Lockridge High School - Golden L Yearbook (Lockridge, IA)

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Evelyn Larson is studying to be an artist. She is well on the way to success. We will visit the WLS radio broadcasting station in Chicago and see if any of our former classmates are among the numerous stars who broad- cast from this station. Here they are, the Hsongbirds of the air, Edna Rauscher and Flossie Smith. Their fan mail is enormous as they have thousands of listeners who write to tell them how fine their singing is. A state basketball tournament is in progress back in Iowa, so we will hasten back to see who is in charge. Why it is Lester Vorhies. He is one of the big coaches of the middlewest and a referee of ability.

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Senior Prophecy By Evelyn Larson It is June, 1940, live years since the Class of 1935 graduated from Lockridge High School and set out to end the depression and show the world just how certain things should be done. Let us hire the latest stream- lined automobile and take a tour of the United States and see what each of the members of that famous class is doing. First let us visit the famous hunting and fishing region of the state of Washington. Who is this great out-door sportsman we see? None other than Max Scheafer who has a reputation here for always getting the game he goes after. We spend an enjoyable half hour inspecting his large col- lection of stuffed specimens. Now a big hop to Florida. See all of the fruit farms. Who owns all of these? We will buy some fruit and find out. Whom do we meet? No- body but Gilbert Fillinger assisted in his work by many helpers. Each day he becomes wealthier and fatter. Next let us visit New York. Here we see Merwyn Cochran. Why is he wearing so many medals? Shall we ask him? Well, we are surprised to learn that he is the champion speed king and has won many airplane races the past five years. Now a pleasant drive to Boston and a visit to a famous hospital. Head Nurse Amy Arnold, dressed in the usual white greets us with a big smile. Her patients get well rapidly because of her pleasant smile. Back across the Mississippi again and to a nationally known golf course in Missouri. Who is the champion who crosses the green in long :strides to greet us? Why, it's Walter Sammons who has astonished the golfing world with his marvelous play. On West to Nebraska and a visit with Charles Shuppy. Charles is a bus driver. His route is from Omaha to Chicago. He is taller than when we last saw him and not quite so comical. Who ever thought that he could drive such a large vehicle? While here we will visit one of the high schools and have a chat with Mabel Wolf. She is principal and is well liked by all of her pupils because of her friendliness. She is just as patient as she was at Lockridge High School. To Wisconsin we will now go to see Viola Ogden. She is a telephone operator and enjoys her work very much. She answers all calls with her quiet, pleasing voice and everyone enfoys her service. Down now to Champaign, Illinois, and a visit to the University where

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Declamatory Frank Wesfon Ilene I5'ognc'1' Eddie Linn Eddie Linn put Lockridge on the Declamatory map during the year 19234-153235, with his consistent victories in the oratorical division. He won first in five contests before going down to defeat in the district contest at Fort Madison. He won the pre-county contest at Libertyville, the county at Fairfield, the preliminary state contest at Mt. Pleasant, the sub-district contest held at Lockridge, and the pre-district at Burlington. We had our eyes on the county cup, but our chances were ruined by the measles epidemic that kept our humorous reader Ilene Bogner, and our dramatic contestant F1'ank lfVeston out of' the event. Eddie Linn's win placed us in second place, Fairfield Freshmen and Pleasant Plain tieing for first honors. Ilene Bogner used the selection, t'Friday Afternoon at the Yillagre School, Frank Weston won tirst place at the preliminary state contest at Mt, Pleasant with the reading, The Last Flight, and Eddie Linn chalked up his victories with the oratorical selection, The National Recovery ot' l'haraeter.