Edgewood High School - Memories Yearbook (Edgewood, IA)

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1955 CLASS PROPHELY Rhonda I-Imes and her commltte wrote the class prophecy It was wr1tten as though lt was taklng place 1n 1985 and as though she was makmg a journey to Mars ln a space shxp She read the blllboards whlch were pa1nted on stars along the way These blllboards helped to explam the outcome of each classmate The advertlsement of the Tegen FIVE and Ten remmded her that Shlrley Perrlnjaquet had marrled Walt and lnherlted the Tegen D1me to a Dollar Store after she had a success ful career as a concert slnger They had flve ch1ldren named 1 Z 3 4 and 5 cents but gave up before reachlng thelr goal of 10 Llla Wlllman and Rhonda Hmes were two old malds that operated an 1nsurance fmrm and used a slogan that read If ln need of help call Rhonda Thls had orlgmated at Lakeslde years before The advertlsement advertlsmg baby clothes was that of Mr and Mrs Jerry The1n lPhyll1s Meyersj They had adopted elght chlldren and he had lnvented three cornered pants w1th bullt 1n zlppers Another star advert1sed a resort hotel m Arabla operated by Larry Stone He had a harem of n1ne wwes e1ght Arablan beauties and the nlnth was the former Cecxlla Chop ard The s1gn read next was that of the funeral parlors operated by Terry Wxlson He was marrled to a red head wxth a vlolent temper Hxs slogan was 'Why let the Dev1l cremate you? Try us flrst ' No one knew what had become of Esther Uhlenkamp h1s flrst wxfe but many thought he had used her as h1s flrst subject for crematxon Shlrley Faust as a pretty nurse was observed on the next star b1llboard Th1s s1gn sldent nurse at present at the Whltehouse ln Wash1ngton D C The small star advertlsed Eugene Sherman's barber shop ln Edgewood wh1ch was pat ronlzed only by bachelors l1ke h1mself The star wlth the muslcal notes advertlsed the dance band of Glenn Anderegg now known as the hot lxps trumpeter who has had almost a permanent engagement at the Hotel Rosevelt ln New York for years and years Rhonda lnformed us here that Jan Stalnaker never advert1sed on the stars but that he had taken over Mlke Galer' s Jobs about town after poor Mlke had passed on The Clrcus Adverusement remlnded her that Roger Palmer had marrled a granddaugh ter of John Rlnglxng and had mherlted the clrcus H1s stellar attractlon was Joyce Krug er a trapese artlst whom he had dropped l1ke a hot potato back 1n hlgh school days Another ad descrmbed the publ1c park and playground that Eva Lou Reusch had prov1ded for romance and recreatlon of teen agers 1nlov1ng memory of Mel Hmes Jr The star advert1s1ng reducxng pllls showed Shlrley Hoffman before and 'after Martm Waterman was allowlng her to use her poses thls way 1n order to ralse a llttle money Lyle Beck's star advertlsed a steer ralsed on feed that the cattle slmply breathed and thrlved on wlthout other food He and h1 nlne sons operated a forty acre farm and h1s three daughters ass1sted h1s wlfe the former Jeanette Whmtehead Apparently he be lleved that they were cheaper by the dozen The advertlsement on the next star was one for the new clnemascope plcture a revlval of K1ss Me Deadly but th1s tlme starrmg Jay Hansel He has a long term contract w1th the Gxggllng Goose Studxos 1n Hollywood 14 Y . ' . ' ! l ! 3 ! . .... . , . ,, . . . l I ' . . . . , . . , . . . ' ' . ! Y urged people to contribute to drive for funds for varicose veins week. Shirley was re- , . . I I I ! ' . - . , . , g ' ' ' ' ' II Il Y ll . . . .S . - , . 1 ' ' . H . . .

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1955 Semor Class Hzstory Eugc ne Sherm ln read the Class Hlstory thls year Among the names llsted who had been class members at one tlme or other but who transferred out of the class were Gary Carnlcle Joycla Gates Lanny Kramer Myrtle Southwlck Terry Prlce Merle Teed Jerry Wlnk Nell Flshcr ClalrSf.ward Ray Lewls Patrlcla Putz Carol Schenke Va Lee Smock and Wayne Wllcox Teachers llsted were lst Mlss McGovern Znd Mrs Allen 3rd Gayla Rlzer 4th Donna Orr 5th 81 oth Mrs Estllng 7th Nona Zearley and 8th Nona Zear e I-hgh School sponsors lncluded 9th Carl Dally 10th Marven Brase llth Fanny Swede and Jack Krambeck and lZth Prln G M Randall and Supt W J Warford Outstandlng hlgh sehool event llsted were Freshman lnltlatlon Junlor Class Play Qulet Please ' Junlor Senlor Banquet 1954 arrlval of class rlngs Senlor Class Commencement wlth Dr Paul Kelso of Iowa State Teachers College as speaker Class Day and the Class Plcnlc on the last clay 1955 was the year that the new gymnaslum was completed and the Senlors were pleased to at least graduate and hold Class Day Exerclses ln 11 for lt had looked as though they would never get to use lt at all before belng graduated Slx members of the graduatlng class completed all twelve years of thelr schoollng Edgewood They were Vallle J Hansel Rhonda Hlnes Shlrley Perrlnjaquet Eugene Sherman .lan Stalnaker and Terry Wllson Other members of the graduatlng class were Glenn Anderegg Lyle Beck Shlrley Faust Anna Greve Shlrley Hoffman Phyllls Meyers Roger Palmer Eva Reusch Betty Relnhardt Llla Wlllman and Larry Stone Wllllam Clemen and James Keppler also recelved dlplomas 1U absentla wlth credlts they had earned 1U The Armed Forces The flve members of the class flnlshlng wlth the hlghest grade polnt averages were the followlng and ln thls order Lyle Beck valedlctorlan Shlrley Faust salutatorlan Eu gene Sherman Llla Wlllman and Terry Wllson CLASS OFFICERS Presldent Lyle Beck Vlce Presldent Jan Stalnaker 5CC1'6ta1'y Llla Wlllman TI'SaSl1I'G1' Eugene Sherman Sponsors G Marshall Randall and W J warford Class Motto Out of school llfe lnto l1fe's school Class Flower Red Rose Class Colors Crlmson and Cream 13 Q I , - f 2 , - ' 5 ' 1 , ' 1 1 1 : 4 ! I I 3 X , I 2 , ' , A' ' f , ' 2 , ' . x '. '? , ' - r I . I 5 3 9 -- I 1 -- c -- I 1 . . , . . , . , . -- 5 . . -- . ' 9 . -- 9 . -- lay. 41 ' : . -- ' 3 . -- Q . -- X H 5 ' . -- ' . . . . . . . . . X l C . L U . . , . . -- - , , . x Y T ' Y . - I I Y . . I . Pla -- The Old Man Senior Chica o Tri , Junior-Senior Ban uet 1955 Baccalaureate, l Y U 7 ry ' ' . . B , ' ' ' , ' ' 1 ' ' ' 1 at G A 1: . 0 . . , . . . , y , . . . 1 ' , 4 , ' , . ' , ' ! i I 5 7 I . I ' . . . : , . . S . , . 3 - I I 9 . . . . ........ . . . . . . Q n . . , , , I . IV ' ' ' ll . . . . , . F 5 I 0 I 0 l O Q I 0 I I I O O

