Edgewood High School - Memories Yearbook (Edgewood, IA)

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7257 Wed Cecilia Chopard and her committee wrote the class will and we find the following items willed Glen Bassett willed his muscular physique to Ronald Schroeder Blair Berens hrs ability to stay out until early morning hunting coon to Gene Clark and Bob C rrnrcle his ability to find the way to Dundee to Gary bmrth Diana Chapman willed her five minute special to Pat Jones Cecilia Chopard her boyfriend s parking place in their front yard to her sister Marlene and David Gear hart hrs ability to come out of auto accidents without injury to Bob Marers Glenda Hartbeck willed her hobby of collecting dra monds to Lrnda Ashline and Leo Helle hrs undying love for Jolene Wilson to Ronald Gaffney Gene Hines shyness with girls was willed to Ronald Ashline Larry Taken s ability to look out windows during Miss Brown s English classes to Ronald Trmmerman and Berna Rrzer mlled her drsrnterest in boys to Jeanette Funk dancing at Lakeside to sharon Grevc with the admonition to beware of rntermrssrons and Richard Landrs hrs ability to skip school the day of literature tests to Walter Clau son Janice Jones willed her ability to keep several boys on the string at one trrne to her sister Virginia Joyce Kruger her ability to remove fillings from boys teeth through suction to shrrley Meyer and Jeanette Jewell her ability to go with boys who are sup posed to be going steady to Vera Romrg Raymond Nagel willed lrrs nickname Of Goody goody boy to William Bushaw Richard Vaske hrs nrmble drum fingers to Janet Hagensrck and Anne Trlp her undying love for Walter Clauson to Beverly Krieg James Strang willed his ability to get an A in Miss Brown s Literature semester tests to Bob Trmmerman Sylvester Kafer hrs technique of keeping out of trouble to Ronald Ashlrne and the senior girls who decorated the assembly tor Mr Lrnguadoro s party w rlled the remaining decorations they left ha ngmg to any other decorating committee that may wish to use them 17 I John Pape willed his popularity with girls to Lavern Gibbsg Phyllis Jones her love for

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Rrchard Vaske and hrs commtttee wrote the class hrstory He made the hrstory seem 11ke a trtp on a rocket sh1p as the group passed through the twelve grades The ten peo ple who started 1n the class rn 1954 were Bobby Carnrcle Robert Gates Janrce Hansel Glenda Hartbeck Gene Hrnes Jeanette Jewell Calvrn McCallum Jan Neuhaus Drana Chapman and Anne Trlp Mrs Stensbol was the teacher In the second grade the teacher was Elste LutJens and as Blarr Berens Jorned the class Jan and Calvrn left tt Donna Orr was the thud grade teacher and tlus year Raymond Nagel and Larry Llghty Jotned the cla ss but Blarr left rt The class roll remamed the same ln the fourth grade but the class had two teachers Mrss Orr and Arlene Wolf In the fifth grade Larry Llghty left the class and Davrd Cle men A udrey Smock and Eugene Wrlcox Jomed rt Thelma Estllng was the teacher In the S1.XIh grade Blalr Berens returned to the class Mrs Wolf was the teacher and Robert Gates and Eugene Wllcox left us New faces rncluded John Pape Betty Dryer and Darlene Maser Bema Rrzer also Jo1ned the group at th1s trme Nona Zearley was our teacher 1n the seventh and erghth grades We added Larry Taken 1n the seventh grade and Janrce and Phyllrs Jones rn the e1ghth Audrey left the group whrle rn the seventh grade and Davrd Betty and Darlene left ln tne erghth grade Durmg the mnth grade Gene Burton and Ava Brown were the class sponsors and the Strang Sylvester Kafer Rrchard Landrs Martlyn Teed Joyce Kruger and Rlchard Vaske Lanny Kramer Jotned the group rn the tenth grade and Marrlyn left Sopho more sponsors were John Davrs and Marven Brase We added Karen Payne and Darlene Dettbarn to the group for one year only our Junror year Mr Sander and Mrss Swede were our Junror sponsors Came the senror year wrth Mr Randall and Mr Chrrstensen as sponsors and two most excrtrng events the Jumor Semor banquet and the Chrcago trrp Those attendrng all twelve years were Bobby Carnlcle Glenda Hartbeck Jeanette Jewell Gene Hlnes Anne Trlp and Drana Chapman These frve frmshed wrth the hrghest grade pornt averages and rn thls order Jeanette Jewell Raymond Nagel Rrch ard Vaske Berna Rrzer and Joyce Kruger Our class colors were blue and s1lver our class motto Wrth the ropes of the past we wrll rmg out the bells of the future and our class flower was the var1egated carna tron 1n yellow and whrte Durrng our senror year Leo Helle Jr served as class presrdent Raymond Nagel as vrce presrdent Glen Bassett as secretary and Berna Rrzer as treasurer H O I ' l I I I 1 . new members of the class were: Glen Bassett, Cecilia Chopard, Leo Helle, Jr., James ' : ' . ,

