Belmond High School - Bronco Yearbook (Belmond, IA)

 - Class of 1953

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Class W1ll Jack Johnson do w1ll and bequeath my dramatlc attltude toward eyery day occurrences to Lllnor Ell1s Ay1s Pleree do yyxll and bequeath my red haxr and hot temper to Rlchard Snuth Pat Quxglev do yylll and bequeath my Le y1es and cow bov boots to Jean Tendall Carole Thompsen do yy1ll and bequeath my fast cllp of speech to Peggy Flnn Claude Larkln do vylll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to read Mlckey 'Vlouse to the Englxsh Class to B1ll Memts Jim Fans do yy1ll and bequeath my ougmallty when maklng three mmute speeches to Donnv Hoppel Alan Madsen leaye all my Saturday mornlng household Barbara Bohnmg do w1ll and bequeath my fuehsla red blush to Larry Larson Gertrude McLaughl1n do yy1ll and bequeath my head aches as edltor of the -Xnnual to 'ylargo Govydy Cllfford Toft do yyxll and bequeath my nickname of Senator to Bob Barry Be sure and uphold that tltle Bob Dave Helland do w1ll and bequeath slx lnches of my helght to Irv1n Van Gerpen Arlen Pals do w1ll and bequeath my walks wxth Sharen Thompsen to Wayne Pastour Kenneth Whxte do vyxll and bequeath my love for money cars and women to Malcolm O Connor Sherman Oberhauser do w1ll and bequeath all my sheep txcks to Donna Lee and Sandra Sxmerson dont spread them around Alan Trees do w1ll and bequeath all my old flashbulbs to Don Syoberg and Jack Spltler perhaps you can sell them for scrap or somethmg Roy Johnson do w1ll and bequeath my shyness around glrls to Dallas Trager and Jerry Toft now please don t do anythmg to destroy my reputatlon LeRay Harty do w1ll and bequeath my curly haxr and false teeth to Roger Ubben and Dxck Jacobson Marlys Chrlstensen do w1ll and bequeath my member shlp ln the lonely heart s club to Janet Brooks Regma Dxckmson and Audra Jemson We Connle Bensen Jan Kelly and Delorxs Nelson do vylll and bequeath our apartment to Janlce hlekbush P Tracy and Barb Marlga Alfred McLaughl1n do w1ll and beque tr m Lroubl w1th Ford motors to Ardell haduce Wllbur Danxels do w1ll and bequeath my seunf fletlo stones to Larry Nelson LuVerne Wessels do w1ll and bequeath my three bottom plows to Pearl Mehus Now Pearl you e n gxve yr L. dad a vacat1on Oliver Bohmng do w1ll and bequeath my excellent dl :ty to drlve to R1chard Klmg Kenneth Eccles do w ll d stud h d 1 an bequeath my at t to y ar and manage the basketball boys to e e Eddle Reno do Wlll and beque th 1 d country roads to Herbert Pals a my Ong nves on Mavxs Plerce do vull and bequeath tt form and boots to Sharon Stralt muon? L um a I Th I Just pollshed my boots gxrls so rplleaseirble callreqflidon I, Dean Gunderson do w1ll and beq th L1 1 along wxth teachers to Merlxn Sigcksgllm J 1 ity to get Rlchard McMurray do ll d b to Kenneth Halfpap W1 an equeath my Strength Rlchard Goeman d ll d b abxlxty to Larry Mcenlrllengian Cqueath my trombom Vernon Meyer do w1ll and b th trousers to Ewald Ehresmgllllca my yellow corduroy Shlrley Bohnxng do w1ll and beq th 1 to Theatta Bunjer and Karen Halrfslon my 5 lm figure Fran y s mv manners gc? ElagnrisSummers and Susie Halfpap Mqkg 'hood UM ces Chapman do w1ll and bequeath m 1 Shella Hansen do w ll d b to Richard Chrxstelnsgrll Cqueath my poppy amtudc Phgughljlglsgs do W111 and bequeath my gxgglcs to Paul Alggenltglgyeirglncgggixll and bequeath my sewmg abxllty to I Mary MCK6llh do w1ll and be ue th to Beth Knoedler q a mv speaking abllm O . v ' ' , I . 1 y 1. H., A Nj ', v' , ' , t 1- ' ' ' . , ' 1 HY , . Y ' - , r I, U ' , ' . nt . j.' 1 . if . ' , . t ' I, ' D ' , H' .' fe Q 3 l - 1 ' 'tx K 'Q ' ' y 1' I N' l ' l I . ' A g ' ' ' - . . . 1, , - - 1 1 1-111 - - ,- , .' ' ' 1 ' ' ' rr' . I9 1 . i' ' .fl ny' Y ' ' ' ' ' ' .' .5 ella tasks to Ken Loats ' Johnson and Colleen White. - ,- , . -, I, ' , ' - C Y . Q ., , , 1, ' ' ' ,- 1 . X .- ' . y 1 . - A h ' 1 . . at 11 Y ,U L D ' - l V ' D . ' ' Y l I U V I' . 1 A V . ' I, . . . 7 . x L 1 'l I v 1 I' 1 . ' 7 ' ' . . - , - I. 4 , ' 5, I. , . - , I ' I, ' Y ' . 7 I ' . I1 V -h . 1 I 1' 1 y - . 9 l . . . . I, y . I h l t . 7 . . ' , . - - . l ' 1 I

