North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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palm Hem? XX VERNEII. MANTON HARRILTT SWINNEY Co-Ednor Co Ediior 8 POLAR BEAR STAFF TH P T rc 9 ,ns

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grrrrrrrrr It 3 3 In tbl ' Iune 6 1954 Dear Mr Thompson Trme certarnly passes qurckly Here rt rs 1954 already and rt seems only yesterday that I as a Iune 45 graduate was a North Hrgh student Havrng rust returned by the Charles Sullrvan Trans Oceanrc Super Ease Flrght from abroad where I vrsrted the Internatronal Secunty Councrl rn actron I plan to remam here rn Gordons Gorgeous Models for the summer Clay and Irm Brown U S representatrves to the Secunty Councrl all North 45 graduates were returnrng on the same flrght as I wrth therr secretanes Marjorre Robrnson Mary Cox and Barbara Ward for therr br weekly vacatrons Presrdent Davrd Qurner Vrce Presrdent Howard Iohnson and Cabrnet Member Irm Wrse Secretary of No Schools Are Good Schools met them at the Whrte House No Dogs OnOur Lme Arrport It rs rumored that the entrre group wrll con tmue north to playboy Eddre Grodts palatral summer resort Debu tantes Marylove Bowlsby and Carolrne Crane plan to throw a grand shrndrg rn honor of returmng forergn correspondent Patty McDer mott Lorrarne Ross and Polly McNeal best dressed women of the year wrll attend When abroad I heard from Bonnre Baker and Myrtle Barker that Margaret Ashford wrll soon be returnrng from her frve year mrssron ary trrp rnsrde Germany She rs affrlrated wrth the Allred Super vrsory Commrttee headed by Charles Van Deventer In Parrs I vrsrted the Mussetter Smart Shop Marrlyn desrgns all of Parrs fashrons but rs partrcularly rnterested rn unusual artrfrcral corsages leannevrlle home of Davrd Wrlson Brll It rs sard that she often uses as many as 1000 rtems rn a corsage Skaters Ruth Roberts Mary Schreck and Rona Turner are returnrng home after tourrng the seven contrnents wrth the Rose Marre Langan Exposrtrons Wrth Ieannevrlle overcrowded by the Money and How to Make It conventron tGerre Swanson rs Iowa s representatrvel I had qurte a trme obtarnrng a hotel room Frnally succeeded rn gettrng a room shared wrth Marlys Wrllcockson Talk It Or Leave It expert and Iuanrta Whrte at the Brll Wood Hotel We only secured the room through the good natured desk clerk Russell Frsher Bellhops Drck McNeley and Marvrn Mann horsted our luggage to our cramped twelve room surte Elevator Grrl Bettey Zeller passed the word that Photographer Grlbert Proudfrt rs lurrcrng around the hotel to get some shots of Norme Mmer Al Marvrn house detectrve rs hoprng for cr medal for hrs erectron of hoboes Ierry Robrnson and Hunky Howard After dressrng for drnner we made our way to the marn drnrng room where the Lewrs Cox Pearce Gruetzmacher Orchestra rs now playrng They never could decrde on who would be therr leader so they combrned blows and rotate the brllrng order hourly Featured srngers are Alrce Underwood and Beverly Peterson The Chart and Peresman Comedy Team rs prnch hrttrng for Charles Shrelds Bar bara Smex elected last year as Amerrca s typrcal mother was drn rng wrth husband number four Celebrrtres swarmed rn to see the Bob Garvm Strong Man Act and tumbler and dancers Ieanne Anderson and Krtty Kelce and rncludes Hollywood and televrsron rrval stars Dorothy Kelly and Harrrett Swrnney accompanred by Press Agents Guy Bradley and Bob Harrrs Ralph tOrson Boyer Ioy rmpressronrst producer drrector and actor rs scheduled to appear for an rmpromptu speech Tom Kennedy scoop