Bridgewater High School - Glider Yearbook (Bridgewater, IA)

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ISTORY i H tg, an E In the fall of 1939, five little innocent children with smiles on their faces and unaware of the things to come toddled up the hill to their school of learning. we were: Richard Carlson, Clark Cole, David Campbell, and Barbara Barnhart. Clark Cole being the only one having gone all twelve years at B. H. S. , Jessie Brown guided our foot-steps the first year. Upon returning the following year, we found Miss Ione Swanlund, as our instructor and it was al- so in this year that we were Joined by Dick Brawdy and Lyle Williams. Florence McCre1ght was our third grade teacher. Our fourth year found us in a different room and with a new teacher, Vera Wollenhaupt. In the middle of the year Barbara left us to continue school at Omaha. Miss Wollenhaupt returned to see us through the fifth grade. Margaret Jones was our instructor during our sixth and seventh grades. Our eighth grade found us with Murriell Shatava as our teacher. We had three new additions to our class: Max Hurd, Delmar Williams, and lohn Vetter- lck. During the year Beverly Wyllie and Barbara Barnhart joined us. Through the years we had the usual trials and tribulations of elementary students. It was a happy day for us when we received our eighth grade diplomas which cert- ified that we were now ready to begin high school. High School here we come! In the fall of l9h7, fourteen shy and meek freshmen entered the halls of dear old B. H. S. we were: Myrna Cass, Helen Carl, beverly Wyllie, Phyllis Christensen, Barbara Barnhart, Phyllis Jean Campen Clark Cole, Jack McDermott, David Campbell, Marion Saylor, Kohn Vet- terick, Dick Brawdy, Max Hurd, and Delmar Williams. Our sponsor was Dick Clark. We were duly initiated into high school by the class of l9b8, who were very generous with the paddles, chocolate-covered soap and all other activities that make up initiation. During the year Phyllis Christensen left us to begin married life. Our Sophomore year found us with only twelve members having lost Marion Saylor who decided to continue school at Greenfield. Our sponsor was Mrs. Golz. During the year John Vetterick left us to continue school at Indian- ola. We entered our Junior year full of high spirits for we were now upper- classmen. We were happy to have John Vetterick back with us. The main events of the year were our Junior-Senior banquet which was held at Creston and our Junior Class Play, 'Faith, Hope, and Flarity'. We received our class rings this year and of course we thought they were the prettiest to be found. Our sponsor was Larry Love. At the beginning of the Senior year we had eleven in our class,Dav1d Camp bell having moved to Greenfield. Our first undertaking was the initiation of the Freshmen. The high school annual was our special project of the year. Our class flower is the white rose and our class colors are fushia and white. Our notto is, 'Out of the Harbor into the Sea'. Some of the high-lights of the year was our Skip Day and Senior Class Play. Mr. Jones was our sponsor. Our last four years have been very happy ones. Our teachers have done every- thing that could be done to make life pleasant. Our associations with one another have been pleasant and we have made friendships that will continue for the rest of our lives. With this we bid farewell to B. H. S.

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CLASS PRGRHECY Q CLASS PROPHECY In 1965, a group of B. H. S. graduated of 1951 gathered together to see what each had done for the past lb years. A picnic lunch was held at the Bridgewater park to climax the day. The day was spent talking of classmates. They found that Delmar Williams had married and lives on a turkey farm in Kentucky. Hia pastime is spent singing hillbilly songs! Those music lessons did come in handy after all dldn't they, Delmar? Dick Brawdy wasn't able to be there as it was time for his program over K. W. A. A. He's their favorite singer on that station in Chicago. Mrs. Brawdy, the former Shirley Fletcher, works at their home in Chicago. Someone has to care for the children. Much to everyones surprise we found that Max Hurd ls yet single but has plenty of women on the string. iSame old Maxi He still lives on a farm just south of town. Jack McDermott and his wife, the former Marlene Knlep, live on that McDermott ranch raising angus cattle. They just welcomed their second se' of twins so both parents were absent. We wonder why? Somehow they got on the subject of teaching and Clark spoke up and said he liked it very much. He teaches high school at Red Oak while his wife teaches Junior high. Of course 'Grandma' Beaman cares for the little Cole baby while the parents are at school. John Vetteriok is in Indianola working in a factory helping Uncle Sam build planes. Everyone was surprised to hear he's not married and says be never will be. We wonder! Beverly Wyllie, now Mrs. Jake Pots, is keeping house for Jake and her 3 little girls, all having red hair. They now live in Iowa City where Jake is employed. Myrna Cass works in Omaha as a typest and filing clerk for Commercial Extension. She's not married yet but had a big 'sparkler' on the third finger of her left hand. Lucky guy!!! Mrs. Bill Harris iBarbara Barnhartl keeps house for B111 on their farm by Anita. I guess they're raising lots of kids. Baby goats that is! At this point a baby started crying. Who should go over and pick him up? None other than Helen Carl, now Mrs. Dick Johnson. They're living on a farm by Richland. Last but not least we come to Phyllis Jean Campen. She's now Mrs. Max Jacobson, having celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary yesterday. They're living on the Jacobson farm north of Fontanelle and have four little boys to make the home complete.