Elma High School - Gold and Black Yearbook (Elma, IA)

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emot gfau uyutoty Away back un the year l95l twenty wude eyed freshmen were seen talcung theur seats un the southwestern sectuon of the assembly They are the follov unq DuWayne Kurchner Lous Fountaun Arnold Tonues Aluce Laue Fred Schwalce Rosanna Brummond Robert Vvhutunger Ruta Haslcovec Ruta Shock Marcella Ludwug James Carter Ralph Murray Dolores Quam JOhn Havlulc Mary Prochaslca Donald Volbrecht Marue Berry Ralph Hal weg John Lund and Dale Boderman We began our sophomore year wuth the loss of James Carter but regauned our old number when Marlene Keck was added to the group Funally we became uunuors and had gauned the tutle of upperclassmen Donald Volbrecht .bhn Havlulc and Ralph Murray had left our ranks and so we were now a group of seventeen Thus year we held the .bnuor Senuor Banquet and Prom and also our class play Oh Promuse Nle Dolores Guam but much to our surpruse we gauned a new one Elston Ashpole On Moy 27 l955 Marue Berry Marcella Ludwug Ruta Marue Shock Ruta Haskovec Lous Fountaun Nbry Prochaska Aluce Laue Margaret Smuth DuWayne Kurchner Arnold Tonles Elston Ashpole Fred Schwalce Robert Whutunger John Lund and Dale Broderman proudly re ceuved theur duplomas sugnufyung theur graduatuon from hugh school Of the ll prumary stu dents who started here un l942 only one DuWayne Kurchner has completed hus enture twelve years un the Elma Publuc School The rest ofthe present senuor class has uouned hum euther un the grades or un hugh school Though we at tumes thought thus day would never arruve we wull always have pleasant memorues of our fellow classmates and patuent unstruct tors We also wush success to the class of l956 May they also have a wonderful senuor year I Q . I . - . . . 1 . I n J. X I . , . I 1 . I D 1 1 1 l F F I F I F I F I I I 1 . 1 1 1 l 1 - .I I I ' I , ' 1 . . . ,I . ' 1 1 ' H We started our last year in E.l'l.S. with the loss of Ralph Halweg, Marlene Keck, I I . I T I ' I I . I . , . . I . I . . I I F I T I T I T I 1 1 . . 1 1 1 - . I . I . . I - I . l . . l 4

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'-sv in-r -uv MARCELLA LUDWIG SHE TAKES THE WORLD AS SHE FINDS IT Drnvers Club 4 Grrls Glee Club nd 2 3 Declam 2 3 4 Class Secretary 3 Annual 3 4 Student Councul 4 Cheerleadmg 4 Class Pres 4 Declam Play 4 RITA SHOCK NICE IN EVERY SORT OF WAY Girls Glee Clubl 2 4 Band2 3 4 Junlor Class Play 3 Ibclam 2 Annual 4 Drivers Club 4 T Brandmr II Class sponsor At' 'Q ARNOLD TONJES KINDNESS IS THE FOUNTAIN OF GLADNESS Basketball I 2 3 4 Baseball I 3 4 Athletuc Commntteel 2 Boys Glee Clubl 2 Fmancnal 3 Class Treasurer 3 MARY PROCHASKA SHE HAS TO BE KNOWN TO BE APPRECI ATED Basketball I 2 3 4 Grrls Glee Clubl 2 Class Treas 2 Flnan cral Committee 2 Declam 2 3 4 Band 2 3 4 .Ir Class PIay3 Annual Commnttee 3 4 Sr Class Play 3 T T T 4 Class Secretary CLASS FLOWER CLASS COLORS CLASS MOTTO I0 For Get Me Nots Lavendar and Wmte Clrmb as though you were to Inve Forever Inve as though you were to due tomorrow

