Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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ISHS LORETTA ZIEROLD . . has great sense of humor . . can make short work of her studies and still get a good grade . . wants to go back to taking piano lessons . . plans ways to ac- quire a nice tan during the summer . . makes an efficient waitress at D 8: L . . likes to take dancing lessons . . has as her favorite express- ion See Ya . GEORGE EICHACKER . .has a picture- sque way 'of writing . . never seems to be in a hurry except on the baseball diamond . . can be recognized by his carefree walk . . boasts of two middle names . . has been sporting a mustache off and on since he was a sophomore. HENRY ZSCHERNY . . is better known as Hank . . is very particular about having his last name spelled correctly . . is the handsom- est fellow in the senior class but under contract to a sophomore . . excels in drafting and car- pentry . . will be missed by the baseball team next year . . can be recognized by his wavy hair, physique, and big smile. .has as his favorite expression Hi toots! LILLIAN BERGER . . is known as Beep- ser to her friends . . is the only girl in school with red hair but hates to be reminded of it . . writes good English themes . wants to become a good nurse . . by her own admiss- ion is very gullable . . says she could live on bread and butter . . well annaway is her fa- vorite way of making herself understood. WHl'J'.'-3 WHD- BETTY J. LIPMAN . . is good at giving lo-ng and involved explanations. .has some pet peeves namely: crooked stocking seams, Margaret O'Brien, and Spike jones . . wants to learn to fly a plane. REYNOLD MOESSNER . . can be recogniz- ed by his lean and lanky physique . . is always ready to give a helping hand . . likes to dance . . is good at putting up stage scenery .. seems to be playing with his key chain most of the time. FRED HAHN . . has a way with girls . . his dark wavy hair is his pride and joy . . handled most of the leads in the high school operettas . . wears lots of brown . . combs his hair when ever he has a chance . ha' rs his favorite occupation eating . . likes to tink- er with his radio. LILLIAN DICKEL . . is always full of pep and bright sayings . . has lots of character . . hates being teased about her size. .better known as Luggsy . . is afraid the draft may catch her man . .has very small hands . . would like to go on the stage. SHIRLEY SHOUP . . good at art . . likes to argue . . loves catsup . . good at riding and goes every chance she gets . . is very ex- acting in everything she does. SENIOR MEMORIES As I turn back the pages of memories of senior days, there is one class that brings back the most and perhaps best ones of my last year in the Amana High School. This topic is the home economics class. As I sit here in the easy chair let me reminisce just one of these blessed days in home economics. When the bell rings, announcing that an- other geometry class has slipped away, we rush out of geometry class, scamper up the Stairs, and then go lickety-split through the auditor- ium to home economics class. Our minds, still filled with angles and theorems, are soon think- ing about the domestic side of life. Sewing is the project in operation, so after a hurried good-afternoon to Miss Rouner, we gather cur sewing and begin the afterno0n's work. As I take piece by piece of the material out of the box, I feel proud that I myself had cut this skirt-to-be. Everything looks terribly con- fusing - what piece shall be sewed to what? At last after careful concentration, I begin to baste fMiss Rouner's strict instructionj the pieces together. Now my only worry is match- ing plaids! When the skirt front is basted to t..e back, I start getting the machine ready to aid me in my tedious work. Some days every- thing goes against my wishes - the tension is wrong - the stitches look awful - and to top everything off, the needle breaks for some un- explainable reason. When, I have the machine in working condition again, and am ready to put in the first stitch, the bell sounds and the period is over. Home economics brings back a lot of mem- ories besides just cutting, basting, and sewing. Taking angel food cake out of the oven before it was done, mixing bread dough, preparing for banquets, going on various field trips, the ed- ucational discussions on