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A1 IA IIIFH SFHOOI ANlNLAI 1 1 JUXLL Pedersen w111s he1 Nlllllg' 01 1101s to A11Ce qchuelkt A111e1t1 Nelson 11111s C 1111011111 111111 t0 1111 NIe14111ns Arlene Nlosehell beque1ths he1 strength to lsenn1 A11de1s0n C'111r1y11 M111er w111s 11er feed 11111 to Anna Mae Joyce C1r1son was golng to w11l Shorty to 11 ce1t11n Ju111o1 11111 hut deudcd 110t t DOFIQ 1VI1g11uson w111s hu s111or to the NAXX f0l tl1e dur 111011 Ph1111s lx1s1111gbur1 1e11es the A1t1 1101s 1JL11lD1 qtillffl 1 1ke w 18 11101e 1ll1tl9StlIl2' Russel Luh1adt 111lls h1s teddy 13811 h urcut to the N311 L6S1l9 W1de hequedths h1s g1ggle to G1111ert G1l6Hk6 lo11 Jesse w111s he1 sopr111o 1011e to QUlIl111l Portez 11111111 C111s011 1JQC1ll6'lthS hu 1Ol1I'lld1lS1lL 1111l1t1 to Dem Fr1c11so11 Agnes A1Il1S 11111s he1 11131 1r1 1011 to f0lC10Il I1t11te11111rg 111.111 Alllls 11111s 1191 1nodest1 to D1r1e11e qundberg DOIIS Olsen 11111s her lllthlldme Blondle to Ruth Ixoehel 1st11 11111 f111f1111 11e do h1r1111 n1mt 1nd 21111301111 1s the 1x1cut01 ot 111 0111 11st 11111 111 test'1n1e11t 0111 class SDOIISOIN 'Nhs UINNQOII fmd 'NI1 H1mn1011d elghtunth 11011 of NL11 111 the QCII 1941 B1 A1hert'1 Ixelson Dorls Olsen XVl11lN Ridke Inch 1111 Tu111qu1st D0l1l1K1 JOhf1llll9S9Il Prophecu of the Class of 45 Twe11ty long S6218 ha1ep'1ssed It lS 1960 F01 some people these XGIIQ went slowl1 and f01 others the1 ha1e been XQFX sl1ort We 11111 how 1e1 ende 1101 to g111 X011 1 sl1o1t summa11 of what e1er1 person of t11e 1945 gl3.C1Lldt1Ilg class 1s do111U Agnes A1nts has ret11111ed to Holland her nat11e 11nd ds L111ted St'1tes -XITlbdQN1f10l Qhe prom1sed to send each of us '1 p11r of wooden shoes St 1te s1fe A1311 A1nts lS now a 11ea1th1 COSm611C18H and propr1etor of Xe Le 1.Lltlfl61 Shopp1 -Xlter at1ons wh11e 1ou 11a1t an upto date shop combnnng the 'nts of b1a11t1 culture '1nd 11l1st1e surgery Eddle Bahr IS a tonduttor of -1 st1eet mr 'lt 331d and 11119 111 the 11111 c1t1 of HAIIOXQI Jo11e Ca1lson 11ette1 111101111 as P It lb st111111g to pull tl1e t1f1Cto1 Ollt of the hog 1 11d 11 1t11 tl1e Ford Shorty does d1shes M 1r1a11 Ca1ls011 head IILIISC at tl1e new Alta NIen101111 HOb15lt?l1 IN 1ss1st1ng the fdlllllll D1 Fett of 44 C1811 Chase IS 11ow head conductor on the t1ar1s Cont111111t11 NI11XX'1llkt,9 Ro1d La Vo1111e F'1Ck has become prlvate sec1eta11 to NI1s D111 so11 La X 011119 takes C319 of GX SIX thmg Mrs Dawson loses Whlle tra1e11ng through New York 11e 11s1ted the Metropohtan Opem to 11611 NIf1d1n1e H011 shee Screechez Imaglne our surprlse whe11 we d1sco1e1ed lt was the fo1me1 song T11lLlQ1l of 45s class Lola Jesse Don Johannesen IS actmg as l1fe guard off the sho1es of the Maple H1101 f. V 1 , y , 1 I 1 J 1 1225 13 .Y 1 1 I 5 .' T '. . 1 ' nf '. 1 ,v-'H . ' 1 ' 1. w 1 v 1 v. v wg .' 1 44 I 1 ' '41 1 , 1 . 1 1 - 1, 1 1 c 1 A . c 1 . Q Y v u ' 1 5 -' ' 1 ' 'z' ' 'U' 1 0. ' , 1 1' 1. -. ' ', 1 Y . . l K A I A 1 L K A 'I f . v'- 1' f yv 1 vw ,' , . . , u- -1' J..' 8 . . vb' 1 L c U. xln 41 c. , . . 1 r Q v' 'w f 1 I I 1' v v nn K 1 C 1 A U n v . I 1 1 ' 1 ' . 1. A l -T A A o .zu - . : ' .1 'Q V' z , . ' 4 Y- Y 1 I an v l N 4 ' 4 . .1 . 