Independence High School - Wapsie Yearbook (Independence, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1949 volume:

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A , A 1 7 ' 1 . M ' , sl , i ' , I 1 4 5 ' f sie 1 ' - 1 ' r 1 . Slabs. 1 , ' c , ': . , , 1 , - i ' , , . .' ' . , 5 , , ' . .. 1 ' ' A ' r. , Q ' ' , 1 . ' , 'J 1 , l . ' ' W Miss Lois Cue. Brown hair, brown eyes, and a quick step are characteristics of a busy secre- . ' . e ' ' . ' ' s , ' c A A ' ' 1-f l' ., , c. . , . . . ., ,, , y 1 . , l tc ' c ' ' ' ' 'c ' . ' ,ri ' . ' . 1 , Q . ' , - - 1-ight . Kang lie mc! N old hand at pertormmg expenrnents IS Mr Wrllard Hatfield. He coaches Freshmen and Sophomore basketball asslsts 1n football and track beslde teach1ng us the funda mentals of chem1stry and physrcs He also shows us how to do d1H1cult problems 1n matl'emat1cs and advtses the Iunror class He lS trrendly always has an answer and llkes to tell SlOf19S Our well l1ked teacher of Span1sh Journahsm and Iunlor Engl1sh could only be MISS Barbara Bland She also sponsors the Waps1e and l Hyh and IS co sponsor of the Sen1or class Lots ot fun always tr1m always busy and help1ng someone lS M1ss Bland Our speech enthus1ast IS Mrs Evelyn Iones who teaches us that strength ll9X1bll1lY and a pure tone are qual1t1es of a good vorce By 1ns1st1ng upon correct enunc1at1on and pronun c1at1on she helps us to speak ID a d1st1nct clear vorce W1th a srmle for everyone she teaches Sophomore Enghsh speech and IS advtsor to the Sophomore class A new member of our party IS MISS Eleanor Kolar who has the Job of SGGIDQ that the g1rls of our tra1n are kept phys1cally f1t for our Journey She lS sponsor ofthe GA A and manages the newly organrzed dr1ll team She has lots of pep and enthuslasm to help keep us 1n h1gh sp1r1ts Mrs Amy Mxller has the 1mportant Job of see1ng that everyone 1n our wagon tra1n IS well and strong Short tr1endly always sm1l1ng and well versed rn her nrofess1on of the day she has many ready suggestrcns concern1ng how one can keep well and happy Ever alert to danger SIQHS she IS do1ng a f1ne Job l always pass one student to encourage the rest of the class Such IS the com1c att1tude of our new teacher Mr Lester Mllls Easy to get along w1th 1f you have your ass1gnments done he IS a l1keable guy as well as an able teacher of Amerrcan government and Amer1can hrstory The lovely wh1te ha1red lady everyone knows so well lS Mrs Florence Peters who teaches us how our ancestors made our country what 1t lS today She has a fnendly smlle IS ener get1c and does all she can to help She teaches Amer1can hrstory Freshman Engllsh and lS advrsor to the Freshman class Attractlve w1th lots of pep makes up MISS Murval Weldlem g1rl s home econom1cs 1n structor Always ready to help or QIVQ a suggest1on tor any act1v1ty IS M1ss Weldle1U As sponsor ot Y Teen her co operat1on lS apprectated by all the grrls Sponsor of YTeen enthus1ast1c many ready suggest1ons co sponsor ot the Sophomore class w1ll1ng to help llkes a good Joke That could only be MISS Marlys Wollesen a teacher who has been w1th us for f1ve years She also helps make our geometry and algebra classes 1nterest1ng and educat1onal Courteous and obl1g1ng w1th a frrendly sm1le makes Mrs Hazel McLaughl1n our l1brar1an a favorrte In add1t1on to all the unusual respons1b1l1t1es ot a l1brar1an she sponsors the L1 brary club and lS Sen1or co sponsor Always ready to answer a quest1on her GHICIGHCY corn mands the respect of all I . . . 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National Honor Society , . , Jack . . . actress in school plays . . cheerleader, DALLAS IIANTZ Basketball enthusiast . . . JoAnne . . , From the great city of Otterville. KEITH BANTZ- The strong lhcls .1 wrestlerl silent type . . . Mabel. ELVUIN l'wASQUIN+ Snnny . . . lim so bright, they call me Sonny! , , . Always joking. PEGGY CATES+Co-editor . . . I would rather be wiser than I look than look wiser than I am. . . . Gif. LESTER CHERRYf Toad and my Ford . . . basketbafl , . . I tell you, they need more men like mefi LUELLA MAE CIRCUS--- Number, please . . . Never a quiet moment . . . Keith. JEAN COLE-Donnais pal . . . pleasant smile . , . -lim . . . Office worker, BILI, COULTER--Nlugtang matman . . . Nights with the gang are fun . , . hearty laugh. HELEN DUNLAPf Red . . . Pontiac cirs . . Bob . , . That red hair means dangerl HELEN FIl.l.lVlORE- Deweyu . . .G.A.A. cxhinet l'Give the Republicans back my nickname. MARCELLA FISHER- Fish . . . The more I see of men, the better I like my dog. AGNES FUHRMAN- Aggie . . . Red . . . Country kids get all the hreaks---they ride rhu bus! PAT IJUHRMAN-- Shei'man . . , Veteran cheerleader . . . an excellent mixture of snap. scrap. and pep, IVIARGE GERDES--Y-Teen vice-president , . . School Council . . . Bernard . . . Dentist's assistant, DELWIN GISSEI.--Loves to play the piano . . . Your ticket, please. DONNA GOSSEiG.A,A, cabinet . . , Jacks delight . . . Even volcanoes are quiet before they erupt! page eleven fe Zhu of V? eilffppeazm mime ' ' MAXINE GROSKURTH- Buzz , . . Y-Teen cabinet . . , Dean . . . She really tells lem!! DEAN HAYWARD- Pus . . . Maidrites . . . Really talces the teasing about Maxine! MARGARET HANNA- Mu s . . . Minnie . . . g Office worlc . . . Marge's pal. JIM HERSEY-Class president . . . Betty . . . Hi-Y president . . . great athlete . . . National Honor So- ciety. HAROLD HOKENSON- Hokie . . . I would rather study women than books . . . great Republican. MARIAN JACKSON- Butchy' . . . Y-Teen president . . . Carroll . . , Cleverly put together. CONNIE KELEHER-Y-Teen cabinet . . . class vice- president . . . Love that Winthrop! . . . -Iaclcy's chum. GLEN KIRKENDALL- Vernie . . . sportsman . . . I'm sorry I can't date all the girlsf' NANCY LEE-Arizona's loss is Independence's gain . . . Plenty of ideas. RAY LOGAN- Benny . . . short, blond . . . For he,s a jolly good fellow. GEORGIA MCCALLEY- Chewing gum helps me think . . . Her heart belongs to Swede alone. JOHN MCINTEER- Mickey'y , . . I-Club . . . EEA. , . . Slow, but not on the foot-feed. TIMOTHY McINTEER- Tim . . . School Council . . . He loves to be on the football field. PAUL MEGONIGLE-Mighty man of the mat . . . fu- ture tiller of the soil. HOWARD MILLER-Great teaser . . . The harder I try the gooder to be, the worser I am. KEITH MILLER- Wit and wisdom are born with a man . . . Luella's delight. HELEN MUENCH- Ham . . . Co-editor . . . G.A.A. president . . . Every minute Mat-shall's in it. PATRICIAL NIELSEN- Pat . . . G.A.A. cabinet . . . Jolly to walk with, pleasant to talk with. page twelve DIANE ROWLAND-National Honor Society . Frank . . . Y-Teen cabinet . . . I-Hyh editor . . . School Council. SHEILA SATTERLEE-Banker's daughter . . . . . . Let not man accost me unless he has a mighty reason. DARRELL SCOTT-- Scotty . . careful studentg care- ful not to overdo. JUDY SHEEHAN-Y-Teen cabinet . . . Oh, that laughl . . . Oh, menl BURNITA STARR- Burt . . . just a gal with an ath- letic nature. BETTY STEPANEK-Generally speaking, she's gener- ally speaking . . . jim . . . You can hear her coming a mile away. ERVA STREITTMATTER- Streitze'' . . . Lives for those trips to Oelwein every Thursday night. GERALD STRICKEL- I am a man of few words . . movie projectionist. .IACKY VAN REE-C1355 treasurer . . . Winthrop is wonderfull . . . great Democrat . . always with Connie. PHYLLIS WEBER- Phyl . . . class secretary . . . G.A.A. cabinet . . . School Council . . , Quiet man- ner. JACK WILLIAMS- Let the other fellow talk occasion- allyg you can't learn much by listening to yourself all the timef' NADINE WILSON-Acrobat . . . There isn't any gos- sip that I don't know. VIRGINIA WING- Virgie . . . California had her, but we got her back . . . LeRoy. EILEEN WORKMAN-G.A.A. cabinet . . . Dick , . A little lass, but, oh, so mighty! page thirteen x X Uaez tie .land ,rf -fecwmg Z 'ls P1 -'X IVX, IY ,Q 5 111111114111 to Tl yf H1 rrfmqtf U 111 1 yr Q'F' 1 HGV 1 1 066 . . . F' .' -i. If T : 3 1 .'f,1'ElT .: '..:r111 3111: 115' 1 U1 i E. 