Whitehall High School - Yearbook Yearbook (Whitehall, MI)

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Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-six Class Will We, the Senior Class of H361 in order to form a more perfect school, es- tablish supremacy, insure happiness, provide for the common fun for all, pro- mote the grades, and secure the blessings of the teachers to ourslves and lower elassmen, do ordain and establish this will of the Whitehall High School Class of H367 ' ' Article l Section l I, Ralph Olson, give, devise and bequeath my innocent looks f?l to Red Zatzke Section 2 I, 'Mary Nelson. give, devise, and bequeath my ability 'for writing long letters to Beryl Quaickenbush. Not more than owne a day, Beryl. Section 3 I, Alfred I-Ianpt, give, devise, and bequeath my winning smile to Eddie, Simison. Come on Eddie, give the girls a smile. Section 4- I, 'Eliza1beth'Riesberg, give, devise, and 'bequeath my ability for playing the big vbass drum and all that goes with it to .lane Ann Peterson. Section 5 I, Otis Van Slyke, give, devise and bequeath my ways with the girls to Alex Rayne. Section 6 I, June Lamos, give, devise, and 'bequeath my shyness f?J to my dear sister, Doris. Section 'I I, 'Henry Rosenquist, give, devise, and bequeath my popularity with the girls to .lohnny -Homblade. Section 8 I, Donna Geisingetr, give, devise, and bequeath my ,good marks C?,P in Chemistry to Roger Gunderson. Keep up the good work, Gunny. Section 9 I, Phyllis 1Funnell, give, devise, and bequeath my motto Silence is golden to Willard McClellan. Section 10 I, Wesley Houlding, give, devise and 'bequeath my quiet ways to Courtney Pitkin. Section 11 I, Wilnitfred Rolph, give, devise, and bequeath my ability and determination to run the High School efficiently to Grace Omness. More power to you-Gracie. Section 12 I, Frances Benjamin, give, devise, and bequeath my surplus energy in doing school work to the eighth grade lboys. Section 13 tl, Charles Snyder, give, devise, and lbequeatfh my standing with Mrs. Dodge to Rolhert Kinsey. Section 14 I, fMargaret Pelon, give, devise, and bequeath .my romantic 'interpretations of literature to Edna Brown. Section 15 I, Dorothy Pick, give, devise, and 'bequeath my sense of humor to Arlene Helm. Article 2 In the writing of this will, we, the 'Senior Class as a whole, do not want it to be Said thin! the lower clastsmen were not remembered in our will So: Section I To the Freshmen we give, devise and 'bequeath courage to withstand the! ridiclllfb of upper elassmen. Section 2 To tthe Sophomores we give, devise, and 'bequeath two more years in which to ob- tain their so called Senior tConceit . Section 3 To the Juniors we give, devise, and bequeath our back seats in the asse-mbly flllfl supreme power over the rest of the High School. We do hereby revoke any and every will heretofore made by us. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this tenth day of June, in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. lSi'gnedJ Dorothy Pick Witnesses- Irma G. Dodge Earl C. 'Palmer Elaine E. Esterdahl Dale Brown Marvin J. 'Folkert Page Fourteen

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Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen 'l'hirl9 5ix -f ..,. :::::::::::::- ::::::::::0::::::::::::::::::::.-::::::::: Class Prophecy I have the honor to 'be t-he one making the prophecy 'for the class of 1936. It may he an honor, ibut WI d'idn't know what to do or where to start. I worried over it for weeks, and f'in'ally I determined that during spring vacation I'd get at it. I took a walk through the woods for inspiration, and, spying a sunny place, I satg down to rest and try to think. l'm sure you've all heard the short phrase, A little bird told me . Well while I was sitting there, a little ibird lihted on a ibranch near by, arousing me from my reverie. He cocked his head on one side and much to my surprise he said, '4What are you thinking afhou1t? 'Indignantly I replied, If you had the job on your hands that I have, you wouldn't be flying around so carefree and happyf' After I ha-d explaiined to my little friend the job cut out 'for -me, he said he'd be very willing to help me. I was morelthvan ready to accept his or anyone's help. So I gave hlm the names of my classmates' and he prophesied their iutures. This is what he told me about each ofn.: Frances Benjamin, always ,good at studying. will become the dean of a famous girls' school on Long Island. Phyllis Funnell, 'carrying out her favorite pastime, is destined to be a favorite dancer in New York City. on Broadway. Donna Geisinger, fforever typing for someone, is ultimately to hold the position of public stcnographer in the twaldorif-A-storia 'Hotel in New York. Alfred I-Iaupt, always good at business propositions is slated for the office of Foreign Representative of the 'Eagle-Ottawa 'Leather Company. Wesley Houlding, with his 'knowledge of machinery, will ibe mechanical adviser to Henry Ford. June Lamos, her wishes having come true, will the found as icompanion to a rich old lady in Chicago, 'hoping for a financial settlement. iMary Nels-on, carrying out her love for candy, will buy out the 'Curtis Candy Mfg. Co., with the privilege of sampling every variety. vRalph Olson, fhis golfing ability and looks helping' him, is a certain challenger of Lawson Little 'for the Golf Championshirp. Aftervward he is scheduled for a try in Hollywood. Donothy Pick, her .greatest asset fbeing humor, will be keeping people in stitches out in Hollywood, halving taken over Gracie rAllen's rchiatlter. - Winifred Rolph, with .her original ideas, is foreseen in 'New York, il-Bing a big shot on t1he'Daily Blah newspaper. lElizafheth Kiesberg, ffor all of her quietness is to teach in the Western State Teachers College, drumming in knowledge instead of drumming in the hand. Henry Rtosenquist, always a la1dy's man, will be-come manager of an exclusive dress shop in Paris. Imagine Hank trying to speak French. Charles Snyder, I find the dbject of high lbidding between the Chicago 1Cu'bs and the Detroit Tigers, both desiring Charles' aibility as pitcher. But, like Dizzy Dean, he's a hold out. Otis Van Slyke, once at Lfisherman, always a iisherman, will own a fleet of ifishing ihloats on Newfoundland Bay. Margaret Pelon, ,realizing he.r amhitiron, will eventua'lly own a large Dude Ranch out in Arizona. 1She'll surely want us all to come out and see her sometime . Margaret Pelon ----v---------------vv-------a--v-::::::::::::::::::::::::::0- Page Thirteen

