John R Mott High School - Mir Or Yearbook (Postville, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1945 volume:

W, U55 cqnnuaf :Sta . glzsasnfa 7!ze IWDL-aa 015944-45 cfsflzscfing fgs .fifs of Qoifuiffs gcgoof gboafwlffs, jawn. 1 OTEIATOT WE CANNOT HOPE TO KEEP FOREVER THE Jovs AND PLEASURES or oun HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, YET IN THE PAGES or THIS 1945 MIR-on WE HAVE TIIIED T0 REEI.Ec1' A FEW or THE MEMORIES OF LIFE IN P. H. S. WE HOPE WE HAVE SUCCEEDED. U55 Jlflifz-ofz cysffeafs AUGUST Q 2871 Curtain rises with a bang! New faculty faces seem to be prominent for '44 and '45. SEPTEMBER I-2-3-4. Oh, Come to the fair! No School!! IS. First football game of the season with Sumner. The boys aren't doing so well. 22. Another game lost to West Union. Flat tire-the rain- what a day!!! 27. New Hampton game in the rain. The doctors there received a great deal of business-just ask Filbert or Cloy about it. 28-29. Teachers' Convention at Cedar Rapids. Gee, even the teachers don't know it all. OCTOBER 4-5-6. Six weeks' tests!! . 5. The Lewis Players entertained us at an assembly pro- gram. Red turns professional! 6. Whot's ,wrong with you guys? Still another game lost. I2. Pep rally held at 7 o'clock-the usual charging into the Palm. I3. Homecoming! Sssh-the Woukon game. Well, at least the band did a better iob of marching than did Waukon's. Junior class presents College Daze. Remember the little party afterwards? I4. Marching band needs more practice! We only received a ll rating at the State Contest. More tears shed!!! I8. New fad-bow ties arrive! 27. Imagine! Our first victory during the football season, with Fayette. Keep it up, fellas. NOVEMBER 3. Lost!-lost game of season, with Cresco. I5-I6-I7. Six weeks' tests. More headaches! Zl. Letter Club Hop. Alumni lettermen come to see the crowning of queen, Virginia Brown, and to swing out to Benny Gamble and His Gamblers. 28. The victory of the first basketball game was well worth going after at Fayette. 29. Sadie Hawkins party sponsored by the juniors! DECEMBER 4. SmiIe pretty, please -pictures taken. 5. Basketball game. Did we beat Luana! 6. Shirwood's seat is changed! We wonder whyl 8. We traveled to Sumner for the victory this time. I4. Musical program by Prof. Otto Schocht. Ah, shortened periods again! I5. Team goes on skids with their first defeat of the season with Manona. I9. We make Fayette sit up and take notice-score!! 20. Grade school operetta- Scrooge's Christmas. 22. Jitterbugs have the floor at the high school party. The train pulls out for Christmas vacation! JANUARY 3. Back with our noses to the grindstone! 5. West Union there. .We're doin' all right!! 8. Second semester begins. More books to buy!! 9. We won the game with Clermont-surprised? ,l0. Report cards are out. What have we done to deserve such beautiful red letters? Arlo reads to us from his comic book!! . Basketball game at Woukon. They won. I6. Wanted: Lessons on how to win a basketball battle with Elkader. Call any member of the varsity. I9. Defeated McGregor. What a wild game! , 23. Beat Fayette, too. Could you believe it? W 25. Students show their dignity at the Activities Banquet. The Woukon Indians defeat the Pirates. FEBRUARY ' I-2-3. County basketball tournament at Woukon. Lansing receives the trophy. 6. Happy days are here again-we beat Maynard. 'l3. Team lost to Manona. I4-I5-16. Six weeks' tests. Study-worry-fIunk!! West Union takes another beating! 20. Game with McGregor-beat 'em, too! 21. Time out to go to Castalia-P.T.A. meeting. 23. Last basketball game. No one answered the want-ad so we were again defeated by Elkader! U 27-28. Sectional basketball tournament-here!! MARCH I-2-3-. Tournament continues. The trophy is presented to Woukon! lUgh!l 9. Juniors show their new class rings! l6. One-act plays. 20. Rosie gets first rating at the district declam contest. 27. Eyes out front! Before us we have the RolIicking Raggedy Anns, the most outstanding tumbling team in Northeastern Iowa!! 28. Chuck and Bette are looking happy these days, Pfister has Whitie's ring-tsk, tsk! We didn't know spring was so near! 30. Vacation is here again! ' APRIL 4. Hold your breath-report cards again!!! Baseball game with West Union. 6. State preliminary music contest at Woukon. Postville is really going to the state contest!! l0. Monona, there! I3. Hats off to Bob Douglass. He escorts McNally to the school party. ' l6.. Art Schultz is green with envy-see item above! Another baseball game at West Union. 2I. Junior-Senior Prom. Gret throws a party at the Zie- man residence-ask anyone who was there!! 27-28. Students attend the State Music Contest at Mason City. They brought home several firsts and that's not all.. 30. We play ball at Lansing. MAY I. We take time out to hear what Willie and ldayne have to tell us in noon-hour assembly. 4. Senior Class Play, American Passport. Those kisses Emmett received sounded plenty real!! 5. Sectional Baseball Tournament. 6. Baccalaureate 'ot the St. Poul's Luthern Church. 7. Class night in the little red schoolhouse! 8. We never were happier-V-E Day! School party-wel- come freshmen--farewell seniors!!! 9. Commencement!! More tears and fond farewells! l0. The Letter Club picnic at the Luana Golf Course. II. School dismissed. Fare-thee-well, Alma Mater! S gbzincifzaf 'chlawlzf gamlifs Maxwell f B. A., Iowa State Teachers College Instrumental Music Social Science A , Awufzuszinfsizcfznf Cm L fm, Maynard M. A., University of Iowa Physics Beau! of fpcfuaafion I , FIRST ROW: Keith Gray, Euclid Marston, Wm..Kneeland. SECOND ROW: John Falb, Elrie Ruckdaschel, James Humphrey Leonard Casten. f........i,,i Y ,, acuffy MRS. IRENE ROGERS, Normal Training, Iowa State Teachers ENILLARD GROVE, Vocational Agriculture, Iowa Idle QAERLE BRUENE, Vocational Homemaking, Iowa I'0I'e ,I MERNA AITCHISON, Commercial, University of Dubuque KENNETH BLACKMAN, Coach, Sciences, Govern- ment, University of Iowa , CLAIRE SCHWANEBECK, English and Dramatics, University of Dubuque ' 'RUTH MACKERT, Mathematics, University of Du- uque 1 MRS. E. C. MARSTON, Substitute Mathematics, University of Wisconsin g ESTHERSESSLER, Vocal Music, University of Du- uque e FLORENCE HOTH, Junior High, Iowa State Teachers . MARGARET CORKERY, Junior High, Upper Iowa University ELMA BERKLAND, Fifth Grade, Iowa State Teachers A MRS. SHIRLEY OVERLAND, Fourth Grade, Iowa State Teachers RUTH HILLIGER, Third Grade, Wartburg College MRS. VIRGINIA LAMMERT, Second Grade Illi- nois State Teachers MRS. SHIRLEY JACKSON, First Grade, Kinder- garten, Iowa State Teachers MRS. IDA BELLE HOFER, Substitute First Grade, Kindergarten, Iowa State Teachers VIRGEAN LETCHFORD, Secretary HERMAN SCHUTTA, Janitor SEATED: Marston, V. Osmundson, McNally, Finnegan, D. Schroeder, Gordanier, E. Schultz. STANDING: Thornton, Spencer, G Schultz, Mr. Evans, C. Schultz, J. Koevenig, Malone. Medberry was absent. ' Awfucfanf cowzai K w The Student Council, under the supervision of Mr. R. L. Evans, Superintendent, and Jean Finne- gan, president, has proved very efficient in the direction of student activities in the school. The class president, two representatives .from the junior and senior classes and one from the freshman and sophomore, with one representative from each class elected by the superintendent, make up the student council. The group had charge of the activity ticket sale and made it almost l00'X: in high school this year. All school parties are directly or indirectly responsible to the student council. They are responsible that parties are carried out in the manner planned. The Christmas party was pre- sented by them. The school hall monitor system is made up of this student group. They also assist with the disciplinary problems of the high school. Theofficers are as follows: president, Jean Finn- egan, vice-president, Dale Schroeder, secretary and treasurer, Shirley McNally. , , ,.,,:,.,,,.,gm 13, NI E E A i ? r lg i K 1, -Ji ' 7 1 l .mio 'za DALE SCHROEDER The theatre of romance - General course: ' Student Council, 45 Class President, 4. EDMOND FOLEY There's more of less than you can guess -Agricul- ture course: Basketball, I, 2,1 3, 45 Baseball, l, 2, 35 Glee Club, lp F.F.A., 2, 3, 45 T he Family Upstairs, 35 Miss Cherryblossomf' I. 651,44 Uffiaza LUTHER SUCKOW He 'left us behind -Gem eral course, Basketball, l, 2, 3, 4, Football, l, 2, 3, 45 Baseball, 3, 43 Student Council, 3, 45 Letter Club, 2, 3, 45 Vice-Pres., 45 Glee Club, I, 25 Mixed Chorus, l, 2, 35 Miss Cherry- blossom, lg Oh Doc- tor, Zg Tune ln, 3: Mir-or Staff, Z, 3: Class Vice-Pres., 2, 4. ELLEN SVEN DSEN As yet to decide -Normal Training course: Castalia, I, 2, 35 F.T.A., 45 Vice- Pres., 45 Class Secretary- Treasurer, 45 Stamp and Bond Sales, 4. ' Jvof Wefuud DONALD GORDON Silence is golden -Agri- culture course, Basketball, I, 2, 3, 45 Baseball, 2, 35 Football, 43 F.F.A., I, 2, 3, 4. JEAN FINNEGAN When Irish eyes are smil- ing - Commercial, Class Pres., 3: Student Council, 2, 3, 45 Pres., 43 Marching Band, I, 2, 3, 45 Concert Band, l, 2, 3, 4: Sax Quar., 2,.3, 4, Glee Club 25 Mir-or Staff, 2, 3, 4, Ed., 45 'Herald Staff, 45 Operetta, l, 2: One-Act Play, 3, 4: T he Family Upstairs, 35 The- spians, 3, 4: Latin Club, 2,'3, 45 Declom., 2, 3, 4. LEON LET CHFORD He wears the Navy blue -General course. 8 A WILLIAM BEISKER Waves take time -Gen- .eral course5 Football, l, 2, 3, 45 Baseball, I, 2, 3, 45 Basketball, 2, 35 F.F.A., I. v ORAN ENGELHARDT VENITA Fuscuen .sizio 'za MARIAN CHRISTOFFERSON A truer female never walked - Normal Training course5 F.T.A., 3, 45 His- torian, 3, 45 ,Stamp and Bond sales Chairman, 45 Librarian, 3, 45 Chairman, 45 Glee Club, r 35 Mir-or Staff, 4. American Passport, 45 Oh Doctor, 25 Mixed VIRGIL GORDON l've been working on the railroad - General course5 With his head in the Keep the home fires bu'n- clouds -Agriculture course5 ing - Normal Trair Student Council, I5 Foot- course5 Ossion, I, 25 C ball, I, 25 F.F.A., 45 Wau- alia, 35 F.T.A., 4. kan, 3. Chorus, I, 2, 3. 