Kalona High School - Centerika Yearbook (Kalona, IA)

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1:12411 3 1xi:aimrioininpo3o3o1oin1 nil 2 in11:uinioioioiuioimriuioiuznii13011110 11111231311 vi 3 111111011 31101111 3 111111111 I if C oi 3 1 121:30 Junior Class BACK ROW 1Left to righti Maxine Liebig, Melva Fleming, Ruth Gosnell, Florence Yoder, Mildred Eaumruk. FRONT ROW H-Stanley Swartzendruber, Howard Palmer, Arthur Hill, Charles Ges- ncll. Junior History The autumn of 1935 revealed nine meek, green freshmen standing at the voor cf C. H. S. we were welcomed in by the kind faculty and sympathetic schoolmates. We had started cn our fcur year journey through high school. We af'sist:d the sophomores in giving the play Young and Healthy . Several members of the class took part in athletics. Arthur Hill left us at the end of the first semester finishing his year at Cosgrove. The class officers for the year were: president, l-Inward Palmer: vice-president, Stanley Swartzendruberg secretary-treasurer, Maxine Liebig, The next year our membership was again nine. This year Ruth, Charles, Vernon and Maxine helped give the all high school play Tom Sawyer . We later assited the freshmen in giving the play, Ruth in a Rush . This year all the boys and one girl took part in athletics. All helping one another we successfully ended our sophomore year with the class officers having been Charles Gosnell, president: vice- president, Maxine Liebig and seceretary-treasurer, Howard Palmer. Again after a short vacation we returned to find there are still nine in our number although Vernon Hartzler failed to return. Mildred Baumruk, formerly of Goshen, Indiana, joined us. All the boys took part in basketball with Stanley re- ceiving honorable mention in the all sectional team, This year several of our class helped give the all high school play Prize Pigs . We also assisted the seniors in giving the play 'HI-Iobgoblin House . We entertained the seniors at a banquet on April 21. This social event was sponsored by Stanley Swartzendruber, class presi- dent, Arthur Hill, vice-president, and Melva Fleming, secretary-treasurer. We again pause for a short vacation before running the final lap of our journey. -fFlorence Yoder, '39, Page Nine 101 01111031 20101: o u.o :ifrioiuioioioioioioxliioxozoxoxoi-11-iioioioif izoiojoxozl 10101. o 01901014:aio14ri1wifxioiuioioioioioxiiioioxiijoiiiirrinii