scooper rnterrupted to announce that Mary Lou Rres has pro cured her posrtron as technrcran to a physrcran She now wrll try for the physrcran Wrrter Shrrley Cohens new book Evermore Purple rs predrcted to outsell her prevrous hrt A Bush Sprouts rn Des Momes Publrsher rs Iames M Gray After drnrng on such food as only Watrous can prepare rt I rorned a group of Ieannevrlle socralrtes Drck Haller Mag Mannrng Pat Boat wrrght Norma Remore Drck Shepard Mary Alrce Oaks and Darold Brophy and we left rn a Lloyd Tharpe cab ltaxr drrver Helen Swan rCor-rtrnuedl We the members of the Iune 45 class flowmg wrth benevolent wrshes for all humanrty do hereby openly endow to the herewrthrn specrfred persons the followmg and subsequent wealth of personalrty trarts and tantalrzrng talents whrch have been such a helpful hm drance to us rn our acqurred success Iuanrta Whrte wrlls her loyalty and school sprrrt to the present and to all future North Hrgh student bodres Eddre Grodt wrlls hrs lrttle blue streamlrned coop to that yerk Yehoodre hes the only one wrth enough gas coupons that we know of Yehoodre that rs Beverly and Barbara McKrnley leave therr charmrng mrle-a mrnute conversatrons to Ieanne Berson and Dottre Swallow Irm Brown and Barbara Ward leave hand rn hand Bonnre Hyde wrlls her nerve rackrng gum-crackrng vrce to Bettx Lou Orr Bob Garvm bequeaths hrs Iohn Atlas physrque to Kenny Berg land who replres Thanks Bob but I have one of my own Drck trt s them speeches that scares mel Kerth wrlls hrs senror class presrdencey to the next well-deservrng student who achreves the honor but agarnst hrs own wrshes the nrckname Nose wrll harass hrm forever Dorothy Hurless wrlls her barefoot style rn class to anyone else that has sprrng fever the year round Irm Cox bequeaths hrs thrck curly harr to Drck Case tWonder rf therr golden locks wrll ever be an rnch long agarn l Vernerl Manton wrlls her long shrnrng tresses her wrrtrng abrlrtres her artrstrc talents and her general popularrty to anyone wrth as much personalrty as she has Grlbert Proudfrt relrnqurshes hrs natural way wrth the grrls to Master Bob Waterbury lane Nelson and Elorse Kamraz leave therr Oracle and Polar Bear ad sellrng to strrde forth rn the advertrsrng freld Brll Wood wrlls hrs false outer shyness to anyone who could use rt as advantageously as he has Marrlyn Mussetter leaves her many prctures rn the Polar Bear to Charleen Iohnson who rs rust as fast at duckrng rn front of the camera at the rrght trme Harvey Andrews wrlls hrs small but mrghty manner to Bob Sower wrne Thyra Brynre bequeaths her servrce men correspondents to any grrl who makes as many contacts Phrl Bernstern bequeaths hrs yrtterbuggrng and hrs abrlrty to get around to Ray Wrchman Pat Boatwrrght wrlls her love for work to everyone a lrttle on the lazy srde Yep she lrkes to work' Davrd Qurner gentleman superb wrlls hrs drgnrfred Iudrcral Board rergn to someone wrth the same rngenurty rn suggestrng those queer punrshments Alrce Underwood leaves her abrlrty to squeeze a formal rnto an overnrght case and brrng rt out wrthout a wrrnkle to anyone who srngs at so many socral affarrs Irm Wrse abandons hrs habrts of tardrness to make new resolutrons for future use Marrlyn Buss leaves her contrarrness rn Mr Rhyne s room to want the wrndow closed when Mr R wants rt open and vrce versa to the next weather conscrous person to srt rn row 1 seat 1 room 213 Russell Frsher wrlls hrs frrendly smrle to Roger Watts tContrnuedl . 0 XN 7' ' - fx 51 ' -1 7 y ef 'Q 1 I QQ? 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