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C ass M44 4 7 On September 2 19QQ,- thxrty sxx eager and Joyful youngsters entered the halls of Belmond Publnc School They were James Bayllss Maxme Gartz Lew Hesalroad Donald Hoppel Gertrude McLaughlm Sharon Memts Ver non Meyer Malcolm OConnor Donald Sjoberg Richard Smlth Eleanor Sprmger Gary Trees Don Waddmgton Gary Wagner Kenny Wh1te Wayne Wrthers Allen Sha han Phyllxs Krlens Umtah Brown Frances Chapman Lewxs Corwm Regma Dxckmson Shlrley Eggers Rxchard Goeman Davld Helland Jan.Kelley l-reddy Lutz Janet Lobdell Alan Madsen Delorxs Nelson Kenneth E l cc es Roger Steenblock Rlchard Parker Av1s Pnerce Mavxs Pterce and J k J ac ohnson Our teacher was Miss Lunt Lew Hesalroad Gary Trees Umtah Brown J'anc?t Lo5d ll and Roger Steenblock left us durmg the year It was dur mg our lnder arten eag that we had our store Every day each of us roug t empty cereal packages flour sacks coffee cans and bread wrappers for our classmate cus tomers to buy when 1' was thexr turn to be the customer 42, 1741 In fxrst grade Roger Beenken Thomas Cordls Ardls Meyers Henry Peterson Kenneth Rulter Gary Brothers H1StOf fflfb 4' n slxth rade we were Joxned by Duane DIPDQ1 Cal' ole gfhompsen Norma Pepper and Dlane Bell Ouriea. cher was MISS Enderlan It was m thls grade that we E El a Book readmg con est We parted wlth Martha As I trand Rlchard Parker Theatta Bunger Norma Pepper and Diane Bell 4-Y 'L' n the seventh gr de we were Joined llllim Faris Alan 'Tires and ArlenaT95ls We parte wlth Arnette Ter Hark and Arlen Pals Our teachers were lNI1SbJ9l1'fah and rs Jones Everybody wxll remember the fun we H fa-kmg part ln the eighth grade operetta -417 QL yle Bohmng Marlys Chrxstensen LuVerne Wessels Sheila Hansen Roy Johnson Alfred McLaughhn Sherman Oberhauser Phyllls Chrrstensen Rlchard McMurray and Mary McKe1th Joined us LQ elgmhgrade We parted with Phyllxs Chrlstensen Jamce Hunter and Julxan Turner 145 ,lgggg an Mg, hui We will all remem er the p ays Tom Sawyer an South of the Border 75 d th th d b B ba a Bohn Jimmy Zlegler and Louise Murphy Jolned us Mlss Flor ,tw e were Jome In e nm ra e y ar r ence Mack was our teacher In fxrst grade we attempted- readlng and writing whTEE turned out to be more fun than work once we became acqua1nted w1th It We art d h t Don Sjoberg Shxrley Eggers Kenneth Rulter pandeLov1:lse Murphy C1-VH gd I In second grade Elsle Robertson Gary Galloway Don McCann 'Henry Ste d mwan t Joanne Cross and Eugene Grlllo Joined us MISS Mar eurlte Studebaker was our tea cher We parted wlth a c6lm O'Conner Don Waddmg ton Gary Wagner Lewls Corwm Freddy Lutz Roger Been ken Aides Meyers Joanne Cross and Gary Brothers -I' 'UB ms Foss was our thxrd grade teacher Jumor Whxst ler M Fans Connxe Benson and Jamce Hunter Jomed us In the third grade we parted wlth Sharon Memts Regma Dlckmson Henry Peterson Don McCann and Jun lor Whtstler 194+ if P k rs ar er was our fourth rade ach Jome-d by Cla XiewTeg Hark Ardyce Walk and Martha Ostrand Our fourth grade wxll well remember the stones of the Hardy boys wh1ch Mrs Parker read each day after lunch We parted wlth Jxmmy Bayhss Donald Hoppel Henry Stemwandt Eugene Gnllo U 1m Farls Ronald Ahlgren and Kenneth Eccles lqwb In fxfth rade we we d b Thea a umer owen FIPS Jome y Regma Dnckxnson 6 Ed I 3 8 and Dxcmcs out 1 mong e C c e n mg U