1 L I J , 1 . , 1 .. . . .' . . - v . Lzu js 'j' ret' z 1: zu 1.'1- 's ls, 'ag ' z d ' f . ' '.': J J '.', 1 ' . 2 '. . . '. 2 . . , , . I11 111tness whereof, we, 1119 class of 1940. the testator hz11e set our hand and seal 011 t111s 1 11 1 'j, ' 2 ' . :. v- ' '. 1 ' '- T'. . - '. . 1 K . c , 1 , . 1 , c e , 1 . ------.......----... I 1 , v -1 - s ' 5' . - - 1 . 1, - f 4 1 M 1 r. . . . . 1 , . 1 . l C Lv 1 . , A. A- , ' .' ' ,Q - .y ,2 1 . ' -, lv z L . 1 1. ' Y v W v I ' I I l . U . . . g. ,. 1 . - ' 1 . . ' ' - 1 '11 - . ,. . , r , . c e . --f . 1., ' 1 - . ' v . -'V Y L 5 C 4' s. l 1 4 . A .lj . ' , , K, ' ' . ' 41 ' J 2 ' ' . Dv. A - . . W, . - Y- . L, C , L. ,. tv- C 25. , ' 'S . . fs. .. C Q- . Y' ' 1 r'- - v. Q fu Q r v , .1 Q' v' 1 4 3 'x n '- . ' 1 ' 1 L 1 , . 4 1 v 4 nn 2 '. , ' 1' . 'z ' . - s '. 7 ' : S ' ' .- 1 z 1 1 1 2 . . 1 v . ' ' v v v. I . of 1 I ' , 5 C A K C ' ' ' y v ' 1 . ' . Q . . KK I Y! . , .
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11 7 ALTA HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAI Class 119111 Vte th1 1l1ss ot l9-10 111 the 101111 of Alta the 1o11111y ot Bu1n1 V1st'1 and the state of Iowa 111111 111 19 1f0o11n1e11t1l1111111111011 as usual a11d 111 mu1l1 be1te1 tem11e1 than usual do hereby 1111ke tlll 11111 11st 11111 llltl testament r111der1n0 10111 lllfl of no 11111 any former 11111 or w1lls th lt may h111 11ee11 n11111 111 us at some 11ast t1me 111111 T0 0111 111 11 0111 school lllllldlflg' 1tself we le11e 1111 11e11eful qulet caused by our 1bs1nce and any 11111le COILS X1 1ds of gum Ol crumpled n111es we rmght have left about 111111 T0 0111 h1gh s1h0ol 11r1n111111s we g11e a11d bcqueath 1 sense of 1el1efthat we haye 1t last been 1-2,'1'1.d111t6d 11le Is 1111 n1en1or1es of ou1 fO1l1 1e1rs together and a feelmg of 11r1de 1n any 51611 111e11s 01 n01111o11hy 11l11e1en1ents 11111 our tutur1 m1y L0l1tclll1 l'9'IllZ1I1g that such 0lO119S 11 any w1ll o11e much to the11 exam 11e 1nd 1ounsel 11en1 To 0111 1e11hers 111111 w1ll not be 1ble to r1t1 1111 110m wee111ng hyster1cal1y at ou1 fu11e1a1 we beque1111 our dee11est S1 m11a1h1 alld pity for the last foux ex'1sperat1ng years 1ten1 To the Ju111ors 11e LlTl111ll1I1gl1 l111e all our d1g111t1 1n11 11o1se CLand knows they need 111 111n1 To o11r f11ends the self sat1sf1ed but 1gI101 1111 So11homor1s we bequeath our worldly w1s dom and 1e11own To 1l11m 11e also lea1e our 13 111111111 I1 11111 be found ve1y useful as the only me 111s of endurmg, the Jun1o1s 11en Pe1l1111s 1ou ha1e I1OtlC9d that nothmg l1as D9811 bequeathed to the new Sophomores of next 1911 The 1eason 18 that tl1e1 11a1e atta1ned su1h a feehng of su11er1or1ty at thls t1me th It Iltbtlllflb wh1cl1 we 1111e 110uld Ol could IJOSN1lJl1 be of '1ny benef1t to them Iten1 S1n1e 111Sen1ors h1X9 some e11v1able 1hara1te11st1cs they have felt It necessary to be que 1th them to 1111 followmg 1e11ous lnmates of the Alta H1gh School Ellen Kyolhede w1lls he1 flgure to Tubby Barr Donald Johannesen w1lls 111s good looks a11d physlque to anyone who needs them La Xonne Jol1nso11 bequeaths he1 ab111ty to con1entrate to Bud Carlson D1ck Holmes w1lls h1s fen11n1ne correspondence to the Freshman boys Iudd1e Bahr 11111s Donald J to the Freshman g1rls I 110nne F11k bequeaths her ab111ty to