Ackley High School - Torch Yearbook (Ackley, IA)

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Well here I stand outs1de the Hollyvxood Playhousf 1n New York Ive heard that some of my old classmates have struck It mth on th1s very stage and I hope that I can touch a few for a hand out Inc1dent1lly my name IS Eugene Schota nus I was a member of the class of '55 fact Iwas tht one voted most l1kcly to suc cet d I wanted to bc a bum Inotlccd by the publ1c1ty on the outslde that the great team of Caton and Aldxnger was makxng 1ts debut w1th 1ts Swxss yodcllng act They were to be followed by the all star sup portlng cast wh1ch 1ncluded James Bear and h1s tralned bears the Amos S1sters QC1race Smlth Betty McDowell and LaVonne MO01, who were rapldly rcplaclng the Andrews s1s ters and Bxll Murra and h1s tra1ned gophe r g1VlDg a close range exh1b1t1on of sharp shootlng w1th h1s IZ guage shot gun It became cvldcnt as we went backstage that all fortunes arc not made on the stage but some come from beh1nd the scenes For 1nst1nce thcre lb Shlrley Muller who IS the chxef ha1r stylxst for the Canmbal Hour wh1ch stars Jay Kurth and Sandra Elsmg who IS In charge of sound effects for the Hour of S1lent Med1tat1ons Flndxng myself not a dlme rxcher I de cmded to head for Coney Island Here I was greeted by more fam1l1ar faces Duane Abbas and h1s perpetual mot1on hula glrls It IS rumored that Duane taught the g1rls everythxng they know I-hs act IS headed by h1s most prom1s1ng protege Maxlne Benn1ng Ineed I say more'?J I then encountered Nor zeta Noordmann who was bus1ly engaged 1n unravel1ng cotton candy She certalnly was wrapped up In her work Darrell Cvexken really had a snap I-Ie got S5000 a year for just s1tt1ng around and be1ng an 1nsp1rat1on to the bearded lady 1n the srde show Snake charmer Arlene Huebner 1ntroduced me t her snake I sa1d 'How do you do The ake repl1ed 'Charmed Im sure As I strolled down the M1dway one vo1c e seemed to stand out above all others was Don R1chtsme1er who was barker for d0g act xn the s1de show All I got from Coney Island was one half of a hot dog p1cked up at Audrey Kahle s hot dog stand F1nd1ng nothlng 1n New York I hopped an express fre1ght for sunny Cahforma One Of my fr1ends whom I faxled to look up 1n New York was LeRoy Bennzng who rlght after Thls page sponsored by R A school had cloped vuth a teacher I hear they are gettlng along f1ne Wlth thelr on Harvey Later by l7Z hours I crept from my lowcr berth beneath the cattle car and headed off through the smog of sunny Los Angeles t thc Metro Cvoldwyn Maytr studlos H rc I was bound to secure my hand out Inxcst1gat1ng mystermous no1ses I found Bob K1ng tw1st1ng the tall of the Metro Gold wyn hon M11dred Bennlng had also gotten IH to the movles She, bought a t1cket It was then that I made my fxrst progress 1n the llnc of free merchandxse Ruth Anderson gave me a tenms racquet w1th no strmgs attached I wandered over to the Walt Dlsney set where they were shoot1ng a new p1cture mn volv1ng Alxce O'Hare who was play1ng the part of Uncle Remus Feeling the need of a gulde I located the ma1n offmce and was here greeted by secretary Anna Johnson who lntro duced me to a Studlous looklng fellow wlth horn rlmmed glasses I recognlzed .Ie r ry Reece who was work1ng as a chronologlcal stat1st1c1an for a h1stor1cal movre Wh1le Jerry's offlce he got a call from the m1ll1on- alre muc1lage magnate Don Harken, who sa1d the secret of the glue bus1ness was to st1ck together Leavmg thls xntellectual atmosphere I contlnued my Journey through Hollywood tak 1ng 1n a few mght clubs I Stopped f1rst at Raska's Rendezvous formerly known as Axlene s Place My eye al1ghted on a glamorous hat check g1rl and was pleased to greet Marty Van Hove They say she has done real well and now has sea blue Cad1llac I quxckly recogn1zed Ken Gromnga as the head wa1ter but really was attracted to the performer on the stand the re was Lorra1ne Roegner s1ng1ng I Dldn t Know the Gun Was Loaded I was glad to learn that her vo1ce hadn't changed Kenny gave me the best table 1n the house so I could watch Mary Ann Boelman and Donna Bergman xn the1r bubble dance The act was xnterrupted momentarlly when John Green a. spectator produced a safety p1n and well never mmd Decldxng that perhaps I had had enough mght club l1fe I headed for TSISVISIOD C1ty where the rest of my former classmates had gramed the1r fame and fortune hopmg that perhaps here the bus1ness of mooch1ng m1 ght be more lucratwe Not be1ng able to afford a tax1 I was forced to r1de 1n one of the may rxckshaws to be found here 1 Chlna Weber, THERMOGAS DEALER , - I 1 1' ' Y , gl I I ,, I I S , , ..s , , . 