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

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and Junior Schenck, now Mr. and Mrs. Schenck. But, thank heavens, they are not hurt. From the sounds of some people standing nearby it was re- ally reckless driving. Rosie and Cutie remember ' the days in high school when Betty used to sit on the edge of her sea+ w en sue u-nt on a date with Junior for fear she would never get home safely. Who knew it would come to this? In San Francisco the couple visit a large manufacturing company While looking the firm over, they come across one of it's employees, Maxine Leeck. My, how the people of Burt do get around! They then go down to the dock and board the steamer fee Hawaii. At the farther end oj the ship they see a uniform clad figure, and as he draws naarer, they recognize their old friend, Dcneid Nordin, who they find is captain of the ship. But, who is the other man in uniform? They look closer and see it is Jim Stevens. My, how peonle do change in ten years. As they near the Hawaiian Islands, they can see the palm trees swaying in the breeze, and can hear soft music from the distance. As they near the place where the music is coming from, they see none other than Charles Officer as the star singer on the island, and the sign at his left says, ED SMITH Aim HIS HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA starring CHUCK OFFICER. As he sings, all the women in the crowd swoon. Just think, another Sina- tra, and right in our own graduating class ! They stop to talk with the fellows, and they inform them that their old classmate Milo Johnson is governor of the island and that Evelyn Meyer is his private secretary. At last the happy couule are ready to return to the United States. Their honeymoon over, they settle back comfortably in their seats on the steamer bound homeward, thinking of the pleasant time they have had, of all their old classmates they have met -once again., and dream of a little vine-covered cottage oil their own. SENIOR CLASS WILL of '45 We, the undersigned, of the Burt High School, City of Burt, State of Iowa, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, in manner and form as follows: First—To Superintendent Officer—Our excellent memories of our High School days; also our ambitious attitude to strive toward a bigger and better school for those tha.t follow in our foot steps. Second—To Coach Torgerson—All our excused absences and our time in the study hall after 4:00; also all the broken shoe strings and soap chips in the shower room. Third—To Miss Baars—All our first ratings at Swea City and all our sour notes in both ba.nd and chorus. Fourth—To Hiss Spindler—All our paper airplanes and buck shot; also patience in teaching sociology. Fifth—To Mrs. Bemel—All our aches and pains and our black and blue spots; also our clumsy dancing technique. Sixth—To Miss Hess—Our misbehavior in the assembly and all our left-over wads of gum; also all the fumes that come out of the Home Ec. room. I, Donald Volentine, do will and bequeath my great tenor voice and my

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cide to drop him a card at the next stop. Further on in the paper they see a picture of a very attractive girl. Taking a closer look, they see it is another of their classmates, Rose Ellen Bitewortli. Hondering why she would have her picture in the paper, they read the article and find she is tho star performer at a. new show opening in town. Turning tc the funny page, they read all the comic strips, including Casey's Crunkly Crumbs by Merle Ollom. By this time the plane is ready to leave, so they get on board. The air stewardess quickly comes forth to help make them comfortable—and, who should she be but LaVonne Griese. They have another surprise in store for them, too, for LaVonne tells them that Buck Reynolds is pilot of the plane. When they reach Tennessee, the next stop on the list, they bid each other farewell, and Rosie and Cutie seek a place to live. The next day being Sunday, they decide to go to church. Cutie inquires around to see if there is a Methodist Church in town, and is told that there is, and an extra good one at that. They are very glad afterwards that they went for who should be the minister but Reverend John Riebhoff. After the service, they have a long talk with him and his wife. He was married about two years after he graduated to some southern girl. Their stay in Tennessee was very short as they wish to spend some time in Iowa before going out West. For this reason, they leave on the 3:55 train Tuesday. It takes three nights and two days to travel the distance, but at la.st on Thursday evening, they pull into the Milwaukee depot at Algona. Going uptown, they meet several old acquaintances and ride to Burt with them. They find that Lois Weber who was married short- ly after high school, is a happy mother of three children. Inquiring further, they find that Roger Scott has gone in to the fish business and is readily becoming wealthy. He, too, is married, and Lois informs us his wife was a. girl from around Bancroft, but as they did not know just who she meant they deceded to move ha.stily on so a.s to see everything they could in the shore time they could spend there. They had a grand time in their old home town, being invited out for dinners, going on picrics, and the like, but finally decide they must travel on. Two days later finds them speeding across the state of Texas. As they have to stop in Houston to change trains, they stroll uptown to pass some time away. They see Bona.ld Volentine in COMPLETE cowboy at- tire. Donald informs them that in his sp- re time he sings with John Charles Thomas. They just knew that something would develop out of his great tenor voice. Their next stoo is at the Grand Canyon in Colorado, where they see Melvin Graham. He tells them he is bound for Reno. Heed they ask why?? They travel through Ne Mexico, Arizona, and llevada, finally ree.ching the great state of California. Hollyvr'ood always held a fascination for them, so they make a brief visit there. One dry while walking down the streets of Hollywood they see Eugene Geilenfeld, wealthy playboy. Also in Hollywood they see Betty Mann, seeking great fame from her actress ability. She informed them that she was playing in a show with Gene in To Have or Have Hot. He thought it funny Gene didn't mention this, but perhaps he wanted to surorise his old classmates. He always was up to some trick '-'hen he was a student. On the highway to San Francisco, they see a large crowd of p clustered around a wrecked car, and stop to investigate, wondering if it could possibly bo someone they know. And—sure enough, it' s Betty Olsen

