Lynnville High School - Lynnx Yearbook (Lynnville, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1956 volume:

ad 260 M V53 Q Q 3? Hg? g .,QQJ27?,j7v Q '7 fi 3 We the Class of 1956 ded1cate th1s annual to our congenlal sponsor, C Laverne Jones, who has been ever understanchng and helpful o a 'WW ,IZ f ZS' law X X 2 p Q N 1 X f G 1 X f j x ' 5 4 Q X Z j AZ, O I x XQ Z v XSVJ A i 1 , X ,Y YYY Y f 'LY Y Y V . , .syxx - X X L ,i1N'v+. I .ff 4... x ,Ziff J. F. BECKER Superintendent first semester GEO. W, EVANS Superintendent second semester American Government Sociology General Science Freshman Sponsor MAURICE BOATMAN Engllshl II II1,IV Play Director The Lynnx s Tale Advxsor The Lynnx Advxsor Jumor Sponsor WALTER BECKER C LAVERNE JONES Amencan I-hstory Prmcxpal Bxology Algebra I Manual Traxnxng I II Geometry Coach Physlcs Sophomore Sponsor Semor Sponsor Student Councll Sponsor Typing World History General Mathematics H27 Q?-Q '12 f rams? ,if v CLASS MOTTO G1ve to the world the best that you hav , and the best w1ll come back to you CLASS COLORS Rose and s1lver CLASS FLOWER Whlte carnauon ROB ER 'I CONN Coon Get out of my way cause here I come Class Plays Football Basketball School Paper RICHARD DEARINGER R1ch When there IS mxschxef brewxng he xs domg the stxrrxng Class Plays 3.4 Football Baseball School Paper any fl Q 9 eb j H ur : e ..........Z,4 ............3,4 . ........ l,Z,3,4 Baseball ............. 3,4 I ..........l.-2.3.4 ..........1.-2.3.4 6 ARNOLD DeRUI'IER Arme 'Ihere 15 nothxng llke fun Class Presldent Class Plays Football Basketball Baseball School Paper Annual Staff R ONNIE DUNWOODY Ron You am t heard nothmg yet folks Class Plays Baseball School Pape r Annual Staff GA YLORD E LSCOTT Harry' Varxety IS the splce of hfe Clas s Plays Football Baseball School Paper 1 . . . . . . . . . 2,3 . . . . . . . . . .l,Z . . . . . . . . . Z,3,4 Basketball ......... 1,2,3 . . . . . . . . .Z,3,4 BARBARA EVANS Barb It's natural to be n1ce when you're naturally nice Class Plays Basketball School Paper Annual Staff Student Councxl Mus1c CHAR LES GA USE Chuck Every xnch of h1s helght an 1 of dehght Vxce Pres1dent Class Plays Basketball Baseball School Pape r Annual Staff nch MILDR ED LEWIS M1ll1e' I shall go smxlxng through lxfe Secretary Class Plays Basketball School Paper Annual Staff Student Councxl Muslc Cheerleader II ll .........2.. .........l,Z3 ........l,Z,3, .........2,3,4 ..,......1,2,3,4 Football .......... 1, Z, 3, 4 ...........1,2,3,4 .........Z,3,4 ll I .......1,Z,3 1,-3.3 .......1,2,3 IIIII .... 1,2 3 1 1 GARY NEED!-IAM ucvaryn An innocent face, but you never can tell. School Paper ......... . . Annual Staff. ........ . . DOR IS SPAR KS Dons Daxnty and sweet from head to feet Pella I-hgh School C las s Plays Sc hool Pape r RICHARD 'IERPSTRA Terp Persuaswe ln h1s quxct manner Football Basketball Baseball School Paper Annual Staff A ...... 1,2.,3 Class Plays .......... , . ......... l,Z Class Plays .......... Z Football ............ 2 Student Council .......... GLENN Van DYKE Doodle Gloom and me am t on speakmg terms Class Plays Football School Paper JOAN Van MANEN She put the pep mto pepper Class Plays Basketball School Paper Musxc ROBERT Ver STEEG Gene Class Plays I- ootball Basketball Baseball School Paper Content wlth h1mself and the world 3,4 2,4 l IIJOH Z,3,4 - .......... Z,3,4 .........Z,3,4 AnnualStaff ............ 