the 81'0ve We parted with Ard Walk Jean Tendall Reg D k We Gary Galloway, and Jlmmyflglreglgi- mson Richard Smith mg Ollver Bohnlng Shlrley Bo nmg Wllbur Damels Dean Gunderson Ahce Meyers Patrxck Qmgley Cllfford Toft Davld Hauge Roger Pals and Oral Van Slckle We parted with Thomas Cordes Elsie Robert son Lowell Flemmg oger Pals and Oral Van Slckle All w1ll remember the comxc strrp characters we portrayed dunng 1Illtl3tl0Il 14110 In the tenth rade our group remamed the same ex ISK 5 flqbi 53 cept for the a 1 lon of Ahce Smedley and the loss of Davxd Hauge and Duane Dxppel Most of us w1ll remem ber the excltmg event of our Career Day wh1ch occured th1s year Ahce Smedley left at the end of the year 'lf Agam m our umor ar our group remamed the same except for tlie loss oi Nyle Bohmng One of the hnghlxghts of thls year was our Jun1orSen1or Banquet Ma e Gartz left at the end of the year Our semor ear was the goal year for wh1ch we were all worlimg Durmg thxs year we were Jomed by LeRay Harty and Allan Shahan left us Our semor year was high lighted by our class rmgs pictures the Jun1orSemor Banquet Semor Class Play Baccalaureate and Commence ment to say nothxng of many other events Out of our 38 fmlshmg students 12 are from the orxgmal class Although our school days have come to an end we now realize that there are more xmportant thmgs to be doge 1n the world In this way we can be glad as well as sa As we are now partmg there are memorxes of many of the happy txmes we have had through our school years So we the Semor Class of 1953 brd all our teachers and schoolmates farewell I I , I ffl l ,K - I If Y. 1 K 1 1 u . 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Class Prophecy A DIARY OF MY VACATION June 'I Today I stopped 1n Alexander where I saw SllCll'l Hansen and her Idllllly She used to be a roller skatmg queen before she fell once too often June I axrlyed ln Boone today where I met Frances Chapman Frances IS a teacher there Llfe 1snt worth llvlng unless you know all about what she teaches Gomg through Ames I saw .hm Farls on the Iowa State College campus .hm IS takmg a home economlcs course oy cr agaln for the thlrd tlme but I doubt lf tt s due to dumbness June I stopped ln Dayenport today and heard Jack Johnson glve a speech He s runmng agaxnst Bourke Hlckenlooper for Congress June 4-Today I stopped ID Fort Leonard Wood MISS ourl to see how the army was commg along As Iwalked through the gate I sxyy some men dolng some fxeld manuvers I sayy Co poxal Harty teach mg some men to shoot a bazooka 'lhls eyemng betote I left the camp I saw and heard Iuehard Goeman playmg revellle Uncle Safn changed Rlch s plans for becommg a farmer by hlrmg, hr n to play for the army boys June My car stalled lt Nashvllle today sso Im staylng here overnlght Un my way to my hotel I walked past an International Harvester buzldmg I look ed through the window and saw Davld Helland He sald that he und Larkle were ln busmess together They called themsclyes Helland and Short Tonight I looked up Carole Thompsen She s marrled now and IS takxng nulses traxmng Her June 6 Today I went tlu ough Ilttle Rack Arkansas Re membermg that Avls I'1erce llvtd here I looked hex up She s maxrled and alremdy hms three sets of twlns Tomght I saw a Joey Clntwood auto dare dCV11 show starring Pat Qulgley Pat didnt ap pear 1n that performance benu e he was ln the hospltal wlth three broken rxbs Ahcc Meyer IS a most lauded nurse there Many doctors ask her for advxce It s stran that they always ask her after workmg hours though June 7 Thls mormng I ran across Shnley Bohmng ln Little Rock Shlrley IS now travelmv to all parts of the world demonstratmg her ablluy to make hamburger soup Guess where her husband xs' Home wlth the baby of cou-rse