Ackley High School - Torch Yearbook (Ackley, IA)

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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,

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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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QSS 1 IN THE NAME or Goo, AMEN we, THE Smuon CLASS or 1950 of Ackley High School, be1ng of sane, sound and dlsposlng m1nd and memory, do make, execute, publlsh, and declare thls to b our last Will and Testament FIRST We glve and devlse to our esteemed successors, the Senlor Class of 1950, the pr1v1 leges whlch we as senlors dld en joy and partake of ln the lawful executlon of our rlghts as members of Sa1d class SECOND Each member of the sa1d class does hereby, and wlth full knowledge aforethought, glve, devlse, and bequeath the followlng of h1s or her personal possesslons I, George Abbas, also knmm as HB1g Lewey,H leave my w1tty re marks and short stature to Darrell Dass You'll have to look for a short gal now, Dass I Duane Dlemer, leave my steady g1rl and my car to Fran L arney Just thlnk, you can have tw1n monograms on lt the car, that is' Gertrude Borchers, w1ll my dlgnlty to Norma Qchachterle Now you can banmsh that glggle, Norma Glennus Hlnders, bequeath my much used olpe to Ronald Slat sema It burns the best w1th Bond Street, that ls, the smoke 1Sn't as strong I Velma Holcomb, lrave my dr1v1ng ablllty to Pat Haber 1S really a snap to learn after you can see over the dash I, B111 Heffelmeler, leave my town and country Job to Thelma Weber It's qulte a change from yellow to green I, Leonard Oelmann, leave my ab1l1ty to get klcked out of b1ol ogy class to Lggig Dgygleg It's all 1n knowlng how to do 1t, Lou I Qarrell Qleeger, leave my 'dreamboat' characteristlcs t Qagyln Munler It w1ll take you a wh1Je to get used to them, but look at the results' I, Sz1V13 Anderson, leave my strapless formal to Maxlne Saller It really w1ll do wonders for your figure look what lt d1d to mine' I Paul DeVr1es, leave my pllot llsence to Russell Bevlng It's useful ln government, Russ I Marlene Elchmeler, leave my stutter1ng ab1l1ty to Shlrl y Kleln Remember, you musn't talk too fast I, Irene Claassen, leave m long, glamorous Halr to Margori Sessler Just thlnk, it's practmc ally the same color I, Ruth Kaus, leave my glft of gab to Ellzabeth Arends You uon't have to be so qulet now, L12 We, Verla Zlnser and Fern Huesman, leave our beautlful, falr complexlons to the JUHIOF g1T1S Now you won't have to rear so much pancake to cover the blemishes Elmer K9H1HE6T, leave my flamlng red halr and my trlcks in how to Edward Boyeng You'll Just have to be careful so lt doesn't get too llvely the party, of course I, Rlta K6H1HgCT, gladly g1ve my many dates to Darlene Noble Now you won't have to cut in on steady steppers, Darlene I, Terrlble Terrance the Ty rant, or Terry Shellard, bequeath my startllng role 1n USon of Br1t ta1n,U to Marvln Fr1tz Remember, Marvln, the accents won't be pre domanate w1thout the halr lacquer I, Harold Llndaman, 31135 UCouth,N w1ll my ab1l1ty to study molsten a dry party to A 0 . 1- . . . . . . . ! ' R , I ' O . e . . -- . . . . 4 l . . . . 0 1 :alll . . . . -. -- . . 0 i ......... ...---. . O . o I ' 0 I .......-- .........-.-- 2 9 . A . . . ' I o . K . . . . e A U. Q . . '--1 ...1-.--.- o O ' J 'fiii -l W - kf V Q , .7 l il--ii I lllth 1 . W C S Ke . ' 4 n a o . o C . 1 1, .......... ..... 1, 4 U . . . . . . . I: .............. .ao ' A . ,, - . ' an . Ji ' ' n n D 0 0 ..----- ---1 J ..... ....... 5 . It -, . . i I , . u .....T.-..-.- I . ' i ' vc-ill? 4 - Q L it . . . r . . -. U .-