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7957 Leo Helle and hrs commrttee prepared the class prophesy In rt he rmagrned htm self as a wealthy otl tycoon rn Texas marrted to Berna Rrzer and the father of a lrttle boy Leo III Thrs boy found an old class prcture of 25 years before and they compared rt wtth later prctures of the group John Pape 'w as marrred to Darlene Kauffman a farmer and the father of three fat daughters Gene Hrnes now bald was a bachelor lrvrng rn Harold Davrs house and stlll smoklng seegars Drana Leo s old vtrl frrend had thrown hun over when she learned he was a Demo crat and was a Mother Superror 1n the House ofGood Shepherds rn Dubuque Rrchard Vaske rn a cute ltttle mustache was a professor of Latrn rn Loras College rn Dubuque and was marrled to Pat Brown Ray Nagel was short and fat sttll blowrng hrs trumpet rn ntght clubs and marrred to hrs negro srnger wrth hrs act Glenda Hartbeck now as broad as she was long lrved rn the old Clute house wrth her husband Dean Hankrns and theu eleven krds Love Pat Bassett became Commander of the Seventh Fleet and had dtvorced the former Ela me Jaeger Janlce and Phyllrs Jones had graduated as atrlme hostesses from Gayle 1n Mrnneapolts Janrce marrred an Eskrmo she met when therr plane was forced down rn Alaska and Phyllrs was lost 1n the Atlanttc when she became scared of a mouse and Jumped from the plane wtthout a parachute Goose Berens was found operatlng a factory that made gooseberry wrne IH Wood center but arthrrtts prevented hrs huntmg many coon Davrd Gearheart had become a daredevll stunt dr1ver and toured the country wlth Howard Hansel stagrng exh1b1t1ons James Strang had taken over Ed Sullrvan s Job on hrs televrsron show and Rrchard Landls always fond of poultry had taken over the Fobes Hatchery rn Edgewood The McDowell gtrl of Dundee had encouraged Bob Carnrcle to become a Methodrst m1n1s ter and Joyce Kruger had rema rned smgle and taught shorthand rn the Greeley school Larry Taken was also stxll srngle but contrnued to court gtrls down by the creamery and rn the park He was a Junk dealer Sylvester Kafer ran a tavern at Thorpe and Cecrlra Chopard was srngle and a representatrve rn Congress Anne Ttlp had trred her luck rn Hollywood and Las Vegas as a srnger and entertatner but fmally marrred a sheep rancher and they lrved tn Nevada on a ranch Jeanette Jewell had marrred Jun Cole and they were both Arthur Murray dance xnstructors ln New York Crty 46 . . . . 3 . . ' B , . ! I . . , . . , - 1 1 1 ' ' N H . , . . . - s 5 s , . 1 n . 9 ' Y Y . . . Q, . I 1 ' 1 a ll ll ' ' ' - , . . , . . , . . I a I ' I 1 . . , . . .