OGEMAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
OGEMAW COUNTY SCHOOLS
WEST BRANCH SCHOOL-1950 to 1959
CLASS OF 1950
TOP ROW: Joe G. Kelly, Mary Jane Brewer Nagy, Elton D. Clayton, Lois M. Baldwin Brindley, Richard H. Bachelder, Josephine M. Bailey Neubecker, Marlene A. Abbott, Vernon E. Beckwith, Frances L. Biltoft Davis, Larry Bush, Shirley O. Bradley Bennett, Richard A. Couture
NEXT ROW: Caroline H. Egon Oyster, Ronald H. Hughey, Sally M. Cooper, John L. Gustafson, Florine L. Copeland Antcliff, William S. Daws, Margie E. Dack Horner, F. Russel Dotson, Ann L. Burkett Sass, Fred P. Hamann, Janet L. Decker
NEXT ROW: L. Irene LaRocque Chabot, Don W. Martin, Dolores J. McCall Sullivan, Ray C. Valley, Elyse Heinecke (Sponsor), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal), Alan Murray (Sponsor), Shirley J. Maxam Behrens, Helen M. Hasty Jennings, George H. Partlo, Vivian H. Dent Gage
NEXT ROW: Thomas G. Melrose, Barbara A. McCallum Murphy, Delaphine L. Harris Fuller, Leo Payne
NEXT ROW: Betty J. Perkins Blaisur, Thomas H. Palm, Phyllis A. Morrison Bach, Irene M. Myas Bosworth, Paul A. Poling, Carolyne A. Rosenthal Farrand
BOTTOM ROW: Jack T. Weir, Ronald W. Sutton, Geraldine A. Withey Gwyn, Dale W. Spencer, Georgeanna M. Scott Mackey, B. Tom Poling, Alan L. Richardson, Elizabeth G. Toutant Guy, Dennis E. Richardson, Marilyn Smith Zick, Norman G. Ritter, Don S. Winslow
CLASS MOTTO: "Success Comes To Those Who Work For It"
FACULTY: Clifford Bedore (Science & Asst. Coach), James Sheppard (Science & Ag), Earl Cady (Head Coach), Lois Huck (Art), Gloria Larson (Home Ec), Robert Boston, Anna Lehmkuhle (Grades Music), Vera Wilcox (6th), Helen Artman (6th), Hettie Jenkins (6th), Dale Carter (5th & 6th), Maude Beadle (5th), Elizabeth Hewitt (5th), Lois Rosevear (4th & 5th), Lawrence Gamm (4th), Thilda Olsen (4th), Orville Burger (3rd & 4th), Dolores Parliament (3rd), Helen Howell (3rd), Aletha Mellon (2nd), Sophia Millard (1st), Helen Evans (1st), Margaret Snyder (Kindergarten), Florence Bennett (Kindergarten)
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CLASS OF 1951
TOP ROW: Jackie Boman Smelser, Don E. Benjamin, Peggy L. Steinhauser Hamilton, Donald R. Thompson, Mary J. Lucas Nestle, Joseph J. Petrovish, Don E. Byron, Marjorie A. Hasty Fletcher, John W. Coulter, Joyce E. Sergent Kohler, John R. Bennett, Mary L. Ellis Duane
NEXT ROW: Paul J. Richardson, Viola L. Hall Hawley, Dick Chapman, Shirley J. Vincent Awrey, Leo F. Drabek, Phyllis A. Hall Morris, Edmund F. Durfee, Joan C. Allen Richardson, Bill Winslow, Betty J. Marshall Graham, John W. McKenney
NEXT ROW: Ann E. Hewson Bray, Henry R. Kenyon, Emma J. Ouderkirk Valley, Erik H. Kaas, Alan C. Murray (Sponsor), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal), Margaret Schrot (Sponsor), Wayne King, Harley D. Sappington, Henry J. Huck, Gwendolyn M. Baird Thomas
NEXT ROW: Arthur J. Zink, Frances M. Moore Piar, Ruth Goldy Klug, Bill McCracken
