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

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18 Freshmen given new seats. Ruth Zihlman visits school. 21 Lockridge basketball team leaves the cup at Fairfield. 22 A few more in school today. Ferne Hickenbottom rides to school in a hearse. 23 Operetta practice starts. 24 Colds was the subject in Biology class. 25 Senior rings arrive. We trim Batavia 58-21. 28 Literature class learns difference between an optimist and pessi- mist. 29 Operetta cast announced. 31 Willard Nelson startles History class with the information that olive oil is made from cod fish. FEBRUARY 1 Pep meeting after school. We finally defeat Packwood 32-15. Measles epidemic begins. Ilene, Roy and Vernon first victims. 5 Lester Vorhies tells us of different kinds of bears in California. 7 Eighth graders here from country schools taking examinations. 8 Ice, ice, ice! We defeat Freshmen 42-24. 11 Raymond and Dorothy Hostetler and Frank Weston absent with measles. Harold Vorhies and Edith Bender visit school. Literature class enjoys talk on Navy by Harold and learns that sailors sleep in Hammocks 12 Eddie Linn gives his oration before assembly. 13 Eddie first at Libertyville. Ilene and Frank unable to compete because of measles. Nineteen absent. A 14 Measles! Measles! Flu! Flu! Twenty-one out today. 18 Measles victims start returning to school. Pauline Whitmore, Laurance Dold and Lewis Edmund visit school. Edna Rauscher, Flossie, Florence and Marjorie Smith latest measles victims. 20 Ilene Bogner returns. Lester smiles. A spring-like day. 21 Spring didn't last long. Dark and dreary today. 27 Miss Clark plays piano at our usual assembly singing. 28 Ilene and Frank present their readings to assembly. We had a tough time defeating Libertyville 31-22. Eddie and Frank win first places at pre- liminary state declam contest at Mt. Pleasant. MARCH 4 Rainy and muddy. Flossie, Florence, Marjorie and Edna return. Clifford Leu, a former Cantril student, enrolls as a Junior. 5 Operetta practice in full swing. A good attendance at school so we vote on Who's Who.

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Smithburg, Harold Vorhies and Bert Helfenstine visited school. Did you notice the smiles on a certain Sophomore girl's face? 12 Edith Bender visits school. 13 Mr. Calkins brings a real singing canary to school. Eddie Linn looks jealous. 14 Canary has to be removed from Literature class. 16 Marjorie Rodabaugh visits school. 20 Tests, tests, tests! Biology, History, Algebra, and Literature. 22 and 23 Six weeks tests. Oh! boy! 23 Alumni basketball game. High School wins 24 to 15. 24 Mr. Weston's sister Gertrude visits school. 25 Report cards out. Thanksgiving vacation starts. DECEMBER 3 Back to school in snow and mud. 4 Frances Messer visits school. It is rumored that her name will not be Messer much longer. 5 Mrs. Russell Rauscher visits school. New school song introduced and practiced. Nedra Archibald and Bob Grubb chosen cheer leaders. We beat Batavia 41 to 13. That pep meeting must have helped. 12 Biology and History tests. 13 Eddie Linn much worried. He cannot find his fur cap. 14 Seniors meet and decide to send for rings. 17 We lose to Packwood there 28-21. Our second team beat theirs and didn't allow them a Held goal. Carl Sodergren has charge of Literature class. 18 Seniors order class rings. 19 Juniors have farewell party for Louetta Switzer at school house. 20 Juniors look sleepy. 21 Louetta Switzer discontinues school. We beat Fairfield Freshmen 27-18. 22 Saturday. School today, but we will have one full week and New Years day vacation. Grace Hill, Paul Peterson, Dorothy Smith, Richard Walgren visit school. Christmas vacation begins. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. JANUARY 2 Everyone back in good spirits. Santa must have been good to everyone. Grace Arnold and Doris Helfenstine visit school. 3 Everett Bogner visits school. 4 We beat Libertyville there 19-8. 7 Mr. Weston is looking for a boy from the South Sea Islands in Literature class. 10 and 11 Semester tests. 15 Keith White attempts to thumb a ride in a hearse. We are glad the hearse did not stop. 16 Juniors are moved in assembly. 17 Sophomores moved.

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church. 14 7 We defeat Salem in first game of Sectional Tournament 20-17, at Burlington. 8 School dismissed in afternoon and many students and the teachers travel to Burlington to see Lockridge lose to Olds 30-26. 11 Basketball is the subject of conversation of school and town. 13 Several students are making up tests. Sub-district declam contest at Baptist church. Eddie gets first in Oratorical. 14 and 15 Nine weeks tests. 22 Clara Mae Schillerstrom and Ferne Hickenbottom discontinue school. Helen Manley visits school. Miss Cherryblossomn presented to a full house. 25 First German measles victim, Howard Messer, absent. 27 Seniors select class play committee. 28 Amy Arnold announced as Valedictorian. Edna Rauscher, Saluta- torian. 29 Eddie Linn places first at pre-district contest at Burlington. APRIL 1 April fool. What were Pauline and Glenn doing in Literature -class? Did Mr. Calkins April fool the Biology class? 3 Individual pictures of all of us taken. Wesley Johnson visits. 4 Eddie finally eliminated at District Declam contest at Ft. Madison. Seniors collect ads. Arlene Rivey visits school. 5 Business men nose out high school basketball team by one point in a benefit game. 8 Basketball game the talk of the day. 9 Biology class takes field trip. Literature class starts study of Parliamentary order. 10 What a rain. Clifford Leu to be given mock trial. He is charged with murder. 11 Third anniversary of burning of school house. 12 Leu trial begins. Some real evidence. Who is guilty? 15 Seniors hard at work on annual. 16 Everett Graf riding bicycle runs into Vernon Leeper. 17 Everett G. runs into telephone pole. Nine spokes broken out and wheel bent. Look out for Everett. 18 Many smile because the county musical festival is cancelled. 19 Physical training. Margaret and Lucile O'Dean visit school. 22 Pictures for annual sent to engravers in Chicago. 23 Laurel collides with grade student and receives a black eye. 24 Girls enjoy physical training. 25 Several girls got too much exercise yesterday. Some are limping today. 26 American history class visits old log school house on Charlie Erickson farm. MAY 1 Annual May breakfast at school house. Rain. 9 Second annual grade night at Community building. 10 Senior-Junior banquet at Hotel Turner in Fairfield. Attend Or- pheum and see Girl of My Dreams. 12 Rev. J. A. Cochran preaches Baccalaureate sermon at Baptist Senior play, Look Out Lizzie. At last! Commencement. 16 17 Annual school picnic. It's all over.