Finchford High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Finchford, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1952 volume:

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BEVERLY IRWIN 7th Language 8th Language 9th and 10th English English Literature Girls' and Boys' Glee Club Grade Music Through 6th SENIORS fir M3 9 CAE CUYELIER l Class Officex-s,,,,, -Z- Blue Jay ' Banter ..... .... 1 -Z-3 - Yearbook ,,,, ,,,., Z -3 - Swimming .......... Z-3 - Cheerleader ,,,,,,, l-Z- Glee Club ,.,,,,, 1-2-3- BBSkeiball,8Ch-1-Z -3 - Softball ,,,,,,,,,, l-Z-3- Plays .......... 1-Z-3-3- ETHELYN HOWARD Class Officers ,,,,,,, Z Blue Jay Banter ........... l-Z-3 YeB1'b00k...........Z 5 Cheerleader,,,,,l -2-3- Basketball,,8th-l-2-3 Softball ,,,, ,,.,.,,1-z-3- Swimming ..........2-3- Plays . ..... 1-3- SHIRLEY MICHAEL Class Officers ,,,,,,,,,, 2 Blue Jay Banter ,,,,, .,,, 1 -Z-3 Yearbook ........... Z-3 Glee Club ,,,,,,,, l-Z-3 Basketball,,8th-l-Z-3 Sflfiball ............ l-Z-3 Swimming ...... 2-3 PHYS Z-3-3 Glee Club ........l-Z-3- -4 CI..AlR'pOl-IAN Class Officers .... Blue Jay Banker.. Yearbook ........... Swimming .......... Basketball ,,,..,,.. Baseball ..... ..... Glee Club ....... PlayS....... .... Graduating Class of 1952 LOIS STRICKLAND ORLOW WEBRAND 3 4 Class Officers,,,,,,,, Blue Jay Bantern, Yearbook........... Softball ....... .... . .. Swimmingn.. Plays...... Glee Club........... 2- Class Officers,, Blue Jay Banter ,,,,,, Z- Ye2lrbook............... Swimming .......... 2- Basketball ...... ..... Baseball ...... ..... Z - Glee Club .... ..... 2 - Plays . .... .. RICHARD FOLKERS Class Officers ,,,,,, .,,, Z Blue Jay ' Banter ............ 1 -Z-3-4 Yearbook ........... 2-3-4 Swirnming ,,,,,,,,, Z-3-4 Basketball ,,,,,,, l -Z-3-4 Baseball ,,,,,, ,,,, 2 -3-4 Glee Club ..... .... Z -3-4 Plays ....2-3-4 FRANCES HUM Blue Jay Ban'-91' ............ l-Z-3-4 Yearbook ,,,,,,,,,,, Z-3-4 Swimming ............. 3-4 Glee Club ,,,,,,,, 1-Z-3-4 Basketball.,8th-1-Z-3-4 Softball... ........ l-Z-3-4 D. A,R. Pilgrim ........ 4 Plays ............ 1-Z-3-4 Dramatics ............... 4 BETTY MYSZKA Blue Jay l-Z-3 -4 Yearbook ........... 2-3-4 ' ' Z-3-4 Swlmmlng Basketball,,,,,,, l -Z-3-4 Banter........... Softballn ,,,,,,, ,,l-Z-3 -4 Glee Club 1-Z-3-4 Cheer1eader,,,,,, Z-3-4 Plays Z-3-3-4 Senior History On one fine September day in 1940 the Spaceship of '5Z stopped at Finchford and picked up Dale Ackerman, Delbert Ackerman, Jack Decker, Ethelyn Howard, Frances Hurn, Roger Masters, Shirley Michael, Njancy Nielson, Kennth Russell, Elda Sandholdt, Erwin Sherburne, Leon Smelser, LaVern Thurm, Orlow Webrand, Jr,, Robert Whiteside, Wendell Whiteside, Virginia Todd, Betty Myszka, Weston Thomas, and Marian Turner, Our pilot was Eileen Parker, During the second year our spaceship lightened somewhat, We lost eight and gained three, Arlene Baldwin, Leonard Bernends, Richard Schwab, making our total fifteen, Our pilot for the second flight was Miss Luse, We started our third year with the same total as we had the year before, but lost Delbert Ackerman, Jack Decker, Elda Sandholdt, Weston Thomas, Joining us was Arnold Henn, Virginia Henn, Neal Sells, Beverly Booher, Our pilot for the next two years was Miss Helen Loots, During our fourth lap we lost Richard Schwab, Erwin Sherburne, LaVern Thurm, Orlow Webrand, Jr, and Neal Sells, 'We did not pick up anyone, making our total ten, In our fifth year Alsie Brown took over the pilot job, We stopped long enough to pick up Cae Cuvelier, and Henry Miller, 'Beverly Booher, Arnold Henri and Virginia Henn, were not with us at the beginning of this year, Our total was nine, As we progressed along we finally came to our last lap in grade school, Our class now consists of ten, gaining Clair Bohan, Lloyd Phillips at the end of this year, Our teacher was Mr, Tuckerfand feature of the year was the boys' ability of getting sent out in the hall, We looked forward to our Freshxnan year with the idea of only having four subjects, We were a little scared at the thought of initiation, Our spaceship rested long enough to pick up Lois Strickland, Our class consisted of eight, We had a head pilot for our next three years, Harry Haven, Our co-pilots for this year were Bruce Tucker, June Danton, and John Dulin, During our tenth year Mrs, Nielson and Mr. Paul joined us as co-pilots, leaving off June Danton and Mr, Tucker, We gained Clair Bohanhand Junior Webrand, We stopped through the year of learning for our Junior class play, Our Gal Sal and our Junior-Senior Banquet, Joining us for our next two years was Mrs, Ridenour, Mrs, Lorenzenand Mr, Miller were co-pilots this year also, At long last we have reached the end of our trip in our Spaceship of '52 , We have nine in our class and they are as follows: Clair Bohan, Cae Cuvelier, Richard Folkers, Orlow Webrand, Jr,, Lois Strickland, Frances Hurn, Etheyln Howard, Shirley