Grimes High School - Nugget Yearbook (Grimes, IA)

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Class Hlstory Those who slarled un lhe llrsl grade lwelve years ago un Augusl l93b were Duane Baer Mary Bagallu Leonard Corsunollu Clelus Denlon Francel Guunn Jack Kungman Carolyn Mulls Maruana Os uerhoul Jummy Punegar Orus Rucharson Darrell Rulchharl Irene Sassalellu Bully Thompson Johnny Wulcox Belly Lou Rule and Ver non La Fee Of lhus number only lhree are lunlshung lhus year They are Duane Baer Clelus Denlon and Jack Kungman We had our besl Valenlune Day Celebraluon lhe llrsl year ln lhe second grade Clara Jeanne Beckel Aluce Kahley Wayne Ruchards Galen Sloan and Jerry Wrughl were added Francel Guunn Lucel Guunn and lrene Sassalellu moved away Carolyn Mulls Or: Rucharson and Belly Rule remauned un grade one Wayne Ruchards was always lhe laslesl runner bul Duane Baer was second besl al lhal age Paluenl Mrs Buller was slull wulh us The lhurd grade was enlarged by Malorue Brown Marguerule Sny der and Joan Weuser who were relauned from lhe year before Fran Leonard Corsunollu moved away as dud Aluce Kahley Jummue Punegar and Darrell Rulchharl had been relauned un lhe lhurd grade our lourlh year However Howard Gossmeyer was add d Darrell had passung grades bul he was relauned because hus folks lhoughl he was loo young Our lourlh year broughl our llrsl huslory lexls ol whuch lhere was some dread We loo had lhe loldung desks of whuch were menluoned lasl year as excellenl shlelds of refuge lor gum chewers candy munchers spulball lhrowers elc Our allulude so duscouraged Muss Seuberl lhal she became Mrs Bruggs sux years aler Donald Wupperman Jack Slaughler Junuor Meuer Howard Goss meyer Clolel Guunn and Francel Guunn came un lhe fullh grade wulh our class Galen Sloan however moved lo Waukee lhe llrsl semesler We losl Howard Gossmeyer and Maruana Oslerhoul by lheur laul ure of lhe lullh grade Jane Savage came lo lhe suxlh grade S dud Charles Loruey bul he moved away un lhe muddle ol lhe lasl sem esler Carolyn Cox and Muldred Wykoll came un lhe second semesleu Muss McCloskey was our leacher lhal year and lhe nexl ln hus grade we had such large desks lhal we could hardly peep over lh 'n Conlrarnly un our Freshman year we had desks much smaller lhan lhose we had un lhe suxlh year Palsy Oyres and June Punegar lauled lhe year before and so were un lhe sevenlh grade wulh us Mary Louuse Kennedy and Belly Johnson were added bul neulher was wulh us for a very long lume Clara Jeanne Beckel had slarled un a counlry school her sevenlh year so was nol wulh us Clolel Guunn Francel Guunn and Muldred Wykolls names dad nol appear on lhe eughlh grade roll There were lwo new pupuls how ever They were Marguerule Snyder and Galen Sloan Galen had moved back from Waukee Marguerule from Calulornua Our llrsl year un hugh school mussed Carolyn Cox bul was agaun reslored lo uls lormer number by Lela Mae Weese Our leachers were Mr and Mrs Marlens Mrs Beverage and Muss Hollman However we losl Lela lhe nexl year our second un hugh sc ool The leachers were lhe same lhal year excepl lhal Mrs Schuele look lhe place of Mrs Beverage June Punegar Marguerule Snyder and Donald Wupperman dropped oul our lhurd year Donald louned lhe Navy Roberl Wruslen had lauled lo secure as many creduls as needed lhe year before because of unlurues sullered un an accudenl so he was added lo our roll lor a shorl lume Roberl quul school soon aller hus Junuor year so we no longer had hum wulh us as Sensor Dausy Wulson however enrolled un lume lo lunush lhe lasl year wulh The complele Senuor class us now Duane Baer Jeanne Beckel Clelus Denlon Jack Kungman Palsy Oyres Jane Savage Jack Slaughler Galen Sloan Joan Wesse- Dausy Wulson and Jerry Wrughl Llcfeuu I ' I , ' , ' . ' - - . l + u cel Guinn was in lhe class again, as she had moved back lo lown. I I G . l . . ' ' h . n . t n n I u '- e . , - ' ' ' us. ' ' . h , I O . . I . .

