Edgewood High School - Memories Yearbook (Edgewood, IA)

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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 . , . . .

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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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Clase Wall fl on tl I Roger Palmer wlll to Jerry Lee my ab1l1ty to repeat memormed passes from Luerature to M155 Brown I Sh1rley Perunjaquet w1ll my permanent parklng place baek of the Creamery to eventually leave l Betty Remhardt w1ll my Marllyn Monroe and smren characterxzatwns 1n class plays to D1ana Chapman lt takes lots of practlee k1d ln w1tness whereof we the Seruors of 1955 the testators have set our hand and seal hereto thls twenty th1rd day of May ln the year of our Lord one thousand n1ne hundred and f1fty flve Prepared by Glenn Anderegg and Commlttee 16 I 'a . X' f 9 1 , , . .k H , . V 4 . V N i Richard Landis, Here's a hint, Rich, if company bothers, simply ignore them and they'l.l , , . . X , . . . I I I I - Y ! 1