4' LAURA CO-ATES Generally speaking, she's generally speaking -Non mal Training course5 F.T.A., 3, 45 President, 45 Amer- icon Passport, 45 Glee Club, 3, 45 Stomp and Bond soles, 3, 4. LULA HARRIS Q A smiling advertisement of Colgate tooth paste .- Commercial course5 Miss Cherryblossomf' I5 Class Secretary - Treasurer, I, 25 Concert Bond, I, 2, 3, 45 Marching Band, I, '2, 3, 45 Oh Doctor, 25 Declam., I5 Latin Club, 2, 3, 45 Glee Club, I, 25 Mir-or Staff, 45 Herald Staff, 45 Band Coun- ci, 4. 9 .mio 'cs EMMETT H ELGERSON All great men are dying- l feel bad myself -Gener- al course: Clermont, lp Marching Band, 35 Glee Club, 2, .35 American Passport, 45 Mir-or Staff, 45 Herald Staff, 4. DONALD MEYER Because a man doesn't talk is no sign he hasn't something to say -Agri- culture course: F.F.A., l, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer, 4. - . BETTY ANN LOFSTU EN Life is a mystery??? - Commercial course: Miss Cherry Blossom, lp Oh Doctor, 2, Thespians, 3, 45 Secretary, 41 Marching Band, 45 Student Council, 35 Leave It to The Sen- iors, 45 The Family Up- stairs, 3, Latin Club, 2, 3, 45 Glee Club I, 2, 43 Mixed Chorus, 2. LEO MEYER Great men are not al- ways wise - General course: Waukon, lg Base- ball, 2, 3, 41 Captain, 45 Basketball, 2, 3, 41 Foot- ball, 2, 3, 45 Tune ln, 3: Student Council, 25 Letter Club, 2, 3, 45 Secre- tary and Treasurer, 45 The- spians, 45 The Early Worm, 3, The Family Upstairs, 35 Title Ga, 45 American Passport, 4, Mir-or Staff, 3, 4. GENE MEDBERRY Quiet in appearance with motives unknown -General course, Glee Club, 25 Mixed Chorus, 2, 35 Football, 3, 45 Captain, 45 Letter Club, 3, 4, President, 45 The Fam- ily Upstairs, 35 Student Council, 45 Oh Doctor, 2, Tune In, 3. BETTY MAE MIENE Wally Wally Boom Do De Yea -Commercial Coursey Miss Cherry Blossom, lp Oh Doctor, 2, Thespians, 2, 3, 4, Latin .Club, 2, 3, 4, Mixed Chorus, 35 Glee Club, l, 2, 3, Tune ln, 35 Call lt a Day, 3, March- ing Band, 3, Herald Staff, 45 Mir-or Staff, 4, The- spians Treasurer, 45 Amer- ican Passport, 4, lf Men Played Cards as Women Do, 2. DALE MEYER Now, here's the deal, see --l General course, Let- ter Club, 3, 45 Football, 2, 3, 45 Thespians, 45 The Family Upstairs, 35 Call It a Day, 35 American Passport, 45 Title Ga, 45 Basketball Manager, 4. MARCELLA MITCHELL A man's lady if she so chooses - Commercial course: Glee Club, I, 2, 3, 45 Concert Band, l, 2, 3, 47 Marching Band, l, 2, 3, 45 Clarinet Quartet, 2, 3, 45 Latin Club, 2, 3, 45 The- spians, 3, 45 Miss Cherry Blossom, lg Oh Doctor, 25 The Family Upstairs, 35 Leave lt to the Sen- iors, 4p Mixed Chorus, 2, 3: Madrigal Group, 25 Mixed Clarinet Quartet, 3. NORMAN PETERSON Saying is one thing, doing another -Elkader, I, 2, Agriculture course, F.F.A., 3, 4, Concert Band, 3, 4, Marching Band, 3, 4, Mixed Chorus, 3, Tune ln, 3, Letter Club, 4, Football, 4. ELIZABETH SCHULTZ He floats upon the sea of her thoughts'7 - College Prep, Vocal solo, I,'2, 3, 4, Sextet, I, 2, 3, 4, Trio, 3, 4, Girls' Quar., 2, Mixed Quar., 3, 4, Madrigal, I, 2, 4, Glee Club, I, 2, 3, 4, Mixed Chorus, -I, 2, 3, Operetta, I, 2, 3, One-Act play, 3, 4, Class play, 3, 4, Latin Club, 2, 3, Thespians, 3, 4, Mir-or Staff, 2, 3, 4, Student Council, 3, 4, Band, I, Z, 3, 4,aClarinet Quar., 2, 3, 4. MARLIN PLAHT ' HaIe, hearty and happy - Agriculture course, F.F.A., I, 2, 3, 4, -Vice-Pres., 4, Football, I, 2, 3, 4, Let- ter Club 3, 4. . ILA WHITE Life is long, but I om short -- Normal training course, Waukon, I, 2, 3, F.T.A., 4,' The Bird In NeIlie's Hat, 4, Stamp and Bond sales, 4, American Passport, 4. 5 I snio 15, BETTE REI NCKE There's a gleam of mis- chief in her eye - Commercial course, Miss Cherry Blossom, I, Oh, Doctor, 2, Latin Club, 2, 3, 4, Thespians, 4, CalI It a Day, 3, The Fam- ily Upstairs, 3, Herald Staff, 4, Editor, 4, Mir-or Staff, 4, Glee Club, I, 2, 3, Mixed Chorus, 2, Con- cert Band, I, 2, 3, 4, Sec- retary, 4, ,Marching Band, I, 2, 3 4, American Pass- port 4. LEE WHITE f'He profits most who serves best -General course, Wy- zming, I, 2, 3, Basketball, DARLENE I SCHROEDER Kind, generous, and sin- cere ,- Normal Training course, Luana, I, 2, 3, American Passport, 4, Glee Club, 4, Stamp and Bond sales, 4, F.T.A., 4. DORIS MAE WINTERS Flaming youth - Normal training course, F.T.A., 3, 4, Secretary - Treasurer, 4, Glee Club, I, 2, 4, Mixed Chorus, 2, Oh Doctor, 2, American Passport, 4, Stamp and Bond sales, 3, 4, Chairman, 3. t ffaaa cbfisfo 'ry lt was an excited, but rather scared group of youngsters thatentered the first grade room in Sepember, l933. Those 24 little men and women who started their learning under the guidance of Miss Inez Hultz were: Keith Loebsack, Donald Gordon, Elizabeth Schultz, Shirley Froning, Ken- neth -Boese, Marian'Christofferson, Bette Reincke, Jack Martins, Dale Schroeder, Darlene Stockman, Lyle Bensen, Dale Meyer, Leo Meyer, Louis Mattie, Virgil Gordon, Faye Murphy, John Ruckdaschel, Mary Lue Bursell, Myrtle Schultz, Dorothy Jean Kerr, Melvin Uttley, Cathryn Livingood, Darwin Ellis, and Hall Roberts. Two weeks later we were joined by Marcella Mitchell . The second step of the little schoolhouse was indeed to us a tremendous rise into the paths of learning. Under the guidance of Miss Annette Rislov we worked laboriously on combinations and mastered the hard words in our readers. Our spare moments were spent reading stories to other grades,.constructing an Indian Tepee, and mould- ing Indian dishes out of clay. At this point our work was interrupted to admit Robert and Richard Schmid to our midst, then we marched up the steps to the third grade room, where we found Miss Letha Hessner awaiting us, along with Alan Olson who joined us. 'At this point the Schmid twins moved to pursue other paths of learning. Our chief interest in the third grade was the aquarium and we spent many hours gazing at the gold fish and poking pencils at the snails to make them come out of their shells. A monitor was appointed to feed the fish, but when Miss Hessnerhad her back turned the fish always got a little extra lunch from some daring member of the class. As we climbed the steps to the fourth grade we were met by Donald Jahncke, Edmond Foley, and Ruby Knuppe who joined us and at the door we found Miss Helen Wagner awaiting our com- ing. The tragedy of the year occurred when Miss Wagner had a nervous breakdown and for several days we had no teacher. During this time every- one changed their seats and sat by their best friend, but by the time our new teacher, Miss Eleanor Cade, arrived, peace and quiet reigned. On the fifth step of the journey through thle little red schoolhouse, we met Jean and John Billings and Kenneth Fischer. We were instructed in the three R's on this step by Miss Elma Berk- land, who taught us to enjoy our library, and en- tertained us with the life of Caddy Woodlawn. The great tragedy of the year occurred when Hall Roberts fell off the rods and scratched his face. ' v r The next three steps in our journey through grade school were under the ruling rod of Miss Lucille Muschewske, Mr. Ralph Allen, Miss Kath- erine Long, and Mr. Harold Plank. We added Luther Suckow, Doris Winter, Betty Ann Lofstuen, and Caroline Bursell to our ranks, but Allan Ol- son moved to Clermont to continue his. studies. We paused in the seventh grade and presented our version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and finally in May, l94l, we received our eighth grade diplomas and trooped happily into the' halls of old P.H.S. where we met Laura Coates, Marian Christofferson, Betty Miene, Ruby Knuppe, Vir- ginia Letchford, Lula Harris, Jean Finnegan, Harold Peterson, Bill Beisker, Gene Medberry, Ed- win Dickman, Edmond Foley, Bob McNally, Don- ald Meyer, Lorimer Fuelling, Oran Englehardt, and Marlin Plaht. On the tenth step we were joined by Emmett Helgerson and Leon Letchford, Much excitement was caused when Lula Harris was elected for her second term as class secretary and treasurer. A climax was reached when 27 of us marched into the eleventh step of our life in the little red schoolhouse, and automatically became holders of the coveted title upper classmen. About the first of the year we paused and entertained the public with the troubles of the Family Upstairs, our class play, and later invited the seniors' on a trip aboard the S. S. Senior. - At last we reached the final step in our journey and took our place in the honored role of dignified seniors. We found Bob McNally missing from our roll, but added lla White, Ellen Svendsen, Darlene Schroeder, Oran Englehardt, Lee White, and Ven- ita Fischer. We spent enough time during this step to get Gene Medberry and Leo Meyer on the top in the athletic department and Elizabeth Schultz on the honor list in vocal music. In the spring we visited an Old Dutch Garden and presented our American Passport for public ap- proval. Of the 24 little men and women who had braved their first dayof school in the first grade in l933, only 6 had climbed together to the top step in the little red schoolhouse. They are: Donald Gordon, Elizabeth Schultz, Bette Reincke, Dale Schroeder, Dale Meyer, and Virgil Gordon. g We have learned inuch as we trudged up the steps of the little red schoolhouse and we shall never forget the smiles and tears left here as we turn our backs on its open doors and travel into the school of life. C1511 flfllfll We, the class of l945, who are about to leave these familiar portals and venture into the wide unknown, do hereby will and bequeath unto the underclassmen of P.H.S. our school-day possessions, as follows: I, Bill Beisker, do will my ever-perfect hairdo and the hours I spend fixing it, to Eugene Severn. I, Marian Christofferson, do will my willingness to love only one and still have fun to Patty Albright. I, Laura Coates, do will my ability to get the most out of a stick of gum to Eileen Winters. I, Oran Englehardt, do will my superman phy- sique lform to youl to Keith Olson. A I, Jean Finnegan, do will my conservative man- ner to Gretchen Zieman. 