Inside this issue:

Scholarship Award Norman Duncan Award

2 2

Meet Dr. Pol 4

50 yr Grads 1963 25 yr Grads 1988

5 5

Oldest Alumnus 7

Contributors 10

Secretary’s Annual Report

12

Deceased Grads Achievements

16 17

Alumni Historian

Spring/Summer 2013 126 Years

Mayville High School

12/4/1946—1/27/2013

This issue of the Historian is

dedicated to the memory of

Sharon Ford ‘65

past

member of the Alumni

Association

Class of 1962

Highlights from the 2012 Alumni Banquet

The 2012 Alumni Banquet was held on June 9, 2012. There

were approximately 227 alumni, friends and family in atten-

dance. More photos on page 18.

Class of 1987

Honoring the

Classes of

1962 & 1987

Alumni Banquet photos courtesy of Patti Vollweiler —’81

Victoria

Vollw

eiler

Shi

elds

‘75

2013 Alumni Association

Officers

President

Daniel Dennis—‘77

Vice-President

Betty (Steele) Harris—’61

Treasurer

Bernice (Robison)McLane—’59

Secretary

John Secord—’59

Scholarship Committee

Barb (Long) Hahn —‘59

John Secord —’59

Sandy (Howard) Secord —‘60

Kadee Raby —‘04

Daniel Dennis— ‘77

Members At Large

Sherri (Secord) Elenbaum—’82

Krystal (Bodeis) LaBair— ‘77

Congratulations 2012

MHS

Alumni Scholarship

And

Norman Duncan Award

Recipients

2 Mayville High School Alumni 2012 Awards Recipient

Bradley Carl Allen, Gregory Norman Allen. Nathan Daniel Atkinson, Travis Anthony Badour, Tori Alex-

andra Bakewell, Kevin Donald Bassham, Kelsey Renea Blasdell, Mary Helyn Bradish, Virginia Ann But-

ler, Kennedy Joy Carter, Mitchell Kyle Crateur, Seth Ryan Demerly, Terry James DeMott, Katelyn Rae

Diller, Kimberly Ann Dover, Tyler Allen Dunham, Kyndra Lynn DuRussel, Destiny Rose Elledge, Jona-

thon David Endert, Laura Ann Fifield, Nicholas Robert Fox, Cody James Gee, Stefan Christopher

Greene, Cheyenne Chantel Halasz, Kyla Marie Harp, Justin J Harris, Bryce William Hilts, Jennifer

Nicole Knickerbocker, Jarred Robert Lefler, Serena Marie Mathews, Lorin Marie Mead, Emily Louise

Middleton, Christopher Daniel Murawski, Elberta Marie O’Neil, Abby June Parent, Anna Jean Patterson,

Gregory Raymond Dean Perdue, Denise Alexandra Petkoff, Danielle Jo Plettner, Samantha Lee Porter,

Austin Michael Pyles, Cody Dale Pyles, Calob Douglas Saporsky, Lindsay Marie Sinclair, Cody Matthew

Smith, Kaitlyn Raeanne Smith, Trista Opal Sommerfield, Ruth Abigail Squires, Wade Matthew Steven-

son, Emiley Sue Sugden, Tayler Anastasia Thomas, Catherine A Todd, Sherry Lyn Walker, James

Clayton Ward, Cheyenne Autumn Rose Watson, Brandon Michael Wells, Theron M Wiley, Dakota Luke

Williams, Ryan Wilson

Congratulations

Class of 2013

2012 Alumni Scholarship Recipients—

Alexandra Jean Diller— is attending Northwood University in

Midland, Michigan and is pursuing a degree in Business and

Accounting.

Kelli Jo Pape— is attending the University of Michigan in Ann

Arbor and is a double-major in Linguistics and Psychology.

2012 Norm Duncan Memorial Recipient—

Francis Buggia— is attending the University of Michigan in

Ann arbor and pursuing a degree in Engineering and/or a

Medical Degree.

Congratulations to all of you!

Reunion News ……………………………………………...

Matt Harmon, Aaron Winger 2nd row: Monica Marshall, Tammie Warren Coutcher, Sarah Brown David, Andrea Foote

Jean, Debbie Johnson Blackmer, Wendy Corbat Premo, Georgette Berard Welch, Cindy Fulton Palmeter, Janelle Ter-

bush Komperda. 3rd row: Andie Viele, Tracy Wheaton Major, Michelle Dennis Sugdan, Russ Coutcher, Russ Mar-

shall, Back row: Chris Morodan, Andy Lawless, Jason Leitner, Mike Knox, Todd Fritz, Doug Ostrander, James Fryers,

Justin Hamilton.

3

Class of 1992— September 23, 2012

Class of 1983

30th Reunion—2013

A 30 year class reunion for the class of 1983

will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2013

Location: David & Jill (Steele) Pape's

5709 Plain Road, Silverwood, MI

6:00 PM until ?

Contact Jill for more details at

papej@mayville.k12.mi.us. Or find us on

Facebook at "Mayville High - Class of 1983”

Planning a Class Reunion?