4 ' ............... 3 2,4 ' .......... 1,2, . . . . . . . . l,Z,3,4 . . . . . . . . . .l,Z,3,4 PATRICIA VERWERS Pa ' Merrxly, merrxly shall I lwe Class Plays Basketball School Paper Annual Staff Student Counc1l Mus1c Cheerleader CAROLYN WAGAMON Carly She does everythlng well Treasurer Basketball Z School Paper Annual Staff Mus1c LARRY WILLEMSEN 'Zeke I m1ght enjoy lxie mf I d1dn't have to study Class Plays Basketball Baseball Z 3,4 School Paper 1. tl . . . . . . . . l,Z,3,4 . . . . . . . . . l,Z,3,4 . . . . . . . .1,Z,3,4 ' .......... 1 ' ............... 3 . ........ l,Z,3 ll Il Class Plays. .... . . . Z,3,4 . ..... . . . 1, ,3,4 . . . . . . . .1,Z,3,4 ' ...... ........ 3 .... . . . . . . 2,4 . . . . . . . . .1,2,3,4 l l 1. .......... 4 benwr Class H lstory FLIGHT '56 Rlchard Dear1nger Charles Gause Gary Needham M1l11e Lew1s Gene Ver Steeg and Larry W1llemsen purchased t1CketS August 30 1943 for a graduatlon f11ght After board1ng the a1rplane they found the1r p1lot to be Letha Br1ggs On the second leg of the1r Journey they were p1loted by Vera R1dpath followed by Nesha Fudge Robert Conn Barbara Evans Rlchard 'Ierpstra Pat Verwers and a new p11ot Fre1da Br1gnon, Jomed Fl1ght '56 at the fourth stop makxng the passenger l1st total ten It was smooth sa1l1ng Wlth Nell1e Dav1s 1n the cockplt dur1ng the s1xth run and Robert McCaulley followlng her May 1952 Fhght '56 paused br1efly for recogn1t1on of the part of the Journey the a1rplane had completed As the ten members found themselves soar1ng now through the Stratosphere they became acqualnted w1th four new passengers Arn1e DeRu1ter Ronn1e Dunwoody, Glenn Van Dyke Carolyn Wagamon and p1lot K '1' Hancer Stops enroute were made to p1ck up Joan Van Manen and Gaylord Elscott stop There the last passenger Dor1s Sparks made her entrance The an-plane landed halfway through the last leg of the Journey to change p11ots Geo W Evans took the control May ZZ 1956 after a happy prof1table Journey the g1ant a1rplane came Onto a land1ng Strlp for the last t1me where all of the passengers descended from the a1rplane to go then' separate ways 1 I O . . , , , . . . , , . . , , I . . . l I 1 1 2 D 3 . . . : . . , . I , . . . V J. F. Becker took over the controls and brought Flight '56 down for its next to the last - n n 1 - 1 , , , . . , . . . , 1- XR! Senior Class Wzll We the Senlor Class of l956 of the school of Lynnvllle County of Jasper and State of Iowa, belng of sound m1nd and body, do hereby make publ1sh, and declare th1s to be our last w1ll and testament, hereby revokmg any w1ll or w1lls heretofore made by us We the Class of '56 w1ll our apprecxatlon to the faculty for helpmg to make our h1gh school days so pleasant We the Class of 56 w1ll our semor g1rls to the Jun1or Class so they w1ll know what lt IS l1ke to have glrls 1n thelr class We the Class of '56, w1ll the athletlc ab1l1ty of the boys to the Sophomore boys so they w1ll go out for sports next year We the Class of '56 w1ll our d1gn1ty and exper1ence to the Freshman Class so they w1ll know how to act 1n the comlng years I M1ll1e Lew1s