Union High School "Aurora" Year Book - 1925

Seniors

Name

Birthplace

Achievements

Addington, Lillian

Schoolcraft, MI

Senior Sorosis

Ahlberg, Russel

Grand Rapids, MI

Allen, Leora

Lakeview, MI

Commercial Club, Mixed Chorus

Alyea, Charlotte LaBelle

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Senior Sorosis

Anderson, Corinne L.

Halmstad, Sweden

Girls' Chorus, Girl Reserves

Armantrout, Henry L.

Grand Rapids, MI

Bailey, Robert Leo

Grand Rapids, MI

Baker, James

Grand Rapids, MI

Barkley, Earl

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Unionite Staff, Athletic Council, Commercial Club

Baum, Rose

Toledo, OH

Senior Sorosis, Commercial Club, Mixed and Girls' Choruses

Bazuin, Willard

Beisel, John

Rossull, IN

Bentall, Alfred

Birchington, England

Photograph Committee

Bialkoski, Roman C.

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club

Bogardus, Ruth

Grand Rapids, MI

Senior Sorosis, Commercial Club, Mixed and Girls' Choruses

Bookholder, Jake

Brooklyn, NY

Glee Club, Boys' Chorus, Athletic Council,

Manager of '24 and '25 football and basketball teams

Brinks, Alice

Grand Rapids, MI

Senior Sorosis

Bronkema, Effie Grace

Talmadge Township

Broucek, Frank

Grand Rapids, MI

Unionite Staff, Commercial Club, Hi-Y, Mask and Bauble, Glee Club

Senior Play Cast, Business Manager of Senior Play

Bylsma, George

Grand Rapids, MI

Pres. Mask and Bauble Club, Commercial Club, Safety Council,

Treas. Senior Class, Hi-Y, Student Council, Sr. Play, Aurora and

Unionite Staff, Good Cheer Award

Champion, Harold S.

Talmadge Township

R.O.T.C.

Chase, Julius

Standish, MI

Pres. Forensie, Student Council, Sr. Play Cast, Sr. Debating Team,

Aurora and Unionite Staffs

Clark, Opal

Wheatfield, IN

Girl Reserves, Campfire, Sr. Play

Clarke, Marlin F. S.

Comstock Park, MI

Coleman, Harry

Grand Rapids, MI

Mask and Bauble Club, Glee Club

Collett, Grace Margaret

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Mixed Chorus

Corlin, Arvid J.

Grand Rapids, MI

Football Squad

Corwin, Katheryne Elaine

Chelsea, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Latin VIII Class, Class Poet

Courson, Aenone Loyola

Copemish MI

Sr. Sorosis

Crowley, Thelma

Algoma Township

Sr. Sorosis, Latin VIII Class, French Play Cast

Cusser, Wilma E.

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Service Chmn. Girl Reserves, Treas. Forsenic, Sr. Play,

Debating Team

De Boer, James

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Commercial Club

De Boer, Leona

Grand Rapids, MI

Sec. Commercial Club, Student Council, Sr. Play, Sr. Sorosis

De Jong, Marion H.

Fairview

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Hockey and Basketball teams

De Loof, Catherine

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club

DeMaar, Hattie Louise

Groningen, Netherlands

Sr. Sorosis, Commercial Club

DeMaat, Marie

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Mixed Chorus, Sr. Volley Ball Team

Devendorf, Charlotte

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Mixed and Girls' Choruses, Sr. Sorosis,

Sr. Play, Sr. Volley Ball Team

Devereaux, Marjorie Ann

Flint, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Commercial Club, Photograph Committee

De Vries, Paul

Grand Rapids, MI

De Waard, Otto

Grand Rapids, MI

De Young, Fred

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus, Aurora and Unionite Staffs,

Sr. Play

De Young, Ruth Elizabeth

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Commercial Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Volley

Ball Team

Dickerson, Frank P.

Lamont, MI

Forensic, Sr. Play

Dohm, Lois Elithe

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Commercial Club

Dykewitz, Irene Lillian

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Forensic Debating Society, Mask and

Bauble, Sr. Play, V.P. of Commercial Club, Social Chmn. Girl Reserve

Egbert, Helen

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble

Egle, Ida T.

