DescriptionSimmons negative number 107 Teenagers armed with lunch bags and cosmetic cases waiting outside a school bus. Index text: 107 6/6 Saugatuck - Schools 1951 Departing on senior trip From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961. Caption from 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record" — Destination Washington, D. C. — Saugatuck seniors depart on the 1951 senior trip. This was the spring following the fire that had destroyed a large portion of the school. The surviving gymnasium section is seen on left. Students in this photo may include the Kanera twins, Marlene Smisor (possibly Marlene L. Martin d 2012), George Baker, Erma Gleason, Nancy Simmons, Maxine Henry, Ann gore, Jeanne Anderson, Erv Kasten, Doc Waugh (superintendent of Schools) and Jerry Bale. — "Jerry Bale's mom was the girls' chaperone, and Marc Waugh's dad watched over the boys. We had a wonderful time." Nancy (Simmons) Young