Huron High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Huron, IA)

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proper Huron Article Artlcle Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Class Wzll We the Seniors of Huron Consolidated School feel it s only fitting and as our last will and testament to leave some of our fine qualities at V X XIII XIV To the faculty we will our neatly written papers our quiet classrooms and our ability to stay out of trouble To Mr Purden we will our ability to run around the gym twenty times To the Juniors we will our ability to agree our long hours studying and our good grades To the Sophomores we w11l our intellxgence our textbooks and our good behavior To the Freshmen we will our ability to stay out of halls out of other people s lockers and the ability to stay in study hall To the Freshmen to be we w11l our vacant and marred desks I Eleanor Gerst,hereby will my shape to Bonnie D1ste1horst and my ability to get along with teachers to Richard Sxegle so he doesn t have to stand on the top step to kiss his gxrl good night and my giggles to Joanne Gerst I Ioan Wxegand hereby will my ability to push seats out from under people to Rollan Schextlin and my abxlxty to type to Douglas Wyss I Paul Eisenmann hereby will my pretty eyes to Marjorie Wiegard and my ability to hold a girl to Roger Hadler I Donald Fenton hereby will my ability to stay out of trouble to Gary Peterson and my ability to play baseball to Dale Wehage who could use the exercise I Ronald Hadler hereby will my ability to sway the women to VN xlliam Schrader and my ability to play basketball to DeWayne Poggemiller I Henry Otto hereby will my ability to drive a school bus and the headaches that go with It to whoever drives next year and my studying ability to Richard Rettxg I Jerry Wood hereby will my studying ability to Jim Schrock and my ropmg ability to Ralph Schwartz so he can catch a woman O . I . . l . . H D . . . . IH . . . . D of . IV . . . y I . V p . . . , . VI ' . u . H D . . . 1 Article VIII I, Bonnie Schwartz, hereby will my height to Harry Eisenmann, . IX ' . ,. i . , . . . X I , , . . . . XI t v . . . . H , , . . .

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Class Hlstory Nxne green and bewxldered students entered the Freshrnan class on August 1948 at Huron Consolxdated School They were Paul E1senmann Donald Rettlg Donald Fenton Ronald Hadler Eleanor Gerst Joan Vuegand Patsy Ballard Jerry Wood and Henry Otto Our sponsor for thxs year was Mrs Murrell Weston Donald Fenton was our class presxdent At the end of the fxrst perlod we lost our f1rst member Patsy Ballard At the begmmng of our second year we gaxned another student Norma Maxfleld who aga1n left us at the end of the f1rst semester Our presmdent was Ronald Hadler and our sponsor was Monroe Kelly The Junxors entered the thxrd year wxth another classmate Bonnie Schwartz However Donald Rettxg left us late 1n the fall Ve presented Take It Easy whxch was dlrected by Mrs Dorxs Pollock and were hosts at the Junxor Sennor Banquet at the Burlmgton Hotel Our class sponsor was Mrs Esther McNe1ll Our class offxcers were President Joan Vvxegano Vxce Presxdent Bonnle Schwartz Secretary Treasurer Eleanor Gerst and Reporter Henry Otto Ronald Hadler and Donald Fenton part1c1pated xn both basketball and baseball Fmally after eleven years of rackxng the bram we exght Senmrs have staggered mto our last year at Huron We have had our good and bad moments any members th1s year Our bxggest project was the pubhshmg of our annual along wlth our class play Our offxcers were res1dent Ronald Hadler V1ce Presment Donalo Fenton Secretary Treasurer Paul Exsenmann and Reporter Bonn1e Schwartz Vx alden Smxth was our class sponsor The basketball teams were fa1rly successful thxs year w1th the boys wxnnmg second place xn the County Tournament anc. the gxrls second place xn the Sectgonal Tournament Those who partl 1patecl were Eleanor Gerst Jerry vv ood Paul Elsenmann Donald Fenton and Ronald Hadler Last fall the baseball teanx went to second place 1n the Sectxonal Tournament at Medxapohs after defeatmg Mornmg Sun and Sperry then loslng to Oakv1lle Those part1c1pat1ng were Jerry Wood Paul E1senmann Donald Fenton and Ronald Hadler Joan Wxegand was 'a nuernber of the sextet and p1ano accompan1st for g1rls quartet As we look back over the years we th1nk our stay at Huron has been a success ful one and only hope that the remamxng years of our l1ves w1ll be the sarue C but for the most part the good outnumbered the bad. We neither lost nor gained - . - . U ' . - - ',.' 1 . K 7 '