'Q xr ',',' 5 .1 1 '. 1 'z 1 X1 fi.-1' EQ1 11 1111 j'f,9.'1, I 5.1 :ry 1:11.-11111 .1i11'.'- :my iz. my 51.11 5 tl 'I'h1ir: 1 Lcwljk. l f 1. :Q E -f '. 11 1: 1. 1.11 .itxr T1. I 1:1 Q ' V V1- '1 ,L :11 1:'1i.1 .' ' I. 1: Eff . i fir 111: - ,' .1 3.11531-ri-.1111-11,111 11'-11 Fi'-'t' XT 1 ,-'4A ff -1 if 1 '.,' PLVJ1- '- 3' 21- ' 331' ' Fr 111: Sh Q ii' Br '.',' .. 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presrdentral campargn tour He sard he owes hrs success to hrs wrfe the former Mar cella Flsher who supports hrm by workrng nrghts rn a hosprtal The shrrll blast of the trarn whrstle made us realrze We d have to hurry rf we were to meet any of our old classmates at the statron Beautrful musrc frlled the arr Why rt was Holae Harold Hokenson s orchestra We could remember back when Harold grew hrs frrst whrsker' To our surprrse we saw Helen Dunlap as engrneer ot thrs shrnrng streamlrned locomotrve She had frnally found a way to let of'f steam Whrle we anxrously warted for the famous movre queen our old classmate Burmta Starr to step out of her prrvate car wrth her manager Alfred Beatty we notrced that the porter was Lester Cherry How he had aged' We hardly recognrzed hrm wrth hrs mustache and beard As we watched tl'ere was a loud crash behrnd us Upon rnvestrgatron we saw Iudy Sheehan crawl from a prle of wreckage ther l3th helrcopterl In a few moments another head appeared whrch proved to be Mary Atchrson A doctor Gene Hlggms and two nurses Nancy Lee and Margaret Mugs Hanna soon arrrved on the scene and were busrly grvrng frrst ard to Nadme Wllson who had the mrsfortune to be flattened by Sheehan s fallrng vehrcle Iudy parked too close to the edge of the roof agarn After thrs unexpected excrtement we decrd d to go down to the clarms to look over the mrnes We drscovered that no one WGS USIDQ prcks or shovels but they were usrng some new type of mrnrature atom bomb developed by none other than Darrell Scott tlrat used to be chemrstry brarn now Buchanan County s top screntrst After vrsrtrng a short trme wrth the mme boss Ray Logan we began to realrze that a few of ou old classmates were as lazy as ever We saw Ixm Hersey srttrng rn a small burldrng pushrng buttons whrch controlled hrs robots and not only that he had a mechanrcal affarr that fed hrm and put hrm to bed GGIHQ Ilm S fOOd milde US fgiher hungry so we started out rn search of a place to eat As we were gorng down the street we saw lean Cole carryrng her grocerres home We should GXplCIlI'l here that Kerth and Dallas Bttnlz Wl'rO are C0 Workers wrth Darrell Scott mvented some small Bantzatomrc prlls whrch turn rnto food when they Come rn Contact wrth morsture These prlls came rn varrous srzes 2 tons 3 tons Gnd 5 tons Iegn had Q box Qi the 5 ton S129 Hrght before our eyes she slrpped on a banana peelrng and dropped her small package of prlls rnto a puddle of water Immedrately these Bantzatomrc prlls sprang rnto actron Bananas COOk19S Grapes and cakes began DODDIHQ up rn the mrddle of the street The thunderrng traffrc of Independence was stopped' Polrce srrens whrstled and to our surprrse polrce captarn Blll BIOWII Came OVGI 'tO 1I'lV9SllQGl9 the Cllsfuroance Meanwhrle we ran to the phone and contacted the Basqum and Glssel Frerght lrne In less than 2 mrnutes the frrst semr colossal truck drrven by Paul Megorugle pulled up to the st ll growrng stack of grocerres We left soon after the trucks arrrved but we heard later that rt took nearly 2 days to haul away Iean s groc erres We drove down the street passrng more Clarms untrl we were rn Wrnthrop now a suburb of Independence Here we entered the Gold Nugget Saloon run by Iacky Van Ree and Connie Keleher There standrng behrnd the bar was Georgla McCalley servrng beer and pretzels Leanrng at the end of the bar stuffrng hrmself wrth free lunch was Dean Hayward Hrs wrfe Maxme Groskurth was pleadlng Wllh hrm to stop eatrng but to no avarl lust as We frnrshed orderrng our meal the floor show began and dancer Sherla Satterlee appeared on the stage Accompanyrng Sherla at the prano was Phyllxs Weber Sherla and Phyllrs who had formed the famous team of Weber and Satterlee were now tourrng the country wrth therr famous act lust then the wartress Donna Gosse arrrved wrth our food Next on the program was the Mrller comedy team Luella and Keith Whrle we were eatrng Connre and Iacky arrrved to vrelconre us and rn the course of our conversatron we learned that Howard Muller had a hot poker game on wrth B111 Coulter rn the back room Brll was gettrng the worst of rt and rnc1 dentally we notrced a few extra aces up Howard s sleeve We frnrshed our lunch took a brcarbonate of soda and contrnued on our tour Srnce our automobrle whrch was brought wrth us from the Mrssourr Ozarks our home was not fast enough we called a taxr These taxrs were drfferent than the krnd back rn 49 They had no drrvers but were run by remote control g O . 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V ' I I 1 . . , . 1 1 - . 1 . page sixteen 662 We had Just become acquarnted wrth the vehrcle when 1t stopped 1n the heart of Inde pendence The top speed was only 450 mrles an hour As the doors swung open and we stepped out l bumped my head on a s1gn lt read Th1s r1de IS furnlshed free by the owner lrcensee and rnventor Erva Strerttmcmer and by the courtesy of the people who so krndly let therr pockets be prcked whrle r1d1ng 1n th1s veh1cle That d1d rt' We decrded to get our own car and df1V9 around to see some old landmarks 1f there were any left Dr1v1ng west on hrghway 20 we soon came to a s1gn that sard State Hosprtal 1 Mrle We were cunous to see 1f thrs place had changed because we remembered that the class of 49 had spent a lot of tlme ln that v1c1n1ty7 As we drove by Farmer s Lodge we notrced two old men s1tt1ng on a bench by the door They looked vaguely fam1l1ar so we stopped to speak to them To our surprlse we recogn1zed M1ke and Txm Mclnteer' They both looked rather blank for a m1nute Then T1m got a trapped look rn hrs eye and began to mutter Mr M1lls Mr Mrlls F Suddenly he burst mto tears and stumbled mto the burldmg Mrke expla1ned to us that T1m never could pass Government and after WCI1l11'1Q 30 years 1n the hope that Mr Mllls would pass h1m to encourage the rest 1t fmally affected what was left of h1s rnmd We began to wonder why M1ke was m the hospltal as he seemed Just as mtellrgent as he used to be We had talked but a few mmutes more when two whxte coated men darted from a S1d9 entrance and pulled a sack over MlkGS head You were certalnly lucky' they panted when they had h1m subdued He s very dangerous Dangerous? In what