Diagonal High School - Au Revoir Yearbook (Diagonal, IA)

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Bennie Sk1nner...WBenN...HHey, Wilbur, I want to play plink p1onkU....Class Comedian....NI told a funnyW......HWell, spin my wheelsn.....Class lover-boy Reba Watts...uQueenieN....Reba watts not Kilo watts...A smile for anyone....Fuvorite song is nDear Johnn....nOh my goshn... Likes blue Air Force uniforms. Robert Staats...NB0bu..The boy who drives a new Studebaker... National Guardsman Cguards the womenD....NOh Yah!W....Singer? Senior flash cameraman........ M Q 3 3 S CLASS COLORS: Crimson and White CLASS FLOWER: American Beauty Rose CLASS MOTTD: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. say

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C ass History On a bright morning in August, 1950, as the landing gears of the Sabre Jet dropped into position, the plane prepared to land. There was a loud thud as the wheels touched. Before the eyes of the older membersof Diagonal High there appeared twenty-one green and inexperienced freshmen. Our Co-Pilots for the year were Mrs. Ina Thompson, T. C. Thompson, Miss Liedorff, and Don Moore. The crew for the year were Darlene Adkisson, Eldon Adkisson, Marjorie Bagley,James Buchanan, Arlene Butt,Roland Cregeen, Sandra Dalbey, 7, Marion Gardner, Phillip Keller, Loren Miller, . Betty Overholser, Dean Overholser, Ruth Pine, Clara Reynolds, Jerry Schlapia, Joann Schmitt, Robert Staats, Helen Taylor, and Donna Wiley. X L In the fall of '50 one of the first activ- '1 ities on our freshmen flight was the election of class officers. They were as follows: Jerry Schlapia, Pres- ident, Sandra Dalbey, Vice President, Arlene Butt, Secretary: Helen Taylor, Treasurer. We were subjected to a test flight in the way of an initiation. We settled down to school life with Marjorie Bagley parachuting out over Benton High. Before we knew it, the first flight was over. 11 In the fallof 1951 we gained two crew mem- bers, Geneva Parkins and Raymond Turner, and SUPll0HUllf5g, lost Ruth Kilgore. The new Co-Pilots were Jg,,-f Wilbur Miller and Miss Ruth Miller. We had , of the pleasure of initiating the 'Sl freshmen, and many of our crew were in the Senior play because that year's Senior class was so small. Our class officers were: Jerry Schlapia, President, Clara Reynolds,Vice President: Helen Taylor, Secretary, and Betty Over- holser, Treasurer. Before we realized it, our D-SN was again circling for its landing at Diagonal High. This time we landed with twenty-one crew members, having gained Bennie Skinner and Reba Watts, but Betty Overholser, Helen Taylor, and Raymond Turner parachuted out Our class officers for this year were: Raymond identg Helen Taylor, Secretary, and Sandra Dalbey, Treasurer. Interesting sights seen during this flight were a series of three one-act plays and prep- aration of the Junior-Senior Banquet. We dec- orated the hanger in a theme centered around VFa1rylandn. The flight had a new Co-Pilot, Wallace Gardner. Turner, President: Clara Reynolds, Vice Pres- All too soon the D-SN circled for its fourth and final land-. ing. As we walked down the steps from the plane, we had dwindled to a crew of 19. The only new Co-Pilot we had this flight was Harry Bethards. The class officers were: Eldon Adklsson, Pres- ident, Donna Wiley, Vice Presldentg Arlene Butt, Secretary, and Sandra Dalbey, Treasurer. The events held during this flight werei e Senior play,called nHillbilly Wedd1n'H5 the Junior-Senior Banquet, a huge success: the Senior Education Trip to Kansas City: and Career Day. Halloween was celebrated by an all-h1gh-p school party given by the Seniors. The class entertained themselves at a group of parties ,V including a weiner roast, attendance at a Jun-gl ior College play, a 3D and a drive-in movie. f There was much participation by the crew in activities, such as: the Diagonal band having four Senior members, four members were in basketball, and there were three cheerleaders from the crew. The whole class was active in preparing the flight log, Au Revoir. Suddenly we found that we were at the end of our flight and ready for graduation.