Michael, and Betty Myszka, Shirley, Frances, Ethelyn, and Betty were the only ones to start and complete this long journey in Finchford of the Class of '5Z , Mr, Staebell and Mrs, Irwin took over the duties of Mrs, Lorenzen and Mr, Miller, Our highlights were that eight of the nine Seniors were on the first team in basketball for the last two years, We are- looking forward to our class play Warning Wings and our Junior-Senior Banquet, As we close this year we wish to thank all our pilots for helping us along the way and for doing their best to start us on our way to success, x Last Will and Testament of The Class of '52 We, the Senior Class of 1952. of the Finchford High School, County of Black Hawk, State of Iowa, being of supposedly sound minds, superior intel- ligence, sound judgrnent, and pleasing disposition, hereby published and declare this our last will and testament, Lois Strickland wills her aspirins to Shirley Porath because it seems that Shirley can't afford them, Cae Cuvelier wills her pivot position to any girl who can remember the plays as well as Cae did, Ethelyn Howard wills her shooting ability to Lyn Cuvelier providing she makes more than twenty points per game, Frances Hum wills leadership ability to Jo Ann Saathoff who seems so quiet, Betty Myszka wills her guarding ability to Delores Gerholdt providing she doesn't fall down all the tirne, Shirley Michael wills the hard work on the annual to Sherry Sue because we know she likes to work so well, Dick Folkers wills his height to Jim Finger providing he plays pivot and does as good a job as Dick did. Orlow wills his mixture of perfumes to Mr. Staebell providing he can use it and still keep his friends. Clair Bohan wills his driving ability to anyone who is willing to take it, As a class, we will our ability to stick up for one another through thick and thin to all the classes, In witness wereof, we have subscribed our names and affixed our seal this twentieth day of May in the year of one thousand nine hundred and fifty- two. 4 Senior Class Prophecy In the year of 1967-- . Miss Betty Myszka is now married and has twins, These bright-eyed youngsters, though only five years old, show much interest in music, recitation, and sports much to the delight of their mother, who gave up her business career to marry an-up-and coming young attorney, If you see an Admiral in the Navy walking down the street, his chest full of ribbons and medals, that man might well be Admiral Orlow Webrand, He joined the Navy after his graduation and has been in everywpart of the world since then, He received many ribbons and citation for his courageous work back in 1954, before the end of the Korean War, Mr, Dick Folkers, now known as Professor Folkers is an engineering professor in one of the largest Universities in the United States, He and his wife, fan old high school sweetheartj try to lead a quiet life, but ever since Professor Joseph Staebell, the head of the construction of the new rocket tothe moon, has consulted him about an engineering problem they have been in the public eye, Miss Cae Cuvelier worked for the F,B,I, for awhile after her graduation, She and a fellow worker, acting as under-cover agents, tracked down the top Boss of the dope racket in the United States, After the arrest of several hundred smaller dope peddlers, Cae married her fellow worker and they settled down to lead a quiet life, Mr, Clair Bohan, a well-known raiser of Championship Belgians has just come away from the National Belgian show with the highest awards ever re- ceived, He attributes his great success to the start he received when he lived on a farm Northwest 'of Finchford, Iowa, During his high school career he spent his summers helping his father show Belgians, Miss Lois Strickland has recently won fame as a dress designer, Her latest creation is an exquisite, strapless, backless white gown made of the latest spun-glass material, This new gown called Cynthia is the rage of Paris, Diane Jean Drew, has just made her premiere in the Metropolitan Opera, The critics acclaim her as the greatest discovery since, She has come a long way since her first appearances as soloist for the Finchford High School Mixed Chorus, where she was known as Miss Shirley Jean Michael, Many people around Finchford remember the little redhead called Tootie , as the little gal who loved to ride her brother's motorcycle, Miss Ethelyn Howard is now a very successful motorcycle stunt rider, Twirling Tootie as she is called, is the star of the largest troupe ever to tour the world Dean of the largest women's university of the nation is Miss Frances L, , She got her start by receiving a scholarship through the Farm Bureau, Her aim is to give everyone the opportunity she had, that is receive a scholar- ship of some kind, 1 N 1 . . a 2 i I , N N I 1 1 li Junior Jugheadsv The school year started out with five bright eyed Juniors, who