Ackley High School - Torch Yearbook (Ackley, IA)

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36: .Ju Through the courte sy I DAVID KAUS Cla1med to be the world's tallest m1dget Dave was short but that d1dn't stop hlm He was a four year member of band boys chorus football and basket ball He was 1n boys quartet and a vocal solo1st three years He was Athlet1cs edxtor of the Torch and Natxonal Honor Soc1ety member LAURETTA HUMKE She s very s1ncere 1n whatever she does Lauretta was qu1et but she had such pleasant ways She played alto clar 1net 1n band and was IH glee club for four years 1n m1xed chorus for two Laur etta was Y Teen treasurer and student counc1l sec'y treasurer as a semor She was Homecom1ng Queen attendent and starred 1n dramatxcs RITA HEITLAND She knowsa llttle bxt of everyth1ng Sophxe always had a sober face 1n govern ment class but we knew she could smxle She sang 1n glee club and mxxed chorus Rxta was a Y Teen g1rl As a senxor and Jumor she was class soclal cha1rman Also as a semor she was named to Nat1on al Honor Soc1ety She was 1U Cheaper by the Dozen and Harvey EUGENE SCHOTANUS He hold the key to much knowledge Gene transferred from Steamboat Rock as a semor He d1dn't know rt but all the g1rls mn the class adm1red hxm H sang ln mlxed chorus and glee club and was ID the boys quartet He made a name for h1mself 1n Harvey JAMES BEAR He's a volume wxth1n hxmself .hm was famous for h1s gum chewlng especl ally 1n speech He was a freshman rrem ber of student counc1l and freshman pres ldent He was 1n FFA three years servmg as treasurer as a sophomore SHIRLEY MULLER True to her work her words h frxends Shrrley was a f1ne student she bel1eved 1n gettxng her work done and then hav1ng fun She was one of the four red heads mn the sen1or class Shxrley was a Y Teen and m Pep Club one year of Dr E H Wltt

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flaw GENE NOBLE 'It's a great plague to be a handsome athlete The power package of the semor class' If anybody wants to d1sagree w1th we'll be glad to do t won't we? He sparked the Ra1ders football for four years w1th h1s power dr1ves Also earned h1s letter 1n basketball He was 1n FFA two years and served on the student counc1l DUANE ABBAS 'Every man has a devxlmsh moment Abby's speeches about Mar1lyn Monroe w1ll always be remembered by the 1955 speech class Duane was on the basketball squad all four years He was presldent of FFA dur1ng h1s sen1or year and vxce pres1dent when a Junlor Duane also played the part of Danny' 1n Cheaper by the Dozen JAY KURTH He 'll try anyth1ng once and sometxmes twxce ' Jay spent all h1s spare t1me t Waterloo wonder why' H1s pantomxmes ln speech Just came naturally to hrm H was a four year FFAer and played foot ball four years Jay made a f1ne cheer leader m Cheaper by the Dozen and was 1n Harvey too WALTER KREIMEYER He can prove anyth1ng w1th f1gures Although full of fun Walt could be ser1 ous too He was an outstandlng athlete a four year man 1n football and basketball He l1ked musxc playedatrombone 1n band and sang 1n the chorus for all four years Walt made Honor Soc1ety as a Jumor and appeared 1n both class plays KENNETH GRONINGA A hero 1n the parlor aswell as 1n e game Kenny w1l1 always be remembered for h1s h1gh school romance He surely llked those noon Joy r1des He was a mem ber of FFA four years and on the football team four years He made actxon m the two class plays GERALD REECE I stud1ed once but I don't remem when ' Jerry came to Ackley xn hrs Jumor year He chnched h1s spot 1n the Ra1der's Hall of Fame by mterceptmg a pass that led to our trxumph over Eldora He was sure a handy man to have around' Th1s page sponsored by BRANDT'S FUNERAL HOME Y 2 159