NEXT ROW: Barbara J. Brandel Carroll, William Webster, Shirley M. Fox, Lloyd Goldy, Marvin H. Zimmerman, Clara E. Hagerman Robertson, Duane Loomis, Ruth P. Burkett VanLiere
BOTTOM ROW: David Gussman, June Wolfe McCracken, Dale N. Munn, Mary M. Martin Molzan, Beverly A. Loomis Palm, Betty J. Mattice, Wanda L. Dunbar Reilly, Stanley Cottle, Marlene Lucas Bamfield, William E. Palm
ALSO LISTED: Betty Stillwagon Gillette
CLASS MOTTO: "Knowledge Comes But Wisdom Lingers"
FACULTY: Patricia Burke (Latin & English), Alan Murray (Math), Elyse Heinecke (English), Robert DeMatio (History & Govt.), Thomas Shaw (Science), Joe Berry (Phys. Ed. & Head Coach), Charles DeGolia (History & Asst. Coach), George Guest (Shop), Grover Hurley (Music & Band), Lois Huck (Art), Zale Miller (Ag), Dale Carter (Jr. High Science), Lula Mahoney (Jr. High English & History), Savilla Miller (6th), Ruth Rader (6th), Orville Burger (6th), Maude Beadle (5th), Emerson Adams (4th), Lois Rosevear (4th), Natalie Adams (3rd & 5th), Lillian Nauman (3rd), Aletha Mellon (2nd), Alice Waggoner (2nd), Kay Millard (1st), Kathryn Gray (1st), Florence Bennett (Kindergarten)
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CLASS OF 1952
TOP ROW: Ann Mayer McDonald, Phyllis I. Winslow Seloom, James Huml, Carolyn E. Abbs Rice, Edward Holly, Patsy M. Stephens Tyree, Margaret Wangler Dings, Duane L. Copeland, Yvonne R. Durfee Haines, John Artman, Enola J. Brace Armstrong, Mildred M. Crawford
NEXT ROW: Betty L. Awrey Carscallen, Charles Laser, Beverly A. Putnam Howard, Chas. Latreille, Barbara J. Fitzgerald Lally, Molly Best Craft, Jeanine Winslow Clemens, George Carroll, Sally A. McLaren Greene, Willis E. Brewer, Jeanine A. Cowan Smith
NEXT ROW: Dawn V. Storey, Douglas E. Piar, Bengt T. Monson, Elyse Heinecke (Sponsor), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal), Robert DeMatio (Sponsor), Ronald D. Behrens, Ralph V. Wolfe
NEXT ROW: Elizabeth Sikorski Trout, Leona M. Parmentier Edmonds, Nancy L. Sheick Gross, Ardith M. Wangler Palm, Deloris A. Farrar Conrad, Pat Trout Marshall, Patricia M. Markle Lauzan, Rosaline Sappington Smith
NEXT ROW: Angela D. Sheick Arnold, Ann Molloy Byron, Melbourne E. Matthews, Patricia R. Ogger Lisius, Shirley O. Spencer White, Ray Grezeszak, Margaret J. Husted Thrall, Elva Mervyn Peterson
BOTTOM ROW: Lynette J. Smith Mulkey, Maxine J. Beck Crawford, Clyde H. Partlo, Velma Pray Thorn, Edward White, Gloria E. Nelson Rogers, Margaret A. Rau Lapatt, Robert VanSickle, Vineta L. Elliott, William L. Clayton, Pat Reilly LaFountain, Zora E. Wilkinson
ALSO LISTED: James Durfee, Virginia Dawn Robbins
CLASS MOTTO: "Yesterday is Past, Tomorrow is Ahead, Only Today is Present"
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CLASS OF 1953
TOP ROW: Joyce E. Brown Sharrow, Donald G. Brick, Doris M. Melrose Frank, Charles H. Carscallen, Leona L. McAllister Carroll, LaVern M. Boman, Geraldine J. Johnson David, Donald J. Daws, Joyce M. Bair Parliament, Arvetice L. Awrey, Joan J. Fox Roman, Arnold K. Brewer, Mildred L. Barnum