w1ll my sm1le to Dale Scull and my 20 pa1rs of shoes to Kay Nelson I Carolyn Wagamon, w1ll my he1ght to Bryce Gause and my dlmple to Alma Dunn1ck I Pat Verwers, w1ll my g1ft of gab to V1ola Beason and my pos1t1on on the basketball team to Carolyn Vos I Joan Van Manen w1ll my ornery nature to L1ll1an Vande Krol and my blonde ha1r to Kenneth Scull I Barbara Evans w1ll my freckles to L1nda Harrls and my short ha1r to Mar1lyn Van Zante I Dor1s Sparks, w1ll my shortness to Sharon W1llemsen and my stud1ous manner to Manila Sparks I Arnold DeRu1ter w1ll my bu1ld to Ralph Brandt and my horse to LeRoy Meppellnk I Charles Gause w1ll my ab1l1ty to play basketball to Don Renaud and my helght to Melvln Harthoorn I Ronme Dunwoody w1ll my wlse cracks to Carroll Harthoorn and my ab1l1ty to get along Wlth the teachers to Bob Van Weelden I Robert Conn w1ll my ab1l1ty to sklp school to Gordon Roorda and my unqu1et nature to Colleen Dobbs I Gaylord Elscott, w1ll my motorcycle to Roberta Beason and my suave manner to Rlchard Conn I Rlchard Dearlnger w1ll my bulld to Don Jansen and my ha1r to Larry raver I Gene Ver Steeg w1ll my smallness to Robert Beason and my motorcycle to Earl Dobbs I Larry W1llemsen w1ll my ab1l1ty to take l1fe easy to Pheryl Stewart and my pos1t1on on the basketball team to Bob Lew1s I Gary Needham w1ll my car to Lester Gause and my sports wr1t1ng ab1l1ty to Claren Vande Krol I, R1chard 'Ierpstra w1ll my qu1etness to Earl James and my flattop to Norman Van Manen I Glenn Van Dyke, w1ll my s1ze to Earl Dobbs and my Dutch ancestory to Sandy Hudson o 0 1 1 1 I 1 1 . ' . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 , . 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 2 . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . . . ,.. 1 1 V 0 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 Senwr Class Prophecy In the fall of 1966 we of the Class of '57 were hav1ng ur annual reun1on at the Waldorf Astor1a 1n New York We dec1ded to tour the Unlted States 1n search of the Sen1or Class of '56 As we toured the h1ll country of Pennsylvan1a we ran 1nto a 'moonsh1ne d1st1llery owned and operated by Glenn Van Dyke Glenn was very happy to see us and 1nv1ted us 1n to see the w1fe and elght k1ds You can 1mag1ne our surprlse when we saw Joan Van Manen washlng Jugs to bottle the moonsh1ne Glenn offered us all a dr1nk, but we all agreed we had to go On our way to Wash1ngton D C we stopped to v1s1t the U S S Tub bucket As we boarded Shlp we saw a tall, sl1m sa1lor gayly scrubblng the poop deck He lookedfamlllar and we were sure who lt was when we heard h1s h1ll b1lly s1ng1ng Sure enough, lt was Seaman Larry Wlllemsen We couldn't talk to Zeke long because h1s cornrnandlng off1cer Madman' Needham, ordered h1m below de k As the shlp was about to depart we W1tneSSCd a touchlng farewell scene between Capta1n Gary Needham and lus w1fe to be Barbara Evans Barbara 1nv1ted us to attend the1r wedd1ng next June We assured her that we would be there Wh1le tour1ng the capt1al we stopped 1n to llsten to a debate 1n the Umted States Senate There we saw Senator Charles W Gause g1v1ng a long wmded speech on the top1c of low salar1es for senators He was very busy so we had l1ttle t1me to talk to