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On a br1ght sunny day 1n September of 1942 twenty l1ttle cub planes entered the hangar f the Ackley school for fl1ght tra1n1ng They were Mary Ann Boelman Kenneth Gromnga Norma Harken R1ta I-Ie1tland Lauretta Humke Aud 1-ey Kahle Dav1d Kaus Walter Kre1meye1: LaVonne M001 Gretchen Green Joseph1ne Mu der Sh1rley P1es LOTTZIHC Roegner Wayne Bra John LEWIS W1ll1am Murra Robert Persons James Bear Martha Van Hove and Marlene McCarthy The1r head 1nstructor was MISS Becker All were well behaved llttle planes except for a m1sch1evous few who we re pun1shed for the1r pranks by be1ng sent 1nto the dark closet In f1rst grade the planes were pretty good except for a few who rece1ved occas1ona1 passes on the w1ng by the po1nt of MISS Ubben's penc1l In second grade lt was qu1te a sxght see 1ng all the l1ttle planes pushed up the ramp of the tra1n to learn more about tra1n travel as M1ss Tool's k1SSeS on our l1ttle propellors In th1rd grade our p1cn1c route took us to the Clty park where we cru1sed around f r a short t1me and f1nally landed 1n a clearlng M1ss Olsen led the way Through the descr1pt1ve explanatxons M1ss Waalkes lt seemed that 1n fourth grade the p1pe cubs traveled around the world Because many of the country tra1n1ng cen ters closed our squadron grew 1n number the year we were 1n flfth grade MISS Jaggs sa1d she could take It and we found that the more the merr1er In s1xth grade our tr1al run mcluded drop- plng stra1ght pm bombs on M1ss Steffes' rubber plant The bombardment was hlghly successful and the plant was completely demollshed In seventh grade we reached a h1gher es chelon and were allowed to soar up to th1rd floor Th1s year sxnce we were becommg more accustomed to axr travel we were allowed to take a longer Journey to our PICHIC s1te Eve n though the re were qu1te a few trees we landed 111 B1ake's Grove For some unknown reason a few of the l1ttle bombers got bombed wlth water And so the llves of these l1ttle planes con t1nued through the years and occas1onally a new bomber or cub plane came to J01n the squadron Of course a few of the squadron were trans ferred to adlfferent group and some just s1mp1y dropped out of the troop The members of our squadron when we reached n1nth grade were Duane Abbas Sher man Ald1nger Ruth Anderson James Bear LeRoy Benn1ng Max1ne Benn1ng M1ldred Ben n1ng Mary Ann Boelman Sandra Els1ng, John Green Kenneth Gromnga Donald Harken, Norma Harken R1ta He1tland Arlene Huebner Lauretta Humke Anna Johnson Audrey Kahle Dav1d Kaus Robert Klng Walter Kre1meyer Jay Kurth LaVonne M001 J0seph1ne Mulder Sh1rley Muller Gene Noble N0r1eta N001 dman, Lorralne Roegner Grace Sm1th Shu-Ley Van. derwerf Martha Van Hove Stanley Weber Mar Ann W1nters Joames Wolf and D1ane Kelly As we entered h1gh school we were also met by some eager Sophomores who were very anxlous to lnltlate us 1nto the1r fllght group We ended up wear1ng shorts heavy work shoes long black stockxngs and around our necks a cucumber' It got smaller as the day came to an end because of the b1tes we took every t1me we saw a sophomore Funmest look1ng bomb e r s you ever saw' Thls page sponsored by MARSHALL CANNING COMPANY I5 5 0 I : . , . A . h , , 0 . 1 I 1 ' I I . I I - . J I Y I I A - ., y . - 1 , A I I U , . . I SS. . Y . . Y 3 . - , , . , - . . v , , . I , . , I - . , ' , Y . . . y . , . . . . . , . . , I ' Y 1 , . . . I - ' - I . , . . , ., . . . ' Y I 1 - Wen as air travel. We will always remember Alice O'Hare, Shirley Pies, Donald Richtsmeier . . . . ' , - , , ' Y 1 . Y . . - , y . . . O U . . . of . . . . . . U . , . . - ' - . . , , . . . 1 N x . ,., , y. - A ' ' 'J I I f ' ' - 1 ' 9 ,