Vermontville High School - Verhian Yearbook (Vermontville, MI)

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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.

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CLASS WILL by Vernon Trowbridge Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent, Teachers, and Friends: Upon behalf of my client, the class of 1947, of Vermontville High School, of the city of Vermontville, State of Michigan, I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to their last will and testament, and to receive from their departing hands the few gifts they have to bestow in their last moments, praying that they will be accepted as a sacred trust from those who have gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document as duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the class of 1947, in individual and distinct parts, being about to pass out of this sphere of education in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made. We give, devise, and bequeath all of our estate and belongings that have been accumulated by our strong minds and untiring hands during the past few years, as follows: To the FRESHMEN we leave our class advisors so that they’ may profit by their guidance as we have done. To the SOPHOMORES we leave our high standard of marks and also our model conduct as a goal to work toward. To the JUNIORS leave those few who were unable to keep pace with the brilli- ant students that made up the majority of our class. INDIVIDUAL GIFTS: JAKE LENIK wills 90 per cent of his gift of gab to ROGER FRANK and TOM MAHAR which we all feel will not be missed by Jake, but may be a big help to Roger and Tom, who have so little to say. We warn them, however, to use their gift with moderation, for fear they may talk themselves to death. ORSON AUSTIN wills his ability for getting in and out of trouble so easily to BILL FERRIS; and to DELORES ZE1MKE, his deepest affection, to help her through the coming year. GLORIA CAREY wills JANET QUICK her vocabulary of big words and her ex- cellent record throughout high school. We hope that Janet will follow in her foot- steps up the ladder of fame. GRACE CLOUSE wills her quietness to NAOMI CLAPPER whose ringing laughter has been echoing through the halls of V. H. S. for the past few years. DICK WEILER has enough skill in dancing for two people, so he wills his a- bility to BOB ILER and RUDIE BEYSTRUM. PATTY DICKEY wills her sweet smile to BETTY ANN COLE and her friendly air to PAT WOHLSCHEID. NORMA HAMMOND wills her soft, sweet voice to NATALIE CLAMPER in the hope that she may be able to strike a happy medium in the future. JOE CASWELL wills his ability as a leader and organizer to BOB BEYSTRUM who, we hope will make good use of it. We suggest that he first get himself a bit organized before he begins on anyone else.