Need help getting the word out?

Contact Victoria (Vollweiler) Shields—Class

of ‘75—vickieshields@yahoo.com —and have

your announcement posted on the ALUMNI

pages on the Mayville Community School’s

website or post your announcement to Face-

book—Search for Mayville, MI High School

Alumni.

4 Jan Harm Pol and Diane Dalyrmple Pol—Class of ‘62

Jan Harm Pol was born and raised on a dairy

farm in the Netherlands, where he graduated

from the Dutch High School before he came

to Mayville as an exchange student at May-

ville High School during the 1961-1962 school

year.

After graduation from Mayville High School,

Jan returned to the Netherlands and enrolled

at the University of Utrecht to study veterinary

medicine. He returned to Michigan for a visit

in 1966 and then again in 1967, when he mar-

ried Diane Dalrymple, also a graduate of the

class of 1962. They moved back to the Neth-

erlands for 3 1/2 more years while Jan fin-

ished his degree. At the university they were

told that if they wanted to practice veterinary

medicine they would have to leave the Neth-

erlands to find a practice. So Jan and Diane

returned to Michigan.

In 1971, Jan joined a three-man, mixed ani-

mal practice in Harbor Beach, Michigan where

they lived and started their family of three chil-

dren. 10 years later, in 1981, they opened up

their own mixed animal practice in Weidman,

Michigan that grew to a multi-person

practice. They have lived and worked

in Weidman for 31 years. Jan is still

actively practicing veterinary medicine

and his wife, Diane is still managing the

office. Jan is a member of the local Li-

ons Club and is active in the Weidman

Baptist Church.

In addition to their veterinary practice,

Diane and Jan imported Frisian horses

from the Netherlands and have suc-

cessfully raised and bred them for 15

years. Jan has also enjoyed collecting extinct

or unusual cars though the years, and his

hobbies include traveling, water sports, deer

hunting, and reading.

Jan and Diane have three children—two

daughters. Kathlene and Diane and one son

Charles. Their children now live in Vermont,

Bay City, Michigan, and Los Angeles, Califor-

nia. They have two grandchildren, Adam and

Rachel.

Their son Charles was instrumental in develop-

ing a successful reality T.V. show for National

Geographic Wild called “The Incredible Dr.

Pol”, which focuses on Jan’s veterinary prac-

tice and their family, and has been aired on

the National Geographic Channel.

Join us on facebook!

Search for:

Mayville, MI High School alumni

We have 1,369 members

Congratulations 50 year and 25 year Grads of 2013 5

50 yr. Grads—Class of 1963

Class Motto: “The foundation of life is built with the

bricks of character.”

Class Colors: Red and White

Class Flower: Red Rose

Nick Alfano, William Asher, Marsha Audinet, Janet

Broomfield, Douglas Brown, Jean Brown, Bonnie

(Smith) Brown, Val Donna Buhl, Juanita Byrd,

Barbara Chapin (Salutatorian), Larry Colosky *,

Gloria DeGrow, Jean Fowler, Floyd Friday, Lyle

Fryers (Treasurer), Gale Garnsey, Carol Grim-

shaw, William Hoose, Danny Hormel, William

Iversen, Martha Kilmer, Ronald Kowalski, Alice

Ladd, Marilyn Louks, Patricia Lynch, Dale Lyon,

Lynn Maiers, Dennis Manwell, Elaine Middleton,

Ralph Moore *, Nancy Meyers, Leo Niezgucki,

Judy Osowski, Rollie Palmeter, Donald Peterson

(Valedictorian), Marie Phelps, Rollo Pickens,

Lawrence Pollion, Gary Putman, Linda Sarles

(President), Glenn Schlattman, Sue Sebert, Mau-

reen Shay (Secretary), Robert Shephard, Mary

Lou Sholes, Ruth Sholes, Nancy Smith, Andrea

TerBush, Betty Lou Thornton, Merle Dale Turner

*, Sally Ulshafer, Dianne Walker *, Sylvia

Wasielewski, Thomas Welke (Vice President) *,

Lewis White *. *Deceased Alumni

Exchange Students: Elizabeth deJonge, Nether-

lands, Wolfram Schultz, Germany

25 yr. Grads—Class of 1988

Class Motto:“ Faces or friends are magic mirrors. Look-

ing at people, who belong to us, we see the past, pre-

sent, and future. We make discoveries about ourselves..”

