Vermontville High School - Verhian Yearbook (Vermontville, MI)

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History (Continued) In May, the juniors honored us by presenting a lovely banquet, one that we shall never forget. And now that Commencement is here we, the seniors, long renowned for our volubility, have no words to adequately express our joy and appreciation for all that has been done for us. May we simply say, “We thank you, all! It has been a perfect graduation time. CLASS PROPHECY by Patty Dickey and Orson Austin THE SETTING: Patty Dickey, a very ambitious and adventuresome young woman, has spent some time traveling in the Far East, and has made some very interesting dis- coveries concerning devices for the revelation of the future. She has purchased a globe from an old native in India which has the power of revealing future hap- penings with unfailing accuracy. A chance meeting with Orson Austin ends in an interesting evening spent at the Good Luck Restaurant, Vermontville, in prophesving the future of their old classmates which reads as follows: JACOB LENIK is publicity manager of the “Saturday Evening Post.” He is following the rule “Always Sell Yourself To Your Customers. DICK WEILER is now president of the Kaiser-Frazer Motor Company in Detroit, and has as his secretary someone whom we know very well. Wonder who that could be ? JOE CASWELL, is now business manager of the “Detroit Free Press and doing fine work. In another two or three years he will probably own the newspaper. He has donated many fine printing machines to the Vermontville “Hornets’ Tri- bune”, whose circulation has now reached its 60,000 mark. RICHARD SCHNEIDER has a cute little candy store of his own in New York. We all know that Richard was always very fond of sweets and always made the girls happy with his many contributions. GLORIA CAREY, Vermontville’s Brain Buster, who taught school for a number of years in our own little town, is happily teaching her own little six--one pair of twins, one set of triplets, and a singleton. PRISCILLA HALL is a pharmacist and assistant to Mr. Fred Meade. Her friendly air and flashing hair may always be seen in our local drug store. ED ZEMKE is an all-star basketball player on the United Nations Team. He is doing very well and has an annual salary of $2,000,000 a year. Nett bad for a starter ! As you enter the new million-dollar high school building in his home town, you will see a bronze plaque bearing the inscription: E. Zemke, Donor.

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Prophecy (Continued) GRACE CLOUSE, our little belle from sunny Tennessee who always wanted to travel, is now traveling for the Lonely Hearts Club. BILL LINDBERG resides on a large farm just outside of Hastings. Through the years he has been unable to keep “Margery” out of mind, she keeps coming back like a song. DALE RANDALL has made public debating a life-long profession where he can talk and argue until his tongue is weary. ORSON AUSTIN is now head of the Austin Automobile Industry just outside the village limits of Vermontville. His business has overtaken the Weiler Motor Company’s, as he has a lot of little Austins out. ALBERT HEATH is now a hermit and residing in the vicinity of Potterville. The story goes that he was early thwarted in love, and so retired from the world, -» let his hair grow long, and spends his time writing satires on the fickleness of VERNON TROWBRIDGE, our class answer man, who always knew the right answers to everything, is now trying to talk his way out of an argument with a certain senior girl. MARY VIELE is now a housewife and her one ambition is to drive her hubby, Vernon, through the main street of Lansing, in a Model-T-Ford. RACHEL VIELE, our glamour girl, is now a “Powers Model” and also the wife of a very successful business man in the city of Detroit. Wonder who that could be? PHYLLIS McGRBGOR as a small girl always liked to climb trees. As the years have gone by, her liking for trees has remained, especially for tree trimmers from Bellevue. PATTY DICKEY is now living on a houseboat, because that certain someone couldn’t give up the sea. ARDITH WALTER is now a great portrait painter. At the moment she is in New Mexico. As a sideline she gives skating lessons to the Bachelor Club. NORMA HAMMOND, as you all know, had an eye for a .ertain person by the name of Haywood. Remember when that ring on her third linger nearly blinded everybody during our graduation performance back in 1947? Well, it wasn’t long before another ring appeared on that finger. They say the Haywood house is quite a social center now. women.