Callender High School - Cadet Yearbook (Callender, IA)

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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

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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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Edwin Phillips is a famous speed driver, racing midget autos on the salt beaches ofthe Great Salt Lake. His biggest thrill is racing in the Memorial Day speed race in Indianapolis. Shirley Loehr became a private secretary in a large corporation. She recently received a promotion, that of being the boss' wife. Myma Mobley is a Sergeant in the Women's Air Corp. She requested and obtained permission to train women at our station in Fairbanks, Alaska. Maxine Means became a schoolteacher and, after teaching a few years in Califomia, is now continuing her career in the Hawaiian Islands. Class Poem We, the Senior Class of l954, Such was never known before Are leaving this place far behind, With many memories on our mind. The fun of our parties made everyone laugh, But that was only the better-half. The studies burdened our shoulders with care But we all made it, saying a prayer. 'Dear friends and school, we're leaving you With tears in our eyes and saying adieu. Everyone is waving a fond good-bye To the halls of dear old Callender High. Motto: The higher the aim, the broader the view. Colors: White and Blue. Flower: White Rose. 19