Bagley High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Bagley, IA)

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CLASS HIS TORY September 1, 1936 was an exciting day for twelve frightened little children, who then began their school days in good old B. H. S. They were: jim Ander- son, Charlotte Bullock, Phyllis Cornelius, june Cramer, Lois Duncan, Loren Edwards, Bobby Logsdon, Donald Myers, Marylee O'Connell, Marion Rushton, Ronald Smith, and Elwood Thomas. Mildred Long and Darold Fitz. joined our class in the second grade and El' wood Thomas moved away. Our class number increased to sixteen in the third grade. The new mem' bers were: Mary Ayers, jean Derry, Earl Myers, Lois Grassmeier, and Bobby Logsdone moved away. In the fourth grade we added two more new members. Colleen Ellett and Betty Kiner. Mildred Long moved to Bayard. In the fifth grade we had eighteen members. Grace Clark and Loyd Huston started and Earl Myers dropped out. Our class started to decrease in the sixth grade. jo Radebaugh was our only new member. Marion Rushton, Loren Edwards, Mary Ayers, Colleen Ellett, and Betty Kiner all moved away. jim Anderson, Phyllis Cornelius, Lois Duncan, Donald Myers, Leon Pierce, and Gordon Behrens dropped out in the seventh grade. and we had no new mem' bers. Joanne Finley, Marcella Dresback, and Mervin Cornelius joined our class of ten in eighth grade. In 1944 fifteen green, awkward freshmen entered the assembly and made a wild dive for the back seats. We added three more new members: Lorraine Bilbrey, jim jackson, and Dick Taylor. Mervin Cornelius moved to Dennison. As usual we were initiated, we all proved to be good sports. A year passed by and we were sophomores. Grace Clark moved and Hale Collins started in our class. Our classmate, Loyd Huston passed away in August of' 1946. He joined our class in the fifth grade and had had many friends. We shall always remember him as a very popular student and a good athlete. We entered our junior year minus three more of our members: Lorraine Bilbrey, Dick Taylor, and Ronald Smith. Now as seniors, we have only a small class of nine. Six girls are on the basketball team, and the two boys are on the baseball, football, and basketball teams. Norma Luxfordjoined our class this year. We lost Hale Collins, june Cramer, and Marcella Dresback, Only Charlotte Bullock and Marylee O'Connell have started and finished in Bagley Independent School.