Watervliet High School - Wasena Yearbook (Watervliet, MI)

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enwfz 7041! KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1960 now resrdrng rn the Crty of Watervlret Berrren County Mrchrgan berng of sound and drsposrng mrnds and memorres do hereby make publrsh and declare thrs rnstrument to be our Last Will and Testament FIRST To the faculty we leave our thanks for therr patrence gurdance and understandrng SECOND To the Iunrors we leave our abllrty to have a successful prom THIRD To the Sophomores we leave all our old tests free of charge FOURTH To the Freshmen we leave our abrlrty to flatter the teachers KAREN ANTHONY rs leavrng town to get marrred DON BAILEY leaves town wrth the polrce rn pursurt JEAN BANDURSKE leaves school determrned not to let Mr Hubler frnd out about her marrrage IF she gets marrred NANCY BATES leaves everythrng but her smart remarks she may need them NELSON BAUMEISTER leaves hrs locker and good OJ marks to John Houart SHIRLEY BENJAMIN leaves her typrng eraser to her srsters Barb and Bev BILL BEVERLY leaves hrs happy go lucky lrkable drsposrtron to Mr Klemm JERRY BOOMER leaves hrs bad marks to any Iunror who wants them SANDRA BULLARD leaves her place on the cheerrng squad so that she won t have to cheer wrth her srster Kaye LYNNE CONRAD leaves her contact lenses to anyone who can keep track of them SHARON DANNEFFEL leaves her abrlrty to graduate to Kenny Brewer SUSAN ENDERS leaves her favorite study hall seat to Carlene Penn DOUGLAS EPPLE leaves hrs huge appetrte to Crndy Lewrs JACK ERSMAN leaves his trre marks all over Berrren County DIANE FRANK leaves her herght and long harr to Prue Forsythe FRED GRANT leaves the school to anyone who wants rt JUDY HAWKS leaves her abrlrty to get along wrth Mr Hubler to Elarne BJORN HEYNING leaves only what he forgets or doesn t want MELVIN HILER leaves hrs physrque to Alfred Bachman BOB KELLER leaves hrs book reports to hrs brother Dave PETE KOBE leaves hrs athletrc abrlrty to Rolly Renhack JOYCE LAMP leaves her cheerrng abrlrty to her brother Jrm MIKE LESTER leaves hrs glasses to Sue Allwardt ALLEN LOOMIS leaves his old locker to Ron O'Rrley RON LoPRESTI leaves hrs abrlrty for berng late to Jrm Curtrs ARNOLD MALIN leaves hrs abrlrty to run to Russ Halley LOUIS MESTRE leaves hrs abrlrty to get along so well wrth Mr Miller to Karen Matrau MARTHA MINOR leaves her abrlrty to stay rn school to Judy Olmstead MARLENE MOODY leaves the prano accompanrment to Country Style to Jeff Butzbach and Vrcke Grrffrs JANET MORRISON leaves her abrlrty to get along wrth the teachers to her brothers Bob and Mrke HELEN MUNDT leaves her speech book and teacher to Judy Jorgensen SHARON MUNDT leaves her Englrsh term papers to her brother Torn STEVE NEWNUM leaves hrs Job as Presrdent of the Student Councrl to anyone lucky enough to get rt BOB RADCLIFF leaves the hard seats and long classes to everyone RICHARD RAY leaves the school to anyone who wants rt BOB RICHARDSON leaves hrs old government book to any Junror who wants rt JOHN ROGERS leaves a strrng of broken hearts behrnd hrm MARILYN SCI-IEID leaves her good grades to her brother Tommy JENA GATES -- leaves her height to Helen Schoonover.

