Hoyt High School - Cowboy Yearbook (Hoyt, KS)

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I Senior Hislorv .t wat a happy day in September, 19SU, for thirteen freshmen aa they entered the door of H:. High to begin their first year in high school. We were familiar with the building, since of ua had attended the aeventh and eighth grades in the high school building, we didn't h. ve too Tiueh trouble finding our way around. The members of this freshman class were Ronnie Bausch, Prv ident; {arolyn lounger, Vice President; David Spencer, Secretary; Paul Shipman, Treasurer; Richard Newell, Delegate; Darlene Casto, Reporter; Jim Rickel, Harold Meggison, Don Splkery Bobby Ungerman, Darlene Spiker, Allan Landen, and Dean Allen. Mr. Longberg was our sponsor that year. The most outstanding events of the year were the initiation and the school carni’ X we fatered our second year as sophomores in the fall of 1955, we found we had lost Darie ne Casto’and gained Dale Wright and Wilbur Wabaunsee. Nothing very significant happened to the sophomores that year, but some of us participated in a tumbling show to raise money for basketball uniforms. Our sponsor was Mrs. Castle. In the fall of 1956, we entered the portals of Hoyt High as Juniors. When we returned we found we had lost Wilbur Wabaunsee. Our most exciting event of the year was the Junior-Senior Banquet, The theme of our banquet was the Stork Club. Our sponsor was Mr. Haden. In the fall of 1956, the curtain went up on the final act of our high school education. We had made the grade—we were now seniors. The members of our class were David Spencer, President; Jim Rickel, Vice President; Darlene Spiker, Secretary-Treasurer; Carolyn Younger, Reporter; Harold Meggison, Delegate; Ronnie Bausch, Don Spiker, Paul Shipman, Dick Newell, and Bobby Ungerman. This year held many outstanding events for us, the Junior-Senior Banquet, the senior trip, graduation» and our work on the annual. May 30, 1977 Dear Mr. Thorpes Whll. traveling around the world recently this month, we found the eeniora of 1957 engaged in their various occupations. In Alsaka we found Jim Rickel raising baby kangroos on a farm, although he w a s having trouble keeping them warm. We also found Dick Newell, who has become a millionaire, making false teeth for penguins. We decided to stop in Southwestern Canada fora while, and who should come into town with the circus but Bob Ungerman. He was doing a tight-wire act with a beautiful blonde. While driving through the mountains, we came upon one of our old school chums, Carolyn Younger (known as Bones). She was working as a mule skinner for a freight company. As a hobby she has taken up uranium prospecting. When we were in California, we saw David Spencer checking out bathing suits to the great movie stars at t h e city pool. On to Hollywood we went, where we found Ronnie Bausch doing imitations of the great Elvis Presley and playing his guitar. We stopped in our home town, Hoyt, where we found Don Spiker, owner of a gas station with a shop in the back where he over- hauls his bicycle. His hobby is taking care of his 100-miles a gallon Model T. Traveling on down into Arkansas we saw Paul Shipman, now married to a girl named Carol, f 1 1® .. igi tors and crocodiles. On Saturdays Paul spends his time getting his 1950 moael Hot Rod read7 for the drag-strip on Sunday. We moved on to Florida and who should we see pushing a cart full of fur coats on the beach—none other than our old pal Harold Meggison We decided to go north and drifted into Delaware. Here we saw Darlene Spiker. She is married to a millionaire and lives in a mansion with her eight little boys. We had a wonderful time traveling all over the world and checking on our old schoolmates. Sincerely,