Edgewood High School - Memories Yearbook (Edgewood, IA)

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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 -

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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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I Ieanette Whitehead w1ll my parking place at the ereamery to Nancy Levyis I Jim Baker will my ability to play the guitar to John Pape You can win any girl by serenading her John I Jerry Holtz will my love for Rosalie in Wisconsin to William Hushaw I Kenneth Kramer will a free ticket to anyone wishing to see my acrobatic acts at the dance at lakeside in Crutte nberg I lerry Lee will my dancing ability to Larry Taken I Jane Le WIS will mv undying love for Sheldon Basse tt to Diana Chapman Let s keep the flame flickering Diana I Be tty Rodas will mv singing ability to Shirley Meyers Ive found all it takes IS a little practice I Hoge r Waterman will my boxing ability to Sylvester hilt 1 I Larry Xsh will my ability to keep Xnne Tilp interested while going with other girls to Raymond lyagel yy ho has a good start as lt is I Kerry R1zer will my ability to get along with yerona Sherman to Harold Tege ler 'lou Just have to know the right techniques Harold I Esther Uhle nkamp will my ability to hold on to one man to Glenda Hartbeck I Janice lxlosterrnan will all my freckles to Be ye rly Krieg lhey do much for your appearance and we understand you make appearances in some very strange place he nt Bake r will my ability to ignore the fairer se Dx to Robert De ttbarn Dexter Hyde will my baseball catcher s glove to Ge ne Hine s Bruce Hochhaus will my lovemaking spot by the window IU the principal s ofuee to lole ne VVIISOII and Blair Berens The audience you will have is 1ncl11ded I Myrna Possehl will my large vocabulary to Jean Shingledecker and yy1ll also include a dictionary I Leah Morley will all my scarfs yyhich Iuse to cover hiekie s with to lylarelell Greye e e f e sons 1 loss Sheldon Basse tt will my popularity with the opposite se X to Gene Llark I awe re nee Lee will my black conyertible to Ronald Caffney Ila Lee Fotman will my ability to lose sle ep and neyer show lt to Carol Bock enste dt We the Ql'1ss of 1956 do hereby set our hand and seal this twenty fourth day of May in the year of oui Lord 1956 In witne ss of Ila Lee Totman and the other thirty one members of the class I K 1 1 ' ef I ' V ' 3 . , N , Y . A', , ,' I ' ' I I My I . I . 1. ' uv . , . 3 J A A I ' . I . I I . , 1 , K X V . V . ? . . VV V . V 1 ' ' J - ' ' 2 f . 1 '- 2 - I . D . , 1 -. ' I ' V 1' 3 ' , 1 l l 1 , 1 3 l I I , , , , X V I I . . . . . . 1 V? , A . V V 1 V , . VV . . . V ,V .I V' , I VV I V , . 5V . . UV I . . V . V . V. V ' 1 -' 1 ' ' - ' ' u 1 , f , V V V . I ' 1 e 1 ' m ' , , , 1 1 7 ' 1 U ,' l U ,' - ' 7 x I ' X 11 7 7 . H V S I ' J , nf w ' 1, . X , B , ' . V 4 J V v is. 1, ' 1 If t I ' V- ' ' ' , 1 ' V - y V e V 1 I I, Gordon Aneleregg, will my athletic ability to James Rizer. IV e , ' , V 1 i 1 -e e ' e 'V L I , V, y x V' - t r ' X A I X - . y . . , r I ' ve My ' , T H , A -J ' V- v ' -, - ' y -' ef 5 f l, Henuiyy' Ie1z1I', will 1115' ex -itillg night life- ani free- le-sg J to Karel 1 J qxehl. IV ye y , y e 1 WV ' ke , ' V ,e JV e e ., I e ', 1 V' , ' A L ,' uv! . I I I ' - ' 1 : 1 . ' '- 1 1 ' .