Grimes High School - Nugget Yearbook (Grimes, IA)

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-Class Prophecy TIME: Ten years from now ---------- I-1960 Dale Schlueter sat behind the large desk on the eighteenth floor of his office. He directed an occasional .glance toward the large television screen on the opposite wall. He strummed his fingers on the polished mahogany surface and a faint smile played at the corners of his mouth. For the third time he reached for the letter on his desk and read it aloud to see if his ears would believe what his eyes had been conveying to him. Dear Dale, he started, then half to himself said, My, how nice to 'receive a letter with my own first name instead of the usual Mr. Dale Schlueter, President Arnis Television Co., Tenth and Vine, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Then he continued with the letterg '9We've missed you these past five years at our annual class reunions but of course know you've been terribly busy in your work. I do want to congratulate you on your recent oppointment as director of National Television. I met your Mother when I was down at school last week to see Stella. She's quite a gal-: when her husband became ill, she offered to help out with the family finances by taking on this extra work. Goodness only knows how she does it with those twin boys of hers. They're six now though, and going to school to Mrs. Butler. Anyway, Dick is working again so Stella says she will have some extra cash for a vacation. Know what she dreamed up? A class reunion out west! What do you think about that? Several of the class of '50 are living in the West. Do you suppose we could manage 9 We could make it this fall when jim fSeibertl has his farming out of the way. He's really quite prominent around here since he became president of the Flying Farmer of Iowa. He has aspirations to represent the county in the next legislature. joy and her family could get away that fall, too. They've done rather well over at Dallas Center on the farm. They've just completed their new home and she's expecting---that is they plan to move'in soon, and will be settled by then. Bet she'll be glad, too, after living all this time with those three children in those two rooms. Pat lShepherdj writes from San Francisco that she's marrying again. This time it's a wealthy oil man she nursed back to health after a serious auto accident. Nothing would do but she must accompany him from the hospital to continue to care for him at his beautiful home overlooking the ocean. I know you see her occasionally but thought you might not have heard this late news. Perhaps she'll bring him to the rleunion for us to look him over. Nice thought! Did you know Rosie has a transportation company in Denver now? He makes the run from that city to Los Angeles. They say his wife likes the climate there much better and anyway she got bored with living here in a small town, especially with him hauling milk. Rich KRichard Kohlsj has just renamed the former Dodge Field , the Kohls Airport. He had rather bad5luck when the windstorm flattened the new building over there, but now everything is fine. I-le's added several new passenger planes and everyone, just everyone flies whenever they want to go anywhere. His wife and their little girl, Rheta, are spending the summer in Long Beach with her parents. Says he's going to fly out and bring them home before school starts. Maybe I can persuade him to let the rest of us ride along about reunion time. Say, I think I've really got something there! 13

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1950 realize that the time is drawing near when we must depart from this domain of complete pleasure and happiness. We want fond memories to remain, therefore we have assembled to declare our last will and testament. 1. jim Seibert wills his ability to argue to Louise Cowden.' 2. Joy wills her typing ability to Robert Wright. 3. ,lim and Richard will their ability to play hookey and make up time to Willy W . 4. Pat leaves her golden silence to jean Oyres. 5. Liz leaves her ability to stick to one man for four years to Bev. W. 6. Ginny and Stella leave their drawing ability to Shirley Paulson. 7. George leaves his football career to Lloyd Peitzman. 8. Liz and Carolyn leave their clean locker technique to Anna Mae Bauman and Anne Kinsey and hope they use it wisely. 9. To Anna Mae and Marilyn, the Senior Girls leave their ability to flirt with the future basketball coaches, and we are sure they will use it. 10. Pat and Ginny will their ability to come to school on time the next morning after a late evening to Beverly Booher and Beverly Peterson. ll. Dale wills his speed driving to Daniel Beauchamp. 12. Pat wills her height to Beverly Wiles. 13. George Booher wills his ability to keep a back seat to Don Kallem. 14. Richard wills his good looks to Ron Baer. 15. The Seniors will their ability to fail Physics to the future Physics classes. 16. jim leaves his ability to pester joy Denton to Don K. and Anne K. 17. George Booher wills his height to Dan Beauchamp. 18. Stella leaves her ability for quiet concentration to Pat O'Donne1l. 19. Joy wills her ability to stay on first team in basketball for five years to Joyce-Weiser. 20. Liz leaves her ability to get along with the teachers to David H. 21. The Senior Boys will their ability to stick together through thick and thin to the Freshman duet. . 22. Ginny leaves her ability to get the folks car to Betty Shepherd. 23. To Robert Wright, Ronald leaves his 5 o'c1oCk shadow. 24. Richard leaves his woman hating nature to Don Collins. 5 25. jim leaves his ability as Romeo of the class to Dan Beauchamp. 26. Liz leaves her shyness to jean Oyres. 27. Carolyn leaves her ability to get her brother's car to Verna W. 28. Joy leaves her joyous laugh to Louise Cowden. 29. Virginia leaves her excess fat to Beverly Wiles. 30. Carolyn Leaves her good attendance record to Shirley Paulson. 31. Stella leaves her office as the President of the Senior Class to the oncoming Presidents. 32. joy leaves her number 35 to whoever gets it next year. 33. Liz leaves her number 25 to whoever gets it next year. 34. Pat leaves her nurnber 43 to whoever gets it next, year. 35. The Seniors pack their books in the corner and leave, period! 12

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Your mother told me about George being interviewed over your station . General George Booher ---- what a title. They tell me the gold braid on his shoulder has made him rather snobbish. Well now if we can get him and that movie star wife of his to condescend to join us commoners all will be fine. Always did want to meet her anyway. Ginny QVirginia Collins! Was looking rather thin when she was here this winter visiting her parents. It isn't any wonder though with those four children and trying to keep up her work, too. I do enjoy her comic strip which she draws for that syndicate. Sometimes I think she draws some of us into it, but then I never can be certain. Your Mother told me you and your wife had danced to Ginny's husband's band. Now tell me, is he really as good as she claims ? And do they really own that beautiful home out there? She' always showing pictures of it. Maybe Liz and jim QPinegarj will drive up from the valley for the reunion-- that is if their ranch hands aren't acting up again. We hear they had quite a time after they were here two years ago for a visit. Seems like the help had been having wild parties in their absence and nearly wrecked the place. Well, Dale it's time for me to do some work for the boss. And speaking of the boss--you remember his son? I've been looking at him through rose- colored glasses for some time now. But I don't need to use a magnifying glass to see the stone in the ring he gave me. It's all of twocarats and really lights up the place. Remember when the local company put those large signs up on the highway the year we graduated? Never did I ever dream I'd be a private secretary and some day marry the boss's son. They just repainted them the other day, but they still read: Grimes---the home of Beaver Valley Canning Company-H one of the largest canning companies in Iowa. The old place has really grown since then, when the census read 650. Wonder what it will be when they read it this year? Two thousand, perhaps more. And no one's prouder of this growing town than our Mayor, Lowell Fullmerl Maybe we can persuade him to forget politics. 0-Ie's considering running for governor next term., It would sure be swell if he would come to our reunion. Wouldn't that be fun! Let me know what you think, huh? . C ordially ,f.,f9,. 171,261 Carolyn Mills 7774 Hall Street Grimes, Iowa Seniors' Farewell Let not the Seniors be forgot of 1950 We leave today, we've marked our way And here's what we've to say, We thank our parents, teachers, friends Who helped us gain success And now today, we're on our way, TO FAME AND HAPPINESS. l4