way? we asked He s always runnlng and tackllng somebody Seems as though he couldnt get away from playlng football they explarned Our next stop was the now famous Waps1e Mrll where Exleen Workman drscovered gold whrle workrng as rat extermmator rn the basement We 1mmed1ately rnvestlgated the h1stor1cal spot There to greet us was the mrll owner V1rg1n1a Wmg She showed us around the land mark where among other thrngs we saw Helene Muench drvmg for nuggets We came upon some more clalms as we walked up stream and we saw two women stoopmg over pannlng gold When we slapped them on the shoulder they turned around and we were surprrsed to fmd ourselves face to face wrth Marge Gerdes and Dxcme Rowland. When we left they soon began annoylng a man dr1v1ng a truck rushlng to a nerghborrng clarm we found the frerce Fuhnncm s1sters Pat and Agnes tryrng to Jump Pat Nerlson s clarm They had succeeded rn chasrng Pat up a tree and were pelt1ng her w1th buckshot Not wantlng to get mlxed up 1n any dangerous srtuatrons we began fol low1ng a s1gn that sald Frllmore Rabblt Stables Entermg a Iona shed we found hundreds of cages of huge whtte rabbrts Helen Dewey Flllmore emerged from a Slde room and rushed to greet us She showed us around the stables and expla1ned to us that she was feedmg her rabbtts gold ore so that they would lay golden Easter eggs We were a b1t doubtful at f1rst but Helen showed us a basket full of them and we left thoroughly conv1nced The day we dectded to leave we sold our old Jallopy and bought a duoplane whlch was an arrplane and car bu1lt together As we left the huge Independence Natlonal Arrport we nottced someone who had a famrlrar walk lt was Mcxncxn Butch Iackson who was now a Janltor rn the garage she scrubbed the planes We departed reluctantly after v1s1t1ng wrth Manan and were off for home We had our radlo on and recogmzed the vo1ce of an announcer who was none other than Betty Stepctnek. She was now operatlng a radro statton 1n Independence and had to do all the announclng s1ng1ng etc by herself because she changed the program from 3 m1nutes of advert1s1ng 1n every 15 m1nutes to l2 mmutes of advert1s1ng m every 15 m1nutes Thrs was because every one was so concerted that they wanted to spend therr money advert1s1ng themselves The brg gest advertlser was Peggy Cates who pa1d S5 OOO cr mlnute for 5 m1nutes of advert1s1ng whrch was to be g1ven every hour Here IS the advertrsement as we heard rt then Lonely? Then get rn contact w1th th1s advertrser They wrll frx everythmg from a broken heart to a date wrth a mov1e star Phone or wrlte to presldent secretary and treasurer of th1s company Peggy Cates Box 569 Avenue 157B Independence Iowa Th1s was repeated 5 trmes w1th1n the 5 mlnute perlod Then we heard another adverttsement Low on Gas? Then fly to latrtude 36 long1 tude 42 altrtude l OOO feet We sell everythlng from sandwlches to submar1nes Th1S we had to see a frllfng statron l OOO feet above the earth' We realrzed th1s was rather hrgh to fly 1n our httle plane but we frnally made rt As we approached the spot rndrcated by the radro an nouncer we saw a garly decorated s1gn frashlng You want rt weve got 1t contxnued on bottom of next page 0 0 0 Q I C O C I I I - I I ' . 1 As we continued our way up stream we suddenly heard shots ring out close by, and , 1 n I ll ll I. n 1 . . . . . 1. .1 1 I I . ' l 1 1 I 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - I I l l . - If ll 1 n I I ' 5 I , 1. 'I I xr' Il - I 1 ll T Dag? seventeen Lf 7fza6Z aacvzdlec ..... Best Looking Best Looking T1m Mclnreer Phyllis Weber Best Athlete Best Athlete Glen Klrkendall Pat Fuhrman Curiosity prompted us to land on this strange looking obiect We taxied to the qas pump and to our qreat ama ement we saw Ken And ews approaching our plane After a lonq con versation N9 found he was the owner of this fantastic oddity made our Way into our old homestead in the Qzarks Althouah the rest of our classmates had i made names for themselves both noted and o torious and although the rest of the U S had advanced we were not dissatisfied to return to this part of the country that had been left so that people like us Could live as stupid and as ignorant as we were back in 49 htm l V A sk X4 l Y X5 2 2' ' I . - Two hours after we left Kenny and his filling station hanqinq in the air, We eventually 'x , n - --1-ig -on qw Best Student Best Student 15:37 3 lm Hersex Diane Rowland Cleverest Cleverest 2 Sonny Bfnsqum udy Sheehan 4 RINO!! 'J N. J' ' ' V ' .. ' J ' 5 age tuents eedma of tie cciea E the seekers of the rrches hope that we may be permrtted to choose our trarls as wrsely as drd th1s year s araduatmq class We drqqers were led by four renowned prospectors who led us ln our constant search for the treasure Our class presrdent was Dean Butterfreld lack Thompson served as vrce presrdent secretary was Sh1rley Black and Donna Hauth acted as treasurer The lunrors were extremely well represented m the many actrvrtres of the school ln the freld of sports they could be found partrcrpatrnq m football bas ketball wrestlmq baseball and track The Seekers of the Rrches also took an served her school as a cheerleader They also were found qrvmq therr trme and talent to the departments of vocal and mstrumental musrc Norma Van Horn and Shrrley Black were our candrdates for Homecommq Queen thrs year Representmq us on the School Councrl were Brll Melvrn councrlman at large lack Thompson Bob Hanson and lean Munson All of our vartous undertakrnqs proved hrqhly successful The carnrval whrch we gave tn our Sophomore year and numerous dances helped to pay for our larqest prorect the lumor Sentor Banquet and Prom We are hopmq that we may contrnue on the trarl untrl we reach the aoal and assume the many responsrbrlrtres of the Semors of 49 I active part in FFA., I-Club, l-ly-Y, Y-Teen, and GAA. One of the luntor airls Marjorie Abram Phyllis Andrews junior Axline Betty Bayness Russell Beebe Shirley Black Dean Butterfield Mabel Chase Edward Cornwell Robert Cornwell Mathalene Coulter Mary Jane Dlouhy Marian Downing Frank Eddy Wanda Esch Darrell Fratzke Buster Gates Charles Ghere Patricia Ghere Ronald Gitch Carl Gosse Carol Greif Joyce Hakanson Patricia Hall Rcbert Hakanson Jose hine Harrin ton P R Robert Hanson Le Roy Harris Connie Harvey Donna Hauth page in C-mx om Um oliacaew Della Hearn Walter Johnson Marilyn Kidd John Kidd john Kuper james Lockhart Vernon Main Donna McFee Robert Mallory Dale McGill jean Munson Evelyn Naylor Robert Orr Barbara jo Pearce Floyd Schanlce Floyd Schanlce Richard Schmidt jack Soener Marjorie Shannon Darrell Spece jack Thompson Delcris Stripes Herbert Tiffany Vivian Van Etten Tim Van Ree Morris Van Vooren Victor Walton Richard Washburn Lois Wells Janice Zimmer 'I' pkg Happy Bxrthclay Pals' ' ' Inch Sophomore Pepstvrs OC Frxends Bxlls Belle Handy Andy Tlcket Taker ll-'O Up and Coming Stars Our Cameraman Jean Munson o and Phyl Barbara s Catch Operetta Stars Our Scmors 48 Queen 1lXXC'l'1Xl'l - Us 1 2 . 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J 16. 