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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 . . . . . . , ., ,,
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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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We hear Don Stembeck and Lloyd Roberts signed a ltfe contract wlth the Happy Bachelor s Club They are also m the publlshxng business Their latest IS How to Get Along wlth Your Wife Here we are back at old G H S agam But who s th1s ln the office? None other than Maurice Pontlus And I know I recognlze the offlce gzrl Of course Esther Wohlenhaus We always knew she d make a good secretary We mtght look 1nto a class room before we leave and see a few of the faculty Look here m the commerczal room xf tt 1sn t Marjorme Martens You could be sure of that by her cute little blush And who IS thxs concentratzng on hls books ? Why It s Professor Robert Embree and he s stzll teachmg Mr Wxlcox s ideas tHe had some very good ones to be sure Harold Wxnston has become one of the best lawyers m the state of Iowa It has been ru mored that John DeW1tt IS grtef stricken by thls most recent competxtlon We fmd Marxlyn Boseck also marrled a farm lad Reports have been that the stork v1s1ted them agam last week the1r tenth child Laurel W1ll1ams IS now lwtng on a farm on Swede Street And to thxnk m h1gh school she didn t even know what a dxsc was I see we have a new orgamzatlon xn Grxswold Betty Bellxs and her Baby Sxtters at your -lervtce She 15 reported to be makxng bxg money at thas There IS always one out of every class but much to our surprxse we fmd Royal Bxerbaum Kmg of the Hobos The surprxsxng thing IS he s accumulated more money than any other of the Class of 50 I guess those boots of Robert Barnes just couldn t stay on Iowa soil We find htm way out m Wyommg on thxs Bar Nothmg Ranch makmg hxs second mxllxon We mxght go a httle farther west yet To Hollywood to be exact We see Beautxful Bev to us Beverly Nelson as the star 1n Howard Hughs great productlon The Inlaw Has there been a death m the family? Are you expectmg to d1e soon? If so just call on Dxgby O Steffen the frxendly undertaker And we always thought Marvm would go lnto the shoe busxness But on the other hand xf you are sxck but don t wxsh to dle yet you mzght v1s1t the new Grlswold hospital Here we fmd the head surgeon as none other than Carroll Haynes If be cause you re male you lxke nurses better we see a very cute blonde at the desk Yes xt s Joan Liddell I imagine the buzzers are always rlnglng when she is on duty Ramona Clark IS the new edltor 1n chief of a leadmg magazme entxtled Advtce to the Love Lorn Ruby Strom became ptamst for the Boston Symphony Orchestra lt s too bad we all couldn t have become famous You ll remember how qunet and subdued Waneta Sunderman was m school Well she cer tamly changed We now fmd her as one of the best woman wrestlers rn the world Just pick up any magazine and you ll fmd another classmate Mullxgan s Muscle Buxlder just sxgned a contract wxth Teddy Weston for hrs p1cture 1n thexr advertlsxng Boyd Dolch xs now a car desxgner I-hs latest one 15 a Studebaker that doens t look as 1f at s goxng forward doesn t look as if xt s gomg backward it looks as If It were gomg sxdeways Edward Klein became sole owner of the Caledoma store west of town He clamms to have more merchandise than Sears Roebuck 81 Co What s thxs a presxdent in our rmdst? Yes Ramon Smxth won the 1960 electlon He IS try mg to pass a bxll whlch w1ll give S15 000 000 to Iowa schools He hasn t forgotten Mr Wxlcox s advxce exther Darwin Newman just made another contract wxth the Chxcago Cubs It seems he s even broken some of Babe Ruth s records We fmd Don Klem lxvxng on the McArthur ranch west of Gnswold There seems to be another classmate there too Velma Sxlk is head cook Our wandering camera stops now at a carmval I gu ss we just dldn t know we had so many talented people mn our class Who s this who just took over Sally Rand s show ? Why It s none other than June Burns What s thxs? Helen Wooley m the Whxte House too? Oh yes I see just from 3 00 to 5 00 It seems she has charge of floor scrubbing Cheer up Helen you mxght meet some lmportant people here Surely one of our class was content to stay home Oh yes I see Geraldme Mueller IS But 'ass rxng on her left hand has been replaced by one that sparkles ZZ - . . . H , H . . . . . . U , - . - 11 . , . . . , 1 . 1 .' 1 . . , , 1 . . . . . . . , . . . - g g . . . 1 . , . . . -J . . . . . . . . , . ' 1 1 . g . . . . . . U . . . ,, . . . . 1 1 1 -4 - ID - - - . , BS . , 1 . , . . . . . - , . - - 41 ' 11 K J - 1 - 11 11 1 1 1 ' . . . . . . . , , , . . . , . . . , . . . . . 1 1 1 I I , -' 1 ' , - 1 I i ' 1 . . . - - . . . . . . . . U . 1 ID - - 1 1 1 , . . . , - . . 1 . . , . . . . . , . , , , , . . g . . . . . . -- -- ' , . , . . . 1 . . . 1 ' 1 ' . . . . . g . , , , . . , . . . . . 1 1 1 I - , . . . , . S . 1 - - 1 - 1 . - , 1 - - ' ' . . - 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' - - 1 1 , - 1 1 - 4711? F. . . ' -
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