4 ' I, Venita Fischer, do will my job as pin-setter to Frederick Reincke, and hope they all miss me down at the Bowling Alley. I, Ed Foley, do will my attendance records to Lorraine Brown, and hope she will be able to use it and still keep up with her classes. I, Donald Gordon, do will my ability to be seen and not heard to Violet Gordanier. I, Virgil Gordon, do will my speed in typing to Eileen Sadler. I, Lula Harris, do will my pleasant look and pep and energy to Marjorie Kerr. I, Emmett Helgerson, do will my superior card playing to my pal, Sherwood Olson. I, Leon Letchford, do will my map of the Gun- der communit to Art Schultz, and we hope for his sake he'll be able to use it. ' I, Betty Ann Lofstuen, do will my loyalty to my zest lfrlends, to Joyce Hangartner and Sally Ruck- asc e . I, Gene Medberry, do will my ability to evade the fairer sex to Cloy Schu tz. I, Dale Meyer, do will my job at Meyer's Hatch- ery to any good egg. I, Donald Meyer, do will my back seat in the assembly to Elbert Jahncke, so that next year he will not be continually under the assembly teacher's eye. I, Leo Meyer, do will my position as being liked by everyone to Margaret Buddenberg. I, Betty Miene, do will my carefree attitude to love 'em and leave 'em to Dorothy Kerr. I, Marcella Mitchell, do will my position in front of the mirror in the powder room to Mary Brown, who never quite gets up that far. I I, Norman Peterson, do will my many leisure hours to Jean Douglass. I, Marlin Plaht, do will my matter-of-fact man- ner and sincerity to Arlo Hilmer. I, Bette Reincke, do will my flirtatious spirit to Marjorie Bareis, and won't I be lost without it? I, Dale Schroeder, do will my liking for dark theaitresvto Virginia Peckham-just as though she nee s it. I, Darlene Schroeder, do will my unaffected manner to Barbara Abernethy. I, Elizabeth Schultz, do will my power to get that certain unattached Junior caught at last to Shirley McNally, to see if this will help her in her quest. I, Luther Suckow, do will my attitude to be able to pick up and Ieove to anyone who may find it necessary. ' I, Ellen Svendsen, do will my ability on the dance floor to Earl Koenig. I, Doris Winters, do will my long glamorous hair-dos to Arlette Svendsen. I, lla White, do will my baby ways to Duane Lammert. I, Lee White, do will my love of study and my attention in class to Gene Groth. Signed, sealed, published and declared as and for our Last Will and Testament by the Senior Class of I945. Cfaaa fofo 'za I Efaaa gllbwsz NAVY BLUE AND GOLD YELLOW nose Ufaas glzofzfzieey As l gaze into the Crystal Ball, l see many and various things happening to the Senior Class of 1945. Will you come with me into the future and we will discover what each one will be doing in the year l955? William Beisker, after ten years of practice in finger-waving his own hair, has opened a Beauty Shoppe in Detroit. Marian Christofferson has given up teaching to become a housewife in the city of Ossian for a man she has been engaged to for ten years. Laura Coates, owner of the Coates Gum Factory, has landed a husband who is the world's champion gum chewer. Mrs. Wesley Schultz, the former Jean Finnegan, and her two children were the first passengers on Mr. Schultz's new plane, Speed Lightning. Venita Fischer is resigning her job as editor of the Fashion Magazine to be married to De- corah's champion hog caller. Edmund Foley, after ten years of treatments and growing medicine has finally succeeded in growing an inch and a half. Donald Gordon is the new lion trainer for the Ringling Bros. circus. Lula Harris and her little Cruisers are sailing the Atlantic while Mr. Kruse is pursuing his law course in what was called Berlin. Emmett Helgerson, the owner of the Happy Daze tobacco plantation, is running into com- petition with his friend, Virgil Gordon, whose Flash cigars are now world famous. Leon Letchford, who is an Admiral in the U. S. Navy is spending a 30-day leave with his wife and family in Gunder. Betty Lofstuen is now manager of the fur de- partment of the Marshall Field Store in Chicago, and is engaged to be married in June to the man- ager of the sports department. Gene Medberry, who loves to wreck cars, has joined the Dare Devils, who are now appearing in the city of Elgin. Leo Meyer now belongs to the New York Yankees, who are at present touring the world. He left the Postville Pirates in a mighty tight spot. Dale Meyer has established a branch of the Meyer 4 County Hatchery near Frankville, the former home of his wife. E Betty Miene, Grand Meadow's leading farm lady, won first prize for her wild grape jelly at the big Luana Carnival. Marcella Mitchell, model of New York's newest fashions was married last week to New York's most famous all-star athlete. Norman Peterson, cheesemaker in the local cheese factory at Gunder, won first prize in the Elgin Cheesemakers' Conference. Marlin Plaht is Postville's best dressed and leading singing man. He is now making a picture in Hollywood entitled, Twinkle Sings Again. Bette Reincke has recently opened a nite club in Elgin. This is her fourth of a chain of nite clubs open in Ossian, Luana, and Castalia. Darlene Schroeder, who has been teaching the past years, is now happily situated in her new home in Grand Meadow Township. Dale Schroeder, who is one of Hollywood's lead- ing movie producers, is spending a month here in Postville with his wife and friends. Mrs. Art Loftsgard, of West Union, the former Elizabeth Schultz, went to the Metropolitan Opera to hear her oldest daughter, age eight, sing the leading chiId's part. Ellen Svendsen has decided on the farmer near Frankville, so she is now buying her household furniture. Says Ellen, lt was a hard job de- ciding. . Doris Winter received a 561,000 prize for the longest and most beautiful red hair in a contest in San Francisco, California. lla White, PostVille's best baby tender, .has gone to Chicago to accept a position as baby tender in Chicago's largest home for children. Lee White has given up his farming to become a lawyer in New York, where his fiancee lives. Luther Suckow, Hollywood's greatest actor, who received this year's Oscar, has'just been divorced by his fifth wife. Oran Englehardt and Donald Meyer are now owners of the world's largest meat packing plant, which is located in South America. CL.. alfloffo . TONlGHT WE LAUNCH -WHERE SHALL WE ANCHOR? Q W 4 'l A 1 x L 4 4 l 4 Q 1 1 , I .l unio 'zz President-Vivian Osmundson Vice-President-Gretchen Zieman Secretary-Treasurer-Bette Gunderson Student Council Representative-Shirley McNally - r. FIRST ROW: B. Bachelder, M. Bareis, G. Brainard, M. Brown, J. Douglass, B. Folsom, V. Gericke, I. Glock. SECOND ROW: A. Green, R. Green, B. Hager, R. Hager, O. Hanson, D. Harris, V. Heuser, C. Hoth, D. Kerr. THIRD ROW: M. Kerr, M. Koenig, C. Kostman, E. Kurth, D. Lammert, G. Livingood, D. Marston, J. Martins, R. Meyer. FOURTH ROW: R. Meyer, R. Muchow, S. Mundt, M. Olson, R. Opsand, HW. Palmer, C. Peake, V. Peckham, J. Ruckdoschel. FIFTH ROW: C. Rypestol, A. Schultz, F. Schultz, G. Schultz, E. Severn, D. Szabo, M. Turner, J. Vander Weg, D. Walby. Not Pictured: Arlo Hilmer, Earl Koenig, Robert Wettleson. l 4 SOPEOHZO 'zu i FIRST ROW: B. Abernathy, P. Albright, R. Anderson, V. Appel, B. Brainerd, L. Brown, V. Brown,4L. Buddenberg, M. Buddenberg. SECOND ROW: L. Christofferson, B. Cooley, M. Englehardt, R. Enyart, E. Fish, S. Fuelling, G. Groth, E. Haltmeyer, R. Horrls. THIRD ROW: B. Heins, .l .Helgerson, G. Henning, D. Hughes, A. Jahncke, G. Kugel, D. Looney, B. Morting, B. Melond. FOURTH ROW: A. Meyer,. G.lMeyer, K. Meyer, R. Meyer, B. Monroe, M. Muchow, R. Myren, C. Olson, S. Olson. FIFTH ROW: D. Osmundson, A. Plaht, E. Sadler, W. Schultz, E. Szabo, C. Thompson, B. Trudo, E., Winter, M. Winter. K X X X5 X Xxx X XX xxx x X wg' X X Rx Q 'ff . '. 53 X- ., fgizrf,-.3-rv..-gg .- ' 2.g.fs':,g:gg.. S .5.'?5g,4gSg,,--xi: : ' - . -5151 'Q . X I, , A-sjwtaqsi ,,,. A j f X .Q,:Q5Ti ':i - 3:QgS I 1 2. 'kiigker if -:::1-. x-Sz? A 'miiit' N. R nfs -A 1 SN' I S-rs-'S Sf 7 Q . . A . re . 1 2 . - A XX President-Mary Thornton Vice-President-Cloy Schultz Secretary-Treasurer-Grant Schultz ' Student Council Representative-Violet Gordanier X 'IEA H2812 I President-Jim Malone Vice-President-Bob Douglass Secretary-Treasurer-Carol Eberling 1 Student Council Representative-Jim FIRST ROW: A. Anderson, I. Bachelder, L. Bergen, D. Bigler. K. Evert, C. Faber, J. Finnegan, J. Flack. THIRD ROW: M. Kerr, L. Kleppe, D. Kostmen. FOURTH ROW: R. Kurth, M. K. Peake, A. Pfister. FIFTH ROW: I. Plaht, F. Reincke, R. L. Schutte. SIXTH ROW: P. Spencer, L. Staake, Z. Stee, Not Pictured: Bernald Martins. A I , s Koevenig. SECOND ROW: C. Brown, D. Cook, D. Cowles, M. Enyart, H. Evert, Grove, E. Halverson, J. Hangartner, J. Hackman, D. Heins, H. Hills, K. Londsgard, B. Livingood, R. Loftsgard, N. Muchow, S. Nelson, K. Olson, Roffman, S. Ruckdashel, M. Sanders, M. Schlee, K. Schroeder, W. Schultz, B. Strien, A. Svendsen, K. Timmermon, B. Turner, M. Weaver, H. White. I I ! ulzioz SIXTH GRADE: FRONT ROW, Anna Marie Heins, Irene Thornton, Duane Wedo, Robert Landt, Joyce Ann Gregg, Jackie Meyer, Dick Searles, Arthur Fish, SECOND ROW, Donald Martins, Eunice Dresser, Alice Gordon, Marjorie Ann Newhouse, Dorothy Althouse, Marlene Schupbach, June Livingood, Eugene Larson, THIRD ROW, Miss Corkery, Herbert March, Jean Schultz, Billy Theophilus, Richard Cayton, Joann Hangartner, Miss Hoth. Q SEVENTH GRADE: FIRST ROW, Donna Livingood, Ronald Folsom, Verda Mae Schultz, Leo .O'Hara, Anna Mae Fish, Karl Casten, Geraldine Kerr: SECOND ROW, Leonard Ricker, Mildred Foley, Karlton Eberling, Lorna Luhman, Virgil Martins, lone Winter, Luther Heins, Doris Meyer, Merlin Schroeder, Miss Hath. ' EIGHTH GRADE: FIRST ROW, Eddie Green, Kay .Smith, Edward Boese, Dora Jean Thornton, Roger Christofferson, June Schroeder, Dean Gunderson, Margaret Haefner, Miss Corkery: SECOND ROW, Charles Lawson, Arlene Schultz, John Desser, Joan Christofferson, Cletus Reincke, JoAnn Haltmeyer, Jim Waters, Ellen Enyort, Jack Overeeng THIRD ROW, Eugene Rima, John Hath, Burdette Theophilus, Donald Heins, Robert Livingood, Dwayne Suckow, Laverne Wedo. , Wifi' N v 1 . 