Grand Rapids, MI

Eldridge, Harold

Grand Rapids, MI

Concert Master Sr. Orchestra, Mask & Bauble Club, Glee Club,

Sr. Play

Elenbaas, Elizabeth

Cadillac, MI

Forensic Debating Society, Mask and Bauble, Sr. Sorosis,

Girls' U Club, Latin VIII Class, Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Sr. Play

Elliott, Gerald A.

Grand Rapids, MI

Boys' Chorus, Bosy' Glee Club, Band, Orchestra, Sr. Play

Elson, Elizabeth

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Treas. Athletic Council, Ring and Pin

Committee, Sr. Play, Girls' and Special Mixed Choruses,

Hockey Team, Unionite and Aurora Staffs

Engman, Esther H.

Walker Township

Sr. Sorosis, Announcement Committee

Ernsberger, Elaine

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Girl Reserves, Hockey, Swimming and

Basketball Teams, Sr. Play

Fahnle, Erwin F.

Grand Rapids, MI

Farney, William E.

Carberry, Manitoba, Canada

Farrar, Edna B.

Antrim County

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Commercial Club, Mixed Chorus

Fish, Lawson

Standish, MI

Hi-Y, Mixed Chorus, Bosy' Chorus, Bosy' Glee Club, Special Mixed

Chorus, Unionite Staff, Sr. Play

Fitzsimmons, Ruth Aleeta

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble, Girls' U Club, Sr. Play

Flora, Howard

East Jordan, MI

Frazee,Raymond E.

Grand Rapids, MI

Frieling, Gertrude C.

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Play

Frieling, James

Grand Rapids, MI

Publicity Manager of Sr. Class, Class Musician, Unionite and Aurora

staffs, Boys' Chorus, Special Mixed Chorus, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus

Band and Orchestra, Student Council, Mask & Bauble Club, Sr. Play

Gezon, Bertha

Grand Rapids, MI

Girls' U Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Gill, Hilton A.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Sec. Athletic Council, Treas. Hi-Y, Treas. Mask and Bauble Club,

Boys' Chorus, Boys' Glee Club, Special Mixed Chorus, Unionite staff,

Ring and Pin Committee, Sr. Play, Class Artist

Glocheski, Earl T.

Grand Rapids, MI

Football and Basketball Teams

Glocheski, Harold Francis V.

Grand Rapids, MI

Football and Basketball Teams

Goldberg, Rebecca

Muskegon, MI

Commercial Club

Gould, Catherine Carpenter

Grand Rapids, MI

Mask and Bauble, Senior Sorosis, Girl Reservesw, Aurora Staff,

V.P. of Forensic Debating Society, Sr. Play, Girls' U Club, Hockey,

Sr. Basketball Team

Goulooze, Cornella

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Commercial Club

Goulooze, Helen Cornelia

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Play

Grady, Ruth Glayds

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Commercial Club

Grinczel, Florence Esther

Grand Rapids, MI

Mixed Chorus, Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Commercial Club, Hockey,

Swimming and Sr. Volley Ball Teams

Grooters, Evangeline Miriam

Preston MN

Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Commercial Club, Mixed Chorus

Grublaukas, Joseph R.

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y

Hackmuth, Buryl T.

Comstock Park, MI

Hi-Y, Sr. Glee Club, Band and Orchestra, Gen. Science Club,

Sr. Play, Chmn. Ring and Pin Committee

Hall, Hazel Leona

Manton, MI

Commercial Club

Hamelink, Adrianna

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club

Hankinson, Pauline Louise

Walker Township

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Hanson, Lester L.

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, AnnouncementCommittee, Boys' Chorus

Hayden, Luella

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves

Hentschel, Louisa Ruth

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Sr. Play, Swimming Team

Hice, Hazel L.

Comstock Park, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble, Chmn. AnnouncementCommittee

Hilton, Maxwell R.

Walker Township

Hi-Y, Forensic and Motto Committee

Hintz, Irene Augusta

Comstock Park, MI

Commercial Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Hokanson, Evert C.

