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

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1959 volume:

ANNI i} ior) ie BR, ub : Ypsilanti High School Class of 1959 We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, dedicate this yearbook to the future seniors who will some day follow our steps through the doors of Ypsilanti High School as graduates. As we begin our walk on the future paths of life, we leave this book as a record of the goals and achievements we have made. In dedicating this yearbook to you, we sincerely hope that you will uphold the honor of our school and strive to maintain the high standards set by the first graduating class and every class since then. Front Row: Mr. Robert Matthews, Trustee; Mrs. Bradley M. Harris, Trustee; Mrs. Beth W. Milford, Treasurer; Mr. Clyde Budd, Secretary; Second Row: Mr. Amos Washington, Trustee; Mr. Frederick J. Peters, Jr., President; Dr. Arold W. Brown, Vice-President. Mr. Evert W. Ardis, Superintendent Mr. Donald H. Porter, Business Manager The Board of Education working quietly behind the scenes, without pay, formulates the broad, general policies under which the staff operates the schools. The quality of instruction, the breadth of the curriculum and the success of the students reflect the vision and leadership of the Board of Education. They spend countless hours, at great personal sacrifice, to improve instruction, broaden the educational opportunity and evaluate the effectiveness of our local schools. 3 a) p - OO Mr. Norris G. Wiltse Principal Mr. Alvin Joslyn Mr. Harold Goodsman Assistant Principal, Senior Division Assistant Principal, Junior Division RUTH CROTHERS University of Michigan English GENEVIEVE NEVILLE University of Michigan English MADGE ISEMINGER University of Illinois English JANETTE HORST Michigan State University English JEAN RAGAN Albion College English NORA O'CONNOR Easter Michigan College English LELAND RANDALL University of Michigan English SHIRLEY MEDRANO University of Michigan English FRANK LESLIE Eastem Michigan College English M, HELEN CONNOR University of Michigan English BEULAH MILLER Eastem Michigan College English DONNA HERNDON Eastern Michigan College English DEE ETTE MYERS University of Michigan English EUTHYMIUS COCOVES University of Michigan English HENRIETTA JACOBS Hope College English 4 BARBARA ERDODY Eastem Michigan College English KATHLEEN HOCKSTAD University of Michigan English GEORGE WEBB Eastem Michigan College English ALBERT HIGGENS University of Iowa English MARY ELLEN BROWN Bucknell University English BERNICE LOCKWOOD University of Michigan Social Studies WILLIAM DUSBIBER University of Michigan Social Studies HODLEY COX Morehead State Social Studies BERT WATERMAN Michigan State University Social Studies 6 LAURA KERBYSON Eastem Michigan College Social Studies DEMETRA KOKKALES Eastem Michigan College Social Studies CLYDE BRIGGS University of lowa Social Studies ROLLAND McELHANEY Bolling Green State University Social Studies ROBERT KERR Eastem Michigan College Social Studies CAROL ERICSON University of Llinois Social Studies JAMES WILSON University of Michigan Social Studies LOUIS MINKOFF Eastem Michigan College Social Studies MARY BOUTELL Michigan State University Mathematics GEORGE HELVEY University of Michigan Mathematics TERESSA LEMMON Northwestem University Mathematics ELIZABETH MILLS University of Michigan Mathematics 7 THOMAS LAWRENCE University of Michigan Mathematics THOMAS TAYLOR Alma College Mathematics HAROLD KAUFMAN Michigan State University Mathematics RUTH PEABODY State Teachers College, Penn. Mathematics ROBERT ELLIOTT , University of Michigan ri . Mathematics A t - “oe mo JOHN LARUE = : 7 University of Michigan faa Mathematics = ERMA MUCKENHIRN University of Michigan Mathematics WILFRED SINDEN University of Michigan Science MARIE MOOAR Michigan State University Science RICHARD BUCCOS University of Michigan Science RICHARD BINDER Eastem Michigan College Science JEAN GREER Asbury College Science 8 LEO CLARK University of Michigan Science ARLAH PHILLIPP Eastern Michigan College Science FLORENCE WEAVER Cornell University Science OPIE H, WIEST Ferris Institute Science EDITH LIDKE University of Michigan Foreign Language FRANCES LISTER University of Michigan Foreign Language MARJORIE SLADE University of Michigan Foreign Language PERMILLA JENKINS University of Michigan Foreign Language GERTRUDE MURRAY University of Michigan Business Education DOROTHY PAYNE Eastern Michigan College Business Education MARY KAY BEWALDA University of Michigan Business Education FREDERICK HOAGLAND Ball State Business Education 9 ROBERT LINDNER University of Michigan General Mechanical LYMAN STRUBLE University of Michigan General Mechanical ROBERT HADDICK Bradley University General Mechanical RUDOLPH ALBERT Bradley University General Mechanical JAMES BOHN Stout University General Mechanical WILLIAM BEDFORD Eastem Michigan College General Mechanical ROBERT BORUSCH Eastern Michigan College General Mechanical WILMA BYERS Westem Michigan University Homemaking KAY COLLINS Central Michigan Homemaking JOYCE BRITTON Iowa State Homemaking CECELIA KELLY University of Michigan Art RICHARD LEE University of Michigan Driver Education 10 KEITH GUNDRUM Eastem Michigan College Driver Education ROBERT MILLER University of Michigan Driver Education WILLIAM DONAHUE University of Michigan Music B, ALLAN TOWNSEND University of Michigan Music DONALD RACINE University of Michigan Music CAROL BUSHONG Eastern Michigan College Music J. HERBERT FRY Ohio State University Music EDWIN SHADFORD Eastem Michigan College Physical Education RONALD ISBELL University of Michigan Physical Education LOUIS BATTERSON Eastern Michigan College Physical Education KATHLEEN RATAICZAK Eastern Michigan College Physical Education RUTH GAMBELL Westem Michigan University Librarian 11 GEORGIA WEALCH Eastem Michigan College Librarian JANET SMITH Eastem Michigan College Librarian BERNICE INWOOD University of Michigan Counselor EDWARD HEYMAN University of Michigan Counselor ELTON J. RYNEARSON Eastem Michigan College Counselor CORNELIA EVERARD Eastern Michigan College Nurse RUTH WRIGHT Cleary College Secretary BLANCHE SCHWEIGERT Bliss-Alger Secretary MARTHA DASCHNER Secretary to the Superintendent IVA KAHRL Western Michigan College Secretary BETTY LEAGUE American Institute of Banking Secretary BILLIE JANE MADDEN University of Tennessee Physical Education 12 Class Officers of 1959 AF. Omer Smith Norman Brown President Vice-President Mr. Leland Randall Adviser Mary Lee Patricia Taddie Secretary Treasurer DON ADAMICK (Professor) He's a tall, quiet lad who never does a thing that's bad. Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4, Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4, Baseball 1, 2, County Gov't Day 4. MARGARET ALLISON (Margy) Looks and personality, one grand girl of '59'. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, Latin Club 1, 2, A 'Cappella 3, 4, Drum Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4, H. R. Officer 2, 3, Orchestra 1, 2, 3, All School Play 3, 4. JAMES ANDERSON (Jimmy) Cool daddy. A' Cappella 3, 4. ELSIE ARISON A pretty cheerful Miss is she, with a pleasing personality. Attended Menton H. S. 1, 2 KENT AVERY The greatest pleasure of life is love. I-C Sports 3, 4, Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1, 2, Spanish Club 1, 2, Varsity Club 4, H. R. Officer 3, Baseball 1, 3, 4. AL BAKER A man among men, but mostly among women. Attended other high school 1, Golf 2, 3. CHARLES BARNES (Chuck) He's dignified and so divine, but hands the girls an awful line. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Football 2, Cross Country 3, 4, Spanish Club 3, Sem Staff 3, Varsity Club 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Band Drum Major 4, Nat. Honor Soc, 3, 4, H. R. Officer 1,2, Orch. 3, Golf 3, 4, Baseball 1, 2, County Gov't Day 4. SUSAN BECK (Sue) A disposition that's sweet and sound, a girl you like to be around. All School Play 3, Latin Club 1, 2, 3, Bible Club 1, 3, A' Cappella 3, 4, CLAUDIA BEDFORD (Myque) But officer, it can't be twelve; we've only been here ten minutes. G.A.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Student Council 2, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 1, 4, Latin Club 1, F.T.A. 3, 4, Drum Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4, Debate Club 2, Tandametes 3, Declama- tion 2, H. R. Officer 2. HAROLD BETZ (Sonny) Mother throw my dolls away, I'm a big boy now. Spanish Club 2, 3. 15 PATRICIA BILLINGS (Pat) Nothing is past hope. Spanish Club 1. PAUL BJORNSTAD (Mousie) Tut, tut my man, the girls won't hurt you. Swimming 3, 4, Latin Club 1. SUZANNE BLACKMER (Sue) If I go to heaven, I want to take my reason with me, I-C Sports 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, French Club 1, 2, 3, Bible Club 3, F.T.A. 4, Art Club 1, 2. BARBARA BLOCK (Barb) The type we like, both smart and sweet, a nicer girl you'll never meet. I-C Sports 1, 2, Spanish Club 1, F.T.A. 2, H. R. Officer 1. ELAINE BORTZ (Beulah) She made herself popular to all, for her wonderful smile they seem to fall. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Stu- dent Council 3, 4, All School Play 4, Nat. Honor Soc, 3, 4, S. C. Sec. 4, Sem Staff 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, F.T.A. 3, 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, 3, H. R. Officer 1, 2, 3, 4, Drum Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, A'Cappella 1, 2, 3, 4, Quill and Scroll 3, 4. VONCEIL BOWLES She is really friendly in her quiet way. G.A.C. 1, 2. BETSY BOWLING Peaches and cream, with eyes of blue, a story- book princess who's clever, too. I-C Sports 3, 4, All School Play 4, French Club 1, 2, Bible Club 3, A'Cappella 4, H. R. Officer 2, 3, 4, Art Club. DAVID BOYD An ambitious fun-loving lad, who's bound to find success. Student Council 1, Latin Club 1, Band 1, 2, Yrbk. Staff 4, H. R. Officer 2. NORMAN BROWN (Norm) I wonder what fool it was who first invented kissing. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, H. R. Officer 1, Cross Country 1, 2, All School Play 4, Sem Staff 3, 4, F.T.A. 4, Varsity Club 4, Class Officer 4, Quill Scroll 3, 4, Golf 1, 2, 2 LARRY BRYANT I stand on the brink of success, why doesn't someone push me off? French Club 4, Bible Club 4. 16 JEANETT BYNUM Why don't all men propose, Mamma? Spanish Club 1, A'Cappella 4, AARON CARSON (Ted) Of all the earthly goods, the best is a good wife. Football 1, 2, 3, Track 1, 2, Basketball 1, Sem Staff 4, Double Octet 2, 3, 4, H. R. Officer 2, 4, A'Cappella 2, 3, 4, Varsity Club 1, 2, Band 1, BRACKY CHAMBERS Oh! How I like to ride in a green truck! Bible Club 2, 3, 4, Band 1. DONNA CHICKERING Her ways are ways of pleasantness. Spanish Club 1, 2, 3. SAMUEL COGSWELL (Sam) I've conquered school, what next? Football 1, Attended Dexter High School 2, Art Club 1, Base- ball 1. ROBERT COLEMAN (Fish) Women will always be my hobby, --nice hobby! I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, Track 1, Football 1,2,3, Basketball 1,2, Spanish Club 1,2, A'Cappella 1,2,3,4, Double Octet 2,3,4. JOHN COLLINS I'd like to climb to the top if I could only skip a few steps. Football 1, 2, Wrestling 1, 2, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, French Club 1, Band 1, 2, Orch. 1, 2. BETTY LU COLN Cheaper in pairs. Bible Club 4, A'Cappella 4, M.U.N.A. 3, County Gov't Day 4. WANDA SUE COLN Happiness was bom a twin. Bible Club 4, H. R. Officer 2. DAVID CRIPPS What in the world did I do? 17 THOMAS CANNON (Tom) Little demons are scarce, take good care of me ! Cross Country 3, Band 1, 2, 3, Orch. 1, 2, H. R. Officer 3, 4. CLYDE CAUDILL Men of few words are the best men, DAVID CRYSLER (Dave) He has sighed at many, but loved just one. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, All School Play 4, H. R. Officer 1, 2, 4. PATRICIA CUDDY (Pat) Quiet to those who know her not, but jolly to those who do. G.A.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, All School Play 3, 4, Latin Club 1. LILLIAN CURTIS A friendly manner at all times. G.A.C. 4. BERNEDINE DANIELS A happy smile goes with a happy face. French Club 4, Attended Harhord Collegiate Institute in Toronto. MARY DeOTTE Nice to look at, nice to greet, a person every- one likes to meet. ‘Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 3, 4, Latin Club 1, 2, Sem. Staff 4, F.T.A. 