fllrt to Io11e Lafrentr Clan Chase w1lls the I C Rallroad back to 1tS Pres1de11t 1 1chard Tu1nqu1st w1lls 111s ma1111er of gett1ng around to John Arnts Stanley Joh11so11 bequeaths h1s taste 1n clothes to Delmar McGowan R11l1ard Jor1,e11so11 w1lls h1s nervousness to B111 Anderson Merl111 l1IcGowan w1lls 111s well kept ha1r to Weary AHd9FS0l1 W1lmur Me11ke w1lls h1s w 1y w1th glrls to Sl11k Ward Olson 111lls h1s ab111ty to algue to Ke1th Meyers kenneth Patten bequeaths h1s l1ob nalled boots to Kay M1nard Bu1to11 Poulson w1lls h1s he1ght to 1ed Hoferman '111ll1s Radke 111l1s h1s tar to the h1gh school g1rls Raymond Sandlne w1lls h1s m1sch1evousness to Arleen Bumann Je1r1e Trlckel w1lls he1 11eat1ve ways to Bob Wentworth Betty Wentworth w1lls the Storm Lake boys to Norma Huseman Mav1s Ste111back w1lls Clalr to Elna Boatman MdFJOF19 Ryherd bequeaths her self consc1ousness to Dorothy Chase 3, . 1 1 ag, 1 1- 1 , x ' 2 .'.' 'V ' ', ' x R c , c . , 1' 1- ' 1 . . ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 1 L I x C, C x , y 2 ' S, ' EQ ' 2 1' ' , 3 0' V 2 2 lc ' ' l l Z ' N' 2 ' ' Z X L' ' ' 1' . s 1 Q 1 4 ' . l 1 v u v l Y ' 1 '4 1 , 4 ' 2 ' ' 2 1 , 1 v l t V1 1 1 u ' 1 V U . -I C xx, C y I I 5 1 1 ' K.. ' .' 2 S, 1 ' v 1 4 2 K. S 1 ' . v 1 v R 1 u A 0 vu l 1 v Q v 1 . . l I V c c , c . 1' 1 t c 1 , r. 2 1 A. - 1 1 . 1 2 . ' 7 1 2 - ' , 2 1 1 ' , K ' ' kv 1 H 1. 1 ' I I v V. v ' Q 1 I I C 1 , y , - 1 r . . 2 . S - 2 , .2 . 1 .. . - . , v 1 1 v 5 v I u . C .4 w 1 C 1 ' - .' ' . x. v . ' ' v . ' 1 4 vw y ' . C . f ' ' 1 ' A -' - 1 -1. '1 ' ' -. 1- 1 v ' - 1 , 1 1 1 , c 1, . - v . y 1 . K- v - 2 ' , . ' 1' - s S 1 2 - T . l I - 2 J Lf 1 1 ' ' s 1 v v 2 0 1 1 .1 v V A I w I I . N l . - I . . 1 . 2 ,-7 1 1 2 1 , . . .S U. C i ' . 1 ' ' s . v 1 '. 1 1 . -' 1 ' 1 y ' - C L I n s L, E 5 ' I 2 J ' . . Y. Y ' . 1 '. .1 1. V v 1 f 1 . 1 1 1 ' ' . 1 U 1 is l x I V. . 1 . . A I 1 . v. Y . i . . 1 y - A . . . if 1 4. ' - Q V. . . . . ' . . . . ,, I - ' 4' ' . I 1 L Y . 1 . l I 1 -- 1 1 . . l 1 T w y. 1 . , l 1 . I v. . . H ,, L 1' ' 4 ' .' ' . ,. .' ' sc ' ay T ' 1 c ' ' , 1' 1 ' 1 ' ' Q ' y 1 1 1 1 . ' f T f 'Y - ' , ' . . .' , ' , ' ll 1 ry T 1 . 1 . T 1 0 . . . 1 U .1 I ' V V1 ' . 1 . . V . 1- 1 . f ' ' '
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I 11,9 14 ALTA HIGH SCHOOI ANNUAI LaVorrne Tooty Johnsen rs the foremost Looking expert upon the Presrdents stiff rn VV rshrngton D C Monsieur Dante de La'NIare better known as Stanlev Johnson now a famous Prrrs designer hrs returned to hrs rr rtrve country as head desry, ner for Mademoiselle mrg wine He heads tlrc dc partment of latest fashrorrs for women Rrclrrrd Jorgenson ls now the sole proprietor of the noted and exclusrye Jorgensorr s Junk Jorrrt Inc They specialize rn everything from pins to paper clips Phyllr Ixrslrrrgsbury rs trayellrng the broad expanse of the United States selling her magnrf rcent creation eyery secretrry s dream come true the Irresistible Pocket Typewriter Miss Fllen Ixrollrede now runs one of the most fashionable chrckerr hrtclrerres rn l uenr Vlstd County Doris lVIagnusorr we frnd has returned to her rratrye country as clerk of court Her yast trarnrng rn socral lrfe has made her one of the foremost