Grand Rapids, MI

Sec. Hi-Y, Forensic, Boys' Chorus, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Special

Mixed Chorus

Hoogerhyde, Dorothy

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Sr. Orchestra

Huwer, Alice

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Play, Sr. Sorosis, Forensic Debating Society, Swimming, Publicity

Manager of Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Hockey, Basketball, Aurora

Staff, Photograph Committee, V.P. Sr. Class

Idsinga, Mildred

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis

Ing, Gwendolyn

Ionia, MI

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Hockey and Swimming Teams

Jackowski, Frank E.

Grand Rapids, MI

Jones, Edith May

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Mask and Bauble, Swimming, Sr. Play,

Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Class Artist

Kaler, Helen Bernice

Cedar Springs, MI

Camp Fire, Sr. Play, Sr. Volley Ball Team

Kardas, Frank Jr.

Indiana

Kasianowitz, Anna

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble, Sr. Play

Kawka, Edward

Grand Rapids, MI

Krapp, William T.

Grand Rapids, MI

Boys' Chorus, Boys' Glee Club, Sr. Play

Kitzinger, Russell K.

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y

Kloet, Wilma

Fairview

Sr. Sorosis, Second Hockey Team

Kohles, Genevieve F.

Syracuse, NY

Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble, Commercial Club

Koopmans, Martha

Netherlands

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Second Hockey Team

Kowrack, Florence Leona

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Commercial Club

Krause, Reinhart J.

Wiinschendorf, Austria

Commercial Club

Kriekard, Gertrude

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Mixed and Girls' Choruses, Mask and Bauble, Play

Committee, Sr. Play

Kupris, Margaret E.

Shenandoah Valley, PA

Sr. Sorosis

Lankamp, Dena

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Commercial Club

Larkin, Ila Irene

Traverse City, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Sr. Orchestra, Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club

Lear, , Floyd E.

Potterville, MI

Football Team, Hi-Y, Boys' Chorus

Le Strange, Marion Esther

Mt. Pleasant, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Sr. Play, Mask and Bauble, Hockey Team

Ley, Arlon G.

Grand Rapids, MI

Football and Basketball Teams, Hi-Y, Aurora Staff,

Mask and Bauble Club

Lindeman, Henrietta

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Capt. Second Hockey Team,

Basketball and Swimming Teams, Sr. Play

Lodge, Bernice

Ludington, MI

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Memorial Committee

London, Esther

Chattanooga, TN

Commercial Club, Girls' U Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Looman, Clayton Edgar

Traverse City, MI

Boys' Chorus, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Hi-Y, Sr. Play

Loosenort, Angeline

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr.Play, Commercial Club

Lypps, Marian Elizabeth

Detroit, MI

Athletic Council, Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Girls' Special Mixed and

Mixed and Girls' Double Trio Choruses, Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves,

Mask and Bauble

McEwan, Joseph M.

Grand Rapids, MI

McLean, Donald

Saginaw, MI

Hi-Y

McMahon, Dorothy

LaPorte, IN

Sr. Sorosis, Commercial Club

Malmberg, Arnold T.

Grand Rapids, MI

Marsden, Frank J.

Decatur, IL

Mask and Bauble

Martin, Eldon E.

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y

Medendorf, Helen

Rockford, MI

Mask and Bauble, Commercial Club, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Mervenne, Melbourne

Grand Rapids, MI

Mask and Bauble, Commercial Club

Meyer, Jeanette M.

Alpine Township

Sr. Sorosis, Swimming class

Miller, Betty Alyce

Decatur, IN

Mask and Bauble, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Miller, G. Harry

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Boys' Chorus, Sr. Play

Morris, Marion May

Kent County

Sr. Sorosis, Mixed and Girls' Choruses, Mask and Bauble, Motto

Committee, Sr. Play

Muth, O., Herbert

Walker Township

Glee Club,Mixed Chorus, Boys' Chorus, Ring and Pin Committee

Sr. Play

Nardin, Esther Mae

Grand Rapids, MI

Girls' U Club, Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Sr. Play

Newberg, Dorothy E.