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4. SHARON DOOT For she is just the quiet kind whose nature never varies. Bible Club 3, 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, 3, A'Cappella 4, DONALD DRAPER (Don) Keep in line, girls, you may get your chance. Cross Country 3, 4, All School Play 4, Thespians 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Baseball 1. GERALD DUSSEAU (erry) What now, little man ? Spanish Club 1, 2, 18 FULTON EAGLIN (Fullie) His manner is quiet, but don't judge him by it. I-C Sports 1, 2, Football 1, 2, Wrestling 1, All School Play 1, Latin Club 1, 2, County Gov't Day 4. JOHN EDDY He is friendly, in his quiet way. Of this boy, we wish we knew more to say. EVERTT EDWARDS (Bucky) He who is wonderful knows it. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Cross Country 4, Swimming 1, 2, 3, 4, All School Play 3, 4, Latin Club 2, F. T.A. 4, Varsity Club 1, 2, 4, H. R. Officer 4, Tennis 1, 2, 3, 4. RICHARD EHRENBERG (Dick) His only labor was to kill time. French Club 3, 4, Band 1, H. R. Officer 4, ROBERT EHRLICH (Bob) He dreamed and rested from his labors, Spanish Club 1, Rod and Gun Club 1, ROGER EICHEN Men of few words are the best men. Spanish Club 1, HR. Officer 2. SHIRLEY ELLIS Quiet and innocent looking but so is dynamite. G.A.C. 1, 2, I-C Sports 1, 2, Spanish Club 1. PAULA FEDOR Her heart is like a wallet, it has a Bill in it. H. R. Officer 4, G.A.G 1, 2, I-C Sports 1, 2, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 2, 4, Spanish Club 1, 3, Drum Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, Forensic Soc. 3, 4, U. N. (Mock Assembly) 3, Oration 3, Debate Club 2, County Gov't Day 4. ANDY FINK (Tubby) No man can be wise on an empty stomach. I-C Sports 1, 2, Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Track 1, F.T.A. 4, Sem Staff 3, Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4, Student Council 3, 4, All School Play 4, Varsity Club 4, Quill and Scroll 3, Thespians 4, Debate Club 2. CAROL FORCHE She is easy on the eye, but no longer available. Thespians 4, Declamation 2, I-C Sports 4, Drum Corps 1, 2, 3, Essay 3, Student Council 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Sem Staff 2, 3, Debate Club 2, Latin Club 1, 4, F.T.A. 3, 4, A'Cappella 3, Forensic Soc, 2, 3, 4, County Gov't Day 4. 19 IDA MAE FRANCOIS Friendly by nature. G.A.C. 1, Art Club 1, 2. JANICE FRANKLIN (Jan) So long as you are innocent, fear nothing. EDWARD FREER (Ed) Women are such a bother. CURTIS FRYE They say all men work hard. Boy, am I tired. ' x : = WY BETTE JEAN FULLER True merit is like a river — the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. Band 1, 2, A'Cappella 4. EILEEN GATES Sort of girl you'd like to meet, anytime, any- place. G.A.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, French Club 1, 2, Sem Staff 3, All School Play 3, 4. ROBERT GILLESPIE (Bob) Rather quiet and a little shy, but definitely a real swell guy. GEORGIA GRAY (Dimples) Sports and men, so that's her line? G.A.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, Cheerleading 1, 2, 3, 4 JOHN GRAY I like work, it fascinates me: I can sit and look at it for hours. H. R. Officer 3, 4, Rod and Gun Club 1, 2. SUSAN GREEN (Sues) An innocent face, but one can never tell. I-C Sports 2, H. R. Officer 1, All School Play 4. 20 WILMA GREER Here's a girl that's awful nice, she'll soon be dodging shoes and rice. All School Play 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, H. R. Officer 1, 2, 3, 4, Class Officer 2, 3, County Gov't Day 4. CAROL GROSSHANS She has mischief in her eyes — look out! [-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, Drum and Bugle Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, Band 1, 2, County Gov't Day 4. DORIS HENRY If it's fun, I'm for it! G.A.C, 1, I-C Sports 1, Spanish Club 1, 2, F.T.A. 4. ALMA HAMMOND Smooth runs the water, where the brook is deep. G.A.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Spanish Club 1, 2. ALAN HARRIS Oh mind of minds, where are you roaming? A'Cappella 4, JOAN HARRIS Earnest in work; friendly to all. G.A.C. 1, 2, Spanish Club 1, 2. PAUL HARRIS (Hippo) It has been said that all great men ‘are dead and I don?t feel so well myself. H. R. Officer 1, Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Wrestling 1, 2, 3,4, Latin Club 1, 2, Band 1, 2, 3, 4. PEGGY HAYES Slow and good natured, although somewhat bash- ful. JAMES HENDERSON (Jim) Never fear, I'll make it? Bible Club 3, 4, A'Cappella 1, Band 1, 2, 3, 4. JACQUELINE HENDERSON (Jackie) Always a smile, cheerful, and gay, friendly gal with a friendly way. Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, French Club 4, A'Cappella 3, Forensic Soc. 2, 3, 4, H. R. Officer 3, Declamation 2, Debate Club 2, County Gov't. Day 4. 21 DORA HERBERT Rather quiet but a friend of all. CHANDLER HILL An all around good fellow. GLORIA HILL Fun is her middle name. I-C Sports 1,4, Spanish Club 1,2, Band 1,2,3,4, H.R. Officer 3. JANICE HINDS (Jan) Marry and grow tame. F.T.A. 2,3. Latin Club 2, Attended other high school 1, DONNA HOFER Silence in a woman is an art. G.A.C. 1, I-C Sports 1,4, Bible Club 1,2,3,4, Spanish Club 1,2, 3. DIETER HOFFMAN Dieter is a boy, both fun and true. We all like him although he is new. Swimming 4. Orchestra 4, Bible Club 4, Attended Dreieich-gymnasium-Langen, Germany 1,2,3. MARCIA HOLLY (Marsh) The love of lads, like fire and fads, comes and goes. I-C Sports 2,4, Student Council 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Latin Club 1,2, F.T.A. 3,4, Drum Corps 1, 2,3,4, Drum Corps Majorette 4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3,4. H.R. Offi- cer 1,4, Class Officer 2. CARL HOLQUIST (Bud) Some say he's quiet, other's doubt it, and others know him. Wrestling 2, Latin Club 1,2. LANNY L. HOLT (Rabbi) The man with the answer for every- thing. Latin Club 4, Bible Club 1,2,3,4, Debate Club 3, Pro- jectionist Club 3. WILLIAM HOWARD (Singing Sam) I dig you the most. Basket- ball 4, Attended other high school 1,2,3. EDNA HUDSON She slays them with a smile. I-C Sports 2, All School Play 3,4, Latin Club 1,2,3, Spanish Club 2,3,4. BOBBY JACKSON (Pee Wee) He goes as he pleases and pleases as he goes. I-C Sports 1-2-3, Football 1, Track 1, Spanish Club 1. WILLIS JACKSON Well I didn't have to burn the school down to get out. I-C Sports 3, Football 1,2,4, Track 1,2,3, French Club 3. DALE JARRETT (Squeaky) It's not what you do that matters, it's what you get caught at. Wrestling 3,4, Band 1,2. ADDIE JOHNSON Life would be simple if it weren't for men. G.A.C., I-C sports 4, Spanish Club 1,2,3, F.T.A. 4, A'Cappella 3,4, Debate Club 2. ROBERT JONES (Bob) Worry and me are strangers. I-C Sports 1, A'Cappella 3,4. KERRILL KAISER (K.K.) Men are the least of my worries. I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, G.A.C. 1,2,3,4, Student Council 1,2,3,4, Student Council Secretary 3, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 1,2, 4, Spanish Club 1, F.T.A. 3,4, Sem Staff 2,3,4, Debate Club 2, Drum Corps 1,2,3,4, Band 1,2, Forensic Soc. 3,4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3,4, H.R. Officer 2,3, Dram. Reading 3, Thespians 4, County Gov't Day 4. THEODORE KARNES (Ted) A moral, sensible and well-bred young man, but he never can be quiet. I-C Sports 2,3,4, Football 1,2,3, Spanish Club 1,2. JAMES KEEGAN (Jim) A man should be master of his time until seven at night. I-C Sports 2,3, Cross Country 3, Track 2, Wrestling 2,3, All School Play 4, F.T.A. 4, Varsity Club 4, Band 1,2,3,4, Forensic Soc. 3,4, Class Officer 3, Boys' State 3, Debate Club 2, Baseball 1. EARBIE KENNEDY (Earl) Tall and slim and always a grin. I-C Sports 1, Football 1,2,3,4, Basketball 1,2,3,4, Track 1, A'Cappella 4, Varsity Club 4. 23 PATRICIA KIDD (Pat) Good nature and good sense are never separated, DAVID KING (Dave) I may be good as I please if I please to be good. I-C Sports 2, Cross Country 2, 3, Track 1, Wrestling 3, 4. ALFRED KINTER (Al) They say greater men have lived, but I doubt it! Cross Country 2, 3, 4, All School Play 1, 2, 3, 4, French Club 1, 4, Sem Staff 3, 4, Varsity Club 4, Quill and Scroll 3, 4, Thespians 1, 2, 3, 4, County Gov't Day 4. PHILIP KIZER (Phil) This kid is gone on the back seat. I-C Sports 2, Cross Country 1, 2, 3, Track 1, Varsity Club 4. BARBARA KUHNS (Bobbie) If there's anything to say, I'll say it. G.A.C. 1, 2, I-C Sports 1, 2, All School Play 3, 4, Bible Club 2, 3, Spanish Club 1, 2, F.T.A. 2, 3, 4, H. R. Officer 3, M.U.N.A. 3, Oration 3. PAUL LANE Creeping unwillingly to school. Spanish Club 1, 2, A'Cappella 3, 4, H. R. Officer 4, Art Club 1, 2. MARY LEE (Blondie) She looks like an angel but never quite acts like one. G,A,C. 1, All School Play 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, 3, Sem Staff 1, H. R. Officer 1, Class Officer 4, Yrbk. Staff 4. ROSALINE LESNIEWICZ Her look composed, and a steady eye bespoke a matchless constancy. A'Cappella 4, FREDDY LETT Come fair ladies, I am here. Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Track 3, Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4, French Club 1, 2, Varsity Club 1, 2, 4. JAMES LEWIS (foe) I love basketball better than a book. Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity Club 1, 2, H. R. Officer 4. 24 MAMIE LEWIS (Mame) She talks more and thinks less. MARY ANN LITMAN There's a twinkle in her eye for everyone who passes by. A'Cappella 3. GERALD LOCKETT (erry) A regular guy, well liked by all. I-C Sports 1, 2, A'Cappella 2. JANICE LOGAN It's fun to be devilish. HAROLD LOUNSBERRY School does so intrude in one's social activities. Student Council 1, 2, Band 1, 2, H. R. Officer 1, Rod Gun Club 1, County Gov't Day 4. SALLY LYSTRUP Quality is not accidental, it is the result of intelligent effort. G.A,C. 1, 2, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 3, 4. CAROL MALCOLM Be silent and be safe. TOM MANCHESTER (Chester) One of cupid's little (?) victims. Thespians 4, Quill and Scroll 3, 4, Baseball 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Class Officer 1, Football 1, 2, Cross Country 3, 4, Sem Staff 3, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Student Council 2, 3, 4, Student Council President 4, All School Play 4, French Club 1, 2, F.T.A. 4, Varsity Club 4. JOYCE MANN I've never met a man that | didn't like. Bible Club 3, A'Cappella 3, 4 Other School 1, 2, Kalamazoo Central. FLOSSIE MARSHALL (Fluffie) A smiling face and twinkling eyes, you simply cannot pass her by. Interclass Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, 4, Future Teachers 4, Art Club 2, Cheerleader 2 3, 4. 29 KENNETH MASHATT (Kenny) Everybody's friend nobody's enemy. Interclass Sports 1, 2, 3, Bible Club 3. MARGARET MAYZES If you want a job well done you can depend on her. Debate Team 4, Debate Club 4, Bible Club 2, 3, 4, A'Cappella 3, 4, M.U.N.A. 3, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Spanish Club 3, 4, F.T.A. 2, 3, 4, Sem Staff 2,3, County Gov't Day 4. SUE McCOLLOUGH Not the roaring shouting kind. Bible Club 2, 5, 4 BTA 2. LINDA McPHERSON The moment has arrived — I've graduated, I hope. Art Club 1, Spanish Club 1, 2. JANICE MEULMAN (Jan) Commit the oldest sins the newest kinds of ways. Double Octet 4, A'Cappella 3, 4, All School Play 2, 3, 4, Class Officer 1. CAROL MICKELSON (Mike) She has many accomplishments, her greatest one being giggling. G.A,.C. 1, I-C Sports 1, All School Play 2, 3, 4, County Gov't. Day 4. fa DONNA MILLER In her Drum Corps uniform she looks so neat, , marching down the street on two left feet. G.A.C. 1, 2, I-C ; Sports 1, 2, Spanish Club 1, Drum Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, DORIS MILLER Here is a girl that laughs and sings, now she is wearing a bright diamond ring. G.A.C, 1, 2, Interclass Sports Lies BARBARA MINION When she is good, she is very good, but Spanish Club 2, ANNA MIRER She always gets things done, but still has lots of fun. G.A.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, Bible Club 2, 3, 4, A'Cappella 3, 4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4, H. R. Officer 1, 2, 3, Class Officer 2, 3, County Gov't. Day 4, 26 JANICE MITCHELL (Jan) Salted with humor and peppered with wit. All School Play 4, Spanish Club 1, U.N.M.A. 3, Essay winner 3, County Gov't Day 4. ROBERTA MITCHELL If silence were golden, she'd be a million- aire. Interclass Sports 2. FRED MYERS I am a lover and have not found anything to love. Cross Country 4, Swimming 3, 4, All School Play 4, French Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity Club 4, Tennis 3, 4. AUDREY NAPIER (Toby) Who wants to walk alone, when one has a boy? A'Cappella 4, e tse ay � Faw BEVERLY NICHOLS (Bev) Truth is the only bond of true friend- ship. R,H,S, 1. PATRICIA O'CONNELL (Patty) Even her red hair can't make her mad. G,A,C. 