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

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a nervous breakdown Sylvla also related to us that Helen probably had been too modest to tell us about her Z 000 acre farm and that she was ra1s1ng a herd of cows fHolste1nsl The day before Helen had rece1ved a large order of orange trees from Florlda and had to hurry home and start plantmg them As we left the hosp1tal a Mercury drove up m front and we dxscovered that xt was the former Joyce Klopfenstem We hurrxed to her car bexng very happy to see her She told us that she had seen Helen and she had told her of our arrxval 1n town We all went to supper where we could talk over old t1mes Joyce related that she had gone to Iowa Wesle yan College and played basketball and then played on the AAU team for four years She had won several trophxes and recogn1t1on by the leadxng newspapers She also xnformed us that Carol Smoot had been makxng headlmes 1n the sports world also Carol was now the Natxonal Bobsled Rxder 1n the Olympxcs and was also quxte a trophy catcher Whlle we were d1n1ng a group of bus1nessmen came 1n and among them was another old class mate Howard Schrader We haxled hmm to our table and dlscovered he was the boss of Sleep No More tablets company Howard xnformed us that he st1ll sleeps every chance he gets whether at home or m the off1ce He related to us that one of hxs employees was marrxed to one of our former classmates Rose Mary Rxce but that he had been called 1n the 'N my Rose was traxelllng whcrcx er hw. was stat1oned,and was really en-Joyxng be1ng a sa1lor's wlfe It was gettxng late so Joyce dropped us off at our hotel In the lounge we notxces some one who looked very fam1l1ar and we fxnally recognxzed her as bexng Donna Rxchers Donna sald that she was staymg here overnxght whxle on her tour Of course we asked what sort of work she was domg and learned that she was go1ng to servlcemens hospxtals and entertamxng by smngmg and dancxng She was also entertalnlng at the U S O 's and was en-Joymg lt very much Donna told us that Beverly W1lson had marrled a m1l11ona1re and that she was about to embark on a round the world cruxse We were very sleepy so we retxred to our room for a good nxghts sleep We awoke the next mornxng and adapted ourselves to gettlng ready to catch the plane to head homeward We haxled a mxdget tax1 and when we xnqulred about 1ts streamllne de sxgmng the drlver sa1d that a lady had designed lt We asked Lf xt could be a glrl by the name of Marlys Stafford desxgnxng mxdget cars sxnce her graduatlon and had the speed 1est one goxng After arrxvmg at the axrport we went to the mformatxon desk where a very attractxve gxrl sat She sm1led and we recogmzed xt as belonglng to Sh1rley Chapman Shlrley told us that she l1ked her posxtlon very well because she could meet lots of people As we start ed to board the plane a very dxstlnqulshed and nxce lookmg servxceman w1th a lady follow1ng hlm came down the steps We dlscovered lt was Rex Norton husband of our former class mate Marjorle Norton We chatted wlth Rex and Marge for a few moments and learned that Rex was now Captaln Marge had been worklng as an axr stewardess and was takmg a months vacatxon 'lhe plana motor started so we hurrxed on up the steps to fly home to our posxtlons I Irene Jones as owner of the telev1s1on statlon 1n Davenport where my daughter Jenn1fer 1s MC on Names the Same program I Janette Manny as smger 1n one of the fashmnable mghtclubs xn Molme and I Helen Johnson as head of the J I Case Co m Bettendorf We have had a very memorable tr1p and when our new '73 Cadxllacs are broken 1n we w11l drxve down to our home graduat1ng town next txme Irene Jones Janette Manny Helen Johnson Howard Schrader Frank Ruschxll 25 1 1 1 - . 1 . , Q , . . - 1 . 1 . 1 Q ' - , . 11 an ' ' 1 1 1 1 liar. -s H- , , -s ,- , , '. ' - ' ' 1 . . 1 . . . . - 1 - - . , . , ' 1 . . , ' 1 . . . - . 1 ' , . Q 5, . .. C D 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ll 11 . ' ' ' 1 1 1 g , , .. . . 1 .

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UUIPEIRIF Il IF SU' 'll Twmkle twmkle llttle star' How I wonder what you are You are up above the earth so h1gh and you do tw1nkle lxke l1ttle d1amonds mn the sky The stars 1n the heaxens are numberless but you who are our classmates and l1ttle fr1ends 1n the Denmark galaxy are numbered Every one of the stars ln the great system IS movxng along a path of 1ts own and what a wonderful s1ght th1s 1S as we gllde around Down on the earth we have spent years watchlng each of you revolv1ng 1n your own l1ttle orblts develop-1ng your 11ttle person alxty tra1ts wh1ch IS pecuhar to you and you alone You are faSC1l'13t1I1g Stars are actually suns some of you are small and some of you are larger so as you grown from year to year we know you w11l send forth your rays of sunshme so the moons of later years may reflect your hght as we are do1ng f If I 415, 'lf D Q gi' , if ,I 4 gi I 'l ' X I It - s I XX 7' - 1 ff F4 fl-X Q y , Y t ' xv X 1 ' 4