OGEMAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
OGEMAW COUNTY SCHOOLS
WEST BRANCH SCHOOL-1940 to 1949
1940 GRADUATION CLASS
TOP ROW: Virginia Sigsbee Molitor, Jack Hammond, Betty Jane Sleeman Verus, Michael John Monaghan, Lois E. Weston Guest, Jack Allen, Delores Dorothy Detzler Robbins, Bernard Joseph Towner, Mary Jane Hayworth Reinhardt, Arvid McPherson, Mary Margaret Jones LaRocque
NEXT ROW: James Nelson, Alice Bemis Block, John Alton, Gladys Bennett Mason, Betty J. Sheldon Bradley, Orville Wood, Eileen Clemens Schlaupitz, Frederick William Clark, Neoma Arminda Vincent Reid, Bonnie Jean Thompson DeMatio, Iris M. Jones Knibbs, Leonard Dunn
NEXT ROW: Jean Moyer Flynn, John Mellon, Marjorie Hagerman Pendzsu, Helen Jean Hooper Maisonville, Eileen Doll, Earl Dawson Jr., Frances E. McGregor Bedford, Paul Sackos, Eloise Margaret Clark Ware, Mary Jane Robinson Sanback, Hazel Hamilton Daniels
NEXT ROW: Ella Reilly McPherson, Beulah Dixon Mead, Dorothy Miller Cooper, Barbara Jean Rau Evans, Charlotte Sheppard Parliament, Carole J. Rosebrugh Vance, Ronald Goldy, Norma Bennett Ranous
BOTTOM ROW: Edith Anderson Mason, Dorothy McCannon Fernelius, Richard ???? (class advisor), Arthur F. Lucas (superintendent), Mildred Blumenthal (principal), Thelma Burns (class advisor), Arwilda McPherson Elliott, Lois Zettle Gehman
CLASS MOTTO: "The Elevator to Success is Broken; Take the Stairs"
FACULTY: Richard Bendall (Science & Coach), Mildred Goldberg (English), Thelma Burns (Latin & English), Mrs. Ben Bennett (Grammar), Lois Huck (Music & Art), Owen Reed (Bank), George Hyry (History), Palmer Kern (History & Coach), Helen McNitt (Commerce), Helen Perrin (Home Ec), Howard McDonald (Shop), Paul Timkovich (Ag), Margaret Fone, Thelma Howe, Louise Burkitt (6th & 7th), Kathryn Canisius (6th), Elaine Staples (3rd), Dorothy Allanson (2nd), Mabel Keller (1st), Edith Truesdale (Kindergarten)
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1941 GRADUATION CLASS
TOP ROW: Marguerite Stillwagon Mills, Warren Reetz, Nola Ewing Martin, James Sheppard, Beth Hodgins Ehinger, Richard Blancher, Judy Hall Embury, Robert McCormick, Nellie Candy Adams, Leith Curtis, Dora Michnick Humphrey
NEXT ROW: Karlton Gillespie, Barbara Couture Witzke, Elmer McPherson, Genevieve Benjamin Bemis, Joe Atherton, Doris Dunn Poling, Burt Martin, Lois Baird Moulton, Max Ferguson, Norma Vosburg Sutton, Philip Cole
NEXT ROW: James Parker, Crystal Kimball Sanford, Harvey Deuel, Arthur Clark, Marjorie Christopherson Wight, Margaret Ann Rau Cox, Genevieve Nauman Williams, Charles White, Dora Schliter Olsway, Jean Lally Thompson, Helen Jane Weiler Smith
NEXT ROW: Robert Switzer, Barbara Miller, William Jennings, Earl Hicks, Ralph Steinhauser, Helen Jane Shortt Wall
BOTTOM ROW: George Hyry (Advisor), A. F. Lucas (Superintendent), Mildred Blumenthal (Principal), Thelma Burns (Advisor)
