Wyoming Park High School - Orbit Yearbook (Wyoming, MI)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL A On June l, we, the departing Class of 1950, being sound of mind and body, realizing the uncertainty of things which may befall us, do hereby leave and bequeath all our most valu- able worldly traits to the Class of 1951. It shall be distributed in the manner following: To Mary XfVyma and Bill De Jonge go Roger Farwell's many excuses, pink and blue. Joyce Oberly leaves her seven pair of jeans to Elaine De Kraker and Marlene YVirth. Noreen l'Vad- del's many nicknames go to Carol Ball and Dolores Meurs. Bonnie King joyfully wills to Joanne Gibson her ability to argue constantly with Dave Hershey. Next on our list are Shirley Berends, Chuck Vargo and Beverly Winfield who all receive part of Arlene '1'azelaar's height. Ray Groen- dyke wills to Bob Christian and Paul Theime his very quiet straight-pipes. Al Dreyer's curly hair goes to Ray Mackey, Bill Meulenberg, Don Vreeland, and to all other junior boys with brush cuts. Mary Semeyn wills to Nancy Troe- ger and Angie Y'Verkhoven her happy laugh and ability to get into trouble. To Bob Vander X'Verf and Bob Hoeksema, go Dave Hershey's old school books. Beverly Moore gives to Coral Ives her con- stant gift of gab. Marlene Karsten would like Bob Mitchell and Audrey McElroy to have her appreciation of a good joke. Hildred Baar leaves her front seat in all classes to Mae Van Belkum and Ted Oom. Rich Vander Markt and Shirley Potter both get a share of Madelon Colthurst's love for school. Lola Tilma leaves all her absences to Peggy Beld and Valetta Bleam. Furthermore, Tunis Schouten wills his shy- ness to Chuck Balkema and Chuck Gabrion. Jack Crull's ability to sleep through classes goes to Tom Koeze. lXtIarilyn Nederveld's love for horses is left to Ken Larabee and Dolores Hoekstra. To Marlin Grubbs and Betty Jones goes Nan Stearns' job as soda jerk. Marv Burger has decided to give John Boom and Marvin l'Vood his speedy speech. Marjorie Randall receives Betty Benit's love for a good argument. A baritone belonging to Alice Cole is being left behind for Don Cook and Bea Abbott. Bar- bara Garnett leaves her quietness in class to Shirley Sullivan. Roger Fountain gives his love for women to Y'Vayne Baker and Clarence Dyk- stra. Don Anderson leaves his acting to Bob Curths and Donna Bergman. To Alvin Perry goes Florence Van Dyke's pretty red blush. Ji1n Austin gives his Presi- dency of the senior class to Ethel Ter Meer. Joyce l'Vestveld gives her shortness to Marilyn Bos and Bob Hand. Dorothy X'Villiams leaves her stylish glasses to Ivan Mellema and Judy Dougherty. Jewell Tygeson and Jean Van Overen are receiving Jim X'Vinn's witty remarks. Lenora Doorn and Bonnie Schulski leave their future wedding plans to Carol Van Den Berg and Ronald Tymes. Tom Olson and Bruce Donelson are passing on their janitor jobs to Mary Fahnle and Joyce McNitt. Calvin Mil- ler is leaving his muscles to Lillian McCoy and Sue O'Rourke. Ruth Hoekstra plans to leave her ability to get into trouble to Bill Van Dam and Durwood Young. Jim Fuller bequeaths his memories to the junior girls. Doug Hoekstra and Charlotte Ahl- berg give up their love for each other to Betty Hallas and Don Chatterson. Paul Howell's big smile for everyone goes to Joe Dever and Marilyn Patrick. John Lever- ing's women troubles are joyfully left to Chuck Beatty. Betty Scheltema should be proud to be wearing the red hair she is to receive from Dennis Marlowe. Keith Van Ham wills his Wyoming pitching ability to Ruth Stapert and Delores Fiebig. Jean Hendricksen is to receive Murlin W'ilterdink's job at the shoe store, and Roger Schopp will be very happy when he gets Fran Higbee's driver's license. Marilyn Hinds leaves to Eleanor Davis and Bernice Berglund her love for extra school activ- ities. Gail Mulder's dark complexion is given to Marilyn Bueche. Pauline Lowing says she wants Don Smith and Andy Doorn to have her sewing ability. Janette Lynema's happy disposi- tion goes to Velma Richter and Marla Runyon receives Joyce Ferguson's quiet voice. Mfes Mueller leaves his love for junior girls to Bill DeYoung. Delores Kline's jolly laugh and smile goes to Tom Foreman and Jack Stelma. Kathryn Hoekstra leaves her second year on the senior trip to Jack Kelder. Betty Jolliffe is giv- ing her job at Joppes to Dixie .Packer and Lois Cole. Roger Van Malsen wants Joan Fisher to have his love for English. Marilyn Hinds leaves her cast to Joan Pausinga. Jim Austin is gladly leaving his car troubles to Anges Yonker. Last, but far from least, is Ron W'estenbroek passing out of the year of '50 leaving to Delores Dunn his little Black Beauty Ford.

