and rooms of Mary Crapo. The majority of us will be happy to leave high school, but in the future years we will all look back to those happy and joyful years we spent in this grand school of ours. 17

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lllticbcforian Frederic Frank Vasicek was born in Len- non on May 11, 1933. He has attended Mary Crapo School for all of his schooling. He has three majorsg one each in English, Science, and Social Science, and two minors, one in Math and one in Language. He also has spent four years in band. He has a scholastic aver- age of 3.87. Fred would like to attend General MOTTO: Finished, Yet Beginning COLOR: Red and Silver FLOWER: Red Rose Motors Institute upon graduation. Sagcfaforian Glenn David Hoag was born in Durand on October Z4, 1933. He has always attended Mary Crapo School. David, too, has had four years in band. He has three majo-rs, one in English, one in Social Science and one in Science. He has a minor in Math and one in Language. His scho- lastic average is 3.31. His greatest ambition is to be a minister. Cfaziri Oeln We've struggled hard for this great day When we will graduateg And just the thought takes us away To days and years of late. It seems that through our highschool years Our lives have been at best. We had few cares and fewer fearsg The world seemed silver dressed. Experiences have gone so fast They've left us year by year. Now when we 're thinking of th They seem so rare and dear. For when can we enjoy again Such happiness and fun, BY BOB ELIASON As plays and proms and parties when Our hearts were joined as one. A class combined by fruitful work Can never be surpassed, For praise and satisfaction lurk Where toil and time are massed. No matter what the future brings, I think we'l1 do okay. We'1l try our best to solve those things Which puzzle man today. e past To dear old Mary Crapo High And teachers, classmates, friendsg We now will have to say goodbye For now our high school ends. 16

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61:55 We the Class of 1951, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do here- by make public and declare this our last will and testiment. I, ORVAL AUTEN, will my dancing ability to Mr. Brown. I, BARBARA BAKER , will my straight bangs and freckles to Joan Smeja. I, VELMA BRISTOL, will my ability to do Latin to Duane Tilson. I, LELAND BUSH, will my waistline to Bob Slawson. I, PHYLLIS CURTIS, will my friendliness to Donna Thatcher. I, JIM DELBRIDGE, will my bashfulness to Roberta Titsworth. I, DICK DELBRIDGE: will my tallness to Nancy Dowell. I, BETTY DONASKI, will my laugh to Joyce Sexton. I, ,DAVID HOAG, will my sideburns to Neil Sweeney. I, HAROLD KING, will my ability to get along with Mr. Fierke to Bob Lovegrove. I, TOM LAWTHER, will my girlfriend to the Marines. I, BOB LOPER, will my temper to anyone who wants it. I, DOROTHY McCLUNG, will my smile to Dotie Beamer. I, FRANK MOKAN, will my ability to argue to Rudy Papes. I, MUR IEL MORGAN, will my driving ability to Shirley Fick. 18 i ANN OCENASEK, will my quietness to Roseann Podolan. SALLY OESTERLE, will my ability to play a full game of basketball without getting fouled out to Barbara Loper. BARBARA PHARR IS , will my job to Nancy Perry. BEVERLY RAPPS, will my neatness to anyone who needs it. DOROTHY SPRATT, will my ability to hold a man to anyone who wants to try. I-IAZEL TAYLOR: will my slimness to Laura Phaneff. LEATRICE VINCENT, will my blond hair to Vivian DeMoss. SARA WATSON, will my everlasting smile to the Freshmen. ALLEN WEBB, will my ability to hold a class meeting to Mick Sweeney. BILL WOOD, will my build to Louie Vereka. ETHEL WYKES, will my shortness to Mildred Halka. RICHARD YOUELLS, will my naturalred hair to Shirles Drlik. BOB ELIASON, will my shoes size 12 to Charlotte Cooper. FRED VASICEK, will my knowledge to the Junior Class. DONNA FOLTS, will my ability to be quiet in Mrs. Wad1ey's study hall to Fred Cupal.