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, All School 4 Play 4, Latin Club 1, 2, 3, 4, F.T.A. 2, 4, County Gov't Day 4, THOMAS O'CONNELL (Tom) The less a man talks, the more he thinks. Football 1, 2, 3, Latin Club 1, 2, Varsity Club 4, ROBERT ODEGARD (Sweet Swinger) School is all right when you haven't anything else to do. Wrestling 4, Varsity Club 4, Golf 1, 2,3, 4 JUDI O'NEAL She may be small, but she's full of the devil. Yrbk. Staff 4, Latin Club 1, 2, Orch. 1, 2, 3. CLARE OSTERWISCH (Clar-a-bell) Love, like a cough, cannot be hidden. I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, Spanish Club MICHAEL O'TOOLE (Mike) I can be pushed just so far. H. R. Officer 3, Rod Gun Club 3, Attended another H.S. 1. GAYLE OUTLAW So what, you're only young once. I-C Sports 1, 2, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, French Club 1, 2, H. R. Officer 1, 2. MANUEL PERKINS (Perk) A fine specimen of the great man of tomorrow. Football 2, 4, 3, Track 2, 3, 4, Basketball 3, 4, Varsity Club 4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4, County Gov't Day 4. LUCY POWELL (Shy-ann) Speech is silver, silence is golden. Bible Club 1. ELIZABETH PRIVETT (Liz) A jolly good nature greets all whom she meets. G.A.C, 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, French Club 1, 2, Bible Club 4, M.U.N.A. 3. RONALD RAAB (Ronnie) I have a heart with room for every little girl. Football 1, Latin Club 1, Sem Staff 1, Varsity Club 1, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Orch. 1, Baseball 1, 2, 3. : ; LEONARD RANDALL (Lenny) The boy with the horn. Double Octet 3, A'Cappella 3, 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Orch. 3, 4. GORDON RAWSON Rather quiet and a little shy but definitely a real swell guy. A'Cappella 3, 4. SHARON RAY The real character of a woman is found out by her amusements, G.A.C, 1, 2, 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Latin Club 1, 2, 3, 4, F.T.A. 2, 3. CLARK REHBERG His personality and determination combine to make one swell guy. Swimming 3, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Orchestra 2, 4, Baseball 1, 2. 28 DAVID REID (Dave) I am not hefty and I am not tall, but look at Napoleon, he was small. All School Play 4, Attended Willow Run H. S. 1. JANET RENTON A skin you love to touch; eh, Dave? I-C Sports 4, Student Council 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Spanish Club 1, 2, Future Teachers 3, 4, Sem Staff 1, 2, A'Cappella 2, Drum and Bugle Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, Homeroom Officer 2, County Gov't Day 4. ANNIE ROBINSON Her laughter is often heard and well remember- ed. G.A.C. 1, Spanish Club 1, 2. WILLIAM ROBINSON (Wild Bill) my conduct in school is the teacher's delight, I sleep all the day, so I can study at night. I-C Sports 1, Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1, Track 1, 2, 3, Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4, Spanish Club 1, Double Octet 1, 2, A'Cappella 1, 2, Varsity Club 1. RONALD ROMINSKI (Ron) If brains were dynamite, he'd explode. Spanish Club 1, Golf 3, 4, Baseball 2, H. R. Officer 1, 2, MARY ANN ROTHS Love conquers all. G.A.C. 1, I-C Sports 1, 4, All School Play 4, Latin Club 1, 2, 3, iat: 4, Drum 4 Bugle Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Orch. a es: ae 1 PATRICIA ROWE (Patty) She appears rather shy at first, but when you knédw her —Oh Mercy! I-C Sports 1, French Club 2, F.T.A. 3, 4, Art Club 1, DUANE SCHILS He seems quiet, but one never knows. CAROL SHAVER (Cookie) She's little and she's wise, a real wonder for her size. I-C Sports 1, F.T.A. 3, 4, All School Play 4, H. R. Officer 1, 2, French Club 1, 2, Art Club 1, County Gov't Day 4, PATRICIA SIMPSON (Pat) Far from gay cities and the ways of men. JI-C Sports 1, 2, Latin Club 1, 2, 3, H. R. Officer 1. 29 KAY SKELT I can resist everything except temptation. I-C Sports 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Spanish Club 1, F.T.A. 3,4, Drum Bugle Corps 1,2,3,4. H.R. Officer 1,2, 3, County Gov't Day 4. BARBARA SMITH (Barb) A dimpled smile that melts the hardest heart. All School Play 3,4, Bible Club 3, Spanish Club 1,2,3,4, F.T.A. 4, H.R. Officer 2, Orch. 1. OMER SMITH (Butch) It's all in the game we know as LOVE. Football 1,2,3,4, Basketball 1,2, French Club 1,2, Varsity Club 4, H.R. Officer 1,2,3, Class Officer 3,4, Baseball 1,2,3,4. RONALD SMITH (Ronnie) An old jalopy is joy forever. All School Play 4, Art Club 1. WILLIAM SORRELL (Bill) A young man who blushes is better than one who turns pale. I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, Foot- ball 1,2,3,4, Swimming 1,2,3,4, All School Play 4, French Club 1,2, Varsity Club 2,4, H.R. Officer 3, Baseball 1,2,3,4. LOWELL STAFFORD I never let studies interfere with my education. MARLENE STERNBERGH Her name is Sternbergh so we see, but another name it soon will be. I-C Sports 2, Bible Club 3. PATRICIA TADDIE (Pat) Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way. G.A.C. 1,2,3,4, I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, S.C. Officer 3, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 3,4, French Club 1,2, Band 4, Nat.Honor Soc.3,4, H.R. Officer 1,2,3, Class Officer 2,4, Orch. 1,2,3,4, Thespians 3,4, Cheer- leading 1,2,3,4, Winner-Short Story 2. PATRICK TAYLOR (Pat) The way to fight a woman is with your hat—grab it and run. I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, Football 1,2,3, Basketball 1,2,3,4, Spanish Club 1,2, Double Octet 1,2,3, A'Cappella 1,2,3,4. JUDITH TERRALL (Judy) A man is always better than a book. I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, Spanish Club 1,2, County Gov't Day 4. MARTHA THAYER (Marty) A winning way and a pleasant smile. I-C Sports 1, All School Play 3,4, French Club 1,2, Sem Staff 4, A'Cappella 3,4. LARRY THOROLD Sometimes I sit and study, but some- times I just sit. French Club 1,2, A'Capella 3,4, Rod and Gun Club 1,2. RICHARD TIPLADY (Dickson) We hear her mother married young, too. I-C Sports 1,2,3,4, Football 1,2,3, F.T.A. 4, Varsity Club 4, H.R. Officer 1. DANIEL TOOMAN (Giggles) Too much study weakens the brain. Cross Country 3,4, Varsity Club 4, Band 1,2,3,4, Orch. 3, Baseball 1,2, Golf 3,4. MICHAEL TOWLER (Mike) What is this thing called love? Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 4, Latin Club 1,2,3,4, Home Room Officer 2,3, Boys' State 3. CLINTON DANIEL TOWNSEND (Dan) My favorite subject— myself. Cross Country 2, Swimming 1,2,3,4, Class Officer 2, Tennis 2,3, Baseball 1,2,3,4, County Gov't Day 4. NANCY TROWBRIDGE (Nan) You know, I always loved a little flirtation. G.A.C. 1,2,3,4, I-C Sports 1,2,3,4 Student Council 1,2,3,4, S.C. Treasurer 4, Yrbk. Staff 4, All School Play 1,2,4, French Club 1,3,4, F.T.A. 3,4, Sem Staff 1,2,3,4, A'Cappella 3,4, Nat. Honor Soc. 3,4, H.R. Officer 1,2,3, Quill and Scroll 3,4, Girls' State 3, Cheerleading 1,2,3,4. KATHLEEN VAN DEVEN (Kathy) My mind is fixed, so is my heart. G.A.C. 1,2,3,4, I-C Sports 1,2,3,4. DARRIL VICTORIAN Worry plays a small part in my life. Wrestling 1, A'Cappella 4. THERESA VICTORIAN (Luella) A little mischief by the way is fun to spice the passing day. Spanish Club 1,2. JERRY WALDENMYER (Waldo) Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he is grown so tall? Football 1, 2, 3, 4, French Club 1, 2, Varsity Club 4, Band 1, 2. LUTHER WALDROP Books are the ruination of my joys. Attended Clarksville High School, Clarksville Tenn. 1, 2. RUTH ANN WALLACE They don't come any neater. H. R. Officer 1, 3. SHARON WALLACE She's next in line. French Club 1, 4, JAMES WARNER (Jaime) You common people bore me. Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Wrestling 1, 2, Latin Club 1, Varsity Club 4, H. R. Officer 3, Debate Club 2, Golf 3. JAMES WEITZEL (Jim) Handsome, witty, full of fun, Jim's a friend to everyone. Tennis 3, H. R. Officer 3, F.T.A. 3, Latin Club 1, Swimming Club 3, 4, I-C Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 — + _— -. y’ ROBERT WHITE (Bob) Say have you heard the one about I-C Sports 2, Football 2, 3, Track 1, 2, All School Play 4, H. R. Officer 3. JUDITH WILKINS (Judy) Her outbreaks of laughter may be heard at any minute. French Club 2, Band 1, 2, BRENDA WILLIAMS A friendly heart with many friends, G.A,C. 2, I-C Sports 2, 3, French Club 2, A'Cappella 3, 4 H. R. Officer 2, M.U.N.A. 3. ’ JANICE WOODS (Jan) Lots of luck and lots of cheer, for wedding bells she soon will hear. A'Cappella 2, 3, H. R. Officer 3, Art Club 1. 32 SUE WRIGHT When she has something to say - she says it- when she hasn't - she says it anyway. F.T.A. 3, 4, A'Cappella 2 3, 4, I-C Sports 2, 4, Spanish Club 1, STELLA YORK I don't flirt, I'm just very friendly. Spanish Club 1. JOE ZIAS (Nature's Boy) Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we have a test. Wrestling 1, 2, Spanish Club 2, 3, Rod and Gun Club 2, Baseball 1. (NOT PICTURED) SANDRA HATFIELD A favorite with all who know her. Attended another H. S. 2, 3. WILLIE NEWELL There is not true athlete who is not a hero, Football 1, 2, 3, Basketball 2, 3, Track 1, 2, 3, M.U.N.A. 3. OUR CAREFREE YOUTH 1. Elaine Bortz 2. Andy Fink 3. Flossie Marshall 4. Jim Keegan 5. David Crysler 6. Nancy Trowbridge 7. Sue Wright 8. Kay Skelt 9. Jan Meulman 10. Gayle Outlaw 11. Toby Napier 12. Tom Manchester 13. Jean McCann 14, Carol Crosshans 15. Carol Shaver 16. Dale Jarrett 17. Paula Fedor 18, Paul Lane 19. Norman Brown. “Hardened Criminals! Chambermaid -Kerrill Kaiser, French detectives Don Draper and Fred Myers. Production Staff: Assistant Director, Mr. Neil Gray; Stu- dent Directors, Margaret Allison, David Crysler, Al Kinter, Carol Forche; Book Holders, Janet Renton, Mary Roths; Stage Manager, Bob Jones. Committees: Robert White, David Reid, Jerry Waldenmyer, Ronald Raab, David King, Allan Harris, Ron Smith, Paul Lane, Larry Thorold, Tom Manchester, Sharon Ray, Kay Skelt, Pat Taddie, Patty Rowe, Omer Smith, Ron Rominski, Eileen Gates, Mary Lee, Margaret Mayzes, Bob Rowe, Carl Hol- quist, Dick Tiplady, Mike Towler, Fred Myers, Jan Mitchell, Patty O’Connell, Ted Karns, Tom O’Connell. Bon voyage. Don't take any wooden sous! Lorelie Lee-Marcia Holly, Dorothy-Nancy Trowbridge. Miss Madge Iseminger Director Pat Simpson, Barbara Kuhns, Norman Brown, Mary DeOtte, Paula Fedor, Pat Cuddy, Sue Beck, Charles Bames, James Weitzel, Wanda Coln, Jim Wamer, Sue Wright, Sue Blackmer, Dan Tooman, Don Draper, Mary Ann Roths, Elaine Bortz, Bill Sorrell, Bucky Edwards, Carol Shaver, Kerrill Kaiser, Claudia Bedford, Andy Fink, Tom Cannon, Phil Kizer, Miss Ann Weybrecht. Cast of Characters: Lorelie Lee, Marcia Holly; Dorothy, Nancy Trowbridge; Daddy, Jim Wamer; Bert, Bill Sorrell; Sam, Norman Brown; The Captain, Harold Lounsberry; Mrs. Van Osbome, Edna Preparing for Mrs. Spoffard on the deck of the Majestic Lorelie and Henry-Jim Keegan Hudson; Sylvia, Mary Lee; Mrs. Van Austin, Eileen Gates; Margaret, Carol Shaver; Mrs. Spoffard, Betsy Bowling; Henry Spoffard III, Jim Keegan; Miss Chapman, Carol Mickelson; Aunt Dolly, Pat Taddie; Mr. Broussard, Sr., Don Draper, Paul Harris; Mr. Broussard, Jr., Fred Myers; Chambermaid, Kerrill Kaiser; Three Young Men, Tom Man- chester, Andy Fink, Bucky Edwards; Three Young Girls, Claudia Bedford, Mary DeOtte, Carol Forche; Two Stewards, Ron Rominski, Carl Holquist; Porter, Al Kinter; Hotel Manager, Deiter Hoffman. Student Directors and Bookholders Barbara Smith, Carol Grosshans, Gayle Outlaw, Sally Lystrup, Jackie Hender- son, Deiter Hoffman, Clare Osterwisch, Dick Ehrenberg, Anna Mirer, Betsy Bowling, Bernadine Daniel, Doris Hen- ry, Sue McCollough, Annie Robinson, Addie Johnson, Martha Thayer, Elizabeth Privett, Wilma Greer, Susan Green, Shirley Ellis, Janice Meulman, Donna Hofer, Mar- lene Sternberg. b Carol Forche, Andy Fink, Olivia Sample, Sandy Anderson, Dick Dawson, Al Kinter, Jerry Anderson, Pat Taddie, Beverly Murrell, Merry Lynn Montonye, Carol Mickelson, Sara Walker, Janice Disbrow, Sharon Jaeger, Ray Bates, Rudy Anderson, Bucky Edwards, Edna Hudson, Mary Ann Roths, Tom Manchester, Georgia Manchester, Tino Lambros, Fred Meyers, Kerrill Kaiser, Roy Wilbanks, Don Draper. Director - Miss Madge Iseminger Assistant Director - Miss Ann Hegeman, Student Teacher Student Directors - Joan Finley, Don Draper, Rosalie Berry, Al Kinter. S Cemmittees J ) DpMnoNel vere pO af Sweet on aNy ©. oa) ml ga First Row: Tom Harris, Ted Karns, Jerry Anderson, Fred Greenway, Ken Mirer, Roy Wilbanks, Andy Fink, Tom Manchester, Norm Brown, Bill Sorrell, Al Kinter, Tom Cannon; Second Row: Georgia Manchester, Mar- garet Allison, Sandy Anderson, Pat Taddie, Edna Hudson, Sharon Ray, Mary De Otte, Mary Ann Roths, Sally Lystrup, Eileen Gates, Bev Murrell, Janice Disbrow, Pat Cuddy; Third Row: Sharon Jaeger, Miriam Peters, Olivia Sample, Margaret Steele, Sue Brose, Merry Lynn Montonye, Margie Hronke, Sally Corwin, Elaine Bortz, Margaret Mayzes, Marcia Holly, Kerrill Kaiser, Kay Skelt, Rosalie Berry, Don Draper, Mike Towler, Dave Crysler, Bucky Edwards, Fred Myers, Tino Lambros. 