Vermontville High School - Verhian Yearbook (Vermontville, MI)

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CLASS HISTURY Going into high school all Na-flutter,W our uncontrollable class awaited the big tradition of initiation. With Mrs. Olson as our adviser, we elected class officers. They were Sharon Dean, president, Douglas Steward, vice-presidentgStanley Trumble, secretary, Ruth Ddar, treasurer In November, we sponsered two dances, One of them being the original twirp dance New to the class this year was Tom Heath, while losing Ed Foote, Tom Heath, and Gaynell Wonser In the fall of l9L9, the loudest class in school roared into the tenth grade, just Ndyingn to initiate the poor little freshmen The twirp dance was held November 5 During the year additions to the class were Audrey Lightner, Shirley Craig, Bernard Ommen, and Don Whittington, Students who left the class for the year were Don Whittington, William Huss, and Bud Trowbridge Class officers were Richard Myers, president, Douglas Steward, vice-president, Donna Jeanne Lovell, secretary, and Stanley Trumble, treasurer Mr Sleater was our adviser September of 1950 brought the loud class back a little more quiet, counting the days before our class rings would arrive Realizing the treasurer must have a job, the magazine sales were a big help The officers of the year were the same as the previous year and Mr Sleater still was our adviser The twirp dance was held on November ll, with the NRodriguez Boysn for music New members to the class were Phyllis Barney, and Eddie Pickell, while we lost Beverly Zemke, who went directly to the senior class With the second semester well along, the play cast was chosen and presentgd the exciting three-act comedy called January Thaw held on March l Careful planning on the part of the whole class of 33 Juniors made the Junior Senior Banquet a success on May 18 WHeading for the last round up,W the sophisticated seniors entered for the conclusion of the ood days enrolling 30 students, having lost Jim Briggs, Bonnie iShance Wright, and June Hampton The officers we elected were Carroll Wells, president, Sharon Dean, vice president, Audrey Lightner, secretary, Shirley Craig, treasurer Our adviser was Mrs Montgomery On the last day of October, we, the seniors, occupied the mirrors in the school, 'primpingn to have our pictures taken Christmas card sales were in full swing for the month of November adding to our treasury The three act play of We Shook The Family Tree Soon after Christmas vacation, we measured for caps and gowns Then we ordered invitations and name cards The main money problem for us was the Senior Trip We plan to go by train to Washington D C , and New York, leaving May 26 Skip day was planned to be spent in Hawaii, for more reasons than one After skip day, we played a money making scene at the Syrup Festival, holding a stand and running a parking lot With graduation drawing near, 28 anxious seniors, Kwe lost Louise KPr1ddyD Baker and Shirley Wiser during the first semester! could talk of nothing but hay 22 Of all the hardships of the class, deep down each and every one of us has enjoyed and will always remember the A best years of our lives of high school Upon leaving we wish all senior classes of the future the best of luck in every way and manner l . O 0 . D - ? - . O . C 0 u D I , was presented November l. T T r ' . . , . . Q

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J Class Memories ' Rm A IR 1 . w Motto: WThe Timber Lies Before Us, Let Us Build.' fy Colors: Maroon and White Flower: White Rose Song: WSomething To Remember You Byn 'HARBOR OF HAPPY MEMORIES' CFirst verse from Tennyson Browning! Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, To follow knowledge like a slnking star Beyond the utmost bound of human thought, Where friendship is as pure as gold, And kindness can't be bought As we set our course into a mighty ocean, Filled with love, hatred, S8CP1f1C8 and devotion Let us set astern and meet the foamy waves, Of hope, generosity, cr1ticism and praise A beacon that shlnes from the heavens above 18 our Lighthouse gleamlng with God's great love It gU1deS And keeps As we the To go our Our happy us away from grief and strlfe us on the road of l1fe students of '52 leave the sea of learnln separate ways, we shall always remember school days Roxana Benton Eddie Pickell Baccalaureate May 18 Graduation May 22 X5 All fu vs f My Q dgvwanndl ' gl 'X B-, B B my N , fig 4.i'4'j' R,

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CLASS GIFTJI TUR Y Since Larry Todd liked basketball so well, but quit, we give h1m thls basketball so he can have one of his own To JoAnn Janousek we give this paid up account of 8500 to Gary Reed's Garage for repalrs on her car To Ruth M1x we give a blue print for her house, so that she won't have to draw one when she builds her new home To Donna Jeanne Lovell whose motto 15 WI'm bashful but coax me a l1ttle b1t,N we g1ve a book on MODERN ROMANCE To Carroll Wells we give this fish net to catch the girl of his dreams To Larry Townsend,who 13 always late for every thing, we give h1m this watch hoping he'll make good use of lt To Elsle Wolever we g1ve th1s record of all WE W because she says she has never had one Slnce Bud Ommen always sees the Llghtner s1de of l1fe we g1ve h1m this llght bulb so he can keep seelng lt To Rex DeBar, who must have qulte a Job try1ng to keep that wave 1n place, we g1ve these bobby plns To Yvonne Faust, who w1ll go far, we g1ve th1s song WFar Away Places W To Nary Kroger we give th1s photograph of Nashvllle, o she won't have to plcture lt 1n her m1nd To Shlrley Cralg who wants to be a stenographer, we g1Ve thls pad, but lt can be used for a reclpe book too To Pat Lynd we g1ve th1s hat, so she can put lt on the next t1me she blows her top As they say, Wstill water runs deep,W we g1ve Stanley Carter th1s distllled water Because Eddie P1ckell is always so pollte we g1ve h1m th1s box of thumb tacks to see 1f he can't be tempted Richard Nyers often thlnks of h1mself as God's g1ft to women, we are g1v1ng h1m some pinups to amuse him To Roxana Benton we g1ve this cook book so that she won't have to buy one To Janice Bennett,because she 1S so quiet we g1ve her th1s rattle box It's also for future use To Audrey Llghtner, because she is the brlght llght of our class, we g1ve this star To Phyllls Barney we g1ve a box of color rlnse, so that she might always have that br1ght red hair To Jeanne Nrisley we g1ve th1s box of nbeaus, so that she may have a change To Stub Trumble we g1ve thls toupee, so he may have a change of halr style To Magdalen Mahar, who was brave enough to have her ears p1erced, we give th1s palr of earrlngs To Sharon Dean, who will undoubtedly own a grocery store some day we g1V6 this book on salesmanship h S1nce Kay Arntson's favorite pastlme 1S drlnking coffee, we g1ve er a pound of coffee To Edna Walsh we g1ve th1s pair of levis, so she won't run out To Don Beystrum we g1ve this car, so he'll have one of h1s own. . . . , 10 U n 5 o , n To Douglas Steward we give this ladder, so he may touch the moon. A . ' S . ' . , . . . A . . . so . , . . 1 - - ' n