4 activities I I i FIRST -ROW: Marston, L. Meyer, Douglass, Finnegan, Palmer, Reincke. S SECOND ROW: Sanders, E. Schultz, Harris, Helgerson, Thompson. THIRD ROW: R. Meyer, Miss Schwanebeck, Zieman, C. Schultz, Miene, Miss Aitchison, Lofstuen, Gunderson, Gord- anier, Christoffersoo, McNally. iz-oz cgfaff , Are you on the annual staff? was the question asked of everyone the middle of September, when the list of members was posted by the editor, Jean Finnegan. As soon as each knew his respective duties, he was informed to get his copy in as soon as possible. ' l The staff worked together harmoniously under their advisors, Miss Merna Aitchison and Miss Claire Schwanebeck. They worked hard to send the best MIR-OR ever had whizzing to the presses as soon as possible so as to be back sooner than last year. Jean Finnegan, who deserves much praise for her ceoseless efforts in putting forth this superior an- nual, as editor chose this MIR-OR staff: . . ASSISTANT EDITOR ................-..-.............-.. Jean Douglass VOCATIONAL HOMEMAKING ................. Clarion Thompson BUSINESS MANAGER -.. .... ...-.............,.....-....,,.....-- Leo Meyer NORMAL TRAINING ..................... Marion Christofferson ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER -........... Dwight Marston PUBLICATIONS t - U. Gretchen Zieman Armsrncs ..,. I .i... , I I--. .... --sau Palmer seniors S . Lula Harris ' ' Dale Meyer 1 Betty Miene VOCAL MUSIC -,..............................-..... Ramona Meyer JUNIORS S S ...... it Bette Gunderson INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC .......................... Emmett Helgerson SOPHOMORES . t S .... Violet Gordanier DRAMATICS ............-..--.-.-....................-....- Elizabeth Schultz FRESHMEN Mary Sanders COMMERCIAL ......-----.....,-................. Betty Ann Lofstuen TYPIST e.e.......... . ..e.. ef.. Bette Reincke VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE .................. Cloy Schultz, Jr. STUDENT COUNCIL ............................. Shirley McNally Those of the annual staff sincerely hope that you get as much enjoyment from reading abouttheir activities at P. H. S. in the MlR-OR of '45, as they had in participating in them and reviewing them to you. , N 1 ,, rf '1 I I. l :Q f N J f I -X 1 Zl x I FIRST ROW: L. Meyer, D. Meyer, Turner, Brainard, Medberry, D. Harris, G. Livingood. SECOND ROW: R. Muchow, Plaht, L. Christofferson, Palmer, Suckow, C. Schultz, N. Peterson, Gericke. THIRD ROW: Coach Blackman, E. Severn, Hanson, Hughes, J. Martins, B. Douglass, C. Peake, C. Hath. W goofgaff The lack of experienced players handicapped this year's team. Gene Medberry rated a place on the first all conference team and Cloy Schultz made the second team. Medberry placed honor- able mention on the all-state team, also. Postville started the football season out by los- ing to Sumner in a close contest. The Pirates led the first three quarters with the Aces intercepting a pass to win the game lZ-7 in the last few minutes of play. At West Union, the Pirates battled fiercely only to bow, 20-6. Journeying to New Hampton without the aid of a regular back, Luther Suckow, the Pirates suf- fered a l4-0 beating. The game was played in a downpour of rain. i Contesting with 3 backs out of action the Pi- rates played host to Maynard and were taken for a 25-0 defeat with Maynard using aerial passes for most gains. The Pirates were trounced by Waukon 24-6 at the homecoming game. The visitors scored twice in the first period, but the Pirates retaliated with a touchdown in the second. The scoring in the last half by Waukon, who tallied two more times. Defending their conference lead, the Elkader Warriors defeated Postville on their home field, 38-0. The game, however, was much more evenly matched than the score indicated. The Pirates took their first victory by downing a scrappy Fayette eleven, 9 to 6. Medberry tackled a' Fayette man behind their goal, giving Postville. two points. The Peacocks intercepted a Postville pass and ran some sixty yards for a score. In the final periodthe Pirates crossed the goal, and also made the extra point. Playing for the first timethis new team, the Pirates lost the Cresco game in a fight, Z0-0. Postville 7 .... ............................... S umner 12 Postville 6. ....... - .................... West Union - 19 Postville 0 ...... -- ......... New Hampton I4 Postville. 0 ........ ........... ......,.. M a ynard 25 Postville 6. ....... ..--.. ................ Waukon 24 Postville 0 ........ -- ...,.. Elkader 38 Postville 9 ........ ......... F ayette Q 6 Postville 0-.. ............................... Cresco 20 FIRST ROW: E. Severn, L. Meyer, G. Livingood, D. Marston, B. Palmer. 'SECOND ROW: D. Meyer, Koenig, C. Schultz, Coach Blackman. ' asfiefkiff The Pirates started the season out with two victories. Lansing fell first in a closely contested battle, 25 to 21. Next came a powerful Sumner club. The Aces started out in the lead, but Post- ville soon caught them and retained the lead to win, 29 to 19. Still sharing conference No.: 1 spot, the Pirates went to Monona where they suffered their first setback, the final count being 30 to 15. After Christmas vacation, the Pirates journeyed to West Union. The game was a see-saw affair, but in the second half' our boys found themselves and controlled the remainder of the game. The Pirates received their first defeat in the conference at Waukon, in an overtime, the final score being 29-28. Battling for their conference lead, Elkader came to Postville to nose out the Pirates, 22 to 17. Paying a visit to the Peacocks, the Pirates lost a close game to the Fayette five by a score of 17 to 16. After the Activities Ban- quet, the Waukon Indians again bumped the Pi- rates, this time for a score of 28 to 23. ln the County Tournament the Pirates easily knocked Waterville off, 68-12, to gain a place in the FIRST ROW: K. Peake, Malone, B. Martins, Douglass, Hills. SECOND ROW: D. Meyer, R. Christofferson, Gunderson, Tim- merman, B. Livingood, J. Koevnig. semi-finals. Then they played Lansing and suf- fered a 46 to 39 defeat. Going into the last stretch of the season, the Pirates knocked Maynard from the first place by a score of 23-19. Monona paid a visit to us and won the heated contest by a score of 24-21. The West Union Bombers came to Postville only to suffer another defeat, 38 to 34. lt was a much more even game than the first. McGregor came next, only to be beaten again by the home team. lt was a close game all the way. For the last game of the year, we journeyed to Elkader, only to receive a 50-28 defeat. .ln fin- ishing the season with the Sectional Tournament, the Pirates won their first game with Monona, 27- 18. ln the finals they lost 27-24 to Waukon. f The Upper Iowa Conference also had a league or IIBII season season. The season, only losing twice. They took the County Tournament in very fine style. teams this year. Our boys finished the second in this league, after a very good Junior High Boys had a very successful FlRST ROW: C. Peake, Brainard, Hath, R. Anderson, Malone, Gericke. SECOND ROW: C. Schultz, L. Christofferson, Han- son, B. Martins, Douglass, A. Schultz. l 1 FIRST ROW: L. Meyer, Marston, Koenig, Palmer, Severn. SECOND ROW: Broinard, C. Schultz, G. Livingood, A. Schultz, L. Christofferson. QMEQKK Forty boys tried out for the baseball team this season. Due to late rains the practicing began later than usual this year. I' The Pirates started out their baseball season on the wrong foot with a loss to Monona. The Bulldogs won a 3-0 victory behind Schmidt, theirace hurler who allowed only one hit. Koenig pitched good ball for Postville but the team couldn't push any runs across the plate. l Another defeat came at the hands of a West Union nine. Cloy Schultz took the task of pitch- ing, but errors cost the Pirates the game by a count of l0-6. ln their first home game, the Pirates defeated a veteran Lansing team by a score of 5 to l. Get- ting only two hits and those of the infield variety, the local boys took advantage of the walks and wild pitches to score. Our runs came in the first, third, and fifth innings. Their run came in the sixth inning. The Pirates took anotherwin, evening the count, with West Union. Earl Koenig was on the mound for the locals, allowing seven scattered hits, none of them being for extra bases. Postville scored six runs in the first inning on four walks, a double by Art Schultz,- and ay fielder's choice. ln the third inning Dwight Marston's home run, a walk by Art Schultz, Bill Palmerfs single and a double by Koenig produced three runs. The last run was scored in the fifth inning. Marston singled, went to second on an error, and scored when Gilbert Livingood hit a single into left field. West Union scored in the fifth and twice in the seventh. The Pirates lost to Monona 8 to 7. Errors cost the home team the game. Monona also had its share of errors but they weren't as fatal as Post- ville's. Monona had 8 runs, ll hits and no errors, while Postville had 7 runs, 5 hits and 4 errors. The Pirates lost their return game with Lansing 8 to 5. Koenig worked for Postville, allowing 8 hits. Only two of their runs were earned, errors accounting for the remainder. Postville scored in the second, fourth, and fifth on extra base hits by Leo Meyer, Clay Schultz, and Leo Christofferson. Meyer led the Pirate hitting by getting three for them. . Behind the four-hit pitching of Lefty Koenig, the Pirates edged