h1m Our next stop was at Nashvllle Tennessee where we met M1ldred Lewls who told us of her great success as a h1ll b1lly s1nger We w1shed her luck w1th her mus1c and journeyed on We traveled on to V1S1t the vast o1l f1elds of Texas Much to our aston1shment we found o1l tycoon Rlchard Terpstra who ovsms three fourths of the o1l 1n Texas We got 1nto h1s Cad1llac to dr1ve from h1s back yard to h1s g1gant1c ranch house Who do you suppose we found h1s chauffeur to be 'P None other than Robert Conn was at the wheel R1chard told us that th1s was the f1fth car that Robert had run to death th1s year On the way to the ranch house he ran down four coyotes three pra1r1e dogs andgust mmssed a long horned steer We left Texas for the fabulous c1ty of Las Vegas On the way mto the c1ty we saw a s1gn whlch read Pat's Poker Parad1se We found the owner to be Pat Verwers She 1nv1ted us to tour her establlshment At the dlce table we found Sl1ck flngers' Elscott 1n charge Gaylord told us that he was also the ch1ef bouncer As we went by the racetrack we heard that Ron Dunwoody was r1d1ng rn the next race We stayed to watch the race Unfortunately he came 1n last but we agreed that he would have done better 1f he would have carr1ed the horse As we were golng through the h1lls of Utah we saw a prospector leadmg h1s mule over the h1ll We stopped to ask h1m d1rect1ons and found h1m to be none other than Arme DeRu1ter He sa1d that he was prospect1ng for uran1um but he hadn't found any yet H Sald lf we would go w1th h1m back to the cabm he would have h1s old lady cook us some grub We weren't surpr1sed to fxnd Carolyn Wagamon cook1ng the meal and takmg care of three year old tr1plets Arn1e told us that when we got to Salt Lake C1ty to be sure to go to the auto races because Gene Ver Steeg was dr1v1ng an Offenhauser 1n the f1rst race H easlly won the race by f1ve laps Also on the program was daredev1lR1chard Dearmger who spec1al1zes 1n roll1ng old cars Wh1le talklng to them after the race they told us that they owed the1r success to the1r dr1v1ng exper1ence wh1le golng to Lynnv1lle H1gh School We neared the end of our Journey and started back to Lynnv1lle When we got there we found that Mrs James Sparks had Just been elected the f1rst lady mayor of Lynnv1lle Thls completed our search for the Semors of '56 and we all agreed that our tr1p was a pleasant one 0 , . . , . . . A Q 0 ly l . l I l ' a . , H , . C ' . ' ' 3 . . , . . . . . , , . . , ' I . m ' . , . . , . . - . H . . . . . ,I . -. I . . . . . . y . e . . . . i e ' ! 14 STUD! Gill-' i Qs llylll U1 - , Q N' ' ui 1 W 5' A V Robert Ralph I-any Beason Brandt Craver Lester Carroll Bob Gause Presldent Lester Gause Vxce Presxdent Carroll Harthoorn Secretary Treasurer Larry Craver Harthoorn Van Weelden 'Ihe ch1ef aCt1V1ty of the Jun1or class the f1rst semester was the play, Father, Be lam, wh1ch was presented November 18 Th1S three act comedy portrayed the prob lems of the teen ager and h1s unsympa thet1c father The even1ng of May 3 the Juruors enter tamed the Sen1ors at d1nner 1n Younker 'Iea Room A western theme, The Last Roundup , was used for table decoratmons and program lx - .Vp A c ' - . l ' , . . . . ,S . ll S619 SL . K S ,Q Mx 51 -bxx .