Cottonwood High School - Raider Yearbook (Cottonwood, MN)

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Z f?MS i 1 Q . 1 Q ff V. ,. .n M,q ? Q F 0 F 'R .mag E '3 1 'ff 1' F4 'F .fi I . Class Hisfory As the fall of l9hl came around, twelve little first graders began dwir school careerin Cottonwood. Dean Anderson, Aloyus Barck, Nancy Brown, Sam Dahl, John KrogerCl2J, Wesley Knutson, Rose Kroger, Arlen Rosvold, Darleen PrairieC87, Loren Stengel, Janice Underhill, and Roland Wood, all came to embark on their Hrstvoyage under we direction ofMiss Prairie. Our second year we gained Josie Lalemanflhl, Kermit Julian, and Ernest Hart, while in our third year we found ourselves in a new room, with a new teacher and nmmclassmates, Thomas Julian, Ralph MaertensC5D, Beverly Olsonihl, Evelyn Wood, Rodney Brown,and Dean Bergh. In our'fourth year Elsie Meulebroeck, Ronny Olson, Margaret Beacom, Lorraine Rigge, Delores Gee, Jennie Varpness, and Grace GniffkeCl7l, joined us. In our sixth grade Betty KochCl3D, Raymond Pilleiol, James Van Overbekeilll, and Donald Wambeke, came to study under Mrs. Daly. We formed anDaly Pep Squadn, and we were all proud of our membership pins. We were very proud in seventh grade tobeindmkd in the high school and to have Donald and Darold RobyC2J, Gerald Aamodtlll, Alton Husoflol, Marvin Brune, and Andrew Pille join us. As eighth grade rolled around we were glad to take our place in the big assemblylwith the restcM'the angels with the new additions being Beatrice WeluC3J, Bill Johnson, Lois RunholtClOJ, and Merlin Pfarr. FRESHMENIIJJJ How good that sounded. Not only'uaus oldtimers but also to Bruce Pehrson, George Willhite, Donna ParadisK9D, Bonnie BoernerQ7J, and Ruth PfeifferCl5D, who came to share our happiness. As Sophomores we served for the prom nTreasure Islandn. Although we were all plenty scared it was lots of fun. As Juniors we had to plan our own prom which was a WDutch Treatn and also put on.mnPclass play nNo Moon Tonightn. Connie Windey joined us to share the happy events, although she wasn't among the rest of us who were flashing around our class rings the last part of May. Now, as SENIORS, we are showing off our sweaters, waiting for our pictures and announcements and looking for- ward to commencement and baccalaureate. We'd like to thank the faculty, parents, fellow students and friends who have helped to make our twelve years of school a success. As we look back over these years, we realize that Darleen Prairie is E I Ill GIVLA is ,- f Vf,E mcff p , wi' .., iE? ?.f5 -fi 'blkl 14, J gk. .igff Q sg 3 6 ,3 J K -Tlx I2 Y I3 Q the only one who has completed all twelve years in the good old C. H. S.

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y- - , Closs Prophecy After washing dishes at Ciro's for three days to say for our food, we journey to Hollywood. On the way we nick ua a newsnaner off the road and on the front page we see a picture of hiss Josie Laleman. She had been voted the nwirl i'd host Like To shovel Snow Mithn for l963. fit never snows in California, get the drift?????J Je reach our destination of the 464 studios in Hollywood and posing as bums Chow truel for the new picture, we see the famous screen lover John nValentinoH hroyer. fe hear he'a gaking all the Hirandma Soxersn swoon throu5howt the country. fsrandma Boxers are Bobby Soxers over 65.3 after we get the nice, rainy California weather out of our bones, we take a stagecoachC?J to Denver, Colorado, where, in the Last National Bank, we see Stenographer Uarleen Hrairie taking notes on a bank robbery at 380 words ner minute. She moved to Colorado because it was too Cole ue North for her. As we travel homeward we see the former Ronnie Boerner ood- dling miniature International trucks and tractors. :he's naying her husband's way through the University. He is lcarninj how to be'a good salesman so he can teach his wife how to make more money. Upon reaching home we realize that in our nationwide travels we have seen the whole Class of 1953. what is their future for l9Y3? It's theirs to make. So Long ----------- The Friendly Bums, Marty'i like 5 5i5X5X H'ix 'ffnd l ffjf fklqtilid ,ff Vfv JXQ' - ,w5hfJ a L ' ff!! 4 M- 19 v it . v 4' Xe dm, f'X y NIL f ,gif Q X lilly if ' ,LJ W I l NF -H A it ' N X X , 'f Hin, Vrkl 'X r lsr d. i ma I w4mQi ?E? ss' ffl H. gf? --..,f -eff. rl y .is f , up 1 X XX mmm N C .1 ff I - x Sywwdgf' . f Q W 1 I , X fl! Y xx , ff C Q f , fu f Fufure f XXX xx I fix, -f 'iLiijK XX QQ' , X ef . rx l X XX if f School House ff ' , f X ,W

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of Cottonwood High Sohool,in the county of Lyon, the State of Minnesota, the United States of America, the Western Hemisphere, and the Planet Earth, being of sound mind and memory andknowing nothing of our future participation in this our life here on this the Ninth day of May or of any other day in our lives do hereby make ordain publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. ' ' FIRST: we order thatcnn'administrators the Juniors preserve the memory of the 1953 graduates in years to come. , SECOND: We order that the Juniors pay all our debts Cthere are plenty of theml as soon as possible. THIRD: We order that the Juniors, upon the completion of a new school building, write our names and initials on the new stage doors and walls to preserve our memory. Kwe will not hold you liable for forgeryl!J FOURTH: After paymentcn'funeralexpenses mulexecutions of orders we give, will and bequeath, , Ruth wills her flashy red hair to Donnie Kalias nRednJ Driessen, whose hair she feels is dulling rather rapidly latel , and she Y feels this will help to make him much,more alluring. Ho s willslns ability to acquire nnicknamesn to Emma Jean, know- ng ow much she dislikes being called nEmman. Betty wills her messy locker to Marilyn and Ann hoping that they w follow her messy fashion to carry on her memory. Ra wills his excellent grammar Cwe all know it is! to Donald O. and Harriet hoping that his famous nAin't and This Heren will go down in years to come. Jackie willslms way of being a lady's man to Donald De Martelaere Enowing that after his part in the class play he will want to continue in this popular vein with women. Donna and Bonnie will their deep secrets to Corrine and Harriet Enowing that they will continuecm.with many more secrets in years to come. Gerald wills his humorous personality to Gordie and Percy hoping 1EH5.'t-they can make use of it while entertaining Elsie and Marilyn. Beverly wills her political knowledge to the future Social class now ng that they can make use of it during the coming year. Lois and Josie will their way with men to all the Junior girls Hoping they can make use of it in the future. B25 and Darl will their hair-dos to Lorraine hoping that she will compromise Between them, either curling her short bob or letting her hair grow long. Darold wills his ability to get women to Aloyus hoping that he will make use of it and get himself a girl, after all we donft want him to be like Bill and not be able to get one at all. Alton and James will their heavenly physiques to Clifford hoping s ncerely tKEt'he can make use of it during his lifetime to get a girl like.Marilyn Monroe. Grace wills her ability to understand those complicated poems in Ish class to anyone of the Juniors who understands them and can explain them to the rest of the class. The Chemistry class wills the chemistry room and equipment,so thoroualy used and smelly, to the future chemistry class. Q22 Seniors lastly want to will all the worries that go with putf ing QUE the Yearbook to the next Yearbook staff hoping that they won't have as much trouble with it as we did.