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

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12 Dow Citu Alumni Annual thirty miles east of Los Angeles. This must have been the route for your letter. Dow City to Omaha by mall train: Omaha to Oakland, California who alr port for San Francico Bay cltiesg Berekeley is one of the cltlesl by air mail, Oakland to Berkeley by train, through the Berkeley post office forwarding department for re-addressing, back to Oakland or over the Bay to San Francisco by train and boat, down to Los Angeles 1500 milesj by air mall, out to Pomona by train and then to me by the carrier for residence delivery. Three days for such a trip when one day is Sunday ls surely very rapid transit, don't you agree? Well, anyway, the reqest is nere and lt has precipitated such a flood of pleasant mem- ories about my boyhood associations in Dow City, that I am at a sheer loss as to the place to begin and I also feel the lack of the sense of relative lm- portance of the memories as t-hey panorama before my mlnd's eye. 'Such great, GREAT, changes--children have become mnddle aged adults and assumed tne re- sponlbllltnes of homes, tamllies and private and public enterprises, the middle aged and active have passed to tne Great Beyond or they are impotent and retired because of age, a generation ot young people and children have been born and play upon the old spot-no, not the same old spot, for even the contour of the landscape has been c-hanged fthe old river dredged and its course changed, highways changed to new locations, old landmarks like bridges, trees and houses goneg new bridges, fine trees and modern homes and lnstltutlons in their placesl ln the past thirty-five years thirty-three of which have flltted past since my class graduated from the old four room frame structure we knew as the high school, the grammar school, the whole school. l could hardly believe my eyes when I visited old Dow City seven years ago and looked upon the new brick school building and the trees, the trees! l on the school ground, in the 'city park and around the town ln gene-ral. I just had not taken the growth of trees into my consxd- eratlon prior to the visit. To you who llve among these constantly changing surroundings the changes are not so apparent or not until they are mentioned Human nature take evolution for granted and they should, they must, what else can human be?ngs do? The short time near the new lnew to mej band stand with some of the old friends and high school graduates in the city park with my mother and me seven years ago on our visit, I have recalled with much pleasure upon many occasions. I wish I could enjoy another such. How silly! I ramble on -but the memories come in floods and the faces- Asa Dow, your mother, George and Thomas Rae, Clair Butterwort-h, Ben Heath, Rena and Vera Dow, Aunt Maggie Talcbtt and her Bennie and Wil. son, Mott McHenry, Uncle Morris and Aunt Mary Mc-Henry, Dr. Evans, Don Talcott, Fred Butler, Robert Bell, Henry Bell, May Bell, George Brake, Harry Huntington Starr Goddad and-on and on and on! All gone! With man-y, many, many others. I think of whole families broken and gone-Bell, Howorth, Rae, Talcott, Vore, Hammond. Scott. Riddle, Baber. McHenry-and on. and on, again! Isn't lt appalling what is wrought in the span of years? But, the end of the sheet. The best of wishes to you and old friends. Guy V. Waley, '96. 587 Vinton Avenue. Detroit, Mich., April 30, 1929. Mrs. D. E. Bremser, Dow City, Iowa. Dear Alma: Yours via air mail at hand, though two days is not such swift flying after all ls it? My greetings to the Dow City Alumni this time come from the Hub of the Automobile World. Thi-x ls my second year of teaching ln Detroit: and though I have not yet become personally acquaint- ed with Henry Ford nor with the General Motors, I have found most delightful people here. My work is ln Southeastern High school over on the east side. near Belle Isle in the Detroit river. This island has been made into a most beautiful city park connected by a splendid bridge with the clty proper. Michigan is very progressive along educational lines and every Detroiter feels that he is a joint owner in Michigan University. This makes school conditions of the best. I wish I might bring each one of you some of the beautiful wild flowers in our woods just nowg the hepatica, the wee May flower, and the fragrant trailing arbfutus. I do wish the best of success for the coming year for each and all of the Alumni, old and new. Sincerely, Jean W. Rae, 2619 Cass Avenue. Tynsborough, Mass. May 8, 1929. Dear Alumni of D. C. H. S.: I send greetings to one and all. I welcome with all the other members of the Association the Class of 1929. I am about to complete my fourth year's work In Boston University School of Theology. I have enjoyed my experience ln the East very much. Among the many places of interest which I have visited are the Bunker Hill Monument, Lexington Commons, Concord and the Concord Bridge, Ply- mouth Rock, the Old North Church, Provincetown and the White Mountains, If you ever have the opportunity to travel in the eastern part of our country I think you will find it well worth your while to do so. I am now the pastor of a Congregational chu-rch in this small New England village. I expect to leave here within a few months and make my way westward to take up my work in my chosen pro- fesslon. I wish it were possible for me to attend the Alumni banquet but since it is not, I wish those of you who can attend the very happiest evening of fellowship. Sincerely, Lauren D. Thomas, '18

