Edgewood High School - Memories Yearbook (Edgewood, IA)

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Harvey then told me that his pal Roger Waterman was now athletic coach at E H S Roger had bc cn a fighter under the name of Rocky Roger but the only fight he ever won was the one for Janlce Klosterman Roger had a hard time convincing Janice that she should marry him instead of Kenneth Kramer but he finally won out and now he and Janice are happily married As for Kenny his broken heartwas quickly mended and he went west where he bought a sheep ranch in Montana Kenny was always fond of sheep especially the one he had had at home even though he did have to put on his track shoes when he went near him Noticing three girls talking I decided to Join them and become reacquainted Of course they were the trio of E H S days Jane Lewls Betty Rodas and Bette Hamlett If irst I asked Jane to tell me about herself She informed me that she was work1ng in a dog food factory where she samples dog food before it is shipped out It must be a very nourishing dog food for Jane now weighs two hundred pounds She said she never married because she didn t have room in her heart for both a husband and ten dogs Bette Hamlett told me that she and Waldo QDexter Hydej are now doing a man and wife dance routine at the Rainbow Tap She said that she had so much fun at the Aragon Ballroom dancing with Waldo on our first Chicago trip that she decided to make it per manent Betty Rodas had a much sadder story to tell She and Jerry Holtz had married a few years after graduation Jerry was well on his way to becoming a skilled surgeon but during his first operation he accidently left a pair of scissors inside the patient The patient returned a few months later complaining ofa side ache and when doctors reopened him they found the scissors Naturally Jerry was relieved of his position and from then on he lost all respect and confidence in himself He later left home and Betty said that she had traced him now to Maxwell Street in Chicago and that her principal reason for making this second Chicago trip to to look for Jerry had worked at the Baby Fold in Dubuque for a few years until I met my millionaire husband We are now raising our own baby fold of nine children When the next couple came through the door Ilooked twice to make sure it was whom I thought Yes it was Bruce Hochhaus and Jeanette Whitehead now Mr and Mrs Some gal in Iowa City hooked Lyle Beck I hear Jeanette was pretty well broken up and then when Myrna Possehl gave Bruce the brush off for some doctor Bruce and Jeanette turned to each other for comfort Bruce said he had always had a sl1ght crush on Jeanette back in high school when the two worked 1n the principal s office Anyway they are now happily married and have a family of three As for Myrna her career as a nurse was ended when she married a young intern lt seems there was a rule of some k1nd that she couldn t marry unt1l she finished nurses training Anyway Myrna is now making herself useful as a wife and mothering five Chll dren and a dog I moved on to a couple of boys who looked familiar but I couldn t quite recall their names When one of them said I mEaglebeak I knew they were Lawerence and Jerry Lee Jerry told me that after the death of Jimmy Durante he became the second Snoz and now stars in Cinerama all over the globe Lawerence who always was the qu1et one said that he was now night patrolman between Greeley and Onelda Traffic seems to have picked up between these two towns since Greeley built a drive in theatre Lawerence said his the former Audrey Smock was instrumental in getting his Job for him Looking over the group I missed Ila Lee Totman I asked a group of boys but none knew until Bernard Fangman said that she was his boss and would Join the group in Chicago He informed us that she now owns the Sherman Hotel Qrenamed the Totman Hotelj in Chicago and Barny tests beauty rest mattresses for use in her hotel He claims her hotel has the most comfortable beds in the world Ila Lee and Bernard should know for on our first tr1p to Chicago they were forever wishing that we could go back to the hotel so that they could l1e down and rest for a few minutes. The next person to appear was my cousin Kerry Rizer Kerry told me that he had finally married Verona Sherman and that they now operated the store at Wood Center The girls asked me what I was doing and whether I had ma.rried. I told them how I

