Joice High School - Jo Hi Se An Yearbook (Joice, IA)

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 o Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: This is not HerodQtus speaking. No, friends, I am not the father of hist- ory ; I can hardly even be called a son. In fact, the history of which I speak, the history of the Class of 1953, is very brief indeed as compared with the nine volumes by Herodotus. It is brief as compared with the history of these United States. It Is even brief compared with some of the history we of »53 have studied. But, to us, it is one of the most interesting and important histories ever written, and for you who are our friends and have always shown us such kindness and affection, I believe it holds some Interest too. In September 1914-0, seven green freshmen enrolled in the Joice High School, namely Curtis Arneson, Donovan Dahlby, Ernest Kell, Avis Hagen, Terry Williams, Charlene Evans, and Myrna A modt. Before initiation we felt out of place, awk- ward, and insignificant. During initiation we had a lot of fun rolling onions and dressing up in ridiculous clothes. Now we were a part of the high school. The fall of our freshmen year, there was a terrific wind storm that blew all the corn down. As a result students were dismissed from school to help the farmers get the crop in. Myrna Aamodt, one of the weaker freshmen, spent several days in the hospital recouperating. The year ended to prove that we freshmen would be the promising sophomores of the next year. When we enrolled as sophomores our number had dwindled to six, Ernest Kell started his career in farming. As a whole the sophmore year was uneventful. The initiation of the freshmen had been taken over by the upper classmen. Happily as Juniors we entered the Joice High School, again the big class of seven. Lowell Heimdal transferred from Lake Mills to Joice. The main events of our Junior year were: the receiving of our class rings; the presentation of our Junior class play, Here Comes Charlie , and the Junior-senior banquet, which proved to be exciting for both classes. Triumphantly we, the seniors, entered school on August 25, 1952, saddened only by the loss of one of our classmates Lowell Heimdal. He decided to attend Hillcrest Lutheran Academy at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. We had anticipated much but the senior year was beyond comparison. Some of us took five subjects while others trailed behind with basketball and music. Still others worked with speech. We were glad to be the guests of the Juniors at the Junior-senior banquet. We enjoyed it very much. Our senior class play, which proved to be a great success, was presented on October 20th. The annual, which is the best, kept us busy but made us proud. Our history, as you can see, has so far been without tragedy. It has been serene and happy, but not monotonous. We hope it has been worthwhile. While it is unlikely that it will ever be earth-shaking, we hope that it will become even more worthwhile. I am sure we shall all look back to these four years at good ol “ e happiest years of our lives. This page sponsored by: CO-OPERATIVE SERVICES Lake Mills, Iowa Charlene Evans Myrna Aamodt COOP

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CLASS GIFTS Th© definition of a gift is either of the following: (1) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; or a present, (2) with respect to real estate formerly and form of alienation later; the converance of an estate tail, as distinguished from a feoffment of from a demise or lease. In case some of you do not understand the second we will use the first. I, Terry Williams, give this thimble which is a badge of splnsterhood, to Donna Brunsvoid, (thimble) I, Myrna Aamodt, give my two charms, my musical ability and my intelligence to Clark Van Hooser. May the girls find these charms very sweet. (package of Charms) I, Curtis Arneson, give this large size gas can to Gordon Dahl. Here after we want to see you using gas from this instead of your Dad»a gas barrel. I sup- pose you realize this doesn’t fill itself up. (gas can) I, Avis Hagen, give this handy little pencil to Lois Schott. We call it handy because we think she will find plenty of use for it in writing letters to Lake Mills from Joice. (pencil) I, Charlene Evans, give to Enid Loin to make your Job more comfortable as secretary this pillow. Not speaking from experience of course but we have heard that some peoples laps are awfully hard. (pillow) I, Donovan Dahlby, give this tractor to Gary Medlang in order to give an excuse for playing hooky from school, as I did. (toy tractor) I, Charlene Evans, give this spoon to Carol Williams since she seems quite bashful. I hope that it may help her discover that spooning is very enjoyable, (spoon) I, Myrna Aamodt, give this watch to Barbara Schott to remind her to come in at night. Remember you can’t stay out all night if you expect to work the next day. I, Donovan Dahlby, give these glasses to Harold Sherwood hoping he will see more through them than I did. (glasses) I, Avis Hagen, give my ability to cut up in class but still get B’s in de- portment to Norman Bang it seems he can’t get by with it. (scissors and Jar of honey) I, Curtis Arneson, give my lazy nature to Mrs. Slattum. May her future stu- dents find it a fine quality, (blank papers) I, Terry Williams, give my ability to flirt with other girl’s boyfriends to Beth Evans so she too can have a good time but yet have no steady boyfriends, (false eyelashes) Curtis Arneson Donovan Dahlby This page sponsored by: FARMER’S CO-OP ELEVATOR, Hanlontown, Iowa Edward Amberg, Manager