Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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a flawless performance оп night. Other juniors held the spothght for a time, Ruth Midgorden won the local Americanism essay contest, and Mary Elizabeth Lush got honorable mention in the national contest. Frances Friley showed her domestic prowess when she journeyed to Chicago to bake cherry pies in another national competition. Then came the biggest year of all; they were seniors А-1. being the big- shots” gave them dignity at last. This time they were snapped into line by Phil Armstrong, president; Lloyd Kester, vice president; Ray Byrnes, secretary ; and Wilma Geiger, treasurer. Already there were those whose fame had spread beyond the confines of the school. Debaters Bob Dilts, Wilma Gei- ger, David Lush and Lois Stewart re- turned from the finals of the state tour- nament with a new title for a school al- ready familiar with champion teams in other fields. Replacing rationed sugar opening with honey, Mary Elizabeth Lush reigned as national ‘‘Cherry Pie Queen and labored for weeks to keep up with the resulting deluge of fan mail. For the first time the Little Cyclone football team having played all confer- ence opponents finished the season unde- feated and in possession of another title. Again a conference title fell to the con- quering basketball squad. The cagers were prevented from annexing the su- preme honor when Nevada defeated them in the sub-state tournament and kept them from the finals. The national emergency found Ames High sponsoring the sale of defense stamps and bonds. Each Thursday morning pennies were collected from generous students for the purchase of а bond. Five hundred dollars was do- nated to the Red Cross ambulance fund from the sale of tickets to the benefit basketball game with Mason City. Detense work claimed two of the most important members of the faculty when Miss Lunsford, Pep Club sponsor and P. E. instructor, was called to duty in Abilene, Texas, and Miss Gronlid, watchful school nurse, Joined the Red Cross staff 1n St. Louis. One of the highlights of every senior's career was ' unlaxing ' to the music of the rejuvenated Ames High Swingsters (now the Rhythm Club) at the regular matinee dances. ‘The orchestra has grown to include nine members, six of them seniors. For the mid-year dance, the Basket Ball, a king and queen were chosen in an exciting all-school election. The regal throne was shared by Ray Byrnes and Dona Sauvain; Bob Allen furnished the music. As spring approached, the future loomed larger on the horizon and ca- reers became an important topic of dis- cussion. Speeches by well-known voca- tional authorities featured the week set aside for seniors to survey the problem of choosing a life work. Most helpful was the practical experience gained during spring vacation when many seniors worked without pay at local business houses to get a foretaste of those occupations which seemed inter- esting to them. And so at last one day in June, with a lingering backward glance at halls and classrooms which could never quite lose the imprint of 175 boisterous personali- ties, a taller, soberer class of 1942 faced a perilous, but challenging future. twenty-one

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Senior Class AY back in September, 1959, the doors of Ames High swung open to admit the new building's first group of noisy, impertinent sophomores. Lit- tle noticed by upper classmen, but vast- ly important to the newcomers, were such landmarks as Browne Otopalik's orange and black victory shoes, the un- beaten sophomore basketball team, and Ray Byrnes, ‘‘varsity man” and class hero. The loss of Peggy Skerry and Mary Lou Wright was balanced by the addition of such now indispensable class members as Phil Armstrong, bonnie Clausen, Dick Fye, Ginger Halstead and Pat Hovde. Juniors now, and beginning to take a Тор Вох: Breckenridge more prominent part in school activi- ties, the group carried on its organized work under the direction of the Junior Executive Council, composed of Presi- dent John Rice, Vice-president Jack Pinney, Secretary Frances Kerekes, Treasurer Herb Gilkey, and Ray Byrnes and Dean Dixon. Тһе couneil’s year was climaxed May 1 by the customary prom held in honor of the seniors at the Memorial Union. The funds so neees- sary to the success of any social event came from the highly profitable junior play, “The Late Christopher bean. Lila Mae Hummel was the herome of the hour when she mastered elass the leading role 1n three days and gave B. Otopalik, M. Ballard, J. Pinney, B. Wierson, E. Feldman SECOND Row: E. Hixon, R. Taylor, K. Hein, F. Friley, C. Lindstrom, D. Sauvain, H. BorroM Row: W. Geiger, P. Armstrong, Mr. Ritland, Miss Nelson, L. Kester, R. Byrnes twenty И Ж АСЫ, ` 2 Cc VILE к - e hs 7 1 P ir a 2 а Ја . di “. P | | 7 УМЕ UE TUR Pa РАЈЕ =. LJ NE, 4. Р, pum, mme ш ccm 0c 000 0o н В

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RUSSELL ALDERMAN: HY 1,2, 3... ROBEBT ALL- BAUGH: Hi-Y 1, 2, 3; Dramatie Club 1, 2, 3; Debate Club 1; Band 1, 2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, president 2; Junior Class play; Senior Class play. PHYLLIS ANDERSON: G.R. 1, 2, 3, cabinet 5; Dramatie Club Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2 3... KEITH ANDERSON: Hi-X 1, 2, 3: Boys’ Glee Club 1; Homeroom activity director 2, vice president 3. ; PHYLLIS ANDERSON: G.R. 1, 2, 3; cabinet 3; Dramatic Club 23; Girls? Glee Club 1; Homeroom secretary 1, 2; Pep Club 2, 375 Qubs Clup 1. °2).. PHL ARMSTRONG: hey Иа ак Senior Senate 3: Homeroom vice president 1; president Senior Class: letterman in track 2, 3; vice president of Varsity Club 3. E -— - реу ғ “ L = о an = J Рх ” Е FE ер, р алат ғу: ғ-47 7 ж”, вет MAURICE BALLARD: Hi-Y 1. 2, 3; Student Council 5; Home- room activity director 1, vice president 2, president 3; letter- | 3 man in football 2 . . . HARRY BARNES: Hi-Y 1, 2, 3; letter- man in track 1. 2. 3: football 3. BUD BEMAN: Hi-Y 1, 2, 3; Homeroom aetivity director 1; | letterman in basketball 2, 3; football 3 ... KEITH BERRY: Hi-Y 1, 2, 3: assistant treasurer 2, secretary 3; Mixed Chorus 3: Boys’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, secretary 2, vice president 3; Stu- dent Council 1, 2, vice president 2; Spirit Staff 3; National Honor Society 2, 3; Homeroom vice president 1, president 2; letterman in track 1, 2, 3; Cubs’ Club 1, 2. A A = њи . и ү = a че | 5 ји ж ж nma p ; E Y ES БАО ж 2 2 М Я А И anl , ех UV A B A. CHARLOTTE BOGGIE: G. R. 3. Charlotte moved here from Kansas City, Kansas, this year... MARGARET BORG- T MEYER: С. В. 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club 2; Mixed Chorus 3; | Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2; Cubs’ Club 1. | Т | WAYNE BOURNE: Hi-Y 1, 2, 3; Boys' Glee Club 1; Band 1, 4 | 2, 3, president З; Dance Band 1, 2, 5. о.