Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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tj 1 f 1, 5: I th J 3 ., , 5 J . 1 1, V17 1 . I Ii 2 .. gg 1- II 'X 3 I. . fl, X Y Wy... 5 ,,,., Irlllwti. 1.f..!I.. .' I .fI.f 1894 1895- -Enrollmentz 1401-700 girls, 707 boys. Modern high school built at 3rd and Maple for S35-40,000. Later known as Lincoln School, it was used as a grade and grammar school after another high school was built. Materials were used to build field house on the Athletic Field. , 1923-New high school, called finest in the state built for half a mil- lion dollars. Used as Junior High School from 1959--present. 1935-Fort Madison Public Schools described was above aver- age for Iowa with modern, completely sanitary buildings. Enrollment: 2,200 with 73 teachers, 3 secretaries, 10 custodians. MJ ., ,,.i l - -1f'-- 5.-film 1 . if tapes' fa? , -V ' '-3111-2 I 'rr' ,A ,.., I - . .. L- -1 ,. .5 ,.- 4--fy t-IG g' f lf'1,r it ' Q -. 1' ,- :rw if? IV ,- .1 ' ' t ...+, ...Lea K. - Jeff' 'C 1959-New high School built at 20th and B. Building Trades pro- gram started. 1961 -Conference cham ps-football. Glenn Miller, first wrestler to place at state. 1 1965-Office education program started. I1967-Distributive Education program started. Gary Meller, 1st state, wrestling. 1966-Conference champs, football. 1968-Conference champs, 1969 wrestling, Larry Bolanos, state champ. - Outstanding Per- former -speech, Linda Clark. Conference champs, basketball. 1971-Boys cross country program startedg Jay Skinner, state champ. Outstanding Per- former awards-Liza Alton, Jane Fahey, Cindy Helling. 1972--Girls cross country program started. T 81 I program started. Boys cross country conference champs. Outstanding Per- former -Lisa Slicker, Dave Kuhlmeier. 1973-Boys cross country, conference champs. Wrestling, conference champs. Outstanding Per- former awards-Dave Ku- hlmeier, Denise Green, Vickie Butler, Melissie Clemmons. Conference champs, basket- ball. Medalist rating, MADI- SONIAN. Boys basketball en- tered state tourney. Girls basketball, track programs started. 1974-Vocational Building added to High School campus. Boys cross country, conference champs, boys basketball, con- ference champs. Randy Lampe State champ, wrestling. CRIM- SON 8t BLACK becomes news magazine. Medalist rating, MADISONIAN. lnd. Business, 9 week courses, started. Out- standing Performers-John Luna, Connie Beelman, Becky Schroeder, Vickie Butler, Car- ole Miller, Tim Jeffrey. 1975-Girls cross country, district champs. Maria Schinstock, girls state discus champ. Out- standing Performers -Jill Heitzman, Judy Nickel, Linda Allen. TFORT MADISON HISTORY by Sarah Johnson Casey, 1940. ILLUSTRATED FORT MADISON, 1896. ur rf T' 11 .-nf gif? ala!

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an 1899 the first FMHS TIMES was published. The oldest existing copy is from 1902. Published quarterly, it contained detailed history of Fort Madison. original stories and poems. and a total of 13 ' t pic ures In 1976 the forty-first volume of MADISONIAN I was published. lts 180 pages include four-color spot color, a variety of large easy-to-read type styles and many, many pictures, .fl-Sjrlrwfg ,Ti i A I i Q I Q E 7 -cun- J I I 1 rs: ' i I .z ' X , I 1 . 1 wmv I I TABLE OF CONTENTS HAPPENINGS .................................... ....... 8 -25 LEARNING ......... ........ 2 6-77 COMPETING .......,.. ......... 7 8-111 INDIVIDUALS ........ ....... 1 12-143 SELLING ............ ....... 1 44-169 BLUEPRINT ....... ....... 1 70-178 l 976 ADI IA FMIIS FORT MADISUN, IOWA VOL. 41 Cover photo and title page by Dennis Fraise.