Denmark Academy High School - Banner Yearbook (Denmark, IA)

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Class Prophecy Whlle spendmg a quxet evemng at home after a hard day of teachxng at Denmark Mxss Butler swxtched on her televrsxon set and the announcer s voxce boomed forth wxth Vt e wxll now take you ten years xnto the future She sat there IH drsbelxef as a pxcture began to come on to the screen It was Melvxn Douglas head of the Douglas Research Laboratorxes Mr Douglas expla1ned h1s theory on how to cross breed chlckens and mllk cows to create an ammal whtch would glve eggnog He started these experlmentatlons whlle ln the F F A at Denmark As the next scene came 1nto focus tn the offxce of the Douglas Research Labor atorres ln New York she saw two former students one typtng for all she was worth and the other busy transcrlbxng short notes What two people were so xnseparable but Jean Hampton and Nadxne Bradford Are you surprised these glrls who certaxnly don hate boys aren't old marrred women by now? Vlfell just lxsten Jean brought up the subject of the man she was wlth the precedlng evenmg and Nadme shouted 'That guy acts hke he was ralsed 1n Arkansas and couldn't get used to shoes but take Harold for example You take h1m nobody else wants hlm exclaxmed Jeanxe He 15 so stuffy and xntelhgent lf you don t thxnk he 15 smart just ask hmm As the plcture faded l wondered whether these two would ever decxde on fmt husbands for each other Next the screen turned to the Mountams IH Arkansas we saw a hunter ln a coon skln cap and atttred rn burlap wtth no shoes shoot1ng rabbxts Hrs face was barely vlslble under a heavy growth of whrskers out of whlch peered two twmkly eyes whlch couldn t be mxstaken for anyone but Jerry Slegrxst better known as Tex ns rn charge of a bzg Conservatxon Department xn Texas he scene came to focus ln Tampa Florlda where we saw Dorothy fhesnut the mult1 mxllxonatre owner of the famous Swxng and Sway the Chesnut Way Ball room She was strll the same old Dorothv But even nn 1961 the same old Vlolfe was strll hanging around her door I s the next pxcture came into vlew Miss Butler saw the large New York Depot In the crowd she recognlaed two more of her former students Esther Carson and M r1on Longcor Thexr luggage was covered wxth stxckers from all over the Unxtfd States showlng that they had traveled a lot ln thmkxng back Mxss Butler remembered that both of thexr boy frlends had worked on the rarlroad and probably as thexr husbands now they had secured raxlroad passes for them Before the next ptcture cleared up Miss Butler could hear a famlhar gxggle Then she saw Edrth Sawyer who had just won the Natxonal Gxgglmg contest for the thtrd t1me There were representatlves from the large Mov1e Concerns trylng to get Edlth to sxgn a contract to be in pictures She attrlbuted all of her fame to the practrce she had whxle tn hxgh school Next on the screen flashed one of the brggest truckmg companies ln the Umted States In the offxce rs George Hartley and hrs wrfe as the secretary the former Llla Llngenfelter Mlss Butler reahzed from the group of boys runnmg around the desks that they were trymg to raxse a famxly of truck drlvers The flnal scene came xnto focus and who should appear but Marllyn Haskell the former vlarllyn Meller racmg around a race track xn the stock car races w remember her as berng good at up settmg cars m her hxgh school days Jean Hampton Melv1n Douglas IZ . . l , . 1: ' ' . ' ll ' ' ' . I . g . , , ,t . . , nu ' ' uv I' , . 11 ' . , , . . . ,, . , . y 4 L The announcer then broke in to tell us that Tex was just resting for the summerr He 1. . . . , e