Class Colors: Royal Blue and Gold

Class Flower: Yellow Sweetheart Roses

Curtis Adams, Sally Anklam, Elizabeth Babcock, Brett

Balabon, Janelle Balogh, Kathy Barry (Vice President),

Candace Bates, Kirk Baxter, Lisa Blackmer, Tonya

Blood, Danielle Broecker, Catherine Brooks, Keith

Brooks, Mark Brown, Dennis Buckmaster, Kirk Butler,

Ortha Burd, Cari Cain, Michael Carpenter, Jennifer Clark,

Jennifer Colosky, Kristal Colosky, Virgil Cooper, Kathryn

Cryderman, Billie Jo Cummings, Marcia DeGroat, Terry

Derks, Melissa DeWitt, Cynthia Dietz, Steven Ellicott,

Paul Finkbeiner, Toni Folsster, Mishelle Fostor, Kimberly

Fox, Matthew Fox, Sandra Fritz, Alan Gabalis, Janet Gal-

lagher, Troy Garner, Eric Geiger, Karen Giddings, Cheryl

Gipson, Aaron Graham, Michael Graham, Tamara Harp,

Reginald Harris, Michelle Heineman, Brent Hoag, Cynthia

Howlett, Tracey Jagodinski, Janice Johnson

(Secretary), Daniel Jones, Eric Katz, Lisa Kelch, Tracy

Kendall, Brian Kester, Michael Kilbourn, Jennifer Kopka,

Michelle Kozan, Geoffrey Krieger, Michael LaBean,

Pauline Lieber (Treasure), Nicholas Long, Dawn Lowe,

Joanna Lugowski, Tammy Lumsden, Jeremy Lynch, Mat-

thew Main, James Mann, Raymond Mann, Peggy Max-

son, Jonathan McCarly, Orville McConnell Jr., Christo-

pher McIngvale, Frederick McKenna Jr., Cynthia McLane,

Thomas McVay, Charlene Merckel, Brett Middleton,

Douglas Moore, Margaret Morodan, Denise Ostrander,

Clifford Plain, Randy Price, Roland Price, Duwayne

Presley, Sherry Putnam *, Robert Rancour, Matthew

Raymond, Kellie Renwick, Kelly Robinet

(Valedictorian), Julie Robinson, James Rowbotham,

Tamara Rowbotham, James Rowe, Kathrine Schauer,

Jeffery Schiefer (Salutatorian), Deborah Serven, Kerri

Smith (President), Mike Spencer, Myron Strasburg,

David Sylvester, Jonathon TerBush, Tracey Tewksbury,

Duncan Thornton, Tricia Tompkins, Tami Vassallo, Mi-

chelle Walker, Thomas Walker jr., Troy Walker, Wade

Walker, Heath Wallace, Amy Weiss, Gerald Wheaton,

Christopher Williams, Dana Wilson, Douglas Woern,

Gregory Young. *Deceased Alumni

Exchange Students: Heiko Brehm, Germany, Tadashi

Hirano, Japan

The Alumni Association would like

to say ‘Thank You” to everyone

who helped to make the Annual

Alumni Banquet a success! * * *

Touch of Class Catering

North Branch Rental

Mayville Lions Club

Mayville Community Schools

Mayville State Bank

Custodian

6 Scrapbook Snapshots—Mayville Monitor 1923

Lela Schott—Class of 1923

Class of 1923...

Back issues of the Mayville Monitor can be found

on the Mayville Public Library website -

http://monitor.mayvillelibrary.org/mayville.html

The oldest Alumnus… Mildred Lela Schott Tanner—107 7

At age 107,

Mildred “Lela”

Schott Tanner

was the oldest

living Alumnus

of Mayville High

School. Lela

was born on

May 4, 1905 in

Tuscola County

and died just

one month short

of her 108 birth-

day, on April 5,

2013. Lela was born the same day that

Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated as the

26th President of the United States, beginning

his second term in office.

At the time of Lela’s birth, the average life

expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years; only 14

percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bath-

tub; just 8 percent of the homes had a tele-

phone, and more than 95 percent of all births

in the U.S. took place at home. A three-

minute phone call from Denver to New York

City cost eleven dollars; the average wage in

the U.S. was 22 cents per hour, and the av-

erage U.S. worker made between $200 and

$400 per year. Sugar was four cents a

pound; eggs were fourteen cents a dozen,

and coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

There were only 8,000 cars in the United

States; the maximum speed limit in most cit-

ies was 10 mph and only 144 miles of paved

roads existed. (Today in the United States,

there is reported to be 214 million motor vehi-

cles, and 3.9 million miles of paved roads--

enough to circle the Earth at the equator 157

times.) The tallest structure in the world in

1905 was the Eiffel Tower at 1,063 feet.

(Today the tallest man-made structure is

2,722 ft tall—the Burj Khalifa building in Du-

bai, United Arab Emirates.)

Lela graduated from Mayville High School in 1923, along with eighteen classmates-6 boys and 12 girls. She was ranked among the three highest achievers in her class, and given the honor of being Giftorian. The President’s Address was given by Alice Sed-don and the Valedictory was given by Berneice Baird.

“Such honors are not won in a day, but accomplished by concentrated effort and hours of work, perhaps while others have slept.”

1

The presentations by these three young ladies preceded the Senior Class Day Play, “Golden Days”, presented to the public at the Opera House in Mayville, on the evening of June 13, 1923. Admission was 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Reserved seats were 35 cents.