onto a victory over Marquette, 3-2, to gain a place in the semi-finals of the Sec- tional' Baseball Tournament. Marquette scored their runs in the first inning on two errors, a walk, and a hit. The Pirates scored two in the fourth on an infield hit by Martsan and an error. ln the sixth Postville scored the needed run to win. Next the Pirates downed a determined Lansing nine, 3-2. Leo Meyer went the game for Postville at the mound and kept things well under control.. ln the finals the Pirates faced Monona. There was no score until the fifth inning when Monona put over a run. They scored two more later to win 3-0. To finish the season, the Pirates invited a Wau- kon team over only to trim them l4-0. It was a sort of revenge for previous defeats in other sports. It was also the left-handed Koenig's sec- ond shut-out of the year. Letters were awarded to the following members of the team for baseball at the end of the season: Earl Koenig, Leo Meyer, Bill Palmer, Eugene Se- vern, Cloy Schultz, Gilbert Livingood, Leo Christ- offerson, Rodney Anderson, Dwight Marston, and Art Schultz. Leo Meyer was elected captain of the baseball team at a meeting of the baseball boys. l Gunderson, R. M. Meyer, McNally, L. Brown C7255 zlfmclg fu. The Cheerleaders are cliosen by the high school assembly. ln the fall, Shirley McNally and Rose Marie Meyer held try-outs for two new cheer- leaders before the assembly. After each of the girls had led the assembly in one yell, elections were held and ,Lorraine Brown and Bette Gunder- son were elected as the other two cheerleaders. x Their routines were always peppy this year and helped the boys to put forth their best effort. They introduced several new and different yells and at one of the pep meetings they introduced a new dish-mop redheaded cheerleader. She l?l created quite a riot. p ..,...f5z'... The organization of high school girls, known as The Tumblers, but preferred to be called the Pir-ettes, consists of girls who 'enjoy this type of work. Lorraine Brown was the leader and Jean Douglass the manager of the group. The objective of these girls was to create in- terest in gym work. This was accomplished com- pletely here, and in schools surrounding Postville. They gave several exhibitions at games, twice at Waukon, and at the Sectional Tournament. Their peak performance was at the Physical Education Demonstration in March, when they gave a full tumbling demonstration entitled RoIIicking Rag- gedy Anns. Memories of their flashy entrance in those out- fits lcreated by themselvesl and their clever tum- bling acts will linger a long time in the minds of their many fans. For their fine work tumbling letters were presented. . FIRST ROW: R. Green, Douglass, E. Winters, Turner, Gunderson. SECOND ROW: Sanders, Enyart, J Hangartner, Gordanier, L. Brown, R. M. Meyer, Appel. ' s FIRST ROW: Peterson, D. Meyer, L. Meyer, Medberry,'Plaht. SECOND ROW: D. Harris, Hath, Turner, Livingood, Koenig, Marston. THIRD ROW: Palmer, Brainard, Hughes, C. Schultz, Severn, L. Christ- offerson. .lieth-:fr The Letter Club is one of the leading organiza- tions of this school. lt consists only of students who have won at least one major letter in a sport, or a student manager's letter for a sport. To obtain a letter a student must meet certain requirements established by the coach, such as time, attitude, and other favorable points, one of which is elegibility by scholastic standards set up by the Iowa High School 'Athletic Association. At their first meeting they elected these officers: president, Gene Medberry, vice president, Luther Suckow, secretary-treasurer, Leo Meyer. The high spot of the Letter Club is the sponsor- ing of the annual Letter Club Hop, the biggest all-school party of the year. For thisleach class picks out their class queen and then the whole high school votes among these four. Those as queen of their class this year were: Seniors, Ellen Svendsen, Juniors, Marjorie Bareisp.Sophomores, Virginia Brown, Freshmen, Mary Sanders. The president of the Letter Club crowned Virginia Brown queen and presented her with a corsage of red rosebuds at the Hop. The other entertain- ment for the Hop always proves-to be rather unusual and very entertaining. This year was no exception. For an orchestra Benny Gamble and his Gamblers proved very successful. The Gamblers were all members of the Letter Club. A group of dancers 'lThe Wacky Sacs of Waki- ki-ki provided untold mirth, especially their dash- ing young leader. This party is always held in the new gym. This year, for the first time, the Letter Club sponsored a picnic which they hope will become an annual affair. In showing appreciation for the help they received selling concessions at the sec-H tional basketball tournament the club invited 'all who helped in any way to be their guests at a picnic held at the golf course. At this picnic they furnished all the cokes, peanuts, hot dogs, etc. one could eat. During the latter part of the afternoon new members were initiated into the Letter Club. Needless to say, all had a grand time. To complete the year, the Letter Club bought Coach Blackman a farewellpresent, a beautiful upholstered occasional chair, and hopes he will get enough rest in it to mke up for all the hard work he did with the Postville boys. 5 I l 'E E X: J P? il 5 i ,if i 1 i i ' 1 I I l E ! 5 f 27 I' WT if .28 rutsr now: iz. Meyer, Mmm, owgim. sscouo now: R. M. Meyer, Abernethy, Koevenig, Harris, Finnegan. Banc! C70 anal The Band Council was elected during the fall by the popular vote of the band. lt consists of five members of the band ruled over by the three officers. - lt is their duty to meet whenever there is bus- iness for them to attend to. ln case the long- desired new uniforms are obtained, it will be the S band council's job to distribute them to the mem- bers of the band. The officers for this year were: President ........................................ Dwight Marston Vice President ............ ........ R amona Meyer Secretary-Treasurer ----- ......... Jean Douglass Olzaazf Banc! Postville High School's concert band suffered the loss of thirteen seniors but these losses were gradually made up. Under the direction of Harold Gamble this 35-piece band has come the farthest of any band this school has ever had. lt was or- ganized shortly after the fall marching band con- test. They practiced every fourth period on Tues- days and Thursday and on Wednesday nights. Sectionals and solo practices were held during the week. For contest their selections were Military Escort by Bennett and Courageous Overture by St. Claire. They received a ll rating at the dis- trict contest held at Waukon. The concert band also did a great job of playing for pep meetings and basketball games. A record of merits has always been kept by the secretary of the band and this year there were several awards made. To receive an award each member keeps a record of merits earned and from i time to time turns them in. Merits are accumu- lated from year to year. Merits are earned by such jobs as: membership in either concert band or marching band for one semester, l00 merits, solo before the public, 50 merits, member of a small group, 50 merits, public performance with the band, 25 merits, etc. Demerits are given for unexcused absence from any public performance or practices. When 1000 merits have been earned and. turned in by a member of the band, they re- ceive a monogram of a lyre with the year on the base and the word Postville across the mid bar. For each additional 700 merits recorded, a bar is received. When 4500 merits have been turned in and recorded a gold medal is given. Margaret Buddenberg, Jean Douglass, and Rose Marie Meyer were awarded gold medals this year. As we only lose three seniors this year, the con- cert band is looking forward to a great year. FIRST ROW: Overeen, Heckman, Sanders, Reincke, Hangartner, Pfister, Rima. SECOND ROW: Mr. Gamble, Gregg, Haefner, Grove, Buddenberg, Peckham, R. Meyer, Albright, Ruckdaschel, I. Plaht, I. Bachelder, Theophilus, Appel, Abernethy. THIRD ROW: E. Winters, Finnegan, Koevenig, Peterson, V. Osmundson, F. Schultz, E. Schultz, Harris, M. Kerr, Mitchell, Meland, -Gordanier. FOURTH ROW: A. Meyer, Marston, Walby, Opsand, Gunderson, W. Schultz, Douglass, A. Schultz, D. Kerr, R. Harris. . p CUZC U29 Band Early in the fall the marching band began drill- ing to play for the State Marching Band Contest. There were many places left by those who had graduated. Under the skillful direction of Harold Gamble and the baton of the new drum major, Barbara Abernethy, they quickly filled the gaps that had so dominated the band at the beginning of the season. - This year Postville played host to the State Marching Band Contest for the first time in many years. lt was held October l4. Nashua, Waverly and Denver were the only contestants entered from this district in the contest. The band, entered in Class B, was in competi- tion with Waverly and Nashua. Much to their disappointment they were given a ll rating. How- ever, by the good sportsmanship shown by them, they won the admiration of their competitors. The pieces for contest were Military Escort by Ben- net and American Boy by Welles. A The marching band did an excellent job of marching at the half of our homecoming game after Waukon's marching band had marched. They gave a demonstration for each night of the Sectional Basketball Tournament. In these dem- onstrations they would file out on the floor and form a V at the foot of the stage. Then the lights would go out and as the drums would bring a soft roll up to a thunderous roar the lights would gradually become brighter on the stage while the curtains gradually came open revealing Old Glory. This was very spectacular and filled the spectators with awe. Then the marching band would come back into formation and give a brief demonstration. l Abernathy, Douglass, R. M. Meyer, D. Kerr, Appel. 