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The boys took over when lt came elect1on t1mc and fmllcd all the off1ces .lxm Bear was presrdent Jlm Wolf v1ce presldent Jay Kurth secretary and Duane Abbas treasurer Boys represented us on student councll too All students 1n h1gh school flew tn to play at the Greenhorn Gambol our f1rst h1 gh school party M1ss Housh and Mr Dean gave us some f1ne polnters and we showed every one a good txme The last few months of the term were full of act1v1ty on the ground and aloft Seven of the group were sent out on a m1ss1on to br1n back some baseball v1ctor1es Dave Walt, Jay B1ll Duane Stan and Paul Hlgh Ruth and Norleta took awards 1U sklrt desxgn and Lauretta rated h1gh on her alto clar1net solo at the state musmc contest In the sophomore year frve members of our squadron took a wrong route and ended u takxng Latrn All of us became 1nterested rn great hterary works such as Jul1us Ceas and under the leaderslup of B Z9 R1ppent r op we managed to ghde through the sophomore Engllsh course Don R1chtsmexer was chose rw squadron leader w1th Mary Ann Boelman Lauretta Humke and Dave Kaus as other off1 cers Chartrng the course was Mr Wrddell Ten of our tra1nees gl1ded over for 'Evenlng 1n Parxs Of course they had to work for the1r supper but be1ng able to go the Prom was worth lt Ruth Anderson and Mary Ann Wxnters must have been tra1ned 1n Par1s for they made perfect French crgarette g1rls When the class met for maneuvers rn the fall of the Jumor year they chose B111 Murra pres1dent Duane Abbas as v1ce presmdent Norxeta Noordman as sec y treasurer and M1ss Wolf and Mr Boyd as sponsors Dave and Lauretta went to serve as offrcers of the student counc1l They d1d a good Job help1ng wxth Homecom1ng, whlch saw Lauretta Quee n attendant and VEL TIDE and LUX rrdrng so proudly 1n the Homecomxng parade Wxth Norxeta and Stan as Mom and Pop the Jumors produced the play Cheaper by the Dozen The boys 1n thexr kmckers and the g1rls 1n themr plaxd g1ngham Jumpers made the most of th1s comedy of the l920's Many of the planes flew up to the North ole for the Y Teen party Frosty s Frohc 1n the week before Chnstmas Jo Mulder was named Queen of the Frohc and danced w1th the snowman A qulck tr1p South of the Border ' to the mus1c party was a pleasant excursxon On the day of May 6 durxng a pract1 e fhght a strong wxnd developed and the Junx o r bombers were forced to make a crash landlng 1n the center of the gym They found them sclves in Neptune's Paradlse Beautiful murals by Ruth Anderson and mus1c by Vanc e Drxon made them feel they really were unde r water down w1th the f1shes At last the bombers reached the1r f1nal year of tra1n1ng and they really started fly1ng h1gh Four transfers Jorned the squadron Donna Caton Betty McDowell Arlene Raska and Eugene Schotanus Stanley Weber was chosen commander of the group wlth Bxll Murra and Mary Ann Boelman also xn exec u t1ve posts Mr Formanek and M1ss Rath were dlrectors of operatlons The fall of '54 was a memorable one It was the year the football team won the league champlonshlp and rece1ved a beautlful trophy Walter Kre1meyerand Gene Noble were chosen to be OH the 1954 WMT Colleg1ate Honor Roll for football The squadron soared 1n for a g1ant Pep Rally for Homecomxng and put on a spectacu lar sk1t ent1tled Shotgun Weddrng You could hardly tell the boys from the g1rls' Ruth and Lorraine Queen attendants rode 1n a Jet propelled Pont1ac to lead the parade As wmter arrrved the g1rls were bus1er than ever prepar1ng for the Y Teen formal The Srlver Bell Ball and the boys were prac t1c1ng basketball under the1r new coach Bxll Plantan They had a pretty good season w1th the support of the newly organlzed Pep Club and the cheerleaders Mary Ann Wrnters Sandra Elslng and Lorralne Roegner earned the1r letters along w1th the boys A prev1ew of the Torch of '55 was gwen by the Sen1or fl1es 1n a sk1t ent1tled Th1s Your Torch Then the staff found themselves busy flyxng back and forth gather1ng xnforma txon tak1ng pxctures and flllxng out sale S receipts for th1s wonderful productlon Th1s year many of the bombers were g1ven the opportunxty to fly to other c1t1es to part1c1 pate mn speech contests Nhldred and A l 1 ce Ann d1d 1nd1v1dual work and f1ve g1rls presented the one act L1ly F1ve others entered The Valxant mn the Iowa Clty Play Fest1va Twelve flyers were accepted for the semor play Harvey ' and flew through therr l1nes unt1l they had the xnvxsxble Harvey fly1ng wxth them As they rece1ved thexr d1plomas from Mr A H Ra1der the beaut1ful Jets could not help th1nk1ng back over the years of tra1n1ng and of how much fun they had work1ng and play1ng to gether Th1s page courtesy of TOWNSEND 8: MERRILL 16 . 