“The musical farce brought forth roars of applause. That the High School of Mayville is one of its valuable assets, could not help but convince the most skeptical after having seen such a dis- play of talent as was manifested in the Opera House in the presentation of ‘Golden Days’, by the graduating class.” 5

The Baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Dr. Ford at the Baptist Church. Nineteen graduates sat in seats decorated with large bows made of crepe paper, in the class col-ors of pink and white. The Prelude and March was played by Miss Dwelly and Mr. Church, and Mrs. Edwin Fox sang a vocal solo and Mr. Church played a cornet solo.

…………..………………….Continued on Page 9

8

Dave Vizard, a 1970 graduate of Mayville High

School and former News Editor of The Bay City

Times as well as Editor of True North Magazine,

made a series of special presentations in Febru-

ary, in the Thumb community.

Vizard, author of “A Formula for Murder” and co

-producer of “Chasing Jimmy!” a documentary

feature film, met with small groups of students at

Mayville High School during the day. Those

meetings emphasized the importance of writing,

editing, and communicating in today’s work

world.

Mr. Vizard presented “An Evening to Die For,” at

the Mayville Public Library. The event was open

to the public free of charge. Vizard spoke about

murder, what it takes to develop a novel, writing,

murder, editing, and independent publishing. He

also talked about what’s involved in creating a

delicious plot for a murder mystery.

“A Formula for Murder” is Vizard’s first novel.

The story line for the work of fiction is based in

Bay City and involves the community’s large ur-

ban school district, the former Bay Medical Cen-

ter as well as the local newspaper.

“The main character in my novel is reporter Nick

Steele, a name that is familiar to many throughout

the Mayville area,” Vizard said. “In fact, all of the

characters in the novel are based on people I have

known or worked with during the course of my 34-

year journalism career.”

During Vizard’s senior year at Mayville High

School, he wrote sports and feature stories for the

Mayville Monitor, the community’s local newspa-

per.

From there, Vizard served two years in the U.S.

Marine Corps before graduating from Wayne State

University with a B.A. degree in journalism. He

worked on a master’s degree in mass communica-

tion at Saginaw Valley State University.

Vizard worked at the Detroit News briefly as an

intern before being hired as the labor reporter for

The Flint Journal in 1977. He was promoted to

lifestyle editor in 1983.

In 1986, he was transferred and promoted to Metro

Editor of the Bay City Times. Vizard retired from

the newspaper when it went from daily to three-

days-a-week publication in 2008.

The novel is available at Mayville Public Library.

It can be checked out to read. For more informa-

tion and reviews of “A Formula for Murder, visit

Amazon.com.

For more information about Dave Vizard, visit:

http://davevizardsworld.blogspot.com/?

spref=gr#close=1

From the Class of 1970...

Lela Tanner continued from page 7….

9

“During the thirty minute address of Dr. Ford, every member of the class were all attention, as they listened to the very practical advice from the speaker.” 3

After graduation Lela had planned to be-come a math teacher. She had even taken the two required exams and was planning on at-tending summer school for six weeks during the summer to qualify for teaching in the fall. Her plans were changed when she was re-cruited to attend Baker Business School in Flint. Lela began taking a Stenographic Course, then switched to Bookkeeping. While attending Baker, Lela lived at the YWCA, washing dishes two hours in the evening for her board. One day a girl who lived at the Y ask Lela to accompany her to a job interview because she did not know what to say. Lela had no trouble talking and so she was the one that ended up getting the job at E.V. Stone, a wholesale grocer, and meeting her future hus-band, Clinton Tanner. Lela married Clinton Tanner on August 17, 1927 in Bowling Green, Ohio. He preceded her in death on February 6, 1951. She was a long-time member of Third Avenue Baptist Church in Flint. She was also formerly employed as a bookkeeper for Mason & Fauth Insurance and then Jerry Fauth Insurance Agency, and she was also a member of the Flint Travel Club. Lela loved poetry, The Detroit Tigers and The Flint Journal. Surviving are two children: San-dra Shanks and George Tanner, seven grand-children and 14 great grandchildren, and 1 great-great grand child.

The Mayville Monitor

Harry H. Lester, Publisher

[1] “Honor To Whom Honor Is Due” - June 14,

1923 No. 1852

[2] Photo Lela Schott - June 14, 1923 No. 1852

[3] “High School Hears Dr. Ford” - June 14, 1923

No. 1852

[4] “Golden Days” Play Announcement—June 7,

1923

The Old Schoolhouse

The old schoolhouse sits there, On the side of a dusty road.

A life time of memories, Of the children could be told.

Of learning to read and write, On a blackboard made of slate.

Or standing in the corner, For being a wee bit late.

Stories of cleaning the erasers, By smacking on the side of a brick wall.

Of having to wear hand me downs, Though they were a little bit small.

Of a stolen kiss from Suzie, Out in the play yard by the swing.

Of building snowmen in winter, Splashing through puddles in the spring.

Yes, the old schoolhouse sits there, Abandoned by the side of the dusty road.

Yet, a life time of memories by children, Are still being told.

