Dow City High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Dow City, IA)

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8 Dow Citq Alumni Annual Jane .......... ..................... B esse Mari' Betty at the Baseball Game ..... Ardls McDonald -First place in oratorical was awarded to Helen Wilson, second to Lois Hallowell. Jean Mulvi- hill placed first in dramatic and Leone Coleman, second. Orlnella Judd won first place in humor- ous and Ardis McDonald, second. Music was furished by the girls trio, Ardls Mc- Donald, Leone Coleman and Naomi Butterworth. The sub-county contest was held at Charter Oak on February 11, Charter Oak, Manilla, Denison and Dow 'City were the schools competing. Winners of first places in our local contest spoke here. Leone Coleman represented Dow City in dramatic, Lois Hallowell in oratorical, Ardis McDonald in humorous and Naomi Butterworth in extemporane- ous speaking. Leone Coleman won first place here and each of the three other speakers ranked second. Leone went to Denison for the county contest on February 13 and won first for Dow City. The school was awarded a silver cup as a trophy. The sub-district contest was held in the high school auditoriumon February 26. Representa- tives from Manning, Manilla, Denison and Dow City competed for honors. Helen Wilson was given second place in oratorical, the only place won by our school. ALUMNI BANQUET '28 QBy Martha Winn '25, Hello, Alice! Where'd you get the spiffy frock? Why so classy? . J 't0h, 'I simply had to have ,something for the Aluml Banquet, so I blowed myself for this rag. And was I glad I did lt? Yes, siree! For everyone was dressed to the limit-regular ravlshing gowns, slippers, etc.,-men dressed in new suits-a regular style show. But that wasn't gall, don't t-hink for a minute. The banquet was the it of the moment. Wanna hear about it? 4 iR3.V8 on! I'm settled for a good twenty mln- utes with these blame fingernails and can't talk any- how. Besides, we never have aluminum banquets at home. We were all washed in tin tubs when we were young. Y Alumni, foolish, not aluminum. And we wouldn't think of not having a banquet. Everyone gets to see everyone else whom they haven't seen for ages, or at least since the last one, and if you don't know them all, you'can at least talk about their pretty clothes and maybe get an idea to make over your old black like I did last year. After 00111115 and ahing over clothes, we caught our breath w-hen we sawg what a wide-awake deco- ration committee had, done- ' ,, Crepe paper deco- rations in the school-colors, orange and black which were just plenty artistic and Japanese lanterns hung around to make everything prettier and lights and colors softer. The tables were arranged so that one table was in t-he center with joined tables around the 'gym beginning at the north end on one side and ending at thenorth end on the other side, 511118 leaving the north end for the Latter Day Saints ladies to serve from. Yes, they served t-he banquet-they're some cooks, too-with the junior girls as waitresses. And we had some program, not dead like you--. There goes that fingernail I was saving. I bet Bob l could let one get an inch long. Ta Ta soda: ana ramble on, Alice! lm still interested. Mr-rs. Leslie Franklin-you know her-she was Isabelle scott, was ill, so Zeta Clotnier very ably performed her duties as toastmistress. An in- teresting welcome by William Walters. followed by an appropriatey short response by Sam Brasel began the program. Myrtle Marks read The Carpenter Man. The toasts were taken from the motto of the graduating class, We build the ladder by which we climb to success, build being the by-word. The toasts were Builders by Dorothy Mae Thomasg Unity, by Bessie Pearsall, Inspiration, by Leo Ahartg Loyalty , by -Charles Rigsby and 'Determ- inationn by Martha Winn. 'Dhen we went upstairs and the seniors were properly initiated. They had Ransom and Whitey. There! Look nice, don't they? Finish the rest tonight after Betty's party. Stay all night with me. Oh, if it was-n't that I want to show off mY new dress, I wouldn't go. Tm so tired! You see, after the banquet, we finished up with a few dances downtown. But I guess I ca-n stand it. Sure. Listen! Is that Jim's car? Come on, Alice. They're waitin' for us. Oh, say, when I marry Jim, will they let me on those copper feeds I mean aluminum? We're coming boys! Three cheer for D. C. H. S.! ! ! LETTERS FROM FORMER GRADUATES San Jose, Calif., April 10, 1929. Mr. William T. Walters, Dear -Classmate '06: - Your letter in this morning's mail asking me for a contribution to the annual finds me in a very rare mood. Just the other' day my wife fNette Wiley '07J and I were' talking about the days that used to be as we very often do. for to us there ,is something very much in common concerning ourfhigh school days. Nette often reminds me of our little romance about that time and of course we were not the only ones. It kind of runs in' the Wiley family, tRoss and Althea. f-or instance.J We sure would like to be with you this year and meet all the Old Grad and faculty and play Pig in tie Parlor with Professor Prather. As you know we have been In San Jose since 1920 and of course are confirmed usual and un- usual Californians. But we do like int here in San Jose which is only twenty miles from Standford University, the home of President Hoover. We had the pleasure of attending his acceptance speech last August and also sitting with the Stan- ford student body the day he attended the Santa Clara vs. Stanford football game. -

