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

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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

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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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Talent Show