Ackley High School - Torch Yearbook (Ackley, IA)

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55 FO CL Because of my long and varled experleace as w1fe of the Presldent P the Un1ted States, I declded to leave a record of my l1fe for pos tCT1tY Perhaps the most satlsfactory way to refresh my memory would be to look up my old frlends from A H S On the evenlng of my departure to gather materlal, I was glven a testlmonlal dlnner by the woman's commlttee of my husband's polltlcal party Imag1ne my surprlse to see that the prlnclpal after dlnner speaker was my old fT1EPd and classmate, Irene Claassen, who had galned her start on the lecture platform ln hlgh school speech class The flrst lap of my cross country Journey took me to Chlcago fkre I called upon the polltlcal boss of Chlcago who was none other than, Ablgall Van Helden Ablgall told me she va havlng a good deal of d1f flculty w1th the nKle1n mobu wrose boss was Charlotte Kleln, NQueen of the Rlver Wards U She was over goyed, however, by the fact that her prosecutlng attorney, Delores Jean Nelnders, had sent that notorlous plck pocket, Darrell Bleeker, to prlson for ten years For a llttle relaxatlon I dropped ln at UMadame Chl Ch1's Salon, models, who told me she was modellng Joan Abbas' trousseau excluslvely deslgned by Sylvla Anderson After my stay ln Chlcago, I stopped 1U at my old home Iowa, where I stayed for a few days w1th my frlends, Verla Pops As I was tlred after ry long Journey, we declded to evenlng and watch telev1s1on whlch was town, Ackley, and Narv1n stay 1n that The flrst QTOSTHIH WHS 8 HGWSCHSL Among the sports :Items was the amazlng story o the star of the UBrooklyn Bums,W George Abbas Then the scene changed to the Kentucky Derby where the canera plcked out from the crowd, Joe Steffen, who was the leader of a large bettlng syn dlcwte The flnal ltem on the news broadcast was the story of the trlumphant return of Rlta Kenlnger, the world's only woman blg game hunter, from the Amazon gungles of Brazll She brought back scores of anlmals and plans to form her own clrcus The next program came on to the sound of soft muslc and the nasal slnglng of NMy Tlme Is Your Tlmen It was Rudy Vallee who was pre sentlng hls newest protege, Terry Shellard In the back ground I not1ced the bulky form of Duane Dlemer It seems that Duane had been h1red to act as body guard for Nr Shellard. Then came tlme for the commerclal and guess who the slnger was DICK S1C8Tdl Another guest on the pro gram xas, Donna Schlampp, that glamorous soc1al1te Donna was wear1ng a black evenlng dress drlpplng wlth Jewels as she announced her engage ment to Count T1co Tico of Spain. After the program was over I asked Verla what had happened to some of my other classmates and she told me that V1rg1l Bevlng was owner of QZZIL 1 -in . A g . Ar l . O 0 O . A K, p . . . - . c ' I . - O . - . X . 0 . . . I ' . . I S . . - . O -. , . - . . 1 3 4 Q It 4 and whom should I meet but Luella Fischer, one of our fore-most fashion . . . 0 , . . A . L 9 '1' 1 .L . D . O ' .rl .L s. 5 3 ' 1j I ' - . K . . . l k . . . . I . . . . . Q r O . O - 1 . ' ' V . . . .