40 Front Row: Andy Fink, Carol Forche, Kerrill Kaiser, Miss Murray, Tom Manchester, Nancy Trowbridge, Jackie Henderson, Marcia Holly, Elaine Bortz, Janet Renton; Second Row: Rosalie Berry, Olivia Sample, Judy Gillette, Margaret Rulon, Susan Brose, Jim Goodsman, Jim Ardis, Kenny Mirer, Beverly Murrell, Mary Smith, Joyce Patrick, Kathy Clough, Merry Lynn Montonye. STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS AND ADVISER SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES Carol Forche Front Row: Elaine Bortz, Secretary; Tom Manchester , President; Miss Murray, Adviser; Kenny Mirer, Vice-President; Nancy Trowbridge, Treasurer. : — | — - S Kerrill Kaiser Jackie Henderson The National Honor Society is an honorary organization representing the fundamental objectives of all education: scholar- ship, character, leader- ship, and service. The faculty of Ypsilanti High School honors students who are selected for their attainments and for the promise they show for continued excellence in the cherished ideals of the school. Front Row: Manuel Perkins, Charles Bames, Marcia Holly, Mrs. Jack Lockwood (Adviser), Kerrill Kaiser, Don Adamick; Second Row: Claudia Bedford, Pat Taddie, Margaret Allison, Elaine Bortz, Anna Mirer, Nancy Trowbridge. The Ypsilanti High School Debate Team had a_ very successful season. Debates were held with Stockbridge, Thurston (Detroit), Romulus and New Boston Huron. The topic of debate was as follows: - Resolved: That the United States should adopt the essential features of the British system of education. Front Row: Pat Hayes, Sharon Smith, Bonnie Baptist, Sharon Sanderson, Mrs. Horst, Lois Allen, Bonnie Samar, JoAnn O'Neal; Second Row: Susan Brose, Margaret Mayzes, Scott Ward, William Daniels, Pat Eaglin, Jim Ardis, Bob Arvin, Bob Terry, Wendell Welper, David Gunn, Jackie Julien. Not pictured: Carolyn Shindler, Peggy Heddle, Alice Williams. 42 First Row: Eileen Gates, Paul Harris, Fred Myers, Nancy Trowbridge, Bernadine Daniel, Gene Horseman, Miss Slade, Jackie Henderson, Sue Gretzinger, John Weston, Larry Bryant, Pat Taddie; Second Row: Peggy Thurman, Carrie Massey, Judy Keller, Karen Basom, Marcia Freer, Minnie Brooks, Zoe Anne Marsh, Sue Wales, Dale Blakemore, Miriam Peters, Francis Thombury, Sandra Meister, Sue Brose, Julie Adams, Judy Gillette, Margy Rulon, Mary Ann Hughes; Third Row: Dorothy Sims, Kay Zahn, Judy Wilkens, Merry Lynn Montonye, Elizabeth Privett, Betsy Bowling, Berta Burgin, Kay Yuerhs, Sandra Harless, Judy Karlson, Bonnie Baptist, Raymond Sims, Zora Berger, Pat Hibbitt; Fourth Row: Charlotte Beatty, William Daniel, Fred Greenway, Arthur Maday, Dave Joslyn, Jim Goodman, Joe Arcure, Phil Shifford, Steve Taylor, Jim Crawford, Alfred Kinter, Race Hancock. The Ypsilanti High School Bible Club is a part of the National Bible Club Movement with headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This club meets on the students' own time and gives them an opportunity for fellowship with other students who wish additional study and knowledge of the Bible. First Row: Donna Hofer, Elizabeth Privett, Anna Mirer, Margaret Mayzes, Carol Mickelson, Edna Hudson, James Henderson; Second Row: Wanda Coln, Betty Coln, Betsy Bowling, Joy Faye Campbell, Eileen Gates, Miss Lister, Sharon Doot, Larry Bryant, Sue McCollough; Third Row: Carolyn Hale, Sharon Brown, Bracky Chambers, Lanny Holt, Dieter Hoffman, Minnie Brooks, Barbara Miller, Pam Smith, Barbara Donaldson, 43 Margaret Mayzes, Carol Packs, Mrs. Ragan, Sponsor; Mrs. Mooar, Sponsor; Elaine Bortz, Kerrill Kaiser; Second Row: Sally Lystrup, Martha Thayer, Mary DeOtte, Sandy Rutherford, Carol Mickelson, Barbara Smith; Third Row: Patty O'Connell, Sue Wright, Kay Skelt, Marcia Holly, Nancy Trowbridge. Shespians. O £ in! a First Row: Mary Ann Roths, Alfred Kinter, Miss Iseminger (Advisor), Rosalie Berry, Pat Taddie, Kerrill Kaiser; Second Row: Ray Bates, Margaret Allison, Carol Mickelson, Mary DeOtte, Margaret Mayzes, Carol Forche, Nancy Trowbridge, Jerry Anderson; Third Row: Dick Dawson, Don Draper, Tom Manchester, Bob Rowe, Jimmy Adams. 44 First row (left to right) - Pat Taddie, Eileen Gates, Jackie Henderson, Mary Ann Roths, Margie Allison, Sally Lystrup, Gayle Outlaw, Janet Renton. Second row (left to right) - Margaret Mayzes, Ann Therkelsen, Alfred Kinter, Mike Towler, Norman Brown, Tom Manchester, Dieter Hoffman, Levi Hardwick, David Joslyn, Andy Fink, Ray Sims, Adviser - Mr. Cocoves. Third row (left to right) - Nancy Trow- bridge, Claudia Bedford, Kerrill Kaiser, Marcia Holly, Elaine Bortz, Kay Skelt, Paula Fedor, Carol Forche, Merry Lynn Montonye. Not Pictured - Mary DeOtte. Spanish Club a ipa a = my (¥ Seated (left to right) - Gloria Johnson, Nancy Bamum, Mary Lu Keller, Mary Everard, Royce Disbrow, Barbara Miller, Pamela Smith. Second row - Janice Daley, John Blain, Janet Wamer, Sally Corwin, Karen Peters, Diane Stribley, Sharon Mashatt, Miss Lister, Third row - Nancy Morris, Sandra Vick, Sharon Brown, Tom Thayer, Barbara Schlanderer, Edna Thompson, Ardella Brown. Not Pictured - Florence Willoughby, Michelle Thompson, Roberta Goss, Barbara Smith, Janet Anderson, Genell Ryce. 45 Seated (left to right) - Pat O'Connell, Carol Forche, Marcia Holly, Mary Ann Roths, Miss Lidke, Edna Hudson, Sharon Ray, Mary DeOtte, Sally Lystrup, Mike Towler. Second row - Pat Simpson, Roselie Berry, Maggie Steele, Linda Disbrow, Scott Ward, Sharon Sandle, Judy Shock, Jackie Pfeiffer, Jackie Julien, Sandy Land. Third row - Peter Ballios, Shirley Mongiat, Wendle Welper, Paul Harris, Carl Holquest, Margene Bennett, Lanny Holt, Lois Michelson, Pat Hayes, Pat Hirschlieb, Mary Davison, Catherine Reed, Caroline Feldkamp, Sharlene Ray. Forendsic Heys Students earn Forensic Keys by representing Ypsilanti High School in interscholastic debates or in the District speech contests in the spring. Seated (left to right) - Bonnie Samar, Olvia Sample, Sharon Sanderson, Shirley Peterson, Mrs. Horst, Jackie Hender- son, Paula Fedor, Kerrill Kaiser. Second row - Norm Luebke, Jim Keegan, Bob Arvin, Patrick Eaglin, Lanny Holt, Jim Ardis, David Gunn, Jerry Anderson. Not Pictured Bob Terry. 46 First Row: Ray Sims, Ann Therkleson, David Joslyn, Alfred Kinter, Dale Blakemore, Merry Lynn Montonye; Second Row: Nan cy Bamum, Levi Hardwick, Dieter Hoffman, Minnie Brooks, Mr. Cocoves (Adviser). REPORTERS AND TYPISTS The official news of our high school is reported every two weeks by this efficient staff. Seated: Donna Hofer, Sue Wright, Elaine Bortz, Kerrill Kaiser, Nancy Trowbridge, Mary DeOtte, Mary Ann Roths; Standing: Tino Lambros, Margaret Lee, Maggie Steele, Linda Disbrow, Bob Arvin, Norm Brown, Julie Adams, Mariam Peters, Roselie Berry. 47 Elaine Bortz Assistant Editor Carol Forche Assistant Editor Nancy Trowbridge Margaret Allison Faculty Editor Faculty Editor . pA Clare Osterwisch Typist Eileen Gates Typist Carol Grosshans Typist Claudia Bedford Editor-In-Chief David Boyd Faculty Editor Patricia Taddie Girl's Sports Jackie Henderson Typist Mr. Randall Advisor Paula Fedor Snapshop Editor Norman Brown Boy's Sports Editor Janet Renton Senior Editor Sally Lystrup Business Manager Gayle Outlaw Mary DeOtte Snapshot Editor Music Editor Kay Skelt Suzanne Blackmer Senior Editor Senior Editor Michael Towler Senior Editor Marcia Holly Activities Editor ibe Margaret Mayzes Art Editor Kerrill Kaiser Senior Editor Sharon Ray Senior Editor Front Row: Don Draper, Fred Myers, Jim Weitzel, Tom Pepper, Ed Freer, Dick Tiplady, Mr. Wiest (Advisor), Bill Wright, James Wamer, Omer Smith; Second Row: Ronnie Vealey, Larry Thorold, Andy Fink, Milton Greer, David Crysler, Jim Keegan, Tom Manchester, Jerry Waldenmyer, Don Adamick, Charles Bames, Paul Harris, Ronald Rominski, Scott Ward, Eugene Meeks. First Row: Bob Odegard, Bucky Edwards, Tom O'Connell, Mr. Wilson (Adviser), Roy Wilbanks, Bill Sorrell, Willie Newell, Alfred Kinter, Fred Myers, Charles Barnes, Dan Tooman; Second Row: Pat MacDonald, Tommy Pepper, Gene Horseman, Ken Mirer, Andy Fink, Norm Brown, Jim Keegan, Dick Hutchenson, Philip Kizer, Fred Greenway; Third Row: Bob Arvin, Mike Speer, Tom Hill, Dick Tiplady, Tom Manchester, Jim Warner, Bill Zeigler, Cliff Boatwright, Tom Shinn. 50 First Row: Sharon Smith, Diana Breda, David Gunn, Mary DeOtte, Mary Davison, Sue Brose, Berta Bell Burgin, Linda Disbrow, Dale Blakemore, Mary Smith, Margaret Allison, Edith Robins; Second Row: Paul Bobbitt, Penny Casselberry, Dick Dawson, Florence Willoughby, Beverly Murrell, Marylin Shepherd, Margaret Steele, Julie Adams, Bob Towler, Tom Harris, Don Adamick, Bruce Fulford, Lynn Fletcher, Jim Keegan, Sharron Moisan, Kathy Evans, Don Draper. First Row: Clark Rehberg, Mary Ann Roths, Chuck Bames, Margaret Allison, Norman Luebke; Second Row: Leonard Randall, Don Adamick, David Joslyn, Ronald Raab, Mr. Town- send, Director. 52 Third Row: Jim Crawford, James Henderson, Charlotte Bassett, Sue Russell, Kathy Reed, Nancy Bamum, Carol Mins, Chuck Shaffer, Dean Roopas, Gloria Hill, Ron Hamick, Gary Santrock, Jerry Deck, Ted McPhearson, Shirley Mongiatt, Butch Hart, Tom Mitchell, Jim Goodsman, Pete Ballios, Marvin Robinson, Jack Ricketts, Ronald Raab, Clark Rehberg, Mary Ann Roths, Norman Luebke, Leonard Randall; Fourth Row: Pat Taddie, Linda Lee, Jackie Julien, Rosalie Berry, Jack Raymond, Jack Fry, Bill Lohr, Phil Shifferd, Fred Schmidt, Bill Maden, Don Beck, Ron Loper, Bill Anderson, Dolores Wolf, Joan Finley, Wendell Welper, John Kaiser, Ray Mullins, John Hawley, Bill Wright, David Joslyn, Kirk Fauple, Dan Tooman, Chuck Barnes, Mr. Townsend - Director. a oreeee 7, eS 2! a —S ok ee = ‘ = a niateebeataiene A Neat Formation at Briggs Field. 53 4 ae A First Row: Lavinia Lynn, Kay Anderson, Pam Smith, Nancy Trowbridge, Sandra Meister, Elaine Harrison, Wanda English, Lois Calhoun, Joyce Walker, Edith Robbins, Audrey Napier, Barbara Miller, Brenda Perry, Joyce Mann, Eileen Martin, Anna Mirer, Mr. Donahue, Director; Second Row: Brenda Williams, Catherine Francois, Shirley Peterson, Olivia Sample, Martha Thayer, Dianne Stribley, Kathy Usher, Sharon Mashatt, Mary Coleman, Leslie Troy, Judy Brown, Pat Mullins, Addie Johnson, Mary Fisher, Sandra Collins, Carol Morningstar, Sue Beck, Margaret Mayzes. Ouchestia vrsicaat | First Row: Dieter Hoffman, Ann Therkelson, Mary Davison, Paul Harris, Sharon Smith, Pat Taddie, Mary Ann Roths; Second Row: Catherine Reed, Nancy Bamum, Janet Hugh, Penny Chadwick, Abbe Vander Walker, Berta Burgin, Linda Disbrow, Edith Robbins, Don Adamick, Bruce Fulford, Judy Gillette, Mr. Townsend, Director; Third Row: Dolores Wolf, Joan Finley, David Joslyn, Ron Raab, Clark Rehberg, Leonard Randall. 