Hartley High School - Oracle Yearbook (Hartley, IA)

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— 1961 ORACLE — SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Ready or not, here we come! On August 30, 1948, thirty-one little angels were marching to the Hartley School, being welcomed at the kindergarten door by Miss Wanda Snow. Many new and strange acquaintances were made among Marla Byers, Margorie Gathman, Sharolyn Hansen, Marilyn McCarty, Karen Menke, Beverly Peters, Carol Potter, Barbara Raw, Alberta Riedeman, Judy Sampson, Rosemary Smith, Lillian Strayer, Connie Uhe, Kay Wilson, Craig Cooper, Kelly DeBoer, Larry Ewoldt, Terry Fahlenkamp, James Hansen, Jimmy Houtcooper, Gary Krueger, Bill Linder. Dennis Nurse, Jim Beck, Tom Stoterau, and their first teacher. We did a lot of new things during this year and enjoyed little rest periods on the rugs. Since we are now first graders, we had real desks to sit at, and away with the little rugs. Miss Coons, our leader, tried to teach us our 3 R's, besides keeping con- trol of us little demons. Those that we started without at the beginning of this year were: Kay Wilson and Larry Ewoldt. We gained Steve Baird and Gary Moore but Gary left during the year. In the spring of first grade, Gary Krueger and Rosemary Smith decided to leave us little “brains”. Up the ladder we climbed to second grade. We started this year without Marla Byers, Connie Uhe, and Jimmy Houtcooper. More scholars to join our honor class were: Naomi Ewoldt, Marsha Romey, Jayne Schmidt, and Donna Sperry. We started out the year with Miss Harms as our teacher, but ended with Mrs. Romanowski. We assume that Miss Harms had different things on her mind besides teaching. Miss Van Hauen greeted us as we invaded the third grade in September, 1951. Although Wayne White and Benny Watts left us, we were joined by Kurt Ott, Ronald Shaefer, Charles Smith, Ronald Dixon, Margaret Agnitsch, Sonya Dries, Roger Koehnecke and Donald Osterson. During the year we lost Kelly DeBoer and Donald Osterson. Our class numbered 33. We now progressed to fourth grade with 37 of us answering roll call on Sep- tember I, 1952. M iss Veenker, our new teacher, was there to welcome us. The new ones that joined this rowdy class were Annelie Bohrensen. Sharon Triplet, Gary Moore and Jimmy Houtcooper. Marlene Nissen came to join us as the year progressed. Mar- garet Agnitsch and Jimmy Houtcooper moved, leaving our little group. A short three months of freedom fluttered by and thirty-nine of us were greet- ed by school bells. This time school was on August 31, 1953; our teacher Miss LaVaughn Lill; our rank, fifth grade. This year we gained Gale Ewoldt. Audrey Raber, and James Proehl. We regained Donald Osterson for only a short while for he left again during the year. Others we lost during the year were Ronald Dixon and Jayne Schmidt. In the fall of 1954, we began as sixth graders and gradually were getting closer to junior high and high school. Our class was separated into two divisions and we had our headquarters in two various church basements that year. Our teachers, Mrs. Hermanson and Miss Abbas, tried to keep control of us little scholars, but at times it was impossible. Our class enrollment increased with these people: Esther Denny, Susan Pow- ers, Thomas Maschmeier, Lynn Thorn, and Roger Tjaden. During the year we re- gained Kelly DeBoer, but lost Alberta Riedemann, Steve Baird, and Donna Sperry. We now had reached the ranks of junior high and moved upstairs. Some- thing else new had also been added: we now had two teachers, Mrs. Grace Anderson and Mr. Robert Hughes. Our class increased this year by four: Keith Lorch, Jane Schierholz, Patricia Larsen, and Carole Kluender. We were lucky and lost only three students: Roger Tjaden, Susan Powers and James Proehl. We were fortunate enough to have a few members on the junior high basketball squads and won some of the games. Page Sixteen

