Dunkerton High School - Raider Yearbook (Dunkerton, IA)

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Primary Grades First Grade Lucile Brant Mike Beehner Vivian Bellmer Eileen Fettkether Mae Fettkether Clarence Haley Edward Lyons Gladys Trumbauer Second Grade Arthur Campbell Audra Flinn Carl Meyers Mary NcNellis Izelle West Marie Wellner Third Grade Elizabeth Beehner Hugh Fettkether Francis Holden Leo Hayes Maxine Haley Russel Rudolph Dorothy Shimp Floyd Spies Motto— It is ever true that he who does nothing for others does nothing for himself.” Happenings of the Year Pupils who moved away were Estella Smith, Charlotte Coddington and Emma Bailey. Pupils entering after the beginning of the term were Leo Hayes and Edward Lyons. A “Plum Pudding” was the Christmas entertainment. The three grades celebrated February 14th by having a Valentine Box. Page sixteen

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Sensational Rescue in Mid Air A September morning dawned bright and fair without a cloud in the sky. This morning was a very busy one on the aviation field for several of the men were going to make their first flights on this day. One of the men was very quiet, thinking about his flight. When the time came for him to start he advanced to his plane in a very nervous frame of mind. He climbed slowly into his seat and rather awkwardly fastened the straps that held him in his seat. His companions yelled a cheery “Good live and Good Luck as his plane left the ground. His plane rose higher and higher into the air until it reached an elevation of 4,000 feet. Then the plane suddenly turned to one side and entered into a nose spiral. It began to fall rapidly, and all the men on the ground looked horrified at each other as they watched the plane fall. They knew what would happen if the plane struck the ground. About 500 feet from the ground the plane straightened out and landed safely on the ground a short distance from the hangar where the men were standing. They all rushed over to the plane to see the aviator. Another aviator climbed out and stood grinning before them. “What does all this mean ?” exclaimed an officer, “1 thought John was the only one that went up.” “I climbed into the back seat thinking that John might need help up there.” “How did you straighten the plane? I thought all controls were disconnected with the second seat,” said the officer. “1 climbed over from my seat into the one where John was. He had fainted after he lost control of his machine.” —Charles Penne, Grade 10. Autobiography of a Base Ball M y rubber center came all the way from Brazil, was wrapped with wool yarn under a tension, this covered with a wrapping of finer linen thread, and over all this my maker stretched a horse-hide cover sewed together strong and tight with blue and red waxed threads. After a thorough inspection of weight and size I was passed as a regulation “Big League Ball” and guaranteed for nine innings of our National Pastime. Covered with tinfoil and closely confined in a small paper box 1 was put on the market in Cincinnati. Shortly after the season opened 1 found myself with hundreds of other base balls stored away on the shelves of the club house of the Reds at their park. After resting there for about two weeks I was given, along with three or four others, one of whom 1 had met before, to the umpire. We two balls had a very pleasant visit together but after the game began 1 lost trace of him and have not seen him since. The pitcher sent me spinning through the air and I went with a smack into the catcher’s mitt after I had been ticked by the batter. At the next throw 1 wras hit square and w as sent high into the air and I began to think I w'as never coming down. Before I hit the ground 1 got another shock when 1 banged against the high board fence around the grounds. When I was thrown again I was sent whirling tow ard the grand stand and as 1 struck the wire I tore a nasty three-cornered hole in my cover. I regretted this because I w'as beginning to enjoy the sensation of the trips through the air, but after being torn I was thrown out of the diamond and another ball was put in my place. Page eighteen