were as follows: Jim Webrand-the guy that's always getting himself in trouble, Richard Schwab-who will always go along with the gang for a good joke-on somebody else, Joe Jones-the charming lad that can always be found by the girls, Shirley Porath-the gal that can always take her share of teasing-and dish it right back, Norma Jean Bohlen-a girl that would rather win than lose, and Sherry Sue Winkey-who likes to do humorous readings, and have fun just as well as the next one, The first of March brought a new member to our class, she is Mattie Christians from Shell Rock-and a very likeable young Missf We elected as class officers, Richard Schwab-President, Sherry Sue Winkey- Vice-President, and Norma Jean Bohlen-Secretary and Treasurer, As Juniors we felt the need for extra money, Our first project was a paper drive which netted S12,00, Our magazine campaign brought in S lZ7,31, Whittlin ', the class play, added a record 55105.00 to the treasury and starred Jim Webrand as Doc Yak whose whittling seemed to solve problems for young and old, The play was scheduled to be put on November 14-th, and we had four weeks in which to get our parts, Our class and director chose Whittlin ' as our play, and it had eight characters in it, so the class chose Walter Cuvelier and Juel Strickland as the two additional persons in the play, All in all the play came off very successf fully, in fact, it was a record for S105,00 was taken in, Mrs, Irwin was the director and the class presented her with a sterlinghsilver spoon to add to her silver service, NORMA BOHLEN JOE JONES SHIRLEY PORATH IC N669 'Y 9 'Via e-0 SCI? Ygjl H715 936' JIM WEBRAND 'fl i 1 ! I We Sophomores have had a very en- joyable year and have had many exciting and interesting parties and class meeti.ngs, At the beginning of the year we found that Mrs, Irwin was to be our class spon- sor, We then had a class meeting and de- cided that we would have a class meeting every other Friday and a party at least once every six weeks, We also elected our class officers that are as follows: P1'eSide1'1t ----------- Ivan Johnson Vice-President ----- .Tuel Strickland Secretary-Treasurer ------- Eldon Johnson Our studies have also been very interesting, For instance, in Gen- eral Science we have studied water and water pumps, While studying this unit we took some very inter- esting field trips, We went to the water plant, the sewage disposal plant, and the Viking Punmp Company,,all in Cedar Falls, We also made some in- te resting experirnents, We read in our book that there was moisture in every- thing, so we heated some rocks and soil Sophomore Walt Cuvelier Delores Gerholdf Nedra Heise Lon Cuvelier Norma Murray Darren Schwab Joe Melichlr J'oAnn Saathoff to prove that statement, There proved to be moisture on the top of the can, We also distilled some water and all of us had a tastef Some of the other units we have studied are Air, Astronomy , and Conservation , ln English we have studied simple sentences, puncuating of sentences, and compound and complex sentences, Some- times the learning wasn't too easy for us, but Mis, Irwin has 'tried to explain it to us Simply, As the Sophomore class is a little large, we have to be split up for Typing II class and the rest of us are in a class of our own, Most of us seem to be getting along pretty good for first year typistsf We had a farewell party for Ivan Johnson, It was held at the school, We played cootie and had a short basketball game, We all enjoyed popcorn and pop after our games, The class presented Ivan with a flashlight, His going leaves us with an enrollment of thirteen, Softies Anita Renning Juel Strickland Erwin Sherburne LYH CUVCUCI' Eldon Johnson Veda Young Q i i - , ., 1, Q., . ,:. ., . -,, :gg V3 Y- 'Q ' . 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I u 1 i w N I 1 1 w The Green Freshmen WAYNE BASS JANICE MOORE BOB ROSOL w I PHYLLIS WEBRAND FREDA YOUNG At the beginning ofthe year the large class of two set out to brave the Fresh- man year, They were Janice Moore and Wayne Bass, About two weeks later, Bob Rosol joined us to be followed in a few days by Phyllis Webrand, 'In the second six weeks we gained Sharon Toepfer, Our lastest new member- is Freda Young, We elected officers at the beginning of the year, They are as follows: Pres- ident--Wayne Bass, Vice-President--Janice Moore, Secretary--Phyllis Webrand, and Treasurer--Bob Rosol, The day which the Freshmen, and everyone looked forward to was the well known Freshman initiation, The Seniors, really had us decked out in an unusual array, Janice Moore portrayed Ma Kettle, and of course Ma Kettle must have a husband to chase around, so you might be able to guess who Wayne Bass was, Phyllis Webrand was Brat and Bob Rosol was Emmy, This was a day which no one could forget, At the beginning of the second semester we re-elected oificers, They were: President--Freda