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— 1961 ORACLE — EUGENE WALROD — Girls ore so neces- sary. Class ploy 3, H-club 3-4, Track 1-2-3, Basketball 1, Bond 1-2- 3-4, Swing band 1-2-3-4, Mixed chor- us 1-4, Quartette 4, Instrumental small groups 1-2-3-4. BEVERLY SCHWARTING — Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Girls chorus 2, Echo stoff 4, Quill and Scroll 4. KAREN STEEN — Friends are born, not made. Oracle stoff 4, Basketball 1, Girls chorus 1-2, Mixed chorus 1-2, Echo staff 4, National Honor Society 4. GORDON WILLIAMSON — It's not what a man stands for, it's what he falls for. Bosketboll 1-2, Mixed chorus 1, Boys chorus 1. CLASS OFFICERS Annelie Bohrensen, Secretary; Jock Peterson, President; Corole Kluender, Vice President; Esther Denny, Treasurer. LILLIAN STRAYER — Womon's equality to mon is not a claim but rather a concession. Oracle stoff 1-2-4, Pep club 1-2-3, Bosketboll 1-3-4, Declam 3, Girls chorus 1-3-4, Future teachers 4. Gladiolus Blue and Silver Page Fifteen

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— 1961 ORACLE — SENIOR CLASS HISTORY (continued) On September 3, 1956, we advanced to our second year of junior high with our guides as Mrs. Grace Anderson, Miss Stofferan, and Mr. Robert Burt. They all three tried their best to keep us from throwing paper wads, unnecessary pencil sharpening, and what not. We began the year without Sharon Triplett, Gary Moore, and James McCord. In the spring we lost Naomi Ewoldt, but numbered a strong 37 at the end of the year. August 29, 1957, meant we really were going places; we were finally up in high school. High school had many things in store for us. First of all we had a lot of new faces and names in our class to meet and learn. We, as green freshmen, had to cope with stinky onions, smeared lipstick, push-ups, proposals, and other things the “big wheels” had in mind for us, during initiation. Our class number was 58. We gained Marilyn Miller, Ken Boernson, Lynn Byers, Alvin Groff, Roger Groff, Gerald Heetland, Don Idso, Don Speck, Eugene Walrod, Gordon Williamson, Janis Donnenwerth, Rose Harders, Charlotte Koele, Joan Noonan, Deanna Pearson, Grace Rasmussen, Beverly Schwarting, Karen Steen, and regained Susan Powers and Marla Byers. We started the year without Gale Ewoldt, but she came back in the second semester. The freshman royal court of 1958 homecoming consisted of Queen Joan Noonan, King Eugene Walrod, attendants Deanna Pearson and Annelie Bohrensen. After living down the title of “freshmen , we gained the title of sopho- mores. This year we numbered 59. We gained two; Gary Doherty and Alfred Nis- sen, but lost them later in the year and also during the year; Judy Sampson, Sonya Dries, and Thomas Maschmeier. Our candidates for 1959 homecoming were Queen Carole Kluender, King Ken Boernsen, attendants Annelie Bohrensen and Joan Noo- nan. Upper classmen! That’s us juniors. It seemed only a short time since we had been little green freshmen. This year we started without Beverly Peters, Gary Tibbetts, and Kurt Ott. Those that received our welcome sign were Dean Peterson, Jerry Sears, Harry Graves, Kenny Kroger, John Beck, Terry Muilenburg, Linda Mey- erink, Willa Mae Nagel, and Mary Aldrich. This was to be our all time high as we reached 1960. During the year we lost Lynn Thorn, Barb Raw, Bill Linder, Ken Boernsen, Charles Smith, and Ronald Schaefer. The first big thrill came in September, when one day we were called out of class to select our class rings. Some members of our class didn’t have them very long, but nevertheless we thought they were the greatest. Homecoming was our next big event of the year. Jim Hansen was our king and Jane Schierholz was our queen. After nights of diligent work, our float received a disappointing second place. Every class has its actors and actresses and we were no exception. Our class presented the play, “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay”, which was a big success. Our Jr. and Sr. banquet was the most beautiful ever, or so we thought; the theme was “An Evening in Hawaii”. Do those members of our class who obtained the sand and rock for our beach remember this occasion? We saw another class graduate and now we realized we would be next. Page Seventeen