Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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.E 1 V l 2 mmf.-32? -EYPEI DIXITE' Class History February der 32nd 1953 Eloise. Michigan Mine Own Son Izzy, by der University oof Yale. Der udder day I got ion you a letter, statementing dot der class vitch you is gradumating fom. is der pest class vot efer gradumated. Oh, I can't told how moch dot make me laugh. Izzy. dot make me laugh so much dot I write dis letter to you, to toled you dot you is all vet. Vere d'you dink you got allyour bright- ness? Vy Izzy fom your fodder you herided it unt your fodder come by der ninedeen dirdy class of der Ypsilandi High School. I dink me I toled you all aboot mine class, ven you a leetle poy vos. but by your letter. Izzy. l dink I better tole der hole ding over some more. It VOS vay pack in her year uinedeen dwendy six, ven der leetle poys unt der leetle gels fom der eight grade yet, said good pye to der old prison, witch ain't some more, unt comes by der High School to got more education, a leetle bit. Vell, dey vos to take care off us, tree teachers vitch vos ferry nice vemen. unt der names vos Lidke. unt Blekking. unt Ervin. I dink fom some ancient custom. dey got der idea of officers electing so ve elected a leetle poy whose name vos Kenneth Dundon for der President unt ve haf Raymond Horton for der vice- president. unt Jack MacKenzie for der treasurer, unt Helen Le Cureux vos der seceratery. Vell, Izzy, everding vos going all fright ven der pesky seniors asked us did ve vant to come by dere pardy, vitch dey vos going to call der freshman Reception. Ve said yes. but ve vished ve hadn't for, vot you dink, dos dirdy bums played tricks on der gels by der Gymnasium, unt took her poys vay out by der country unt dey clidn't bring us pack. V ell, Izzy, dot make us sore, but ve clidn't do nuddinks till der next year unt den ve took our enger out on anudder bunch of green vons. Vell, in a leetle vile dey started haling contests mit der different classes. Der vos basketball, unt swimming. unt baseball, unt swimming, unt baseball, unt track. unt declamation,' unt lots oof clings. V e say to oursellufs ve ain't going to be dumb even dough ve look it, is ve? Unt ve answered No, so ve vent us ahead unt showed dose udder classes how contests should be run off. Ve took der First place in der poys basketball, unt der first place in der swimming, unt by der gels basketball ve took us a second place, unt den dere vos Jack MacKenzie a little poy vitch vos ferry shy, unt he took first der place by der declamation. Ve dinked dis vos youst aboot enough to do by us for dis year, so ve had vacation. Der next year ve vos sophmores. unt Mrs. Service vos der teacher vitch had to took care oof der hole gang. Dis year, by der President we had jack MacKenzie, unt by der treasurer ve had Max Holley, unt for de vice-president ve had James Borst, unt by der secreatery ve had Helen Le Cureux some more. Dis time ve took der first place by der declamation unt der first place by der gullof. Emily Le Clair served der second place in der teenis, unt der poys swam by der first place in der swimming unt beat der third place fellows to der second place in der track. Oh Izzy dis vos a beeg year for some oof our people, dis vos der year ven Helen Le Cureux started der lofe affair mit Mac Olds. Unt den der vos johnny -ia 19 30 Seven l