child care, the express- ions of the students when we marched into the of the students when we marched into the assembly with baby 'books under our arms, Miss Rouner's encouragements at times when it' was needed, and the feeling o-f comradeship when working with our classmates are all memories that come to my mind when I hear the words home economics class. -Lillian Berger MEMORIES , I shall carry many happy memories with me when I leave A. H. S. fsome are not so happyj but among them I find that the memories of Bugle' and Hi-'Lites work stand out above the others. When I started working as co-editor of both the annual and the school paper, I didn't realize what it would mean. I sometimes wonder whe- ther I know even now but I have some idea by now, I am sure. ' Dead lines - horrors!! These two words carry a meaning almost as sinister as they look in black and white. No matter how early we started we always caught up with the dead line before we know what happened. Of course, mistakes did occur once in a while. QThat's a joke because they seemed to happen all the timej. If you read the school paper you may noticed our declaration t' at spring began , when what we really meant was spring baseball practice began Tlren, too, we revealed to our reading public that we had a precious president, Shirley Shoup when we meant to say the previous president, Shir- ley Shoup . Well, we lived those two down but I don't dare think what that typewriter will print next. As I write this the Bugle has still to go' to press. I'll miss working on it when every- thing is in the printer's hands because it means a year's work to me as well as the other sen- iors. It was a part of my school life for a whole year and had a large part in my home life too. We had fun working on it, all of us. Working with thte rest of my schoolmates on these two projects will ayways be among my best memories of A. H. S. -Betty jane Lipman MEMORIES It was March 29, 1947, and the girls in the glee club were very excited. We were on our way to the music contest at Williamsburg. Everyone was saving her voice because cur music teacher, Mrs. Eye, was expecting us to do our very best. In the morning we heard soloists, sextets, and triple trios, including some contestants from Amana. Finally came the time when the girls' glee club sang and what a thrill when all contestants from Amana were given seconds, a very good rating considering that this was the first time any vocal group from Amana had been entered in such a con- ICSL -Virginia Metz Five VERNON SMITH . . wears loud shirts . . wants to own a fleet of trucks . . has a deep loud laugh . . is always friendly and cheerful . . says he doesn't ever want to have to work too hard . . can be found anytime at the quar- ries or at Oxford. RAYMOND OEHL . . has very blond hair . . likes to play chess and poker . . likes to tease . . is fond of going horseback riding . . has recently acquired quite a car. VIRGINIA METZ . . has a fiery temper . . is a speed queen in shorthand . . expert at flirting . . giggles as if she meant it . . wants to travel . . hates to eat in a cafeteria . . likes to dance and go rollerskating . . answers with Ach gell . . most of the time. MARJORIE LEICHSENRING . . couldn't eat with her new specs . . stays home when classes in S. U. I. are in session . . all she wants out of life is a happy home . . keeps a scrap book . . enjoys airplane rides. DONALD MEYER . , is Arnold to the geo- metry class . . likes to read magazines in study hall . . has a very quiet nature . . likes to go camping . . is an expert at fishing . . is recog- ized by his big brown eyes. MEMORIES OF A. H. S. I will carry many memories of A. H. S. with me until judgement day but I think one I will always be thinking of is the waiting in the morning for the bus to come and then the mad rush as everyone tries,to dig, crawl, or bruise his way through the door at the same time. I also remember the day Fred came through the assembly door in a cloud of smokc and the smell of burnt cloth. Among some of the other lesser memories that I have is the suspense of waiting for the second bell to ring to end a class period and the turbulent rush for the door when the last bell of th day rings .and school is over. ' -Vernon Smith MEMORIES As I sit here, looking out into space, my mind wanders back to when I first started high