Earlham High School - Memories Yearbook (Earlham, IA)

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'Q X J L i in BREDUHTE Future Homemakers Le Roy -,-,.g- --,1- 111- ' -ii-1-' it -.Q-,-,,,,.. QQ4 ..---V N ' ki ' .- ' Qgf' ,,.. l . l Jan Verl 11 IANICE LEE WESTPHAL, Jan I know a lot but I just can't think of it now. Class Treas. lg Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 35 Sextette 1, 2, 3, 4, Twirler 1, 2, 4, Annual Staff 45 Y-Teen 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Junior Playg Cheerleader 3. JOHN NORTON WILLIAMSON He would stop St, Peter's roll call just to ask a question. Annual Staff 4, F, F, A, 1, 2, 3, 4, Junior Play, Polly F r e shman Initiation Hod Rod Girls

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ls! BUT Hll LUITH THOMAS LEE SMITH, Tom Let every man be master of his own time --even at night. T' F, F, A, l,2,3,4g Football 1,2,3,4g Baseball 49 Basketball 4, Track l,2,3,4g Plays 3, F, F, A, Sentinel 45 F, F, A, Basketball 1, 2, 3, Junior Play, WILLIS CLARK SPRUNGER, Bill Why take life seriously--you will never get out alive. F, F, A, Treas. 4, Mixed Chorus 2, F, F, A, 1,2,3,4g Baseball 3,49 Plays 3. ELLIS LEON STANDING, Ellie Why argue? I'm always right, Business manager, Annual 4, Annual Staff 43 F, F, A, l,4g Football 1,4g Baseball 1,45 Track l,4. CHARLES MELVAIN STANLEY, Chuck If brains were dynamite I wou1dn't blow the hat off of my head. F, F, A, lg Football l,2,3g Track l,2g Plays 3, ,Z PATTY LOU SCHLEIFFARTH, Pat The way was hard, but the prize is great, Pres, ofClass 4g Class Treas. 35 Treas. Y-Teen 4, Student Council Treas. 4, Y- Teen l,2,3,4g Basketball l,2,3,4g Junior Play, ROBERT DEAN SEVERSON, Tad I'm standing on the edge ofa great career, will someone give me a push? Mixed Chorus 2, 3, Re-Echo Staff 43 Annual Staff 4, F, F, A, 2,4, Baseball 2,3,4g Basketball 2,3,4g Track 2,3,4g Play 3, H SINGLE PE W .J hug, ii 'git Jbwfya QW LW S E 57'

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Cyan .Nwfory As we gaze through the past lt beg1ns to break through the starry haze and show forth memorable happenlngs of our school days On March 2, 1942 ten members of our graduat1ng class enrolled 1n pre pr1mary M1ss Cleven welcomed to her class Robert Boyle, James Clements, LeRoy Fuller, Charles Stanley, John Wrlhamson, Howard Br1cker, Madel1ne Chance, MarJor1e Harr1s, Charlotte Lenze, and Jan1ce Westphal The next year we were welcomed 1nto f1rst grade by M1ss B1lney and a new face appeared 1n our class It could be none other than Pat Schle1ffarth Later on dur1ng the same ear Dean Godown, Sh1rley Oaks and Syb1l Pr1ce entered our class The att1tude o our class must have been unhearable because Syb1l Pr1ce left at the end of the year Mrs Goeldner greeted our sm1l1n faces 1n second grade and everyth1ng went along smooth unt1l the second half of t e year when Robert Boyle dec1ded to leave us We entered th1rd grade where Mrs Foster began to teach us how to wr1te Oh' what a happy event Th1s ear our enrollment was 1ncreased by three, El11S Stand 1ng Syb1l Pr1ce and Pau 1ne Beeson Mrs Foster was surely glad to get r1d of us for we bel1eve we were the no1sest class ever to enter the th1rd grade On to fourth grade we marched where Ted McDonald Jomed our l1ttle group Dur1ng the last half of the year James Clements pulled up and left Remember the f1fth grade, k1ds'P Verl Chase and Naom1 Cotten Jomed us th1s year We never w1ll forget how d1sgusted Mrs Olson was because we were supposedly grown up But among our group there were st1ll two thumb suckers Guess who' John W1ll1amson and Charlotte Lenze Dur1ng the last half of the f1fth grade Tom Sm1th and W1l11S Sprunger came but Tom left aga1n at the end of the year My goodness do you suppose they w1ll ever settle down S1xth grade, my but t1me does fly Mrs Pray was our teacher then and Dale Moore Jomed us and later on Rex Letz. Never a year can someone Jom us and someone not leave us, so Dean Godown left for DeSoto Now 1nto our l1ves enter a very 1mportant man, our f1rst man teacher Mr James Hemph1ll Seventh grade was qu1te a year for new pup1ls From P1tzer way ha1led three, Jan1ce Adk1ns, Charlotte Moore, and Earl Henry Joan M1ller also Jolned us Madel1ne Chance had to take her turn 1n leav1ng so she left and came back all 1n the same year James Clements also came back We are now go1ng through our last grade before we become Freshmen Unfort unately Mr Hemph1ll was forced to teach us aga1n Poor Guy' Th1s was another 1nterest1ng year Laverne Burnham and Lela Brown Jomed our class and also Robert Boyle and Tom Sm1th came back Now comes the t1me for e1ghth grade graduat1on As we entered lugh school 1n '50 our only newcomer was Helen Algreen, who ha1led from Penn Center The 1n1t1at1on wasn't as bad as we expected, the g1rls dressed l1ke l1ttle g1rls and brought the1r dolls to school and the boys wore the1r clothes 1ns1deout and backwards Don Dav1s came from MISSOUII to Jom us the second semester At the beg1nn1ng of our sophomore year Ellls Standxng fa1led to return But Bob Severson from Nevada, Iowa, took h1s place In our Jun1or year Dean Godown returned from DeSoto The two h1gh l1ghts 1n the Jun1or year was the Jun1or Class Pla Grow1ng Up and our Jun1or Sen1 Banquet and Prom 'A Dutch Tullp Fest1va was our theme At last' the lon wa1ted for event had come 1n September we entered school as Sen1ors Hot Stu fl E111S Stand1ng returned to graduate w1th us Our b1ggest project for the year was earn1ng money to take our tr1p to Ch1cago for sk1p day 12 . .' u .. 'Y' I . '. i..- .or fl fa ' 5 ' . 1