Young, Vice-President--Sharon Toepfer, Secretary--Janice Moore, Treasurer--Wayne Bass, Sergeant at Arms--Bob Rosol, and assistant Sergeant at Arms--Phyllis Webrand, As you can see, each member in our class received an office, although we really had to think to make it come out even, At the beginning of the year in Home Economics, we learned some of the funda- mentals of sewing, The second semester led us to the fundamentals of cooking and starting laboratory work in the kitchen, All of these things that we learn, will some- day be of great value to us, The boys, in Shop have been enjoying the projects they have made, Some of the things that have kept them occupied are lamps, nick-nac shelves and many other things, Nix eww Seventh Grade X A I he is S ex i 'R t i 3 , .4 i ' ff ,S 5 sill..-awisnif ,i fl Q Vs EJ' if 4 Eighth Grade Not Pictured! Betty Brandos Mary Cook who has moved away, James Fingers Rosemarie Melichar Patsy Bass Judy Benton Carlene Fox Edward Haven Jimmy Jacobsen Betty Lou Mathes Tommy Melichar Delores Myszka Donna Schurman Johnny Sherburne Shirley Y oung Bette Dixon She rley Fox Shirley Hundley Forrest Jones Marvin Lindaman Donna Kay Nlnthes Lois Menzel Carolyn Miller Nancy Page Charles Parker Gary Schzitzbe rg Larry Schwab Helen Smith Ellen Soldwisch David Strickland David Bolton I 1 J I 4 4 Seventh and Eighth Highlights We started the year with ten pupils in the eighth grade class, As the year progressed we had two more new pupils, Shirley Young and James Finger, The class officers are: President--Tommy Melichar, Vice-President--Betty Mathes, Secretary--Judy Benton, Treasurer--Donna Schurman, Mr, Haven is our sponsor, We have studied about many countries in Geography such as: the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Turkey, Iran, Arabia and South America, Studying from the World News of the Week Map we have gained much knowledge of the happening of the rest of the world, Community problems, taxes, areas and other problems have been put before us in our Math class. Speed drills were the most fun, Health was replaced by Civics the last semester, In English class, we dealt with nouns, verbs, adjectives, and letter writing, We also had work from the Readers Digest and eighth grade reading books. The Home Economics class had units on curtains and window treatments, serving and types of service, basic instructions on sewing techniques, food and nutrition, and grooming, The boys in shop learned about tools and put the equipment in order with the proper repairs, A few projects are as follows: end table, lamps, lawn patterns, bookcase, gunrack, gun case, marionettes and other small projects, The seventh grade class was organized the second week of school, with Mr, Haven as our sponsor, We elected officers, which are as follows: President- Forest Jones, Vice-President--Ellen Soldwisch, Secretary-Treasurer--Carolyn Miller, The new officers for the second semester were: President--Larry Schwab, Vice-President--Donna Kay Mathes, Secretary--Lois Menzel, Treas- urer--Rosemarie Melichar, In English, The Seventh Slickers , were organized, We have a program every Friday, The programs have varied from a radio program Ka quiz show asking about Englishj to working with marionettes, The marionettes were made in Industrial Arts class by the seventh and eighth grade boys and completed them with papier-mache heads and hair, The eighth grade girls presented The Prince and the Pea , The Frog Prince , was presented by the seventh grade girls, Mrs, Irwin helped design and make the costumes, We have lost three members who are: Nancy Page, Forrest Jones and Mary Cook, Civics class has been very interesting, I think all of us like the debates, where we have three boys and three girls, and let them tear some topic question to pieces. We sure get some surprising answers, Our Social Studies took us over the United States, Latin America and many other lands, Group discussions have been enjoyed by all, We have quizes too, and if we miss the question, everyone knows that there will be a penalty of some kind awaiting them, The Home Ec, girls decided that they would like to cook for one whole afternoon, and that is just what they did, Some of the different things on the list to be made were cakes, doughnuts, taffy, caramel popcorn, muffins, ice cream and sherbets, It was all a lot of fun, Last but not least we mustn't forget the grand ti.mes we have had at all of our parties, All in all we think school has been very enjoyable this year, I 1 I 1 i J i V 6th Grade FRONT ROW: L1-ft to Right: J, Strauser, D, Stevenson, J, Cuvclier, B. Haven, C. H0355 li, Miller, SECOND ROW: J. Smith, L, Dixon, M, sherburne, K, Gerholdt, P, Hum, M. Schild, Iliilfsiffi ROWI B. Murray, M, sherbume, B, Rossi, G, smith, G, Lvans, C., cook, J. Murray. K 'I PICW URED- ll. Mark, J. Christians, C Creighton, D, lvlyszka and Mrs, Olson, teacher. The sixth grade began