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Semor Prophecy We are lelsurely flymg around 1n our space sh1p trymg to see what IS gomg on, on the planet Earth What IS thxs we see? A flymg saucer? No lt IS only a baseball Now who else but Ron Hadler the former pxtchmg ace of the Huron Indxans could h1t a ball thls far Wonder who he IS playxng for now? We see that he ISD a player but xs coach at Huron and 15 just gxvmg the boys practmce at catchlng hxgh flxes We are now over F1fth Avenue and through our bmoculars we see that a fashxon show IS m progress The g1rl who 15 now on stage looks fam1l1ar Of course xt 15 Bonme Schwartz who IS now a model In the audlence we fxnd Don Fenton decked out nn h1s Captaxn s umform Now why would Don be at a woman s fash1on show? Could xt be that Dorxs hzs w1fe lxkes new clothes? Decxdxng to stay awhxle ln New York we land our space shxp and go to the Waldorf Astona Wh1le waxtmg for cocktaxls m our su1te we turn on the TV set Who appears but an alurnm from the 1952 class of Huron Henry Otto the 1l1ustr1ous successor of the great Bob Hope Stall recovermg from the shock of seemg Henry we recexve another when our cocktaxls arrlve The waxtress 15 none other than Eleanor Gerst She tells us that she xs now head waxtress at the hotel After a good nxght s rest we agam board our sh1p and head for Los Angeles but engme trouble forces us to land on a large ranch an Texas Chmbmg dlsgustedly from our shlp we see a cowboy rxdxng toward us Upon mquzrmg as to our whereabouts we are mformed that th1s IS the J and W Ranch Well gxven d1rect1ons lead us to the ranch house where we see a character under the shade tree Upon 1nvest1gat1on we fmd another 1952 Huron alurnnl plucklng on has old gultar We asked h1m what the I and W stood for and h1s drawled reply was Well I reckon lt IS for Jerry and Wood what else? After a long vxsxt Jerry took us 1n h1s Cad1llac con vertxble to Dallas to get a mechamc Vlhmle walkxng through the hangers we burnped mto a grease monkey all covered wxth grease and oxl After we apolog1zed we faxntly recognxzed h1m as Paul Exsenmann Upon telhng hxm our troubles he kmdly offered to fxx our space shxp H1s exammatxon showed the machme to be beyond repaxr For a nommal remlttance we gave the shxp to Paul so that he could utxhze the useable parts Wlth the money we purchased a Cadxllac convertxble and contmued on our Journey to Los Angeles We stopped at a hotel and made our reservatxon for the mght Durmg our spare txme we went to the RKO studxo to watch them make a motron plcture The star of the scene was Tony Curtxs Although the bxlhng gxves the name Jo Jo Jones for the co star we begm to probe for further mformatmon as the face looks vaguely famxlxar We are rewarded by the dxscovery that her real name IS Joan Wxegand now famous under her stage name Jo Jo Jones She mvxtes us to the Brown Derby for dmner but It IS gettmg late and we must contmue our Journey Before we leave however we want to w1sh all you Semors the best of luck and a great success o . . . , , 1 1 1 . . V . . ., . . t I . . . l I 0 . . .. ., . , . . . I - r , . I - . ' ' 1 I , . I . . ' Q ., . . I 0 . . . . . .U .. ' I ,, .. .. V. - I ' 9 . ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . Q I l .