Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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The County Basketball Tournament was held at Swea. City. The Burt Cavers '..’on the consolation end received a trophy. Kenneth hammerstrom and 2d- Long were regulars on the first team. The Pre-State-music Contest wos.held at Swea City. Some of the Class r r t'icip»teQ.'''in- the various groups.. Those inning end going in the state contest at avei-ly v erei Mixetf Chorus, . adrigal, - oys Glee Club. Contralto solo and Corhet solo, ..11 received an excellent rating. • . . • . f. . . w ’ f i The banquet 'whs held in the-Hi-gh School g'na with this class acting as host. The theme as carried out in Alaskan ideas. ’ -Later'In the soring the class- enjoyed- a-r-icnic at Call Park In'-iiTgon’- anda-tiienter : arty afterwards. . . . .... ... r • : • •- '’ Several members• left us'in--our senior year. They were t-iary lee. eters, .Geu'V' Carter, Bill German, Bill Brayton, Daryl ess and Bu rgne v lein. Ester .in the year- Dary 1 Bess .•was transferred from Berry and dee . raj’ton-from P.iflgSted. ■ A nicnic as held .the beginning.'of the ‘’ear at Call Park in Algona folio1'ed by a theater party, '-he seniors ■also- too!:: .their. lr c- -in .the high' School Oueret’fa that was given .in. the fal-1- i.r-rilyn Loi S; Bob haves, ueslie Graham, and Margaret P.ichmann taking the leading parts. The class pictures were tak-en in .tl-goha shortly.-lifter the f i rst. ctf ■ tile yrar. . -t therJCcfuhty -Basketball Tournament the squad won first. The .regulars-on-the first-team from our class were. Sd hairy, Bary 1-Bess, Kenneth- Hammerstrom, nd Gordon Graham. In their honor two. big dinners, a school t rty and a .grade were given. Dr-wney Hi-x enrolled in ourgclass arch l th. She-.was transferred from JTspipa', Idaho.’ . .' •- ... ’ The Sect ion-al-tournament-gfq'S held at .-.slgp-na.. The Burt team won this gamegolgying against . J.gojm. - The District was held in ntherviller and; here the boys lost to Spirit Lake. The Senior Class play, “J ase on Liberty'!,, was presented Auril 24, ith various members of the class in the cast. -Baccalaureate wr s .held.-on Sunday, ilay 17, and Commencement on Thursday May 21. .. Drv Butman from Sheldon, Iowa, was the • ‘speaker. . - - . - • -.- : In Hay 1942, this onderful group of twenty-sir: left B.H.S. to take their places among the other wonders of the world

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 777 HISTORY OF CLAS OF 19 2 It was in 1930 that four pioneers of this wonderful group settled in old 3.H.S., and stayed there until May, 1942. There v ere Bob Thaves, Betty Bee Christensen, Barbara Thompson, and Margaret Richmann. During the years iip toward high school various members v ere picked up and others dropped out. Thirty four reported for active duty in September 1938. This was supposed to be the largest freshman class in the history of 3.H.S. 3efore school began a party was given for the whole class by the faculty in the gym so that the new students might get acquainted. During the year we picked up DuWayne Klein and Raymond Elmers. Verle Bass dropped out the last semester of our freshman year. Many members of this class were in the different musical groups and participated in the sub-district contest which was held in Burt that year. Some of the girls were members of the girls' glee club which won a first and went on the the district contest at Eagle Grove, where it received an excellent. The all high school operetta, Mikado , waB presented v ith members of this class in the cast and chorus. Waiters and waitresses at the banquet v ere Bob Thaves, Harold Becker, Du'.'ayne Klein, Ed Long, Margaret Ringsdorf, Marilyn Long, Betty Stewart, and Geneva Carter. The class enjoyed a picnic in Call Park followed by a theater party at the Call Theater. . In our sophomore year we again had a drop in enroll- ment. Leon Arend, ''allace Godden, Paul Miller, and Marvin Rath dropped out. The boys' and girls' glee clubs put on the operetta 31ow-MeDown , with various members of the class in the cast and chorus. The Boys' Glee Club and Brass Sextette went to the State Music Contest at Storm Lake. The class enjoyed a skating party held with the Freshmen at Titonka. In our Junior year, 1 lour Shoopman, Dale Dickmeyer, and Lester Godden, dropped from our class and Daryl 3ess was transferred from Perry. We gave the class play VThat a Life , and many of the members of the class were in the cast.

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 CLASS PROHOC7 OP 42 It is a clear. tri«, xu day in July of the summer of 1952. She clouds are lazily drifting along in a sky blue heaven. On the far horizon the white how of a ship can he seen. As it cruir-oc closer, the name can he distinguished. It is the U. S. S. Senior, a cruiser of the U. S. Navy. As v e fly over we see a commotion on deck. Not being able to quite distinguish what the cause may he, v e zip out our Magic Telescope and Lo and Behold, we find Donald John, as boatswain, blowing the whistle for all he is worth. He is signaling for all hands on deck for sea-baggage inspection and from all hooks and crooks of the cabins, come sailors dressed in white, scrambling for position. But alas, there is one struggling behind and v;hat a time he is having. His cap is askew, and he is frantically tucking his clothes into his bag. He gives a throw with a shoe, and a tuck here and a tuck there, stooping to pick up a soca, and at last he rushes into Position, and who cfo you think it is. None other than Gordon Graham! And is he|going to hear a few words, for marching up to him-is Admiral Harold Becker. It is too bad that v e can't hear that is said, but perhaus it is best that v e don11. V e circle around and see that the ship is now almost to New York. Inswection is over and sailors n.re impatiently waiting for a chore, but perhaps v e shall see more at Port. V ho knows! Here we are at port, the shin is anchored and the gang- plank is lov ered. Sounding like a stampede come the sailors with Kenneth Kammerstrom in the lead, .rnd is he going to re- ceive a warm welcome, for there waiting with openiiaymaj i rs, Margaret Ringsdorf, 7ith her is her friend Margaret Richman. Apparently she is also waiting for someone, and yes, a nich handsome, d; rk-hhired sailor is coming up to her, but v e do not ’enow him. As the crowd scatters, v e follow and v ho do you think they meet. Home ether than their old echool chume, Lorraine Scderberg and l-iargaret Iras thus. 3oth of those girds have new acquired ©reellent Jobs. Lorraine is an efficient sten- ographer for the Richard Groan end Son Stock Company, and Margaret is a very ch rming nurse at the V eber Lucas Hospital. Later in the day we hear that Doretta Steward and Martha Gifford have just arrived on the Coast to Coast Clipper from that good old state of Iowa. They have come for the Style Show tha.t is to be held at the Ambassador Hotel tonight. j I ! I