Vermontville High School - Verhian Yearbook (Vermontville, MI)

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CLASS lllSTOBY I remember the day un September of 1951 the thurty fuve energetuc freshmen were assugned to an udealust, Mr Humphrey, un room 31 We settled down long enough to elect a new gurl, Anna Lou Marcum, presudent Ann Tubbs, vuce presudent, Ray De Bar treasurer, and secretary Cordelua Foote, whom we later lost to Nashvulle Our next gala occasuon was the unutuatuon whuch we looked forward to wuth antucupa tuon and apprehensuon Luttle dud we know of the barbaruans who were to feed us hot peppers, worms, owls eyes, ad nauseam Ronnue Moran won the pruze for the best costume, an lnduan outfut, taulored for the nught In the sprung we rallued forces to manage a hot dog stand at the Syrup Festuval where Corky Foote reugned as Queen, and to sell popat the baseball games Thus we leftS126 00 un the treasury to start our sophomore year Meanwhule our number had dumunushed to thurty one havung also lost Loree Border, Eleanor Wells Marvun Wuser, Ruchard Powers, and Yvonne Harwood but havung gauned Yvonne Saunders and Benny Dove The faculty noted a great change un us by September of 1952 There were thurty two of us as Harry Reynolds had louned the group as well as Mrs Montgomery as advusor We orugunated he Freshman Sophomore Fueld Day as a more cuvuluzed procedure for unutuatuon Of course we dud smear a luttle lupstuck, frughten a few, and hard boul our eggs for the eqq throw but not the freshman s and let them know who was superuor The class offucers were as follows presudent, Bruce Malcuut vuce presudent, LeRoy Hummel, secretary Lowell Steward Treasurer, Marlene Faust Our furst enterpruse un money makung was the sale of plaques wuth LeRoy Hummel and Janet Hokanson leaders of two fughtung teams The losung sude paud off wuth a supper and afterwards we had a dancung lesson The refreshment concessuon at the basketball games was very successful both for profut and wxllung workers Here we learned cooperatuon and responsubuluty and knewwe had the hardest workung class un school From then on our reputatuon was at stake For the Syrup Festuval we buult a float, One Hundred Years of Progress, wuth an old red bruck school and the new modern Maplewood whuch had been deducated that year Of course we sent Andy Austun out alone un the wund to pulot the float We nearly lost ut but wuth a luttle furst aud we funally won second pruze We also buult a sturdy booth and sold hot dogs Our queen s escorts were Marlene Faust and LeRoy Hummel Thus year we lost from our membershup roll Yvonne Sauclers, Don Thompson Nancy Wrusley Betty Norrus, Harry Reynolds, and Allen Eaton When we returned un 1953 we had gauned Gene Gray lost Davud Wult Ray De Bar and Joyce Thompson Thus we numbered twenty one Durung thus uunuor year we also lost Fauth Walter and John Wolscheud and thencefore became known as the nousy nnneteen The furst week of school our class rungs arruved We re elected Bruce Malcuut, pres udent LeRoy Hummel, vuce presudent, Marlene Faust, secretary, and Ann Tubbs, treasurer Mrs Montgomery advusor Our magazune druve was over the top, S700 OO, wuth Ann Tubbs' team wunnung from Janet Hokanson s who paud off wuth a turkey supper We sold sweat shurts and scarves for addutuonal lucre, along wuth memory books On Aprul 2, we made our debut behund the footlughts un Funders Creepers Andy as gramp un the red nught shurt, and LeRoy and Gene, two young fruends unvolved un pranks were hularuous characters We rallued at Connue Woodard s for food and fun Then came the prom' We were proud of our fabulous Stork Club settung and dudn't begrudge the tume and energy Under a canopy of mudnught sky, stars shunung, soft musuc playung, we danced Mass Boyd was acclaumed the best speaker ever Agaun we buult a float The Bunyan Syrup Can un alumunum foul Agaun the wund was our undoung, but thus tume we lost the battle enturely We would have won, tool Our escorts for the queen were Marlene and Andy The tradutuonal hot dog booth was runnung once more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I . . . . .... . . .. .. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 1 . . . . - .. . . . .. L ,, - . ,, ... I . . . . . . ' . , . .. - . . . . . ' I r 1 ' . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ' ' ll Il ' . . . . . . . . . U I . . . . . . . . I . . I , . . . . . r I I . .. . 0 1 I . . . . . . ' . . . . 1 I . , . . . . . . . , . . . . .. . ' I . . . .,,. ,, . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - .. . . .. . . . .. . . .

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CLASS PRGPIIECY ANDY AUSTIN IS coachmgat Mnchugan State College and they ve lust won the Rose Bowl again so most of has troubles are lnttle ones PHYLIS BEARDSLEE IS married to the Presldent ot the Ford Motor Company and now drives a new Cadnllac MARLENE FAUST ns now drawing a comnc strup for the Detroit Free Press EUGENE GRAY has has own used car lot where he has only to push has soles ROBERT GUSEY now owns a 600 acre Farm and mllks 80 cows LEROY HUMMEL us runnmg for Dog Catcher In Charlotte and asalso presudent of the bank GARY JANOUSEK vs a bug game hunter nn South Afrnca KENDALL LOVELL ss drnvlng at lndnanapolus Speedway BRUCE MALCUIT IS now conductung the Umted States Marine Band and cutung some of the leathernecks halr on the snde MIKE NEWMAN us playing professronal basketball for the Mnnneapolns Lakers JANET SCHULTZ has been busy ralsnng her eleven children and taking In washangs sn her spare time LOWELL STEWARD IS senator from Muchxganand has funallysucceeded nnchangnng from e Englnsh System to the Metruc System for Mass Boyd DALEAN THOMAS ns the proprnetor of a large resort and country club nn Flornda CONNIE THRUN as earmng a flve Fngure salary puttmg Llberace s waves rn place ANN TUBBS as a detectave nn the Lansxng Polnce Department LARRY WEILER who won the FFA png vs now owner of the largest herd of Yorkshnres nn the state CONNIE WOODARD as now recording for RCA Vnctor and her newest release ns at the to of the hnt parade . I . . . ANNA LOU MARCUM went to Niagara Falls on her honeymoon and hasn't got back yet. . . . . . . Th i . . . I . P

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At Commencement we were proud to decorate and escort the seniors S ptemberfurst we started our last mule, nolslly nnneteen Ouroffucers were president, Bruce Malcunt, vnce president, Gene Gray, secretary Marlene Faust, and treasurer, Ann Tubbs advxsor, Mrs Montgomery LeRoy Hummel was elected president of the Student Council, Lowell Steward secretary Janet Hokanson had become Janet Schultz and Ruth Wohlschaed left to be married Now we became the exuberant elghteen November 19th was our senior play Sneak Date, with Janet Schultz wrnnnng the The scrap drxve found amusxng uncldents such as stalled trucks, runaway trailers, stranded gurls, more food The boys sold potatoes to Increase the treasury and everyone sold Chrrstmas cards, Robert Gusey taknng the prxze as htgh salesman By now we coula talk of a sensor trnp wnth the Youth Travel Bureau to New York and Nnagara Falls durnng the furst week un May As we go to press we have an amateur night nn March, and Fnnally the bug event when we have reached our goal, Commencement Week, with Baccalaureate, May 22nd and Graduation, May 26th We have helped make hnstory IU these halls of learning and hope this document wall serve as a guud to those after us Hnstory rs the story of the past ln the present to fore cast the future We wall be heard agann' 9 . . . . . . . I . . . . I , . . . s T H H n v n I Oscar, and l.eRoyand Ann receiving honorable mention. We surely had fun after practices.