the school year with eighteen members, By Christmas three more students had joined our group, Early in the year we organized a Citizenship Club, As members we pledge ourselves to do our best to improve the standards of our homes, our school, and our community, thereby promoting better citizenship, We spent considerable tirne reviewing fundamentals in arithmetic, particularly, multiplication and division, We have also studied fractions and decimals, learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide them, Working for accuracy has been our special goal, In language we have had our first taste of grammar by learning the parts of speech and kinds of and parts of sentences, We have learned to use a dictionary and encyclopedia with ease and speed, Our geography has consisted of studying Europe and all countries controlled by Europe, We have become quite skillful map readers, Health class has taught us what we should eat and what our body does with food, Our reading class work has been different this year, We have done a great deal of work with phonics, phonetics, syllabication and general word study, We have read silently for comprehension rather than orally, At the end of the first semester eve ryone's reading had improved, some making as much as eighteen months gain Last, but not least, comes art, We have learned to do much free work this year, We made several large murals and-friezes, It has been a good year and we have enjoyed being together as one class again, We have learned many lessons in everyday living and character building alongwith our regular lessons, We won't forget sixth grade for it has been a happyone, I 4 I 1 I 4 I 4th and Sth Grades FRONT ROW, Left to Right: E, Renning, J, Johnson, D, Gerholdt, M Dillcnger, B, Becker, J, Bolton, Miss Becker, teacher, SECOND ROW: l.. H BACK ROW: L G NOT PICTURED: J. Cuvelier, , Cuvelier, L, Nlyszka, H, Renninga, M, Bingham, J, Soldwisch, G, Irwin, . Cook, R. Hundley, , Adelmund, S Fox, C. Messerly, D. Jones, J. Hites, 5. HPU12, P. Miller, . Walters, Twenty-one boys and girls enrolled in the half of fourth and fifth grade room August 25, 1951, First innportant happening of the year occurred August 27, when Jerry Johnson broke his arm while playing in the swings, The next day Judith Bolton returned from a trip and entered the fourth grade, During the first semester Arnold Burns and Edith Salfter joined the fifth grade, but both left during the year, Ronald Brandos moved here with his folks March 1, In the fourth grade Shirley Heinz and Howard Cook entered, but Howard moved in March, The fifth graders were sorry to lose two of their members who have been with them since their first school days, There were Patty Johnson and Donald Page, Patty moved to Waverly and Donald moved to New Mexico. Several members of our room had leading parts in the Christmas operetta, They were Edna Mae Renning, Paul Miller, Gordon Walters, Janice Hites, Bonnie Becker, Donald Page, Richard Hundley and Gary Irwin, We went to Cedar Falls on the first trip of the year, There we visited the city library where the librarian explained the advantages of a library, She also played us the record Pecos Bill which ,we all enjoyed, Then we visited the museum at Iowa State Teachers College, Before we went home we visited the greenhouse where the custodian, Mr, Wardin, told us about the topical plants which he has grown there successfully, Also, he showed us his pets which in- clude a racoon and alligator, 4 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 A i I 1 l 3rd and 4th Grades FRONT ROW: Left to Right: J, Bingham, 'l', Benton, J, Murray, N, Turner, D, Miller, B, Peterson, V. Miller, SECOND ROW: L, Porath, C, Roasol, J, Menzel, G, Pashby, fl, Miller, 'l', Plantz, G, Soldwisch, P, Struuser, Nlrs, Eklund, teache r, BACK ROW: li, Svligvr, li, liindnniain, G Murray, J, Schild, 'l , Ringstorft, N, Ringstorff, P, Adelniund, J, Cause, N, lmxxnpnizin, NOT FICTUR l-QU: .l, Mark and S, Heinz, The third grade began with an enrollment of six boys and nine girls last fall, Sharon Heinz joined our group the second six weeks, rnaking a total of sixteen, The fourth grade, which was divided between lvlrs, Eklunds and Miss Hecker's rooni started with eleven, We soon lost Clyde and Patty Pa rker, but just bc-fore Christnias Nleril Slafter and Patsy Strauser joined us, 'l'here are now two girls and nine boys in this group, We've had niany enjoyable times this year, At the Halloween xnasquerade 'l'oniniy Benton won the prize for the niost original costunie, He irnpersonated a very tough looking rrian, using ai rubber mask and pipe with old clothes, There we re niany other clever costunies, The Christrnas season will probably be reniernbered the longest trozri the operetta and the dyed unde rwea r, molding and painting the gifts for our niothe rs :ind the big event of all our party, The Janesville rnerchants