~Ronald J. Curell~

Ronald J. Curell, graduate of Mayville High School

class of 1970, still resides in Mayville and is retired from

the Michigan National Guard and Michigan Carpenters

union. He has written a weekly column for the Mayville

Monitor for almost twenty years and for the Tuscola Ad-

vertiser for eighteen years, also has had articles and

poems in County Side, Backhome, County Line maga-

zines, various other national publications and newspa-

pers. He states; Mr. Robert Warren, a teacher from

Mayville was instrumental in installing his love for read-

ing and writing.

[5] “Class Day Play By Graduates” - June 14,

1923 No. 1852

Special Thanks to Lela’s daughter, Sandra

Shanks for sharing her mother’s story, and

supplying some of the details.

~Victoria (Vollweiler) Shields ‘75~

10 Honor Roll of Contributors - 2012

GENERAL FUND

Scott & Carol (Fox) Rhodes

Josephine (Walker) Fryers

Sue (Graham) Fox

Neil & Louise (Powers) Bastian

Thomas Conaway

Robert & Madelyn (Rogers) Rabe

John & Dolores Kazenko

Ilah (Fisher) Williams

Leora (Uhl) Phelps

Marvin & Elizabeth (Traubenkraut) Lambert

Dale & Joyce Clark

Jerome & Rosann Thienes

Gilbert & Doris (Bader) Sainz

James & Kathleen (Grzyb) Dickie

Leo & Barbara Marr

Scott & Vicky (Tait) Fox

Charles Crosby

Betty (Hebbard) Czaczkowski

John & Janet (DeGrow) Grundas

Keith & Peggy (Callahan) Traves

Ernest & Nancy (Sebert) Burns

Randy & Julie (Tompkins) Shaver

Vern & Joyce (Saunders) Fox

Gerald & Helen (Berlin) Carpenter

Michael McVay

Sharon (Wells) Eisele

Leslie & Carolyn Kaatz

Harriet S Grzyb

Mary Moyer

Robert & Kay (Langford) Naugle

Barbara (Moore) Scott

Rev. C Ronald & Audrey (Hormel) Phelps In Memory of

Donald & Bernard Phelps

Jerry & Gloria Peters In Memory of

Alfred Titus

Loraine (Smith) Bartz In Memory of

Kenneth Smith

Arlene (Gohs) Robinson

In Memory of

Dale Robinson

GENERAL AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Barbara (Friday) Barlow In Memory of

Blake Fox, Pat (Nowland) Ide-Wilkenson,

Phyllis (Friday) Bellamy

Dennis & Shari (Proctor) Capozzali In Memory of

Welcome Proctor

Gary & Helen (Galgoci) Crawford

In Memory of

Joanne (Hoose) Galgoci

Garold L Fox

In Memory of

Martha (Lyon) Fox, Linton Lyon & J.D. Fox

Sandra (Kregar) Kovar

Glenn & Donna Schlattman\

Scott Hampel

Matt & Angela (Cheney) Steele

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Richard & Mildred (Woern) Fox

Robert & Sharon (Sarles) Steele

Francene (Blasius) Smith

John Gabalis

John Sickler

Daniel Ignotov

William & Patricia (Lynch) Hamilton

Dr. Paul & Angela Oberle In Memory of

Rick Allen

Ruth (Vogt) Curry In Memory of

Gertrude Vogt & Roger W Smith

Max & Barbara (Goodell) Smith In Memory of

Deceased Classmates

Garold & Martha (Lyon) Fox In Memory of

Alfred Titus

John & Gloria (DeGrow) Mitchell In Memory of

Bernard & Rose DeGrow

Honor Roll of Contributors continued... 11

SCHOLARSHIP FUND continued

Robert & Connie (Marlow) Harris

In Memory of

Sharon (Kitchen) Thomas

Peggy (McCardle) Nguyen In Memory of

Sally McCardle

Craig & Connie Chapin In Memory of

Donald Chapin

Richard & Diane (Sugden) Smith In Memory of

Alfred Titus

Jerry Broomfield In Memory of

Alfred Titus

Pat & Tommie McSherry In Memory of

Alfred Titus

Douglas & Charlene Lauwers In Memory of

Elizabeth (Rutledge) Lauwers

Betty (Schempp) Lahiri In Memory of

Beatrice & Al Schempp

Lewis & Marcia (Kreger) Babcock In Memory of

Mark Fulton

Charles & Marilyn (Seddon) Wells In Memory of

Beverly (Harris) Mietz-Weinzierl

Stephen Hobson In Memory of

Michael Hobson

Patti Vollweiler In Memory of

Beverly (Harris) Mietz-Weinzierl

Steven & Cindy (McLane) Eveleigh In Memory of

Edward McLane

Nellie (Marr) Werner In Memory of

Richard Werner

Donna (McLane) Chapin In Memory of

Mary (McLane) Behrens, Lloyd, Edward, and

Donald McLane

Dale & Pat Wingert

In Memory of

Alfred Titus

Lynn & Linda Smith In Memory of

Alfred Titus and

Beverly (Harris) Mietz-Weinzierl

Robert Cudney In Memory of

Joy Ann Cudney

Gerald & Lisette Snider In Memory of

Martha (Lyon) Fox

Nancy Lee Nunn In Memory of

Martha (Lyon) Fox

Robert & Carol Gibelyou In Memory of

Martha (Lyon) Fox

to the staff, students and community of

Mayville High School

For receiving an ACADEMIC

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for being a

HIGH PROGRESS SCHOOL 2012-2013

View the letter from the State Department of Education

on the Mayville Community Schools website:

http://www2.mayville.k12.mi.us/

It can be found on the home page under “Community

Links”

