Mapleton High School - Rambler Yearbook (Mapleton, IA)

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ENIOR LASS HISTORY We enter the massive portals of M H S library and with great care uncover musty and dust laden volumes of forgotten lore They are none other than nThe Senior Class Histories N Let us browse through the pages in these leather bound me morlals Ah, what's this, only fourteen of the senior class started to school together in kindergarten and only seven continued on together through senior high Who were the fourteen? well let's see, there were Charles Bradfield, Paul Williamson La Virta Hlntz, Joe Koenlgs Berta Lou Kell, Clyde Hollister, Cecelia Kraft, Verna Mae Cooper, Bob Duncan, Patty Barton, Mary Jane Dotson, Bob Mcvlcker, Marian Brooks, and Virginia Jensen We find that these few little tots bravely struggled upward through the grades Names were added and subtracted from the original list of fourteen but always the little group climbed towards their goal In the year l94l on August 51, they became full fledged junior high students Of course they took upon their shoulders the solemn responsibility of being as mischievous as the former students To pay them due respect we shall say that they car ried the responsibility well This stage of their development soon wore off and they became accustomed to the frightening noises made by the seniors and juniors As time wands its way so did these ambitious people They would not stop until they had reacted the top By now one can see the many active students in this class The musically talented and star athletes began to show their faces Many took part in choral groups As juniors they financed the Junior Senior Banquet and Prom Their theme was WAn Old Fashioned Garden W To earn the money they sold magazines, put on a mlnstrel show, and sponsored a carnival The class meetings became more and more sedate as the years advanced or nearly so And then they were the almighty seniors, overlords of high school At least they thought so There we shall close the annals of history until again we pass this way i 1 As frightened little freshmen they crept into high school.

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ll We, the senior class of '47, being of superior minds and sound bodies, do hereby commemorate this year of our emancipa tion by declaring this to be our last will and testament In respect to the above stated, we do hereby bequeath the following to our respective heirs We, the senior class, do bequeath to the juniors our unusud. ability general Sonksen Butcher to Jack ish and whoever for apple polishing, getting in late, and disturbing the tranquility of M H S Anne Babb, do will my artistic ability to Harley Carter Patricia Barton, do bequeath Clem Nicholiasen to Mary to care for during the senior year Donna Bruhn, do will my letter correspondence to Doris Ervin Benningsdorf, hereby leave my chauffeur's license Ganzhorn to use with discretion Charles Bradfield, leave my curly hair to Crox to cher to comb until baldness do your part Albert Bray, cheerfully bequeath my job as handy man to will take it I Marian Brooks, leave my enthusiasm at pep meetings to all the bo s in M H S Harry Carter do will my tall stories to Fred Plagge Earl Couch, leave my popularity with the fair under classmen to Ray LeFebvre I, Verna Mae Cooper, do bequeath a year's lease of my seat in the assembly to Jimmy Johnson I, Mary Jane Dotson, do will my laugh to Dwan Martin in the hopes she will substitute it for her 'giggle I, Bob Duncan, do bequeath my innocent expression, however false it may be, to my industrious? cousin Elizabeth Hahn I, Bill Ellis, do leave my athletic ability to Bruce Wight HBR I, Betty Henry, do will my friendliness lespecially with the out of town boysl to Dede I, Leila Hesse, bequeath my beaux to Correene Nepper I, LaV1rta Hints, leave my shorthand notes along with my 'tales of last night' to I, Clyde Hollister, Lena Flck leave my place as only boy in bookkeep ing to John Zediker for the brouch If son leave my shyness to Ronald Morgan leave my brainstorms to Lois Collins the class of '48 Joe Koenigs, bequeath my sense of humor to Bill Has Bernice Iddlngs, Virginia Jensen, entertainment of Constance Kolthan, leave my studiousness to Teresa Jaco Berta Lou Koll, bequeath my appetite to Dorothy Kettle We, Cecelia Kraft and Audria Heclatchey, do bequeath our friendship to Donna Mae and Francine with the thought that two heads are better than one U I. ' ' ' . In I, ' If I, ' ' - 1, ' I, y ' I ' . I, Clair Collins, will my height to Richard Uhl. . Om I, ' . I' . I, ' - I, - UV' -