sur- prised us with treats besides our other gifts, We enjoyed our work as well as play, Our unit on the dairy with a iollovx -up of an actual visit to a real ice cream plant to see how it is processed was ve ry exciting, 'l'hey also treated us to free ice crearn, While in Cedar F.1lls we spent part of our time at the college hearing and seeing the story lady whom we have listened to all during the year, 1 i 1 1 5 Q I W 1 W lst, and Znd Grades l... Y FRONT ROW: Left to Right: A, Cook, R, R E enner, J, Ackerson, C, Dillenger, A, Messerly, . Lampman, J, Pashby, SECOND ROW: C , U D - , . Y, G, Myszka, BACK ROW: M D Ringstorff, A. Porath, K, Belz, Mrs, Haven, teacher, . Srnith, P, Bingham, J, Case, J. .Ackerson M Turner G Mattes L Murra , Seliger, M, Strauser, R, Rosol, J, Lampman, J, Rich, J, Schurman, P This year we had the first and second grades in the same room, When school started we had fourteen first graders and ten second, .Timmy Reiner and Donald Parker dropped from our group early in the year, New students during the year included: Carol and Sharon Burns, Marvin Slafter, Dennis Strauser and Ada Cook. We have had many happy times together, The day we joined the third and fourth grades for a field trip to visit Baker'S Ice Cream Factory at Cedar Falls, and the Story Lady at the Iowa State Teacher's College will long be remembered, Our parties were lots of fun, On Halloween we all dressed in costumes and joined the other rooms in a parade in front of the high school, At Christmas tirne we each drew names for an exchange of gifts and Santa visited us and brought a nice treat, The Valentine party was exciting too and each of us went home loaded with Valentines from our friends, Didn't we have fun coasting down the hill this winter on our sleds? Re- meniber the tinie Ellen Porath and some of the others tried to move the trees that were in their way? We had two special teachers this year, They were Mrs, Irwin who taught our music and Mr, Staebell who conducted the gym periods, The name of the operetta, in which we took part, was Susanna's Christmas Auction , We were all Teddy Bears and we also played in the Rhythm Band, 1 i K 1 5 School Activities of August 1951 School Opened September 1951 Election of class officers Baseball game with Readlyn Girls' softball with Denver Freshman Initiation Baseball game with Janesville County Institute Baseball game with Janesville Ocotber 1951 Cattle Congress Baseball game at Dunkerton Iowa High School Journalism C Carnival Football game Community Meeting Halloween Novem be r 1951 First Swirnming lesson I.S,E.A. Convention Senior Pictures Circus Junior Class Play Janesville Here Chester There Girls' Basketball Clinic Readlyn There C ommunity Meeting Thanksgiving Vacation Ionia There Chester Here December 1951 Plainfield There Frederika Here Dunkerton There Black Hawk County Council Denver Here Frederika There Christmas Program Christmas Vacation onference '5l 5Z August September September September September September September September October October October October October Octobe r October November Novem be r November November Novem be r November November November November Novem be r Novem be r Novem be r November December December December December December December December December qc ontinued on next pagel 27 3 7 14 14 18 ZZ Z5 1 5 5and6 22. and 12 18 19 31 1 Z 6 6 9 13 16 17 Z0 Z1 Z3 2.8 30 4 7 ll 13 14 18 Z0 Z4 Jan, 1 January 1952 School resurned Magazine Subscription Carnpaign Ionia Here Janesville There Second Semester County Basketball tournament Y,M,C,A. Swirnming Inst, Completed Community Meeting Iowa Every Pupil tests Boys vs, West High at I.S,T.C, Janesville There Y,W,C,A, Swimming Inst, Completed School pictures taken for annual Girls vs, Maynard at Hazelton February 1952 Pla inf ie ld I-Ie re Denver There Community Meeting Boys' Sectional Tournament Boys vs, Hudson at New Hartford March 1952 went to Girls State Game School Election B, B. Boys went to Boys State Game Community Meeting Solo and small groups Music Contest April 1952 ss Play Clean-up Day Community Meeting May 1952 Glee Club Music Contest Junior, Senior Banquet Baccalaureate Commencement , School Picnic January January January January January January January January January January January January January January February February February February February March March March March March April April April May May May May May r ! I 4 1 W 1 A MAN NORM LAMP JUDY LAMPMAN CAUGHT IN THE ACT! PV' ll H 3 OW, I 'li F ,, H, ,qt V 'wguQfQf'h.-l,n .. .- - MUSIC , MUSIC BUSY TYPISTS BIG FISH STORY . . fk ' is r In V :X eff ,, : 'J' ' we :M I ' -.is .- X qv I S I I Q f ' Q-.',. x f Q I.. . .Q , BUTCH GOING, GOING, GONE: MIKE, JANIE, AND PAT BINGHAM LOIS AND HER DOGS GLORIA . , ' 3 Nm . 5 Sf' I 'S .- 'Q ' ' A .bg , N I I F 'Y -... .5 1, ' ,f ' I' I ' 1211.55 Q I . i --. 