Fenton High School - Sentral Yearbook (Fenton, IA)

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A Jzwphecg, After fifteen years the class of 55 held a reuruon on the U S S Nautilus commanded by Ad mrral Ronald Mortensen The ship was decorated w1th spec1alstra1nS of flowers developed by D J Priebe owner of the famous Priebe Weed House Inc of Hong Kong One of the f1rst persons to arrrve was Patty Beckley This was qtute a thrill for Patty since lt was the first time away from the farm near Lotts Creek and her SIX chtldren The next to arrive was Clarence Bierstedt who brought along a gold miniature typewnter for each of his former classmates since he 1S president of the largest typewr1t1ng concern rn the world the Srlent Sleeper Much to the surprtse of the class Jan1oeJentz s first two marriages were unsuccessful so she gave up the role of housewife to become a great actress on Broadwalk Alan Helland dropped in for a few rrunutes to say hello to everyone He had to rush back to his church to preachasermon for afuneral Of course he was also rn a hurry to return to his wife a former Fenton girl ln case anyone became sea sick, Bessre Bollinger a capable nurse was on hand to grve as sistance One form of enterta1nment was a solo played by John Ergler who IS now w1th the Guy Lumbago Orchestra 1n New York This talent comes in handy for lulhng to sleep h1s lrttle red headed girls as spry and happy as ever desplte the drudgery of her three chxldren James Bierstedt who came to the docks 1n tus new Jaguar informed us that he had swrtched from Oldsmobiles to Jaguars since h1s thousand acre cattle farm has prospered Lors Vorgt and JoAnn Bierstedt arrived together smce they are living tn the same stute in Washmgton D C Lois 1S employed as secretary to the Presrdent of the U S and JoAnn rs d1rector of the youth camp outslde the crty We must not overlook the fact that D1ck I-hatt had the decks shmmg for us when we boarded the shtp Too bad that Dick IS still a swabby after fifteen years 1n the Navy Berruce Potratz is now a very effrcrent bookkeeper for her husband who IS an up and coming businessman in the lme of car servxce Larry Root who is now a mechanical engineer for the Dohn J eere Tractor Co brought along a model of his latest motor drawing Sharon Ergler who had just arrived home from her tour of the world brought along some souvemrs to show us Of course she rs now happxly marrled to an ex Army man from Fenton and they now have three chrldren As the reunion ended Gerald Gertzenauer one of Admiral Mortensen s top men fired a twenty one gtm salute to the great class of 55 and we all agreed to meet again rn frfteen years and talk over old times WEISBROD D X Fenton Iowa 12 1 Another farmer's wife, Donna Zumach, living near LoneRock, joined us. She was still looking

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We the Semor Class of 55 bemg of sound mmd hereby leave some of our lesser quaht1es to the lower classmen CLARENCE BIERSTEDT wxlls h1s abxhty to get 1nto the typmg room to sleep to John Kressm so he ll look wlde awake 1n classes JAMES BIERSTEDT wrlls hrs ab1l1ty toget anew Oldsmobrle to Btlly Jolley so he w1ll attract as many g1rls as James drd J ANICE J ENTZ. wtlls her ab1l1ty to get along wtth the teachers to Beverly Randolph so she won t have to do extra book reports next year BESSIE BOLLINGER w1lls her abxhty to play basketball to next year s guards JO ANN BIERSTEDT wllls her curly haxr to Kenley Zwtefel so he won t have to put tn Ton1 s anymore LOIS VOIGT wxlls her quletness to Ad r1an Arbogast for obvrous reasons GERALD GEITZENAUR wrlls h1s abrhty to get fxve letters 1n two days from the same gxrl to Brlly Fuoss so he ll have somethmg new to talk about RONALD MORTENSEN w1l1s h1s abrhty to fall from hxgh places to J1m Pertl who IS usually quxte hlgh DICK HIATT w1lls h1s ab111ty to gab to Marlene Wrchtendahl so we wlll know what her voxce sounds hke LARRY ROOT w1lls h1s brams to Norman Bollxnger so he w111 make honor roll once tn a wlnle JOHN EIGLER wxlls h1s rattles m h1s Ford to Ivan Wexsbrod so he ll attract more female attentlon PATTY BECKLEY w11ls her abrhty to get her book reports m early to D1ck Potratz so he won t have to work so hard the last week of school DONALD PRIEBE wllls h1s ab1l1ty to get to school late wtthout bemg caught to Kenny Krause so he won t get so many lectures DONNA ZUMACH w11ls her abtlxty to hang on to one of those rrreslstable Lone Rock boys to Marlys Jentz so she won t lose hers ALAN HELLAND wxlls h1s Jump shot tn basketball to Wayne Gross so he ll make a few more baskets SHARON EIGLER w1l1s her abrhty to always have a good t1me and stay out of ITllSChlCf9'7'7 to Cynthla Brass so she w1ll enjoy hlgh school BERNICE POTRATZ, wllls her ablhty to get along w1th a guy ln a Ford to Yvonne Borchardt 3099999999 And last but not least we the Great Semor Class of 55 leave to the not so great class of all of our debts BRADLEY BROTHERS Algona Iowa I I I Af I ' IL ' I! I ' II ll I tl56ll

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lirngotFzeS 435 Inrtratron Rarsrng Mr Becker rn Scrence class Sophomore and Freshman prcnrc at Senec Rrver The trme John fell rn the rrver Home Economrcs classes and frre drrlls Grrls slumber partres and the day after Chrrstmas skrts Class plays Nrghts after play rehearsal The day Jentz bought 2892 worth of gas Sandras brrthday party Day we got our class nngs Nrght John got prcked up Watermelon hunts Changes durrng Jurrror class play Mr I-lerkes classes The day we went advertrsrng Day we had our prctures taken Partres at Teen Kanteen Coffee at Zucks Days our prctures came Trrp to state tournaments Quret study perrods Junror and Senror Banquet and Prom Delrcrous cake Frshrng on the last day of school Skrp day a Vershea Baccalaureate and Commencement Servrces Bernrce and her male marl troubles too yet Jentz and her trrps to Lone Rock Larry and hrs women troubles Prrebe to see a Butterfreld Alan and hrs Oh pew Lors and her abrlrty to stay home Clarence and hrs gum Hratts rnabrlrty to get school work done John and hrs abrlrty to argue James and hrs Olds Zuke and her Lone Rock guy Gertz and hrs harr JoAnn and her abrlrry to get thrngs done rn a hurry'7'7'7 Bessre and her basketball playrng Mort and hrs quret car Patty and her love of Hawair Sharon and her egg a nobrn FIRST TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Armstrong and l-Enron Iowa I3 ' ' 'Ill' 1 J . . a . Our ability to get home early