NEXT ROW: Virginia L. Farrington, Orville D. Loomis, Joann A. Pearson Cottle, John M. Gillies, Francine M. Miller Fegan, William J. Deering, Jack L. Belanger, Bernice J. David Muehfeld, Thomas W. Gehl, Bernadine E. Velte Braithnaite, Nelson F. Thorn, Mildred A. Duchane Munn
NEXT ROW: Shirley A. Petrovish Casey, George B. Wilkinson, Aileen Wanger Vroman, Frank R. Lally, Joan M. Winter Sparling, Alan Murray (Advisor), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal, Patricia A. Reminder Meiser, John B. Ouderkirk, Beverly J. Tank, James H. Kolb, Mary A. Whitchurch Tuck
NEXT ROW: Stephen Zsidi, William N. Meiser, Glen A. Richardson, Rochford A. Neville, Harvey D. Gregg, Doyle E. Winter, Robert J. Sharow, Douglas O. Brindley
NEXT ROW: Richard D. Schmitt, Michela M. Wilcox Young, Patrick D. McCormick, Myrna L. Whitmill Piar, Virginia J. Kozlow Trout, Richard J. Sheppard, Beverly A. Grezeszak Schneider, Donald W. King
BOTTOM ROW: Jean J. Fox Myas, Ronald N. Stephens, Phyllis M. Sergent Early, Roy J. Wiltse, Nancy L. Aitchison Moore, Carl J. Meiser, Mildred Remilong Wangler, Irving Killinger, Jacklyn D. Thompson, Steve A. Karafa, Virginia F. Hoy, Malcolm H. Stephenson, JoAnn Dent
ALSO LISTED: Mildred Barnum, Patricia Remilong, Ruth Thomas Ferguson
CLASS MOTTO: "We Have Crossed the Sea, the Ocean Lies Before Us"
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CLASS OF 1954
TOP ROW: Corinne E. Matthews Beard/Bertram, John Wilcox, Maxine Kelly, Harvey L. Pfeiffer, Emma Elmore Gall, Nancy J. Pointer Bischoff, Cam McKenney Sting, Janet Winslow Sayranian, James Sergent, Estella Thomas Hastie, Malcolm LeDuc, Barb Stillwagon Foltz
NEXT ROW: William J. Petrovish, Georgia Goatbe Eno, Ronald Parrish, Janet E. Drensky Thomas, Mac Rosevear, Edna M. Ogger Germain, Marjorie Dent Ball, Ray Latreille, Peggy Husted, Robert Finn, Darlene O. Clemens Winslow, Alvin W. Good
NEXT ROW: Holly A. Orr Little, Eddie Ostrander, Virginia E. Gamm McKenney, Gerald T. Drabek, Hollis Miner (Principal), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Gloria Larson (Sponsor), Robert DeMatio (Sponsor), Richard Hewson, Sally J. Kenyon Horton, David Goulder, Beverly J. Buhlman Adams
NEXT ROW: Robert Ogger, Birtie Kaas Whitefield, Fredrick Nichols, Carol Bradley Jickling, Maynell Gallaher Pfeiffer, Jim Orr, Gerry Bennett Illig, Terry Fitzpatrick
NEXT ROW: Janet M. Allen LaFord, James Klepinger, Kathryn Larsen Cattrell, Howard Melrose, Dick Cowles, Shirley Cummings Denman, Larry Denman, Joyce Blake May
BOTTOM ROW: Gary Cooper, Carolee Lucas Poling, Millard Fritz, Carol Keith Kerby Cattrell, David Sherman, Beverly Miles Breault, Elaine Munn Zielinski, Florence Burkett Bischoff, Douglas Jameson, Arlene McMillen King, Dick Benedict, Carol McAllister Kause, Dick Hughey
ALSO LISTED: Shirley Fitzgerald Sauve
CLASS MOTTO: "Here Lies the Timber, Let Us Build"
