Johnston High School - Beaconite Yearbook (Johnston, IA)

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At last we had graduated to the top floor. We had as our teachers, Mrs. Dowling and Mrs. Ballou. This was our first year selling magazines, and we lost to the Eighth grade. So Valentines Day we treated them to a party. During the year Mrs. Dowling fell and broke her leg, so we did all we could to help her. Having completed Seventh grade, we entered Eighth and had Mrs. McCall and Mrs. Ballou for our teachers. Tom Naylor and Bill Thornburg joined us. We won thenmgazine contest this year, and Dixie Clover was high salesman. She won a certificate for selling 886 in magazines. Darrell Seibert was a close second. Mrs. Ballou took us on our skip day to Camp Dodge for a picnic. Then came the great day of Commence- ment. Chuck Howe was our honor student. How we entered the pearly gates of High School, only to see the work of the devil during initiation. We would never h ve pulled through if Joanne Heidman, Phyllis Martin, Jerry Clark, Thurmadene Lester, Carol Inman, Floyd Boyer and Jean Mathews hadn't Joined us this year The girls wore real shor dresses, holey hose, tennis shoes, hair in at least 7 pigtails one day, and straight as a string the next The boys wore T shirts and neckties, L1'l Abner shoes, short pants, and make up We all wore old straw hats and rattles around our necks Come Friday afternoon, it was altogether ahappy time with egg shampoos and eating chocolate pudding blindfolded In our Sophomore year, Hrs Keeton tour the Register and Tribune building lobby Joan Hertz and Jim vr Meer joined over our English class, which turned into took the Geography class to We saw the new globe in the this year Mr Howards took a regular circus Our Junior year was a busy one Mrs Keaton directed our class play 'The Tangled Yarn W we were lucky to be the first ones to use the stage in our new gym On April 21, the Junior Senior Banquet was held We met at the YWCA building The Junior Class sang a few songs W had refreshments of ice cream and cake Then we all went to the KRNT Theater and saw the Broadway stage play 'Kiss Me Kate ' Carol Inman and Joanne Heidman were the Homecoming attendants Two more people entered our On top the year we class rings Senior year class this year, Betty Forret and Victor Fiebig at last' It hardly seems true, but here we are This is got to work on the school paper and the annual We got our the first week of school, aawe could enjoy them during our we had our graduation pictures taken by Woltz Studios Harry Hyde and Ruth Bingham came magraduate with us Thurmadene Lester was our Homecoming Queen Joanne Heidman was the Princess We were very proud of the girls They were lovely Now that we are completing our Senior year, some of us dread having to leave the old school after spending so many years in its halls When G Over' Nf'r ll A I uf-1 PH- Fou Huw G-r Qdt e-H4432-9 ,G . ' . ' . S ,tn , P- . , . ,, , S a ax We . .S g ,S ,p as P TooK. V Q' -' 'uv' , L A I I.-A-IAA? bv. .ry 1' l X l.