Lynnville High School - Lynnx Yearbook (Lynnville, IA)

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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!

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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

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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