Drayton High School - Draytonian Yearbook (Drayton, ND)

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Class Will We, as intellectual members of the Senior Class of '51, having an oversupply d traits, both good and bad, will the following to our less experienced and scholarly underclassmen. I, Kathryn Ferguson, will my smile to Ruth Flaten. I, Leslie Engelbrektson, will my sarcastic ways to Paul Ness. I, Jerry Jorde, will my red hair to Geraldine, so she won't have to spend so much on rinse, I, Cal Lang will my ability to go steady to Dorothy Gehrs. I, J can Larson, will my piano playing technique to Clarice Grzadzie- leskl. I, Beverly Mathison, will my studious ability to Gerald Harlow. I, Clair Maurstad, will my fun loving ways to Iona Wilmer. I, Donna Nelson, will my quiet ways to Colyene Stewart. I, Clarence Peterson, will my stubbornness to Mary Ellen John- son. I, Jean Rath, will my letter writing to Ellen Steinbach. I, Jo Rudnick, will my ability to stay home nights to Vivian Maur- stad. I, Pat Rutherford, will my rabbit choking ability to Gloria Evens on. I, Doris Schumacher, will my ability to go with a Jensen to George Brodeur. I, Connie Simmons, will my untimely talking habits to Carol I-Ioselton. I, Angie Raney, will all my old glasses to Irene Schumacher, I, Jim Stewart, will my influence with the Senior girls to Jacob Larson. To the teachers d D. H. S. we leave some of our fun loving ways and easy nature, that they may go on teaching the students of America to become as strong and educated individuals as this Class of '5l. To the J unlor Class we leave our executive ability to handle all lm- portant affairs that come up during their last year of high school. To the Sophomores we leave our old test papers and erase:-less pencils that they may emerge as intelligent as we did. And lastly, we leave to the Freshmen our good rubber bands, spit balls and chewing gum Qwherever they may find lt, so that they may get as much enjoyment as well as learning out of old D. H. S, as we did. 12

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4 A DONNA NELSON CLARENCE PETERSON ANGIE RANEY JEAN RATH JO RUDNICK PATTY RUTHERFORD V DORIS SCHUMACHER CONNIE SIMMONS JIM STEWART 1 1

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Prophecy of '51 It seems that today some very irnportant people are- coming in on the train. As I sit here soaking up sunshine I'm thinking d that great day only twenty years ago - graduation, what an eventff On June l, 1951, six boys and twelve girls were grad- uated from the local high school. It is said that the girls are to have a tea today, and the big class reunion is tomorrow. From the things Ihave heard, I guess the members off that group have had quite a number of interesting experiences. There was a war on when they graduated that spring and all of the boys in turn was called to the colors. Leslie Engelbrektson was drafted into the foot sloggin' infantry and he received a Purple Heart before he even left the training camp. It seems one day at rifle drill he dropped his rifle and it shot him through the lower lip--didn't bother him much though for they say he still talks just as much. Kathryn Ferguson won't have far to come to the affair because she settled right down in Drayton. She looks good, too, for having kept house and raising a family of four children. I understand her oldest, a boy, is 17 years old and a Senior in high school. Oh, yes, his name is Ray Jr. ' Adrienne Grzadzieleski looks very much the same, except that she is a little thinner. I don't know if she ever became a nurse but Ihear she is married now and didn't have to change her name much. Jerry Jorde was the first of the boys to enlist. He always planned to go into the Navy anyway, and I guess he even got a commendation. It happened while he was on an aircraft carrier. One day he walked too close to the edge d the deck and fell overboard, When he was floundering around in the water he found another man who had fallen overboard so he ,towed him into a life line that was thrown to them. When they got him out they said he had gone overboard to save the other fellow, and I hear they never found out the facts of the case. Cal Lang enlisted in the Army and while serving as a guard on a road block he went to sleep. When he awoke he found that his outfit had pulled out and left him. When he crawled out of his foxhole he ran into a bunch of infiltrators and so sur- prised them that they threw up their hands and he took them prisoners. He saved his entire company and that was the first time his sleeping paid off. I can't tell you what Cecilia Marciniak has done. She often said she wanted to get married and have a small family ----- twelve boys and one girl. Then, too, she said something about being a nurse, so I guess we will have to wait to really get it straight. They tell me that Jean Larson is as intelligent as ever. She's one d those schnnl- teachers and has travelled to many countries ----- Sweden, France, Spain and else- where. She has also written a few books, won a few prizes, and gotten a new pair d glasses, you know, the kind on a chain. There is one thing about Beverly Mathison which is the same as when they were in high school---her height, but that didn't stop her from being an airline stewardess. She always wanted to be one, and finally got in with some minor outfit--it's called the P. U. Air Lines. Clair Maurstad went into the Marines and we could tell when he got to the front because the news started to get better right away. They nicknamed him The-One- Man-Army because he would go into the hills and come back with forty or fifty prisoners. I hear he is still so tough he shaves with the bolt clippers and blow torch, 13