54 wer ZY r ' � ae. 7 nS Third Row: Mary Ann Roths, Margaret Allison, Betty Coln, Gloria Melvin, Betsy Bowling, Sue Wright, Rosaline Lesniewicz, Betty Fuller, Sharon Doot, Kay Yeurhs, Sharon Shugg, Brenda Collins, Janet Parker, Kathy Stembergh, Janette Bynum, Janice Meulman, Janet Remsberg, Elizabeth Sutton, Mary Ann Hughs; Fourth Row: Royce Disbrow, Bill Kersey, Jim Anderson, Willie Newell, Larry Thorold, Bob Jones, Ronald Chauncey, Leonard Randall, Ted Carson, Frank Perry, Pat Taylor, Robert Coleman, William Robinson, Paul Lane, Earl Kenedy, Alan Harris, Arthur Maday, Gordon Rawson, James Henderson, Girls Glee Cluk First Row: Janice Perry, Margaret Sayles, Janice Disbrow, Mary Ann Reeves, Joan Snidecor, Sally Corwin, Sharon Brown, Sandra Pearson, Margene Bennett, Zoe Ann Marsh, Diane Slough, Barbara Smith, Gayle Brooks, Karen Basom, Dorothy Fuller, Mr. Donahue, Director; Second Row: Barbara Patterson, Janet Blain, Louise Matthews, Ethel Gray, Lillie Coleman, Paula Blok, Sandra Hollowell, Carol Robinson, Clara Ackles, Verne Harris, Jeanette Lawrence, Elnora Roberson, Beverly Renton, Ruth Remberger, Marcia Freer, Paulette Grayson; Third Row: Eamest Birl, Faye Trigg, Carrie Massey, Carol Franklin, Merrilee Gerold, Mary Beatty, Donna Amett. — n- La Mr. Allan Townsend Director Mrs. Walter Dashner Advisor First Row: Kerrill Kaiser, Kay Skelt, Claudia Bedford, Donna Miller, Carol Mickelson, Sally Lystrup, Marcia Holly, Paula Fedor, Carol Grosshans, Janet Renton, Margaret Allison, Mary Ann Roths, Elaine Bortz; Second Row: Mr. Townsend (director), Edith Robbins, Kathy Clough, Joyce Patrick, Mary E. Smith, Joan Finley, Sharon Orr, Scarlet Deffenbaugh, Dolores Wolf, Mrs. Daschner (advisor). Third Row: Wanda English, Sue Brose, Barbara Hughes, Carol Holding, Ann Therkelsen, Anna Marie Sprague, Viatt Crane, Cheryl Stevenson, Maxine Elliott, Rosalie Berry; Fourth Row: Margaret Rulon, Judy Gillette, Nancy Morris, Dale Blakemore, Olivia Sample, Beverly Renton, Bonnie Samar, Karns, Margaret Steele, Gail Brooks. Sue Marcia Holly Drum Majorette graduation for their say good always fine, classmates make us time, help though bye fifty-nine. and our First Row: Ken Mirer, James Wamer, Jerry Waldenmyer, Bill Sorrell, Omer Smith, and William Robinson (Co-Captains); Second Row: William Daniel, Raymon d Sims, John Hunter, Fred Green- way, Dick Hutchinson; Third Row: Bill Madden, Bob Arvin, John Weston, Jim Goodsman, Joe Arcure; Fourth Row: Tom Shinn, Clifford Boatwright, Bill Ziegler, Mr. Moffett, and Head Coach Isbell. Co-Captains William Robinson and Omer Smith. 60 First Row: Jon McGowan, Andy Fink, Paul Harris, Ken Jones, David Foster; Second Row: Jim Ardis, Mike Speer, Joe Craig, Clifford Elam, Jim Tye; Third Row: Norman Taylor, Clyde Sisson, Julius Helm, Bob Terry, Wayne Parsons; Fourth Row: Ken Walker, Melvin Jordan, Bruce Allison, Carl Freeman, Coach Rynearson, and Coach Miller. Coach Miller, Head Coach Isbell, and Coach Rynearson. 61 First Row: Emie Gillum, Ronnie Gillum; Second Row: Walter Patrick, Ronald Chauncey, Roy Wilbanks, Pat McDonald, Hobert Williams, Larry Soderquist, Ron Hameck, Paul Bobbitt; Third Row: Mr. Lee, Alfred Kinter, Danny Tooman, Levi Hardwick, Charles Barnes, Tom Manchester, Don Draper, Joe Cox. Not pictured: Bob Bames, Steve Swarts. Captain, Levi Hardwick Coach, Dick Lee Basket Ball First Row: Willie Howard, Pat Taylor, Joe Lewis (captain), Manuel Perkins, Earl Kennedy, Willie Lewis; Second Row: Jack Robinson, Louis Batterson (coach), Levi Hardwick, Bill Ziegler, Ken Mirer, Julius Helms, Kenny Jones. Louis Batterson (coach), Joe Lewis (captain) 63 Bucky Edwards (captain), Mr. Higgins (coach) Bill Sorrell — j co Sento penal = ; JE ae First Row: Dan Helliker, Ken Walker, Jim Bishop, Tom Nye, Ray Bates; Second Row: Tom Pepper Bill Sorrell, Jim Weitzel, Deiter Hoffmann, Bucky Edwards, Fred Myers, Bob Bames, Charles Hopkins, Paul Bjorstad, Pat McDonald; Third Row: Mr. Higgins (coach), Jim Edwards, Race Hancock, Clifford Elam, Tom Wray, David Downs, Dick Dawson, Jerry Deck, Jim Seitz. _ a“ = i — Front Row: Fred Lett, Paul Harris, Andy Fink, Butch Smith, Bill Robinson; Second Row: Bob Keefer, Manager; Tino Lambros, Dennis Mannisto, Roy Wilbanks, Carl Bow, Don Lee; Third Row: Norman Taylor, Fred Greenway, Bob Arvin, Tom Hill, and Coach Bert Waterman, Captain Fred Lett, Coach Waterman, and Captain Bill Robinson. First row, left to right - Manager Joe Cox, Melvin Jordan, Ray Sims, Mike Speer, Levi Hardwick, Captain Bill Robinson, Roy Patterson, Ralph Brewer, Bill Kersey, Tom Nye; Second row, Willie Lee, Willis Henderson, Bob Bamett, Ron Chauncey, Tom Hill, Fred Greenway, Steve Swarts, Bob Arvin, Coach Miller; Third row - Student Teacher Pete Stamos, and George Thompson, Terry Herschlieb, Ivory Oliver, John Curtis, Clifford Elam, Carl Bow, Gordon Lystrup, Bob Bames, Bruce Allison, Coach Lee; Fourth row - Tom Harris, Don Ring, Jim Atkins, Jim Adams, Dallas Simpson, Dick Graf, Ray Mullins, Gary Hedding; Fifth row - Brent Collins, Robert Goosby, Emie Gillum, James Lewis, Ron Allen, Ronnie Gillum. Into the home-stretch. First row (left to right) Ted Kams, Walter Cannon, John Kaiser, Tom Manchester, Bill Sorrell, Tom Pepper, John Weston, Cliff Weaver, David Gunn, Larry B urke; Second row (left to right) Coach Wagner, Ken Hagood, Dan Townsend, Jim Goodsman, Joe Craig, Bill Ziegler, Julius Helm, David Downs, Wayne Parsons, Steve Adamick, Ken Mirer, Coach Moffett. Coach Moffett and Co-captain Coach Wagner and Co-captain Bill Sorrell. Tom Manchester. wee anya rile. HiT SSSss eel Left to right - Scott Ward, Corbin Pitman, Linny Mead, Captain - Fred Myers, Jim Weitzel, Don Scafici, Jim Edwards. First row (left to right) Ron Rominski, Bob Odegard, Norm Brown, Captain Chuck Bames, Dan Tooman, Gary Santrock; Second row (left to right) John Abbott, Andy Wardrop, Pat Budd, Guy Collins, Jerry Dobbs. Pin him, Andy. Go get 'em, Joe. A bird, a plane--? Springin' Sorrell Bucky at 'take-off', Half-time. Sink it, Joe. : A earned trophy. A big thanks to Doc'. UVarity Cheerleaders, Left to right: Barbara Borton, Sandy Meister, Georgia Gray, Co-Captain; Nancy Trowbridge, Captain Pat Taddie, Flossie Marshall, Beverly Murrell, Claudia Walczak, and Merry Lynn Montonye. G.A.C. Council Left to right: Co-Captain Nancy Trowbridge, Captain Pat Taddie. Seated: Elizabeth Privett, Anna Mirer, Pat Taddie, Joan Riggs, Nancy Trowbridge; Standing: Sharon Ray, Eileen Gates, Beverly Renton. Loud and clear they led our cheers throughout all our senior year. ry aoe) First row (left to right) Pat O'Connell, Elizabeth Privett, Eileen Gates, Paula Fedor, Margaret Allison, Carol Grosshans, Second row (left to right) Sally Lystrup, Mary Ann Roths, Kay Skelt, Marcia Holly, Elaine Bortz, Third row (left to right) Claire Osterwisch, Pat Taddie, Carol Forche, Kerrill Kaiser, Nancy Trowbridge. Not Pictured - Anna Mirer, Claudia Bedford. First row (left to right) Pat Taddie, First row (left to right) Pat Taddie, Eileen Margaret Allison, Claudia Bedford, Kerrill Gates, Anna Mirer, Claudia Bedford, Carol Kaiser. Second row (left to right) Elizabeth Grosshans. Second row (left to right) Pat Privett, Eileen Gates, Judy Terrall. O'Connell, Kathy Van Deven, Elaine Bortz, Elizabeth Privett, Nancy Trowbridge. FAREWELL We are entering an era, The ‘ Age of Space,’’ men say Of satellites and rockets Of objectives far away. We are called the Fifty-niners, The ones who’ll pave the way To a clear and bright tomorrow, A challenging new day. We owe so much for being The Senior Class we are To our Mothers and and our Fathers f Who have guided us thus far; : Pay) Our counsellors and teachers Who — molding, shaping, blending, Margaret Mayzes. Their efforts, time, and confidence, Had patience never ending. We pause before we pass along To thank you — every one, To God, to home and faculty, For everything you’ve done. Though we leave these halls of learning Though we’ve said our last goodbye, Our hearts will ever roam the halls of Ypsi Senior High. By Margaret Mayzes Tom Manchester Kerrill Kaiser Prophecy The year is 2059. We, being unsound members of the Class of 1959, in keeping in spirit with the emblem duly vested upon us, by majority vote of said class, have retumed from the beyond, as suggested by the em- blem, to look upon the fortunes that befell those stalwart members of the great class of 59 . We chose the year, 1975, as the time in which most of our classmates would be at the peak of their careers. Let us gaze onto the telecloud and see what visions we may behold... . T. I see the faint outline of a girl. Yes, it's becoming clear now. That girl is... you, KERRILL KAISER! You're now receiving a certificate of merit for your outstanding work as the holiest of the Holy Eight . And there you are, TOM MANCHESTER, designing bermuda shorts for tall, skinny men. Let's take a look and see what some of our classmates from the great Class of 1959 were doing with themselves that year. Why there's the famed scientist, RONALD ROMINSKI. He proved the Einstein theory wrong so that now the Rominski theory has been adopted all over the universe. Speaking of famous scientists, MANUAL PERKINS has just retumed from his second trip to the moon where he has established a moon colony. Some of these brave pioneers, known as the Fantabulous Fifty-niners , are: WILLIE NEWELL, BEVERLY NICHOLS, CURTIS FRYE, BERNADINE DANIEL, and JOHN BRENT COLLINS. Say, Chester, the female members of our class did quite well politically, didn't they? THERESA VICTORIAN is Secretary of War and JACKIE HENDERSON is Secretary of State. MARY LEE is the vice-president of the United States while ELAINE BORTZ is the first woman president of this country. Who says it isn't a woman's world? Well, the men haven't lost out completely. DAVID KING is Secretary of Agriculture, DARRILL VICTORIAN is the District Police Commissioner, and EARL KENNEDY is the new head of the United States Liquor Commission. The Class of 59 is proud of DIETER HOFFMAN. He is a successful peace ambassador from Germany to the United States of America. Wasn't this the year that Wild WILLIAM ROBINSON was named professional wrestler of the year? Yes, and JAMES Joe LEWIS was appointed head clown for the famed Harlam Globetrotters. We had quite a few tremendous athletes from our class. Remember PAT TADDIE and BILL SORRELL? They were the first married couple in history to win the Olympics---he in diving and she in wrestling. Perhaps the fact that WILMA GREER was woman's wrestling coach had something to do with Pat's success. It's a pity about DAN TOWNSEND. He is only seen once every four years since he became a hermit. He comes out to compete in the Olympics and then isn't seen any more. I guess he couldn't stand having all those girls chasing him all the time. It looks as if JANICE MEULMAN is taking after her sister and is now playing professional softball. Yes, and MARY DeOTTE, MARTHA THAYER, CAROL GROSSHANS, and SUE GREEN are now softball players for the Boston Bloomer Girls. Speaking of performers, the circus world grabbed some of our more versatile classmates. There is ringmaster, ED FREER; lion-tamer, AUDREY Toby NAPIER; strong-man, DAVID REID; fat lady, JUDY TERRALL; fire-eater, STELLA YORK: bearded lady, BETSY BOWLING; and dare-devil drivers, RON SMITH, BOB WHITE, and TOM CANNON. That reminds me---LUTHER WALDROP just opened up a new Dude Ranch. He has CLYDE CAUDILL as his foreman and his two most-demanded-for cowboys are LARRY BRYANT and DAVID CRIPPS. BOB EHRLICH was put in charge of the chuckwagon. Talking about exercise, PAUL BJORNSTAD has been quite successful with his Slenderella Salon. I under- stand that PEGGY HAYES, ROSALINE LESNIEWICZ, and SANDRA HATFIELD are his most faithful customers. At least they haven't given up completely like SUZANNE BLACKMER, HAROLD BETZ, JOHN EDDY, and SHARON WALLACE, They have joined PATTY ROWE'S Lonely Hearts Society. I hear that Patty's old friend SUE WRIGHT is her most recent customer. I guess Sue finally found out that clothes don't always make the woman. Speaking of people having trouble with members of the opposite sex, OMER Butch SMITH is now fleeing the country. What for? Because his five wives--DONNA CHICKERING, PAT CUDDY, JANICE MITCHELL, ELIZABETH PRIVETT, and ANNA MIRER-- are suing him for bigamy. Poor Butch! He always was a casanova . He should have cooled it like JIM WIETZEL. He went to Arabia where it is legal, and now has a harem composed of: PAT BILLINGS, SHARON DOOT, ROBERTA MITCHELL, JUDY WILKENS, BRACKY CHAMBERS, and SHARON RAY. Hey look! There's the old Music Box at Higgins Lake! And there's CLAUDIA Myque BEDFORD, the new Box disc jockey! Listen! She's playing the universal top ten tunes of the day. Some of our old acquaintances are on the hit parade. In fourth place is the trumpet instrumental, Moscow in the Moonlight , by the Three R's ---CLARK REHBERG, LEONARD RANDALL, and RONALD RAAB. Number three is SHIRLEY ELLIS's rendition of Yakkity Yak , while in the number two spot we have I Dreamed of my Wild Irish Rose while Peeling Potatoes in the Back Room , by the famous Irish tenor, MIKE O'TOOLE. 