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Dow Citq Alumni Annual if Our two girls have just finished their third and first year in school and are ready to enjoy their summer vacation. Their greatest attractions be- ing a baby brother and a Shetland pony, who has her ups and downs and many lessons to be learned. One like to think that children are the strongest bonds in a home, though in these days it would al- most seem they are not. But I am writing more particularly of those who have no little ones to bind them. There are-golden opportunities for most of us who live in the country in winter. Hours in which we may lay aside our material work and renew ac- quaintances with the greatest men and women of the world through their writings: hours when we travel in many lands, among many people to learn that the human heart knows much the same long- ings, hopes and ambitions. As I gather eggs and feed little chickens, I pause and look across the country toward the dis- tant town. Hungry calves and lambs call to me but above their songs ring the words of Emerson: Thou true land lord! Sea lord! Air lord Who could be more favored than me of the wide spaces? I should enjoy being with the alumni and the new members this year, but the lat-e season made that thought vanish. X . Wishing the annual and Dow City High school success. Yours Truly. Mrs. Balbina Potter Brady. Mercedes, Texas. I April 30, 1929. Mrs. D. E. Bremser, Dow City, Iowa. Dear Allie: . Your letter by air just received and I'm glad to respond to your request asking for a contributlen t0 our 1929 Annual. It has brought afresh pleasant memories of the dear old school days of long ago and my graduation of '99 and too of 192-4 when I had the pleasure og seeing my daughter, Inez graduate from the dee-I' old school. - I now live in the Magic Valley of South Texas, near the banks of the lower Rio Grande where Uncle Sam meets Mexico, and flowers bloom the year around. the statefy palm branches are ever wafted by the soft cooling breezes of the Gulf of Mexico. In our Magic Valley we have miles and miles of paved roads, lined with palms and ever blooming oleanders and groves of o-ranges, grape- fruit,'beaut1ful fields of waving corn, cotton and vegetables of almost all conceivable variety, cities every few miles with magnificent schools and churches. I now have two doughters in the Edin- burg I.n-dependent High school. This indeed, is as the name applies, Magic Valley, and is a veritable paradise. Ore of our old classmates of '96, A. J. Mc'Ca'l,i': now in the Valley and has spent many years pioneer- ing, the result of which is seen on every hand by the beautiful homes, citrus groves and the develop- ment of our cities throughout the Valley. With our water port at Point Isabelle and air- port at Brownville and 'a massive net work of rail- roads makes our Magic Valley one of the most desir- able places in which to live. Wit-h best wishes to yourself and greetings to all alumni. :Sincerely Yours, Anna Walters Nicholeson. Q 1552 Arthur Ave., W Chicago, Ill Dear Alumni: This is a beautiful morning here ln Chicago. 'Spring has come to the city and made wonderful changes. Long rows of apartment houses lose that stiff, lonesome look as the beautiful sh-rubbery grows to make things look more comfortable and home- like. Street after street of cottages make one real- ize t-hat there really are home lovers in such a big city. Q Of course there are the sort of people one reads about, the slum element, the gunmen, the painted shop girl. the old men and women whose lives haven't been lived as they should have been, and all the other story types: but here in this great city one also finds folks like he knew at home. Really people are the same-there are so many more here that one needs to look at all types instead of pick- ing out one and saying, There's the man of Chi- cago for you. The people I meet-in my work are friendly peo- ple, for the most part they are kind and consider- ate. After one has found the nice people and has made some friends he discovers thart although things are strange and different, home is where one and one's work are. If any of you are ever in Chicago while we are here, come and see us: will go to see Fleld's Mus- eum, tfhe Art Gallery, the Zoos in the big parks, the great Flower Gardens and Conservatories and all the interesting places Chicago boasts of. , , ' il hope the Alumni banquet will be the biggest and best ever this year. Sincerely, Evelyn Buss Nelson, '25. 1552 Arthur Ave., l Pomona, Calif., f April 30, 1929. Mrs. Alma Bnemser, Dow City, Iowa. J Dear Friend Allie: ' Your air-mail letter of request arrived at thiS destination this afternoon. You will possibly be surprised at this address and this delay but t-he address explains t-he delay. I was surprised at the short time your letter was in transit because of the lack of a street address for Berkeley. Your letter CI received it this afternoon about 12:30 o'clock,J is post marked at Dow City, 12:30 p. m. April 29. Pomona is about 500 miles south of Berkeley and

