Griswold Community High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Griswold, IA)

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Class Will of 1950 We, the Senior Class of 1950 of Griswold High School, being of sound mind and body, and having fears of no human being on this earth lthat ls except a few members of the faculty, do hereby will all our worldly goods and possessions to the following beneficiaries' To the Junior Class we leave our ability to get to our home room in good time Also we leave our outstanding scholarship and deep respect for our teachers To the Sophomore Class we will our athletic and musical abilities our good sportsman ship and respect for under classmen To the Freshman Class we bequeath all our wonderful intellectual powers which have brought us to our present enviable position We leave to Mr Pontius our superintendent a key to the dark closet in Mr Jessen s office so that he may lock unruly pupils in It To Mr Jessen our coach and principal we leave our late make up slips tardy slips and unsigned report cards We take great pleasure in willing to Mr Anderson the up and coming class of 1951 Mrs Limbaugh we leave our old typewriter ribbons waste paper and worn out erasers e leave to Mr Wilcox all the social security taxes we may pay to take care of him in his old age o Miss Daft we leave all library books that may be overdue We leave all our unfinished themes and outlines to Mr Dyer e leave all our uncompleted physics assignments and experiments to Mr Newcom Also we wish to give him all the sour musical notes that we have been responsible for To Miss Finney we leave all the candy that has disappeared from the home economics room We leave to Miss Fothergxll as much success in her future home as she has had working in the music department To Glen the Janitor we leave any cuds of gum we may have left adhering to the underside of desks bamsters assembly seats or any other likely or unlikely places We leave to Joyce Hansen our office girl the good records of the class of 1950 to be filed away for future use To the bus drivers we leave all the peaceful and quiet rides over the country side The members that make up this outstanding class of 1950 do hereby Separately bequeath the following possessions Robert Barnes leaves hxs ability to walk in high heeled boots to Lloyd Tracy Betty Bellis wills her temper to Nancy Book Do you think you can handle it Nancy Royal Bierbaum wills his excellent toots on his clarinet to Dean Zimmerman Bob Bolton wills his driving ability to anyone who dares take it Marilyn Boseck wills her ability to catch a man to Shirley Paulsen June Burris leaves her fondness of gum to Mr Jessen By the way Mr Jessen what s your favorite flavor 'P Ramona Clark wills her pretty blond hair to Amelia Gary Peroxide might help Amelia I Georgia Courcier leaves her way with men to Mary Embree David DeKay wills his safe driving habits to Juanita Pelzer How about using them Juanita Boyd Dolch leaves his interest in the Freshman class to Glen Mercer Robert Embree leaves his gift of arguing and his liberal ideas to Dawn Pontius Darlene Fender wills her ambitious ways to Ray Wolf Juanita Hansen leaves her soda jerk abilities to Jean Boseck Dick Haye wills his noon day drives around town with his one and only to Sherwin Sunderman Keep both your hands on the wheel Sherwin Carroll Haynes wills his interest in surrounding towns to Franklin Garey Forrest Houser wills a little of his weight to Roy Weston Marion Houser wills his ability to play basketball efficiently with football tactics to Clifton Jefferson Wmifred Justice wills her matrimonial problems to Dorothy Selders They ll keep you busy Dorothy Grace Kenworthy isn t going to leave anything behind because she s going to take It all witn her Donald Klein wills some of his height to Bxlhe Pace Edward Klein leaves his ability to sleep in government class to Harold Brunk Try it out and see what happens Harold' Z0 I 9 p . 1 , ' D - - . , . - 1 p . ' - 1 . . l ' l n I 1 To .' , ' ' , , W ' . . . . . . T ' , ' . I I . . ' . . . . , , . . i , . ., , . , . I . . . . 7 . , . . . . as n . . . - v . . , . , .K . . , .. . . . .. . . . . 7 . , - . , . . . . Y . . , . .. . . . . , , . . , . . . , . . I , .