Thls afternoon I ran mto Phylhs Krxens Her car that IS Shes a drnver trammg mstructor here Her specialty IS teachmg men how to drlve I was taken to court Thats where I met Mary McKe1th Mary IS a soclal worker She en Joys bexng a soc1al worker because she hkes to work for both the needy and the naughty I was surprlsed to f1nd Rlchard McMurray servmg out a yall sentence He trled to outrun too many cops June 8-Thls afternoon I went to a lecture by Roy John son He s a very busy man He has dates lmed up for the next two months for every mght He says he xsn t a varied speaker but has the same lme for every engagement Tomght I went to the radlo show It Pays to be Ignorant wlth Cllfford Toft as master of ceremonies It must pay too because Chff has two cars and a S40 000 house June 9 Today I reached New Orleans I knew that Lu Verne Wesscls farmed around here so I decldtd to look hlm up I flnzlly found hlm Iuktrm hasnt changed much from hrs hl h school days because he stxll ralses cane I learned from hxm that Arlen Pals oyyned a farm Just 2 mlles away from LuVerne Arlen raxses purebred Angus cattle I got lnto town just ln tlme to see the Harlem Globetrotters play basketball I yyas amazed to see Vernon Meyer playmg center for them The reason bemg that they needed someone to f1ll Goose Tatums shoes June 10-Today I stopped 1n Atlanta Georgla to see June June Dean Gunderson and h1s wlfe the former Mavxs Pxerce They now have twelve chlldren They re not golng to stop untll they have a set of tyylns They told me that Gertrude McLaughl1n was a nurse 1n town I guess she has glven many men the urge to hve I stopped ln Ralelgh today I remembered Conmc Bensons address so I stopped to see her Shes married and has four chlldern Her husband IS v1ce presxdent of the Acme truckrng corporatlon She told me Eddle Reno lived down the street from her He s a flyer who fhes model alrplanes from hrs rooftop I arrlved 1n Washmgton D C to see Barbara Bohnmg leave for Germany She s the new am bassador to that country The Reds had not better fool around w1th Barbara because shes marrxed I found out from Barbara that Kenny ahas Fxngers Whlte works for the Remington Typewrlter Company here 1n Washlngton June I3-When I got to New York Clty I looked up Ollver Bohnmg and Alan Trees Ollver found hxs way to Broadway and IS now dlrector of Olhe s Follies As for Alan he put h1s hobby to work He IS chlef photographer for Powers Modehng Agency I really p1ty these two boys I saw a professional football exhlbltlon game tomght Alan Madsen was the star halfback for the Green Bay Packers His team doesnt have much prospects for a good year but the team has a good l1ne June 14-My car broke down on me so I flew to Lhlcago June I5 Wilbur Daniels was scheduled to wrestle Krller gewzgskl tomght Wllbur IS the bobby soxcrs 1 o T0day I flew to Mason Cnty From 'here I 'ook a taxx to Belmond or rather they took me I stopped at the New Surf to see the owners Jan Kelley and Delorls Nelson Their buslne s was dolng me We had to stop at Garner to get gas I bumped lnto Kenny Eccles there He drxves a gas truck m and out of Garner When I arrned m Belmond I found Sher man Oberhat. er out at hrs sheep ranch I dlscovered that all the ticks arent on his watch Alfred McLaughl1n Shervnans nc 'fhbor was nest on my l1st Alfred really xs a modern far'n r wlth modern ldeas He has a radlo on his tractor to keep It tuned up Last but not least was Marlys Chrlstensen Marlys alyyays yy anted to be a hom buxlder and sure enou h she noyy v.orks for Ted Zook 'lhat IS the end of mv dlarv I hope that you have enjoyed rt , , y X- 1 ' I 1 gy ' 'I ' 1 ' ' . , V' fs I I 1 I 1 I I I ' - f l l 4 1 1 1 1 ff - - ' , . . , ' 1 : . 1 - I ' . 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