school. Everything was new and strange that first day. It was like entering a new world. What a queer feeling it was to open the study hall door and feel the many new eyes peering at me. I dared not look up and meet their glances. After the first week my fear tif that is what it wasj of the upper classmen was gone. I did, however, feel that the seniors were something way ahead of me and I did in many ways show my respect for them Now that I have reached the honored position as a senior, I don't feel supreme over the freshies as I thought the seniors then had felt over us. I still feel as any youngster and sometimes find it hard to realize I am now to take my place in the outside world, to face the troubles of the world and the realities of life, not to be shel- tered by parents and teachers. My thoughts bring back many experiences I had in my freshman year as well as the sopho- more year. As I think of my junior year my mind pauses to linger a little longer. I cs- jecially remember our music of that year. It was the first time in the history of the high school that the music department entered fest- ival and contest. What fun we had preparing our songs. Then after having worked for sev- cral weeks there was always that great satis- faction of having accomplished something worth while. Graduation is a glorious and happy event, yes, but it is sad also in more ways than one. It means parting with all my classmates and friends and starting again in a strange world, knowing not what the future may bring. Throughout life, however, I shall always re- member my friends and teachers as well many wonderful times we had together. -Marjory Leichsenring

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61644 of '48 LORETTA ZIEROLD: Class officer I, 3: Y-Teen member I, 2, 3: Vocal music'l: Dramafics 3: Universify of Iowa 4 . . . . GEORGE EICHACKER: Class officer 2, 3: Baseball I, 2, 3: Universify of Iowa 4 HENRY ZSCHERNY: Class officer 4: Baseball I, 2. 3, 4: Dramafics 3: Candiclafe for Icing 3, 4: .... LILLIAN BERGER: Class officer 4: Y-Teen member I, 2, 3, 4: Vocal music I, 2. 3, 4: Dramafics 3, 4: Bugle sfaff 4: Hi-Lifes sfaff 4: Queen cancliclafe 3 z BETTY JANE LIPMAN: Y-Teens I, 2, 3, 4: Vocal music I, 2, 3: Dramafics 3, 4: Bugle sfaff 4: Hi-Lifes sfaff 4: Sfudenf Council 4: .......... REYNOLD MOESSNER: Baseball I, 2, 3, 4: Vocal music I, 2, 3, 4: Dra- mafics 3,,4: Bugle sfaff 4 FRED HAHN: Vocal music I, 2, 3, 4: Dramafics 3. 4: Bugle sfaff 4: . . . . . . . LILLIAN DICKEL: Class officer 4: Y-Teen member I, 2. 3, 4: Dra- mafics 3, 4: Bugle sfaff 4: Hi-Lifes sfaff 4: Queen candidafe 4 SHIRLEY SHOUP: Class officer 2, 4: Y-Teen member I, 2, 3, 4: Vocal music I, 2, 3, 4: Dramafics 3, 4: Bugle sfaff 4: Universify of Iowa 4: . . . VERNON SMITH: Baseball I: Vocal music I, 2: Dramafics 3.4: Bugle sfaff 4 RAYMOND OEHL: Class officer 2, 3: Baseball I, 2, 3. 4: Vocal music I, 2, 3: Dramafics 3, 4: Bugle sfaff 4: .... VIRGINIA METZ: Y-Teen member I, 2, 3, 4: Vocal music I, 2, 3, 4: Dramafics 3, 4: Bugle sfaff 4: Hi-Lifes sfaff 4 MARJORIE LEICHSENRING: Vocal music I, 2, 3, 4: Dramafics 3: Bugle sfaff 4: Hi-Lifes slaff 4: ..... DONALD MEYER: Baseball 3, 4: Music 2: Bugle sfaff 4

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Six BAND In the spring of 1947 a canvass was made by Superintendent Neveln to' determine how many high school students were interested in band and would buy an instrument. The re- sult showed that a larger number of junior high students were interested than senior high. To make possible the organization of a band, the School Board moved the junior high from Amana to Middle. Early in March Ronald S. Fleming was employed by the Board to give band instruction. Mr. Fleming had previously been band instructor at Roosevelt High School ni Cedar Rapids. The first orchestra of the Amana High School was organized in 1954 under the dir- ection of Edythe Brandt. Several years later a band was o-rganized out of it instead. The band was discontinued after a few years be- cause of the lack of interest shown by the students. There are twenty-six members in the band at present. Students playing the various instru- ments are: CLARINETS Virginia Dietrich Marlene Hahn Lee Herr Howard Jeck Kathleen Moessner Violet Rettig Janet Wendler Lola Zabokrtsky Joan Foerstner CORNETS: Leona Clemens Jeanette Franke