Secretary’s Annual Report ……………………………………… 12

Mayville Alumni Association Secretary’s Annual Report

May 1, 2013

Four days after our annual banquet held on June 9, 2012 members of our alumni association met to consider things that would make next year’s banquet even better. Subsequent meetings were held in September, October, November, January, February, March, April & May. Bernice McLane opened her home to us for each of these meetings.

Treasurer Bernice provided an updated Treasurer’s report at each meeting. John submitted a Secretary report each time until leaving for warmer weather late in January. It has been reported that meetings held after January were attended only by President Dan Dennis, Vice President Betty Harris & Treasurer Bernice McLane. No secretary’s reports were provided as the secretary was absent.

Other members attending during the year were Patti Vollweiler, Violet Mathews, Sandy Secord, Barbara Hahn, Kadee Raby, & Krystal LaBair. Election of officers was held @ the September meeting. President Dan, Secretary John, and Treasurer Bernice were reelected for the current year. Betty Harris was elected Vice President. Sherri Elenbaum, Kadee Raby, and Krystal La-Bair were selected as trustees. Violet Matthews decided that she had been a part of leading this organization long enough and tendered her resignation as part of the board. Kadee was se-lected to replace her on the Scholarship committee.

In addition to the normal process of doing everything necessary for the annual banquet a lot of work was put into designing an improved mailer. Sisters Vickie Shields & Patti Vollweiler have put countless hours into dragging us into the 21

st century. We are using the internet more &

more to reach out to our alumni all over the world. Any suggestions for improving the process are welcomed for consideration.

What would really be appreciated would be for some of our younger alumni (and not so younger) members to step forward and help with improving what needs to be done. Change is upon us as we deal with providing the annual “Historian” to all who want to receive it and informing all mem-bers with the new improved bulk mailed mailer.

Another endeavor we are attempting to deal with is in making changes to the process of select-ing recipients for our scholarships. We want to provide scholarships to graduates who are more in need than those who receive the big grants. We have found that our process is such that our scholarships are going to those same graduates that are receiving the big scholarships.

Next meeting on May 8th will be @ 6pm @ Bernice’s.

Respectfully submitted,

John Secord, Secretary

If you did not receive an invitation to the Annual Alumni Banquet, either in

the US Postal mail, or by email, and want to be included in our database

for future mailings PLEASE SEND YOUR CURRENT NAME AND AD-

DRESS TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. Be sure to include the year

you graduated and your maiden name. You can find the Alumni Associa-

tion address on the last page of this HISTORIAN.

Reunion News ……………………………………………... 13

Class of 1972 Reunion—July 7th, 2012 at The Arrowhead Golf and Country Club in Caro, Michigan

Back Row: L to R: Bill Malloy, Doug Werner, Terry Terbush, Lynn (Bud) Topham, Larry Hopp, Rick

Pyles, Keith Davison, Randy Putman, Patty (Baber)Frenzel, Mike English, Tim Middleton. Middle Row L

to R: Rhonda ( Hood) Rushlo, Patty (Walker) Pyles, Susan (Doerr) McKeown, Charlene (Aul) Hopp,

Cindy (Baldwin) Hunley, Susan ( Maharg) Prince, Patty (Ihrke) Dunham, Laurene (Tedford) Sabo, Stella

(Colling) Jones, Alumni Teachers, Tom Topham, Robert Cudney, Robert Tallman. Front Row L to R:

Sally (Warren) Buhler, Rayola ( Brown ) Barkowska, Karen ( Haskins) Rogers, Becky (Springsteen)

Bodeis, Deborah (Quertermous) Kelly, Dawn Torrey, Mickel McNiel. Not pictured: Shari (Johnson) Corkins.

Mayville Schools Website

Visit the Mayville Community Schools webpages

at www2.mayville.k12.mi.us for news and updates,

including announcements regarding Class Reun-

ions, Banquet and view the entire Full-Color issue

of the HISTORIAN! Print it out if you like.

High School

Middle School

Elementary School

Alumni Association

Sports

Clubs

1972 Class Reunion—Entertainment was provided by

fellow classmates, Keith Davison and Mike English and

their band 'Second & Stone' . Pictured: Keith Davison,

Mike English, Tim Reed and guest Brain Stout.