1 Unzffzumanfaf Qglofoiois ln the fall along with the marching band con- test it has been the custom to have certain field event solos. We had five entries in the solo con- test and all made very good showings. Rose Marie Meyer entered the Drum Solo Class again this year and was entitled to compete in the National Honor Class as she won a l rating at the statecontest last year. She came through tl-his contest with a I playing Conneticut Half- rme. Jean Douglass qualified this year in the Na- tional Honor Class for Bell Lyre Solos. For her selections she played a medley of marches and came through with a I rating. ' Another National Honor Soloist is Barbara Abernethy who received a ll rating on the baton. Vivian Appel, entering a baton-twirling solo, received a I rating. This was her first year out. Dorothy Kerr, playing a Bell Lyre Solo, was rated a I playing for her solo Military Escort 'and American Boy March. g At the district contest this spring we had sev- eral promising soloists entered. Patty Albright in her first year of competition received a I rating at the district contest. This entitled her to go to the state contest at Mason City. Here she made a fine showing playing The Philistine. 1 Burnetta Meland playing a clarinet solo, made a very good appearance at the first contest and received ll rating. Her selection was l Puritini. Dorothy Kerr played a basson solo lmogene for the first time this year and received a ll rat- ing at the district contestj Another person entering solo competition for the first time was Joyce Hangartner who played a cornet solo Soul of the Serf. Sally Ruckdaschel, a.frosh with three more years of competition' ahead of her, received a Il rating at the district contest playing Water Witch on a baritone. ' By the enthusiasm shown by these, we know they'll soon come through the toughest contest with l's. Meland, Hangartner, Ruckdaschel, Albright, D. Kerr. I 4 ' x DRUM ENSEMBLE: Marston, Winters, Douglass, Meyer. SAXOPHONE QUARTET: R. Meyer, Gunderson, A. Meyer, Finnegan. CLARINET QUARTET: Schultz, Mitchell, Meland, Abernethy. , may gum 5. Postville was represented at the state contest this year by three groups which have all made fine showing this year. This year's Drum Ensemble went through the district contest with flying colors. Coming to the state contest, however, they were' rated a ll. As they will have the some group again next year, we are really looking forward to see you go through the state contest with top honors, kids., Their selections were e Bombardment by, Ludwig and Drums a Poppin ' a very novel arrangement of Pop, Goes the Weasel by Osteling. The Saxophone Quartet was reorganized again this spring shortly after the first contest. They were entitled to go straight to the state con- test because there was no competition in the dis- trict contest in their class. Despite the late start, they made a very good showing at the contest playing Parade of the Wooden Soldiers by Jessel. The B-flat clarinet quartet was formed during the first part of the second semester and succeeded in winning its way to the state contest under the strain of new and strong competition. They were unable to play at the state contest because of one of its members.: They played their contest selection for several other groups. Their selection was Ciribiribin arranged by Bennett. FIRST ROW: Gordanier, Mitchell, Thornton, Thompson, Abernethy, Eberling, Schlee, Hangartner, Miss S I . SECOND ROW: R. M P kh A I M N ll C. Ol on, Albri ht, Ruckdaschel, R. M. ess er eyer, ec am, ppe, c a y, s g Meyer, Sanders. THIRD ROW: G. Schultz, Opsand, Schroeder, Lofstuen, Looney, Douglass, Zieman, 1 Grove, E. Schultz, G. M. Meyer. gi'zf1' gifs The Girls' Glee Club this year was one of the finest ever to appear in this section of the state. From those who tried out at the beginning of the year, twenty-eight were chosen to be in the first glee club. Under the direction ofx Miss Sally Sess- ler they made several outstanding performances. At the district contest the glee club received a I rating and many fine- compliments on their work. p gifzfs There were three new members in the girls' sextet this year and again they were a very well blended group. They gave a skit by Miss Claire Schwanebeck and Miss Esther Sessler at the Jun- ior High Operetta at which time they sang Ave Maria by Schubert. They sang at the Activities Banquet and again at the Sectional Tournament As there are no further contests for large groups this was the extent of their contests. Their se- lections for this contest were, The Erie CanaI by Scott, and Snow Legend by Clokey. They also sang these for Commencement. For Baccalau- reate they sang Open Our Eyes. Their accom- panist was Miss Merna Aitchison. I Aiaxfaf and many other times. When they came to the district contest they sailed through with a I rating and they did it again when they received a I at the state contest. Their numbers for both of these performances were The Sleigh by Countz and I Love a Little Cottage by O'Hara. i Peckham, E. Schultz, R. Meyer, Zieman, Douglass, Abernethy, Miss Sessler. ., -,,--.,.-.Jo-If-' ,.,,.,N, y i FIRST ROW: R. Meyer, E. Schultz, Zieman, Douglass, Abernathy. SECOND ROW: Groth, Marston, A. Schultz, Hath. fflflacffcigcvf gfcoufz R After a lapse of several years a Madrigal Group was again formed this year. A Madrigal Group sings a capella and without direction. The re- quirements for' contest have been changed so that the largest number possible is nine. It is also the largest mixed group able to enter the state contest. Their first appearance was for the pre-contest concert when they sang their contest numbers, Dancing and Springing by Hassler and Welcome Sweet Pleasure by Welkes. They received a I rating at the district contestibut were rated a ll at the state contest. I . oaaf cgofoiafa, 1 u The vocal soloists this year have one of the most impressive records ever had in this school. Four of the six soloists who entered solo com- petition came through the state contest with a I. Elizabeth Schultz, singing a soprano solo, ll Bacio, in the National Honor Class, received a I rating at the state contest. Gretchen Zieman, a National Honor soloist, received a l rating at the state contest on her mezzo-soprano solo, Ave Maria. Ramona Meyer entered the mezzo- soprano division and received a I rating at the state singing Carissima and Dedication, Al- though this .was Barbara Abernethy's first year as an alto soloist, she came through the state with a I, singing Would God I Were The Tender Apple Blossom and My Johann. Arthur Schultz qualified to the state contest singing Give a Man a Horse He can Ride. Charles Hath, baritone, sang The Old Road at the district contest. Zieman, E. Schultz, Abernethy, R. Meyer, A. Schultz, Hath, Miss Sessler. t 1 oaal' QTOLL 5, All of the vocal small groups came through the dis- strict contest with a I rating which is a rare feat. The Girls' Trio came hrough the state contest with a I rating with the selections l Heard You Go By and The Gossips. I The Mixed Quartet came through the state contest with a II rating with The Bells of St. Marys and Sing a While Longer. One of the peppiest vocal groups is the Boys' Quartet. They were rated I l at the state contest singing South- ern Memories and lnteger Vitae. Jean Douglass, playing a piano solo for the first time this year, was given a Il rating at the state contest for which she played the selection Praeludium by Mc- Dowell. GIRLS' TRIO: E. Schultz, Zieman, R Meyer, Miss Sessler. 4 MIXED QUARTET: Marston, E. Schultz, Zieman, A. Schultz, Miss Sessler. BOYS' QUARTET: Groth, Marston, Hoth, A. Schultz, Miss Sessler. PIANO SOLO: Jean Douglass. S N AM, sy, x r ui 551 ' -Q. Xe: x W ,, ' X' .1 X xx X X X QM' Q. Q .X x X .pla Miene, Reincke, Schultz, Helgerson, L. Meyer, D. Meyer, Winters, Coates, Schroeder, Gordon. .sniofz 6712114 A Most American families take their patriotism for granted. This is a fact, so widel applicable that Dana Thomas saw fit to write a pllay about it. The play he wrote, American Passport, was chosen by the seniors of Postville High School as their class y. American Passport was the story of a typical Amercian family, the Homiltons. The father, Ed Hamilton, played by Emmett Helgerson, had for years lived a peaceable existence, taking things as they came and never questioning the American spirit of his wife, Bertha, Betty Miene, or his two oldest children-Judy, Doris Winters, and Dick, Leo Meyer. Even when Dick and Judy began running down the traditions America has lived by since her founding, and Bertha started to can- vass the neighborhood to get the women to go on strike against war, Ed Hamilton was only vaguely disturbed. As for Louella, the kid sister, played by Bette Reincke, she was annoyed only by all the talk that made mealtimes come irregularly. The crisis in Father's thinking came when Sybil Jennings, the girl Dick loved-played by Elizabeth Schultz-and Bill Wilson, Judy's fiance-por- trayed by Dale Meyer-walked out on Judy and Dick because of patriotic upheavals among the couples. Father suddenly realized that when the future happiness of his children was jeopardized through their own ideas, they must have, as he put it, 'a bum philosophy. Father's awakening was furthered when Aunt Jen, Darlene Schroeder, issued a strong challenge for him to stop being spineless in matters con- cerning his family. Father's eyes were opened still more when an irate neighbor, Mrs. Schwartz, Laura Coates, informed him that his family's at- titude was becoming the talk of the' town. The final blow came when Father's boss, Mr. Craig, Virgil Gordon, fired him because Dick became in- volved in a riot at the plant where Father worked and Bertha disagreed with Mr. Craig's ideas. From this point on, Father stopped being weak- willed and the scolding he gave his family attracted half the town's population to his front yard. What happened made on