5 '-'aff u: 3 fi' 2' L.. , I ' -- b ' ' j 4 - D V 4 3 - s J -f.:- ,N J '. ' 'P .4 2 ww f EDWARD H, ALL READY TO GO, GIRIS? NANCY AND MIKE TURNER i i I 4 w I i i That's Um' Team We started our basketball season out with a bang by defeating Janesville 30 to 2.6, This was a very unusual game because we held Janesville scoreless until the second half, At the end of the third quarter they had only 13 points, adding 13 more to the game and ending up with Z6 points, We had two very exciting games during the season One was with Readlyn when we defeated them 49 to 46, coach Joe suebeu The other game was with Ionia when we were defeated by the score of 45 to 42, Our season was very good this year with ll wins and 5 losses, We credit this to a swell coach and good teamwork, Basketball, Baseball FIRST ROW: Left to Right: Cookie Myszka, Frances Hurn, Norma Bohlen, Shirley Michael Cae Cuveliery Tootie Howard, SECOND ROW! Anita Renning-Manager, Sherry Sue Winkey, Juel Strickland, Delores Gerholdt Lyn Cuvelier, Phyllis Web:-and, Jean Becker-Chaperon, Nedra Heise-Manager Varsity Basketball Squad The Finchford Ball Club had a fairly good year, Although they won only four out of fifteen games, they had some close ones, We were defeated by Ionia by 1 point in the final minute of the game, After beating Frederika by 32 points on our floor, we lost a well played game by I point on their floor, We lost by 3 points to Dunkerton too, The most exciting game of the year was with Ionia on our floor, We were ahead but when the final buzzer rang the score was tied, In the overtime Ionia went ahead to win, When we played West Waterloo B in the County Tournament, Dick Folkers, was sick and we were defeated by the score of 71 to 21, We played Hudson in the Sectional Tourna- ment and we lost 65 to 53, OOIIBZQ Q 72 . ff Ham! FRONT ROW: Erwin Sherburne, SECOND ROW: Tommy Melichar-Manager, Eldon Johnson, Joe Staebell-Coach, Richard Schwab, Darrell Schwab, Wayne Bass, Edward Haven-Manager, Left to Right: Walter Cuvelier, Orlow Webrand, Dick Folkers, Clair Bohan, if' 1 1 I x 1 We Wiu A lwayS R Cmem ber 'Y og veit: Sumo! xlkgv Cmeexxeaaefe 00903 ewvufffwx' as-6 omof ee- X'5'I9'l'Y-a- v,-xox '5Xx0,,J0', eemq wa waxxxze, ibouom wiv. 9m 9-xkexbaxx OofC1aQv1k0-5 ug NX1 emma axxb Sxxkwhesl NHCXWBGX 'Y op Yxkgjov. 920101 YXKQJK C,xwee1xeafxef E. Bmw Nkqe-wa ma awww gow M Ywiiom Y-xgxw. Bae-vevoaxx Q www Okck Y ow e 1 9 Bex I i 4 I 4 Annual Staff 'J' S 3 ,..---n-...N The Annual Stwff his :hid . Q L . e this book possible, They have worked hard throughout the whole year, We hope everyone will enjoy it this year, SI-IATED: Left to Right: E, Howard, I-', Hum, Winkey, S, Michael ROW 1: O, Webrand, J, Moore, E, Haven, C, Bohan, D. Gerholdt, W, Cuvclier, L, Menzcl, BACK ROW: ' Mrs, Rxdenour, sponsor Ps , , Nlyszka, S, Pornth.N Bohlen, C. Cuveller, D, Folkvrs, LEFT TO IKIGHT: Sherry Sue Winkvy, AS:-.istnnf lnnlltorg Shirley .lvain lVlic'hzl0l, Edilor, LEFT TO RIGHT: Frances L, Hurn , Art Editorg Ethvlyn Howard, Iiusxncss. Nlzinager, i N w I I 1 my -Q. --Q ...np 4' Q 'J' Y' ,na 4-fs vdv 5hlX'l'E'I I'h2 I: Left to Rishi! E, Howard, C, Cuxvhm-r, N, liuhlr-n, 5,Pur.11h NOT PICTURI-QU! B, Nlyszka, L, Stl'iCk1Bl'1d, C, Fox-f-ulws-llluh' SEXTI-IT V12 2: S, Winkey, F, Huni L, Cuveliex , N, ML Array, 5-g lN1xCh.xL-I, 1, Moore, This year we have had the pleasure of h ' M aving rs, Irwin as ouririusir in- structor and Shirley Porath as our pianist, The seventh and eighth grades were included in the Glen: Club of this year, We have been very busy working for contest, The ' 1 April, ROW l: ROW Z: 5, C. ROW 5: N. IQ ROW 4: V. S. e inc ividuzal groups go in Chorus In-it to Right: Mrs., Irwin, A, Rm-lining, J, Denton, ki, Ilovx 11 rd, .l, 1Xluu1'4',h, Winks' N H ' B M tl eisc, , .1 ies, C. Miller, 'I'op1'n'r,C, Cuvelivr, P, Wehrzxnd, IJ, Gi-rhnlcif, Il, S4 hurnmn, N, Iklurizuy, 5, Mxrhns-I Fox Bohlen, F, Huln, L, Cxivelicr, J, Sim , Soldxwir h, Young, P, Bass, H, Dixon, S, Hundl Fox, rkrlnnd, S, Poruxth, L., IV1rn1.e-I, ll, Myszka ey, H, Sriiilh, N, Cook, IJ, Mnlhm-:w, S, Young MRS, IRWIN, DIRECTOR Boys' Glee Club Girls' Glee Club Boys' Glee Club We started out our year of Boys' Glee Club by letting the Junior High boys join in with the Senior High and form a chorus of twenty-five boys, We began our study on the songs Yang Tsi Kiang and the Erie Canal , At the Junior Class Play both girls and boys sang, Our select- ion was the Yang Tsi Kiang , For Christmas we sang many old familar Christmas songs such as Rudolf, the Red Nosed Reindeer , and Frosty the Snowman , and many other Christrnas Carols, AfterChri'stmas we sang Glorious Apollo , This was taken from London during the years 1783 and 1854, Along about this time we began to think of our spring concert, so we started in on the joyous nurnber Robin Hood , As a whole this first year of Boys' Glee Club has proven to us that we can sing, and next year, we should go even farther with Boys' Clee