Willard Lippmann Elsie Moser Henry Moser Anna Marie Schuhmacher Theo Setzer William Shoup TROMBONES: Ronald Hertel Jimmy Graichen Lorraine Leichsenring TUBA: Glenn Wendler SNARE DRUM: Emily Setzer Carolyn Hahn BASS DRUM: Elsie Zimmerman CYMBALS: Dorothy Eichacker BELLS: Roy Setzer Since some large instruments like the sausa- phone would have to be owned by the school it was necessary to invest from five to seven hun- dred dollars for these instruments. Because of rapidly increasing school expenses in general and the fact that it takes two years for tlie dis- trict to get tax money which is levied, it was necessary to get money for instruments from other sources. Therefore it was decided to use money which was made by plays and operettas for this purpose. The school now owns four instruments valued at six hundred dollars. -Marjorie Leichsenring -.. .... CINCINNATI SYMPHONY CONCERT On the afternoon of March 11, the Amana High School adjourned classes so that the pu- pils and teachers could attend the Cincinnati Symphony Concert at Cedar Rapids. The stu- dent matinee consisted of the following rendi- tions: Overture to Rosamunden by Schubert, To A Wild Rose by MacDowell, Spielerei by Stix, Tschaikowsky's Waltz of the Flowers, the last part of Water Music by Handle, Bizet's 'Intermezzo from Carmen , Brazilian Dance' by G'uarrieri, and a narrative piece, Pee Wee the Piccolo. Thor Johnson, con- ductor, introduced the string, brass, and wood- wind sections during the course of the pro- gram. -Lillian Berger . W BAND CONCERT AND VOCAL PAGEANT Ronald S. Fleming, band instructor, and Mrs. James Beck, vocal music instructor, pre- sented a concert in the high school auditorium on November 21. Both junior and senior high students participated. The band opened the program bv playing Lightly Row, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Skaters Waltz, Church Hymn, Eastp0rt March, and Scouts on Parade, all arranged by Weber. Next on the program were Chapel Echoes and Over the Waves, arranged by Buchtel. These were followed by the Mar- ines' Hymn, also an arrangement by Weber. Lorraine Leichsenring then played two trombone solos, Merry Widow Waltz and The Waltz You Saved for Me. To conclude the band concert a brass sextet played In a Sanctuary, arranged by Buchtel. America Sings was a history of the de- velopment of music in America through songs by the junior and senior high vocal groups and a story written by Mrs. Beck and read by Lill- ian Dickel. The reading and the songs were alternated throughout the program. The history started with early music in the American Colonies and was illustrated by the Doxolo-gy sung by the high school girls' glee club. A tableau of Pilgrims and Indians was presented by Virginia Dietrich, Dolores Schoenfelder, Bob Conley, Lester Davis, and Raymond Rotter. Marvin Ceynar then sang 'Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes. 'the girls' glee club sang Our Flag, Anita Marz presenting Betsy Ross in a tableau. The Spirit of '76 was portrayed by Billy Metz, Fredrick Renner, and Glenn Wendler. After the history of the Development of Folk Music had been read, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was sung by Carl Unglenk, and then a square dance was presented by Marvin Ceynar, Jimmie Graichen, Lorraine Leichsenring, Emily Setzer, Russell Mantz, and Marlene Hahn. After that everyone enjoyed the singing and acting of Feudin', Fussin' and Fightin ' as sung by Russell Mantz, Marvin Ceynar, Ken- neth Neumann, Jimmie Graichen, and Bobby Hergert. Then the history of Music on an Advancing Frontier was read. This was illustrated by the girls' glee club humming America, the Beauti- ful. A parody on Old Susanna was given by Russell Mantz, Jimmie Graichen, Gene Kel- lenberger, Marvin Baumgartner, and Bob Con- ley, and I'm an Old Cowhand by Kenneth Neumann, Bobby Hergert, Jimmie Graichen, and Russell Mantz, After the history on Musical Entertainment was read, Harriet Ackerman, as Jenny Lind, sang If My Song Had Wings. Fred Hahn, Carl Albert, Glenn Wendler, Fredrick Renner, and Marvin Ceynar then sang Sweet Sixteen and the first four named above, the W..iffen- poof Song. Maytime was sung by Carolyn and Fred Hahn. Next on the program were a number of in- strumental selections. Andantino and A- bide with Me were played by Violet Rettig, Lola Zabokrtsky, Marlene