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510117.111P1011'ilVT0i1VQi7C171l7if'iiVilVC9i01I9I0I1lI1!I45I1lIlb1lPI4rCg:g lioivioinivillitrinilvia Dil 02011 1111111:11riuiuioiuiwallxii114linnicxiivia1930111011111nioioilvioioiniucboinioioioitbiirilbifrit O ,Class Prophecy Since the day when I accepted Christopher's ancient theory that the world was round, my ambition was to circle this globe. After all, seeing is believing. Eut ever and anon, a persistent burden worried me-my maiden sister, Lois. Since her nose is always elevated an inch or more at mention of a man, I knew that the burden of her support would fall upon me. Cooking for a man had no appeal as she usually cooked a quantity only sufficient for herself. To my surprise the girl made good in her chosen profession-a floor supervisor in a Cook County Hospital, Chicago, and I continued the role my parents had bestowed upon me in tender years!that of wearing out Lois's discarded clothing. Not so unpleasant at that, as the quality increased with the quantity. On June 13, 1955, my goal was in view. Only a few minor details to be attended to, steamer trunks packed and I would be off. The business which needed clearing up centered about passports, traveller's checks, money exchanges, and a few legal questions. Before leaving for the airport, I rounded the bank corner at Iowa City and took the elevator for fifth floor. The speed mania was in its infancy in 1938. I stepped inside and rocket-like we shot up to fifth floor before I could put down my other foot. I put this foot down on the corridor and the elevator whisked out of sight. I, being pushed by an electric beam, walked along the corridor to 503 and there in glittering letters I read Attorney-at-law, A. L. Grout. In my enthusiasm I began to laugh and said out loud, Good o'd Ozzie. when an office girl fixed her cold blue eyes upon me and said in a very superior manner, Have you an appointment with Attorney Grout? But Ozzie saved the day by walking out of his private office smiling and telling me how glad he was to see me. Ozzie looked very prosperous, dressed in a newly pressed black suit, an ash gray shirt and a deep purple four-in-hand. How those '38 senior girls' hearts would flutter if they could see him at this moment, I thought. I learned though that the girls did keep in touch with him through the class telegram, and Alva gave me the addresses of both Lucille and Dorothv. I saw that bv sage p'anning I could include them in my trip somewhere between I.incoln's grave and Jumbo's bones. I could visit both of them before sailing past the Statue of Liberty. Ah, nie! what ravages of time could I look for when I met the dear ladies? I flew as far as Chicago where my sister, Lois, met me. We lunched in the Chinese district and then as I was tired, I slept in her apartment until she was off duty. Her rooms were tidy and comfortable, but entirely too full of life to suit me, for she had snails, guppies, love birds, and a parrot sharing the atrrosnhero. Lois beinrf too tired to argue long, we soon dropped off to sleep. In the morning by getting leave of absence Lois hired a car, to take us down to Springfield. then on to Pekin to Lucille's domicile. This Wes a beautiful rar'-bling country house with red rf!-les climbing in profusion over the porches.. Lucille was smiling just like she did at Buller's in Williamsburg and certainly looked natural when we drove in. She was now Lucy Maust and she and her husband were raising ducks a.s a profitable side- line-selling feathers to Pekin markets. To make conversation I asked if Pekin got its name from the ducks and she said that she thought it was named for some- one who was peeking. Then I noticed a number of happy-lo-oking children peeking out of various win- dcws of the rambling old homestead but forebear asking any embarrassing Questions, especially after I counted fourteen. Maybe it was just a neighborhood gathering. I should have enjoyed staying there for days. Lucy said nothing of hard luck or be- ing poor. but I didn't even stay for dinner as Lois was honking the horn wildly and I knew that I must go. Over in the Lancaster Sea House I found the smiling secretary I was looking for-Dorothy. Her hands were efficiently flying over the keys but she smiled 2. welcome before she could stop. She is due for a promotion and is well-liked by the office force. Blushes as rare as hers recommend her where ever she goes. In the modern manner of 1950 Dorothy is also efficiently caring for a home after office hours. Fortunately I could spend the night with her. Mr. Meek. her husband, is a quiet friendly man and we enjoyed a meal by candle light that reminded me of those good bld days in the country. I thought of the four members of the class of '38 as happily settled and con- tented as I gaily waved my hand to the Statue of Liberty and then on to the Orient. -Carley June Erb, '40. iililiiliillillw puxoxnxoznzanxoioxoxog114lqnnxozuzoxniuzfxxoiotoioxf:1aqo1o1ogo11o, Page Eight

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.ini 1-vi -omni -1 11 -3 li in-:oi 1 -gl-1:1011 1 -1 1111 -1 lg 121111311114 gngngoiuioim Sophomore Class BACK ROWffLeft to Righty Mary Ellen Swartzendruber, Carley June Erb, Al- berta Jane Lienemann, Ada Ruth Brenneman. FRONT ROW- Helen Slaubaugh, Betty Brenneman, Raymond Moore. Sophomore Class History The sophomore class entered Center High School as a class of ten in the autumn of Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Six. Ellis Swartzendruber and Bertha Miller did not finish the freshman year. During this year members of the class tcok part in two plays, Tom Sawyer and Ruth in a Rush . Eight of the class also took part in declamatory work, The class officers were Carley June Erb, president, Helen Slau- baugh, vice-president and Raymond Moore, secretary-treasurer. This, cur second year in high school, found our number only seven. Treva Beard entered the Iowa City public school and Dean Kesselring went to Sharon. A new member was added to the enrollment though, as Alberta Jane Lienemann did not return to Conago Park High School in California, but stayed in her native state. Only four members of the class took part in declamatory this year: however, our class was well represented in the finals as Helen Slaubaugh placed first in the dramatic division and Betty Brenneman first in the humorus division. We began the second year with four studies to occupy our minds, English, geometry, history, and physiology: but at the end of the first semester we turned from the study of physiology to that of commercial geography. Members of the class have taken part in four plays this year, namely, Prize Pigs , He Troups to Conquer , Three Taps on the Wall , and Dress Reversal . This year's class officers are: president, Alberta Jane Lienemann, vice-president Ada Brennemang secretary-treasurer, Betty Brenneman. -Raymond Moore, '40. -ioiniuitv oilxioiciioiangnioioioi .og 1 111101.1-lingo:-rioifnioi tio:-P10101 113124 1,2 1 1 1 11 11 xx Page Ten