Club, ,,,,,Tm.m, wi ROW l: G, Srhatzberg, J, Finger, M, Lindaxnan, L, Schwab, D, Strickland, E, Haven, Mrs, Irwin, ROW Z5 D. Bolton, W Briss, C, Bohan, D Schwab, J, Melichur, J, Sherburne, J, Jacobsen R , - , . OW 3. J. Webrand, B. Rosol. W. Cuvelier, D, Folkers, R. Schwab, O, Webrand, J, Jones: i N 51? , Q Xxx BUTCH AND HER DOLLS 4-H INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS WSW MISS BEC KER'S ROOM FACULTY CHRISTMAS PARTY, 1951 ' ,iv it S .K , , I xv, F I If gffbx 1 In we I , - ' ,qt Q E r' 5 ,Q Q 4. JUNIOR HIGH P, T, MERRY CHRISTMAS MRS, OLSON 'S ROOM I . I,I.I. .I,M . M. L...., , ,I .. x,I..M M- J 'Y ' -8' li ., . gs, Q . Xi? ' T , 'X Q Q, b f I., vi J.A MIA 4 . .,N,N I . ' I alt, .Q S, I.,., A STUDY HALL NOON HOUR IN THE GYM EDDIE HALLOWEEN HURRY UP, I'M THIRSTYI Q KI I II., .- K JOEY SC HURMAN GIRLS Q Vx J.-A nw HALLOWEEN 5 1 l I l 1 Y i 3 1 1 i 1 1 FRANCES L. HUM Editor Our Blue Jay Banter is published monthly by the staff under the com- petent supervision of Mrs, Ridenour and Mr, Haven, The mirneograph operators are: Wayne Bass, Erwin Sherburne. and Walt Cuvelier, Pictured from Left to Right are Ethclyn Howard, Shirley Michael, Betty Myszka, Business Managers, lt is their duty to take care of mail- ing list, subscription campaign, advertisements, and financial part of the paper, Standing is Richard Schwab, Assistant Editor who will be Editor next year, wr Editorials, news,jokes, sports, and music are all written by the students oi Finchford High School. We are all proud of the paper we help put out each month because we can put into words what we have accomplished the previous xnonth, 1 if I A xi-in X i R wx 1 x 2 is Ni ,S W Scenes and Facts E 5 M 1, Mm ' - WAITRESSES-BLACK HAWK COUNTY COUNCIL DINNER PLANNING THE CARNIVAL CHRISTMAS OPERETTA X I i C 'Y,:-'42-T33 ., . BOYS' CHORUS FOR CONTEST if JUNIOR CLASS PLAY GIRLS' CHORUS FOR CONTEST N 3 -an REMAINS OF THE CARNIVAL A fm-m A Few Dates To Remember October 6 was the date of the school carnival held in the gynri, Every class participated in getting it ready, This year we had the best attendance ever and made more than last year, Because of a mix-up about the prizes we now have enough for next year, The Seniors went to National Studios in Waterloo, November 6, to have their graduation pictures taken, On November 19, the Juniors had their class play, Whitt1in ' which was directed by Mrs, Irwin, The total profit was about S95,00, The Black Hawk County Council Dinner was held December 13, The Home Economics class planned the decorations and served the dinner, The Janesville Chamber of Commerce sent us each a, big bag of candy and nuts at Christrnas tirne, Ice cream and cookies were served and gifts dis- tributed, Clair Bohan was our Santa Claus, Susanna's Christmas Auction , the Christznas operetta was December 20, The Magazine Campaign was held from January 4 - 22, Norma Jean Bohlen was manager, and Shirley Porath and Richard Schwab were team captains, Shirley Porath's side won, The profit was Sl27,3l, The Senior class play was April 4, Its title was Warning Wings, This year it was a mystery, which made it a little different, Black's Tea Room was hostess for the semi-formal Junior-Senior Banquet held May 10, The theme was Hawaiian, the colors were dusty rose and kelly green, The music contests are over, Prelirninary solo and ensemble was March Z8 and 29, state finals were April 25 and 265 Glee Club was May 3, CEDAR FALLS A. E. Srrridt ' Albeson Children Shop Assink Bros, Bakerfs Ice Cream Black Hawk Roller Rink Boysen's Brock's Advertising Cedar Falls Trust and Savings Bank Coast to Coast Cummings Day Dairy Dr, L, L, Boxwell Farmers Co-op Harry N, 'Isreal Heibers Drug Hendersen's Furniture Iowa Sports Supply .Toe Smith's Flower Shop Johnson and Christensen Kerwins McC oskey Furniture Mohres Martin Bros, Millers Multhauf's Tire Company Langrock Grocery Store Porter's Camera Shop Record Room Ruby's Simpsons S, and S. Store Townsend and Merrill Weisbard Planipg Mill Western Auto B1ack's Bit T WATERLOO Wate rloo Typew rite r gh Q - Q- 'ff T' WALSWORTH Uihnvnoldllqmdir llll1l'llfI1 l-an-al-..l1.lL .TANESVILLE Becker Hardware Briden and Briden D, L, Skinner Janesville Feed Mill Janesville Locker .Tanesville Lumber Kendalls Ra1ph's Cash Market Stuxnpf Oil Co. SHELL ROCK Eclipse Economy Market Farmer.-'s Supply Co. J'ebe's Furniture Renning Hardware State Bank of Shell Rock Shell Rock News WAVERLY First National Bank Kaiser, George J, Mue1ler's Cleaners Spahn and Rose State Bank of Waverly Waverly Motor Co. West Side Sales and Service FINC HFORD Bob Messenrly Store Exchange 14.1 :N i, . v f rlqr N1 Lf 1, A-1 C 1 lx 4 ,,, x 1' pi L., VL- , J.52xlm.4.LulrI.,.fL W. .....:v , , . , Lg- . . L LSL KA, Vg .. , 'I -li 2 F w i ,H 5 F 1 1 Q 1 f af 1 ' ,fi .w ,Y IM. ,E F' ,, H1111 .J- V M. .M .L .6 ,wk Am 1 ,gr f,,1,,, ya fn, ..,lf I ' 'fb we- 1.3 4, Mmlwg :-iw, -4 A 1 . I a