Davis County High School - Mustang Yearbook (Bloomfield, IA)

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A F S W AFS WEEKEND STUDENTS: Front Row, (left to right) - Nilufer Karsan of Turkey, stayed with Kay Thordarson; Patricia Silva of Chile, stayed with Lisa Hopkins: Sandra Remes of El Salvador, stayed with Deniese Ball; Carla Segalla of Brazil, living with the Gary Johnson family: Suri Kerola of Finland, stayed with Sharon Biles; and Anne Aalby of Norway, stayed with Kathy Finneran. Back Row - Pattaya Sarabun of Thailand, stayed with Lance Haines; Carolyn Bliss of New Zealand, stayed with Nancy Teubel; Uchi Ruessman of Germany, stayed with Michelle Bachman; Francisco Nunez Basaez of Chile, stayed with Doug and Jeannie Johnson; Cheryl Joseph of South Africa, stayed with Kala Gordy; Kajiro Sho Babeshima of Japan, stayed with Kelly Pottorff, and Alessandra Arcadu of Italy, living with the Gary Spurgeon’s. Not pictured; Katrien Danniau of Belgium, stayed with Alessandra Arcadu; Darit Vetter of Austria, stayed Deb Hardy; and Mett Horgensen of Denmark, stayed with Kim Smith. e e k e n d Cheryl, Uchi, and Pattaya enjoy their Sunday dinner. AFS Week-end started with the students arriving at school, Friday morning and afternoon. Some American brothers and sisters accompanied their AFS students for the weekend. In the evening students attended a boy’s basketball game here against Knoxville. Following the game all AFS students and their families were invited to Dick Smith’s home for hot chocolate and cookies. Here everyone had a chance to get acquainted and make plans for Saturday. The following day, students had a wide variety of activities; some went to Happy Joe's for pizza, some went shopping in Ottumwa, some went bowling, and some toured the county while others stayed at their families’ home and visited. The evening meal turned out to be a progression supper. Everyone gathered at Dick Smith’s home for appetizers, then moved on to Dr. Finneran’s home for the main dish. Dessert was served at Rowena Hazelhoff’s. At Vern Ball’s home all kinds of snacks and soda were served while everyone enjoyed themselves playing pool, ping-pong, cards or just talking. Sunday there was a family co-op dinner at the Bloomfield United Methodist Church. Patricia from Chile said, ‘‘cruising around the square is fun; back home if we did that, everyone would think we were crazy.”; A few girls had the experience of doing a Chinese firedrill and loved it. “Americans are so fast-paced and always on the go,” commented Carolyn from New Zealand. With a tear in her eye, Sandra from El Salvador AFS Week-end-27 said, America is a great country, it’s beautiful; but I love home much much more.”

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A-Club Fun Night ‘Are you ready for this, dad?” The A Club Fun Night was held Saturday. November 17. It started at noon and ended about 10:00. Fun Night is held annually to raise money for sport teams. The lunch stand opened at 12:00, and then the festivities started at 12:30 with the kindergarten and first grade relays. Elementary activities which included second and third relays, fourth and fifth grade Anything Goes Contest, and sixth grade basketball relays, lasted until 2:00. At 2:30 the middle school students performed in their sports. These included wrestling, girls’ basketball, and boys’ basketball. Then the freshmen and sophomore, girls’ and boys’ basketball teams took over. At the hour of 5:00 the Anything Goes Contest teams of high school students, did their thing. The teams consisted of four girls and four boys, competing for prizes. Then the varsity wrestling, girls’ and boys’ basketball, did their thing. The pie throwing contest began about 8:30. The people in the audience bought pies to throw at their favorite people (or their least favorite?!). And last of all came the adults’ Anything Goes. As usual this was one of the highlights of the evening. All during the Fun Night, various games were run by different athletic groups. Such games as fish pond, a dart game, a penny pitch, a football toss, a basketball shoot, a cake walk, and a baseball throw were downstairs. Everyone attending seemed to have had a great time. One student’s comment on A-Club Fun Night was. Where I came from before, there wasn’t such a thing as this; I think it’s a great way to raise money to contibute to different sport teams, commented Dave Hardy, this being his first year at D.C. Greg Smith also commented on the A-Club Fun Night, This is a great way to earn money for sport teams and getting everbody involved.” Come on, if you can’t hop any faster than that backwards; we'll never make it to the finish line. 26-A-Club Fun Night Brian gives his dad a dose of the pie throwing contest.

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Annual Student Council Sponsored The Davis County High School talent show for the 1979 year turned out pretty well. There was quite a display of talent and comedy. Mr. King and his sociology class did a Karnac the Magnificant act. Julie Murphy and Brenda Blumhagen sang solos and a duet. Michelle Bachman. Betsy Swaim. Julie Murphy, and Sharon Biles did the little chipmunks. Richard Boo” Brown did his famous (ELVIS) act. Julie Murphy. Treva Housholder, Ronda Housholder. Sharon Biles, Nancy Teubel. Pam Davis. Liz Griffith, Dave Hardy, Tammy Schweiger, and Nikki Creath did the 12 years of school. Sherry Thompson and Ramona Wyse sang a song. Jeff McClure and Mark Hargrave portrayed father time and baby new year. The great man in the red and white suit was Kevin Knerr. Tracy Reynolds announced the contestants, and Brenda Blumhagen and Deniese Ball directed the show. 28 Talent Show May Every Moment Of Your Holidays Be Bright And Merry