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love for Fenton girls to Kenneth Patterson. I, Harold Bates, do will and beoueath my love for a certain straw- berry blonde and my blue Dodge, which does it's duty every Sunday night, to Jerome Soderburg. I, William Boettcher, do will and bequeath my athletic ability and two inches of my shortness to Bill Ma.dsen. I, Poland Christensen, do will and bequeath my A.A.F. Wings to Dale Lockwood; ma.y he wear them as proudly as I do. I, Pose Ellen itsworth, do will and bequeath my ability to play the piano and my dancing technique to Jo Ann Chipman. I, Ervin Eimers, do will and bequeath my ability to get lipstick all over my good suit to James Fredrickson, hoping he finds a good way to remove it. I, Everett Eimers, do will and bequeath my love for Algona girls and all my extra cigarette butts to Joe Presthus. I, Gene Geilenfeld, do will and beoueath my love o tease every girl in existence, and also my late hours to Donald Andreason. I, Melvin Graham, do will and bequeath my short hair exit which I think is tops, also my ability to tell people what I think, to LeRoy Leeck. I, LaVonne Griese, do will and bequeath my silly giggle and my admi- rable personality to Mary Lee Parsons. I, Milo Johnson, do will and bequeath ray 'A' gas book and my four good tires to LaVonne Shipler. I, Maxine Leeck, do will and bequeath my ability to chatter to my back seat neighbor, also my basketball technique, to Francis Rabeger. I, Betty Mann, do will and beoueath my love for a certain dark curly headed man, also my willingness to work out on the farm, to Janet Sag.;. I, Uvelyn Meyer, do will and beoueath my A's, also my lopsided Mod l A, to Mary Lee Parsons. I, Donald Nordin, do will and beoueath my bashfulness, also my man- agement tactics (of course meaning athletic) to Richard Garraan. I, Charles Officer, do will and bequea.th my blond curly hair arrl my luscious bass voice to Kenneth Schneider. I, Merle Ollom, do will arid bequeath my artistic ability, and my. ways with the teachers, to Shirley Harvey. I, Betty Olsen, do will and bequeath ray pet expression, Oh Fish , and my love for Waterloo, to Marlis Dundas. I, Lois Weber, do will and bequeath my technique to land a man and all that goes with it, to Shirley Harvey. (Ho’yever, I think she has a good start.) I, Vivian Ward, do will and bequeath my curly hair and my quietness to Lavina Groen. I, John Riebhoff, do will and bequea.th my ability to come home from the music contest with two first ratings, also my ability to sing them to sleep, to Kenneth Patterson. I, Edward Smith, do will and bequeath my athletic figure and my white shorts to Kenneth Schneider. I, Roger Scott, do will and bequeath my silly giggle and raj' love for the freshman to Beverly Bussie. I, Gerald Riedel, do will and bequeath my love for auctioneering at every basketball game to Dale Lockwood; also my Blue Streak. I, Stanley Riedel, do will and bequeath my ability to take the corners on two wheels, and my fancy for girls, to Joe Presthus. I, Clarice Riebhoff, do will and bequeath one half of my wardrobe plus my figure to Evelyn Becker.