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Class Prophecy f Con tl The blue star advert1s1ng Goobers Baby Foods had a p1cture on lt of Anme Greve's and Walter Re1nhardt's baby wh1ch they had chr1stened Denms the menace but who went by name of D M Re1nhardt after he was grown The last star advert1sed the latest attract1on at the Sands Hotel 1n Las Vegas It was of Betty Re1nhardt who was appearmng there mghtly She was 48 but d1dn't look a day over Z0 She had been marr1ed four t1mes after her f1rst marr1age to Vern Greve and Mar1lyn Monroe made a very fast fadeout after Betty h1t the stage back 1n 1960 At thxs tune the space sh1p was nearmg Mars and the l1ttle men of Mars was flagg1ng lt on to a land1ng at the axrport brmgmg the class prophecy to an end SENIOR CLASS WILL Of 1955 We the semors of 1955 of the c1ty of Edgewood count1es of Clayton and Delaware state of Iowa beug of sound mmd and memory do hereby make pubhsh and declare thls to be our last w1ll and testament hereby revok1ng any w1ll or wllls heretofore made by us I Gleen Adneregg w1ll my snoop1ng hab1t to Jolene W1lson I warn you that 1t can prove most dangerous and you can even get your nose p1nched as a result c I Lyle Beck w1ll my droopxng forelock of ha1r to Dean Tucker I know Dean w1ll take good care of lt as he 18 always us1ng the glass of the trophy cases as a m1rror to comb h1s ha1r I Sh1rley Faust w1ll my ab1l1ty to 1nvent reasons for bexng absent so they w1ll not be unexcused to Harvey Straus I reahze Harv you are perfect 1n attendance but some day you mlght want to play hooky I Eva Reusch leave my ab1l1ty to be a good gxrl to Jean Shxngledecker and Sh1rley Meyers A few words to the w1se are su.ff1c1ent I Eugene Sherman w1ll my ablhty to sleep 1n Enghsh classes to Bob Everett If s1t that does help I Jan Stalnaker w1ll my pa1r of red polka dot boxer shorts to La Vern G1bbs They ve got class boy real class I Larry Stone w1ll my butch ha1rcut to Larry Madlom Very convement boy very convement I L1la W1llman w1ll my great varlety of d1fferent out of town Saturday n1ght dates to Be ty Rodas case of emergenc1es Just shout Rhonda I Terry W1lson w1ll my ab1l1ty to make declslons ant then keep them wlthout ever chang1ng my m1nd to Leo Helle It has taken years for me to perfect thls so please not treat th1s l1ghtly I Anna Greve w1ll my schoo1t1me note wr1t1ng ab1l1ty to W1ll1am Bushaw Watch the teacher w1th one eye as you pass them though I Rhonda H1nes w1ll my secret way of chew1ng gum mn classtlme to Nancy Lew1s You may have to add 1mprovements as I was caught several txmes It does help to keep from talk1ng too much I Sh1rley Hoffman Wlu my back seat 1n the Elkader Theatre to lla Lee Totman pro v1ded Martm Waterman IS 1n ne1ther seat at the smdes lt's n1ce and dark there llla Lee and very cozy I Valhe J Hansel w1ll my loud bo1sterous manners and my cunmng ways w1th the g1rls to Glenn Bassett Don't be careless for you can get slapped and lt hurts I Phyll1s Meyers w1ll my never dy1ng love for Jan Stalnaker to Ann Tllp and Berna R1zer I hope you g1rls have more luck than I d1d 15 9 W I . 9 I I 1 D D i D , , . . . . . , l . . . . . , , . . . . . . . - ting by an open window doesn't help to keep you awake, try sitting in a front seat. I find . . - - . , s 1 1 ! 7 l G 0 . I I t . In ' ' . ' ' , . ' do . , . . , . , . . , - 1 - s a l 1 . 1 i . 3 U I 0 I . , . . .