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A Cu X ll f Y'-i F1 SU '5 EYFEI DIXITE' CLARK WRIGHT Clark thinks llL'i.Y always in the W'right. Agricola Clulw 1-Z-3-43 Presimlentg Football 33 Junior Playg Dramatics Club. KASMER ZECK I'd rather swim than eat, Providing 1't'.r not dinner time. Cross-Country 265 Inter-class Athletics 2-3-45 Dra- matics Club 43 Varsity Club 3. EVELYN LYKE .S10171L'l70li.V put me on a merry-ga-romul, Azul thru forgot to take me of. Drnmatics Club 45 French Club 345 Glee Clubg Chorus. MARJURIIS 1-'REST .S'he'.v new, English, and her name is Pre.vl,' Tlzatlv all thativ Headed, you kizaw the vest. Stockton Secondary School 1-2-35 Stockton-on-Leus. Durham, Englandg French Club 4. RUTH BAKER Cute and little and a real good sportg We all wish Ypsi had more of her sort. Marine City High 1-25 Detroit Eastern High 4: ln tereclass Athletics .3-43 Sem Stal? 4. GRANT PIERCE The auswrr to n maidenls prayer. x L 'S . 4 -ll N .E .. Twenty-Six 1930 '

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-EYPEI DIXITE- Hass unt Gertrude Green. Dey vos keeping dem some chickens, de hens unt de roosters, unt Johnny toled me dot dey got lots oof eggs from dem sometimes de hens. Vell, Izzy, ven ve come der next year pack as Juniors, ve got new officers some more, unt dey vos Raymond Horton for der President, unt Kenneth Dun- don for der Vice-President, unt Joe VVhite for der Treasureer, unt James Borst for der Secretary. Unt vot you dink, Izzy, ve took us dis year der first place by der poys baseball, und by der track, und by der girls basketball, unt den Edith Squiers, de Paradize found gel. come foid unt took her der first place by der oration. Ve vos as proud unt as pleased as ve could be over dis, ven Max Crane goes der State Track Meet to, unt takes him der 440 state championship. I don't knew vot dot is. Maybe he jumped dot high or somedings, but, Izzy, I don't see how he could do it. Near der end oil' der year ve decided to put us a play on, vunt ve chose der play Come out off der Kitchen. Oh, Izzy, I vish you could haf seen it. You'd haf died mit me for laughing. Mrs. Montgomery vos der director off der ding, Don Sias vos der Faculty adviser, unt der players vot played der play ver Edith Squiers, unt Helen Le Cureux, unt Jack MacKenzie, unt George Adams, unt Dick Skinner, unt Lillian Britton, unt Emily Le Clair, unt Clark Vliright, unt Dick Smith, unt Bob Holding, unt Helen Staebler. You know, Izzy, everdime I dink me of jack MacKenzie kissing Edith Squiers it make me dink off poor old mother ven I caught her mit der iceman. Unt dot make me dink by some dink vitch I vanted me to toled you some dime ago. Don't eifer get married, Izzy. It only means drouble some more, unt if you don't believe me just ask Johnny Skelt, and Bob Holding. A leetle vile after der play, Bob Johnston, unt Johnnie Haas, unt Bernard Baer got uneasy unt said dey wanted for to dance, so ve got us a I-Hop up, unt my but dot vos some party. By der news paper I read dot it vos a ferry prilliant affair, but I dink me der lights ver nice unt dim. Mr. Land dought so too. Vell to climax der hole season ve vent us to Island Lake mit der idea oof hating a swim. Nudding out oof der ordinary happened dere but, Izzy, I donit see how Max Crane put so many ham sandvitches down him. Ven ve come der school back der last year ve vos put under der ving oi Miss Hardy, unt ve vos seniors. Dis time ve haf Raymond Horton by der Presi- dent some more, unt Helen Simas by der Treasurer, unt Lillian' Britton by der Treasurer, unt Dick Skinner by der Secretary. Ve von us some more oof dei interclass spordings, unt took der second place by der oration mit Edith Squiers some more, unt altogedder ve vos ferry busy. Ve picked us der senior fad unt ve all looked ferry nice in der red unt der vite, but I pidy der poor bunch if dey efer vent on a picnic unt got in a pasture mit a coupla bulls in it. Vell, Izzy, der four years in High School iss over, but dere is von ding dot I never vant you to contradict me on, unt I always vant you to remember, unt dot is dot der Ninedeen Dirdy Class off der Ypsilanti High School iss der pest class vot efer gradumated. Vell, bye, bye, Izzy. Your Fadder, ROGER PARISH. Twenty-Eight wail