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

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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.

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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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I, Jim Stevens, do will and bequeath my knack for removing fenders from cars without getting hurt to Pat Wolf. I, Junior Schenck, do will and.bequeath my old pal Fuzz to Donald An- dreason, and may they have as much fun together as we did. I, Carol Reynolds, do will and bequeath my black wavy hair and ny love for telling stale Jokes, together with my silly giggle, to Bill Madsen. I, Francis Riebhoff, do will and bequeath my shyness and ray Ford V-8 to Mary Ellen Steward. I, Rose Marie Ringsdorf, do will and bequeath my ability to stand up for my own rights and to take all the teasing everybody gives me to Helen Rachut. CLASS HISTORY September 4, 1933. No, its really no historical event, nor is it the date of a famous battle, nor was it so important that it reached the head-lines of any noted paper. But even though it is no national holiday, it will always be a day that we will not forgot, for that was the da.te that thirteen bright-eyed, basnful kids trudged to the Burt Public School, very doubtful as to how the outcome would be. Of the thirteen only six, Harold B'tes, William Boettcher, Donald Nordin, Gerald Riedel, Junior Schenck, .and V.ivian Ward, managed to struggle the complete twelve years here, while the cth rs dropped and rejoined in later years, and of course a few other additions kept joining our class making it not only the largest, but also the rowdiest, according to the teachers. In September, 1941, thirty-six energetic pupils stepped up to the firing line for inspection. Highlights of the year proved to be the freshma.n initiation, i th tae beys ’’n short skirts and the girls trip- ping around in overalls. It was really the first class to receive such a good thorough initiation. This was fallowed by ra ny participating in the music groups, athletics, and in contest which was hold that year. Burt won first in mixed choruc, boys' glee club, girls' glee club quar- tette, madrigal, and in a tuba solo, starting many in their climb to the top in music and other schc'1 activities. Then eight of air classmates, namely, Lois Weber, Betty Olsen, Clarice Riebhoff, Rose Marie Ringsdorf, John Riebhoff, William Boettcher, Dale Wt-iske, ”nd Ervin Eimers, served as waiters and waitresses a,+ the Junior and Senior Banquet, without any drastic emergencies, so that all was very successful. That fairly well wound up our freshman year, leaving us veterans of high school, or so we felt. Our 3ophnore year began with a bang as did our freshman year. There was one big transfer, and how glad va were to see our good old freshmaja seats back aga.in. We resumed our studies with about the same attendance, thirty-four. That year the operetta Patience was given with some hold- ing principal parts and many in the chorus. The Dramatics Club was es- tablished this year with the following participating: Charles Office?; Roland Christensen; Harold Bates; 3etty Olsen; Edward Smith; Evelyn Meyer; Stanley Riedel; Roger Scott; Clarice Riebhoff; Rose Marie Ringsdorf; Betty Mann; Carol Reynolds; Le.Wonne Griese; Gerald Riedel; John Riebhoff; and Lois Weber. They gave many successful performances. Others joined the ranks of athletics (William Boettcher being a prominent member from our cle.ss in the sophnore year), music and other yearly activities. This