Elkton High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkton, MN)

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Junior Class Histor September 1945 dawned, Kenneth Kraft, Harlys Otto, Huriel Hanson, and Janet Johnson paraded off with their other friends to begin their years of schooling. These four first graders have stayed here ever since. In the second grade Allie Rleken expanded our original four- some to a five member class. Then we moved on to the third and fourth grade room 1945 brought Joan Buysman to us from Albert Lea In our fourth year e got two more members of our class Alton Anderson Joined us from Grand Meadow Minnesota and Denny McNeill from Humboldt, owa Changing rooms once more didn't bring any additions until in the sixth grade when Ronnie Blom also from Grand Meadow Minnesota and Donald Smith from s rural school north of Dexter, Minnesota, came to our enlarging class The seventh grade brought to us Roger Wilson from Clear Lake Iowa It was fun being unstairs in the high school department In the eighth grade the boys outnumbered the girls with new additions James Newklrk and Larry Ellt came from Dexter Frank Grundmier joined us from a rural school Our year of initiation which we all remember so well brought Joleen Sonksen from Webb, Iowa We d1dn't have any additions to our class in the Sophomore year But the year of the Junior Class Play, Yearbook, olannlng and preparing the Prom brought us Beverly Sande and from Lake City, Iowa came Jack Blanchfield Many have come and gone and many tnlngs have hanpened since that first day of learning began Our class now con lsts of Alton Anderson Jack Blanchfield, Ronnie Blom Joan Buysman Larry Elit Frank Grundmler, Muriel Hanson, Janet Johnson, Kenneth Kraft Denny HcNe1ll Beverly Sande, James Newkirk, Donald Smith, Harlya Otto, Allie Rleken, Joleen Sonksen, and Roger Wilson We're honing we can stay together another ye r and receive our dlslomas together Though the future is uncertain we howe it is oromising Z! IALFE? fl W D . M . K , - , Us I 1 A ' M , . . . X 7 A. r' 'V' A 0 f 4f' 31 4 1-4 :ir ' 4 i5,,- vfiigggir 'gqzy -r- 'q:igbSwx,g jg lgyxx 1 ' --T--1 -I ' ., , W4 -fs, ls,- K n 'ii f f :fs Nw J., F K If no , LT- I ,, , y f F g : if 9 5 A 1: 4 A ' Eli. -15 fi ff? 5 - Nr 1 ,. ,cf x ifysgl .Q-fly Jfgfpfff I 3 WI rf- 5: 15 ,f .- ,f,v gi flmgjgfflr