Forest City High School - Redskin Yearbook (Forest City, IA)

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to th mon of MISS HELEN GJELLEFALD JAMES K LARSON Member of the class of 1954 J 1m showed promlse of unusual attamment paruc ularly 1n scxence He graduated among the top ten tn h1s class Hts accldental drowmng occurred on August 8 1954 at Glacxer Nattonal Park wh1le he was wor lung at the dock where he had summer employment Memorlal g1fts from h1s classmates and teachers were put mto a student loan fund at Waldorf College that Jxms memory nught hve through others Mr Blom served as D1rector of Specxal Educat1on tn a tr1 county area wtth head quarters tn Forest C1ty for only four years, but durmg that ume h1s frxendly personalxty earned htm a place 1n the hearts of all who knew h1m He had made the welfare of handl capped chxldren h1S 11fe s work W1th h1s death on December 6 1954 the chlldren as well as the faculty lost a true frlend MR LUDVIG B BLOM 4 THESE TEACHERS AIND CLASSMATES WE DEDICATE THE 1955 REDSKIN A graduate of Forest Clty Schools and Iowa State Teachers College Elementary Course an elementary teacher 1n Forest Cxty for 28 years grade prmcnpal for most of that tlme M1ss Gjellefald has been a vttal force 1n our educatlonal system Her efflctency her keen tntelhgence her sense of humor and her frlendly sp1r1t made her 1deally su1ted to her work as supervmsor to teachers under her and as teacher of small chlldren She has mfluenced the l1ves of many of the CIIIZBUS of our school and commumty Nor dxd she sh1rk the responsxbtlmes of offlce tn professlonal orgamzatxons She contmued her professlonal growth takmg work at the Umversxty of Chtcago Umverslty of Mmnesota Iowa State College and Iowa State Teachers College Wnh her death November 24 1954 the teachtng professxon and the Forest C1ty Schools lost a valuable leader ln her memory the local faculty gave a memorlal gtft to Sahsbury House Home of the I S E A if JIMMY OSMUNDSON Jlmmy entered h1gh school mn the fall of 1953 and h1s record pomted to an outstandmg future he was partlcularly 1nterested tn the fleld of sclence Hrs untxmely and accldental death on July 25 1954 was a shock to the enure commumty H1s classmates and teachers have expressed thetr sorrow and ap prectatlon of h1s abtltty wuha memortal gxft of a set of balance scales gxven to the sclence department ofthe hxgh school tn h1s name f ,V V ' Y fc - . . .n ' . Q I

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AOmlnlS1Il2AIIlOl1 in-Ii' Keith W Van Horn SUPERINTENDENT It is a privilege to have this opportunity to publicly thank the members of the school board, the Superintendent, Mr. Van Horn, and our Principal, Mr. Cline, for their fine service. This being the last year of the Forest City Independent School District many of the members will be leaving their duties as school board members. we would like to congratulate these members for their long service: Albert Olson, 16 yearsg Ralph Bower, 14 years: Joe Westby, 6 yearsg Dr. Jorgensen, 45 yearsg and R. C. Brown,4 years. Also we would like to congratulate Oscar Branstad for 23 years as secretary to the board. Many hours outside their regular jobs are spent working out the problems of our school. We will always remember tham as a hard working group with a job well done. 'T an ...al JolmECl1ne PRINCIPAL Speech Business Law eoucatlon PRESIDENT Ralph Bov-en R C Brown 6 DR 90 4 1 if 711 Oscar Branstad Dr J P Jorgensen Joseph Westby DOUGLAS H BROWN