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Class Prophecy When I first learned that I had to wrrte the class prophecy I was defrnrtely drsmayed for to make one rnterestrng the foretellrng mut be drfferent I went home openly drsgusted rth the burden lard up on my shoulders Srttrng tryrng to thunk ot somethrng to happen to people rs drffrcult and even more so when ones srster rs deepy en grossed rn the trrals ot The Lone Ranger I soon acqurred a splrt trng headache and adlourned to the medrcrne cabrnet to take an as prrrn In my mental drsturbance my hand chanced to stray to a box of sleeprng tablets Instead of the asprrrn I took two and rmmedrate ly as I relaxed on the couch I fell deep rn slumber The followrng nrghtmare ensued For varrous reasons I had the Senrors of 48 ended up after ten years rn the lower walks of lute When Cletus after she marrred traveled wrth her husband all over the Unrted States rn pursurt of her husband s work she never dreamed that she mrght come across her old classmates They had all gone to drtferent parts of the country for they were anxrous to be away from Ye Olde Home Town for a whrle Clete and her better half lrved rn a swank New York Apartment on upper Frfth Avenue She greeted her husband affectronately when he came home from work each nrght but tonrght he was especrally ax cated for he bore news that they were to start on a tour of the U S for hrs companys benefrt They packed therr clothes and many other necessrtres took the four chrldren all boys to Aunt Joys home on lower Manhattan Island They then called a cab for the trrp to the Grand Central As the duet entered the cab Clete thought the cabby looked famrlrar but the drawn faced hollow eyed man showed no srgns of latrvely through the rear vrew mrrror As therr eyes met they srmul taneously crred out Cletus Denton' and Why Galen Sloan' After many exclamatrons of surprrse and pleasure Gale started tell rng hrs troubles It seems hrs wrfe Guess Who7 was certarnly a henpecker and hrs cryrng bawlrng chrldren wouldnt let hrm sleep rf and when he got the chance They finally reached the statron and bade farewell to sorrowrng Galen and were at last on therr way to therr tirst stop Cleveland Ohro As the parr stepped off the trarn they heard ott to the rrght of the statron platform a small weak vorce callmg Pencrls pencrls nrcker pencrls Automatrcally therr heads turned toward the vorce and srghted a short ragged lookrng creature degectedly holdrng colored pencrls rn hrs hand It was easy for Clete to recognue another class mate blonde Jack Krngman They presented hum a consrdarabla amount of money reprrmandlngs and wrshes of good luck rn the fu ture Wrth that they left hrm After trnrshrng therr busrness the two left on the tram tor Chrcago After restrng and feeling the need for some recreation they went to the ball park to see the Chrcago Cubs battle the Cleveland Indrans They notrced a great deal of actrvrty around the Cubs dugout One fellow was scurryrng around carryrng bats At first the thought he mrght be the famous batter Peanuts Lowry who was very careful to prck hrs bats On closer scrutrny we beheld the person to be only an energetrc bat boy Stull closer rnspectron drsclosed to them that the boy was Duane Baer who was a baseball enthusrast rn hrs hrgh school days but has enthusrasm was rather shortlrved and he had tc resort to berng bat boy Twclre After they had frnrshed therr busrness rn Chrcago they boarded the Rocket for Des Mornes whrch was near therr home towns Thev wrshed to celebrate whrch kept them out rather late or early rn th mornrng As they neared the Fort Des Mornes Hotel they notrced two men lazrly cleanrng up the streets wrth brooms As they came closer Clete recognrzed one of them as another old classmate Jerry Wrrght who had never gone any farther away from hrs home than Des Mornes They conversed for awhrle and then parted wrth the hope that they mrght see each other agarn whrch was very rnevrtable They frnrshed the transactrons rn Des Mornes plus numerous vrsrts and agarn started on therr rourney The next stop was St Lours Mrssourr They decrded to combrne busrness wrth pleasure and took a clrent to a burlesque Lo and behold who should be the star of the show but Darsy Wrlson Only for certarn unaccountable reason she was known as the Gypsy Rose Lee of Iowa It was evr ent that Darsy strll retarned her grrlrsh hugh school frgure They were det rnrtely shocked at the career Mrss Wrlson had chosen for herself and left the show wrth undue haste The next stop was San Antonro Texas They decrded to patronrzr, the dude ranch the Crrcle A Many professronal gamblers frequented the ranch for numerous wealthy people were always vacatronrng there They watched an excrtrng poker game whrch Included the famous card shark Jack Slaughter who received hrs trarnrng by playlng Penny Ante rn the local tavern rn hrs old home town The next stop was Salt Lake Clty Utah They were rnvrted to the huge Great Salt Lake bathing resort and there they drscovered Jeanne Beckel sellrng red hot dogs rn a small canopred stand She was cer tarnly excrted about all the moola she had taken rn plus seerng and talkrng wrth many young handsome Calrfornras who chanced to come to thrs resort One rn partrcular The next stop was Reno Nevada In one of the numerous nrght spots the couple ran across Joan Werser who rn a tearful eprthet related that she was there to drvorce her tenth husband One could easrly see that she had been very aggres srve as soon as she completed hrgh school The next crty rn lrne was San Francrsco They traveled by tram drrectly to the coast and came Into the old crty by way of boat A they docked and stepped off the gang plank Clete notrced a gran brllboard prcturrng the small but strll dazzling shaped form of Patsy denotrng that she was the Sweetheart of the U S S Fred T Berry Only her name was not Oyres anymore She was the wrfe of the can tam of the shrp who had rrsen rn rank from a mere Frremarr second class rn ten years After completrng therr busrness rn San Francrsco they boarded a boat and landed rn Los Angeles On therr first opportunrty they ven tured rnto Hollywood On the famed cross sectvons of Hollywood lr Vrne they were much drstracted by the wo ves They heard one es pecrally loud whrstle automatrcally turned and there was another old classmate Jane Savage whrstlrng at Cletes hubby Jane In ten years had not lost her Baby face and strll looked as young and rnno cent as ever Evrdently Clete s husband strll looked rather young also They talked together for awhrle but soon parted wrth a word of advrc whrch naturally was rgnored by Jane After the transactrons were completed the two flew drrectly to New York and were reunrted wrth therr boys lmmedrately I woke and pondered rf perhaps thrs nrghtmare mrght actually come true but I doubt rt J . . . . 5 ' I ' I . . H . . . . H' ld' 1 1 ' ' a 4 l I . I . . , recognition. During the ridelshe noticed the .man eyeing her specu- I . D K . ' . , I I :I . H . . A . 1 I I ' J I s . s . I' D . 1' ' I. . . . . D . . . ' I v , , 1 . ' I ' . I F - I I - r I '