-x Q Q ,QJSQ , Rxchard Gael Earl Alma C mm Doane Dobb s Dunnxc k Linda Sandra Earl Harrxs Hudson James Donald Jansen Gorden Roorda Presldent Gorden Roorda Vxce Presxdent Donald Jansen Secretary Treasurer Sandra Hudson Claren Marmlyn Vande Krol Van Zante The sophomores mtroduced the fresh men to the ways of the world by 1n1t1at1ng them September 14 They wlll be remembered most by the candy popcorn balls, and cand1ed apples they sold nearly every Wednesday A class party was held at L1nda's house February 15 for Gael, who Jomed the navy 61? ix Q5 Y ., fix Q Q W +5 Roberta Viola Colleen Bryce Melvin Besson Beason Dobbs Cause Harthoorn es fflbe rt I-EROY Kay Kenneth Maida WIS Mevplmk Nelson scuu sparks Donald Renaud President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Phe ryl Stewar Donald Renaud Sharon Wzllemsen Carolyn Vos Robert Lewis Lillian Norman Carolyn Sharon Vande Krol Van Manen Vos Willemsen fNot Pictured Dale Scullj Truth or Consequences prevailed on the ball diamond when the freshmen were initiated September 14. It was all in un, however, and they showed their good sportsmanship by giving the sophomores a return party at the Roller Rink in Newton two weeks later. As a class activity they published a literary magazine, The Purple Pen, containing original ngtive writing. 61356 X Kindergarten Betty Br yce Baa!-da B Charlotte Susan ever Briggs Cunmngham Davld Denms Beverly Dorothy Dearxnger Evans Gall5C LCWIS Iwiar .lret Mary Nancy 'Iwyla Rpnqud Sparks Stewart Terpstra Peggy 'Iwyla Donna Stephen Mander P01 Vander Weerdt Voss Vmlle y r r W N ,fa D , . F lrst Second Grade Grade C'arV Mrs Sparks W1ll1m Karen Adams Adams Beason Rfmme Sandra Alan Steve Gary Rmhara Beason Bouma Cunmngham Becker B,-lggs Couch A1-lan Kathleen Gene Earl Ph1ll1P Lmda J Cunmn ham Gause Harthoorn Cunmngham Cunmngham ansen g 'Ixmothy Randy Renee JoAnn Davxd R1chard Needham Scull Scull McCulley Meppehnk Renaud Rebecca Duane Carol Wxllaxm Teresa Donald Tice Van Zante Wagaman Sparks 'Ierpstra V05 Tlurd Grade ourth Grade gacquehne PhYlh9 Harold Denms Demse H888 I-'eww Baarda Bouma Cunnxngham J H. Denms Carolyn Roger Charles 9 Y Meppe lxnk Sparks Klyn McCulley Renaud absent absent Ivan Saundra June Shxrley Beverly 'Ierpstra Wxllemsen Savage Sparks Van Genderen ifth Grade ixth Grade J anet Gall R 011919 J ohnme C om' Elscott 1-om, Dobbs Sharon Joan Janet Roy Kenneth Ford Guase Janlen James Meppe lmk Phyllli 'Iwyla Vxrgxl Larry larry Meppehnk Sears Terpstra Sparks Stewart Delwm Marxlyn Lxnda Vande Krol Vander Pol Van Genderen Terputra Van weelden V . 1 ' L- 1, ' gee, ' ,N ff, ' ' L' Q! , 3 .- ,Y 1. ,.a, . 'sick f 1 - ' w I I I Virgihia Diana Joyce Beason Donna B r a ndt Russell Cause Mzke Nee dham Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Mr. Fonken Naomi Dick R age, Clmnmgham Dunsbergen Beason Leona Thelma Cox-me Harthoorn Jansen Conn Barbara Loydeana Carl Scull Sparks James Vernon Roland Clark Marcella 'Ierpstra Vande Krol Ver Steeg Van Zante 26 l My Q 1 5 N536 'II Z? XS ,E .9 ' xl. ' xxx 5 EX Q E i. : 6 -gl 'i' ' Football KNEELING Donald Renaud Bob Lewis Larry Craver Bryce Gause Earl Dobbs Gene Ver Steeg Dale Scull STANDING Coach Becker Charles Gause Lester Gause Robert Conn Arme DeRu1ter Rxchard Dearxnger