exciting third act to this play. Winters, D. Meyer, Reincke, Helgerson, Miene, Gordon, Coates, Schroeder, Schultz, L. Meyer. ! L.. Ziemon, R. Muchow, Hager, Peckham, Gunderson, Douglass, R. M. Meyer, D. Harris, McNally, A. Schultz, L Marston, D. Lammert. J l ' Lmiofz Ufan 9312167 For their Junior Class Play, the Juniors decided upon College Daze, written by John Rand. They presented it October I3 under the direction of Miss Claire Schwanebeck. The action of the play took place in a typical college hangout, a lunchroom owned by Mo Mit- chell. ln the lunchroom, two boys of opposite ways of living, Duke Duquet and Slim Wiggins came together. Duke was the son of a wealthy fam- ily who had done much for the school. .He had nice clothes, a car, and everything a boy could desire, while SIim came from a poor family, who had practically nothing. SIim was engaged to work in Ma Mitchell's lunchroom, where her beautiful daughter, Shirley, also worked. The boys became envious of one another, and finally decided to trade places. That worked very well until Ossie Victor, son of a rich banker, became jealous of Slim for taking his girl and his posi- tion on the basketballteam, When he discovered their true identity he threatened to tell which 1 meant Slim would be put off the basketball team with the championship game coming up. Ossie and Slim , had a fight which disabled Slim from playing on the team for the championship game. Duke had been very unpopular with the kids at college but when he took Slim's place in the game and made the winning basket things changed. They explained their true identities. The cast which very ably portrayed the people in this play were: Duke Duquet, Robert Muchow, Ma Mitchell, Bette Gunderson, Slim Wiggins, Donald Harris, Shirley Mitchell, Shirley.McNally, Lana Henderson, Virginia Peckham, Bill Taylor, Robert Hager, 'Poodles Skinner, Rose Marie Meyer, Ella Rose Peters, Jean Douglass, .Viviun Parker, Gretchen Zieman, Ossie Victor, Dwight Marston, Pete Lewis, Arthur Schultz, Mr. Victor, Duane Lammert. The play was presented' in the presence of a large homecoming crowd. h R. M. Meyer, Douglass, Hager, Peckham, Marston, A. Schultz, Zieman. ' I I Gordanier, White, G. Schultz, V. Osmundson, Thompson, Abernethy, Meland, Thornton. x p H755 on cblafll The Bird on Nellie's Hat had an all-girl cast. As the title might indicate, this was a comedy taking place in the year l90l. The entire plot entered around the gift of a bird's-nest hat given to Nellie Gray, played by Clarion Thompson. She was delighted and was about to go out and dis- play it when the society she was joining dropped in and informed her that they were protesting Erik This play was cast entirely of bays. The play took place in the dressing room of Mike Bradley, world's welterweight boxing champion. Mike, played by Leo Meyer, hated the false glam- our of the life he led and desired to leave the ring and make something worthwhile af himself. He had a chance to th'row the championship fight for a large sum of money but turned it down. against the use of fowls on women's apparel. Other members of the cast included Mrs. Gray, Nellie's mother, Vivian Osmundson, Grace, Nellie's sister, Gwenn Schultz, and five friends of Nellie: Essie, head of the society, Burnetta Meland, Letty, Mary Thornton, Rose, Barbara Abernethy, Nan, lla White, and Flora, Violet Gordanier. ll, O A short time before the fight, the small son, Tommy, of his opponent came and they had a talk. Mike discovered that he lived on the wrong side of the track and felt sorry for him, because he had also grown up there. He wanted him to have a decent place to grow up in so he decided to throw the fight. 5 D. Meyer, L. Meyer, Marting, Groth, A. Meyer. .lim Koevenig, Marie Grove, Carol Eberling. 0 H oo Jlflcuzy cbfancfi on cz. rlflfczfafiu The freshmen were cast in this play. lt is a mystery comedy, revolving around the disappear- ance of a watch owned and valued as an heir- loom by James Fossel, played by Jim Koevenig. His wife, played by Marie Grove, and their maid, Tillie, Played by Carol Eberling, searched to no avail until a pickpocket answered his ad advertis- Beale Fourteen students participated in the home de- clamatdry contest, which was held December 6, in the high school assembly. Of these fourteen, four competed in the oratorical division, four in dra- matic, andysix in humorous. The first place win- ners in this contest were Dwight Marston in ora- torical, Margaret Buddenberg in dramatic, and Rose Marie Meyer in humorous. The next contest entered was the Tri-City meet, 'ing a reward for the return of the watch. ' When the pickpocket, Joe, played by Bob Doug- lass, arrived, he showed Mr. Fossell how it was done, collected the reward and left. After he had gone Mr. Fassel discovered his watch had dis- appeared again. mafofz where winners of first, second and third places competed. e From there the winners in the home contest spoke in the State Preliminary. Rose Marie proved her ability by placing first. This gave us two en- tries in the pre-sub-state at Decorah, because Dwight had already been certified to compete in this contest. Rose Marie took top honors and was then qualified to compete in the District Meet at West Union, where she received a division ll rating. FIRST ROW: Looney, M. Buddenberg, R. M. Meyer, Marston, Finnegan, Grove, SECOND ROW: Sanders, McNally, Eberling, Opsand, Rypestol, Spencer, G. Mever. Melond. Miss Schwanebeck. 1 l 40 FIRST ROW: Miene, R. Meyer, Opsand, Lofstuen, Douglass, McNally. SECOND ROW: Miss Schwone- beck, Mitchell, Reincke, Peckham, R. M. Meyer, E. Schultz, Rypestol, M. Buddenberg, Grove, Finnegan. THIRD ROW: Zieman, L. Meyer, D. Meyer, Marston, Hath, D. Harris, Gunderson. Uflssfzicuzs Thespian Troupe No. 294 was organized at the beginnin of the second semester with Miss Claire Schwanebeck as sponsor. Their first feat accom- plished was the enlargement of the organization. The new members were initiated in front of the high school assembly. This proved to be quite entertaining for all not initiated. For the formal initiation they had av three-course progression din- ner. After this they were taken to the theatre. Under Miss Schwanebeck's direction they pre- sented the one-act play Leave lt To The Seniors at the one-act play contest held at Waukon. They received a ll rating for their performance. They again performed their play the night of the one- act plays. The play tells the story of what would happen to education if the seniors' advanced ideas for the betterment of education were adopted. These really brought results when English class was turned into a Cross-Word Puzzle Circle, music class into a ballroom class, and science class into a motion picture laboratory. The cast for the play were: Miss Emily Martin, the teacher, Jean Finnegan, Marjorie Manning, leader of the girls,' Gretchen Zieman, Claire Sibily, a movie-struck girl, Jean Douglass, Hominy Jones, a very studious student, Elizabeth Schultz, Susie Thornton, very nervous type girl, Shirley McNally, Ginny Wallace, the practical kind, Marcella Mitchell, Barbara Bobbie Williams, also apt to be practical, Ra- mona Meyer, and Cissie Blake, a boy-crazy girl, Betty Ann Lofstuen. The Thespians chose as their year's project the construction of badly needed scenery for the stage. For this they stretched muslin over flats mode for this by vocational agriculture boys and glued the two together. Then they painted it and when this was dry they splash painted it. lt was first used for the senior play at the close of the school year. S , The officers for the year were: president, Ro- sella Opsond, vice-president, Ramona Meyer, sec- retary, Betty Ann Lofstuen, correspondence secre- tary, Jean Douglass, treasurer, Betty Miene, his- torian, Shirley McNally. -Finnegan, Zieman, McNally, Mitchell, Douglass, R. Meyer, Lofstuen, E. Schultz. i i . l x A J wmv-A.. X ' ...pw ts rrmen QPU FIRST ROW: Turner, D. Harris, D. Meyer, C. Schultz, Plaht, J. Martins, Brainard, Englehardt, L. White, Koenig, Mr. Grove. SECOND ROW: Finnegan, Cook, R. Schroeder, C. Peake, R. Brown, Faber, Kostman, A. Anderson, Marting, Enyart, G. Schultz, M. Muchow, K. Kerr. THIRD ROW: B. Martins, L. Christotferson, D. Gordon, Schutte, R. Meyer, Haltmeyer, G. Livingood, B. Livingood, R. Anderson, Timmerman, Hager, Hanson, A. Meyer. x E Tufuzz azmsm of Gqnzszica. The Future Farmers of America is a national organization of farm boys studying vocational agriculture in public schools. The primary aim of Future Farmers is the development of agri- culture leadership and the strengthening of the confidence of the farm boy in himself and in his work, creating and maintaining a love of country life, improving rural homes and surroundings: en- couraging 'co-operation, promoting thrift, improving scholarships, and encouraging rural recreation activities. I The new officers were elected for the year as follows: PRESIDENT ................................................... - .......... - ................. - .............. .lack Martins VICE-PRESIDENT ................ .... .. .................. - ....... - --.--- ............. L ......... Marlin Plaht SECRETARY ............. ........ G ene Brainard TREASURER ........ ............... - Donald Meyer REPORTER ....,..,..............................................................................,............. Cloy Schultz ADVISOR ........... - ............................................................................... Mr. Willard Grove The boys again this year operated a profitable stand at the Big Four Fair where they sold concessions. A basketball team of F. F. A. boys played several games of bas- ketball with West Union and Decorah. The Vocational Agriculture Department of I944-45 consisted of the freshmen, who worked on livestock and their projects. Some of the boys were raising beef cattle, dairy calves, hogs, sheep, and poultry. . The sophomores worked on crops this year. They worked on the production of corn, oats, alfalfa, soybeans, sudan grass, brom grass, red clover, alsike, sweet clover, and timothy. The juniors worked in the farm shop this year. Some of the boys built hog feeders, wagon boxes, portable hog houses, and fixed engines. - The seniors studied about the management of the farm dur- ing the year. ' The separate classes went on field trips to judge hogs and cattleand observe livestock farms in the community. FIRST ROW: M. Mundt, Christoffersan, D. Winter, L. Coates, D. Schroeder. SECOND ROW: Fischer, Folsom, S. Mundt. Schultz, Hager, Walby, A. Green, M. Brown, I. White, Mrs. Rogers. qufuw gsm 'za of Oqnzzzica The Future Teachers of America Club is made up of the mem- bers of the Normal Training Department. The club has been or- ganized since l938 and holds the Number I charter for the state of Iowa. A This year the club consisted of I5 girls. There are seven jun- iors and eight seniors. Officers for the club are: president, Laura Coatespi vice-president, Ellen Svendsenp secretary' and treasurer, Doris Winter, historian, Marian Christofferson. The club chose colors which are aqua and dark pink. For the initiation exercises the old gym was decorated in these colors. A candlelight ceremony was performed . Sale of stamps and bonds was the major project of the club this year. Marian Christofferson was the chairman and the' rest of the girls worked as sellers in the grade rooms. Each Thursday morning and noon was the time set for the stamp sales. The school bought' their first jeep before Christmas vocation, and since then have purchased two field ambulances, which will bear the name of the Postville Public School when they are sent overseas. The total sales for the year were S5,l00. ' A During the football season, the girls earned additional money for their treasury by selling popcorn and apples at the games. Gwen Schultz entertained the girls at a Christmas party in her home. The girls enjoyed a tree and exchanged gifts. The club sponsored an alI4school party January 10. The gym was decorated in the club colors. A dolIar's worth of pennies was given as o door prize and was received by Sherwood Olson. The winner of this year's normal training award. was Doris Mae Winter. The award was given on the basis of a merit system, and Doris had a total of 587 merits. G. COMPET ENT TYPISTS: FIRST ROW: Looney, Szabo, Reincke, Harris, V. Osmundson, Gordanier, Aber- nethy, R. Meyer. SECOND ROW, V. Gordon, McNally, Peckham, M. Olson, Douglass, Bareis, B. Bach- eldor, Finnegan, R. Harris. THIRD ROW, Marston, Miene, Opsand, 'Heuser, Helgerson, R. Green, Gunderson, Hath. onzmszciaf Bsfzazfnzsnf r The enrollment in the commercial department was quite large this year. There were 40 students in typing I, IO in typing Il, l8 in bookkeeping, 9 in beginning shorthand, and two in advanced shorthand. These classes were all taught by Miss Merna Aitchison. Although the state commercial contest is not being held for the duration, the Gregg- Writer Awards System was used whereby students received certificates and pins for proficiency in their com- mercial classes. The competent typist certificates were given to many students this year. To merit this certificate the students must type for ten minutes with five errors or less and at a net speed of thirty words or more per minute, Thirty students received the 30-word certificate, 9 received the 40-word, and one received the '50-word certificate. These stu- dents are shown in the above picture. Order of Artistic Typist Membership was earned by some for having passed the Gregg Writer test which disclosed a practical working knowledge of the technique of typewriting. ' Order of Gregg Artist Membership was earned by all members of both shorthand classes as pic- tured below: These students submitted specimens of their shorthand penmanship in the 32nd Annual O. G. A. Contest sponsored by the Gregg Writer. The school was awarded an honorable mention cer- tificate as a result of the contest since the team had a score meriting that rating. Gregg Shorthand Transcription Certificates were also given to students having token dictation for five minues at a prescribed rate and transcribing their notes neatly and accurately. - Certificates of Proficiency were awarded to the bookkeeping students who completed the 20th Century Bookkeeping Course and made a satis- factory grade. ' The commercial students were kept pretty busy in order to get out programs for all the events of the year besides doing their regular work. ORDER OF GREGG ARTISTS: FIRST ROW, McNally, Reincke, Finnegan, Uareis, ll. Bachelder. SECOND ROW, Gunderson, Opsand, Rypestol, Heuser, Szabo, V. Osmundson. SEATED: Miene, .L. 'Harris, Reincke, Helgerson. STANDING: Miss Aitchison, Zieman, Douglass, Finnegan. v ' cblszafbf cilfaff g X There will be a news staff meeting in my room eighth period today was the weekly announcement made by Miss Merna Aitchison, and thus it meant for each one of the members of the staff to start thinking of their write-ups for the school news in our local paper, the Postville Herald. lligza 13 The library staff consisted of thirteen members picked to serve a fourth or eighth period each day. These people served their period checking out the books to the other high school pupils. These books were checked out for a period of two weeks. Everyday over this two week period a penny a day had to be payed. The money taken Editor Bette Reincke assigned each person a dif- ferent department to report on for each week, and kept the news coming in at-all times. This staff was also responsible for printing the Basket Bowler, the bulletin put out during the Sectional Tournament. Sfaff in from these fines was put into the treasury and used for the page in the annual. The last week of school a group of students cleaned the library for the benefit of next year's librarians. This year new covers were put on many of the books. SEATED: Folsom, Spencer, Myren, Christofferson, L. Buddenberg, A. Plaht. STANDING: Kostman, Pfister, Weaver, A. Svendsen, D. Kerr, Walby, F. Schultz, M. Mundt, V. Brown, Trudo, E. Kurth, Schlee. FIRST ROW: Turner, L. Buddenberg, Monroe, l. Bachelder, Weaver, A. Svendsen. SECOND ROW: Flack, Enyart, Spencer, Grove, Eberling, Stee, Englehardt. THIRD ROW: Miss Bruene, Sanders, Han- gartner, I. Plaht, Bergan, Pfister, Schlee, S. Ruckdashel, Nelson, Kostman, Heckman, Heins, R. Kurth, Cowles, Kleppe, Albright. S Q Omama ing 7 The freshman homemaking class was so large this year that they divided into two groups, one group meeting one day and one the next. Some of the things they studied were: etiquette, the principles of cooking, what hair styles and colors look best on each hone, care of the hands and fingernails, and as their first project in sew- ing they made either a skirt or a pinafore. They also made stuffed animals and other presents at Christmas. y omsma. ing 77 At the first of the year the sophomore home- making class cleaned the homemaking room from top to bottom. They washed walls, painted the bookcase, varnished the sewing machines, washed the curtains, and scrubbed the floors. Some of the things they studied were: child development, in which unit they gave a party for the second grade and one for the children of pre- school age, first aid, care of the hands and finger- nails, how to remodel rooms, and each sewed a rayon dress. At Christmas they gave a party for the freshmen. FIRST ROW: G. Meyer, Myren, M. Winters, M. Buddenberg, E. Fish. SECOND ROW: C. Olson, D. Osmundson, B. Brainard, V. Brown, K. Meyer, Henning, A. Plaht. THIRD ROW: E. Winter, Trudp, liugel, Appel, Thompson, Meland, Thornton, Sadler, Fuelling, B. Heins, Miss Bruene. 1 017506 lluzag 93109 mm A A new hot lunch program was begun this year under the direction of Miss Merle Bruene, the homemaking instructor. Noon meals were served to all who wanted them, at a cost of fifteen cents. It included a main dish, such as soup, chilli, or hot dogs lOhl The stampede when there were seconds on hot dogsl, two sandwiches, another fruit or vegetable and milk. Junior and senior high were served in the lower hall by two serving lines. lt took five girls and a cook to serve them but they did it in a record time of fifteen minutes. Remember that first day when you stood in line for half an hour? They carried their plates down to the old gymnasium, picked up their bottle of milk and ate at the tables set up by the ever faithful Erwin Glock and his crew. ' As soon as dishes came back, a crew of dish- washers, usually headed by Charlie Hoth, began proceedings. When Super Suds, Super Suds, Lots more suds from Super Suds came floating out of the kitchen in baritone, soprano, and other voices not written in music books, everyone knew that dishwashing was in full swing. 1 lf anyone is looking for a wife, Russel Harris is the best dish scraper and wiper in this and sur- rounding vicinities-and Jack Martins looks just too cute in a beruffled apron which is trying its best to cover at least part of his legs., The program had other,objectives than just having fun. About half of the pupils in the school had to carry lunches from home. This meant a cold meal eaten in 'a hurry in a crowded room. This year, in the three months the program oper- ated, l4,000 hot lunches were served. In the hot lunch they learned to eat what was served or went without. During he year there was surprisingly little waste compared with the number who ate there. Each month a list of abundant foods was sent to the school. These were used in menu planning to avoid use of scarce,foods and to increase use of more plentiful foods. lThat's why the peanut butter sandwiches, kids.l When the three months were up, mothers threatened to start a petition to continue the pro- gram. DISHWASHERS: Harris, Osmundson, Hoth, Peckham, Looney. ,f l w I, , 7 A . X . ..... .. , X 1 3 1 1 r l. j 1 5 3 Q 'S Q S 1 E , 48