CLASS MOTTO: "We Have Crossed the Bay, the Ocean Lies Before Us"
FACULTY: Mildred Goldberg (English), Thelma Burns (Latin & English), Harry Geiger (Band), Edith Truesdale (Kindergarten)
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1942 GRADUATION CLASS
TOP ROW: Ray Rowe, Betty Jane Benjamn Richardson, Edward Oliver Jr., William McHenry, Wellesley Vogan, Roberta Goldy Anderson, Richard McGregor, Fred Tinker Jr., Burt A. Parliament, Evan Crow Jr., Lorene M. Simonis Hintz, Lawrence Blakley, D. Jeanne Fitzpatrick McHenry
NEXT ROW: LaDorna Mills Crandell, Bertha Kimball Sydenham, Warren Hooper, Robert Horsell, Marion Singleton Doyle, Kenneth Cribelar, Grover Zettle Jr, Maxine Barber Wangler, Twila Mason Mason, Marian Allen Powers, Edward Poling, Melvin R. Leduc, Vivian L. Crum Fletcher
NEXT ROW: Beverly Landry Oliver, Juanita M. Landry Kelley, James Weir, Robert Crandell, Betty J. Embury Mgrditchian, Dan Hobohm, Thomas E. Sheppard, Zona Lee Phelps Emig, Florence L. Martin, Virginia Mckenney Heislar, Charles Foster Wiltse, Hilda Spencer Myrice
NEXT ROW: William A. Smith, Doris Clark Thomas, Elmo Martin, John Gehl, Eugene Spearman, Katharine Allen Zettle, Phyllis M. Kelly DeRamos
BOTTOM ROW: Betty Cook Vick, Arthur F. Lucas (Superintendent, Thelma Burns (Advisor), Charles A. Henry (Advisor), Mildred Blumenthal (Principal), Betty Doll Steinhauser
ALSO LISTED: Brayton Fisher, Pauline Green, Charles Foster
CLASS MOTTO: "Today Decides Tomorrow"
FACULTY: Thelma Burns (Latin & English), Charles Henry (Phys. Ed & Athletic Director), Paul Timkovich (Ag), Elaine Staples, Louise Burkitt (6th & 7th), Geraldine Bertovick (4th), Janice Anderson (3rd), Alice Ferson (1st)
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1943 GRADUATION CLASS
TOP ROW: John E. Couture, Jan Bohden Dreszer, Arthur E. Hanes, Donna Jane Parker Short, Terrance Edward Monaghan, Frances M. Cottle, Eugene H. Reinhardt, Joan M. Burt Reetz, George Smith Jr, Calvin Reetz, Martha Louise Shoemaker, Eugene Morris
NEXT ROW: Glen Curtis Jr., Bernice A. Hennen Shorkey, Calvin G. Hicks, Willard T. Wangler, Jean M. Rutledge McCauley, Geraldine M. Brindley Steward, Lois E. Thompson Crow, Betty Joyce Craft Rogers, Milton McGregor, Helen M. Mattson
NEXT ROW: Pricilla Wallace Embury, Eugene M. Bennett, Arlene Virginia Byce, E. Arzell Clayton Stillwagon, Jack J. Gifford, Virginia Mae Bradley Kerns, Harold Edwin Gault Jr., James Timothy Monaghan, John G. Nauman, Norine Valley Reed, Joan Donovan Nienhuif
NEXT ROW: Theodore R. Richardson, Gerald Green, Amos A. Graves, Dorothy Mae Stahlbusch Ferguson, LaVerne J. Smith, Charles C. Hacht, Arlene E. Norris Robinson, Betty Jones Knapp Lasky, Edith M. Sutton, Ala Jean Hall McPherson
BOTTOM ROW: Elmer P. Kerblewski, Maxon E. Andrews, A. F. Lucas (Superintendent), Helen E. Burt (Sponsor), Mildred Blumenthal (Principal), Jane Irene Hanson, Geraldine Lorraine Kelsey Dunn