14 Treasurer’s Report March 31, 2012—March 31, 2013

More Reunion News …………………………….. 15

Class of 1993—20th Reunion

September 28th, 2013—6:00 PM

Red Ox Tavern—45411 Park Ave, Utica, Michigan 48315 (586) 726-7070

Entertainment—(DJ or Band) starts between 9 & 10 PM

Red Ox is approximately 1 hr. and 15 min. from Mayville and 1 hr. from Detroit Metro.

No need to send money—Red Ox will allow our large group to order off the menu. However, you must

arrive no later than 6:30 PM or they will remove any unfilled tables at that time. Final count is needed by

September 18, 2013.

Please contact Kari Zapfe on Facebook or by email at: karifrmn@yahoo.com

The class of 1982 met at the home of Brad & Tina Dunham's the evening of Friday,

Aug. 24th, 2012. Everyone brought great food, and we reminisced about "old" times &

looked at yearbooks from back in the day. We signed a card for classmate Robyn

(McKenzie) Gohsman (who passed away earlier this year.) We enjoyed seeing Ed's

cool car and just had a great evening. –Sherri (Secord) Elenbaum

Bottom Row left to right: Steve Stokes, Shawn (Hilts) Blackwell, Stephanie (Fowler)

Simpson, Ron Raymond. Second Row: Jeff Lockhart, Kim (Smartt) Ybarra, Ed

Wasielewski, James Brown. Top Row: Tom Elenbaum, Sherri (Secord) Elenbaum, Jill

(Langford) Tallman, Bobby Lewicki. Attended but not pictured: Brad Dunham,

Tammy (Werner) Dunham, Mark Kozan, Kent Torrey, Ray Steele, & Joe LaBean, Leann

(Hahn), Gwinn & Jackie (Thornton) Reda.

Robyn Mckenzie

Gohsman

March 27, 1964

to

March 9, 2013

16 Deceased Classmates for 2012--May 2013 Class Alumnus Age DOD

1952 Beverly (Harris) Weinzierl 78 04-24-2012

Leo Weinzierl 78 05-05-2012

1955 Leonard L Lumley 74 02-24-2012

1956 Jeanette (Raymond) Vroman 73 01-11-2012

1957* Charles F Klinesmith 73 06-18-2012

1961 Ronald L Fox 71 02-16-2012

1961 Dennis D Ide 69 01-26-2013

1962 Ella Mae (Harris) Duncan 68 12-22-2012

1962 John O Clark 68 05-12-2012

1962 Judy (Petiprin) Travis 68 12-03-2012

1963 Merle “Dale” Turner 67 03-02-2012

1964* Bertha L Kreger 66 05-26-2012

1965 Sharon (Ford) Sellers-Krueger-Armstrong-

Ford 66 01-27-2013

1964*Marie (Harris) Williams 66 06-29-2012

1965 Nancy (Marlow) Scoville 65 01-14-2013

1966 Barbara (Woern) Atwell 63 01-05-2012

1978* Mickie (Staten) Combs 52 03-09-2013

1982 Robyn (Mckenzie) Gohsman 48 03-09-2013

1985 Kenneth C Ager 45 03-25-2013

1991 Trevor H Foster 39 04-17-2013

Fostoria

1941 Thomas H Valentine 90 07-24 2012

1943 Evelyn (Phelps) Childs 86 09-17-2012

MHS Faculty & Personnel

Edward R Cole 91 04-04-2012

Leah (Turner) Somerville 91 02-05-2013

Gloria (Kowitz) Torrey 81 07-04-2012

* Didn’t graduate but attended Mayville with that

class.

Keeping the Alumni Database updated is a daunting task. Postal addresses and email addresses seem to

change on a daily basis. In 2012 the Alumni Association began asking for you to “subscribe” to the annual HISTO-

RIAN paper to help defray the cost of printing and mailing. You can help us by making sure that the Alumni Associa-

tion has your current address—whether it be a postal address or an email address—in our files. It is equally impor-

tant that you let us know what your maiden name was when you graduated and what year you graduated. There are

currently only two times a year that the Alumni Association sends out correspondence—once in March—when the

Invitation/Reservation/Subscription form goes out announcing the Annual Alumni Banquet in June, and the second

mailing occurs in June—when the HISTORIAN is sent to those who subscribed. If you attend the Annual Alumni

Banquet you automatically receive a printed copy of the HISTORIAN. The correspondence in June is an email

letting the rest of the Alumni know they can view the latest HISTORIAN on line, and anyone who has paid for a sub-

scription receives a printed copy by mail. See the form on the back of this issue for more information.