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Ft. Dodge, Iowa. May 9, 1929. Dear Alumni of D. C. H. S.: Another commencement time is drawing near, and no doubt all other alumni as well as myself, have been looking forward to receiving the 1929 Alumni Annual. Upon receipt of a letter from the Editor-in4Chief this week, I was thrilled by the thought that our annuals were ready for us, and that the letter must be a reminder to please re- mit. Upon investigating, however, I found instead, a request for a contribution to its pages. This finds me rather at a loss to know what to write. If I lived in the far west, or in the east, or some other remote section of the country, as do some of our alumni I might tell you of the delight- ful climate of California, the great industries of the east. But located as I am within ninety miles of the home town, with conditions, atmospheric and otherwise, much the same here as there, I fear. there is little of interest to write. However, I will say for myself, and I believe, for all other aluml living at a distance, that we en- joy the annual and appreciate the tireless efforts of those at home in keeping up this good work. For some of us it is the only time that we hear from many of our old school friends. It is with great interest that we read of the success of those who have gone-out from our Alma Mater into fields of service, be the calling great or small. It is 'gratifying indeed to see how the list of alumni grows-over three hundred now, I believe. and to find so many sons and daughters of early graduates among the number. Ft. Dodge has been our home now for eighteen years. We have always found it a pleasant place in which to live, and while it is not a large city- about 27,000 inhabitants-it is one of the fines-t of its size anywhere. We have a fine system of public schools, also a two year Junior College, which is fully accredited. This year we will graduate ten students from the college, and one hundred seventy from high school. The leading lndustry of Fort Dodge is the man- ufacture of gypsum products. such as plaster, plas- ter board, fi-re proof partition blocks, etc. Large deposits of gypsum rock are found here, and there are fine large mills engaged in its manufactu-re. Fort Dodge has been known as the Gypsum City as it is the largest producer of gypsum products in the world. ' Situated on the Des Moines River, there are many scenic spots and delightful drives in and near Fort Dodge. To tae south is the beautiful Dolllve-r Memorial Park, named for the late Senator J. P. Dolliver. Here are found deep ravines, lime stone and ciopperas beds, Woodman's Hollow, Bone- yard I-lollow , and the picturesque Prai-rie Creek. Not far from here is Wild Cat Cave. If any of you are planning a short motor trip this summer, we invite you to come to Fort Dodge. With greetings to you all, and good wishes for our Alma Mater. . Sincerely Yours. Ada Hallowell Rule '99. Dow Citq Alumni Annual 43 Clark, S. D., May 1st, 1929 Dear Alumni: If I didn't enjoy the Annual so much every year. I'n1 afraid I Would' object 'to writing this letter, as Mr. Walters requested, but lt ls so nice for 'the older members to be able to receive an annual and keep track of their classes as they soon drift so far apart. So I believe we should do our bit to help those that have the responsibility of printing the annual. We live in Dakota on a 480-acre farm, and it keeps us very busy but we farm much bigger farms here than they do there. We have prospects for a very good crop this year, if we have plenty of rain and sunshine. We are all well and happy, we have the nicest size family, two boys and two girls and of course we think they are some of Dakota's best kiddies. This country is very pretty. very level and lots of trees, lakes everything a person could wish for to have a nice home. This country is changing as every land changes. They do not raise as much small grain now, they are growing more corn and diversifying their farming. M-ost every farmer owns a tractor as the land is so level they can use them with such good advantage. In the fall we have thirtylone days of sport for the men, hunting pheasants wealthy men from many cities come to this country to spend their vacation. hunting, fishingand bathing They are killing off so many pheasants that they will be more strict with their laws. Wexget many fish, in the spring but we don't cane for them later in the season. We have one lake called Medicine Dake, it is peculiar, many people go there to bathe, for skin diseases they believe it heals 'many diseases it ha so many different minerals that vegetation will not grow around it. Your body has a white subsance all over lt after bathing. There are several alumni peoplehere around Clark, Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Charles McHenry, Hudson McHenry Joe and myself. We all live within ten miles of each other and there are so many people here that we have heard of from down there, that we could have,a real Iowa celebration some time. ' The Black Hills is a beautiful place. Sometime when you plan a trip, you just take the trail to the Black Hills and I know you will think it worth while. We were there three years ago and such nice scenery. I never imagined it so pretty and when you get that far just go east awhile until you come to a sign Clark then call Joe Smlth's resl- dence and see what a welcome you will get as we are always more than glad to see anybody from home. Well in closing I don't think this letter is worth printing but if you have extra space you can fill ln with it. We are both planning on coming home for' the alumni banquet and are hoping to see a big crowd. I do hope the biggest banquet we have ever had. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Joseph R. Smith.