1' 1' ZLI' ' ij-I -Www RAILMATES tollowlng the tra1l are the Sophomores Taskmaster P I Leehey rs ably assrsted by Roger Htggms both ot whom are members ot the Freshmen Sophomore basketball squad and School Councrl Keepmg track of thxs group s progress IS Secretary Sherry Peyton Sherry rs a member of Y Teen and although a very small person she tullrlls thrs post tron eft1c1ently Managrng busmess transactxons and handlrng all funds tor the trarlmates IS the Job ot the Treasurer Beverly Borchers She belongs to the Y Teen School Councll Glee Club and Chorus ln an attempt to rarse money the Trarlmates provrded drnner for a gather mg ot the Future Farmers ot Amertca October was a busy month for the Trarlmates Thrs was the Homecommg season and nearly everyone was workmg on the1r tloat The theme tor the Sophomores float was Bowmg to Vrctory Iantce Schmrtt rode as Queen Vrctory and Robert Wessels acted as her Krng Those bowrng to the couple were Ronald Brown l-larry Van Horn and Donald Keller The Tra1lmates are proud to have among them one of the tour cheerleaders Donna Lou Munson Donna Lou was also a Home-commg queen candrdate and IS a member of the School Councrl Glee Club and Chorus A large number of the Sophomores are act1ve members m Glee Club Chorus and Band The students who were ln Cvlee Club and Chorus part1c1 pated 1n an operetta whrch was presented rn the early part of December The Trarlmates have tour representatrves tn the School Counctl Those who were chosen by the1r class to represent them rn the Councrl were Roger HIQQIUS P I Leehye Beverly Borchers and Donna Lou Munson carry over member for next year As nearer the1r goal they clmtb the Trarlmates are seekmg to tmd and to achleve the best 1n everythmg they undertake to do Yes the Sophomores are truly seekers too I O O O O 0 I O T I I T I ' T 1 I . , . 1 f, . . 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Front Row Rxchard Peterson Bull Melvnn Gerald 1VlcCalley Duane Rowland P J Leehey Marge Gerdes Mr Lester Malls Back Row Bob Hanson Roger Hxggrns Barbara Belzer Phyllis Weber Beverly Ellnott Tum Mclnteer ean Munson ack Thompson Donna Lou Munson Beverly Borchers chool Uounul Supervrsmq the mmrnq were the members of the Independence School Councrl Srxteen alert members served on the Councrl Thxs year a new Constrtutton was drawn up whereby tour members were elected fron each class The person recervmq the hrqhest number ot votes rn the Jumor sophomore and freshman classes are holdover members for next year Holdover members for next year wtll be B111 Melvm Donna Munson and Rrchard Peterson Head supervrsor was Drane Rowland who was chosen to serve as presrdent Qther orlr cers were B111 Melvm vrce pres1dent P I Leehey secretary and Gerald McCalley treasurer The txrst task for Councrl members was Home omrnq They took charqe of the parade dance and the crownrnq ofthe Queen They also collected canned foods for some needy tarnrly by charqrnq everyone a can of food who wrshed to crash the theater Councrl members conducted locker mspecttons once a month and also appotnted a bulle tm board cornmrttee to keep the bulletm board and the halls neat The presrdent appomted stanclrnq commtttees whrch lncluded The Soc1al Proqrarn and oocral Development Commrttee the Audltorrum Commntee the School Lrtrzenshrp Commrt tee and the School Orqanrzatron Commlttee page thu tw two l . . . . . 7 - 1 1 s 9 ' ' v 3 1 9 9 y 1 1 Y J ,J , , O rw .1 .. 1 1 1 . . Al - 1 1 1 1 - 1 - ' , ' , . . . , f , . . 1 F 1 v - 1 , . ,-1 . . . . 1 N., . . 1 1 1 ' , . ., '.,- . . . eepmg Qzagzeaa fecafwla Front Row Erwa Strextmatter Margaret Hanna Betty Stepanelc Marian aclcson Connie Keleher Helen Muench M1ddle Row Duane Rowland Phyllis Weber Mary Atchison Nadine Wilson Nancy Lee 'icky Vanlhe Marcella Fisher Back Row Agnes Fuhrman Marge Gerdes Peggy Cates Pat Fuhrman Delwln Gnssel Helen Fillmore Helen Dunlap Pat Nielsen Judy Sheehan Wapsle Stall To re ord the happenxnqs of IHS dunnq 1948 l949 the Wapsle Staff was orqanrzed The task of edmnq was started ID Seplernber The staff met dunnq act1v1ty penod once a week wrlh Edltor Mary Atch1son and Co eduors Peqqy Coles and Helene Muench ln charge The wrmnq stall was under the d1rect1on of M1ss Baroara Bland M1ss Mae Hanlon was 1n charge of the busrness staff The prcture staff was under the su DQTVISIOD ol Mrs Florence Peters and Mr Fred De1nes Shorlly after Chnstrnas the qroup worlanq on prctures began cornplhnq iherr matenal The Halrnar Studlo of Waterloo took the pmtures for ihe year book ln addmon to the Sen1ors the lunlors and Sophornores volunteered the1r servrces to help put out ihe Wapsre of 49 px 1 lhntx ll w w w 2 ' , , , ,l , y ' 1 v 1 9 aj' 'v : 1 s -s v 1 v v 1 0 f I A A . 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Front Row Bob Cornwell Jack Soener Diane Rowland Connle Keleher Phyllis Weber Erva Streltmatter B ck Row Pat Fuhrman Pat Hall Bob Hanson ack Thompson Blll Melvm rm Lockhart Tlm VanRee Glen Klrkendall Paul Megomgle Pat Ghere Janice Znmmer The I Hyh tatf He e in our camp we have kept up on the news by means of our paper The I Hyh 'While tneir fellow classmates were busy mining the lHyh reporters were gathering news The pa per was fi st with all the hottest school news and featured the latest ideas on minina itor Phyll s Weber third page edxtor Iaclc Thompson and Bill Melvin sports editors Head enaineer was Miss Barbara Bland fn order to finance the printinq of the paper business managers Glen Kirkendall lack Soener and Pat Ghere sold ads to the business establishments of the camp Because of the desire to print the latest news The lllyh was published every two weeks and distributed throuahout the various rooms of the main camp building To any outsider who may have wandered into the Journalism room it might appear to be a mass of confusion but everyone was only doina his Job To the underarads of IHS now qoes the Job of keeping up this record We the class of 49 are confiaent that you will live up to our expectations The best of luck to you' pugn thlltx foul Y 5 - 1 I 9 ' ! 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A Supervisors of the project were Diane Rowland. editorfin-chief: Connie Keleher, feature ed- . . . . 2ewg11azam Wimew Duane Rowland jim Hersey Mary Atchison atmnal Honor Three m1ners struck 1t rxch by meetmq the four requrrements of character SQIVICG schol arshlp and leadershlp These three were honored by bemq mducted 1nto the Nahonal Honor SOC1SlY They are Mary Atchison hm Hersey and Drane Rowland All became members durlnq the second semester of the1rJun1or year l1m Hersey assumed the ofhce ot pres1dent Dlane Rowland was vrce pres1dent and Mary Atchrson served as secretary treasurer Proof that they were deservlnq of th1s honor IS shown below Mary Atch1son actress 1n several plays GAA Y Teen qlee club chorus tr1o secretary treasurer of Natlonal Honor So CIGTY ed1tor of WGDSIG hm Hersey pres1dent of sen1or class presmclent ot H1 Y IClub presrdent ot Nattonal Hon or Soclety qlee club chorus D1ane Rowland Y Teen cabmet Wapsxe statt pres1dent of School Councll echtor of I Hyh v1cepres1dent ot Nattonal Honor SOCIGTY qlee lub chorus p 11.4. thntx fue 1 s O . 11 . . 11 . . , 1 1 ' , . . 1 1 - . 1 .. I L . ' 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 . 7 I . I . I . 