Havelock Plover High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Havelock, IA)

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0 .10 K 14 3 4 1 0 4 be Q-'90 W CQ Goo One bright sunny morning in the year of 1936, twelve little first graders fearfully entered the school house. Clang went the door behind them. They were in for twelve long years. What had the poor innocent little darlings done to deserve this? There wns quite s number of us when we first started out, but it has been a long hard journey and we lost a few of the weaker 0l'l8Se They had our characters typed the very first dqy. Girls on one side of the room and the boys on the other side. The girls were as follows Mary Jenn Bush, Phyllis E go, dnroaret Ferry, Fae O'Nenll, Ilene Sermon and Marian Stover. The fellows were Bob Fisher, nobert Henderson, Fred hclim, Denny Strong, Paul VnnAlst1ne, Frank Vavricka. We all oassed except poor Denny Strong. He decided he liked his seat in the first' grade so he just stayed there. Now we have advanced to the second mrade. We picked up sons new members here-Anne Vavricka, Marilyn Young, Mary Lou narrah, and sign---Dick Pnqe--well anyway he a'r1ved and we lost Marian otover who moved to Lavelock. Frank Vavricke was retained in the second grade. Our teacher for first and second arade was Miss Miller. Now we are advancing into the third Grade with Miss Borta as our beloved teacher. In tlls grade we lost two of tio girls, Margaret Ferry and Anne Vavrika were retained in the third grade and Marilyn Young moved. Jerome Forry and George lancter entered our class to spend their second year in the fourth grade! We al- so acquired a new girl Sophie Bnade. This gfve us four girls and six boys. Darn -t, they lave us outnumbered. We are in the fift! grade now and more boys entered out class, Dennis Henderson, Bennie hilton, and nnurice Kerns. Also some new virls, Shirley Webb and Joann Irwin. Whirley Hebb left us dur- ing the lost semester. Now we are about to enter the sixth grade. What a thrill we are allowed to climb those stnrls to the upper hall. Here Rnother new boy entered our class. Dean Hnwson. We lost Jerome Ferry and llene Seaman stayed in the sixth prade. 9447710514 We have climber another step in the long ladder, and have now reached the seventh grade. Here. Charlene budd joined us and had been with us ever since. We lost Bob fisher, Dennis Henderson, Jo- ann Irwin, Lnurice Kerns, and Dean Rawson. We did lose quite a few this particular year, but we nalned Delmar Travis, but then he left ln the second semester. Gosh 1 almost forgot we gained Bale Furzuson. Now for on even greater thrill at last we fre in the assembly! here we lost one of our beloved clvssmantes Cornelia bterns. We were all very dejected the day she left. KThere are e few state- ments in here which are slightly flctitiousll We gained a girl in her place, Patsy Ackland came here from Mallard. We lost one fellow. Clifford Nicol. The girls were so sorry to see him no especially one of then. WelL then Garland came and we all for- got Clifford. We all rcmonber Garland's first day in school. he was storter than any otter fellow in the class, but for just a kid he hed a terrifically loud voice. it took everyone in school about H month ond P half to det used to it! We all rannged to pull through the eighth grade, and rre enterino our first year in highschool! We have only four were years to no. Uh hapoy day! He had a horr- ible time tryinn to ret used. to only ferr subjects. We tryed hard, and towards the l'st we had n Por- rible tlme trying to keep up with four! In March we lost two boys. Kenneth Krejeci, and Dale FurHuSOH- It's really quite n sLane, because I hear they arc both cults the Romeos now! A new Qirl arrived--- IBOINGI Fror Bradyate. her name was Bev hielsen--JBOINGI Bev's first clear recollection of her first day in Plover High was when she wns in Miss Knapp's office got- ting the lowdown on the cirrulurdl when Foe who was standing out by the coat side and down the other and s hangers looked her u p one queal ed nOh there she ls'!I ever since that informal introduction Bev R Rae have been bosum Buddies ever since. This year we also lost Phyllis umgel how we sre sophomore. We pick ed up a new fellow and a new girl 6 in That makes the score 5 to favor of the boys. The boy was Donald Rienders and the mirl was Dorothy Maitland. This yerr the Bop. sponsored a party. Oh, what OUT OF THE HARBOR, INTO THE DEEP H P9Pty that was. We danced in th! GYM to the music of a juke box 'An interesting incident haopened ghat '0'11 Drobablly never forhet. -hen we were sophomores we were the bells of the Ball. Well anv- WHY 'th0 S0Dhomoro girls were the only ones who were Getting dances. Really could we heln if the Junior and senior boys were so attracted to us that they forget their own class mates! Well to net back to what I was going to tell you in the beginning--the superintendent -nd his wife drew the sophomore girls over in n corner. ver con- fidentlal you know-and said equate 80n't you please ask the Junior d senior boys to dance with the old- er girls. After all you are spon- Orine the Party and you should see to it that'everyone enjoys them- selves. 'Unquote'! This littl, Speech boasted the Sop's moral sc much they haven't gotten over it ye Our Junior year was one of great activity, and we were really in on every little tling. We lost one member that year, that handsowe character dennis hilton. Everyone' was crushed, utterly crushed the day he left. We had our Junior play that year. We really enjoyed tlrt play ill the scences behind stare showed re- markable talent--Too bed We did- n't have an audience brck there! We get our class rinns that year. Three of thc cirls were all ready sportinf around freot big grad- uftion rings--and o roll of tape- llen their own rings camo they irmeflatcly returns' the large rinrs minus the roll of tape and have been flrshing around their own ever since. Our banquet last year was reolh'sohethLng to re- mcnmor.. I'll none P few of the very interesting incidents that happened. Robert ran over n Celfv I nice big one too. Jim V. and a few other senior boys :ot Stuck ln the mud, fnd rested there all night. Fred had three flat tires and arrived at the dance in time for the last wfltz. The car Char- lene and Ere were in had r little trouble--mainly the rerr and fell out. had to cfll Fae's drd in the middle of the morning and he had to come after us. iev and Tnrllnd zoored down and zoomed bfck with- out any hrrdslips. he hope we have half rs rucl' hm this ycfrl How we are seniors. ht last we have reacted the top of the ladder. In five days we will be alupni. We wish to thank the terchers for coonerrting with us and doing their best to nrhe us .tvs a hpppy and successful year. Gnly four of the orldinnl twclvc are loft, Fred, Paul, Robert, and Ere. Thus ends the first chapter in our journey tnrounn life!!