Archer High School - Eagle Yearbook (Archer, IA)

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CLASS WILL we,the members of the graduating class of 1956 of the Archer Con solidated School, city of Archer, County of 0'Brien, and State of Iowa, being of sound minds and memories do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament,hereby revoking all former wills and condb oils by us heretofore make Section I To the Juniors we will the honor of being the graduating class of 57 any worn out material we may have left such as gum, inkbottles, papers, pencils, erasers, books and the senior privileges To the underclassmen we will the use of the pencil sharpeners, desks, class rooms, and the hope that someday they too may be seniors Section II Individually we do will and bequeath I, Marvis Krauss, do willand bequeath my height to Ted TU my back seat in the assembly to anyone who has the ability to keep as quiet as I did, m shiny tin trumpet to Rodney H , who has always envied it, my basketba l suitto anyone who has the money to get it cleaned, my ability to study so hard to Nancy . my giggling on the basketball floor to the sophomore girls of '57 my quietness and timidness to Willa Jean, my abilityto get along with Mrs Westto the Juniors cf'57, my extended sympathy to all the teachers who put up with me all through school, and the best of luck to the Seniors of '57 I, Roger Lemkuil, do will and bequeath my old papers to Charlie, desk to Don B , my good grades to Ted Tiemens, and the best of luck the Seniors of '57 I, Marjorie Koepnick, do will and bequeath my ability to behave the study hallto Henry W , my back seat in the assembly to Bruce S, laughing and giggling to Norene D my gift of gab during school without permission to Judy E , my typewriter to anyone who can make it work, my job on the newspaper to Ted T the responsibility dfcarrying on the name of Koepnick to Sharon K , my liking of hillbilly music to the best of luck to the Seniors of 1957 I Janice Williams, do give and bequeath my nickname Zeke' back to whoever gave it to me, my seat in the back of the study hall to Willa Jean, the annual job to Nancy, my basketball suit to Bea Ballou, all my fights with Larry to Nancy my ability to try to sing to Arlene Beckman, to the underclassmen, all the fun I've had in high school and best wishes to the Senior Class of '57 I, Paul Saupe, do give and bequeath my ability to make fouls in basketball to Bruce, my position as student council president to Hr Brouwer, my black Ford to anyone who thinks they have enough money to keep it running, my ability to stay home every night to Don B ,and all my grades to anyone who does not want to graduate, and the best of luck to the Senior Class of 1957 I, Carole Morfitt, do will and bequeath my basketball suit to Roberta B , my job as editor of the paper to Rodney H , my cheerlead ing suit and experiences to Nancy P ,my alto part in trio to Bruce S , m old used clairnet reedsto Judy E ,my good times in A H S to Sharon K , and the best of luck to the Seniors of 1957 I , : 3 3 s I my .O l to . :Ln .- - my . Nancy S.: and all my good times in A:H.S. to all the underclassmen and II I D

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The records for the first two years of our schooling are not com plete, so many of the facts for these grades may not be right In the fall of l9h3 the kindergarten room of the Archer Consoli dated School was invaded by 18 eager beginners Their names were Alice Beltman, Beverly Bolkema, Bill Harkin, Marlin Idso, Larry Koepnick, Marjorie Koepnick, Marvis Krauss, Leo Kuiper, Carole Lea Morfitt, Paul Saupe, Joanne Niebuhr, Thelma Peelen, Norman Stofferan, Curtis Jass, Janice Williams, Gary De Boom, Gary Ballou, and Allen Brown Our tea cher, Miss Dorothy Crooks, QMrs Harry Kaiserl, was ready to start us on our way As we entered the first grade we found that we again had Miss Crooks as our teacher During this year Curtis Jass moved away, thus bringing our total 6nPO11m6nt GOWH to 17 We entered the second grade with the same enrollment and with Mrs Garrison as our teacher Allen Brown moved away that year reduc ing our class roll to 16 Upon entering the tkird grade we found that we were to have four new classmates, Carolyn Ferrand, Clair and Carole Pederson, and Henry Wagenaar We also found that we had lost one of our classmates, Nor man Stofferan had moved away during the summer Our teacher for the year try Ruth also was Miss Baker During the summer preceding our fourth grade year two of the coun- schocls closed adding four new students b ourclass Glenda Reekera Ann Cleveringa, Ruth Bru gom and Roger Lemkuil Norman Stofferan came back, Our teacher was Mrs Wilson Miss Joan Roelfson greeted us in the fall of our fifth grade year Norman Stofferan and Henry Wagenaar left us, cutting our enrollment to twenty During the year Carolyn Ferrand left us, leaving nineteen pupils In the fall of l9h9 we entered the sixth grade as Junior high pupils Our enrollment was tw same as at the end of our previous year Opal Bussanmuss was our escort for that year During our seventh grade year we galned Gordeane Habermehl, mak ing an enrollment of twenty two Mr Parnasky was the prin ipal of the Junior High In our ei hth grade year we lost Clair and Carole Pederson and We entered high school with an enrollment of 21, consisting f Alice Beltman, Ruth Ann Cleveringe, Ruth Bruggom, Gordeane Habermehl, Marjorie Koepnick, Joanne Niebhur, Glenda Reekers, Sheryl Storm, Bev erly Balkema, Sylvia Dykstra, Marvis Krauss, Carole Morfitt, Thelma Peelen, Janice Williams, Roger Lemkuil, Paul Saupe, Gary Ballou, Gary De Boom, Marlin Idsq Larry Koepnick Leo Kuiper Going to high school was quite a change, especially when it came to initiation After that everyone got adgusted to high school life we lest one elasemete that year Alice Beltmar left during that year Our sophomore enrollment corsisted of twenty pupils and Mr Matz dorff was our sponsor On September 25th we initiated the new fresh men Durirg the year we had several dances, chaperoned by various teachers We also had several assenbly programs during the year We started our Junior year with no changes in our enrollment Mrs Skaar was our spoxsor During this year we received our class rings ard gave our Junior Class Play, 'Lets Face It' with Miss Ras mussen as the director we also gave the Junior Senior Banquet with the themenNeptunes Garden The barquet was served by the Baker Metho dist Ladies Aid Beverly Balkeme left at the end of this year We started our last year of high school with an enrollment of 19 we are looking forward to graduation with anticipation We had our senior class pictures taken at Sioux City This year we are going to have a prom with our Junior enior banquet We know we will enjoy Skip gay and giving our Senior Class Play,which is entitled, nOff the frack Bill Harkin. Sheryl Storm joined us at the start of this year. T o : . .ll. ! - -

