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1939 CLASS HISTORY 1952 In the fall of 1939 the primary room at Archer was rampaged by eleven newcomers who were about to begin an educational journey. Their engineer, who met them at the station, was Miss Obele Know Mrs, Joe Harmsl, who guided them until the first mile of the journey was completed. 'The passengers were: Norma 'EgdorQ, Rosemary Skipper, Frances Noteboom, Arlin Harms, Edith Dykstra, Arlene Nieuwenhuis, Marlys Idso, Carlyle Johnson, Richard Evenson, Benny Rohwer, and Marlene Idso. After learning the essential elements of know- ledge needed for a trip such as this we made our first stop and were greeted by our new conductor, Miss Rich- ardson. The same passengers boarded and during this next year we gained two new travelling companions, who were Sadie Te Paske and Marlys Koepnick, coming from a country school. In March of 'Ml Rosemary Skipper left us for another station. Our taxicab driver meeting us at the succeeding station to make us acquainted with our new locality, was Miss Den Hartog. As we turned the corner and saw the sign and and 3rd grade, we realized that the are mile of the journey had begun.' Under the patient supervision of Miss Den Hartog we explored new fields of readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic. During the course of this mile another passenger, Norma Egdorf, left and the the travellers still numbered ll, Mass Den phase of the start of Hartog stayed with us the next year, this journey taking us through 3rd grade. At the year new acquaintances were made. The Vanden Brink sisters,4 Elma and Faye, bought tic- kets for this fourth mile, increasing'Muano. of pass- engers to 134 Extra-curricular activity for the year for some students was chicken-pox. Evidently Frances Noteboom had had enough for she left us near the end of the year. Once again the settin is changed and we advanced to the nextncarn labeled with and Sth Graden. There, at the door, to greet us, was Mrs. Williams. There was our was and quite a bit of excitement for us this year. Among activities there was aprogram for the mothers. It presented in the spring, in honor of Mother's Day, a good time was enjoyed by all.
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Class Prophecy, con't. Look at this tough character strutting down the street. What's that you say? Five hundred mile trophy at the Indianapolis Auto Races--ygg got that? Well, my dear sir, Congratulations! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we've' just talked with Gerald Porta, a w1nnder at the races, said his inspiration for racing came to him in High School back in the early '5O's,1 Particularly inspiring to him were the racing antics of R. E. Evenson, a class- mate of his. Wt Queer, isn't itg that at the name of Evenson, a fellow comes running up to our corner push- ing an empty kiddy car! Well, fellow--what is your name? nhichard A. Evenson, of the Evenson Mfg. Co.' And what is your product? Kiddy Cars--both stationary and movable? How very interesting! eaHere comes a lady who looks like she's a friend to all children. Your name is Marlene DeBoomg what you do? nI'm advisor and custodian of an orphanage in Missouri.W Keep up the good work, Miss De Boom.wwA very neatly dressed and be-jeweled lady is approaching us. What is your Madam? WMrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.--formerly Dykstra.W Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Rockefeller, your husband John for us. weHere comes a poet who know ity but you can tell b the feet --- they're fellows. lOldie !3n't it? -- How do you do? name, Edith greet don't long qFine' D If thank you.n What do you do? nlfm a oootess.W Ly, goodness, what's the name? NMarlys ldsa,n Ah, yes,v- we do have the privilege of meeting all salts of people here in Chicago. w4Goodness, look at this manxmiwlhg down this way. Hello, sir, who are you, anway? hver- non nBlubber and Tallown Nieuwenhuisn' -wand what is your occupation, sir--or is that an embarrasslng ques- tion--you needn't answer if you don't do any work, nCertainly I work--Ibm a famed radio star with my own program--'The Fatter Man . When they make larger screens, I also expect to appear on television.N And our good wishes go with you, Mr. Nieuwenhuis for a most successful career. Well, folks, that's all the time we have--we might at this point inform you that this has been the nClass of '52 Review at the World's Fair in Chicago, and today we were delighted to meet the class from Archer, Iowa. We wish them, each and every one, success in the years to come, and much happ1ness.' 6?-3H'r4?-35-25 QHHHHHHHHHHHHZ-
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