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Dow Citq Alumni Annual 7 Basket Ball Scores Dow City ............ 22 Alumni ..... Dow City --- ---24 Soldier -------- -- Dow City ---41 Charter Oak ---- Dow City ---12 Soldier ----- Dow Clty .... ---18 Dunlap ------ Dow City ---15 Storm Lake .... -..- Dow City --.. ---34 Manilla .... ---- --- Dow City --- ---14 Council Bluffs ---- --.. Dow City --- ---l8 Manilla ------ Dow City --.. ---29 Denison -..-- Dow City --- ---66 Schleswig ..... - --- Dow City .... ---12 Council Bluffs Dow City --- ---23 Mlssouri Valley Dow City --- ---19 Dunlap ...... ---- --- Dow City ,---t0 Missouri Valley Dow City --- ---SS Schleswig ------- -- Dow City -.... ---Z7 Denison .... --..- -..- Dow City --- ---34 Charter Oak ---- --.- Jl Good .Athlete The -Class of 1929 has the distinction of having for one of its members the best all around athlete ever produced by Dow City High Scnool or in Craw- ford County or in-we just don't know -how far to go. George Alexander is a good athlete. Football, basketball. baseball and track have all felt his prowess. He stars whezever you put him. In track -his records are spectacular. Tnink of the fellow who can run th 'ee heats of a 100-yd. dasn, three heats of 220-yd dash, a 220 as anchor man on relay, throw Javelin and put sho-t and be a consistent winner and record breaker at every one. He is a real athlete. He has been high point man at the following relays this spring: Carroll Relays. Tarklo Tri-State Meet, Tarklo. Mo., Woodbine Dual Meet and Crawford 'County meet. 'He -has been high point man in this county for tlze last three years. He runs 100 yards in 10 seconds flat. He broke the 100-yard record at Tarklo, Mo., which has stood for fourteen years. He can throw the javelin 154 feet, run 220 yards in 23.4 seconds and run 440 yards in 52 seconds. It wlll be a long time before Crawford County forgets the performances of Alexander on track, on diamond and in gymnasium. George is the son of Harold l'BuzzJ Alexaniler of the Class of 1906 wro by the way if we are not mistaken are the first father and son to belong to our Association. Leif That off A Comedy in Three Acts May 24 and 25 Hlgh School Auditorium CAST Robert Elton Morse Remorse ---George Alexander Arthur Llndan ...................... George Scott Mrs. -Connely ...... ..-...... .------ B e SSB Berry Leo Mitchell --- --- Richard Crandall Emmy Mopupus -- .... Dorothy Wiley Peggy Bryant .... --- Leone Coleman Mike Connely ........ ...... G lenn Bryan Mrs. Van Scoy ,,,,,,,. -- Anna Chamberlin Flora Belle Van Scoy ,,,, .... E sther Cramer Allnda vCardee ..................... Lois Hallowell Business Manager .................... Lillian Cross Directed by Miss Helen Blake Time and Place Senior play 'Laff That Off. ACT I-Living room of bachelor apartment occu- pied by three boys. Mld-'September 1916. ACT H-Same as Act I. Eight months later. ACT III-4Same as Act I. Christmas Eve, 1918. Three act comedy by Don Mullally. Three pals Art, Leo and Remorse a vaudeville actor, who live together, adopt a charming girl, Peggy Bryant. as a sister. She keeps house for them. The boys pledge not to make love to her. All goes well until Art and Rlemorse are called to war. Before leaving they both propose to Peggy and are nicely rejected. Peg is in love with Leo and as he doe not reciprocate she disappears. Five years later Peg returns to pay back some money she has borrowed. At a party in celebration of the boys return from overseas Peggy finds that Leo really loved her after all. TOAST PROGRAM Toas-tmistress ................... Martha Winn '25 Welcome ..... ...... M aude Lusk '14 Response ..... --- Richard Crandall '29 Work ........ -- Bernice Bremser '26 Intelligence --- --- Merton Thomas '07 Nerve ...... --- Julian Pearsall '24 Grit ...... -- Theodore Ahart '19 Smiles ...................... Evelyn Crandall '28 REPORT OF NOMINATION COMMITTEE President ........... Ivan Clothler, Isabel Franklin Vice President ...... Robert Sharp, Ethel Kealrnes Treasurer .... Donald Cross, Chauncey Williamson Sergeant-at-Arms ...... James Cole, Edgar Talcott DEC LAMATO RY CONTEST On January 22 the local declamatory contest was held in the high school auditorium. The con- testants gave their selectlons well, showing the hard work they had done and the splendid coaching of Mliss Blake, dramatic lnstrwctor. Following is the pnogram: ORATORICAL T-he Perfect Tribute .............. Loig Hallowell Amerlca's Uncrowned Queen ...... Helen Wilson John Brown .................. Margaret Wiggins ' DRAMATIC Laddie ....-.---............ Edna Marie Bierne Connor ------------.---...... Naomi Butterworth Angers Wlckedness - ....... Leone Coleman Str0ngheart ................ .Q .... Jean Mulvlhill HUMOROUS Assisting Uncle Joe ......... .... J une Jordan Cozy Corner ........ .... 0 rinella Judd The Mourning Vell - -- Evelyne Mayne