Class Alumnus Age DOD

1923 Mildred ‘Lela’(Schott )Tanner 107 04-05-2013

1929 Arzola (Haas Sherk) Tubbs 100 09-23-2012

1931 Grace (Sherk) Aumack 98 02-09-2012

1934 Elizabeth (Rutledge) Lauwers 95 03-27-2012

1936 Marie (Harmon) Barnes 92 10-25-2010

1936 Ross W Kelley 94 03-09-2013

1936 Francis J Chantiny 92 02-08-2013

1937 Marjorie (Cade) Douglas 92 12-18-2012

1938 Kathryn (Huested) Green 90 05-12-2012

1939 Laurine (Rosevear) Crawford 92 03-14-2013

1939 Elizabeth (Mathews) Des Jardins

90 06-10-2012

1940 Roderick V Hood 91 12-20-2012

1941 Edward C Ayers 88 12-21-2012

1942 Fred TerBush 88 08-10-2012

1942 Arlene (Cowles) Hiiter 88 02-07-2013

1943 Martha (Lyon) Fox 85 07-14-2012

1944 Raymond Dietz 86 06-15-2012

1944 Bernice (Richardson) Harris 85 11-06-2012

1944 DeForest W McIntyre 86 02-17-2013

1946 Bruce BeVier 84 02-10-2012

1946 Doris (Howe) Stephen 83 04-15-2013

1947 Lois (Seabright) Smith 82 04-13-2013

1948 June (Frenzel) Hammond 81 05-25-2012

1948 Jacqueline (Phelps) Wilson 82 11-23-2012

1949 Alfred E Titus 80 03-25-2012

1949 Evelyn (Wheaton) Norton 80 08-11-2012

1949 Joan Forrest 82 02-15-2013

1950 Charlene B Sweet 80 08-07-2012

1951 Doris (Buhl) Wood 80 03-19-2013

1952* Larry W Brown 78 04-23-2012

17 Highlights of the 2012 Banquet continued… 17

If you attended the 2012 Alumni Banquet program,

you were introduced to the following family mem-

bers- Which includes 6 Class Presidents, 3 Vale-

dictorians and 5 Salutatorians. An awesome

achievement worth sharing!

Diane (Dalrymple) Pol was the Salutatorian of the

Class of 1962. Diane married Dr. Jan Pol, an ex-

change student from the Netherlands who at-

tended Mayville High School and graduated with

the Class of 1962. They currently own and oper-

ate a Veterinary Practice in Weidman, Michigan.

Diane is a cousin to Margaret (Steele) Fox, who

was the Valedictorian of the Class of 1962. Mar-

garet now works part-time at Welke's Tax & Book-

keeping Service. She is married to Glenn Fox.

Margaret's brother (Robert Steele), was president

of the Class of 1959. Robert served 12 years as a

member of the Mayville School Board and was the

Board President for 8 of those years. He is a dairy

farmer and farms approximately 1400 acres with

his two brothers Richard & Max.

Robert's wife, Sharon (Sarles) Steele, was the

President of the Class of 1962. Sharon is a past

employee of VG'S Supermarket in Caro, where

she worked in the bakery department decorating

cakes. At that time she was known as "The Cake

Lady".

Robert and Sharon's son, Jeffrey Steele, was

President of his class for 4 years, from 1978 to

1981. Jeff currently lives in Frankenmuth, MI and

is a Financial Advisor for MetLife Insurance.

Robert and Sharon's daughter, Jill (Steele)

Pape, was Salutatorian of the Class of 1983.

Jill currently has 22 years with the Mayville Com-

munity Schools, where she is a teacher at May-

ville Elementary School.

Jill's husband, David Pape, was Valedictorian

and President of the Class of 1983. David crop

farms about 3500 acres and raises beef cattle.

Robert and Sharon's daughter, Carrie (Steele)

Parker, was Valedictorian of the Class of 1989.

Carrie lives in Swartz Creek, Michigan and is a

Radiologist Technician at Genesys Hospital.

David and Jill's son, Jonathan Pape, was Saluta-

torian and Vice President of the Class of 2007.

Jonathan is married, and is an underwriter for

Quicken Loans.

David and Jill's daughter, Amy Pape, was Salu-

tatorian and Class President of the Class of

2009. Amy is a senior at Central Michigan Uni-

versity and plans to be an elementary teacher.

David and Jill's daughter, Kelli Pape, was Salu-

tatorian and Class President of the Class of

2012. Kelli is attending the University of Michi-

gan. Her major field of study is currently unde-

cided but she is leaning toward speech and lan-

guage pathology.

David and Jill Pape have also been the Host

family for the past 4 years to Mayville Foreign Ex

­change Students.

Achievement Runs in this Family

Annual Alumni Banquet - June 9, 2012

Mayville High School

Top photo: An “Awesome” Family (story page 17). Lower Left:

Alumni Association President Daniel Dennis—’77. Below

Right: Sherri Secord Elenbaum and Leann Hahn Gwinn—’82

performing a skit at the Alumni Banquet program.

19 19 Alumni Trivia

Can anyone tell us what year this photo was taken and who the team members are?

Photo courtesy of Deb Teeple Frederoski—Class of 1975

What class was this and do you recognize any of these people?

~Photo courtesy of Wendi Esler

“I always

knew looking

back on the

tears would

make me

laugh, but I

never knew

looking back

on the laughs

would make

me cry.”

~Unknown~

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