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CLASS OF 1955
TOP ROW: Barbara Boddy LaGorio, Charles Karafa, Rosalie Adrian Thorsen, Ruth Baldwin Price Weinrick, Roy Brown, Donna Good Petrovish, Sue Korbein, Lyle Gardner, Joan Benjamin Wooderson, Arlene Sheick Smith, Ronald Harris, Marlene Dubuis Slosser
NEXT ROW: Marjorie Meir Rey-Fraufe, Marthalee Cross Novak, Dallas Wiltse, Patricia Cohen Mattis, Betty Eastman Waldie, Charles Grezeszak, Alberta Kerblewski Gage, Donna Sharrow Watz, Charles Schagel, Lorraine Ehinger Zimmerman, Barbara Jackson Beckwith
NEXT ROW: Jennie Stillwagon Raymond, Virgil Curtis, Dorothy Pointer (Sponsor), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal), Alan Murray (Sponsor), Joyce Brewer Drabek, Gale Sullivan
NEXT ROW: Lorraine Toutant Illig, Martha Middleton Gillies, Dolores Brownell, Kay Cowan Belanger
NEXT ROW: May Kay Ruh Wilcox, Gary Scott, Janice Harris Arnold, Marie Parmentier Boren, Mildred Partlo Jones, Carmen Snyder Winslow, Jay Wilkinson, Marion Peurach Hewson
BOTTOM ROW: Nora Jayne Schaaf Martin, Duane Middleton, Maxine Kelly Jackson, Richard Hodgins, Marquieta Walter Sheppard, Veta Germain, Carol Reetz Wazny, Alexander Smith, Sally Johnson Schagel, George Good, Dawn Spencer Kennedy
ALSO LISTED: Glenda Goff Bonnell, Carleen Hook, Era Jay Bedtelyon
CLASS MOTTO: "So Much to Do, So Little Done"
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CLASS OF 1956
TOP ROW: Janet Zettel Tobin, Martin Drabek, Barbara Bergsma Feiler, Thomas Brindley, Barbara Wiltse, Bob Kingen, Margaret I. Good Knefler, Etheline Killinger Awrey, Cliff Saladine, Margaret Harness Warden, Raymond J. Brewer, Wanita Klemmer Smith, Robert J. Cottle, Mona Barnum Wenzel
NEXT ROW: Carol Breadon Piar, Andrew R. Goulder, Donna M. Jameson McLean, Glenn Goff, Frances I. Partlo, Richard C. Moore, Betty Burkett Westmoreland, Marvin Thomas, Carol Nelson Abraham, Bob L. Bachelder, Nancy Burns Koscic, Lyle Burger, Sybella Boddy Andujar
NEXT ROW: Betty Carroll Vardon Campbell, Patrick Hodgins, Ken Hutchins, Genevra Gould Fox, Hildred Moss (Advisor), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal), Robert DeMatio (Advisor), Dennis Orr, Jeanie Burns Rice, Ernest R. Thompson, Carolyn Carscallen Doyle
NEXT ROW: Donna M. Everitt Beilby, Ron Schneider, Myrtle L. Goulder Mudgett, Bernard E. Velte, Dave Walsh, Carol Sanders Stephens, Jim Hasty, Norma Goatbe Taylor
NEXT ROW: Florence E. Finerty Pataky, Keith Winslow, Liz Kaas Biltoft, Jack Peurach, Alta I. Rabidue McNeil, Dalton W. Wiltse, Ronald Benjamin, Phyllis J. Melrose DeCaire, Nathaniel McKenney, Carol VanSickle Bragg, Thomas Klacking, Janet Johnson Williams
BOTTOM ROW: Linda Snyder Cheroske, Roger Jacobs, Bonnie Reilly Wiltse, Hollis L. Miner, Beatrice Grezeszak Quinkert, Donald Laser, Barbara Winterfield Johnson, Thomas J. Zettel, Lola Hall McAllester, Raymond E. Parrish, Nancy J. Awrey Noel, Jack Sergent, Gwen Orchard Smith
ALSO LISTED: Roy Brown, Donald White, Patsy Rowland