1 1 - ' 1 1 A 1 ' 1 1 N-1 1 - L ,, ,jk . e ea gnleziadnefza . . . . l1lllS hlee I Iuh Front Row D1-me Rcwl1ncl Donna Lou Munson Carolyn Gee Corrme Gosse Lone lee Russmll Shirley Hauth Delorxs Stripes C1rla Alberts Eyelyn Naylor Pat Hall Se cnd Row 7elma W1llls Betty Fisher ,I-l18lI1l1 Loeck Pat Mcggers Mary H1nna Betty Stepanek Mary AIChl son anxce Zimmer Yvonne Perry Esther Hokerson Miss Dorothy Dickson Third Row B1rh1ra Pmt Mnble Chase Le Anne Cone Phyllis Weber Marian Megonlgle Beyerly Borchcrs une Cue Pat Ghere Shirley Black Hind Helen Fillmore Jmn Stevens oan Leehey Iloys blee Cluh Frfnt Rcw I1rry Pettrs Rslymond kuehl Dwayne Walters ohn Rowlslnd Duane Manson cond Row Darrell Spece H1rry Vam Horn ohn Bond Wayne Haegele Darrell Frat7ke NIISS Dorothy Dlclc son Bwck Row Elwm B1squm Donfnld Butler Freeman Gary Marshall lm Hersey Donald lxeller pa e thntx slx Y f X Y 1 1 t I ': '. . , . ' , I .. . . 'S' . ' , C ': ,- . . ', ' , . , I , .. , ' , '- , J 1 . V' A , v Back Row: Judy Sheehan, Jean Munson, Marcella Fisher, Georgia McCalley, Joyce Halcanson, Peggy Cates, Betty , . '- . .l ' l 1 1 Q . , , ': .. ' ' ., . ' , ', J . , - . Se ': . . ' . , J , . ' , . . ' ' - . ': ' . ' ' . . , , , . ', ' Fwawle weawle an Front Row Duane Rowland lelma Wallls Carolyn Gee Mary Atchlson Betty Stepanek Pat Meggers Corrme Gr. se IN9l0I'lS Stripes Lona Lee Russell Shirley Hauth Yvonne Perry Esther Hckenson Evelyn Naylor Pat H ll Second Row Betty Fisher Donna Lou Munson Thelma Loeck Phyllis Weber Mary Hanna Larry Peters ohn Rtwland Duane Min cn amce Zimmer Marlan Megonlgle Beverly Borchers une Cue Pat Ghere Shirley Black 'I-hard Row can Munscn Barbara Plnt Mable Chase LeAnne Cone Georgia McCalley ohn Bond Duane Wal Raymond Kuehl Darrell Fratrke Darrell Spece Betty Hinds Helen Fillmore Carla Alberts Mlss Dcrcrhy DlClCSOh Back Row udy Sheehan Marcella Fisher Joyce Hakanson Peggy Cates Elwm Basqum Wayne Haegele Donald lxeller Freeman Donald Butler Gary Marshall lm Hersey Jean Stevens Joan Leehey Mixed Chorus Any tune of doy you rnoy wotlk post themusrc room gnd heor some meloohous tune flootrng out Our dtre tor Mrss Dorothy Drckson hos generously worked her tolerrt 1 t her 'ngny puplls Her sk1l1ed boton chrects the Grrls glee Club the Boys glee club ond the Mrxed chorus Egch of these gre the lgrger groups whrch wrn more otcclorm gs the yeor progresses Four srngller groups wrth regl oudrence gppeol gre the pohshed entertotners of the wggon trcun They gre the Mgdrrggl group Grrls sextet Boys qugrtet ond the G1r1s lF1O Qur entertcnners hove presented us wrth Concerts spec1g1 ossernhly entertcnnrnent ond prmes from rnustc contests They Well deserve occlcurn gs they kept our wggon trorn rn tune D1 1 thntx LXKII I I I 0 O O O x 4 A Q 5' ' ' . 8 y I . 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Front Row Esther Hokenson une Stripes Beverly Borchers Gloria Cue jean Munson Mary Hanna Colton Thelma Loeck Betty Fnsher Con-me Gosse Back Row Shirley Black Altce Har Middle Section Beverly Ellrott Lona rmgton Le Anne Cone Joan Lee Lee Russell Carolyn Gee Yvonne hey Carolyn Tiffany jean Stevens Perry Pat Wolgamot Delorns Betty Hind llrlll Team Somethlnq new was added to IHS thls year to entertarn the crowd that attends football Durmq the half about twenty four qrrls clad 1n Whlte umforms wrth maroon tres and stnpes 1 square dances and trlck marchrnq steps on the football held At some of the games they d1 the1r performance Wrth the pep band supplyrnq the muslc These qlrls were taken from the underclassmen No semors were on the team The dr1ll team was orqanrzed by MISS Eleanor Kolar and Mrss Dorothy Drckson lune Cue Mary Hanna Esther Hokenson Corrlne Gosse and lean Munson alternated leadrnq the group Beverly Ellrott Yvonne Perry and Lona Lee Russell were the regular ba ton twrrlers for the squad page thu tw eight : . 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I .......4e6c!dZew Front Row Vlrgmra Strfel John Terry Duane Klotzbac'1 Albert Tllebeln lm Martin Lila Hand Ronald Gttsch Ronald Hart Jnm Collins Mr Ted Flaten Second Row Duane Manson Dean Butterfield Frank Snaw Robert Kuntz Edxth Freeman jo Anne Terry Bon me Belzer Carol Armstrong Larry Roberts Hel e Muench Eunnce Smith Evelyn Lybeck Thxrd Row Ronald Lentzkow Marjorne Frank Rosemary Schultz Helen Fillmore Josephine Harrington Norman Hand Harold Hokenson Vnvlan Van Etten Ioxs Wells Alxce Harrington Marjorie Abrams Darlene Ossman Back Row Edwin Masteller Everett Jenson Leo Muller Norman Schuman Charles Ghere Richard Norton Dlck Westenmenr Band A down beat a blast ot horns and the roll ot drums announces the presence ot the IHS The maroon and whrte clad senror band IS torty trve strong wrth forty members rn 1un1or band ready and wrlnng to take the place of the emors who w1ll graduate thls year Prcked band a small group ot experrencecl players played at pep meetrngs and basket ball games as well as several programs to the local clubs of lndependence Once agarn as 1n other years the band along W th other small groups and solorsts en tered compet1t1on ln the musrc contests Small groups that entered thxs contest were Clarmet tno Reed Chamber group Cornet trro and quartet Brass sextet and qurntet French Horn tr1o and quartet and Flute trro The system of po1nts was contrnued through the year and awards were grven to the members wrth the hrghest ratrngs Frank Shaw was elected presrdent of the band wrth Dean Buttertreld vrce presldent Vrvran Van Etten secretary and Helene Muench treasurer p tra thix tx mm t : . . . . , . Q , A, . . , J. . , . , l 7 9 ' . ' ' - . ' I 7 Y - 9 ' 7 1 9 Y 9 Y 9 V : 1 . U. 9 D 2 A ' A 7 I . ' . 1 1 1 Y ' Y I 7 3 1 s . 1 9 1 - ' . band under the able direction ot Mr. Ted Flaten. ' ' . s ' ' ' . A - a ' - I F l I uf af Women Frcnt Row Mlss Marlys Wcllesen Shirley Black Jean Mun cn Marge Gerdes Miss Murval Wexdleln Back Rcw Carcle Grelf Connie Keleher Diane Rowland Marlan ackson Phyllis Andrews Donna Hauth Bex erly Bcrchers Maxine Groskur Y Teen llillllllfil An organrzatron that all g1rls love rs Y Teen Any g1rl would gladly grve up her last gold pre e rn order to 1o1n thrs club lt was Y Teen that nsade rt possrble for you to have candy gum Carmel corn and oea nuts at all of the games Y Teen grrls sold all ot tln refreshments The year Nas started by a party for old and new members on September 20 rn the hrgh school study hall Un October l3 new members were welcomed mto the club at the rmpressrve Crrcle ot Lrght Ceremony A Mother Daughter Tea was held 1n the study hall tollowlng th1s A Thanksgrvmg dance was held November l2 tor all wtshmg to attend Let lt Snow was the theme of the Chrrstmas formal whrch was held December lO Cther events durmg December rncluded a lcrdcly party wreath selllng and Chrrstmas carolrng w1th the H1 Y The second semester meant the Spmster s Spree and the Sprmg Style Show The year Nas brought to a close wrth a Senror Breakfast Thrs IS Y Teen s way of sayrng go d bye to the semors of 49 page foltx O O I O O O 5. 