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Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-six :::::::::::::::: A:::::::Q::::::.A::::: A A A A A A A A A A A A A I Class History We, the class of 1936, began our career in September, 1924, with Neva .lenks as teacher. We were then thirty-one in number, and of that number there are eight of the fifteen now graduating: Phyllis Funnell, Frances Benjamin, Winifred Rolph, Mary Nelson, Elizabeth Riesberg, Dorothy Pick, Margaret Pelon, and Ralph Olson. Upon entrance into the second grade wc gained Otis VanSlyke and Alfred Haupt. Mrs. Klett was our teacher. In September, 1926, we again gathered, this time with Miss Mary Cam- eron at the wheel. One of the outstanding memories of this grade for me was thc organization of the WRhythm Band , under the direction of Miss Wiltsie. We performed for the P. T. A. several times that year and believed that we were real folks. When roll was called in 1927 by Miss Beckman, fourth grade teacher, ten of the Class of 736 answered, uPresent,'. ln the year 1928 we were fifth graders with Miss MacDonald as captain of our destiny. At the end of that school year the same ten carried home promotion cards which said wc were entitled to enter the sixth grade, Miss Carleton prepared us to go upstairs, where at the beginning of the next, year, 1930, Mrs. Eva Norris carefully drilled us in all the things we should know, MAgain and againw. Here we acquired June Lamos, now making the eleventh of our present class. ln 1931 we girls curled our hair and the boys smoothed down their vests, we all drew a deep breath, and entered the High School Assembly as full fledged eighth graders. Our class bears the distinction of being Mr. Palmer's first victims. NVe managed to sur- vive the superiorities and contempt of the upperclassinen and in the fall of 1933 the eleven of us plus Charles Snyder registered as Freshmen. We looked such a formidable lot that the hearts of the afore mentioned upperclassmcn quaked and we escaped initiation. We now had a class sponsor, Mr. Cook, but for instructors we were at thc mercy of the entire High School Faculty, Mr. Eriksen, Mr. Folkert, Mrs. Dodge, Mr. Dalman, and Mr. Palmer. Our report cards entitled the same twelve with the addition of Henry Rosenquist to the title of Sop-homores. Our class advisor was Mrs. Dodge. This year the follow- ing changes were made in the faculty-Mr. Folkert replaced Mr. Eriksen as Superintendent and Mr. Dalman replaced Mr. Cook as Principal and Coach. When we returned to school as Juniors, we added Donna Geisinger and Wesley Houlding making our total fifteen. We were ,eligible to become mem- bers of the Dramatic Club. Most of us joined and took prominent parts in both plays during 1934-35. An outstanding event of this year was the Junior and Senior Banquet which was held at Rochdale Inn where we were hosts to the Seniors. Miss Esterdahl was added to the faculty at the beginning' of this year. September 1935! At last we headed the list-upperclassmcnffwith the back seats in the Assembly Room at our disposal. There was one change in the faculty-Mr. Brown replaced Mr. Dalman. We elected the following officers: President, Ralph Olson, Vice President, Phyllis Funnellg Secretary, Winifred Rolphg Treasurer, Dorothy Pick, and Athletic Association Representatives, Margaret Pelon and Henry Rosenquist. At one of our early class meetings, with the approval of Mr. Folkert, we decided to publish an annual, 'QTHE CRYSTAL , for 1936. Frances Benjamin was appointed Editor- in-Chief by our class sponsor, Mr. Folkert. We also decided to have class day. This class has always been well represented in forensics, band, orchestra, Dramatic club. glee clubs and Athletics. Our class colors are red and white, our class flower is the American Beauty rose and our class motto is 'LSuccess awaits at labors gate . Wfinifred Rolph - - - - - v - - v - -:::,.:::::::.-.-:::::::: ::::::: Page Fifteen 1