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w mm, q g Dow Citq Alumni Annual 9 At the game the Santa Clara section fired a 2'1-gun salute with a toy pistol and sang the Corn Song for him. We attend all the football games we can get to handily being at the California vs. S-tanford game of 100,000 people and the Southern California vs. California of 65,000 and the Stanford vs. Washing- ton game of 50,000. We are only flfty miles from Frisco and forty- two from Oakland and thlrtysseven from the coast and llve ln the center of the Bay district and so we go plenty and can enjoy the wonders of California. I have been on the fire department since 1920. We have two little boys, Ad and Theron, 5 and 3 respectively and Elbert Goodard who graduated from San Jose N. S. last June. Elbert at the pres- ent time is recovering from a bad auto accident. Say Billy: How many of the boys of our time do you -suppose remember the football game we played with Misouri Valley H. S. and they run In Pip Cools of Nebraska and that big giant from Fort Dodge that run over Professor Kles and knocked him goofy. We sure did take some beating that day. But we will never forget that game we played with Coon Rapids that ended 5 to outweighed 0 in defeat. As you know we were about twenty to the man but we put up a whale of a game and had all the crowd with us. If you remember at about that time we trimmed Denison in nearly everything. track, football, and baseball, and even the girls cnould Out Razz? fthem. Of course we could talk all day recalling the Old Times and H. S. events and then not tell half. Nette and I send Greetings to the Class of 1929. Also our best wishes to the classes of 1906 and 1907 and Professor Kies and Mrs. Watson nee Miss Newman. Your old classmates '06'. R. H. Flshel. Letters From Our Alumni Willard, Col-orado, April 12, 1929. Dear Mr. Walters: I am very glad to send greetings to the Class of 1929 and would like to be at t-he graduation if I can find it possible. There lsn't much to tell about myself except that I have been science instructor and coach of the Willard High School for the past two years. My boy.s basket ball team won the county championship cup last year and the county tournament cup this year, w-hile my girls' team won the position of run- nerslup in the county for both years. It makes a fellow feel that he has accomplished something after all. I can remember the time when I used to wonder what a teacher did with their spare time and now I have found out. What I thouglht would be an easy poslt'on has turned out to be one of t-he most nerv-e-racklng jobs I ever tackled. The teacher doesn't have any spare time to waste. Almost everv evening is spent in some klnd of school activity and the work never seems to be done. The worst feeling comes when your team has tied for the county cham- pionship and then an extra period has to be played. One walks around ln circles with a sick feeling ill the region of his stomach. But the contact with youth makes it all worth while. There is no product of nature that is more interesting than the growing high school boy or glrl. Each has his or her individual differences that makes what they are. I've learned more about the reasons I had for disliklng teachers than I could have in any other way. For the benefit of the Class of 1922 and the Alumni Directory, I am announcing that I wlll be at North Bend, Nebraska, as coach and instructor for the coming year. Success to the graduating Class of 1929. Lynn D. Talcott, '22. . Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, April 16. 1929. Dear Willie: When I received your letter and discovered its contents, I wondered why you should select me from Class of '14, to contribute to the annual. Surely there must be otlfers from the class whose exper- ience since graduation, are much more thrilling to relate. But since I have done very little for the alumni fend pemhaps that is the very reason I have been askedll shall not refuse your request. When I ,realize that it was thirteen years ago I came to Omaha to become a shining light, it seems impossible yet many thing have happened since then. I left Dow City in the fall of 1916. entering Van Sant's School of Business and after finishing the course, took my first stenograpohic position with the Bell Telephone Company. From there I was trans- ferred to the Western Electric Company where I remained for three years. Looking for new fields I procured a position with the K-B Printing Company and was employed there until, as you remember, Bernice was taken from us during the flu epidemic, following the World War. I went back to Dow City where I remained for a month or more and upon my return to Omaha was married to Walter Finch, pur- chasing agent for Swlift and company. Many joys have come to us as well as sorrows and we have felt life, thus far, has been kind. We have two children, a girl and boy, of whom we are very proud we have many friends and ac- quaintances: and good health has now come to us all and surely this should be ample. It is most fitting, I presme at this time. to send my best wishes to the Class of 1929 and, as I have a nephew, George Alexander, graduating, I am the more serious in wrlshing them well. To my own Class of 1914, as well as the entire alumni I send greetings. Sincerely, Besse Alexander Finch, '14, 3060 So. 31st St eet.