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.

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C1355 117111 le, the Seniors, distinguished graduatesff 1952, do hereby leave our most cherished possessions which we have obtained only through concentrated effort during our four year stay h1Johnston High School, to bedisposed of as follows Joanne Heidman Leaves her arguing ability to Verilea Heskett Donella Crowell Leaves her flag throwing ability to Kay Sloan Sue Bilz Leaves all her boy friends to Sue House Jacquelyn Longshore Leaves her temper to Susan Hummel Thurmadene Lester Leaves the Queen's Crown to Nancy Gilbert Dixie Clover Leaves her height to Mary Lester Betty Forret Leaves her love of shorthand to Connie Andrews Phyllis Martin Leaves her love of teachers to Jim Crawford Don Gandy Leaves his seat in the front of the assembly to Mrs Varner for the World Series Bill Peterson Leaves his love for argument with Mr Smith to anyone who wants to get kicked out of class Chuck Howe Leaves his ingenuity to Floyd Brown Jim Vr Meer Leaves his typing skill to Dick Sloan Floyd Boyer Leaves his love to play with typewriters to Jerry Zarley Tom Naylor Leaves his ability to copy Business Arithmetic to Joe Miller Bill Thornburg Leaves his ability to befuddle an audience with his magic to John Mahin Homer Betz Leaves his ability in rapid calculation to John Smith Roger Tasler Leaves his ambition Cnoneb to Kenny Stifel Dick Rock Leaves his love of Chevvies to any mechanically minded fellow who can fix up his own car Victor Fiebig Leaves his I Q to Larry McKinley Jerry Clark Leaves his understanding of the Bible to Gary Orlich Darrell Seibert Leaves his way with the girls to Jack Stuck, and his tech nique of playing ping pong to Mr Varner Dave Schuessler Leaves his HErnest Tubbu records to his brother Jim Carol Inman Leaves her love of gruesome insects to Sandra Mosier Ruth Jean Joan this Bingham Leaves her love of school buses to anybody who has to walk to school Mathews Leaves her basketball ability to Doreen Lewis Hertz She just wants to leave Therefore, and in witness thereof, we, being rational tothe last, do seal magnificent masterpiece of the Senior class of 1952 Affixed this twenty ninth day, in the month of May,otthe year one thousand nine hundredandfifty two, in the metropolis of Johnston, County of Polk, and state of Confusion I 0 Harry Hyde--Leaves his football ability to Kenny Madison. img,