Class of 1935 -------------
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Class photo provided by Lawrence Brink, class of 1935.
1935 class picture. Anyone recognise the location? A side of the gym? The east and west additions to the high school had not been started yet, so the gym was probably surrounded by open space in 1935.
Material provided by a 1966 effort to write a history of Godwin book. The effort was apparently abandoned.
Note that many street addresses in Kent county changed in 1943, so street names shown above might not exist in year 2006. Just when the class list was compiled, or from what source, is not known.
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James Elroy Arndt (Jimmy) |
Lawrence John Brink (Bud) |
Russell Leon Canfield (Russ) |
John Howard Franklin Darrow (Jack) |
Norbert Joseph DeBoer (Norbe) |
Elwin Trimpe Fuerst (Elwin) |
Jack Leon Laubscher (Jack) |
Eileen Dolores Slotman (Eileen) |
The photographs were made available by Lawrence Brink, class of 1935.
( Material provided by Lewis Lull, class of 1940, scanned by Craig Lull, class of 1970. )
The class of 1935 as 5th graders.
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Material provided by Lawrence Brink, class of 1935.
The women were still more than holding their own scholastically in 1935.
Beginning in 1927, class valedictorians and salutatorians were
generally women, no
doubt reflecting a more serious attitude about class work, and
perhaps the apparent fact that women mature more quickly during their
secondary school years.
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Class photo provided by Lawrence Brink, class of 1935.
Material provided by the Laubscher family.
The junior class play, presented in March of 1934. One of the sponsors, Bertrand's, is of interest. The ad says that at one time there were gas pumps by the litte white buuldings just south of the lumber yard, and north a few doors from Dick's Galley. In the early 1950s grade school kids would refer to the store as "the penny store." One old glass case held all manner of tooth decay promoting treats. Cigarettes made of sugar, with red dye on one end, to give children at least the idea they were smoking. Tiny wax "soda bottles" that contained sugar water. Jaw breaker, which just might crack a tooth and guarantee a trip to the dentist. Strips of wax paper with sugar dots stuck to it, and sold by the strip.
Ben Lester, class of 1963, mentioned one time that in speaking with the Bertrand's it had come out that the store was once a stop on the stage line from Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo. A plank road from Grand Rapids to Kalamzoo existed in the 1850s and 1860s, and there was a toll station on the corner where Frank Rackett's house stood. Bertrand's store, a small white building with a store in the front, and cramped living quarters in the back, had a recessed door in the front, and mostly glass on the rest of the front, reminiscent of small store buildings in the 1800s.
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Provided by Pat Laubscher, class of 1963.
A letter from Charles Saur to Jack Laubscher, class of 1935, congratulating him on a new appointment. Date November 6, 1939. The Saur's were very diligent in keeping up with former Godwin graduates.