ALSO LISTED: Ida Corwin Peter
CLASS MOTTO: "Not At the Top But Climbing"
FACULTY: Dale Carter (Chemistry & Science), Melvin Carl (Social Science & Coach), Charles Henry (Political Science & Coach), Lois Huck (Music & Art), Howard McDonald (Shop), Virginia Meyer (Home Ec), Paul Timkovich (Ag), Janice Anderson, Kathryn Nepp, Helen Rutherford (6th), Angela Bartol (5th), Harriet Luedtke (4th), Dorothy Allanson (2nd), Kathryn Gray (1s5), Betty Jane Gillis (kindergarten)
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CLASS OF 1944
TOP ROW: Albert Hayes, Maxine VanSickle Gehl, Frank Houston, Betty Lou Dack McDowell, Benjamin F. Pekrul, Virginia J. Wangler Hanes, Robert Bruce Bennett, Delores Anderson, Harry H. White, Wanda O. Kennedy Allen, James Ross Miller, Phyllis Jean Utter Neiman
NEXT ROW: Robert F. Davis, Richard Zettle, Emma Jane Coulter Gloub, Leon E. Robinson, Wayne Matthews, Harry A. Thorp, Mary L. Stillwagon Rhynard, Betty June Detzler Babion, Annabelle Wiltse Gault, Walter Pray, Roberta Jean Blancher Spearman
NEXT ROW: Edna Faye McCord Robinson, Robert M. Strode, Bette Lu Hicks Vatter, Raymond Leduc, Edmund W. Lang, Lois L. Adrain Pingel, Genevieve Poling Swain, Robert A. Green, Mary Jane McCormick Sapp, Robert P. Grezeszak, Juanita D. Hughes Tetu, Allene Husted Clayton
NEXT ROW: Orthella M. Hamilton Sanborn, Donna Glee Sutton Neubecker, Thomas H. Dack, Kathryn Ritchey Fritz, Richard D. Durfee, L. Kenneth Rosenthal, Frances Spencer Bougham, Betty L. Vosburg Richardson
BOTTOM ROW: A. F. Lucas (Superintendent), John A. Burt, J. Theodore Jackson, Donal J. Mellon, Mildred Blumenthal (Principal)
ALSO LISTED: Ralph Wood, George Amidon, Alice Meiser Morache, Robert Thompson, Barbara Donavon Allen
CLASS MOTTO: "Victory Through Diligence"
FACULTY: Melvin Carl (Social Science & Coach), Lois Huck (Music & Art), Paul Timkovich (Ag), Clara Fitch, Virginia Meyer, Betty Foell, May Lance, Maude Beadle, Lulu Mahoney, Kathryn Nepp, Ralph Matthews, Pearl Bigge, Lavina Neubecker, Elizabeth Burkheiser, Margaret Black (7th & 8th), Lillian Nauman, Janice Anderson (3rd), Kathryn Gray (1st), Alice Ferson (1st)
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CLASS OF 1945
TOP ROW: Jeanne A. Sergent Hazard, Alvin L. Miller, F. Dean Schwalm, Evelyn Ruth Buchanan, Edsel B. Brewer, Shelda M. Buck Stone, VeLaura A. Markle Killackey, Paul E. Pipoly, Lila E. Gallagher Figueroa, Betty Lou Husted Bennett
NEXT ROW: B. Janice David Illig, Arzell, Schliter, June A. Matthews Reasner, John C. Tolfree, Gerald A. Garner, Dean Richardson, Jean L. Reid Hobohm, Helen Jean Parker Bobalik, Clyde Sheltrown Jr., Dorothy A. Trout Paris
NEXT ROW: Patrick McKenna, Robert L. Neubecker, Beatrice L. Blanchard, Frederick Dean Switzer, Shirley F. Sullivan Hughes Lasey, Robert Thompson, Bernice M. King Hansen, Dorothy L. Twining Dow