Hahn, Janet Wend- ler, Lee Herr, Kathleen Moessner, Joan Foerst- ner, and Howard Jeck, a clarinet choir. Pe- tite Quartet was played by a clarinet quartet. In conclusion, the girls' glee club sang Over the Rainbow. A group of seventh and eighth pupils--Lorraine Leichsenring, Virginia Krauss, Marlene Hahn, Joan Foerstner, Janet Wendler, and Emily Setzer--presented Lil' Iiza Jane. Dorothy Eichacker and Glenn Wendler sang Make Believe, and Carl Albert, Old Man River, both from Show Boat. The fin- al number was America the Beautiful by the mixed chorus. The proceeds of the program were used for the benefit of the band. Members of the high school chorus not al- ready mentioned are as follows: Lillian Ber- ger, Leona Clemens, Bernice Dietrich, Jeanette Franke, Alice Geyer, Harriet Hegewald, Helen Kraus, Marjorie Leichsenring, Rosemarie Lip- man. Ramona Marz, Virginia Metz, Kathleen lens EASTERN IOWA BAND FESTIVAL Elise Zimmerman was chosen by the band members as their queen. She is elegible to be represenative for all four of Mr. Flemings band who will enter the Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids on May 29. At this band festival one queen will be selected who will reign that day. The band will be one of the thirty who will each give a fifteen minute recital in Green Square. In the afternoon the band .will take part in a three mile parade. The day will be completed with a mass band concert at Hawk- eye Downs. -Betty Jane Lipman BAND CONCERT The auditorium of the Amana High School was the setting for an instrumental concert on March 19, presented by the Amana,School band. Three vocal selections, April Showers, Shortnin' Bread, and Heaven, sung by the junior high school chorus, commenced the evening's entertainment, To introduce the instrumental music the band played Military Escort, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, In My Merry Oldsmobile, Whiffenpoof Song, and Under the Double Eagle. The other selections on the program, which are as follows, were played by individual members of the band: Conclave and Fugue Patrol by Lee Herr, Violet Rettig, Lola Za- bokrtsky, Marlene Hahn, Star Dust, a piano solo by Lola Zabortskyg Song of the Islands by Lorraine Leichsenringg A Prayer, by Theo Setzer, Jeanette Franke, Glenn Wendler, Carl Unglenk, and Lorraine Leichsenring, When Yuba Plays tlze Rumba on the Tuba, by Glenn Wendler, For Remembrance, a piano solo by Madeline Oehlg March Slave by Carl Unglenk, Trumpeters Three, by Theo Setzer, Jeanette Franke, and Leona Clem- ensg Claire de Lune, piano' solo by Violet Console, by Jeannette Fran- Lorraine Leichsenring, and Skylarks, by Violet Rettig, Marlene Hahn, and The and Now Is The Hour, Rettigg At The ke, Theo Setzer, Ronald Hertelg Lola Zabokrtsky, Vlfayfarer Reverie, by Jeanette Franke, Theo Setzer, Carl Unglenk, Ronald Hertel, Lorraine Leichsenring, and Glenn Wendler. A free will offering was taken for purchas- ing new band instruments. During the course of the program Mr. Ron- ald S. Fleming, director, was presented with a car robe by the members c--f the band. -Lillian Berger PARKINSON MUSICAL. On April 5 the high school, junior high, and grade school again enjoyed the Parkinfon musical group, as has been their privilege for the past few years. Each year the group dwells on a particular choice of music, either instruments or composi- tions. This year the string instrument was the highlight. Mr. C. B. Parkinson opened the program with a few selections played on the cello fan overgrown violinj. Some of the re- lections which he played were Evening Star , La Paloma , Liebesfreud , and The Carni- val by Popper. On every program Mr. Parkinson features some person or persons who have done out- standing work in music. This year 18-year-old Richard Schultz was featured. Mr. Schultz ac- companied Mr. Parkinson on the piano and chimes. At the end of the program he enter- tained the group with selections played on the piano. They were as follows: On The Trail , Tommy D0rsey's Boogie Woogie , and The Irish Washerwomann, or in other words, Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat . -Lillian Dickel Y Moessner, Elsie Moser, Betty Jane Petersen, Violet Rettig, Lillian Roemig, Anne Marie Schuhmacher, Shirley Shoup, Lillian S01-,fagy Dorothy Trumpold, Lola Zabokrtsky, Richard Eichacker, Willard Lippmann. -Marjorie Leichsenring