CLASS MOTTO: "Let the Stars Be Our Guide to Future Success"
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CLASS OF 1957
TOP ROW: Rosalie A. Peck Stewart, Frank N. Biltoft, Janet G. Pointer Carrick, William V. Bedtelyon, Marilyn D. Towner Morgan, Merle M. Abbott, Peggy A. Stillwagon Flynn, Kay A. Carscallen Kaepp, Robert M. Farrington, Janet M. Anderson Eymer, Douglas C. Cooper, Patricia A. Bray Inman, Gary L. Conrad, Maxene Markle Fisher Begley
NEXT ROW: David Denman, Joyce E. Miller Walters, David Curtis, Barbara J. Goff Hanes, Bobby D. Candy, Joyce A. Cole Mullis, Elvey L. Goheen, Nancy L. Blancher Finerty, Gordon L. Burger, Phyllis J. Evilsizer, Donald F. Gibbs, Althea B. Cascadden Phillips, Leo A. Gussman, Janet S. Bradley Duddock, Malcolm E. Hall
NEXT ROW: Louis E. Doran, Sally L. Lucas DeVries, Kenneth W. Good, Cheri Nadeau Wright, Judy Lebzelter Huey, Mrs. Turner (Advisor), Mr. Surline (Superintendent), Mr. Miner (Principal), Mr. Murray (Advisor), Mike Winter, Nancy Good Hughey, Adolph D. Illig, Julia Mary Marchinski Pfeiffer, Hubert Harshman
NEXT ROW: Rosalie L. Fox Baynham, Howard T. Hacht, Elaine Kaiser, Kenneth C. Hughey, Robert E. Poynor, Sandra K. Golden, Bruce Jameson, Patricia A. Klacking Noffsinger
NEXT ROW: Robert E. Jones, Kale Ann Oberlin Reis, Dallas Ostrander, Elsie C. Nichols Jameson, Harold L. Pfeiffer, Leona F. Hall Stahl, Deanna J. Grabner Thomas, Fredric H. Monson, Marjorie K. Winslow Mueller, Terrence J. Blum, Dorothy S. Spencer Butson, Dan Benjamin
NEXT ROW: Norman M. Painter, Gloria Jo Steelman Eldred, Rodney E. Ritter, Avis Joan Remilong Hall, Edwin D. Rouse, Anne M. Raymond Smith, James M. Stamm, Carl D. Thompson, Caroline N. Solinski Hoard, LeRoy K. Saladine, Norma J. Hagelstein Brindley, Roy A. Schaefer, Geraldine Graham, Darrold R. Morris
BOTTOM ROW: Kenneth J. Neubecker, Roberta Trout Smith, Darrell Middleton, Frances A. Valley Nagy, Darryl R. Sokoly, Jeannete M. Moulton, Gerald E. Woughter, Raymond E. Miller, Peggy Lucas, Albert H. Miles, Nancy L. Harris Hagaman, Charles E. Kenyon, Janet M. Jackson Sowmick, Wilson A. Towner
ALSO LISTED: Janet Bedtelyon, Donald Jameson, William Walters, Ronald Perry
CLASS MOTTO: "WE Have Reached the Stage, Stardom Is Our Goal"
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CLASS OF 1958
TOP ROW: Barbara M. Good Rouse, Daniel G. Everitt, JoAnn Klemmer Green, Charles Stahlbusch, Barbara Gibbs Cordova, Robert A. Leslie, Bette Raymond Thompson, Margaret A. Johnson Winters, Larry G. Winslow, Karen Nelson Brewer, Dale Turner, Mary A. Bohlinger Raines, Nelson L. Gelinas, Linda L. Snyder Thurlow
NEXT ROW: Allen Smith, Pat Scott Munn, Rolland Benjamin, Norma G. Finkbeiner Bedor, Bill Thomas, Carol A. Nurss Miller, Bob Turow, Bob Steelman, Charles W. Folsom, Evlyne Johnson Sheltrown, John Walsh, Joan Lucas Petty, Fred G. Shappee, Isbel A. Drensky Fox, William H. Austin