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L LASS PROPHELY On a moonllt May n1ght 1n the year 1981 a group of fam1I1ar faces were seen gather mg at the old Edgewood school bu1ld1ng These faces belonged to the Class of l95b Back 1n 56 the class had dec1ded that IH 25 years they would get together for a second Ch1cago tr1p They were now fulf1ll1ng th1s agreement Among the f1rst to arr1ve at tht In Il 5 doorswas our own early b1rd back 1n h1gh school years Larry Madlom and I'11SW1f9 the former Pat Farrel of Volga It seemed that Larry had changed SIHCC he left school or maybe lt s h1s Job Anyway Larry 1S always on tlme for work H1s Job 15 t1mekeeper of the B1g Ben Clock 1n London England The next couple to appear 1n the doorway was so unfarn1l1ar that I was sure they had come to the wrong place But as they drew nearer I not1ced the g1rl s red ha1r and knew 1t was Leah Morley Pruess As Leah was always cons1dered a beauty back ln h1gh school days I was shocked at her fuzzy halr d1Sh pan hands and run over shoes It seems that Russell lost h1s Job and D12 1n order to keep the1r new car went to work as a dlsh washer 1n the Strand Cafe D12 told us that the Strand Cafe was now owned by Gary Hartbeck She Sald that Gary had remodeled lt and bu1lt a garage out back where k1dS could brmg the1r cars 1n and have the shlft changed from the r1ght to left s1de It seems that Gary found th1s very convement 1n h1s h1gh schooldays so he dec1ded to start a new fad Gary never marrled no one knew why but many thought It was because h1s best frlend Daryl Hochhaus beat h1s tlme wlth Beverly Hllsenbeck of Greeley It appeared that Daryl made more tlme w1th Bev whlle Gary was on vacatlon than Gary d1d 1n a year Daryl 15 now teachmg Enghsh 1n the Greeley school Oh well Daryl always was lnterested 1n Engllsh wh1le 1n h1gh school Most of the 56 sen1ors have arr1ved but the bus IS scheduled to leave at mldnlght so we st1ll have a half hour to v1s1t An old gentleman standmg next to Reynold Tegeler seemed fam1l1ar but w1th h1s could be none other than our own beloved E H S pr1nc1pal Mr G M Randall I felt sorry for Mr Randall now for I recalled on our f1rst Chlcago tr1p how rap1dly he walked and the trouble we senlors had 1n trymg to keep up Wlth h1m He never could keep up that pace now so I suppose we w1ll have to take more busses and taxlcabs th1s tr1p I stopped to talk to Reynold and found that he had won the Mr Amer1ca contest 1n 1970 and was now modell1ng men s sw1m su1ts ln Key West Flor1da I guess It was h1s long graceful legs that helped h1m to w1n Reynold s w1fe the former Esther Uhlenkamp our Da1ry Pr1ncess back l1'1 h1gh school days IS now owner of a dalry farm 1n Iowa No one knew for sure what came between her and Terry WIISOH but some sa1d Terry d1dn t llke cows The next person I saw was Gordon Anderegg Gord1e told me that he was domg very well 1n the manufacturmg bus1ness H1s product 1S unt1ppable cha1rs He couldn t forget the day 111 h1S senlor year when he and h1s cha1r took a sp1ll on the floor so he dec1ded to prevent any such acc1dents 1n the future Now that he IS r1ch Gordon says he 1ntends to beat B111 B1ssell s tune w1th Nancy Lewxs I m sure Nancy 1sn t 1nterested 1n the money though J1m Baker now town marshal Ln Edgewood told me that he llked h1s Job at all t1mes except for Halloween n1ght He doesn tl1ke to clean up the corn fodder and rubb1sh after wards I can remember though on a certam Halloween n1ght when HE hauled such 1tems 1nto town J1m mformed us that Cla1r Fannon wouldn t be able to make the tr1p Wlth us th1s year Clalr 1S a speclal k1nd of undertaker he operates a mortuary for females only .hm sa1d Cla1r was ready to go along when he recelved a call and s1nce Patr1ck always had a soft heart he couldn't refuse I was surpr1sed to learn that one of my classmates was now super1ntendent of E H S Of course I rushed over to congratulate h1m and to ask h1m how he l1ked h1s pos1t1on Harvey Straus told me that h1s secret amb1t1on had always been to have an off1ce of h1s own and s1nce Mr Chr1stensen always sent h1m down for somethmg he had forgotten Harvey took a fancy to that off1ce and made lt h1s goal 4 J ' ' x ' - . , . . I I I ! I ' ! . . . , . . . ' J . , , . . , . . ' J J ' s I ' 1 . . . ,. . ,, . . . 3 J I . . . . , . ' . -- I I J ! - J J , . . . . . J ti . . . y . . long Whlte beard, cane, and hearing aid, he was hard to recognize. However, Iknew lt . . . - 3 . . . . ' I , . . , . . . . I . . J k - , . . . . . J ! I . . . . , . , . . . . . I . . , ' I . . , . . , , . , . . . , . J . . . . . , . . - . . . , . . . . . . . I . . , . , . . . . . ,

