Durant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Durant, IA)

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Commencement End Seniors' Year One of the saddest nights and one of the happiest nights of a senior's life is the night of graduation. On their special night the song Pomp and Circumstance is the most serious song they may ever hear. A new first for Durant was the senior's selection OI robes. The boys wore blue and the girls wore white. Their flower was the red rose. He Who Binds the Soul to Knowledge, Steals the Key of Heaven was the class motto. Shown below is Clyde Stolten berg and Rev. Richard Ander- son. Clyde received the Kol- merer memorial scholarship. Left: In one quick movement the once senior class of Du- rant High School becomes alumni.

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Senior Class Trip and To some, going to the top of the Prudential building was the highlight. The above picture shows what it looks like from way up there. This year the seniors went to Chicago by bus for their class trip. They left at approximately 3:30 a.m. 4 if if at 'wary YY 'HUM Eating was the highlight for others. Four seniors, The tables were tumed here for the annual photog- DiCk 36551915 Ted G0eCkey Ken Smltenbefgi and rapher Vernon McAllister. Instead of shooting Jerry Tyler, are enjoying their meal at Maxims. other people, he was shot. 28

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Senior Play Our Town Was Huge Success The Senior Class Play Our Town was di- rected by Miss Alice Scott. Over three fourths of the class had parts in the play. The lead parts were played by Tom Goecke, Joyce An- derson, Dick Stoltenberg, Judy Kroening, Lynne Wilson, Allan Garred, and Clyde Stoltenberg. Right: The members of the cast worked hard at their parts but there were times of leisure. 1 Left: Dick Sessler starred in one of the humorous roles of the play, the town drunk. Here he is shown directing the chorus in a song. They are FIRST ROW: Janice Grunder, Donna Rekemeyer fnot showny, and Pat Lammers. SECOND ROW: Linda Voelkers, Ted Goecke, and Allan Garred. Another comedian in the play was the part of Howie Newsome played by Dan Schumaker.