74 The number one tune is I Played Whist in the Cafeteria while You were Sitting on my Knee , by William and the Sick Six Tones. Oh! That's the group that sang for us back in the daze at YHS; it includes BOB COLEMAN, PAT TAYLOR, ADDIE JOHNSON, JANICE LOGAN, VONCEIL BOWLES, BRENDA WILLIAMS, and WILLIAM HOWARD singing the lead. Look! There's MARGARET ALLISON! Hmmmmmm. It looks as if her dreams have finally been fulfilled. Remember she wanted to become a nurse? Well, now she's nursing hothouse plants. Why not take a look at our old home town? We'll have time. Sounds good. . .say, that place looks familiar. That's the old Huron Hotel. My goodness! There's JANET RENTON still waiting on tables. Oh! Oh! Here comes her husband, DAVID CRYSLER, president of the Intemational Jet's Rocket Club, with his new secretary, BARBARA SMITH. Come on! We'd better take a bus out of here. There's one now. Look at the name on the side of the bus. JOE ZIAS's Coldwater-to-Ypsi transit lines. Wow! Who's that slick bus driver? It looks like MARY ANN LITMAN. I guess she quit her job with the TED KARNS Modeling Agency. Well, he still has RUTH ANN WALLACE modeling diving helmets, GAYLE OUTLAW modeling golashes, GLORIA HILL modeling ear-muffs, and JANICE WOODS modeling diamond rings. Let's wend our way down Cross Street. There's the old high school. ROGER EICHEN has tumed it into a funeral home in order to compete with Geer's. There's KENT AVERY's new dance studio. PATTY O'CONNELL, TOM O'CONNELL, SUE Mc- COLLOUGH, and LINDA McPHERSON are his chief instructors of the Irish jig. His main attraction, however, is DONNA MILLER, head instructor of the highland fling. Right next door is Annie's Bar---owned and managed by ANNIE ROBINSON. She just hired a new bartender, JAMES HENDERSON. EVERETT Bucky EDWARDS is chief dishwasher now for Mrs. Clough's downtown cafeteria. He is, however, aiming for a higher position. GERALD LOCKETT has opened a new chain of clothing stores with special emphasis placed upon pointed shoes, orange trousers for men, and old senior fads. Some of his best saleswomen include: MAMIE LEWIS, JOAN HARRIS, ALMA HAMMOND, IDA MAE FRANCOIS, LUCY POWELL, and LILIAN CURTIS. LOWELL STAFFORD and DICK EHRENBERG are presently engaged in a price war between their local grocery stores. Right now they are awaiting the final decision of Judge ALAN HARRIS concerning their law suit. Let's stop at JERRY WALDENMYERS' Roto-hoe Repair Shop. He is trying to put SALLY LYSTRUP through college so that she can receive her doctor's degree. Jerry's shop is right across the street from EILEEN GATE's posture school for bowlegged girls, isn't it? No, it's right across from DALE JARRETT's pizzaria. I hear that Dale has CARL Bud HOLQUIST working as his chief pizza-tosser. Did you know that JIM KEEGAN has opened up a home for wayward boys in his aunt's basement? His board of directors include: SAM COGSWELL, PAUL LANE, JOHN GRAY and PHILLIP KIZER. Yes, and MARGARET MAYZES has opened a school for young debutantes. Some of her teachers are: CAROL MALCOLM, EDNA HUDSON, and SUE BECK. BARBARA KUHNS and DANNY TOOMAN have been quite successful with their Y.B.G.C,A.--- Young Boys and Girls Campers of America. Why, there's the new Woman's Hot Rod Club. DONNA HOFER is president of it. JAMES ANDERSON is her competent mechanical advisor. Isn't that JERRY DUSSEAU? I read where he was made professional Boy of the Year by the Ypsilanti Boys' Club. That's fabulous! There's the old Gondola Restaurant owned by PATTY SIMPSON. She recently hired MIKE TOWLER as her head-waiter. Well, Tom, we'd better blow this town for now. Right. Let's make it to Toledo. HAROLD LOUNSBERRY is part-owner there of the Town Hall Burlesque House. LARRY THOROLD is his reliable bouncer. Did you read where FRED LETT is a lieutenant in the United States Army? He calls his platoon the Rough Riders . I wonder what it is about Roosevelt that attracts him. Yes, that article was right next to the editorial written by FULTON EAGLIN entitled, Ten Easy Lessons on How to Put Your Foot in Your Mouth---and Keep it There! . Speaking of reading material, let's pay a visit to KATHY VAN DEVEN's universal book store. She has all the latest works there. I'm game. I'd like to get hold of DONALD and CLARE OSTERWISCH ADAMICK's new novel, How to Hold Hands in Study Hall---and Get Away with it. That ought to be good. DICK TIPLADY's autobiographical sketch, entitled My Life as a Puppy is on the best seller's list. Maybe we'll be able to obtain a copy of JIM Jaime WARNER's book written in the Russian language, To the Preacher I Thought I'd Never See, Until the Day in the Parking Lot with Susan B. . . A SRARAR ARoRA xS . AAR BR T. K. T. K. T. K T. K. T K. MARY ANN ROTHS and NANCY TROWBRIDGE's tear-jerker, Why We Prefer Boys to Men , ought to be good too. Some of our old classmates have made themselves known in the television world. Oh, yes, the new Toni Twins are WANDA and BETTY COLN while DAVID BOYD and DUANE SCHILS are the before-and-after ad for Charles Atlas. Well, I wasn't exactly thinking of commercials. LANNY HOLT has advanced from his status as Radio Club president to president of a T.V. network. He has recently signed up the CAROL MICKELSON Show to Replace the Martha Ray Show. That's the one that comes on right after ROBERT Cowboy JONES's television show, Two Guns are better than One . Did you see that panel discussion last night on television? No. It featured MARLENE STERNBERG, BETTE JEAN FULLER, JANICE FRANKLIN, JEANETTE BYNUM, and BARBARA BLOCK. They discussed the question, Are early engagements what they're cracked up to be? That reminds me. Did you know that BOBBY and WILLIS are starting a JACKSON JACKSON chain of marriage dormitories? Speaking of marriage, NORMAN BROWN has kept up with family tradition and married a millionaire socialite. CHUCK BARNES is his personal caddy, AL BAKER is his chauffeur, and BOB ODEGARD is in charge of his personal wine cellar. I heard that Norm has his own night-club act, made up of BARBARA MINION, ELSIE ARRISON, PAT KIDD, DORA HERBERT, and JOYCE MANN, to help entertain on his private yacht. Must be nice! Some of our old classmates have been doing a bit of traveling this year. KEN MASHATT is preaching in Siberia now. Yes, and DORIS HENRY and GEORGIA GRAY are climbing icebergs in Greenland. It seems as they ran out of mountains to climb. Say, K.K., do you remember that guy CAROL FORCHE used to go with in high school? Yeah, they're married and in Florida now. This time they're staying in the hotels instead of the motels. How about that? I think that FLOSSIE MARSHALL is a lady auctioneer now. She always was pretty free with her mouth. GORDON RAWSON is doing quite well with his newspaper syndicate. CHANDLER HILL is his hard- working vice-president. PAULA FEDOR and CAROL SHAVER are doing well with their bird sanctuary. They erected it to take care of all their little Robbins and Sparrows. Did you read in the newspaper where the famed inventor, ANDREW FREDERICK FINK II, invented a non-tippable canoe for specific use on the AuSable River? Yeah. I also read where the glamorous movie actress, MARCIA HOLLY, known as Marsheena the Jungle Girl, is getting married again. Really? Won't that make the fourth time? Her first three husbands were the famous surgeon, Doc PAUL HARRIS; the romantic movie actor, ALFRED KINTER; and the singin' idol of the teen-age set, Rockin ' FREDDY MYERS. Whom is she marrying this time? The private eye of television fame, DONALD DRAPER, is the fourth sucker. I guess gentlemen do prefer sprayed blondes after all. Remember Marsheena's old girl friend, KAY SKELT? Kay has gone into the wrecker tow service probably due to her old experiences at the W.C.C. Yeah! She probably does all her parking in a wrecker now. Gee, Chester, is sure has been great coming back to this cool climate to reminisce after all these years in that dreadfully warm place in which we reside. It sure has been wonderful, but time is going fast and we only had twenty-four hours, so we'd better be starting back... . ) Giftatory Kay Skelt Harold Lounsberry We hope these gifts will be received in the spirit in which they are given, and that in the years to come they will recall happy memories of Ypsi High and the Class of 1959. SUE WRIGHT--box of kleenex. Use these at Commencement. We heard you'll be needing some. FRED MYERS--rocking chair. We figured you'd put this to good use. MARCIA HOLLY--light bulb. This is to remind you of the porch light you didn't see. DONALD DRAPER--a ring. This one is for your nose. BARBARA SMITH--heart of stone. Let's see how long it takes you to break this one. CHUCK BARNES--a hat two sizes larger. Maybe this one will fit your head. MARY LEE--datebook. Maybe now you can keep all your dates straight. DICK TIPLADY--book. How to Win Friends and Influence People. PAULA FEDOR ( Wiggle )--a swing. See if this one can match that one of yours. DIETER HOFFMAN--American flag and YHS penant. This is to remind you of the Land of Liberty and the best school in it. ELAINE BORTZ--apple. This is to remind you of the night you got left swinging on the fence. NORMAN BROWN--doll. This one is ALL yours. CAROL FORCHE--a brownie. This one IS to eat. KENT AVERY--noise maker. This is to remind you of New Year's Eve of '58. KERRILL KAISER--boy. Pair of earrings to match the one through your nose. JIM WEITZEL--onion. This is to chase all those young girls away. PAT CUDDY--Lincoln High School penant. Does this bring back memories? DAN TOWNSEND--book. How to Date and Enjoy It. WILMA GREER--blue garter. This is for that coming event. TOM MANCHESTER (G.L.B,)--egg. You suck this one. JACKIE HENDERSON and EARL KENNEDY--handcuffs. This is to always keep you together in the future. BOB ODEGARD and AL BAKER--gold tee. This will give you an extra long drive. CLAUDIA BEDFORD and ANDY FINK--parking ticket. On govemment property!?! PAUL BJORNSTAD--squirt gun. Bet you don't have one of these in your collection. BEVERLY NICHOLS--a new sweater. Wear this one instead of that Roosevelt one. JIM WARNER--mirror. Now you can admire yourself all you want. MARLENE STERNBERG--hammer and nails. Now you can help Frenchie build that house. JERRY DUSSEAU--book. Advantages of Being a Bachelor. We thought you might be interested. DONNA HOFER--a spinner. Now you only need three more for that car of yours. MIKE TOWLER--ears. Here are some Mickey Mouse ears to go with your nickname. CAROL SHAVER--calendar. Mark on it that famous day. LANNY HOLT--dictionary. Add some of your words. SHARON RAY--initials T.M, These are to remind you of your first love . LOWELL STAFFORD--kiss. Here's a kiss that doesn't leave a mark. PAT TADDIE And BILL SORRELL--book. Advantages and Disadvantages of Going Steady. PAUL HARRIS--detective badge. This is to remind you of your part in the Senior Play. GEORGIA GRAY--megaphone. This is to remind you of your cheerleading days. BUCKY EDWARDS--glue. Hope this will help you and that certain junior gal stick together. JANICE FRANKLIN and BETTY JEAN FULLER--wedding bells. We hear these will be ringing soon. DAVID REID--stilts. Now maybe you'll be up with the rest of us. NANCY TROWBRIDGE--face mask. Take this on your next visit to Toledo. HAROLD BETZ--test tube. This is for the mad chemist of the class. 