NEXT ROW: Mary Schultz Zettle, Ron Walter, Rosemary Burkett Nelson, Edwina L. Carscallen Abbott, Dale Sheltrown, Dorothy C. Pointer (Adviser), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Hollis Miner (Principal), Edwin Shiel (Adviser), Barbara J. Good Hughey, Carol Priddy Curtis, Pamela L. Smith, Klaus, Alten, Elaine M. Neubecker Brennen
NEXT ROW: Jim Little, Joyce Valley Denman, Harry A. Lester, Harriet L. Moss, Sharon Atherton, Charles Mays, Carrol Velte Hacht, Roy Fox
NEXT ROW: Florine G. Orchard Sappington, Gerald H. Vincent, Elaine M. Kaiser, Don Finerty, Grace Brindley Scott, Bessie M. Thomas, Jerry Noffsinger, Ruth A. Niswonger Szpeich, Lawrence Grezeszak, Elaine Hayes Curtis
NEXT ROW: Nancy Rea Griffith, Barry Hughes, Shari Utter Isiem/Prevo, Leo E. Oakes, Betty L. Fogarasi Hamilton, Delbert G. Perkins, Nancy Brick Walters, Alice Schmitt Greene, Gary Lobsinger, Barbara Benjamin Turland, Bob Brewer, Victoria L. Blum Winslow, Gary Ritter, June Gardner Gallivan
BOTTOM ROW: Robert R. Smith, Veragene Wilcox Overbay, Gary Hughey, Geraldine M. Basham Falkner, Charles Combs, Jean Schuler Farley, Doug Norton, James Sutherland, Judith A. Gillies Wintermute, Joe Rieger, Audrey Detzler Antz, Lowell Stevenson, Gaynol Denman Riley, Dick Coates
ALSO LISTED: Mary Finerty, Martin Mosteller
CLASS MOTTO: "Not Finished, Just Begun"
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CLASS OF 1959
TOP ROW: Harold Stephens, Mary Martin Miner, Keith VanWormer, Ruth Gingell, Earl Grezeszak, Margie David Davis, Arnold Burger, Tim Adrian, Elthieda Adolph, Roger Bearss, Mary Curtis Lucas, Ralph Bearss, Sally Behrens James, Roland Bunting
NEXT ROW: Judy Chadwick, Robert Schliter, Mariann MacKinnon Gray, David Rosevear, Clara Jackson Gilbert, Bob Novak, Beverly Helphenstine Roache, John Monson, Helen Klein Burger, Henry Fuller, Mary Klacking Hughes, Richard Hamilton, Jacquelyn Dunnill Converse, James Hayes, Janis Bolyard Leak
NEXT ROW: Phil Foltz, Rachel Hunt McLaren, Stuart Bergsma, Clifford Bedore (Advisor), Hollis Miner (Principal), Chester Surline (Superintendent), Karolyn Amble (Advisor), Richard Buck, Robert Williams, Vernon Meir
NEXT ROW: Richard McKenney, Helen Meir Reetz, David Lucas, Mary Miles, Gerald Lehman, Tom Scott, Mary Oberlin Duthler, Donald Miner, Nancy McLaren, Ron Meiser
NEXT ROW: Carol Sheick Schmaker, Eugene Hutchins, Sonya Miller Bennett, Douglas Fritz, Joyce Jameson Gildner, Rolland Benjamin, Cathy Pray Sullivan, Eugene Kauffman, Grace McKinstry Lindley, Leroy Prentice, Beverly Short, Don Power, Joyce Schneider, Ron Mumy, Frances Page Walton
BOTTOM ROW: William DuFresne, Linda Schumann Zimmer, William Brown, Kay Pickens Osborn, Michael Blancher, Margo Nelson Smith, Elden Adolph, John Schneider, Nancy Towner Culvertson, James Stringer, Sally Stephens Reed, Charles Rhines, Penny Smith Schneider, Gerald Reetz
ALSO LISTED: Dale Good, Nancy Graham
CLASS MOTTO: "Non Nobis, Sed Omnibus (Not For Ourselves, But For All)"
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