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Commercial Club, Girl Reserves, Mixed Chorus and

Unionite Staff

Newell,Bernard L.

Grand Rapids, MI

Band, Football, Track Team

Newton, Robert A.

Grand Rapids, MI

Band and Orchestra

Niggle, Alfred

Grand Rapids, MI

Oakes, Margaret Ellen

White Cloud, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble, Girls' U Club, Girl Reserves,

Commercial Club, Sec. Unionite Staff, Aurora Staff

Olson, Helen Louise

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Play, Commercial Club, Sr. Sorosis, Aurora and Unionite staffs

Orlikowski, Theodore

Grand Rapids, MI

Football and Basketball teams

Otte, Marion Constance

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club

Owen, Beatrice

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Sr. Orchestra, Commercial Club

Paauwe, John

Grand Rapids, MI

Palmer, Linnea

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Sr. Sorosis

Parker, Lennie L.

Sand Lake, MI

Hi-Y, Mixed Chorus, Boys' Chorus,Glee Club, Special Mixed Chorus,

Track Team, Sr. Play

Passmore, Lila

Grand Rapids, MI

Forensic Debating Society, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club,

Aurora Staff, Sr. Play, Commercial Club

Paukszthes, Charles

Kenosha, WI

Hi-Y

Pekarsky, Morris

Poland

Winner of Student Achievement Award

Peterson,Helen

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Sr. Sorosis

Post, Crystal Jessie

Sparta, MI

Girls' U Club, Mask and Bauble, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Hockey

Team, Sr. Play, Motto Committee, Sr. Volley Ball Team

Quakenbush, Lila L.

Fife Lake, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Sr. Play

Ranger, Franklin J.

Grand Rapids, MI

Band, Orchestra, Hi-Y

Rapp, Elenne E.

Walker Township

Sr. Sorosis, Girsl' U Club, Girl Reserves, Mask and Bauble

Rasikas, John

Lithuania

Read, Virginia Louise

Grand Rapids, MI

Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Treas. Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Girls'

U Club, Mask and Bauble, Sr. Play

Ream, Adell

Sparta, MI

Commercial Club, Girl Reserves

Rector, Beatrice Mae

Cedar Springs, MI

Girl Reserves

Rector,Ella

Cedar Springs, MI

Girl Reserves

Roetman, Mabel

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Sr. Sorosis

Roth, Ruth Emikly

Middletown OH

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Mask and Bauble, Sr. Play,

Sr. Play Committee, Girl's Mixed and Special Mixed Choruses, Girls'

Double Trio

Rydzewski, Walter J.

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus

Schaubel, Wilma Louise

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Play, Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Hockey, Basket-

ball Teams, Mask and Bauble, Rhythm Class and Class Prophet

Schley, Miriam Evelyn

Grand Rapids, MI

Hockey and Basketball Teams, Sr. Sorosis, Girls' U Club, Forensic

Debating Society, Student Council, Treas. Girl Reserves, Union

Representative in State Oratorical Contest, Editor-in-Chief of Unionite

and Aurora, Dillingham Memorial Award

Schmidt, Rose

Kankakee, IL

Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Schuiling, Marion F.

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Hockey and Baskeball Teams

Schuur, Gerrit

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club

Seastrom, Hazel

Croton Dam, MI

Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Sr. Sorosis

Shepard, Don

Grand Rapids, MI

Forensic, Mask and Bauble

Sherman, Leo

Empire Mi

Photo Committee, Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus, Hi-Y

Skutt, Eleanor Ruth

Grand Rapids, MI

Student Council, Aurora and Unionite staffs, Sr. Sorosis,k Girls' U

Club, V.P. Girl Reserves, Rhythm Class, Hockey and Basketball

Teams, Sr. Play, Sec. of Sr. Class

Smits, Winifred Anne

Grand Rapids, MI

Girls' Chorus, Mixed Chorus, Sr. Sorosis, Mask and Bauble, Class

Mujsician

Smith, Bertha

Burk Falls, Ontario, Canada

Sr. Sorosis, Mixed Chorus

Snyder, June Mae

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis

Sobczak, Jane Frances

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves

Sporte, Richard

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Forensic, Sr. Play, Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus, MixedChorus,

Business Manager of Unionite and Aurora Staffs

Stegeman, Julia Alberta

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis, Mixed and Girls' Choruses, Mask and Bauble, Sr. Play

Strockis, Alex A.