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emot 61444 predictions Vtkuule vusutung the Vtbrld Four un Chucago lllunous un the year l979 we were somewhat surprused at the results the senuors of 55 had accomplushed We are unformed on some through the crystal ball and others we met un person As we gaze unto the crystal ball we see a large room fulled wuth chuldren of all suzes and races Some are playung whule others are workung hard At the front of the room suts an elderly lady at her desk and can you umagune thus she has along stuckl Well she not only has one but three lt looks as uf she has guven up the slogan of Sporung the rod and spoulung the chuld No wonder the chuldren are studyung so hard As she glances up from her desk we recognuze her as beung none other than Marcella Ludwug graduate of 55 from E H S Congratulatuons Marcella and keep up the good work We glance further unto the crystal ball and we hear soft musuc druftung out of nowhere We are lustenung earnestly when suddenly we see before us a tall blonde actress sungung l ll be down to get you un a taxu honey Her vouce gave her away ummeduately as beung Marue Berry from the class of 55 We dudn t get to talk to her but we were told that she was the favorute actress and sunger un Guucago lt couldnt have happened to a more talented gurl and the best of luck Marue un the future We now see a huge crowd gatherung around a small booth Thus looks suspucuous let s see where ut leads us The people are buyung chances and votung Thus sure us an unusual way to do ut Beg your pardon r but could you tell us what s goung on here'7 Yes of course was our answer haven t you heard about the only lady who us now runnung for Presudent of the Lhuted States? Our country has been run by a man so long that everyone wants to see what a woman can do HUSHI Here she comes now as hqapy as a lark lt can t bel But yes ut us Nlargaret Smuth of the 55 class of E H S Guess those assugnments un hustory and govern ment classes went to her head Well good luck Margaret un your 'ob We guve a sudden turn to the crystal ball and somethung a luttle dufferent seems to be happenung lt seems there us a bug fught takung place All we can see us two fu ters un the rung At one sude a tall blonde haured self You really shouldnt be fughtung over me gurls but he usn t makung too much effort to stop them Though we dudn't recognuze the muscles we funally recognuzed the face of Arnold Tonles He has really come up un the world and we wush hum luck un hus gurl fughts and un gust plaun ordunary fughts Ps we agaun glance back un the crystal ball we see bug machunes at work un a small fueld and several wagons are beung fulled wuth graun Thus sure has been a lucky year for someone Comung unto the pucture we see the famuluar face of Fred Schwake Hu there Fred thus sure us a pleasant surpruse to see you workung here we were expectung to see you as presudent of some labor unuon We were told that Fred saud he wouldnt change to town lufe for anythung He saud he planned on buyung another 0 acres of land as soon as he got hus graun un storage We see that Fred has reached success un farmung We all hope he enloys ut We now see a luttle tent where there us to be an exhubutuon of the woman who luved un the shoe and she had 27 kuds Sunce we dudn t have anythung to do we thought we would go un and see It As we entered we realuz ed there was a slught resemblance to someone we knew lt was none other than Mary Prochaska of E H S class of 55 We asked her uf she luked her fob playung the Old Woman un the Shoe Che saud What do you mean Job'9 I m here to present my famuly as the largest un the world these are my chuldren NM-z were glad for her but ut was quute a shock consuderung that Mary always saud she was goung to be an old maud We now take tume out to see the champuon pruze wrestlers We see un one corner a small mudget weu ung about 99 pounds ln the other corner stands a man about 7 lf2 feet tall black curly haur and weughung about 250 pounds The bell us about to rung When ut dud the wrestlers ummeduately leave theur corners and are off The mudget has the other one cornered now he s gotten hum down The referee counts to three Now the u guy us panned The champuon comes out to take a bow It usn t untul then that we recognuze hum as beung Bud Ashpole graduate of 55 lf ut hadn t have been for that fruendly smule we wouldn t have known ut was you l2 o o a . . . . . . . , . . I . I . . ,, ,, . . . I . . . . . . , . . . I . . . I . I I I , . . . . ,, . . . . . .,f ,, , , . . . - I I ' ' ' uu u ' - I I I ll ' ' ' ' ' II II ' I . , . . . . . , , . I I I ' . Q . . . F , . . . . w . . . u I Si I I ' II II II I ' I I I II I . . . ,, ,, . . . - , -d . . . ' I I I ' muscle-man is dancing around showing off his muscles. He glances at the group and sort of whispers to him- , II I ' ' I ' III ' I ' . , . I . . ,, . . . . . Q ' I I I . . . ,, . , ' I - r ' . . . . , Il II ' ' ' ' II ' II ' II . . , , . . I . ,, . , , , . ' I I ' , ' ' . . b'g II II ' I ' ' I ' I ' I Bud.