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Terran e Shellard and Sheryl S0kOl1ko ROS6m3T1e RiChtSme1eP WHS Ourfwuv new member The flve boys were completely out classed by the FITWS were row fully grown Ev1dence 1S glven by the fact that we had no more rece Se But we d d mlss thos games, or1g1nated by Terrance bhellard ln whlch the hero captured the queen Miss Ramsdell was our teacher lh elghth grade and she surprlsed us by gettlng marrled durlng Chrlstmas vacatlon we had our own newspaper, The Flop' Another thlng that caused lots of commotlon were +lose wed dlng announcements, wrltten by certaln members of the class and frequent ly pa sed from seat to seat, Delbert Drew off1c1at1ng Our plCH1C d n ner was eaten at the publlc park on account of ra1n Thls year We ga1ned Irene Claassen, Terrance Shcllard and Morris Ackerman Hlgh School at last! The new members of the freshman class lncluded George Abbas, Henr1etta Abbas Joan Abbas, Vlrgll Bevlng, Darrell Bleek er, Gertrude Borchers, Paul DeVr1es, Duane Dlemer, Duane Hanlg, Ronald Harken, B111 defielneler, Glerrus Hlnders, Clair Holdgrafer, Fern Heus man, Elmer K nlnger, Rlta Yenlnger, Charlotte Kleln, Harold Llndaman, Delore Melnders Merle Jevenho en, Leonard Oelmann, Rosemary O'Hare, Marvln Rops, Donna Schlampp, Rlchard Slcard, Joseph Steffen, Delores Winters, Verla Z nser, Francls Kuper and Arthur Melnders we lost Rose marle Rlchstmeler, Delores and Vlrginla Swanson and Aletha and Bernard Boor With Mr Rltland as our hero1c gulde, we struggled through Algebra and the usual, horrlble freshman trials, including initiatlon Those gunny sacks weren't very flattering! Our sophomore year meant another struggle, this tlme with Geometry but we all managed to pass Miss Whelan proved to be a worthy sponsor, helping us to plan numerous picnics Will we ever forget the sm oo r1de to the class p1cn1c at Eldora 1n a cattle truck' Thls year we lost Dor1s Burman In our Junior year we sponsored the Junlor-Senlor Banquet, UOut of This Worldh--and we w1shed we were from the day we started worklng on it! However, with Mlss Anderson, lass Wurster, and Mr Dean as our sponsors, we had the best banquet ever we lost Arthur Meinders, Francls Kuper and an old timer, Joe Nelson, but galned Verle Helsabeck and Luella Fis cher Th1s year the class presented NA Date With Judyn w1th ROX16 as Judy and Terry as 00218 and what a handsome couple they made' Ruth Kaus and Charlotte Kle1n were elected to the Nat'l Honor Soc1ety At last, proud sen1ors of the class of 'SOI we galned Sylvia Ander son and lost Verle Helsabeck and Chemlstry and Driver's Trainln en 8 tered our lives. Bes1de wash1ng windows, we have been kept busy with numerous aCt1V1t1eS The class play HThe Inner Wlllyu, w1th Morris Ackerman as Willy, proved to be quite a sensation Durlng six weeks of pract1ce, MOTT1S never 1ng three young glrls' senlors at El Juco Day Along about thls tlme, peting in the distr1ct forty-one students on tlred of the full attentlon of s1x women mnclud On March 31, Ellsworth College entertalned the and the1r musical comedy, UTassels In The Airn many seniors were runnlng here and there, com and state muslc contests. May 16, Des Moines saw i the1r Sklp Day--the capital, museum, radio sta- tlons and newspapers all interested us--almost as much as the ride home. Wlth the a1d of Miss Rath and Mr. Stark, our ever-helpful sponsors, we climaxed our Beam sales-campaign by glving a part Ma S 1950. Y Y .150 we end our days at Ackley High. But its friendships and memories W1 never be f0I'80ft0f1- So l0fi8, kids, don't do anything we wouldn't do Q ' . C - ' - Q . ' 0 , .. Q Q o I Q A I ' . . 1 A I S' iff. I .. 1 9 ' A . . . ' 0 . . . . - - 1 o N U. ' ' .41 . . - 1 - A , , . . . : s - + ' I ' I . . , 1 - ' O l o , . . . . - . l ' ' N . . , , . . - ' A A A g ' Q . . I . V - , - 1 S , , 1 D l V -. 4 . . . 1. ., o . . . . . . . . o o O . . C - . --. O . ' .. -th . . . . . o . . . . . . . . O I . -. . . . . Q . -Q . - . U ' . -v sun ' . ' - . . . . . . O . . l . . . . . . no ll . . . 0 ' n Q . . ' -. I

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the local clothing store and Marlene owned the Hiding Academy. Delbert Drew was now the minister of the St. Johns Church. It seems that from the class of 'SO one of the girls, Henrietta Abbas, had become a teacher and one of the boys, Clair Holdgrafer, was the most successful prin- cipal ever hired at Ackley. Reluctantly I left my home town and set out on the next lap of my journey which took me to Omaha On the plane to Omaha I met Dolores Win ers, stewardess, and Duane Hanig, passenger, who, after the plane landed, took me to Rosemaxy's Drive In Theatre The film featured the new Rudolph Valentino who turned out to be none other than Harold Lin daman! There was also an animated cartoon which was drawn by the now fannus cartoonist, Paul DeVr1es After the theatre we stopped in at the home of Roxie Fossler W found her sitting on the porch knitting a rug Roxie was able to tell me the whereabouts of some of the others Velma Holcomb was with the J nuw'Lynch Death Dodgers Glennus Hinders is a professor of German at Northwestern Ronald Harken had opened a large hatchery in the out skirts of Omaha The next day we stopped at the Kaus Clinic which was under the direct on of that eminert doctor, Ruth Kaus On the staff of the hos oital, as pediatrician was Bill Heffelmeier Ruth took me to the pera ng room where two serious cases were being treated They were Norris Ackerman and Kerle hevenhoven, who had been in a fight the night before Bidding Ruth adiea, I took the plane to Reno, Nevada Here I ner+ a 'ew hours in Gail Schoenemann's Gambling Casino which was mas q e ading under the 'gu se of a dude ranch Lurking among the guests was that infamous international soy, Madame Y, who was in reality, rern duesman She was sitting at the table with Elmer Keninger, who was now a nrole sional wine connoisseur I learned that the large ranch next door was owned and operated by Leonard Oelmann list as I was beg nning to enjoy myself at the Casino, I was sirprised oy Dorothy Pies, the secret service woman assigned to my pro tection Dorothy claimed that the pres1dent's wife should not be in dulging r ich activities so she took me back to Washington, greatly fa-Q ..-+- XX X 1 x , E I L L: ' U . . . ' ' . e .. . . . . . . . - i . . . . - . V ' ' i ' . ' . - A. L . . . . . . I U o ti- ' ' ' . . , , . . . Au A in 4 . .U . V - - o S- .J L , . . A . . . - u r '. f A i . . ' 'R v - . A A 1 . . 44 -o A. 'v ' A ' s-' ' . ' , I I t' i ' .' ' L! . ' ' s , . ' ' . an ' . ' ll 4 n I 1 1 ' i. s' . ' ' ' ' refreshed by my visits with my old friends. 1 f- LL' A TT PM I , '-. 'N D- 'P 1 , 4 an , . ,..-f I I x - -, i ,fx ' J 4 5 a ' Y, ' Q NDNXK I 1 - 'N I ,, A - .L Q . , sbxxx xi vessx H.. V ,-f --sf i . lQ5x If ,' xnn--h---'---mu'---w-J,