Glenn Van Dyke Gaylord Elscott Rlchard Terpntra End1ng the season as runner up 1n the 'Ia Ma Ja Conference, the Lynnx's record was 8 w1ns and 1 loss Charles was quarterback and capta1n of the team R1ch and Arn1e haltbacks were the runn1ng power Robert played rlght end on offense and was the ma1n pass recewer Gene and Gaylord, who played left and r1ght end respectlvely, were the ma1n defens1ve men Lester, aJun1or, played center. Glenn saw much act1on durlng the season, and Rlchard T. and Dale were la1d up early 1n the fall w1th 1nJur1es. Larry, Bob, Don, Bryce, and Earl ga1ned experlence that w1ll be valuable next year. 22 29 39 37 69 62 37 59 44 Lynnx Lynnx I Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Melbourne Le Grand Garw1n Bondurant St. Mary's Laurel Kellogg Baxter Sully ft I g 1 l I T n a 1 1 s n s . Girls' Basketball KNEELING Pat Ver ers Colleen Dobbs M llxe Lewxs Carolyn Vos Roberta Beason Barba a E' ans STANDING Carolyn Wagamon Joan Van Manen Llnda Harrxs Pleryl Ste art Sandra H dson Kay Nelson Coach Becker Pat and Carolyn, the out guards were outstandxng at reboundmng and br1ng1ng the ball up the floor, wh1le Joan our ace post guard excelled at block1ng shots and rebound1ng The support1ng guards Barbara L1nda and Carolyn V , saw act1on 1n many of the games M1ll1e Sandy and Kay shared the out forward pos1t1ons and were good at long and dr1ve 1n shots wh1le Pheryl the post forward was valuable w1th her excellent hook Other forwards were Roberta and Colleen Colleen also saw actlon as a guard The 350 Pheryl 388 Mlllle 158 Kay 75 Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Searsboro Newburg Sully Monroe Kellogg Baxter Sully Newburg Searsboro M1ngo Baxter Kellogg Pra1r1e C1ty Barnes Clty Lynnx 56 Lynnx 41 Lynnx 54 Lynnx 52 Lynnx 44 County Tourney Sectlonal To Kellogg Pralrle Clty Colfax urney Brooklyn Searsboro , , , . girls' record this year was 13 won and 7 lost. Point totals for the season were: Sandy, 1 , 1 ' ' , s , . 63 46 50 36 48 34 51 43 45 50 ' ' 58 50 66 46 60 35 45 47 52 ' 55 ' 54 46 54 46 32 ' ' ' 51 54 ' 52 Bo s Basketball KNEELING Donald R naud Donald Jansen Gael Doane Larry Cra er Carroll H rthoorn Mel xn STANDING Coach Becker Norman Van Manen Rxchard 'Ierpstra Lester Gaus Ch rlc s Gause Larry Wxllemsen Robert Conn Gene Ver Steeg Robert Lewls T1ed for flrst place 1n the Rock Lake Conference the Lynnx ended the 1955 56 basket ball season wlth a 15 5 record Charles, capta1n of the team played center and was h1gh scorer w1th an average of 23 Z po1nts per game Gene and Robert played guard and were good dCfel'1S1V6 men as well as good ball handlers Larry W and Lester were the forwards who averaged 8 3 and 8 6 po1nts respect1vely per game Along w1th the afore ment1oned SIX Rlchard 'I Carroll Larry C , and Bob earned letters Other members of the squad were Don R Don J Bryce, Norman and Melvln Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Searsboro Newburg Sully Monroe Kellogg Baxter Sully Newburg Searsboro M1ng0 Baxter Kellogg Pra1r1e Clty Malcom Barne s C1ty Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx Lynnx County Tourney Colfax Sectlonal Tourney Laurel Mmgo Baxter Pralrle Clty Second Team Malcom 9 I , I I-larthoorh, Bryce Gause. 