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town My riekshaw boy turned out to b Gene INoble who had the only rickshaw III town that was equipped with duals and fender skirts As we were passing the twelfth Cadillac I got my first look at TV C1ty The f1rst thing I saw was an armored truck hauling money away from Harken Hall the off1ce of 'Nlorma Harken one of the few who had sense enough to stay out of show biz She made a fortune buying old wells cutting them up and selling them for post holes The only reason she Ines in TV City IS that she gets good re ception on her set there The chief TV engineer Lauretta I-Iumke offered to show me around the place This I accepted First I watched the broadcast of a film of a recent Globetrotter game in which Shirley Vande rwerf gave a br1ll1ant dr1bbl1ng exh1b1t1on Many of my former friends had their own shows for instance there was James Liberace Wolf I noticed h1s custom built candlebra of a statue of Ruth Anderson w1th candles sticking out of her head Walt Krexmeyer had a show that gave h1m a chance to use his greatest talent He was a marriage counselor who also gave advice to the lovelorn At the present t1me he was lectur1ng on the subject of Going Steady While we were walking to another studio Ivxas sorry to learn that weatherman Stan Weber fa graduate of Iowa Statel had been forced to leave the a1r because the weather d1dn't agree with him In this stud1oI was introduced to the singing physicxan Dr Dave Kaus who was famous for his 'Dr David' Dandruff Destroyer ' Berdine Toomsen had lost her head over it completely when she tried it for the first time We stopped for a bite to eat at a place that was noted for pies This proved to be right for it was here that we met Shirley Pies The last show we v1s1ted was asoap opera starring Mary Ann Winters and her assistant Jo Mulder who cleaned the tub after the show I also found that not everyone was a star Rita Heitland had made a success of playmg the horses She was recently promoted to the front part Having completed my Journey and survey 1ng my souvenirs fcigarette butts etc I I and heavy feet headed for the nearest pool hall HMQZWZZ We the Senior Class of 1955 do hereby bequeath the follow1ng possess1ons to the members of the Class of '56 my pitching ab1l1ty to Marvin Saathoff It's much more fun than pitching hay' I Lauretta Humke leave my quiet d1spo It's much better to I B1ll Murra leave sitxon to Mar1lyn Cob1e be seen than heard' I Don Harken leave to Lester Muller Now worry when you say 'I didn t do lt I Walter Kreimeyer leave Ina to my brother Da1sy At least we'll keep her the fam1ly I Audr y Kahle leave my unused airmail stamps to Marlene Greenfield They might come in handy next year Marlene' I LaVonne M001 leave my Job as ass1st ant to the music teacher to D1ck Stauffache r Now you can sing whistle and blow Dick I Mary Ann W1nters leave my dat1ng my clear conscience you won't have ability to Dorothy Wubbena Variety is the SPICE of life' I Norma Harken leave my short hair to Joan Munier Now it won't tickle his face I Shirley Muller leave my quiet ways B111 Bissell The teachers will appreciate too especially Mr Papousek I Donna Caton leave my half days school to Virginia Clawson It's fun to m1 once 1n a while Virginia David Kaus leave my bass voice to Bruce Benschoter Th1s will bring a whole new set of admirers Bruce I Bob King leave my ability to stick to one girl to Junior Frerichs All you have to do is pick the right one' Betty Jane McDowell leave my flash bulb camera to Carol Murra It's better to have a picture than not to see h1m at all I Duane Abbas leave my curly bangs to Gordon Heetland She'll love to run her fingers through lt Gordon This page sponsored by FRED J' BOHEMAN your John Deere Dealer 18 I Y , V ' 1 ' X - V I . , . v x I rl ' l I X 7 7 Y . Y x . 1 ' . , . L Y I , . s . I Y I , . . . . , Y . . . - , . x in I 1 . . 9 ' , ' . . . ' D l J ' . ' , decided to call it a day and with a light heart . , I 1 f ' , 9 1 . r - 1 . D I ' , ' ' , , , to ' ' , ' ' . ' ' it, Y , . . - 1 I Q . . - A . , I of . . . . . .SS 1 1 Q ' ' l . , to I1 1 I ' 1 - ll , ' ' ' , . 1 I I U ' ' ' , in 1 s 0 K . . . . ' 1 V I . . . I, , , . Y .7 l I - ' 1 ' ' I l ' J . Y ' I l ' ' n . 1 . I ' j u