Woodland High School - Log Yearbook (Woodland, MI)

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THE CLASS HISTORY By Mary Bryant and Pearl Piper We the class of 1949 started school September 13, 1937 with Mrs. Josie Watrous as our teacher. There were 14 of the 25 graduating tonight who started together. They are Joyce Henny, Phyllis Green, Pearl Piper, Rose Duits, Jo Anne Smith, Janice Bates, Roberta Manker, Eleanor Bird, Arleta Jordan, Jeanne Fisher, Glendon Curtis, Paul Brodbeck, R. Jay Kussmaul, and Ailene Gober. Ailene left us and came back in the ninth grade. One of the high lights of the year was the Rythm Band directed by Gordon Williams. We entered the second grade in 1938 and Mrs. Mildred Nowicke was our teacher. That year we took a trip to Potter's Park in Lansing. In the third grade Ernestine Monasmith joined our class. She left us again at the end of the year and came back in the fifth grade. Our class was separated that year. Part of us were in Mrs. Hilda B -ss's room and part of us in Mrs. Mildred Nowicke's. In the fourth grade we were in Mrs. Hilda Boss's room. Joyce Smith joined our class that year. We enjoyed the privilege of a trip to Ford's Green Field Village, Detroit that year. In the fifth and sixth grades Mrs. Arlie Spindler was our teacher. Those years Arnold Daniels, Joyce Demond, and Mary Bryant joined our class. The first part of the seventh grade Mrs. Margaret Estep was our teacher but we had Mrs. Watrous for the remainder of the year as Mrs. Estep started teaching high school. Richard Engle joined our ranks that year. During our eighth grade many changes came about. We had desks in the S. H. and lockers in the hall. We had Mrs. Watrous, Mrs. Miller, and Miss Shewchuk for our teachers. We were beginning to be- come adjusted to our oncoming high school years. ' In the ninth grade we went to the Capitol of Lansing. Duane Clum became one of us that year along with Joyce Kent. We were initiated that year and for initiation the girls wore Men's long legged under- wear, plough shoes and had their hair in pin curls. The boys had to dress like girls and everyone of us had to carry a bushel basket to carry upperclassmen books in. During our sophomore year Joy Hample and Don Shook made their appearance. We had a hayride and Hallowe'en party at Phyllis Green's barn. It was a memorable night because of a terrific rain storm. We served at the Junior and Senior banquet and had to dress as pirates. While we were Juniors Rose Mary Daggett became a member of the class. We put on the Junior and Senior banquet with Star Dust , as our theme. Our Junior play was Cash and Carrie . We had be- gun to make money for our Senior trip by selling candy, pop and popcorn, during school and at Basketball games. Now we are Seniors. We have done many things to increase our treasure. We sold McCall's, Collier and other popular magazines, Christmas and all occassion cards, and wrapping paper, popcorn, candy ice cream, and school pencils. Lion's Club suppers were also put on by us. Our play was Huckle Berry Finn which was very successful. March 23 we went to Lansing. We took a very interesting tour through Fisher Body and spent the rest of the day in the Legislature. Our motto is With the ropes of the past let us ring the bells of the future 15

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THE CLASS PROPHECY By Jeanne Fisher and Roberta Manker Come with us into the future and let us tell you what has happened to our classmates of the class of 1949. Since we left Woodland High, many things have happened to them and much water has passed under the bridge of time so that 1959 finds: Janice Bates after many years of practice, has perfected her Bates Piano Method and is giving piano lessons in the surrounding communities. Glendon Curtis is now manufacturing a new type of hair curler that he has used secretly for years, but just recently disclosed. Joyce Demond has gone to Hollywood and is working as make-up director for R..K.O. studios. Dick Engle has recently gone to Washington and is taking his place as a member of the Supreme Court. Joyce Kent is head of the accounting department for E. W. Bliss Company but is having a little dif- ficulty keeping her debits and credits straight. Duane Clum has gone to Alaska, gold digging and has found his fortune by a map given to him by one of his old High School professors, Mr. Allen. Rose Duits is now a model for Powers and is finding it quite successful. Phyllis Green who was always fond of singing during her high school days, is now singing sound effects for mystery programs on N.B.C. Joy Hampel is kept busy Awith her house full of red headed kiddies! Don Shook is working as a private eye under ,Sam Spade and has recently been trying to crack the case of the Squeaking Door . Pearl Piper is taking Mrs. Klopfenstein's place as the school cook. Ailene Gober and R. Jay Kussmaul have taken up their fathers plumbing business and are kept quite busy fixing leaky faucets. Rose Mary Daggett bought some stock in the Detroit Tigers soon after she left high school and found herself holding down the job of bat girl. i Paul Brodbeck has won national livestock honors for his razor back hogs. Eleanor Bird is folding papers for the Chicago Sun since their automatic folders have broken down and we hear she is breaking all previous speed records. Mary Bryant has been betting quite heavily lately in the Kentucky Derby horse races and has made quite a haul on Fettlebaum. Ernestine Monasmith is now Mrs. Glen Piper but in her spare time she is designing dresses for Wood- land's New Department store. Arnold Daniels is working for Walt Disney as head cartoonist but says he owes all of his success to his ability to pattern his characters after people he knew during high school. Joyce Smith has started her own Smith Sisters Cough Drops Company. JoAnne Smith is testing baseball bats for the Louisville Sluggers. Arleta Jordon and Joyce Henney are living together on a farm and raising thousands of baby Chicks. But as for the future of Prophets Fisher and Manker it is only a haze of events before us and can not be distinctly told. 16