3 3 sv he S Q. QA ,K , t . : , , s . . ': . . , J , , . '- , th O , 4 ' . . F . . . A c . ' 1 A V 1 1 , ' . f .ese . A . A ' . A . Y . T , o - . az Sam! 1-iczaflazaea 'B In-I Y-Teen Members Front Row: June Cue, Barbara Belzar, Betty Ballon, Beverly Ellictt, Corrine Gosse, Elaine Fratzke, Carolyn Gee, Beverly Borchers, Phyllis Andrews, Edith Freeman, Donna Gosse, Carla Alberts. Second row: Le Anne Cone, Mary Atchison, Jean Ccle, Barbara Frey, Marthalene Coulter, Marjorie Frank, Shirley Black, Carole Greif. A Third gow: Maxine Groskurth, Marge Gerdes, Glcria Colton, Betty Fisher, Marcella Fisher, Marjorie A rams. - Back Row: Pat Ghere, Agnes Fuhrman, Peggy Cates, Luella Circus, Helen Fillmore, Wanda Esch. Helen Dunlap. MIDDLE PICTURE Front Row: Loretta Mclnteer, Donna Lou Munson, Shirley Hauth, Margaret Hanna, Evelyn Naylor. Marian Jackson, Mary Jo Mclnteer, Connie Keleher, Donna Hauth, Helene Muench, Esther Hokenson, Pat Meggers. Second Row: Mary Lewellen, Thelma Loeck, Opal Melka, Loretta Muench, Phyllis Miller, Mary' Han- na, Marian Megonigle, Donna Hearn, Carol Johnson. Third Row: Lillian Jarrett, Donna McFee, Nancy Lee, Pat Nielsen, Josephine Harrington. Jean Munson, Connie Harvey. Back Row: Marilyn Lockhart, Georgia McCalley, Naomi Moore, Joan Leehey, Alice Harrington. Betty Hind. BOTTOM PICTURE Frcnt Row: Deloris Stripes, Pat Wolgamot, Betty Stepanek, Yvonne Perry, Lona Lee Russell, Sherry Peyton, Betty Straw, Darlene Ossman, Eileen Workman, Janice Zimmer. Middle Row: Carolyn Tiffany, Phyllis Weber, Diane Rowland, Nadine Wilson, Janice Schmitt, Erva Streitmatter, Jacky Van Ree, Virginia Steifel, Darlene Osburn Top Row: Jean Stevens, Catherine Wfooff, Barbara Jo Pearce, Vivian Van Etten, Judy Sheehan. Burnita Starr, Virginia Wing, Sheila Satterlee TOP PICTURE: png K' fm'l5'-ix wr' 1 g Front Row 1m Hersey Mr Dick Lybeck ack Soener Back Row B1IlMelv1n Dean Hayward P Leehey Hi Y Cabinet A group of men for better emoyment rn our caravan 1S the H1 Y club Ex1st1ng for the sec ond year 1t IS sponsored by the mrne owner Mr D1ck Lybeck Headmg the group IS presldent I1rn Hersey Bxll Melv1n holds the ofhce ot VICG pres1dent Wlth lack Soener act1ng as secretary and treasurer P I Leehey IS chapla1n ofthe group wh1le Dean Hayward keeps order 1r1 hrs role of sergeant at arms Accompllshments ofthe organ1zat1on 1nclude decoratrons of the halls for the Chnstmas season and a H1 Y dance ln the sprmg The club also s for the school and attended a professtonal basketball game at Waterloo The fac1l1t1es of the YMCA swrmrnmg pool were extended to th travel to Waterloo for thls recreat1on and also for a course 1n le not swlm ponsored several moV1es on baseball e group on certa1n mghts and they were 1nv1ted to ssons for members that could T dunng the year he club put on an 1n1t1at1on ceremony for a group of new members that w1shed to enter page for ty two 'sf .A tg' A .1 A . f Y 77546, 1 1 1 1 Q i .' 'NX 41 , fs I , :J' , . ' , J : ' ' . , -1- ' an Zeifefz ayaqmemf f- -- QSM 50' CC 46 8 8 ' TOP PICTURE i A K 'fi H1 Y Qlllllfil S Front Row Gerald lVlcCalley Darwm Black R ymond Kuehl john Bond Roger Higgins Middle Row Gary Marshall Dean Hayward Wayne Haegele Don Keller 11m Hersey ohn Kuper Back Row Howard Muller B1llMelvm P Leehey lm Lockhart J J Freeman Ray Allen BOTTOM PICTURE Front Row Frank Shaw Richard Peterson Ralph Wnlson john Rowland Back Row Howard Saunders Vlrgnl Spene Bob Ralston jack Thompson jack Soener Jack Wllllams page forts thu ev I 0 I O O ' , ' -f' 'W' -' - M-.wx--.an s X w W ,, ,. ' ' Q. in, 3' I -L -. f -A ' ' ., A '1' ' X . , . A Ov , ' ., - iv, ' ' as v V 1- I V6 'Q N, 4 . ' .'i ,W ... ii 90' , . I . f 1 - , 4 , X. I ,. Y' , Q f XX - e I f .' v ,IJ f 1 ' if f J fl . A its .Q 5 E .-s Y s ' X R ? f. ' 7 XM . l 1 f . 3 ' 'af Vw ,, ' 0 1 : v V 1 3 v 9 I 1 ' v ' 1 9 n J 1 ' . y -1- ,J , - - , : '. ' - , I v 1 . Q v v a v Women '4 league ...... Frcnt Row Vivian VanEtten osephme Harrington Miss Eleanor Kolar Pat Nielsen Helen Fillmore. Back Row Delorls Stripes anlce Schmitt Pat Ghere Eileen Workman Phyllis Weber Donna Gosse Helene Muench Im A A Lfllinet Gi the utmost importance in the lives of our campers ts the Girl s Athletic Association which holds its weekly meeting under the leadership oi Miss Eleanor Kolar Her forty mner assistants are the following mernbers of the cabinet Helene Muench presi der Helen Fillmore vice pres dent Donna Gosse secretary Eileen Woricnian treasurer lose phi Trlarrinaton social chairman Patricia Ghere activity chairman Deloris Strtpes music lan ce Schmitt sophomore representative As qcld nuqqets will forever be cherished so will the memories of the various GA A a tivities be remembered lnitiotion was lield entirely after school this year in the qym where the G A A members had their rolliclcmq fun An impressive service was held afterwards to make aware the impor tance of being a loyal member To provide more fun and entertainment the G A A qirls sold Homecoming buttons and bas lcetball ribbons Maynard lesup Oelwein and Manchester were invited for Play Nites The GA A iourneyed to Oelwein for a bowltnq pa ty and aqain it traveled to lowa City for the iowa 'Wisconsin football aame Besides participation in these events the G A A aals became more skilled in volleyball basketball soccer tennis and various other sports We are sure all G A A members will lonq remember the fun and fellowship in the activi ties of the Women s Leaque for Athletic Pastimes pq c fuitx four L 'aw , v -- 'J U X 4. .3 Q., v s 1 V v v I 1 I ' I l C C . 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' ' ' 7 ' A , ' ' ' z ' l , ' chairntang Patricia Nielsen, senior representativeg Vivian Van Etten, junior representativep and c' ' ' ' i . .1 i A L . . . . . az aalimea il 0 'I' ,f Nlemhers TOP PICTURE Front Row lean Cole Phyllns Andrews Donna Hauth Dons Bantz Donna Gosse Marthalene Coulter Betty Fisher Middle Row Shirley Black Le Anne Cone Naoml Glssel Mary Atchison Connie Harvey Josephine Harrmg ton Carole Grexf Marcella Fisher Back Row Marge Gerdes Peggy Cates Pat Ghere Helen Fnllmore Luella Circus BOTTOM PICTURE Front Row Delorns Stripes Carolyn Tnffany Lllhan Muench Jo Anne Schwalte Mary Jo Mclnteer Enleen Work man Vxrgmla Wmg Betty Stepanek Pat Wolgamct Helene Muench SeccndLRow Phyllis Weber Opal Melka Phyllis Muller Darlene Osburn Sheila Satterlee jamcc Schmitt Nancy ee Third Qui Marxlyn Lockhart Barbara Jo Pearce Catherine Wooff Burnlta Starr Rosemary Schultz Nadine :son Back Row Georgza McCalley jean Munson Vxvnan Van Etten Judy Sheehan, Pat Nielsen pig. foltx fue A 5 L H f 1 . 2 f A ' I , I X K , - f V' ' ..--...W ,.-.,.........,..,,,, ' W lf? 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Y . - Y Y : Y Y 7 3 : I I ' l . 9 ' 7 l I 9 Y 1 . - 7 1 Y Y : ' S 9 9 Y Y 9 l : 1 Y . 7 D 9 1 : Y I . . 9 Q yy - .-, ' V Om ,4-7 U Qu' Lf al' F nt Row Buster Gates Mr Everett Etschexd tm Hersey ck Soener ro Back Row Bull Brown Paul Megontgle Glen Ktrkendall Mike Mclnteer l Lluh Th I de endence llvlen are the skllltul workers ot the qr1d1ron caae floor mat and base H h e n p d d th s 1lls and thnlls tor the eaqer Independence IQ ball d1amond These men provr e e p School spectators The qarnes won and lost vt 1ll be 'orqotten hy the student hody but never by these warnors of the athletrc held The lClub elected IIIT1 Hersey as the1r presrdent Glen Kukendall as vtce prestdent and Buster Gates as secretary treasurer The b1q event of the year was held 1n Apnl when the 1n1t1at1on of new rnernbers rnto the orqamzatlon took place Wllh a flne qroup of new athletes next years prospect ID sports surely looks 1ndeed brtqht page fmtx six f O . 