BOTTOM ROW: Helen G. Thompson Bailey, Jewel Sandra Dunk Sleaze, Janet W. Power Armstrong, Arthur F. Lucas (Principal), Mildred Blumenthal (Principal), Marion F. Cowles Adams, Crandell S. Sutton, Dorothy L. Dobie Lutke
ALSO LISTED:Eugene Hazard, Albert Hayes
CLASS MOTTO: "Tonight We Launch, Where Shall We Anchor"
FACULTY: Margaret Black (7th & 8th-left in October), Adama Guslander (7th & 8th-replaced Ms. Black)
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CLASS OF 1946
TOP ROW: Wanda Wirges Schaefer, Maryellen McKenney, Geraldine Trout Chrivia, George Baldwin, Karl Dunn, Wayne Baird, Jean Zettel Vanest, Audrey Barber Wenzel, Louise Migan Benson, Daphne Morrison Fritz, Dorris Sanford Brewer
NEXT ROW: Vivian Larsen Laurent, Norma Wiltse Davis, Robert Barnum, Berdella Withey Mandler, Benjamin F. Brewer, Bernice Sullivan Banghart, Harvey Bennett, Dona Grieves Green, Dean Larsen, Ethel White Dunn, Gwendolyn Dobie Reid
NEXT ROW: Louis David, Lillian Twining Selmes, Grace Norton Geiersback, Shirley LeDuc Clough, Constance Sarros Noirot, Doris Goldy, Renal Hook, Floreda Best Cummings
NEXT ROW: Claremarie Blakley Mier, Wayne Beach, Geneva Gallaher Schafsnitz, Glen Ritchey, Walter Sergent, Roy Hayes, Betty Curtis Coleman, Mary Couture Correveau
BOTTOM ROW: Wanda Borntrager Balwin, Abner Valley, Evelyn Ranney White, Bill Renwick, Margaret Sowton (Sponsor), A. F. Lucas (Superintendent), Mildred Blumenthal (Principal), Nelle Fletcher (Sponsor), Arlee Ross Parliament, Wallace Crawford, Eldryde Cristopherson Vittetow
ALSO LISTED: John Dunbar, John Resteiner
CLASS MOTTO: "Today Decides Tomorrow"
FACULTY: Lavina Neubecker
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CLASS OF 1947
TOP ROW: Marjorie Wilkinson, Dorothy Winslow Meiser, George W. J. Bailey, Marion Elaine Sappington Ornatowski, Albert Wedge, Mary Ann Byron Gentzler, Betty June Norris Chandler, William Lally, Betty Kenyon Kemp, Jim Anderson, Margaret Byce, Jane Ellis Tolfree
NEXT ROW: Gloria Huml Oswald, Larraine Firkser Weisman, DeLorain Caroline Miller Marchell, William Painter, Margaret Mattson Gellesch, Donald Blancher, Elizabeth Ann Kenyon Fuhrmaah, Robert Smith, Lucille Lucas Shellenbarger, Marjorie Molesworth Skinner, Fanny Pappas Nickolas
NEXT ROW: Leona Sheltrown Hayes, Alice Virginia Klann Ohl, Carolyn Coulter Dutton, Richard Tinker, Margaret Sowton, Mildred Blumenthal (Principal), A. F. Lucas (Superintendent), Nelle Fletcher (Advisor), Joseph Weiler Jr., Amber McPherson Hudak, Norma Stark Beach, Jennie Louise Pickett Conway
NEXT ROW: Marion Greenier, Ruby Hamilton Hertzberg, Jack Bray, Nathalie McCall Awrey, Mary Jane Fitzgerald Bailey, Walter Resteiner, Joyce Best Cummings, Dorothy Killinger Bigelow
BOTTOM ROW: Emily Cottle, Dorothy Haggadone, Luella Stotler Andrews, Retta Boddy Week, Grover Candy, Irene Trout Zettle, Gladys Thompson Peterson, Burt Morris, Jeanne Kelly Harris, Patsy Jean Vittitow Murphy, Jean Audrey Brown Lentz, Shirley Jean VanConnet Streeter