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In the fall of 1947 we enrolled in kindergarten with members. Nineteen of these members are still with us now. They are- KAREN ANTHONY IEAN BANDURSKE SHIRLEY BENJAMIN BILL BEVERLY SANDRA BULLARD SHARON DANNEFFEL, DOUGLAS EPPLE DIANE FRANK FRED GRANT JUDY HAWKS BJORN I-IEYNING BOB KELLER, MARLENE MOODY JANET MORRISON HELEN MUNDT SHARON MUNDT JOHN ROGERS MARILYN SCHEID and RON WARMAN Our teacher was Mrs Dorothy Sh1erk In the frrst grade our teachers were Mrss Hattie Sayles and Mrs Laura Hawks We added two new members JACK ERSMAN and MINNIE SCHOONOVER. HELEN MUNDT left our class that year and went to Keeler ARNOLD MALIN CAROL SPILLERS and SHIRLEY WATSON jorned our class rn the second grade Mrs Laura Hawks and Mrss Myldred Cronrn were our teachers Brll Beverly left to go to Texas Mrss Mabel Andrews and Mrs Ruth Zrelke were our thrrd grade teachers New addrtrons that year were PETE KOBE JOYCE LAMP MARTHA MINOR, and BOB RICHARDSON Agarn someone left our class SHIRLEY WATSON moved to Coloma In fourth grade our teachers were Mrs Laura Helweh and Mrs Shrrley Colman HELEN MUNDT came back thrs year and DIANE FRANK left for Arrzona Mrs Colman taught her class to frngerparnt and the other sectron made a scrapbook of the Unrted States Our first class trrp was taken to Post Cereals rn Battle Creek NANCY BATES RICHARD RAY BILL STEWART and KATHY WATKINS came in the frfth grade Our teachers were Mrs Rachel Rogers and Mr Kerth Lrghtner Our class trrp thrs year was taken to Studebaker Company and the arrport rn South Bend In srxth grade Mrs Ruth Collms and Mrs Effre Frtzpatrrck were our teachers STEVE NEWNUM, BOB RADCLIFF and JUDY SNYDER were added to our class Also BILL BEVERLY came back from Texas and DIANE FRANK returned from out West The brrd sanctuary and Be Mo Potato Chrp Company rn Kalamazoo were vrsrted by our class that year The two addrtrons rn the seventh grade were SHIRLEY WATSON who returned from Coloma and ALLEN LOOMIS Thrs year we began payrng our class dues and we also had a drfferent teacher for each class We vrsrted the Museum of Scrence and lndustry rn Chicago Our advrsor was Mr Rogers In the erghth grade our advrsor was Mr Robert Dengler RON LoPRESTL jorned us that year W enjoyed the Museum of Scrence and Industry so well that we voted to take another class trrp there JENA GATES and LOUIS MESTRE jomed our class rn the ninth grade We were all thrrlled to be rn high school at last even though we were only Freshmen Our advrsor was Mrs Eleanor Wertenberger Our class trrp was taken to the Brookfreld Zoo rn Chrcago We had four new members rn our Sophomore year LYNNE CONRAD MEL HILER, MIKE LESTER, and BH.L SIMS Our advrsor was Mr Hubler We started a few money makmg projects for our prom and the class trrp In our ,Tumor year NELSON BAUMEISTER, DONALD BAILEY TOM SCHOONOVER, and JAMES SWISHER jorned us We were happy to recerve our class rrngs and work on the Jumor Senror prom The prom theme was Shangra la Our brggest money makmg project for the prom was our magazme sales As Seniors we garned JERRY BOOMER and SUSAN ENDERS Thrs year all our money makrng projects jects were for our senror class trrp to Washrngton We also worked hard on the annual Our projects rn eluded selling candy cookres and nuts and bake sales We leave Watervliet High School realrzing that we have made many mrstakes and we hope that we have profited by them Although we will be separated from each other rn the years to come we will always remember the good trmes we have enjoyed here at W I-L S We wrsh to thank all the members of the faculty and the administrauon for their help rn smoothmg over the rough places I . I I I I I I 1 I I I 3 I - I I I I D ' s , . . . . . I I - . . . I . O I - I 4 . . . 1 I I - . . . , . . . I - I . ,, . a . - - 1 1 . . . C . . . I 9 I - . ' I I I . ' I I 1 ' ' I I .

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664447040 MINNIE SCHOONOVER leaves her quietness to Diane Baldwin TOM SCHOONOVER leaves his ability to be absent to Tom Minor BILL SIMS leaves h is good grades on English tests to Carl Loom1s JUDY SNYDER leaves George Mayhak to her sister Trudy because she gets along with him so well CAROL SPILLERS leaves her ability to talk constantly to Norma Clapp BILL STEWART leaves his first and second year French books to anyone who will send him S7 O0 HM SWISHQER leaves his football uniform to Alvin Leverton RON WARMAN is taking everything that s not nailed down KATHY WATKINS leaves her ab111ty to flirt with boys to any bashful girl who wants rt SHIRLEY WATSON leaves her bookkeeping project to anyone who wants to frnrsh rt TOM WOOD leaves his ability to get stopped by the police to anyone who is unlucky enough to get it IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto affixed our seal this 2nd day of June A. D 1960 THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1960 Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testators The SENIOR CLASS OF 1960, as their Last Will and Testament, in our presence, who, at their request, in their presence, and Q I rn the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Mrs Joyce Thomas Mr Robert M Hubler ff MHAJM Dear Mr Hubler It hardly seems possible that ten whole years have gone by since we graduated from good old W H. S but they have and everyone has gone their own separate way I am writing this letter to let you know what each one of us has done with hrs life since we parted rn 60 KAREN ANTHONY lS married and has 3 dogs 2 cats and 1 bud They keep her quite busy DONALD BAILEY is the only mechanic 1n town who knows how to use a left handed monkey wrench Be sure to warn the kids from W H. S that JEAN BANDURSKE is the new truant officer for Berrien County NELSON BAUMEISTER 15 still drxvrng the same Rambler he bought in 60 NANCY BATES has finally become an R N She works at the local cat and dog hospital SHIRLEY BENJAMIN developed her long hidden talents as a pianist and IS now second only to Van Cliburn BILL BEVERLY s most recent practical invention 15 crystal clear glue used to keep Contact lenses on .TERRY BOOMER has become a professional loafer after ten years of practice SANDRA BULLARD recently reached the height of her career She was chosen Mrs Perfect Home maker of the year LYNNE CONRAD is now a commercial professor at Yale University She hopes that 1t's a permanent positron