Eldon High School - Eldonian Yearbook (Eldon, IA)

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Foretelling The Future of The Class of ’52 Well, here it is the year of 1982. We are having an anniversary because it is just thirty years since our graduation. As we were taking a tour through Eldon to find out how our classmates are making out, we first found as we were passing the local barber shop, our old classmate, Joe Norris. He must be doing pretty well because all the chairs were filled. We stopped into “Whitey's to get a coke. Our old buddy, Joy Pilcher is still working there. We never figured she would stay with that job this long. After we left “Whitey's we passed a newly organized beauty shop run by Carolyn Morrow. She is running “Toni Home Permanent out of business with her new “Dudie's Shadow of a Wave.' It really works wonders. Drop in sometime and she will give you one. Just as we were leaving Carolyn's Beauty Shop we saw Bill Hamilton working at his new job as the Head of the Street Cleaning Department. We were talking to some people and they told us about Lorena Mathew’s Reducing Salon. Lorena always did reduce, and now she has discovered a new method. We have among our old classmates a “big time operator . Bill Hancock struck oil on his farm outside of Eldon. He always said there was oil on that farm. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pilcher have taken over the Eldon Forum Office. Mrs. Pilcher is the former Carol Hemm. Herman Coffin always said he was going to fix our old schoolhouse up. He is now getting the job done because he is president of the school board. We decided to drop by the schoolhouse and see if it had changed much since we had last attended it. Just as we stepped inside the door we saw.the janitors scrubbing the floor like mad. They were our old buddies, Harold Cobb and Floyd McIntosh. We stopped into the post office to get a stamp and mail a letter. The girl working in there sure looked familiar. Why sure, it's Agatha Hayden. We saw her assistant, Pat Sedore, in the back room. We passed the church and there was a big wedding going on inside. We decided to stand outside and see who the lucky people were. Why, who do you suppose it was? Nobody, but Louise Osing and Don Carr. We were talking to some more of our friends, who told us about the three girls who be- came engaged in the Senior Class. Dorothy Fitzgerald, Shirley Reisch, and Ina Lea Day, have now married and are very happy with their husbands and houses full of kids. We heard that Dorthy Jo Aeschliman is a coach for girls' basketball at Ottumwa High. Her teams are doing very well. The former, Mary Ann Cox, and her husband, Glenn Hughes, have become the managers of the U-Save store. The two married girls in the Senior Class are getting along just fine. Shirley Granby Renfrew, better known as Dusty, and her husband have bought a farm near Ottumwa. Mary Kendrick Carder and her husband have moved their family to Colorado. We decided to leave Eldon for awhile and see how our classmates, that have left Eldon, are making out. Wr e went down to the big city of Selma which has changed considerably. They have opened an opera theater and their leading lady is Ardith Pyle. She always said she was going to stay single and make singing her career. We then went to Ottumwa and to our surprise found where it used to be Morrell's Packing Co., it is now Liles and Leasure Meat Packing Corporation. Harold Liles and Ralph Leasure went in partnership and bought it. The boy who entered our school the last semester, Veryl Edgerly, has been courting our old chum, Mae Garrels. They seem to be getting along just fine, and we expect to be hearing wedding bells before long. We found our last two classmates, Joyce Phillips and Marilyn Hart, in New York City. They are now the managers of the Belmont Hotel. They are in the money now. Our 30th anniversary is now over, and since we found all our classmates getting along well for themselves, we decided to return home. 16

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Last Will and Testament We, the class of 1952, do hereby will our rights and properties to wit. We leave behind for good old E. H. S. our high school spirit. To the Juniors, we will our seats in the Senior row (even the cuds of gum we left be- hind.) We also leave to them our ability to get along together during class meetings. To the Sophomores, we leave our quietness in study halls and classes and our ability to get along with teachers. To the Freshmen, we leave our fun which we have had. Dorothy Jo Aeschliman leaves her guarding ability to Rosemary McGregor. Mary Carder leaves her housekeeping ability to Roberta Hogue. Donald Carr leaves his mania to go to sleep in history class to Kaye Hogue. Harold Cobb leaves his stature to Harold McCoy. Herman Coffin leaves his ability to sit still in study halls to Ralph Carter. Make good use of it Ralph. Mary Ann Cox leaves her bashfulness to Shirley Ploss. Dorothy Fitzgerald leaves her diamond ring to Janet Lee Spilman. Mae Garrels leaves her pleasant smile to Carolyn Liles. Bill Hamilton leaves his ability to preside over Senior class meetings to Viola Boyd. Bill Hancock leaves his basketball ability to Don Niece. Marilyn Hart leaves her ability to get her man to Jeannie Davis. Here’s hoping you and Ralph have a bright future, Jeannie. Agatha Hayden leaves her cheerleading ability to Betty Thomas. Limber up, Betty. Carol Hemm leaves her good personality to Carol Bowers. Ralph Leasure leaves his quietness to Junior Haifley. Harold Liles leaves his ability to flirt with the girls to his beloved brother, Junior. Floyd McIntosh leaves his ability to get to school on time to Darrel McKitterick. Lorena Mathews leaves her arguing ability to Bob Hancock hoping that it will get him farther than it got her. Carolyn Morrow leaves her strength on the basketball floor to Janet Burkholder ex- pecting her to make good use of it as Carolyn did. Joe Norris leaves his driving ability and his Model A to Joe Bowlin hoping that it will get him to his destination in the future without walking back. Louise Osing leaves her ability to write 120 words per minute in shorthand to Betty Albert. Joyce Phillips leaves her tinyness to Patty Noel. Joy Pilcher leaves her cool headiness to Bonnie Hemm. Ina Lea Proctor leaves her pleasant laugh to Linda Swaim and her majorette ability to Kaye Hogue. Ardith Pyle wills her music ability to Jimmy Earhart. Shirley Reisch leaves her inquisitiveness to Jack Beghtol. Shirley Renfrew leaves her art ability to Marvin Creech. Patricia Sedore leaves her ability to get along with all the teachers to Wilbur Pilcher. Verle Edgerly leaves his ability to do business arithmetic to Addis Laughlin. 15

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S Class Song £ enior year has ended now, Memories that will never die Fun and work did fill the days, Gaily spent at Eldon High. n veryday the Seniors toiled, To make their grades to pass. Books did fly and bells did ring, As we hurried off to class. J othing will stop our going far, Into a world of fame. When headlines flash you will stop and say, Why that’s a Senior’s name!” o n our hearts we will remember, Each day and night of fun. Prepared by those who cared for us, From dawn to setting sun. ie Id schooldays at Eldon High, Were happy ones you see. The memories we shall cherish, Wherever we might be. 5 vadiant eyes with nearing tears, Will be seen upon the stage. This dear chapter of our life has ended, So we will turn another page. enior year has ended now, So we will say good-bye. Our diplomas are our rewards, For these years at Eldon High. 17