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Class wolf and flirt .xll-Ill'0llllll boy and girl Class jokers sl. Fuller, B. King QI. Austin. F. Yam Dyke KI. Winn, M. Karsten Class grnnch and gigglcr Most stndions girl and boy Class :ntlilctcs R. Van Mulscn. J. XVestveld NI. Colllnlrst. T. Sclmuten F. Iliglmce, D. Marlowe XVOIIIZIH-ll1llCI' and main-hater 1 Most likely to succeed Ideal prospective wifc and huslmnd D. Blarlowc. M. Ncderveld N. YVz1ddcll, J. Levering P. Lowing. K. Van Ham 21

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Ladies and gentlemen this is Doug Hock- stra your roving reporter for station XYZ. 'Tm out here at Lamar Park in that new city of N'Vyoming Park. This is the llth animal Vik- ing Festival and it's quite an affair. f'I..et's wander around and see whom we can find around here. There's Florence Van Dyke over at the hamburg stand. She's queen of the hamburg flippers now and has her headquarters at her swell new modern smack shack, the 'Greasy Spoon.' YfVhy look who's over at the refreshment stand! None other than our famous governor Mary Semeyn, with lfVyoming Park's energetic mayor Francis Higbee, and this district's crime busting D. A., Dorothy YVilliams. It's possible they are talking politics but they are probably discussing that Broadway, record breaking play 'Lavender and Old Lace' with those two top stars Noreen Ylladdell and Roger Fountain in their original roles stealing every performance. Let's move over toward the grand stand now and see whom we can find. Jack Crull, the mil- lionaire show backer, is bringing us the wonder- ful show here tonight. Some of the stars of the show are former members of the class of '50, They are Charlotte Ahlberg who is astounding all of America with her dancing and Ruth Hoek- stra who is a chorus line dance teacher. They are putting on an ZICt together and the most famous circus clown in the country, Alice Cole, is here with Joyce l'Vestveld, Ringling Bros. tight-rope walker. Let's see what the crowd is over here in back of the grand stand. lfVhy it's America's number one auctioneer, Beverly Moore, adding her talents to the auction. And what an illustrious crowd she has gathered. Dave Hershey that dentist who discovered an entirely painless method of drilling and pull- ing teeth is here with Dr. Jolm Levering, Don Anderson, who is giving lectures on his Alaskan explorations, and Dennis Marlowe, who can claim part of the credit for bringing the NVorld's Series pennant to the Detroit Tigers the last two years. Paul Howell who was always betting some- thing back in his high school days is taking a holiday from his Nevada gambling casino to help Mr. Engels on his penny pitching board. There's our old friend Mr. Zylstra by the ferris wheel talking with Arlene Tazelaar who is exhibiting a number of pictures in Grand Rapids. Lola Tilma who is vacationing from her modeling career for Jolm Powers, and Mar- lene Karsten, good old XYZ's top disk jockey. Hello there Mr. Zylstra, hi gals, this is quite a festival isn't it? Yes, Doug, this is nothing like the small one we had back in 1949 which was the First festival we had. l'm glad so many of our old class of '50 can be here to see the improvement. Yes, it is nice, well l'll see you later, I'll have to tell my listening friends some more about this festival. There's Barbara Garnett who is Mayor Fran Higbee's secretary with Betty Jolliffe who is secretary for Marve Burger, owner of the fast growing 'Little Peanut Companyf I have heard that Jim NVinu and Tunis Schouten, are perfect- ing a new formula for better peanuts for Marve. l1Vhy look who's throwing tomatoes at Jim Fuller, the 'Fuller brushman' and Roger Van Malsen who has Van's Baby Sitting Agency for babies over 19 - it's Joyce Oberly, our ex-cheer- leader who now does the decorating in the best homes in New York. There are hundreds of people here and the Park Taxi Company owned by Gail Mulder and Kathryn Hoekstra is bringing in more all the time. Keith Van Ham, who drew up the plans for the new city offices and the new high school has just arrived with Al Dreyer, who owns the Dreyer Plumbing Company and Tom Olson, that highly demanded carpenter. Marilyn Nederveld has taken time off from her Texas ranch to visit her old friend Made- lon Colthurst, one of Miehigan's best educators and Joyce Ferguson, dean of that nationally known girls' finishing school, 'Rosewoodf The Benit Department Store is well repre- sented by its owner Bette Benit and two of her clerks, Janette Lynema and Dolores Kline. VV ith them is that elevator girl who always stops even with the floor, Bonnie King. I see Jim Austin, popular bandleader, has arrived with his band, accompanied with the arranger, Bruce Donelson, for their part in the show. And naturally that inseparable pair, Ray Groendyke and Roger Farwell are here. You still see them together everywhere just as you did back in the days before '50. They are just about the best mechanics in the state and they can make any Ford run. Could Marilyn Hinds and Pauline Lowing be comparing business over at the refreshment stand? Marilyn has the institution for the fee- ble-minded called 'Napoleon's Palace' and Paul- ine runs a baehelor's home, the 'Rooster's Roost.' There's the former Hildred Baar and Le- nora Doorn with their families talking to Cal- vin Miller who just took honors at the Olympics recently. YVell, folks, my time is running out and I have made this a who's who of Wyoming Park's class of '50, but with all of my illustrious class- mates I got sidetracked. However you can read all about the festival in Nancy Stearns' nation- ally read paper, the New York Beacon.. So long folks. Tune in tomorrow when I will be at the parade in Grand Rapids.