Vermontville High School - Verhian Yearbook (Vermontville, MI)

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Class Prophecy Five Years Later RICHARD ALGATE is now Vice-President of the Lucky Strike Company. JOAN BENNETT is now living in Detroit driving new convertibles. DELLA BRIGGS has invented a new kind of rinse for her hair. MARLENE BULLING is a seamstress with her sewing machine. JACK CRANSON has finally learned how to shave. ELAINE HUMMEL now runs a jewelry store selling diamonds. LOIS ILER is enjoying the hot sun in Florida with her husband. VIRGINIA LAFLEUR has finally found someone to quiet her down, but not For-long. RICHARD LAMIE now owns his own barber shop, now he gets a free hair cut each week. NEIL JOPPIE is still going back to see the school girls. LEROY MIX has published his own book of poems. CAROLYN ROUNDS has her own little home with the noise of little feet pitter patting around. JOAN SHAW is now running the bachelors’ home as she said. LOLA SHAW is now very comfortable with all her little Cushings. BARBARA STEPHENSON is now Professor of the Vermontville High School. DELORES THOMPSON is head nurse of the Sparrow Hospital, and engaged to the head doctor. LOIS TROWBRIDGE has her own little quiet home by the river. HOPE WILCOX is teaching Spanish to a certain guy. RICHARD WILLBUR is now raising his own little piglets. HOMER WINEGAR is now tied down Moore than ever. LLOYD WOLEVER really gets a Round. CHARLES WRIGHT now races hot rods and runs his own junk yard. By: Marlene Bulling Joan Shaw Class Poem All our class are very happy. They have finished four years school, And now will be Out in the world to live by the rule. And see what their education Will contribute to our nation And carry on the work of those Who’ve passed this way before. We have learned to read and write And do things with our might And see just how to solve each day Problems that come our way. So we go into the world With our banners all unfurled , To catch the breezes of delight After graduation night. By: Lloyd Wolever Richard Algate 13

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Class Will We the Class of 1950, in individual and distinct parts, being about to pass from this sphere of Education in full possession of a crammed mind and well trained memory do make and publish this, our last will and testament. We the Senior Class will our willingness to work to the Freshmen. We will our home room to the Sophomores. We will the following individual bequests to the Juniors: Richard Algate wills his getting along with teachers to Lora Wolever. Joan Bennett wills her wittiness to Barbara Mix. Della Briggs wills her intelligence to Ronnie Frank. Marlene Bulling wills her homemaking ability to Loraine Whaley. Jack Cranson wills his sharp shooting in basketball to Ronnie Mull and hopes he picks up where Jack left off. Elaine Hnmmel wills her ways of hooking a boy to Joyce Thrun. Lois Iler wills her ability to chew gum to Norma Stephenson. Neil Joppie wills his ways of getting girls to Richard Todd. Virginia LaFleur wills her talkativness to Nathon Foltz and hopes it doesn’t get him in too much trouble. Richard Lamie wills his hair to Roger Wells and hopes that he keeps it cut. LeRoy Mix wills his vocabulary to Roger Wells and hopes it does him as much good as it did LeRoy. Carolyn Rounds wills her old flames to Barbara Gorodenski. Joan Shaw wills her gossiping to Marcella West hoping she’ll catch up on all the gossip Joan missed. Lola Shaw wills her soldier flame to Barbara Leslie hoping Barb has better luck than Lola did. Barbara Stephenson wills her quietness to Loraine Whaley hoping She takes a hint. Delores Thompson wills her great basketball ability to Ardy Southern and hopes she keeps up the good work. Lois Trowbridge wills her bashfulness to Joan Moore. Hope Wilcox wills her typing ability to Ronnie Mull and hopes he keeps the typewriter in use. Richard Willbur wills his Junior flame to Ronnie Frank and hopes he keeps watch of her. Homer Winegar wills his Presidentency to Richard Todd and hopes he goes on with it Lloyd Wolever wills his well rounded life to Nathon Foltz. Charles Wright wills his witty remarks to Ronnie Frank. « By: Delores Thompson Elaine Hummel

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Giftatory RICHARD ALGATE—To Richard we give this package of candy cigarettes so he will never run out. DELLA. BRIGGS--For Della we have a box of hair dye. Happy dying, Della. MARLENE BULLING—To Marlene we give this Date Book to keep her dates in. DELORES THOMPSON--We have this thermometer for Delores to help her in her nursing career. VIRGINIA LAFLEUR--We give this airplane to remind her of her would-be career. JOAN SHAW—We give this set of dishes to Joan, to help supply her Bachelors’ Home. LOLA SHAW--For Lola we have this package of pins for her little CUSHINGS. ELAINE HUMMEL--For Elaine we have some rings for her jewelry store. LOIS ILER—To Lois we give this bottle of sun tan lotion, to use on her trip to Florida. LOIS TROWBRIDGE—To Lois we give this Book of Recommendations to help her get a job. BARBARA STEF HENSON--For Barbara we have this horn to keep her musically occupied. CAROLYN ROUNDS—To Carolyn we give these rubber pants for Bobby, Jr. HOPE WILCOX—To Hope, our trouble-maker, we give this straight-jacket, hoping it will keep her out of trouble. RICHARD WILBUR — For Richard we have this tractor to use on his farm. RICHARD LAMIE—To Richard we give this apron to wear while doing dishes. CHARLES WRIGHT — For Charles we have this race car. Happy racing. Chuck. LEROY MIX—To Leroy we give a pencil and some paper to practice writing his poetry. LLOYD WOLEVER—To Lloyd we give this ball because it's ROUND. HOMER W1NEGAR — For Homer we have this wrench to keep his car in good repair. NEIL JOPFIE—To Neil we give this book of bright sayings. JACK CRANSON—To Jack we give a straight-razor so he can keep shaved. JOAN BENNETT — For Joan we have this new convertible so she can go to and from Detroit. By: Jack Cranson Joan Bennett 14