Vermontville High School - Verhian Yearbook (Vermontville, MI)

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AL jviIX for A1 we have this Sax so he won't wear his out. GRETCHEN COLLIER as long as we can remember Gretchen has always worn levies to school so for her we have this pair and hope they will never wear out. RICHARD SOUTHERN for Dick we have this dictionary so he can learn to pronounce his words correctly. DEVFRE COOK we are going to give DeVere this tractor to farm his farm. RACHEL COLE has been in love with a certain Sophomore Basketball player so we will give her this basketball as a rememberance. NEIL PARKER has always got a pipe in his mouth so we will give him this one so he won’t be without one. VENCIL TOMPKINS likes horses so well, we thought we would give him this horse shoe so his poor little horse won’t have to go barefooted. HELEN SHIPMAN would like to conduct her own orchestra so we give her this baton for a good start. CLASS PROPHECY --Barbara Beystrum --Burdette Myers Don Baker In five years we can see Don as president of the Clarke Bar Company Ken Beardslee In five years Kenny will be busy autographing baseballs for his fans in the major leagues. Barbara Beystrum In the next five years we can expect to find Barb slaving over a hot stove with a pair of twins by her side while Charlie looks on. Rachel Cole Rachel’s handwriting was analyzed and she’s supposed to make a good teacher. She should be; she sure knows all the answers. Gretchen Collier In years to come, if you go out five miles North of Vermontville, you’ll see a neon sign reading, “Gretchen’s Dude Ranch. DeVere Cook In the next few years DeVere will be busy improving his farm after his four years course in Agriculture. Barbara Cotton In the near future we can see Barbara as co-owner of a Cotton firm selling Best Grade Cotton. Albert Mix When A1 learns to ride the horse instead of letting the horse ride him, he'll probably put on a ten gallon hat and join a rodeo. Burdette Myers Burdette will have an office and a secretary of his own so he won’t have to have all the girls around. Barbara Walters In the near future Barb and Wayne will own the Walter’s junk car lot. Neil Parker Neil will be preparing to teach Agriculture Class in the next five years. Helen Shipman In five years we can see Helen taking James Petrillo s place in the Music world. Richard Southern In a few years Dick will be brave enough to ask a girl to do the cooking for him and live on his one hundred and forty acre farm. Vencil Tompkins It has been said Vencil blazed a trail to Texas. Maybe he picked out the land for his fifteen hundred acre horse ranch. So we expect to find him Way down thar in T exas. 14

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SALUTATORY ---Barbara Cotton Parents, Teachers, Members of the School Board, and Friends: Just as Uncle Remus had a laughing place, we have a learning place, which is our school. It is a place where we get together with many other students and learn toco-operateand to share. We learn to get along and take part in the hayrides, dances, the Initiation Party, and many other activities that all schools enjoy. We were first taught toco-operate when we entered Kindergarten where we had to eat and play together. A little later when we all ran out at recess and yelled first base, second base, pitcher, and catcher, if we didn’t get the position we wanted we had to accept what was left. Some of us wouldn’t accept it and then there was a fight. This led to choosing up sides against one another and a mass riot would form on the playground. The world is just such a playground where these kind of fights start, only it doesn’t end with writing, “I shall not fight again” one hundred times on the black- board, but it does end in war. The later part of the year, the Service and Citizenship Committees of the Student Council formed a Clean-Up Week. A time set aside to clean the school, the desks, halls, rooms, lockers, and just a general cleaning for everyone to participate in. This is just one example of the many ways in which Vermontville gives their students the opportunity to le nn the importance ofco-operationand responsibility. Our success in life will depend on our determination to do right, to respect the rights of others and to be a good citizen. As I have tried to illustrate throughout my speech, Vermontville High School has these things and in every way gives its students the best opportunity to secure these ideals. But what degree of success we attain will cfepend on the amount of will power we put forth. Some of us will go farther in life than others because we have put forth a greater effort, but whatever rung we reach on the ladder of success, ”Our Will is our Fate.” GIFTATORY --Rachel Cole --Helen Shipman BARBARA COTTON we have this book of house plans for Barb so she won’t have to draw the plans for her and Ronnie’s house. BURDETTE MYERS for Burdette we have this bottle of hair tonic so he can always keep his hair combed. BARBARA NORTHRUP as long as we can remember Barb has got all A’s on her report cards so we have this report card with all E's on it so she can't say she never got one. WAYNE WALTER we give Wayqe this car hoping he won't reck this one. BARBARA BEYSTRUM we are going to give Barb this spy glass so she can see farther. KEN BEARDSLEE we have for Ken this baseball bat so he will be sure to make a hit.

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CLASS WILL —Don Baker --Gretchen Collier We, the class of 1949, being about to pass out of this sphere of education with the possession of a very intellectual mind and almost super-human understanding of all subjects, do make and publish this will and testament hereby revoking and making void any former wills or promises. TO THE FRESHMEN--We leave our great intelligence and brains so they will succeed as we have. TO THE SOPHOMORES--We leave the teachers who have helped us throughout the four years. TO THE JUNIORS--We leave our yearbook as an example of what one should be like so they won't have difficulties next year. Richard Algate-We will A1 Mix’s ability to wooing girls and also his curly hair. Joan Bennett-We will Barbara Cotton's gift of gab. Della Briggs-We leave Rachel Cole’s finger nails so she can be “star” on the basketball team next year. Marlene Bulling-We leave Helen Shipman's height. Jack Cranson-We leave Kenny’s sideburns. Elaine Hummel-We leave Rachel’s “old flame’’ to keep her occupied during school hours. Lois Iler-We leave Helen Shipman’s brilliant smile. Virginia LaFleur-We leave Barbara Northrup's quiet manners. Richard Lamie-We leave DeVere Cook’s glasses for an extra pair . Neil Joppie-We leave Burdette Myers’s mysterious way of getting around the teachers. LeRoy Mix-We leave Dick Southern’s glowing red beard. Norma Reeve-We leave Gretchen’s levis. Carolyn Rounds-We leave Barbara Beystrum's well known chair in the office. Joan Shaw-We leave Barbara Walter’s typing ability. Lola Shaw-We leave Gretchen Collier’s swing and now all she needs is the board. Barbara Stephenson-We leave Barbara Beystrum’s “witty” remarks. Delores Thompson-We leave Rachel Cole’s hair curlers. Lois Trowbridge-We leave Don Baker’s warming love to carry her through her Senior year. Hope Wile ox-We leave Barbara Cotton’s much used giggle. Richard Wilbur-Vencil Tompkin’s wills his Levis. Lloyd Wolever-We leave Neil Parker’s Freshman love. Chuck Wright-Don Baker wills his Ford with four good tires.