members of the County Court House Because of the large mayorrty of children refrarnrng from attending clrsses at Alta Hr Mr Hammond has called upon the seryrces of the local truant officer Merlrrr McGowan including that of ballet rn Alta High School The former Charlyn Nlrller and her husband haye rust left therr home rn Phrladelphrr to take another hunting excursron rnto the depths of tre Belgran Congo Whrle her husband rs out hunting she has burlt up a neat lrttle business of teachrng the natives to rrtterbug Up and down up and down That rs a daily routine of Arlene Moschell now elevator oper ator rn the Empire State Building rn New York Crty The noted child psychiatrist Alberta Nelson has just recentlv returned from abroad where she has been studying the ways of the foreign diplomat s children Doris Olsen will soon take over the Ellerbroek Chain of stores Naturally the chain now stretches from coast to coast Ward Olson at last realized hrs desire and entered a barber school After graduating he qurckly rose to fame as a designer of the latest corffures for women Kenny Patten has just completed the perfection of a mechanrcal man As he srts rn hrs easy chair and sees hrs tasks before hrm all he needs to do rs press a button and presto the task rs completed We frnd Joyce Pedersen the chref executive of the John Deere Plant rn Sioux Crty Burt Poulson has become one of the foremost archeologrsts of all times Following world wide trayel he returned to hrs natrve state of Iowa and rs residing at Lost Island where he ponders oyer the question of whatever became of the rsland Recently whrle working on the farm Wrllrs Shorty Radke invented a machrne whrch washes drshes drres them puts them away makes the bed and strarghtens the house When asked why he drdn t have a mrlkrng machrne he replred he drdn t need one In Kentucky we frnd Marjorie Ryherd teaching chemrstry at the Unrversrty of Lours vrlle During her spare trme she has been trying to educate the lrttle hrll brllys She holds them on her lap and by the trme they fall asleep therr brains are so full of knowledge that thev en roll rn the bnrversrty next morning After servrce with the Lnrted States Navy Raymond Sandme rs serving as Secretary of the Navy on the Presrdent s Cabrnet Mavis Sternback rs vrce president of the Illrnors Central Railroad She worked her way up from being wife of a ectron boss for another railroad ,Z T, ' A J , as ,H K. 'S 1 1 ' 1 Lv' ' Aw 2 ' Y. - I C L. , 1 1 r ' 1 1 L 1 , 1 f 1 1 t K Q D K1 2 'C A-' 1, 2 K1 - 'Lv 2 ' V x . - - 1 ' y x 'K' , 2 2 I D c L' x x, Y.S ,. . r 7. A . SN . . 1 .- ' . ' , , 5, C 1 . 2 'J , H . . xxx ' V, , ' . ' 1 . A S V N . . 2 A . pg 2 . . J. A . S , 1 I ' 1 3 Q Y - ' I' I , ' ' . . V' . D . ' I ' 21 r' 1' c A 1 I, .1 Wilmur Menke has returned to his native village of Alta as head instructor' of the finer' arts 'Y A . A 7 . . . . .1 1 1 1 ' I 1 1 . i Q L . e . , : s ' Q r c , ' - ' ' I' . 1 , 8 AH ' ' l, ' y 1 1 1- 1, Y ' 1, Y. . . , . L v. . . Y, I ' v I K 1 n . 1 I I l Y . 7 ' I 7 7 Y , Y . Y . . .1 ,, v,, . . . I 9 I v . r ' u y , S -. 1 , . , . . . . . , . , , ' ' , I ' , s 1 1 n - 1 7 1 1 , , V - Y 1 ,V 1 , :7 ' y T , I J' '
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