Callender High School - Cadet Yearbook (Callender, IA)

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Leaving our grade school behind we entered Grand Central Station in 1950. The staring eyes and comments from the spectators startled us when we left our train. We were placed in the smallest waiting room and then assigned to a row which read Freshmen , Taking roll call of our attendance there was Mr. Beherns, Mr. Hodgin, Miss Shade, and Mrs. Wood. Fourteen members waited for the call to go forward. Mary Allard, John Geren, Donald Houdeshell, Mary Jo Kehoe, Shirley Loehr, Duane Orskog, Richard Orskog, Edwin Phillips, Bernadeen Quick, Roger Sandgren, Dale Slagle, Marlene Spirek, Marlene Stewart, and Paul Thorson started this new journey to graduation in four years. ln 1951 we advanced a row forward with the title Sophomore in front. John Geren moved to Fort Dodge during the summer leaving thirteen to iourney on toward graduation with Mr. Beherns, Mr. Hodgin, Mrs. Michealson, and Mrs. Selim helping along the way. 1952 brought along the title Junior , as now only one row was left to occupy. Four mighty hard subiects were placed on our shoulders. Mr. Beherns, Mr. Kersbergen, Mrs. Johnson, and Mr. Gill filled our minds with knowledge never never to be forgotten, Two new were strange to us the first day in the fall of 1952. Carl and Maxine Means were to go on with us. In March, Myrna Mobley and Velma Rivera also ioined to make seventeen in the class. 1953 has rolled around and we now occupy the row by the windows where we peer out to see a new life beckoning us on. We are on the platform of the station waiting for each individual to choose the train of a career. We are to separate from our group to a destination of high hopes and plans for the future. We are called Seniors , the one thing that we have been waiting for ever since we boarded the train for the first time. To Mr. Kersbergen, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Lage, and Mrs. Corrigan, we want to pay our gratitude for helping us, to Mr. Behems, Mrs. Dillmuth, Mrs. Roach, and Mr. Jensen, who also made it possible for us to advance. As we approach this place in life we are ending our road of education and starting down a new road to a career. Dale Slagle left us this year and sixteen members are waiting on the platform. Senior Class On Cadets, out to life, Shout our battle cry. Aim high if you would win Success for those who try. Speak up for Callender So dear to us. Her Lessons we have learned And here we've shared much happiness. Tune of: Anchors Aweigh. Song Wherever you might be, Do your best always. Be honest, fair and square, This heed for all your days. Good-bye to Callender. Open the door. We ask God's blessing on This class of 1954. 17 faces

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--vu '+- Class History The class of '54 started on a long and exciting trip in l942. The innocent faces and features waited patiently on the platform of the railroad station for the large streamlined train to pull in to carry us off on the road of education. The first mile started in the fall of l942 with seven passengers boarding the train. The trip was very exciting for Edwin Phillips, Gordon Pierce, Marlene Spirek, Jimmy Peterson, Sharon Richardson, Alvin Sollie, and Kenneth Branster. When the conductor collected the tickets three went on, but Sharon Richardson got off at Gilmore City in March of l943. Kenneth Brqngfer was foo Small fo go on, so was transferred to a passing train homeward bound. The engineer who guided our way was lnez Peterson. A short stop of three months was taken for vacation in May of l943. The train pulled out of the station again in the fall of '43 starting to conquer the second J mile, Three passengers eager to go forward took seats with Miss Lee engineering the train onward. Marlene Spirek, Jimmy Peterson and Alvin Sollie handed tickets to the conductor with smiling faces. The train stopped in May I944 to let us off for a brief rest. By the fall of I944 the train started and eleven passengers boarded for the third mile of education. Miss Howard engineered us onward. Marlene Spirek, Mary Hart, Daniel Lee, Edwin Phillips, Gordon Pierce, and Paul Thorson handed tickets to the conductor. Adrienne Urban and Jimmy Peterson left in the middle of the year. For Robert Garrett, Robert Klinger, and Lionel Olson the speed of our train was too fast, so they did not follow. Fall of l954 came and ten children climbed aboard to start on the fourth mile of education. Roger Sandgren and John Geren were new passengers this mile. Marlene Meyers and Daniel Lee got off in the middle of the year. Miss Howard took us forward. engineering the way. The year l946's train started down the fifth mile with nine boys and girls aboard. Mary Allard got on this year. Mary Hart left us in the middle of the year. Miss Haight led us forward engineering the way. The sixth mile headed us forward with thirteen children boarding the train in the fall of l947. Marlene Stewart, Mary Jo Kehoe, Duane Orskog, Richard Orskog, Dale Slagle and Donald Houdeshell were new passengers handing tickets to Miss Leget, our conductor for this mile. Shirley Loehr boarded our train in March and we completed our trip. Stopping for a rest in May our train started again in l948 for the seventh mile on to Junior High. Bernadeen Quick got on for this mile. Gordon Pierce left in March of I949. I949 we started the eighth mile onward with the same fourteen passengers boarding the train. Through this mile there were no stops for anyone getting on or off. This was a year we remember as our train left grade school and brought high school ahead to discover new explorations. Mrs. Hodgin guided our train to the big station where we were to stop for graduation. We are ending our trip and going on to a new destination of high school. 16

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Class Prophecy A preview of l964. The ambitious and studious members of the Senior Class of T954 slowly but surely worked their way up the ladder of success. So now we are able to have a glimpse of what we expect the Seniors ta be ten years from now. Roger Sandgren, due to his experience in the Junior class play, is now the most famous uranium prospector in the world. Mary Jo Kehoe became a nurse and now has a wonderful career as a flight nurse. She is dividing her time between traveling all over the world and helping those in need. Richard Orskog is kept busy iudging the cattle shows around the nation. The one he looks forward to every year is the national contest in Chicago. Mary Allard has also chosen a career, that of being a housewife. She now has two wonderful children to keep her mighty busy. Donald Houdeshell was kept busy for many years trying to study for a career in television. We now find him atop a fall smoke stack swinging a paint brush to and fro. Marlene Spirek is a city girl. She went from farm life to a top notch New York model. We hear she is mixing the careers of being a wife and model. Paul Thorson spent many long secret months in a laboratory. He has finally given his secret to the world. He discovered a way in which to send rocket ships to the moon and how man could survive the trip. Velma Rivera, because of her contact with a hospital in her Senior year, decided to become a nurse. She is now in charge ofa large orphanage in Kentucky which she has improved greatly with the introduction of her modern ideas. Duane Orskog soon after graduation, became a pro-basketball player. He is now a top notch sports announcer for N. B. C. Marlene Stewart took her beauty operating course in Fort Dodge. She has now branched out and has her own shop in Houston, Texas. She also has a home to care for. Carl Means, due to his experience as president of the Senior Class, is now president of the General Motors Corporation. One advantage which helped him up this ladder of success was his marriage to the daughter of a large stock holder. Bernadeen Quick, because of her talent and practice, has opened her own dancing school. Jerry Mobley is her very capable manager. 18