Elgin High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, IA)

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ITE! I To the teachers we do w11l and bequeath a4t70cZZ We the uncomparable Senlors of nlneteen hun dred and flfty one, Elgln Hlgh School, county of Fayette, state of Iowa, Unlted States of Amer1ca, belng of sound mind and body and possesslng ex treme these cherlshed halls for the trlals and tT1HU18 tlona of a cruel and challenging world, do hereby bequeath our worthy possesslons, Ch8T3Ct6T1St1C8, hablts and what have you to the followlng and probably ungrateful FeC91V8PS w1t and w1sdom, who are about to leave our wads of gum, hVTOg11ph1CS on our desks and the joy of teachlng classes 1n wh1ch we are no longer present ITEM II We do wlll and bequeath the heavenly feellng of belng looked up to, our strlklng good looks, and all the b11ls of our class treasumy to the Junlors ITEM III To the Sophomores we do w1ll and be queath our good manners, our ab1l1ty to remember ITEM IV We do w1ll and bequeath our accuracy and experlence 1n ullng art1l1ery, after many years of practlce in assembly rebelllons, to the long, aufferlng Freshmen I, Jack J Hanson, do w1l1 and bequeath my 'beard' and my 8mb1t10UI ways to Douglas Chapman, my 'sleepy eyes' and my soft, touch1ng volce t Pat Mlnlhan I,Leo L Schori, do w111 and bequeath my ad miratlon for the opposlte sex and my powerful phys1que to James Cook, my intelllgent answers to all government questlons and my t1t1e 'Lover Boy' to Burnell Larson I, Bonnme Lou Lantz, do w1ll and bequeath my beautlful ha1r and my qulck temper to Ruth Till otson, my weakness for dark halred men to Jane Dennler I,Paul D Smlth, do w1ll and bequeath my al lur1ng dlmplea and my ab1l1ty to get lnto trouble to Deon Pollock, my compllcated love 11fe t George Howard I,Clara Ann Hendr1ckson do w1ll and bequeath my skeleton key and my fl1rtat1ous way to Shlrley Howard, my n8tUd1OuSn ways and penmanshlp 1n classes to Arthur Larson, my ability at danclng, namely the 'Char1eston', to Richard Luce I,Leonard L We t, do w'l1 and bequeath ng Charles Atlas bulld and my 'hat' to Durw1n Gllson, my deck of cards and sleeples nlghts to Burrell Benson I Francis D Butlkofer, do wlll and bequeath my mus1cal talent and m love for a certa1n soph omore to Russell Frlederlch m cars and esca pades w1th the F1ghway Patrolmen to Earl Lembke I, Shirley Kay Reusser, do w1ll and bequeath my 'bralns and my dark complexlon to Loren Frleden, my job at Dr Wo1f's offlce and my cheer leading un1form to Eugene Butlkofer I,Her1e Wayne Kllngman, do w1ll and bequeath my way wlth women and my love for Fords to C11f ford Medberry, my love for llterature Hofer to Donna W1ll1am D Peters, do w1ll and bequeath my 1n West Unlon Joe Peters, lnterest brothe Medberry Ivan Lee Craln name 'Ichabod' and my to and 'pape'r1ng to my 'ornery' ways to Lola w11l and bequeath my r1ng stature to Orran we Bane, my love for the Bra1nard h1lls and rattle I, Mary Lou Becker, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to get along w1th my B a1nard cous1ns to Allce Boyer, my amb1t1on to run an Old Ma1d's Home to Robert Daniels I,Robert H Nlckels, do famlly of goats and rabblts galloplng strlde and my love to Joe Ogle I, Grace S Gehr1ng, do glasses and my reduclng book abil1'y to get along w1th Walker, to narl Llttle EE w1ll and bequeath my to Shlrley Pape, my for Western storles w1ll and bequeath my to Janlce Torkelson, my favorlte teacher, I, Barbara Jane Ralney do w111 and bequeath EE 19147 class r1ng to Jean Little, my hopes and hope chest to Charles Loftsgard I, Ruth M Boleyn, do w1l1 and bequeath m hlgh soprano volce and glft of gab to Howard Wolf m 'sparkllng' class r1ng to Shirley Shaffer Made and Witnessed this EAL da of 1957 Signed Witnessed Wltnessed ,,,c whales I ' . 1 . . 2 ' ' ' . . . . J - . . H . : . U . I, . A. . . U . r, my . ' I, ' do ' assignments and tg get to class on time. snake hunting to Wanda Lu Shaffer. v e 0 ' ' - 1 . . . H - . . . , . . 0 -

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79w1f4wf Elgln, Moon June 15, 1971 Dear Prof, I thought I'd drop you a l1ne to tell you about my vacatlon trlp to the moon When we started from home we were 1n a hurry because we were late and afrald we would m1ss the Rocket The cab drlver was hurrylng as fast as he could when we heard a patrolman's slren As we pulled to the curb, I looked up and to my surprlse recognlzed Fr ncls Butlkofer as the patrolman After we hastlly explalned everythlng to hlm he sald he wouldn't glve us a tlcket we would have l1ked to talk to h1m longer but we didn't have tlme we arrlved at the a1rport just ln tlmel The nRocket to the Moonn was ready to l ave As the Stewardess was checklng us off her 11st we notlced that she was Bonnle Lou Lantz we talked to her several d1f ferent tlmes on our trlp and she sald that she enjoyed her work very much She asked us to step lnto the p1lot's chamber and say 'hello' to the p11ot, Ivan Craln We also met another member of the '51 class on the Rocket the well known Amerlcan dancer, Clara Hendrlckson Unfortunately, Clara sllpped and hurt her ankle as she entered the Rocket When we landed on the moon, Clara's ankle was hurtlng her more, so we inqulred and found that there was a doctor's offlce on the other side of the landlng fleld We went to the offlce w1th her and were greeted 1nS1de the door by a very courteous nurse, whom we recognized lmmedlately as Shirley Kay Reusser She ushered us 1nto the doctor's main off1ce Who do you suppose the doctor waso Leo SCh0T11 we had a n1ce chat after we found out that Clara's ankle had only a sllght spraln, but, it was soon time for us to be on our way to see lf we could find a hotel room Durlng our search for a hotel, a car pulled up beside us and the man in the back seat introduced hlmself as Paul Sm1th, nPres1dent of the Moonn He told us that h1s chauffeur was Merle Kllngman H drove us to a hotel where he had reserved rooms for us The name of QNX Xen Xu . . . o . . . . v 0 U . . A . . Q 9 . . . . . s . 0 . . . . 9 . ' O - U . . a ..- ' 0 . u . . . . . . 0 . . . . . o I ' . o . - . v . 0 . . . . . v I o 6 o fi