77 GIFTATORY (CONTINUED) STELLA YORK--a halo. Maybe this will help keep you out of trouble. ALFRED KINTER--dancing medal. Do we need an explanation? DORIS HENRY--feather. This will keep you laughing. FRED LETT-- cookie . This is to go along with that Roosevelt girl. DONNA CHICKERING, BRACKY CHAMBERS, and ROSALINE LESNIEWICZ--friendship rings. We understand you will be getting better ones in the future. DAVID CRYSLER--free dancing lessons. Maybe now you'll fast dance. JANET RENTON--cue chalk. If Dave won't dance maybe you can take up pool. MIKE O'TOOLE--squatter's rights on Hemphill Street. We hear your interest is there. JUDY TERRALL--ticket to the Martha Washington Theater. We hear your interest is there. RON ROMINSKI--a fire hydrant with a sign on it, Help Keep Ypsi Clean . BETTY LUE and WANDA SUE COLN--a pink and a blue ribbon. These are for the twins of the Class of '59. RICHARD EHRENBURG--tube of Brylcreem. Now maybe the girls will chase you. EILEEN GATES, ANNA MIRER, ELIZABETH PRIVETT, and KATHLEEN VAN DEVEN--stars. We give you stars for star athletes of the class. DAVE KING--datebook. Come on, Dave, let's fill this up. CLARE OSTERWICH and DON ADAMICK--puppy. This is to go with your puppy love . RON SMITH and BOB WHITE--good driving certificates. We know this will be the only one you'll ever receive. SALLY LYSTRUP and JERRY WALDENMEYER--car. Now you can go out in a car instead of a truck. CARL HOLQUIST--arm sling. Next time land on your head so you won't hurt yourself. DONNA MILLER--left shoe. This is to remind you of your Drum Corps days. TOM CANNON and PHIL KIZER--a can of yellow shoe dye so you can dye your shoes to match those loud clothes you wear. ANNIE ROBINSON--book. How to Get Along with Teachers. JOHN GRAY--ticket. We know you've never had one! ?! GLORIA HILL--flower bud. This is to go with that budd of yours. MANUEL PERKINS--book entitled Book of Love. You know everything else. MAMIE LEWIS--false teeth. Use these in case you lose yours. BOB COLEMAN, PAT TAYLOR, and WILLIAM HOWARD--records. Now you can record those voices. BARBARA MINION--rolling pin. Maybe this will help you keep order. JOE ZIAS-- nature boy . We understand you like this. AUDREY NAPIER--book of matches. Now you've got your own. DAVID BOYD--a bowling score sheet with a 300 game already on it so you'll get one in your career. CAROL GROSSHANS, SUE GREEN, and MARTHA THAYER--court summons. This is for the fence wire you borrowed? WILLIAM ROBINSON--State Wrestling Medal. This is to remind you of the one you didn't get. ROBERTA MITCHELL, SANDRA HATFIELD, and SUE M. McCOLLOUGH--noise makers. Let's hear something from you gals. JIM KEEGAN- a part of a Chevy grill to help you remember the incident after a certain Lincoln Park basket- ball game. MARGARET MAYZES--meritorious award. 'To Margaret Mayzes, who is always willing to put forth her best effort for the class and her best is good enough for us. BOBBY JACKSON and WILLIS JACKSON--aprons. We figured you could use these. PAT O'CONNELL, PAT SIMPSON, TED KARNS, JANICE MITCHELL, and TOM O'CONNELL--medals. This is for all the work you did on the Senior Play. ALAN HARRIS, PAUL LANE, and BOB JONES--a mailbox and a tire. No explanation needed. JANICE WOODS--book on government. We hear you had some trouble. CLYDE CAUDELL--grocery bag. This is to help you find your niche in life. JUDY WILKINS--crown. This is to go with your king . ED FREER--pencil and paper. These are to help you answer the notes you get in study hall. SUE BECK--book. How to Understand Jokes and Enjoy Them. JOE LEWIS--one way bus ticket from Battle Creek. We hear you have some friends up there. CURTIS FRYE--polishing cloth. This is to keep your tippy-toes shinin'. BETSY BOWLING--bell. This is for a pretty Southem belle. RON RABB and LEONARD RANDALL--honorary baseball letters. Now you can be one of the fellas! GIFTATORY (CONTINUED) SUE BLACKMER--scroll. This is for all the work you didn't do on the yearbook. BOB EHRLICK--money. Now you can finish your car. JOYCE MANN--mouse trap. Maybe this will help you catch a man (or a mouse). OMER SMITH--arm extension. This is to use on dates. We understand you can use one in that T-bird. MARY ANN LITMAN--piece of candy. We wish we could have given you moore . LARRY THOROLD--eyelash curler. You've got such straight ones! PAT BILLINGS--white excuses. We hear you haven't received too many of these. SAM COGSWELL--pillow. Now you'll be more comfortable. VONCEIL BOWLES, BERNADINE DANIEL, ALMA HAMMOND, and IDA MAE FRANCOIS--four-leaf clovers. May you have good luck throughout your life. DALE JARRETT--anchor. We understand you are going in the Navy. SHARON WALLACE--invitation to run around with the Seniors. CHANDLER HILL--bus ticket to Grass Lake. Use this when you get the nerve. BARBARA BLOCK, JEANETTE BYNUM, and MARGARET ALLISON--wooden spoons. Something every future bride should have. KEN MASHATT--Book. Ten Easy Ways to Reform People. FLOSSIE MARSHALL--muzzel. Maybe this will keep you quiet. GERALD LOCKETT--a new car. This one looks a little safer. JANICE MEULMAN--invitation to a quiet party. A change does everyone good. CLARK RHEBERG--chamois. This is to keep your new cars shining. EDNA HUDSON--book. Edna Hudson's Secret Joumal. DAVID CRIPP--a bomb. Although we hear you already have one. PAT ROWE--soap. Wash your jokes! DUANE SCHILS--frog. This is to go with that voice of yours. MARY ANN ROTHS--torch. We hear you're still carrying one for M.T. DAN TOOMAN--chain guard. Now you won't get your pant leg caught. CAROL MICKELSON--book of comy jokes. Now you'll never run out! JOHN EDDY--baseball cards. Add these to your collection. LUCY POWELL and LILLIAN CURTIS--yeast. Maybe this will make you rise a little higher. LUTHER WALDROP--invitation to a wild party. This is for all the ones you've missed. JOAN HARRIS, ADDIE JOHNSON, JANICE LOGAN, BRENDA WILLIAMS, and THEREASA VICTORIAN--scissors. Now you'll be able to really cut up when you get out of school. GORDON RAWSON--a present. This one is for YOU. MARY DeOTTE--key to Rather Hall at State. We leave the rest to you. WILLIE NEWELL--wig. Add this to your collection of hair styles. RUTH ANN WALLACE--gloves. Use these when you dye hair. JOHN BRENT COLLINS--doll. Think you can hang on to this one? PEGGY HAYES, ELSIE ARRISON, PAT KIDD, and CAROL MALCOLM--gold key to the future. JIM ANDERSON--hair net. Maybe this will keep your hair in place. SHIRLEY ELLIS and LINDA McPHERSON--bottle of perioxide. Guess what for? DARRIL VICTORIAN--peanut. We hear you're quite interested in peanuts . BARBARA KUHNS--book. My Life as a Book Shelver. FULTON EAGLIN--certificate authorizing you as an official vote counter. No explanation needed. DORA HERBERT and LARRY BRYANT--flashlight. Come out of the shadows. JIM HENDERSON--scholarship to St. Joseph's Seminary. SHARON DOOT--love letter from Canada. This is from a seventh guy. ROBER EICHEN--skeleton. This is for the future. GAYLE OUTLAW--free handwriting lessons. Now maybe you'll write like the rest of us. KAY SKELT--wrecker. I understand that you needed one the night you got stuck at the golf course with N.B HAROLD LOUNSBERRY--season pass to the TOWN HALL and a siphoning hose. I figured you would make good use of these. MR. LELAND RANDALL--a citation reading, To Mr. Randall, our senior class advisor, with our many thanks for all you have done for us to make our high school days happy memorable ones. TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU we give our wishes of success and happiness in the years to come. DAVID CRYSLER We, the members of the Senior Class of 1959, Ypsilanti High School, located in the city of Ypsilanti, county of Washtenaw, and state of Michigan, being of age and in sound and sane mental condition, do hereby establish and ordain this legal document as the written instrument of our last will and testament having made no previous wills or last requests as a cumulative body. To the Juniors, we leave the honors, pleasures, and advantages that go with being a senior in such a noteworthy institution of higher education. We further bequeath to the Junior Class the Senior assembly seats and the privilege of being dismissed from assembly before any other students. Also we leave the future Senior Class the sole rights and privileges to the Senior fountain. To the Sophomores we leave all of our scholastic athletic, and literary re- cords to equal and to excel. We also leave the Sophomores the opportunity to carry on the traditional defiance of the Senior fountain. To the Freshmen, we leave the unlimited opportunities and vast knowledge that is available at Ypsilanti High School. We also leave to the Freshmen three more years in which to enjoy themselves. To the faculty and administration we leave our sincerest gratitude and ap- preciation for the patience, time, and energy they have expended in providing us with the finest secondary education we could possibly acquire. To Mr. Randall, our class adviser, and Miss Iseminger, who enabled us to put on the greatest theatrical achievement of the 20th Century, we extend our deepest gratitude. For our friends, our homeroom teachers, and especially our parents, who have made our Senior year the most pleasant of all, we can leave only our most sincere thanks. We do hereby appoint Mr. Norris G. Wiltse, Mr. Alvin Joslyn, Mr. Leland Randall, and Mr. Wilfred Sinden, hertofore known as Doc, as the administrators of this our last will and testament. It is the responsibilities of these admini- strators to see that all wishes, desires, and mandates of the foregoing written instrument be carried out. We fully proclaim that this written instrument shall and will be our legally written last will and testament in witness thereof on the 13thof June, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine. The Senior Class Witnesses — Madge Iseminger Bert Waterman 80 Class History In the fall of 1955, the history of our class begins as we enter the doors of Ypsilanti High School to begin a course that will some- what determine our futures. With Janice Meulman, Tom Manchester, Wilma Greer, and Lynda Mudge as our officers, and Miss Lemmon as our advisor, we get off to a fine start. We not only walk through these doors time and time again to gain knowledge, but also to participate in the many clubs and organizations that are available. Alfred Kinter was one of the student directors of the all-school play and was initiated into the National Thespians Society. Mary Ann Roths, Sally Lystrup, Janet Renton, Carol Mickelson, Marcia Holly, Joyce Andrews, Elaine Bortz, Donna Miller, Carol Grosshans, Claudia Bedford, Bonnie Glenn, Kay Skelt, Kerrill Kaiser, Paula Fedor, Carol Forche, and Margaret Allison are selected for the Girls’ Drum 6 Bugle Corps, and many of our boys become members of the March- ing Band. Many of our boys go out for sports and some win athletic awards. Freddie Lett wins Ist place in the Regional wrestling meét. Thus began the history of the Class of 1959. We elect Marcia Holly, Pat Taddie, Bonnie Glenn, Lynda Mudge to lead us in our Sophomore year. Mr. Dusbiber is our advisor. We are real excited when we leam that there is to be a reception held Jacqueline Henderson so that we will be officially accepted in the Senior Division. Nancy Trowbridge and Kerrill Kaiser win the I Speak for Democracy contest, and Carol Forche wins first and Jackie Henderson wins third in the District Oratorical Declamations Contest. Many of our boys prove to be very competent in sports, and more of them receive athletic awards this year. Andy Fink, William Robinson, and Dave King place in the S.E.M.A.W.A. wrestling meet, and Paul Harris places in the A.A.U. meet. This turns another page in our history. Our history continues as our Junior year arrives. James Keegan is our president, and with the wonderful assistance of Mr. Cox, our advisor, and the other officers, Omer Smith, Bonnie Glenn, and Anna Mirer, we have a very successful year. Margaret Mayzes and Wanda Coln participate in the UN Mock Assembly at Hillsdale. James Keegan represents our school at Boy's State, and Nancy Trowbridge represents our school at Girl's State. Tom Manchester is the editor of the Sem. Kerrill Kaiser and Pat Taddie hold the high positions of secretary and treasurer of the Student Council. Donald Adamick, Charles Barnes, Manuel Perkins, Claudia Bedford, Elaine Bortz, Margaret Allison, Nancy Trowbridge, Pat Taddie, Kerrill Kaiser, Anna Mirer and Marcia Holly become members of the National Honor Society. Members of our class continue to exercise their literary talent. By doing so, James Keegan, Paula Fedor, and Barbara Kuhns win Ist, 2nd, and 3rd in the Original Oratory Contest, and Kerrill Kaiser wins 2nd in the Interpretative Reading Contest. Carol Mickel- son wins lst place in the district I Speak for Democracy contest. Norman Brown is captain of the Golf Team. Then as the doors of Ypsilanti High School open on September 2, 1959, we began our Senior year. This is to be the most eventful and most unforgetable year of school that we have experienced. Mr. Randall, our advisor, possesses capability, endurance, and understanding. We have many class meetings called by our president, Omer Smith. Standing by to assist him are our other officers, Norman Brown, Mary Lee, and Pat Taddie. Editing our yearbook is Claudia Bedford with Carol Forche and Elaine Bortz assisting her. Tom Manchester, Elaine Bortz, and Nancy Trowbridge are president, secretary, and treasurer of the Student Council. Marcia Holly is the Drum Majorette of the Girls' Drum Bugle Corps, and Charles Bames is the leader of