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CHAPTER III The Happy Go Lucky Semors Selectxon of offzcers and candxdates for carmval kmg and queen clas play rmgs Jumor Semor Banquet and Alumm Banquet yes all of these hxstorxcal events cla1med the attentxon of the forty seven .Tumors and thelr helpful sponsor Mr Wxlcox durmg the year of 1948 1949 Those chosen to preside over thls versatlle class were Dxck Haye as Pres1dent Marvm Steffen as Vrce Pres1dent and Wzmfred Justice as Secretary Treasurer The class presented thexr Jumor class play New Brooms whxch IS recorded ln th1s hls tory as one of the best Th1s event took place on January 31st The month of March brought good news to the .Tumors for th1s IS the month when thexr long waxted for class rmgs arrwed ln thexr op1mons these wonderful rmgs added a great deal to their present d1gn1ty The Jumors honored the class of 1949 on Aprll 25th wxth thelr Jumor Semor Banquet The theme was the Copocabana Club complete wxth palms and South Amerxcan musxc Speakxng of banquets members of the Junror class had the prxvllege of be1ng waxters and wa1tresses at the Alumnx Banquet on May 18th CHAPTER IV The Ever Popular Senxors And now we have entered upon the last chapter ln thls glorlous hlstory book The class has reached the goal for whxch xt has strwen for eleven long and trymg years Forty sxx sophxstx cated Semors marched mto the1r home room to greet Mr Anderson thezr sponsor The class was sorry to dxscover that Maurxce Mzlne d1d not return th1s year There was one loss durmg the year whlch left forty flve to graduate Johnny Nelson d1d not fmxsh the year wxth them The electlon of class offxcers was held on the opemng day of school Those chosen to pre and Secretary Treasurer J D LaMaster Beverly Nelson and D1ck Haye were the class chorce for kmg and queen The year was full of act1v1t1es for the enthuslastxc Semors Many were actwe m musxc sports school paper annual and varxous other act1v1t1es The Semor class play Gzrl Shy presented March 14th under the d1rect1on of Mr Wxlcox was a howlxng success 1n every way The Jumor class sponsored a lovely banquet for the Semors The Semor class as the honorary guests entered the gymnasxum to fmd a breathtakmg slght of beautlful elaborate dec oratlons They wlsh to thank the Jumors for the grand txme they had on that unforgettable mght Slup day whxch was on Tuesday Aprxl 25th was no doubt one of the most xmportant events this year for the Semors The day was spent lnvestlgatlng the capxtal at Llncoln Nebraska and v1s1t1ng Boys Town The brg day was completed after seemg a movxe m the evemng and then returnmg to Grxswold May 5th proved to be an even more lmportant date for the class of 1950 as thas was the day they skrpped school for good Some gave a bxg slgh of relxef whzle others took a more regretful attltude for they reallzed that they would never agaxn have classes at dear old G H S The year was brought to a close by Baccalaureate Servxces on May 7th Class Day Exer cases on May 8th and Commencement Exerclses on May 9th The commencement speaker was Frank Mlles from Des Momes Iowa CONCLUSION Seven members of the class have gone through all twelve years at Grx wold together They are Marvm Steffen Gxlbert Knsmger Marlon Houser Forrest Houser Helen Wooley Geraldlne Mueller and Laurel W1ll1ams So we add the last page to our hlstory book whxch brmgs our hlgh school days to a close Wmth fondest memorxes we now prepare ourselves for whatever jobs fate has 1h store for us 1n a new and dxfhcult and yet exceedmgly xnterestmg world 19 . . . . . , 5 , . t . - . , . U y . . . - . . , u , . - i l . - . , . . . - i . . ., .. . . . . . - I D I - . - . . . . . . ' . . . , . . . - . - Al O! ' ' ' , . I . , l , side over the Senior class were: President, Harold Winstong Vice-President, Carroll Haynesg , - . 1 . . , . , , , . . . . ' . .. . .. . . 1 ' 1 r - , . . , , , - . , . , . , . ' D - I ' ' I , . . . , - , . , . 's . : I 1 . . s 9 . 1 1 x , . I U ' . . .

