Grand Meadow High School - Lark Yearbook (Pierson, IA)

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I, Betty Klingensmith, will my 116 of the basketball team to Darlene Pitts if she cares to be sandwiched in all season I will my position on the throne to any junior girl who meets the qualifications Being of sound mind and no heart, I will my developing ability to write letters to any one whose boy friend leaves the country 'iv dig I, Ted White, will my ability to raise a heck of a lot of noise when I leave school to Ronnie Nairn so he can keep the place alive My fan mail, I will to Walter Brownlee so he will have something to do in the evenings I will my ab ility to drive a Chevey without knocking the rods out toRon nie Nairn I, Carol McQueen, wlD.my Underwood to Carole Lindsay as it wiD.go about her speed, my charming manners to anyone who needs them, my repertolre of witty stories to Mary Lou Pease so she can keep the kids amused, my proficient vocabulary to ' Oi, someoneuho can use it to the proper advantage,ramely Shirley Roepke, and my boisterous laugh to anyone who wants to keep the school house alive I, Darlene Dumke, will my ability to et gcod grades to Roy Townsend so he won't have to work next year and will be able hopay more attention tnthe girls I will my basketball suit to anyone who likes to sit on the floor My height, I K will to any girl who is gowng mith a tall man To the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, collectively and individually, we convey our power of saying the wrong thing in the right place, or the right thing in the wrong place Just how this is accomplished we are not able tosay. Each one will need to work the matter out for himself or OHM , herself There is no doubt that much benefit will result from the effort In witness whereof The Senior Class have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seal, this nine- -S'e? 'X teenth day of May, ln the year of our Lord, one thousand, X N nine hundred and fifty-four. ' 7 WIIY WITNESSES: . I ' U 'Tr AU ' NV ina Y EIIIYL Vghs ' Mi ff ' I 5 f ' .. . 65 i Il I 6 X Q 01 3 . xi A X P

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Class History Of the seniors who started their career School under Miss Elva Iverson, August 31 out of twelve remain to graduate together Klingensmith, Carol McQueen, Ted White, and neider In the second grade vewere again guided and at the beginning of the second semester Dawson into our class in Grand Meadow 19h2, only four They are Betty Dean Riemensch byM1ss Iverson, we welcomed Jack Miss Phyllis Tindall was our 3rd and hth grade teacher, and we added Alice Nairn to our class in the third grade Chris Rasmussen joined our class at the end of the second semester in the hth grade Dean Johnson also joined us Our teacher in the Sth grade was Miss Marjorie 0'Neal, and in the 6th grade, Miss Dorothy Manley was in charge of During this year Calvin Clark joined our group Carole Ogren also entered our class at this time Through the 7th grade our class enrollment was th same, and we all passed to the 8th grade and were all very proud of it We had lots of fun in grade school, but weall looked forward to the seats we would occupy in high school During the 8th grade we were all very sad when Calvin Clark passed away on April 26th, just before graduationuhich was held on May 20, 1950 Then came that big day that we had all dreamed about Yes, on September M, 1950, we climbed the additional steps into high school The first thing we were faced with was the day when the Seniors could tell us what to do They called it Initiation Day, and they did a good job of fixing us up The girls were Little Tots , all decked out in diapers and the 11ke e boys had to dress as Ladies so they thought, and of plimented us very highly on our good sportsmanship, and I think we 'Green Freshies had as much fun as the nCommand1ng Seniors Our Freshman officers were Jack Dawson, President, Dean Johnson, Vice President, and Betty Klingensmith Secretary Treasurer Mr T P Stixrud was our class sponsor The party we gave while Freshmen was called thaFreshman Frolic It was in honor of the Seniors, and also a farewell for them In our which the dance Our identg Dean sophomore year, we sponsored a Sophomore Hop to entire high school was invited It was a spring class officers were Betty Klingensmith, Pres Riemenschneider, Vice President, andCarole Ogwn, Secretary Treasurer Our class sponsor was Conch Charles McQueary We gave two, one act plays They were entit1ed,nwho's Afraidu, and 'Hitt1n' on All Sixn Our junior year will be well remembered among the years spent in Grand Meadow At the beginning Of OUI' 111113-01' Fears I O I O us. . O O , . . ll N Th ll ll , course the seniors added the finishing touches. They com- I . n O o 2 1 . xy - . 1 e