Armstrong High School - Tiger Yearbook (Armstrong, IA)

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Key 'co the Future Listen, my Seniors and you shall hear Of events to come, of coming year. 'Twas tenth of May in '52 When we told the fate of each of you! George in his kerchief and Diane in her cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's nap. When from the nursery there arose such a clatter, George sprang from his bed to see what was .......r,,, the matter. Simple Leiding went to Iowa U. He had so many brains the professors didn't k what to do, So they sent him to Yale And said, We'll study you! Bonita Redhead once tops in her class, Now just walks around the schoolyard, Mowing the grass. Now Merlyn Askeland, that handsome sheik, Lets looks at his future, just take a peek. He lives on his farm in the center of the state, An very seldom goes out on a date. Poor Kathleen wound up at Purdue Where she took a stab and worked in the lab Spraying fertilizer with an antomizer. Miss Lorraine Plath of Tiger Tales Staff, Now works for the Times, Writing silly rhymes. Husky Bob Mitchel finally settled down He,s got more money than anyone in town. Evelyn Burgeson, her poor brain does rack For someplace to put chrome On her husband's eight Caddillac's. Mary Jean McKean That rich old maid, Will still be here When most of us in the grave are laid. HOW Ruth Quam is now a mom And just like the lady in the shoe, She has so many children she doesn't know W to do! Ann Guerdet now runs a cafe Where she serves former seniors Anytime of the day! Dorothy Rovn, of much renoun Can now be seen on television screen. Don't turn up your nose and scourn, I-Ier act is not pure corn. Geraldine Mitchel, they say, has nursed Many people away from riding the hearse. Janet I-Ieathman now the owner of a stable, Raises colts by the dozen With a Palomino label. Arnold G-aarde's now an engineer. I-Ie,ll take any job in the hemisphere. He'll build you a bridge or tear down a ridge. Elna Larsen a connoisseur of food is, And at this job, I hear she,s a whizz. Jean Madsen is the owner of a funeral home And in her black hearse all the times does roam. You are always welcome there, But when you visit her, beware. Carla Miller made Iowa's first woman Senator. But an acquaintance of hers the other day Swore she does nothing in Congress but Sit and snore. Donna Hanson became an heir To a manufacturer of long underwear, And is in best health Due to her increased wealth. Sylvia Vigdal who was quite a laugh, The last one in her industrious class, Is now a chief on the telegraph One of the big shot brass. ...12.. hat

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Way Back Wheefz Shep Was A Pup .... First Row: Kathleen Qucstad, Merlyn Askelzmd, Sylvia Vigdal, Loraine Plath, Robert Mitchell. Second Row: Jean Madsen, Ruth Quam, Dorothy Rovn, George Hypes, Elna Larsen. Third Row: Geraldine Mitchell, Bonita Redhead, Janet Heathman, Kenneth Leiding, Evelyn Burgeson. Fourth Row: Mary Jean McKean, Diane Schumacher, Carla Miller, Donna Hansen. Fifth Row: Ann Guetdet, Arnold Gaarde, Mt. Ortmeyer.

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Senior Class Play HSTREET OF DREAMS9' By John Rand ApH118,19,1951 CAST Cecily Ware . . . Dorothy Rovn Mrs. Stockton . . . . Elna Larsen Bonnie Griffith . . . . Loraine Plath Evelyn Jones . . Janet Heathman Jean Weaver . . . Evelyn Burgeson Linda Eastman . . . .Bonita Redhead Olive Daniels . . . . . Carla Miller Tony Barton . . . Arnold Gaarde Anastasia Gregorski . . . Kathleen Questad Roscoe Myers . . . . George Hypes Ingrid ..... . . . Ruth Quam George D. Justin . . . Merlyn Askeland Virginia Snow . . . Diane Schumacher STAFF Director . . . . . Miss Geraldine Billings Sound Effects . . .... Donna Hansen Student Director . . . Mary Jean McKean . . Mr. Allen Heathman Lighting ........ Robert Mitchell Make-up .... Jean Madsen, Loraine Plath Stage Manager . Diane Schumacher, Janet Heathman Stage Crew . . Kenneth Leiding, George Hypes Merlyn Askeland Musical Bridges ....... Ann Guerdet Stage Properties . . Arnold Gaarde, Ruth Quam Kathleen Questad, Bonita Redhead Publicity . . Sylvia Vigdal, Geraldine Mitchell Elna Larsen, Evelyn Burgeson Dorothy Rovn, Carla Miller STORYCHTTHEITAX' The setting of this new comedy is a living room at the Proscenium Club near Times Square, New York. The Proscenium Clubn is a boarding-house for girls who are trying to gain a foothold on Broadway. Among it denizens are: a shy maiden from the South, a mysterious young woman who has has something to hide, a langorous Russian from the Moscow Art Theater, and a faded star who used to be on intimate terms with the great names of the theater and who Cloesn't mind talking about them. But the two central characters are jean and Linda, friends since girlhood days, they have come from the Middle West to battle Broad- way. Now, after two years, they are still waiting for their big break,'. Jean, who has the greater share of beauty and talent, has become discouraged, but Linda is holding on, fiercely determined to make her dreams come true. Tony Barton, in love with Jean, has written a play called Laughing Lady , which is accepted by Sam Parker, one of New York's big producers. Jean, furious when Tony fails to get her the leading part in the play, decides to marry Roscoe Myers, a wealthy young stockbroker who has been courting her. Linda, who secretly adores Tony, takes the job of understudy in his play, but just when it appears she is finally to get her big chance, Sam Parker changes his mind and drops the production of Laughing Lady . Then, in a thrilling and surprising climax, Linda wins the success that has seemed hopeless. .-13..