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

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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

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Darlene Dumke joined us Our class officers were President, Dean Riemenschneider, Vice President, Caroh Ogru1 Secretary, Carol McQueen, andTreasurer, Betty Klingensmith Uur Sponsor was Mr John Anderson The Junior Class Play, nThree Fingers in the Door , was given on October 28th and 30th The play was a three act comedy mystery During the second semester we worked on the Banquet and Prom The Banquet was held at the Warrior Hotel in Sioux City on April 2l.4.th The theme chosen ws Hawaiian The Junior Senior Prom was held in the gumnasium with Leo Mahoney and his band providing the music We all returned for thesenior year Our class officers were President, Carole Ogren, Vice President, Ted White, and Secretary Treasurer, Betty Klingensmith This year Mr R C Ford was our sponsor This year we told the 'Freshies' to wear story book costumes for Initiation They all looked reel George and On October 23rd, we seniors went t:S1oux City to have our pictures taken As yet we haven't found too much fault with them Homecoming was held on November 20th with Ted White and Betty Klingensmith reigning as King and Queen Dean Johnson and Carole Ogren were attendants, and Larry Trapp and Julie Irwin were crown bearers April 9th was another big day and night We Seniors started early in the morning to see some of the highlights in Omaha We visited KOWH, Joslyn Memorial and Boy's Town The Junior Senior Banquet was held on April 30th, atthe Bradford Hotel in Storm Lake A mexicam theme was carried out, and everyone enjoyed it immensely Hay 7th, the Junior Senior Prom was held in the Grand Meadow gymnasiu We all enjoyed a wonderful evening Mrs Morrow was the director d'our Senior Class Play which was entitled Her Step Husband We were all very proud of our success It was presented on May llth Baccalaureate Exercises were held in the Grand Meadow gymnasium on May 16th Rev Dumke gave the message Com mencement exercises were held on the folhowing Wednesday night, May 19th The address was given by errill Davis of Westmar Darlene Du ke was honored as Valedictorinn and Deen Riemenschneider ws Salutatorinn Betty Klingens ith mm also honored with the Citivenship Award Our motto was 'Not the Sunset, but the Dawn Aoua and white sera the class colors, and the class flower was the American Beauty Rose We nine Seniors of SL, have completed our four years of high school and will always remember the good times we've had together Our memories of good old Grand Meadow High School will long be remembered in years to come!! ' e O I N . 0 ' e ' n O 0 O ' e e were very good sports. . O O C On - I O on . V , -, O