Iola High School - Lamp Yearbook (Iola, KS)

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Ladies and Gentlemen: May we offer for your kind indulgence our' human effort Which tells in the language of the lots, life among a blue-blooded class of people With Whom we have had many days of pleasant associations. In this language, we, the Lamp Staff of the lola High School, with its many performers, side shows, acrobats, clowns, and strange animals of the midwest, present our three rings from the red wagon to the backyard. For us to mention here all sources of data or to name all individuals Who have so kindly responded might seem invidious. Deserving credit and sincere appreciation must be given to the circuseseRingling Bros. cX Barnum CS: Bailey, Datley Bros., and Cole Bros., and to Tedd A. Meyer, Iola's own enthusiastic circus fan. To our Board of Directors, Equestrians and Train- ers, and Barkers of the Side Shows, a thousand times Thank You. And to the Junior College we extend a most hearty Welcome and a Thank You for a grand finale-- our top is big enough to cover all. We hope you will enjoy lola's Greatest Circus of '48. The Staff

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Courtesy of Dailey Bros. Circus Reproduced by Ollene Steele

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On one November night acameraman set out to take a picture of the Board of Education of the lola Schools when much to the surprise of many, he found them playing with the animals at the circus. Really, it made for a grand settingeThe Board of Directors of lola's Greatest Circus of 48. It is the Board of Directors of any organization that determines the basic policies of that organ- ization. So it is with our circus; it is our Board of Directors that determines the basic policies of our show. This guiding group consists of six elective members, the superintendent, the clerk, and the treasurer, the latter being appointive members. Naturally, our Board of Directors do not spend all of their time with the business of the show. It might be said that during the time they are in winterquarters they engage in other businesses. Pictured from left to right we find Walter Maudelin, linotypist at the lola Register, our sen- ior member who has given nine long years of untiring service as a director; I. W. Ostenberg, Superintendent of Schools, a new-comer in our midst, who has served our show the past two years; Charles L. Wilson, President of the Board, an independent oil and gas distributor, owns and operates a service station on North Washing- ton; Mack C. Colt, an independent oil and gas producer; John L. McNally, another showman in the oil and gas business, operates a Sinclair Service Station on East Street; Walter Crick de- votes his vacation time to the lola Milling Com- pany; C. L. Hoyt, Vice-president, also an inde- pendent oil and gas producer; and Ella M. Jen- sen, Clerk of the Board of Directors serves as Secretary to Superintendent Ostenberg.