ALSO LISTED: Leon Gehl
CLASS MOTTO: "Too Low They Build, Who Build Beneath the Stars"
FACULTY: Dale Carter
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CLASS OF 1948
TOP ROW: Gerald Fitzgerald, Katherin Dotson, Orval Cummings, Elizabeth Bowen Chandley, Blaine Baker, Joyce Morris Trout, Mavis VanSickle Rau, Frederick Arnhold, Betty Bedtelyon Hammond, Robert Awrey, Betty Candy Robinson, William Cohen
NEXT ROW: James Hall, Marilyn Thomas Beach, Jack Loomis, Clara Hanes Cronk, Frank Hacht, Charles Behrens, Irma Crawford Kuykendall, Alfred Cosand, Mildred Dantzer Zettle, Daniel Vosburg
NEXT ROW: Robert Small, Daryl Conrad, Pauline DeLooze Baker, Margaret Sowton (Advisor), William H. Miner (Principal), Ralph H. Miller (Superintendent), Clifford Bedore (Advisor), Russell Jackson, Bridget Monaghan Zregenhager, Patricia Sullivan Weiler
NEXT ROW: Marilyn Kolb Miller, Malcolm McCallum, June Ostrander Schaffer, Helen Lally Klee, Nelson Walker, Hallie McCord
NEXT ROW: Joy A. Kaus Jones, Frank Rosebrugh, Florence Elmore Geissinger, Richard Miller, Philip Mutch, Grace Migan Bascoyne, Ralph Mervyn, Dorothy Meiser Tate
BOTTOM ROW: Mary Goulder Brackenbury, Frank Poling, Thelma Whitchurch Tuck, Edward Neinaber, Ruth Romancky Myers, Richard Parker, Donald Kalberer, Beverly Myas Shortt, James Pappas, Mary I. Poling Jackson, Augustoff Sanders, Rosemarie Steinhauser Pearsall
ALSO LISTED: Gordon Ferguson
CLASS MOTTO: "One Step, Then Another"
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CLASS OF 1949
TOP ROW: Geraldine Mayer Pascoe, Jerry Andrews, Stella Barnum Card, James Castle, Betty Miles Hoskins, Vern Clemens, Leo Anderson, Ivah Graves Sundholm, Paul Bair, Helen Gingell Rohner, Thomas Awrey, Dixie L. Brace Neier
NEXT ROW: Mildred Egon Turland, Spencer Kemmer, Peggy Shiel Renick, Otho Durfee, Gertrude Green Hiser, Laurel Howell Dhyne, Richard Reminder, Alice Hall Fuller, Kenneth Larsen, Ruth Kaus DeWitt
NEXT ROW: David Martin, Wilfred Pekrul, Lois Howell Pettit, Jeanne Bachelder Rumbold, Margaret Sowton (Advisor), Hollis Miner (Principal), R. H. Miller (Superintendent), Clifford J. Bedore (Advisor), LaVern Neubecker, Delbert Reminder, Bill Mervyn, Sally Kelly Crawford
NEXT ROW: Lloyd Myas, Betty Nurss Kemmer, Eleanor Miller Hanft, Norman Phelps
NEXT ROW: Betty Parrish Barlow, Jerry Pettit, Lorraine Vincent Gibson, Harold Resteiner, Robert Romancky, Patricia Young Hamilton, Gene Zettle, Barbara Sauve Zettle
BOTTOM ROW: Anna Mae Reilly Illig, Helen Smith, Eva Mae Schagel Loomis, Glenn Wanger, Patricia Putnam Sanders, Fred White, Jack Thompson, Doris Pray Miller, Clifford VanSickle, Dorothy Grezeszak Wheeler, Wilma Jones Patton, Evelyn White Rau
ALSO LISTED: Don Poling, Everett VanSickle, Charles Dean Wangler
CLASS MOTTO: ""Not Finished, Just Begun"
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