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I lldded Kerry about Woodcenttr havlng expanded some ln populatlon and he Sflllllllggly rernlnded me that Woodcentcr was now the s1Ze of Chlcago and the pri sc nt C pltal of Ioyya The last group ofboysthatlmetlncluded Kent Baker She ldon Basset Gary C arnlcle and George Hagenslck Of course each had to tell of h1s expe rlences SIIICL graduatlon Sheldon sald he IS now a stock car racer I guess he got so much practlcc III hlgh school smashlng up h1s car that he declded to make It hls proft sslon Shtl sald he never marrle d because Jane Lew1s was the only glrl for h1m and eyc n though she turned hlm down for her dogs ht would always loye her George sa1d the f1rst th1ng he dld after graduatlon was to JOIN the Navy He had se rved a nlne year stretch and had expt cted to make a career of lt but a South Sea Island glrl changed h1s mlnd George and h1s w1fe are llylllg on the E131 Islands wht rs George IS chlef of the Many Head Trlbe Kent Baker who always had a fond plact ln h1s heart for school went on to tollege and IS now the Presldent of the Green Mountam College for young women III Vermont He sa1d he was st1ll unmarrltd but looklng Last but far from least of the tlurty two ex senlors was Gary Carn1cle He lnformed has grow n so mueh Gary flnds that thty need a new church and asked us all to contrlbute toward thls yery yy orthy caust Just then Mr Randall rappt d h1s cane on the floor for sllence and then announced that It was tlrne for us to depart Xnd so the senlors of 1956 once agaln passed through the doors of o1r o ar old E H S to spend another wonderful three day stay ln Chlcago and to re l1ve the past twenty f1ve years Wlth thelr classmates Bonny Rlzer SENIOR CLASS WILL Oh 1956 We the sen1or class of Edge wood Hlgh School belng sound ln mlnd and body do herewlth renounce any former or later yvllls and be queath our worldly possesslons as follows We the Class of 56 w1ll our lntelllgence and good conduct to the hard worklng Jumors who w1ll need 1t 1f they wlsh to become senlors 1n '07 I Larry Madlom w1ll my technlque of keeplng two flames burnlng at one tlme to Hoyvard Hansel It seems a flame burns brlghtly 1n both Bear Creek and Volga I Gary Hartbeck w1ll the prlvllege of takmg out the cop s daughter to R1chard X aske It s one way of not gettmg trafflc tlckets I Gary Carnlcle w1ll my ab1l1ty to wh1p Marlnes to Robert Tlmmerman Ask Gary for hls muscle bulldlng dlet Bob I Bernard rangman w1ll my secret love for Jeanette Smock to Robert Malers I Clalr lfannon w1ll my wavy halr to La Vern Glbbs Xsk Clalr for hls secret lot1on La Vern I George Hagenslck w1ll my ablllty of trymg to be funny to Glenn Bassett It seems Glen could use some of lt I Bette Hamlett w1ll my strmg of Strawberry Pomt romeos to Joyce Kruger I Daryl Hochhaus w1ll my perfect conduct ln Enghsh class to Ft1chard Landls It helps one to lmprove grades Daryl has found I, Reynold Tegeler, w1ll my perfect masculme bu1ld to James Downey I, Haryey Straus, w1ll my shvness of glrls to V1ncent I- angman 1 I 1 . . H H X . - I 3 I X V ' ' I J J , J I . V . F V . . V . . . 5 . . . V . V V . .V , . 'N . I 'N' ' in X 1 I ' H Y. V . . , . . . V. V V X x V V . . V V . . V . V V . V V- - . V . VV V . me that he is now the minister of the Clll1l'k'lI2lI. Woodeenter. Of course since the eomznunity' f X I sv ' - g V ' V Q V ' 7 v 3. V I A . . - C . . 0 ' 1 ' . f - - ' v ' ' L, .. . H . . . . V . D Y I . ' 1 ' . V , . . . . . . . a f 1 1 7 .J 1 .1 ' V . V . . . , . I I ' r 1 y ' ' - , M , , Y V , , . .I H ' 9 ' I Q J I , . . V . , V . V . . I I , . . , . V . V . V . . V. V V 1 ' J 1 I I . V , . . . . I I -