the Marching Band. Pat Taddie receives the D,A.R. good citizenship award. Jackie Henderson and Kerrill Kaiser win 2nd and 3rd in the Interpretive Reading Contest, and Lanny Holt places ist in the district Original Oratory. Gordon Rawson and Lanny Holt participate in the UN Mock Assembly. Our class wins Ist in the Homecoming Parade Float Contest. Nearly one half of the members of the A Capella Choir are Seniors. More Seniors are accepted in the National Honor Society and well as in Quill and Scrool.Thirty Seniors are initiated into the National Thespians Society. The boys in our class make the most of this year in sports for they know this is their last year for high school competition. Captains and co-captains of the many different sports are Seniors. They are: William Robinson, Omer Smith-Football; Joe Lewis-Basketball; Tom Manchester, Bill Sorrell-Baseball; William Robinson, Fred Lett-Wrestling; Fred Meyers-Tennis; Bucky Edwards-Swimming; and Norman Brown-Golf. Andy Fink and Fred Lett are state wrestling champions. Dave King, Omer Smith, William Robinson, and Paul Harris also make outstanding performances and win medals in wrestling. Our Senior Play Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, was wonderfully directed by Miss Madge Iseminger and was a huge success. It starred Marcia Holly and Nancy Trowbridge. Highest honors in our class went to valedictorian, Sally Ann Lystrup, and to salutatorian Anna Mirer. We, the Class of 1959, are about to step out into life and write more pages in our history because we realize that graduation will soon be over. We will soon be applying our knowledge to achieve greater honors and to reach higher goals. All of us are proud of the fine record that we have made in high school, and our only hope is that our record will serve as stepping stones for the classes that follow us. 81 VALEDICTORIAN SALUTATORIAN Sally Lystrup Members of the Faculty, Parents, and Friends: Tonight is a joyous occasion in the lives of us, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty-nine. We have at last reached the goal for which we have been striving for four years. And now, with the training and guidance that we have received here at Ypsilanti High School, we may set a new goal and steadily work toward it. We are all looking forward to proving our worth to the world, to show that we will be capable leaders of ‘‘tomorrow.’’ We are ready to face life with eagerness and anticipation and try to help make the world a better place in which to live. There are so many new fields to be explored and so many discoveries to be made. Exploring the unknown regions of space and reaching towards better ways of living are a few of the things which we hope to accomplish. However, along with these, we feel that there is one certain thing thatis seriously lacking in the world today. This is brother- hood. What could be more important and more rewarding in the lives of all of us than to accept each person, not only in our country, but in other countries, as an important part of the world, respecting his opinions and feelings? This is something for which we all hope to work. And then, after achieving this, we might begin to make progress in all of our fields of endeavor with the hope of improving the lives of everyone. Is it not better to make discoveries and explore the possibilities of life with this in mind than to do so by means of destruction, conquering, or competing for worlddomination with another country? This will indeed be a challenge to us. But it will be a worthwhile and rewarding goal toward which we and future generations can always strive. The important thing is that we work toward it, never faltering or giving up. Park Benjamen stated this idea so well when he once wrote... 82 VALEDICTORY (continued) ‘Therefore, press on, and reach the goal, And gain the prize, and wear the crown; Faint not, for to the steadfast soul Come wealth, and honor, and renown. To thine own soul be true, and keep Thy mind from sloth, thy heart from soil, Press on, and thou shalt surely reap A heavenly harvest for thy toil.’’ And so we, the class of nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, bid farewell to the things which we have grown to love and cherish with the promise that we will go forth into life with the ability to overcome all obstacles and to ‘‘press-on’’ toward our goal, a new and better world in which all peoples can work together in harmony. Satutateu Anna Mirer Parents, Members of the Faculty, and Friends: We, the graduating class of nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, extend a cordial welcome to all of you. This evening is a happy, yet sad experience for us. Happy, because we have a feeling of satisfaction for we have reached a milestone on the road of life. Sad, because we must leave school and the many friends we have made. We will always remember and cherish the memorable experiences we have enjoyed during our high school days. Mom and Dad, we want to say thanks to you. It is you, who through your sacrifices, love, and guidance, have made this night possible. It is difficult to put into words how we really feel, but we are proud to have parents like you, who have stood beside us and assisted us thus far. Members of the faculty, we are grateful to you, also, for your help in furthering our education. We know that those of us who have applied ourselves are ready to meet the world and face life’s problems. We believe that the education we have already obtained is a stepping stone, a foundation on which we will build our future. And to our many friends, we want to say that we have enjoyed your friendship and we hope to continue that friendship in the years ahead. From all of us to all of you, we say thanks. We are glad you are here to share our happiness and the fruits of our success. Jim Keegan Parents, faculty, and friends of the ‘59ers; Tonight, as we look back on our high school years, we also look ahead to our future accomplishments. During these school years, in fact, for the last three thousand years, the greatest challenge has been fighting for personal values. But now we are faced with a new challenge. The popular topic of this day is the dawning of the space age, and the marvels of nuclear fission. Since the firing of the Sputnik I in 1957, the world has become aware of the great importance of nuclear fission. Many fields have opened in this new space age: advances in medical science such as the Salk Vaccine, and improvements in the treatment of cancer; military protection, like radar and sonar; peacetime research, such as atomic submarines, satellites; and lethal weapons like the Inter-Continental Ballistics Missile, the Atlas and Vanguard rockets. We have gained much of what we have been seeking for so long. But we must not let the brilliant dazzle of our crystal ball prognostications dissuade us from remem- bering our personal values ...personal values that remain immovable through the ages. We are stepping our of an old age and into a new one. We are not a small group trudging a few thousand miles to find gold. We are all together trying to conquer something so huge, it is difficult to comprehend. We are attempting to overcome many, many thousands of miles in space. We will conquer it; yes, but in this new age we must remember that every single human being is important in his own right. We must expand his freedom of speech, his freedom from want, freedom of religion, freedom from fear, and place a high value on human intellect and the pursuit of studies as well as belles lettres. We are the pioneers of tomorrow--not traveling in a rickety, old, conestoga wagon, but in an engineered space ship--the result of experiments and tests unexcelled by anything of the past. The conquering of the universe will be like the dawning of a new horizon. We may find new metals with which to improve our world, new forms of wildlife, or even a new form of civilization. But we should not be blinded by the wonders of the Age Of Science--let us go on to new frontiers ever mindful of the old ones of morality, truth, and the dignity of the human soul. We live in a world of men in search of God’s truth--may we always put liberty high on our priority. When I say liberty, I mean liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts and live his own life as he deserves to think and live. We, the ‘59ers, dedicate ourselves to the cause of upholding human dignity in this scientific ve age. By Jim Keegan JOBS ARs WORT EL CQUEUA RING Take the Telephone Company, for example. Anyone who works for Michigan Bell will tell you it’s every- thing a girl could want in a job. First, you don’t need any experience. You learn your job on the job, and earn a good salary while learning. Raises are regular and frequent; you get annual vacations with pay, plus a host of other advantages. Another nice thing about telephone work is that you associate with people your own age, just out of school, too. You work in clean, bright, pleasant sur- roundings. Whether you start as a telephone oper- ator, a teller, or a clerk, you find opportunities for advancement. We'd like to tell you more about these and ether interesting telephone jobs. Visit us soon, won't you? MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY ‘ A FRIEADLY PLACE TO WORK” 323 E. Washington St. Ann Arbor, Michigan CONGRATULATIONS SENIOR CLASS OF 1959 The National Bank of Ypsilanti Ypsilanti, Michigan Complete Banking Services Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation CONGRATULATIONS N ellencamps amps CLASS OF 1959 Walker's Hardware the fashion store for men 26 N. Washington Phone: HUnter 2-2515 and young men CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1959 MACKRAFT SHOPS 172 N. Washington Phone HUnter 3-3125 CONGRATULATIONS to the CLASS OF 1959 The Sport Shop 104 W. Michigan HUnter 2-1562 Best of Luck to the Class of 1959 ELLSWORTH GREENHOUSES 3120 Ellsworth Rd. HU 2-4990 Courtesy of STANDARD PRINTING CO. 35 E. Cross HU. 3-0339 Contributions AGLA’S DRESS SHOP ARNET’S CLEANERS GERBER’S JEWELERS DURANT’S FLOWERS THE M S STORE OUR BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1959 YPSILANTI SAVINGS BANK YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN Complete Banking Services Under one Roof Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation r. Mrs. r. Mrs. . Mrs. . Mrs. . Mrs. . Mrs. . Richard King Patuns Mr. Mrs. John Adamick H. S. Allison . William Bedford . Coral Blackmer . Fred Bortz . Clifford Boyd Alfred DeOtte Peter Ehrlich Kenneth Eichen Franics Fedor A. C. Forche Walter Hudson . Kenneth Kinter . Harold Lounsberry . Gordon Lystrup s. Nels Mickelson . DJ Mitchell . Ronald Myers . John O’Connell . L. Roths s. Walter Simpson . Walter Towler . Charles Trowbridge Mrs. O, S. Waldenmyer ENTERING THE ERA OF ALL-ELECTRIC LIVING Today’s graduates are entering an exciting new era where they will live better electrically in every way ...at home, at work, or at play. a ioe. J For example, if you choose marriage, you can enjoy an all-electric home. Included will be electric heat, built-in electric range and refrigerator and a host of time-saving, economical electric appliances. They will be the ultimate in modern living comfort and convenience. Or, if you go into business, efficient electrically operated machines will assist you in getting the job done swiftly and easily—again an illustration of the versatility and dependability of electricity. Or, if you go on to college, perhaps you will become one of the scientists or technicians who help further mold the all-electric world of the future. No matter which path you may choose, electricity will be there to lighten your load, brighten your way ... help you live better... electrically. SERVES SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN DETROIT EDISON Clothes and Accessories For Women And Young Ladies YOUNG'S 34 N. Washington MIRER’S CONCESSIONS Treats for the Whole Family 115 N, Hamilton HU. 2-8751 COMPLIMENTS OF C GREYHOUND BUS LINES Ask About Charter and Tour Rates 314 W. Michigan THE SENIOR CLASS EXPRESSES ITS GRATITUDE To all of Those Making Possible This YEARBOOK THE PHOTOGRAPHER OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1959 We Invite You To Tour Our Plant And Also Visit Our Salaried And Hourly Placement Departments To Discuss Job Opportunities And Careers In Industry FORD MOTOR CO. Ypsilanti Plant