Grand Rapids, MI

Football and Basketball Team

Sutkaitis, Blanche

Grand Rapids, MI

Mask and Bauble, Girl Reserves, Sr. Sorosis

Swift, Ernest J.

Grand Rapids, MI

Band and Orchestra

Swoba, Helen

Chicago, IL

Commercial Club, Girl Reserves, Swimming Class, Sr. Sorosis

Termeer, Cornella Isabel

Grand Rapids, MI

Girls' U Club, Mask and Bauble, Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Ring

and Pin Committee, Delegate Mid-Winter and Summer Conferences,

Manager of Hockey and Volley Ball Teams, Sr. Play

Thiel, Hazel

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Forensic Debating Society, Mask and

Bauble, Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Sec. of Senior Sorosis

Timmer, Richard F.

Grand Rapids, MI

Tisch, Wilfred E.

Grand Rapids, MI

Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Aurora Staff, Sr. Play, Class Prophet

Troeger, Harold L.

Grand Rapids, MI

Forensic Debating team, Band and Orchestra, Unionite and Aurora

Staffs, Class Orator

Thomasma, Ann C. G.

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis

Tloczynski, Dorothy

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Sorosis

Vander Kam, Richard

Grand Rapids, MI

Forensic, Hi-Y, Mask and Bauble, Glee Club, Special Mixed Chorus,

Sr. Play, Aurora Staff

Vander Lind, Marvin W.

Grand Rapids, MI

Vanderveen, Theodore S.

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Sr. Glee Club, Special Mixed Chorus, Boys' Chorus, Mixed

Chorus, Sr. Play, Band and Orchestra

Van Krimpen, Arie John

Grand Rapids, MI

Pres. Hi-Y, Unionite and Aurora Staffs, Student Council, Choruses,

Sr. Play

Van Kuiken, Raymond L.

Grand Rapids, MI

Pres. Sr. Class and Student Council, Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus,

Special Mixed Chorus, Commercial Club, Sr. Play, Unionite and

Aurora Staffs, Advertising Manager of Mask and Bauble, Dillingham

Memorial Award

Velders, Frederick Eugene

Grand Rapids, MI

Hi-Y, Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus, Sr. Play

Webb, Ruth M.

Grand Rapids, MI

Commercial Club, Girl Reserves

Weersing, Helen

St. Paul, MN

Sr. Sorosis, Girl Reserves, Mask and Bauble, Sr. Play, Unionite and

Aurora Staffs,

Weidenfeller, John A.

Butte,Montana

Football and Track Teams, Hi-Y, Sr. Debating team

Weining, Edward A.

Grand Rapids, MI

Boys' Glee Club, Boys' Chorus, Mixed Chorus, Hi-Y, Sr. Play,

Commercial Club, Mask and Bauble, Announcement Committee

Wepman, Jennie

Tookum, Russia

Commercial Club, Girls' U Club, Sr. Sorosis

Werkman, Marguerite

Zeeland, MI

Sr. Sorosis

Wesselius, Dorothy B.

Grand Rapids, MI

Girl Reserves, Girls' U Club, Mask and Bauble, Pres. Sr. Sorosis,

Student Council, Announcement Committee, Aurora Staff, Good

Cheer Award

Wikstrom, Oscar

Grand Rapids, MI

Football Team

Winick, Isaac Wallace

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Play

Wilder, Eula E.

Alpine Township

Sr. Sorosis

Wisneski, Ray

Grand Rapids, MI

Mask and Bauble

Zindel, Lucy

Grand Rapids, MI

Sr. Play, Forensic, Mask and Babuel, Girl Reserve, V. P. Sr. Sorosis,

Gikrls' U Club, Capt. Hockey team, Baskeball team, Debating team,

Student Council, Aurora staff, Oratory

Zweedyk, Peter