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A f I , - . . . za eaadaaak of Me Zag Front Row Duane Manson Darrell Fratzke ohn Rowland Middle Row ean MIIDSOH Duane Rowland Peggy Cates Donna Lou Munson Mary Atchison Delorxs Strnpes B1ck Row Elwln B1squm Don Keller Don Butler Freeman Wayne Muhl Gary Mar shall Harry VanHorn Darrell Spece Uperetta Last The Bells of Caplstrano rang through the hrgh school assembly December l and 2 rn the hrst productron ot the year A large cast of actors and actresses deorcted the story of the rnrr acle of the rrngrng ot the hells MISS Dorothy Drcks n drrected the produchon The n1ght was frlled w1th laughter as Cornelra Skrnner and Ernrly Kmnbrough took a trxp on the ocean hound tor Pans rr the sprrng play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Th1s all school productron was under the drrectron of M153 Ruth Burgchardt The cast was as fol lOWS Steward Mrs Slanner Ot1s Slanner Ernlly Kmuhrough Purser D1ck Wrnters Adnmral Harrret St lohn Wlnllred Blaugh Leo McEvoy Therese Monsreur De La CIOIX Ronald Brown Helen Dunlap Brll Melvln Connre Harvey Roger Hrggrns lack Soener P I Leehey Pat Hall loan Leehey Inn Hersey Carole Gretf Harry Van Horn page fmtx xt 1 , s s I . l 4, ' f. 5' in, a '? 341 5 V kv ' '1 ll Y? 5 ' 5 -3 .' 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Front Row John Shannon Wendall Circus Eugene Jones Robert Orr Russell Beebe Carl Gosse Wil helm Groslcurth Loren Eddy Second Row Mr Clyde Andrews Ray Logan Dale Copeland Ralph Wilson Edwin Masreller Vernon VanTa.ssel Glen Klrlcendall Paul Megonigle Bob Ralston Mike Mclnteer 'Ihird Row Dale McGill Howard Miller Keith Banu Herbert Tiffany Morris VanVooren Frank lm Mumford Charles Ghere ohn Kidd erry Satterlee Lester Cherry Back Row Dallas Bantz Dick VanTassel Vernon Main Bob Wessels Charles Cabalka Tim Mcln leer umor Axlme Howard Miller PFA the Future Farmers ot America The FF A is composed of thirty tive members who hold weekly business rreetings in the farrn shop building The group chose Boo Orr as their president and Herbert Tiffany was vice president Dallas Bontz was elected secretary and Morris Van Vooren acted as treasurer Glen Kirkendall was the reporter and Mr Clyde Andrews directed the group For their sports activity they formed a basketball team which played in the gym two noorts a week They played other F P A chapters the alumni team and the freshmen sophomore squad The boys attended F F A conventions and spent a day at the Dairy Cattle Congress io finance their chapter the boys installed a coke machine and sold pop at the football and basketball games page for tv eight : 7 D 1 1 V l 7 . - , . : ' 9 1 1 - U I 7 ' . : . 3 I S . . 'V ' 1 D 9 - , . J , J , 3 . l 1 ' . 1 l 1 1 1 ' . J J O C O The agricultural experts ot lndependence High School work in an organization known as i - - V , . V . W L T I . U25 Q ZX 'ZW Q Nd' 594 'cgi' 65,537 'Villaw- 1 :V ' . A fYf 5 x we 454:49 Wimtaaga Front Row Ken Coulter Gary Marshall Junior Axlme Mike Mclnteer Bill Brown Wayne Haegele Bob Ralston Glen Kirkendall Don Mitchell Darwin Black Randall Evanson Satterlee Third Row Gerald Striclcel Richard Norton Dale MCG ll Tim Mclnteer Roger Higgins Walter ohnson Back Row Robert Orr Buster Gates Bill Melvin Jim Her ey jack Soener Subs in Football The Mustangs dropped the1r opener w1th Elkader rn a close 20 to 7 gnd game after lead 1ng the Elkader eleven for three quarters The frrst WaMac game wrth Trpton found the IHS grrdders takrng a second trouncmg 25 to O on the home held The Mustangs dug rn to smother a WaMac trtle from Vlnton 24 to O Th1s made the srxth defeat in a row between Vmton and Independence Wrth both teams playing good ball the Cedar Falls Tigers outscored the local gndrron 20 to I3 ln the fourth football game of the season there Hersey and Gates ran for I2 pomts and Leehey punted one extra point Scorlng all I3 pornts rn the flrst half IHS sped by Montrcello team ln a hard frghtrng I3 to 7 vrctory The Mustangs were the third team to play on Mont1cello s new feld IHS captured second place m the WaMaC race when they trounced the Blue Rarders from Anamosa 26 to 6 playrng mostly defensrve ball all the way through Oelwein who SDGCICIIIZGS in a speedy backfreld defeated the Mustangs October 22 At the end of the frrst quarter the IHS squad led 6 to U Half trme score found the Mustangs trail 1ng I9 to 6 and the frnal score ended rn a tragrc 32 to I5 set back after Iohnson s second touchdown In the last mmutes IHS tackled an Oelwem player back of the goal for a safety MUTIOH held the Conference tltle from the Mustangs by downmg the locals I8 to 7 This was purely a game of offensrve ball F1rstMar1on ran a touchdown then the Mustangs ran one over and then Marlon scored agam The Maroons held the second half although Marlon outscored the home eleven The Mustangs ended the football season with a 9 to 0 w1n 1n the Homecomrng game wrth the Manchester Manhawks By Gates runnmg over the touchdown and Leehey convertrng for the extra pornt plus two pornts for a safety in the frrst half IHS f1n1shed the1r football season with a 4 5 record m the WaMac conference We salute our grtdders for a Job well done' U I Q o 0 My ,,1: 1 .,,,. 1 , -N ' - if. all ..,.: I QQ Second Row: Richard Schmidt, P. -I. l.eehey, Charles Cabalka, Herbert Tiffany, jim Lockhart, Don Keller, jerry ' 1 ' , ' , f , ' , ' ' , .I . f page fiftw one padfmdz' of Za hqmenl 4 page tifu mo The Senior Clan Second Childhood Esther s Glare On A Plcnlc 9 Another Sophomore Youngest Cheerleader ll Christmas Formal Smile Pretty Corrine 1. I 5. ' ' . 2. Connie and Helene 6. Sophomore Chefs 10. Bells of Capistrano' 5. ' , 7. . . I . l S. A , ' The climax to every Homecom- ing is the crowning of the Home- coming Queen. Silence fell over the crowd as they awaited to hear who was chosen to reign as Queen for l948. Pat Puhrman was then crowned Homecoming Queen for '48 at the traditional Homecoming dance by lim Hersey, captain ot the football team. Her crown was of yellow and black feathers and she was also presented with a silver necklace as a remembrance ot the occasion. The queen and her attendants, Phyllis Weber, Shirley Black, and Donna Lou Munson, were present- ed with white carnation corsages by tour members of the football team in a very impressive ceref mony. These four girls were all chosen by popular vote of the students of IHS date Za Om Zcceea TOP PICTURE Seated: Shirley Black, Donna Lou Munson, Phyllis Weber Standing: Pat Fuhrman BOTTOM PICTURE jim Hersey. 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Ze Wal- 4014 Front Row Norman Schuman Bob Ralston Gerald McCalley Frank Shaw Middle Row Charles Caballca Gary Marshall ohn Bond Jim Knoll Back Row Dale Hayward Wayne Haegele Mr Bull Hatfield Roger Hlggms P J Leehey Basketball quad The Mustang cage squad celebrated one of the1r best seasons rn years as they racked up nrneteen V1ClOfl9S agamst only frve set backs Wh1le placrng second rn the WaMac conference w1nn1ng the sectlonal tournament and becomlng Buchanan County champs The local lads entertalned the1r trad1t1onal rtval Iesup 1n thetr openmg contest and over ran therr opponents 36 30 Center Pomt served as the next Mustang vrctrm and the maroon and whrte clad squad over ran the Pornters 38 21 The Oelwem Huskres paced by George Dusty Rrce edged the Mustangs on the Oel Revenge for last year s defeat was the mottve for the local s v1ctory over Montrcello rn thelr openlng conference battle Vrnton fell before the Mustangs rn the next contest 37 29 after a farrly close game The Maroons traveled to Anamosa to meet the Rarders rn the last