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Senior Class Poem We, the Seniors of '51 With the motto of- lT CAN BE DONE, Set forth in the world with a job to do. Headed for a goal that is reached by few. The flower we chose was a rose of whxte Whxch we wxll wear on Commencement mght Our class colors of s1lver and blue Wtll remnnd us of our classmates few As Freshmen we numbered elghteen The blggest group we had ever seen Now as Senxors we are ten Small frxendly and lovmg as then The smallest class sxnce 26 Vt e had many hardshxps many kxcks But everything turned out just l1ke new And we are glad we had but a few Nadme Bradford l..11a Lee Hartley Semor Class Hzstory One brxght September morning m the year 1939 Jerry S1egr1st Esther Carson Cleo Stutzman and at the begmmng of the second semester Lxla Lxngenfelter began thexr tour through Denmark School As they trudged through the grades they gaxned many classmates and lost many Our Freshman year tn 1947 and 48 we started out w1th exghteen members Nadine Bradford Esther Carson Dorothy Chesnut Jack Dewem Jean Hampton Jerry Sxegrxst Marlan Longcor l..aVonne Johnson Joyce Kerr Robert DeR0use Robert Booten Carol Cosby Charlene Patton Edxth Sawyer Mary Kester Cleo Stutzman l..1la Lxngenfelter and Maman Murphy As the term slxpped by we lost seven Lovanna Johnson Joyce Kerr Mary Kester Robert DeRouse Carol Cosoy The Sophomore year we started out wxth twelve members and lost one Marlon Murphy Also thls year we returned a Freshman lmtlatxon party whlch we had enjoyed the prevtous year Our Junzor year we started out wxth twelve members and then we welcomed a new member Melvin Douglas close to the beglnnmg Jack Dewexn dropped out and an March Robert Booten moved to Illmols On October Z8 we presented our Junlor Class Play QUIT YOUR KIDDING whlch went over bxg Another outstandxng hxghlxght of the year was the Junxor Semor Banquet the theme carrted out was Fxve Rmg Cxrcus Our Semor year we started wxth ten members the hlghlxghts of thus year was the produclng of our Senxor Class Play and the Jumor Sentor Banquet that the Junxors gave us The next blg step for us was Baccalaureate servlce on May 13 and the last fmal step was Commencement on May 17 Our fxnal day of Hlgh School was held wxth the annual hxgh school pxcmc We have now fmtshed our Hugh School days whlch we enjoyed and had many excltxng experxences together Jean Hampton ll . . Q D. Charlene Patton, and Cleo Stutamang and gained one, Marilyn Miller.

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Class Wxll Vte the class of 1951 mn the Town of Denmark the County of Lee and the State of Iowa havmg been thoroughly exammed and tested by capable psychxa trusts and bram speclahsts are pronounced as belng ln as good mental condx hon as usual and 1D much better temper than usual do hereby make our last wlll and te stament renderxng vold and of no avall any former wxll or wtlls promxses made by us xndlvldually or collectlvely and whether verbal or w rltten that may have been prevxously made by us durrng a perrod of temporary optxmlsm W e feel that our brrllxant record and our unusual achxevements wrll lxve after Us but not wmshxng to take any chances we suggest that a tablet on a few of our most astounding deeds be purchased and placed xn the audltormum of the school rn a posltlon where xt wlll strxke the eye of all who enter Vte the Senmors w1ll our Amerxcan l.,1terature and Amerxcan Hlstory books to Mr Mclilhxnney wlth all of the worn pages from the use of them To L.eRoy the Jamtor we wxll our muddy foottracks and all our scrxbbled up waste paper To the Jumors we wxll our posxtlon as Semors and our abxllty to argue all the tlme o the Sophomores we w1ll our abllxty to get along wxth the teachers as the P reshmen we w11l all our scrlbbled up books and our abxllty to walk 1h the assembly as quxet as possxble Last but not least we w111 our artlstlc abllxty and our everlastxng grgpplng about the worn out typewrlters to Mxss Butler hsther wxlls her drumstlcks to anyone who can make as much nolse as she can and her class rlngs to Emma Ireland Jean wxlls her cheerleadmng abrlxty to Dune O Dell and her old seat on the bus to Janette Manny Edlth wxlls her blue eyes to Mary Ellen Hamm and her typewrxter to anyone who can keep lt m workxng COHd1tl0D Nadxne wxlls her good grades to Bonnxe Glasgow and Faculty Darlxng to anyone who wants xt Jerry wrlls hxs bus drlvmg abmlxty to L R bmoot and hxs sleepxng m class to James Kxng l..1la wtlls her curly haxr to Judy Hamm and her basketball abxlxty to Donna Pfaff Melvxn wxlls h1s offxce holdmgs to anyone who can handle rt and h1s blush mg and bashfulness to Harold Bonar Marxan w11ls her shortness to Wayne Hoffman and her freckles to anyone who wants them Dorothy w111s Saturday mght dates to Dorxs Steward and her back seat m the assembly to Dale Carmen Marxlyn wnlls her blonde ha1r to Marjorxe Steward and her speed ln typmg to Rxchard Chesnut Sxgned The Senxor Class of 1951 Jean Hampton 13 Y 1 1 C n I . 1 . , - r - I V Y I. 1 Y . . . , . , or 9 -I l I V 1 V I r I 1 I I . . . . . . . . T , , . , . , well as can be expected. To . ' . , . , . I. . . . . , . . , . . . - - . , , , . 1 C I 1 . I F - ' K . . .