Grafton High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Grafton, IA)

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Senior Oa$5 Wislorq Only three of the original six first graders have re- mained In Grafton to complete all twelve years of education. Many have been In and out of our class since that first year but as we reach the ninth grade we found eleven pupils. That year Paul Qalluge left here to continue his schooling at Rlcevllle. Orland Bartz found the country air to be more suitable than the atmosphere of the classroom. We continued our class with ten until our Junior year when Marcus Dobel Joined us. Both Marcus Bud and Marilyn Hannaman deserted us at the end of the Junior year to leave a graduating class of nine. To describe each member of this class we shall present them to you as they have sat In their respective places. Lois Kuntz occupied the front seat. She has really en- joyed her last year of school, and though she did not parti- cipate In any sports, she worked hard at her subjects. The only change In the class of '52' was that of the name of a student. She left school for two weeks to get mar- ried to a lucky soldier. So now the former Betty Bartz grad- uates with us as Mrs. Edwin Jordan. Marlene Dailey, the next In the row, has spent her years in high school well. She has played basketball as guard for five years, likes all sports, has a good brain and has proved It by her grades. She has great hopes for a nursing career and we all know she'll make a wonderful nurse. Kathryn Trettln has amazed everyone by the way she came to us In the freshmen year without any experience In basket- ball and worked herself up to be a wonderful guard, helping us win many games. She likes bookkeeping and will probably keep this In mind when she chooses her vocation. Behind Kathryn we find Earl Backhaus, the all American sportsman. He will miss the basketball games, but his life at home on the farm probably will occupy his time. Lizzie will also be helping him. Following Earl Is Tom Wagner, who has his eyes focused on the medical world. Tom has many Interests. He can't decide which one for his life work, Delores Huebner, whose favorite class was Physiology has been pretty hard to talk with. Everytlme we mentioned food she Insisted on telling about the digestive system, etc. By this example you can see she would like to be a nurse, op- erate on people and see what Is Inside of them. Dee also has played basketball for five years and says she will miss school very much because of this. Mary Ann Rademaker was the most promising bride-to-be of the whole class. She has played basketball for four years.

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Mary seemed glad to be out of school, but we think It Is be- cause she wants to practice up on her house keeping habits. Dale Trettln really should know his English as much as he went In and out of English Class. He enjoyed basketball and, of -Course he hasn't given up his main Interest----GIRLS! Cla bb The Senior Class Play this year, was a three act .afce, entitled, No Soap . The cast of characters Included six women and five men. The parts were as follows: Chauncey Fenn . Alma Fenn . . . Grandma Fenn . . Bernice Tlbbett. Howard Mason . . Doug Hanley . . Terry Robinson . Larry........... Willis Parmenter Wanda West . . . Princess Louise . . . Tom Wagner .Mary Rademake r Kathryn Trett 1 n .Marlene Dailey . .Dale Trettln . . Earl Bachaus .Delores Huebner . . Bill Hansen . . Gene Wllae . . Lois Kuntz . . Betty Jordon SYNOPSIS Chauncey Fenn Is a young college Instructor with a very scientific and logical mi nd. ding to scientific pmn cipj.ee he has decided that the Ideal lltc partner for him wound be Bernice Tlbbett, whose mind works amazingly like his own. In need of money, Chauncey has entered a radio script contest sponsored by Princess Louise's Beauty Soap. The contest was open to women only, so he had to enter his script under the name of his aunt, Alma Fenn. Just when Aunt Alma leaves on a six months vacation, Chauncey learns that he Is the winner. Many complications arise when the sponsors came to the house to broadcast the presentation of the award. Many humerous characters are brought to life. But through It all Chauncey learns that there Is more to life than science and be- comes engaged to Terry Robinson. Tom Wagner played a new be-bop recording on the phono- graph. Turning to his dad, who had settled down comfortably to read the evening paper, he exclaimed: Oh-o-o, have you ever heard anything like It? Walter looked up and drawled, Not really Tom, the closes t thing to It I ever heard was when a truck loaded with empty cans ran Into a truck full of hogs. Beverly Bork: So you admit that this unfortunate freshman was carried to the fishpond and dren ch ed. What part did you take in this affair? Donnie Kruegar: The right leg madam.