duel before the Chrlst mas vacatlon and brought a v1ctory home to the school as a Chrrstmas present Maquoketa and Manchester fell before the ragmg Mustangs 1n the1r next two WaMac con tests A long trtp pard off w1th an IHS v1ctory as Independence defeated Tlpton 45 33 on the Trpton floor Mar1on frnally stopped the local crew 44 32 and gave the boys therr l1ISl WaMac defeat West Umon tell before the Mustangs on the next evening 34 32 after a close contest Independence ran away wtth the County champronshlp at Lamont by dowmng Aurora Lamont Iesup and Quasqueton all by large margrns ln a return match wtth the West Unlon Bombers the local lads racked up another w1n 35 32 The Mustangs rounded off the1r regular season play by d teatmg V1nton Anamosa and Oelwem 1n return engagements and losrng only to Iesup and Manchester Independence traveled to Oelwern for the Sectronal tournament and beat Sacred Heart of Oelwem and the Gelwem Huskres 43 29 and 36 33 respect1vely The Waverly Go Hawks nudged the Mustang trve 4l 28 rn the last few m1nutes of play to knock the locals out of Dzstrrct tournament play Congratulatrons are truly tn order for a Job well done Mustangs' page flttx fh e . : 9 9 . 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U ' 1 5 ' ' k wein court 39-35 in a hard fought contest. l ' e ' ' , , ie Wimam ufefza .... 1 Front Row Paul Megomgle erry Satterlee Dale Copeland Edwm Masteller Mnddle Row B111 Brown Bill Coulter Glen Klrkendall Keith Bantz Charles Ghere B1ck Row Mr Bxll Farber Rnchard Schmidt Buster Gates Bob Mallory Gerald Strnckel Duck Washbrlrn Mr Clyde Andrews Wrestlers Undeteat dl' Yes our m1qhty maulers of lndependence H1qh School boasted the record of eleven WINS and no losses Although wrestlrnq IS a comparat1vely new sport IH the athletrc t1eld at IHS 1t has proven an mterestrnq and successful one Every mqht tollow1nq school the rnatmen were strenuously worlanq out ID the wrestlmq o at Iun1or H ah Keepmq 1n shape however proved to be worthwhtle as every man car r1ed a qood record for h1mself and the squad The maroon and wh1te clad krllers fought the1r way to v1ctory over Traer lWlC9 MCK1UlGY Hugh ot Cedar Rap1ds once Vrnton School for the Bl1nd tw1ce East Waterloo Reserves lW1C9 fnd Cedcr Ealls Teachers H1qh lW1C6 The maulers showed up well IH the d1str1ct tournament at East Waterloo also and Bu ter Gates B111 Brown and Rrchard Schm1dt won berths at the state tournament R1chard Schrmdt the Mustang s heavywe1qht won the consolatron match rn the state tournament Coach B1ll Farber who had never even seen a wresthnq match unt1l he came here from C,al1forn1a two years aqo has proved hlS ab1l1ty alonq w1th Mr Clyde Andrews The students ot IHS take the1r hats oft to you wrestlers for an undefeated season and a Job well done Conqratulatrons and may the Mustang Maulers be as successful IH l95U' p 1f.,e flttv slx 1 aj s v 5 1 1 v 1 - 7 - 1 1 x 1 v Y ' 1 s . 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Om epleadeze Donna Lou Munson Pat Hall Mary Atchnson Pat Fuhrman Ftlled w1th pep and v11n the four maroon and wh1te clad cheerleaders led the spectators 1n CIUQQFIDQ the athletes to V1 tory Whenever a sports event was 1n proqress th1s fam1l1ar four ome was on the Job help1nq to back the team Pep 1r1eet1nqs Homecornmq events and a cheerleadmq club were 1ncluded 1n the dUI16S the tour pep leaders Pat Fuhrman capta1n and Mary Atch1son w1ll leave the quartet and Pat Hall and Donna Lou Munson Wlll COIIIIHUQ servmq thelr school aqaln next year Loyalty Song We re loyal to you IHS We ll back you to stand Ga1nst the best 1n the land We re a true loyal band IHS Rahll Rahll We re all proud of you IHS So keep up the pep IHS We ll do and we ll dare for you You know how We care for you Here s three cheers for you IHS Rahll Rahl' Rah' Independence Go Independence Go 1 Em H1qh 1 Em Low Go Independence Go' ' ll page fifty seven l V 1 I Y of ' . I I I Maroon and the White, IHS. Go, , Go, , H't ' ' H't ' Daq4af06aL Zczqaaltfgatfcl.. August September October November December l 2 20 page fiftx eight bale-ndar School started It seems earlxer every year' Hollday and so soon tool Fast and furtous game w1th Elkader They won after a hard battle SJobr1an thrllled the students agam Ttpton won Oh why dtd 1t have to ram' Had fun anyway at Y Teen p1cn1c Oh' Oh' We fmd out how bad we re dotng M1d quarter reports Bruce Gates gave talk to IHS and faculty on Gate s Busmess College Annual Y Teen Mother Daughter Tea and C1rcle of Llght Student Councll travels to Cedar Falls for talks on the radlo Should I go home or not'P'? F1rst nlne weeks and report cards Mr Iones talked on STGTIC Electrxcrty Homecomrng game wrth Manchester The freshmen took honors for the float Yea' Vacatlonl Y Teen party 1n lrbrary Loads of fun' WaMac conference Jamboree at Anamosa Swell h1tt1ng guys' Thanksgwlng vacat1on There were a lot who looked l1ke turkeys when they fmrshed Anyone eat too much? Mustangs f1rst basketball game Boy' Do they look good We defeated Iesup Who rang the bells? The operetta The Bells of Caplstrano Annual football banquet Dld the boys ever look stuffed' Let lt Snow for tonlght IS the Y Teen formal Sure looked nlce glrls and boys There were some cold feet that nxght at the Caroltng Party Had loads of fun' At last vacatxon Nom all we have to walt for IS Santa Claus 1 3Oe A . ' . 6- , l0- ' ' . . l7fe ' ' ' ' . ' ,..25-U. 2Oe- ' ' ' . - ' ' . 5-f ' ' . l3eff - - ' ' . 26- ' ' . 29-- . . ' ' . Ile- . ' ' ' . Cute idea anyway, seniors! f f Se- . ' . 12- - ' ' . . 23-A ' . ' ' , . 25ef ' ' ' . ' 29' ' . . . . 10-- ' ' - . ' ' , . . l6e- ' ' . . Ianuary fn 77 February Zl 25 Aonl l5 8 24 25 May une 2 14nd Me Usage of 47 Lgadsll The day after the ntght etore Our parole ttme ts up back to school Yeowl Semester tests and I Iorgct to study C ounty Tournaments We came out County champs ll Met w1th Qelweln wrestlmg squad cnd won xnat Wa the matter Wag ner'P9'P Negr tenor There were some n otst eyes after Be ause Dtstrtct wrestl ng meet at Wate loo Good gotng fellas Quaskte Mustc Festtval Dtd I see srnoke on the bndgew Telegram Servtce Was Thelma s lace red when she got one from P I ll Secttonal Baskethall Tourney We re Secttonal champ too KXEL tape recordmg Solos and small group Musrc contest at Marton Spmster s Spree Dad may I have the car and som money? Iowa Band concert Must contest for large groups at La Porte Ctty Frrst Baseball game Who do you thmk won? Easter vacatton Fmd any eggsw Sprmg play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Walvlac career day at Manon for sentors Y Teen Style Show and Tea Iun1orSen1or Prom Last one sentors State track meet Y Teen Sentor Breakfast Sent rs sure looked blue Baccalaureate for once the senrors looked sencus and sad Senror ptcntc Water was cold wasn t tt? Loads of fun' I' School s out for another year Commencement Don t cry gms we had a swell tmte 1n IHS p l1,,O flftx mnc' I O C O O ' l Y .. I . h ,. 20, 21 -, , , , , ,I I . QT, - , 28 I . , I I.. 3l . I I I '. xl . . . s , A IU o . 1 I c ll I. I , t r . I , . 12' I I I . I I I I .. v I4 I . W . 23 I . March l-6 District Basketball Tourney. This is where we get oft. IZ I I . 25e- ' ' . , e A I l , . 8, 9-A Ic I , l4e-f ' . 't I . 3 I I . 4g - . 20--k I - I . , I . 21 . 28- - I . 'Io . 29ff . . . I ' . 31 I I I . , ' I . I lr- ' .