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I, Thelma Peelen, do give and bequeath my long hair to Hank my desk in the study hall to Don M , my ability to go steady to Judy E my student manager job to Marilyn R , my old History and Government papers to the Juniors, my ability to stay on the road while driving a car to the Drivers Training Class, my bus rides to Stanley W , my old gu to Phyllis B , my notes to and from Ruth to any one who can read them, m place as first drummer to Lorraine I , my pad lock on my desk to Don , and the best of luck to the Seniors of 1957 I Ruth Bruggom, do give and bequeath my natural curly hair to Donna B , and anyone else who wants the stuff, my Government and His tory papers to the wasteoaper basket, all my sweaters to Arlene Beck man, my willingness to at least try and sing to my brother, my Book keeping troubles to the whole Sophomore Class my desk to anyone who doesn't want a front seat, and the best of luck to the class of '57 I, Gary De Boom, do will and bequeath my job as mimeographer and duplacation machine operator to Raymond, my job as the movie machine operator to Ted Tieme s, my used rubber bands to Bruce my seat in the study hall to anyone who wants it my job on the paper staff to Ted, my habit of talking in the study hall to Donald Blankers, all the good times in high school to the underclassmen and the best wishes to the seniors of 1957 I, Sheryl Storm, do give and bequeath my ability to keep from talking without permission in study halls to Henry W , my basketball suit to Mary K my good times in high school to Sharon K , my height to Don M , my work in the library to Nancy P my bad habits to Narner I Marlin Idso, do give and bequeath my place on the All Corfer ence basketball tear of my junior year to Don Blankers, my car to who ever can afford to keep it running, my position on the baseball team to Ted, my height to Donald Menke, my interest in Sheldon to Arlene Beckman, my being in trouble all the time to Bruce S my ability to keep busy to Nancy, and the best of luck to the Seniors of 1957 I, Glenda Reekers, do give and bequeath my letters to Willa dean, my ability to tell experiences to Phyllis my expression Wwe all got to go sometime' to Mary, my chair between Judy and Nancy in english class to Dennis, my red hair to Arlene B ,my basketball suit to Sharon B , my ability to try to sing to Larry B my desk by the window to Nancy if she can stand frost on her nose in the winter, my ability to write notes to Norene D my ability to broadcast basketball games to Sharon K ,and last but not least my cheerful good mornings to Charlie: and the best of luck to the Seniors of 1957 I, Larry Koepnick, do give and bequeath my old Geometry papers to Sharon, my back seat in the study hall to Hank, my good driving habits to Nancy and Jim my height to Dennis my position of the annual bus iness manager to Rodney, my ability not to go steady to Judy E , my sympathy to the underclassmen, and my sincere wishes of success to the Seniors of '57 I, Gordeance Habermehl, to give and bequeath tae following my second soprano part in trio to Henry Wagenaar, my drawing ability to Dennis Anderson, my height to Ted, all my reading of books to anyone who has the time, my Pep Club presidency to Arlene, my American His togy grades to Mr Matzdorff and the best of luck to the Seniors of 19 7 .' .3 I : I ' .' I I .5 ' B., my back seat to Judy E.: and my best wishes tothe Seniors of 1957. n ' 1 ' 0 .3 3 3 '