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Gilbert Krisinger leaves his ability to hold on to a girl to Kermit Mueller. J. D. LaMaster wills his way with Elliott girls to Neal Milne. Why limit it to Elliott girls, J. D. ? Edward Lenz wills his quiet voice to Roderick Hall. Jean Liddell wills her ability to play basketball to Janet England Marjorie Martens leaves her bashful ways to Coleen Sunderman Can you imagine Colleen being bashful 7 Dwayne McCullough wills his dancing ability to Carl Tidgren Make good use of it Carl Edna Meyer wills her curiousity to Lois Linn Geraldine Mueller leaves her devotion to Elliott to Dolores Bolton Beverly Nelson leaves her blushing ways to Clara Hopkins Darwin Newman leaves his carefree attitude to Dick Delflappart Maurice Pontius leaves his ability to recite in class to Rosalee Foy Lloyd Roberts wills his love for Chryslers to Keith Winston We hope you take better care of yours Keith Velma Silk leaves her gift of gab to Sara Book Ramon Smith wills his quiet ways to Don Pelzer Do you think you will ever use them Don'7 Marvin Steffens wills his football ability to George Clark Don Steinbeck leaves his fine baritone voice to Dick Knoke We hope Dick will u e it as well as Don has Ruby Strom leaves her love for practicing piano lessons to Keralyn Phillips Waneta Sunderman leaves her quietness to Barbara Lindvall Teddy Weston wills his class ring to any likely and interested prospect Laurel Williams wills her every day thoughts of Swede Street to Myra Christian Harold Winston leaves his executive abilities to the Senior president of l95l Esther Wohlenhaus wills her typing ability to Doris Hemphill Helen Wooley wills a carpenter s position to any young man providing he meets her ap proval Ward Zimmerman leaves his graceful walk to Don Fredrickson Thus having stated all heirs and legacies we hereby constitute and appoint the most dis honest person we know the sole executor of this our last will and testament ln witness whereof we the Class of 1950 have set our hand and seal to this on the 8th day of May A D 1950 I 950 Prophecy Jurnp on our magic carpet and we ll traverse tne ten years between now and the year 1960 to see what the egotistical class of 50 will be doing the 1 You ll always remember 50 as further reference just ask Bob Bolton I By the way lwonder what ever happened to little Bobby My radar machine is pointed directly to Carson Iowa the trading center of the Middle West What s this 'P Bob Bolton in church' Why sure enough he s minister of the local Carson church lhear he had quite a time choosing his life work And who s this coming down the aisle 7 It s none other than Edward Lenz passing the collection plate I hate to admit it but our class did turn out to have one black sleep in it Strychmne Winnie formerly Wmifred Justice is now serving a stretch in the Women s Reformatory at Rockwell City lt seems she poisoned several customers at the Candy Kitchen We see by the papers that Killer John LaMaster is appearing in a return engagement at Madison Square Garden What s this Griswold has first woman mayor Yes Juanita Hansen has taken over her father s duties Forrest Houser is beginning the second year in his career as a coach Notre Dame couldn t afford to lose him Gilbert Krismger is now leading the world famous Krisinger s Kroonies They are still on tour of the West Indies Marion Houser was unanimously elected Judge for the Atlantic City Bathing Beauty Contest He was good at picking them in high school you know We find Georgia Courcier married her dearest farm lad and settled down southeast of Lyman They are happily engaged in raising cattle pigs and children The world famous dance team Mac and Gracie better known as Grace Kenworthy and Dwayne McCullough, is now appearing in its fifth year at the Waldorf Astoria s Crystal Room Zl . , . . . . , - , . . . , . . . - I I ' . . , y . . , , I - the year when airplanes went 500 miles an hour, and kids with Buircks certainly tried to. fFor 1 - . , . . . , . . ' 4. n 'Q n . 4 ' , .j? .L . , . . . . . . , . . . . . u ,, . . g . gg . l . . . . 1 . ' . . , on ' it Q . . . . . . , ., ,,