Kiron High School - Telic Yearbook (Kiron, IA)

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Semor Class Hzstory The members of the Semor Class of 1951 started thexr educational careers September 1 1938 wnth Mtss Marian Currxe now Mrs Lloyd Benson as thelr fnrst teacher The seven who started school were Lorraine Baker Leonard Benson jlm Dahl Ronald Anderson john Ogren Lester Skarm and Sheldon Lyman The next fall as we trudged up the long hlll that leads to our source of learmng we were surprlsed to fmd that we had acquired a new teacher Mlss Marian Sundell That year the original seven were stlll mtact and we were elated to find that an addxtlon Betty johnson had come into the fold We were gradually cllmbmg ln the sphere of education we were ln the second grade Lester Skarm left us for greener pastures but joanne Ecklund quletly offset the loss In the third grade we again changed instructors Mlss jane Sutton was elected to try to drlll knowledge mto our wooden heads We lost Sheldon Lyman that year however we acquxred Audrey Gottberg Maydelle Hedstrom and Gordon Larson In 194-Z the real schism occurred we not only changed teachers agaln but we mherlted the intermediate room Under Miss jeanette Cedergren we mastered the fmer and more mtrxcate rhythmxcal beats of muslc wlth a rhythm band The only change ln our class roster whrle we were ln the intermediate room was the loss of Lorrame Baker and Audrey Gottberg The year of 194-5 led us onward and upward to the jumor hugh room with Mtss Geraldine Glade as our instructor The hxghllght of our seventh year of learning was the play we gave for the Parent Teachers Assoclatlon lt was entitled Wlldcat Wlllle Gets Bram Fever Ever smce the fourth grade our class personnel had been unchanged but we seemed to be able to wear out teachers quite fast for ln the eighth grade we had two of them Miss Lots Lindgren for the majority of the year and for the balance of the year we had Miss Currie or Mrs Lloyd Benson In the fall of 47 we took the momentous step of entering high school By the time we had enrolled for the Freshman year our class had grown to an even dozen Ronald Anderson ed to these were Franklin Bolte joanne Ecklund Milton Glermann Betty johnson Maydelle Hedstrom Gordon Larson Sheldon Lyman and jean Robey Much to the dts pleasure of the Seniors we struggled through mltlatlon wtthout losing a smgle class member That year the Jumor hngh basketball team was runner up ln the county tournament At the end of the Freshman year Ronald Anderson left us to continue his educational career ln Schleswlg The tradxtxonal all school party that we gave whxle we were Sophomores consisted of a hayrlcle and a treasure hunt combined We also had an addltton that year when joyce Paulson jolned us However at the end of the year she left for Kingsley and Sheldon Lyman left for Schleswtg Durmg our junior year we gave our class play entxtled Take It Easy It was a success much to the surprise of our dlrector Mr Robert Franken On April 29th we gave the junior Senlor banquet After much deliberation we decided on the theme of Bon Voyage and we like to thmk that tt was the best banquet ever glven any Semors that graduated from K1-IS jean Robey moved from our mldst at the end of the jumor year to attend school ln Webb Well we have fmally struggled through all twelve years of school As we approach our graduatlon we fmd that we stlll have three of the seven that started mn the kindergarten Leonard Benson jlm Dhal and john Ogren Others that have joined us durmg our course through twelve years of education are Frankhn Bolte joanne Ecklund Mllton Gnermann Betty johnson Maydelle Hedstrom and Gordon Larson Our Baccalaureate Services will be held May 13th and Commencement May 15th Our high school days are fast commg to a close Now we launch ourselves out into the world to try to gain knowledge by ourselves Some of us wlll be gomg on to college and some of us wlll be staying at home whlle others will be called mto the services of our 'matron but wherever we go we will always remember our school days ll , u n 1 1 K I , n 1 . Leonard Benson, jim Dahl, and john Ogren, four of the starting seven were still together, Add-

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Semor Class Prophecy This is K H S your National Broadcasting Company station in Kiron Iowa which brings the news and music to the Boyer Valley area The temperature this seventeenth day of April 1961 is 58 degrees At the sound of the gong the time will be twelve noon We now bring you the news sponsored by Al Ordal s Music Shop This is the news at noon reported to you by jack Shelly and sponsored by the Al Ordal Music Shop of 309 VN est 15th Street Kiron Iowa This is the shop which has supplied and ser viced the instruments used by the students of Kiron High who have won so many firsts in solo and marching band contests in the state for the past three years Always see us when you think about brass and wood wind instruments And now for the news Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen this is jack Shelly bringing you the news of the day from the state and around the world Flrst the headlines Startmg turn over of stocks and bonds seen this week in oil company Adams ranch sold famous pony again entered in race county education office filled by local woman important archeological discovery made by Kiron teacher on leave of absence Now for the storles Mr and Mrs Harvey Boeck who have been quietly running a D X station in Denison Iowa for the past twelve years have purchased the controlling stock in the D X Petroleum Company Mr Melvin Miller has brought forth one of the outstanding discoveries of this century After burrowing through 100 feet of Egyptian soil he has found outstanding features of the period of Queen Cleopatra Agents from Smithsonian Institute are seeking to buy the mum:-nies and many objects of interest Leonard Benson president of the Barbers Union has announced that despite the demands of the people the price of haircuts will not be lowered immediatelv but a gradual declme may be seen in the following months james C Dahl professor of Literature at Minnesota University has released a new book called lm nation which critics say looks like it has a chance for the Nobel Award for Liter years lt is really the out growth of some research that Mr Dahl did for his doctorate degree Miss Lila Lee Clauson leaves by private plane this afternoon for Los Angeles California where she will be the principal speaker tomorrow mght at the annual dmner of the publishers of children s books While in Los Angeles Miss Clauson will be entertained in the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings author of The Yearling Tonight Milton Giermann head designer of the Nash Motor Company will be honored at a dmner of the National Society of Arts and Sciences in New York He will be awarded a gold cup for his styling of the 1961 Nash Chief Elsie Gauley biology teacher at Kiron has set May 28th as the date for her expedition to the planet Mars Everyone has been askmg her Is there life on the planet Mars 7 She plans to have the answer when she returns Miss Gauley will travel under the auspicies of the National Geographic Society Joanne Ecklund was elected President of the Woman s Medical Association Her admin istrative duties will temporarily take her from her duties as head nurse at Memorial Hospital in Des Moines where she has served for the past six years Miss Ecklund is the youngest woman ever appointed head nurse anywhere in the history of the VK oman s Medical Association And now for a word from the sponsor Al Ordal sells the best made violins He makes them himself and they are comparable only with the great Stradivarius Al has violins to suit your needs whether you are a student a member of an orchestra or a soloist just last week Phil Spitalmi stopped in to place an order for his All Girl Orchestra Now for the rest of the news Highway 4 was partially blocked yesterday as the Bolte Construction Company was moving equipment from Strom s Acres Franklm Bolte is the owner of the large construction com pany which has been building roads recreation facilities and cabins in the new trailer and cabin camp just east of the southern suburbs of Kiron The camp covers an area Of 100 HCFES Mr Strom reports that every cabin and trailer will be equipped with electric lights telephone and running water 12. I l I! I 9 . . . i i . l I I 0 Q l . 1 I I . . 7 , ,. . - . . - u . f Q A0 t O! - , . E . . . . 1 n S 1 0 l 5 e v 1 l . ' ature, klllnimaio-Iris a biography of Walt Disney which Mr, Dahl has been working on for three ' D , . W . . . , ., ll - ll . I I - n a u