1 1 V I d . 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XX 1 XQ ff NX 1' ix X--- Q, . 6' - A ' j'1---- s 'XXX Q gg ---- -- X XXX 1 xx - X x v ixflxbbflk S--xx I .-, A 1- f gr N f x S N Q Q 1 O Student Council Gael Doane, sophomore Secretary treasurer Larry Crawer member at large Pr:-i1dLnt Gary Needham, semor Mr Jonne adxlsor Robert Beason, Junxor Mehxn Harthoorn treshmun The Lvnnx uartet ml. 49' ,A 1 1 i' Carolyn Vkagamon, Charles Gauss: Arnold DQRUUQT1 Barbara Evan: Annual Staff SFATED STANDING Edxtor Charles Gause Assxstant Edltor Carolyn Wagamon Assxstant Pxcture Manager, Barbara Evans Gtrls Sports Ed1tor Mxllxe Lew1s Boys Sports Ed1tor, Gary Needham Feature Edltor Pat Verwers Busmess Manager, Arme DeRu1ter Assxstant Busxness Manager Ronrue Dunwoody Plcture Manager .loan Van Manen Sponsor Mr Boatman The nnxs Tale Staff SEATED :TANDING Cxrculauon Manager, Pat Verwers Ass1stantEd1tor Gaylord Elscott Edmtor, Carolyn Barbara Ex ans Manager, Assxstant Ctrculatxon Manager, Charles Gause Reporter Rmchard Terpstra Adxertlsxng Arnxe DeRu1ter Humor Edltor Ronme Dunwoody Reporter Robert Conn Coxer Manager, Artxst Colleen Dobbs Reporter, Gene Ver Steeg Reporter Rxch Dearlnger Reporter Glenn Van Dyke Reporter Larry Wlllemsen Boys Sports Eclxtor Gary Needham Not P1ctured Humor Edxtor Dorts Sparks l Wagamong Girls Sports Editor, Millie Lewis, Typist, .loan Van Maneng Assistant Advertising Father Father Ham1lton Mother Ham1lton Dlck Ham1lton Jumor I-Iam1lton Redford Sandberg Max-1lyn Hamllton Bert Hennngway Glorla Grant Margy Coleman Everett Parker Pohceman Grandpa Harnmlton Mlss Alder Be Calm' Lester Cause Carolyn Wagarnon Larry Craver Ralph Brandt Ron Dunwoody L1nda Harr1s Carroll Harthoorn Pat Verwers Barbara Evans Arnold DeRu1ter R obe rt Van Weelden Robert Beason Sandra Hudson Don't Take My Penny' Sally Norman Porter Penny Prmgle Caleb Prlngle Mark Prmgle Mavls Pr1ngle Lydla Pr1ngle Joanna Kerry Greg Gram Pr1ngle MOHSICUI Henr1 Red Harr1son Day Els1e Clalre Luclle Carolyn Wagamon Arnold DeRu1ter Pat Verwers Robert Conn Charles Gause Mlldred LCWIS Alma Dunnlck Barbara Evans Gene Ver Steeg Ron Dunwoody Joan Van Manen R1chard Dearlnger Larry Wlllemsen Gary Needham Sharon Wlllemsen Kay Nelson Mar1lyn Van Zante , S Q .L :J i M, 'fr JN . l School Calendar 0 Events AUGUST 1955 29 School begms 31 Class elect1ons SEPTEMBER 1955 Teacher's receptlon Freshman 1n1t1at1on party School p1ctures Sen1or graduatlon prctures Jumor class r1ngs arr1ved Freshman Sophomore party Flrst The Lynnx's Tale OCTOBER 1955 12 Career Day 14 Youth Center opens NOVEMBER 1955 F1rst Purple Pen Jumor class play 25 Thanksglvlng vacat1on Play cast party DECEMBER 1955 15 Chr1stmas program 17 Chr1stmas seal broadcast 22 Chr1stmas vacat1on beg1ns JANUARY 1956 Z Back to school ll Annual plctures taken 2.6 Talent show FEBRUARY 1956 15 Sophomore class party APRIL 1956 19 Z0 Semor Class Play MAY 1956 3 Juruor Sen1or banquet 79 Sen1or Sklp Day 20 Baccalaureate 22 Commencement 6- . 14- . . . . 15- ' 21- . . . 22- . . . 27- - .30- ' 4-Election of cheerleaders ll- ' 18- ' 24- - . . . 26- Barb How does he rate '7 Mm m m good' Surprxse' ' D own she goes The Thznker Ti? 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