Colo High School - Memories Yearbook (Colo, IA)

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- SKIP DAY W The Seniors left the school house at 9:00 for Des Moines. Tom Cummings, Ray Weir, and Tommy Williams drove cars. . The plans for the day were to go through W H O at 10:00. Well, Tom'was there at 10:05, Tommy at 10:15, Woody woods showed us through the station after Ray and his gang had been through K R N T! Of course by mistake--they got wrong instructions from a pedestrian. Of course??????????? After we were through with our tour, we parted, each small group going his own way for dinner. Some of us ate at Younkers' Tea Room. As you know, it is a Cafeteria and your eyes, they say, are always larger than your stomach, which was proven as Martin again ate at Bishops. At 2:30 part of the class met at the Register and Tribune Building to make an excursion-to see how our good, good paper is made. This was very interesting in that we saw 600 pound rolls of paper, which were 6 miles long. There are around 100 of these rolls of paper used for Sunday papers weekly. However all the girls did not make this tour, but accompanied Miss Iseminger to Bankers Life Building. Then to K R N T, where some of us obtained the auto- graph of Gene Emerald, a Radio Star, and we also got to sit in on his 5:00 broadcast. In the evening some of us 'Childrenn went to the .showz 'Roughly Speak1ng,n 'The Very Thought of You,' and others. Some girls went skating, had pictures taken, shopped and also bought souvenirs. The boys and Mr. Grant went to the State Basketball Tournament. We met at the Kirkwood Hotel at 11:00 to start our g Journey home. Coming home Donna picked up the famous saying, 'Bondurant,' which means, ' ???,

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PICTURE DAY It was a bright fall day, October ll, when the senior class met at the school house at 9 o'c1ock in their best appearance. The majority of the class was very nervous, but of course a few insisted they were as calm as if it were an everyday experience. After the usual excitement, we got on our way with very little delay. Our chauffeurs, Tom Cummings, Ray Weir, and Tommy Williams, then drove us k to Ames where we Ames about 9:50, us until October we convinced him were to meet at 10 o cloc . not too worn, at the Griffith Studio in where the owner told us he wasn't expecting 18. After some confusion and explanations, it would be pathetic not to take our pictures we arrived, when we were ready, willing, and waiting. to have our pictures taken. the boys pleaded that there girls--the boys went first. tie of who would be first on the list The question was answered when were so few of them and so many Ray was uncomfortable with his his picture taken--off it came. It was then a question on so as soon as he had The make-up room was used mostly by the girls, especially Kathryn Davis, who occupied it continually. By noon, we had all finished and were slowly starving. Being Wednesday, a number of restaurants were closed so most of the class resorted to the Rainbow Cafe. While we patiently waited to be served, a little gray cat occupied much of our attention. When it came time for desert, Martin Rieee had delicious raisin K?D pie, which was free, due to the cook's error. The afternoon was spent in gating, hunting souvenirs, gating, going to shows, gating, and many other interesting things. For evening entertainment, some went to the shows, some to bowl. Berniece Day and Gladys Smith decided upon that amusement Cbowlingl. Bernice had quite a bit of trouble to keep from rolling down the ally herself--Gladys was more experienced. p the and and Not For the others, the remainder of the evening Carter shows? was spent bowling. Many had never bowled before it was quite an experience. At 11 o'clcck, we met at the She1don-Munn Hotel lobby after a little discussion of the day, we started home. too tired, we all agreed that it had been one of the high-points of our senior year. '

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JUNIOR AND SENIOR BANQUET Friday, April 15, 1945 was the day chosen by the Juniors to entertain their Senior classmates and the faculty at a banquet. All guests met at the dock fthe Schoo1'HouseD at 6:30 and proceeded to go aboard the S. S. Story Hotel in Nevada. The basement Rotar- lan Room was the scene of most action including sea- sickness. - Places were set for sixty-one persons. The place cards were small ships and the nut cups were in the form of boats anchored by key chain favors. Attractive printed program booklets were given each passenger. when all guests had been piped aboard, the follow- ing Navy Chow was served. A Dressed Sea Gull White Caps Sea Food Gravy Scum Sea Surf and Drift Wood Sponges Hard Tack Frozen Foam Brine The Sh1p's Crew presented the following program: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Jean Becvar Response . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Rogers The Captain and the Crew . . . K. L. Grant Quartet X Arnold Weuve Gerald wengert Gene Boster Nyle Hartwig Glass History , . . . Kathryn Davis Class Prophecy . . Shirley Andrew Cornet Bolo . . . . . . . Jack Koch Clase Will . . . , . . , , , . . Martin Rlese Piano Solo . . . .,. . . . . Marybelle Hemping Junior Message of Bon Voyage . . Donald wilson Toastmlstress . . Mary Jean Becvar .Accompaniet . . . Marybelle Hemping A show completed the evening's entertainment.