Marathon High School - Reflector Yearbook (Marathon, IA)

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Gerry YN atts Crisco Kid Gerry lxkes most kxnd of hsh But thinks the women are more lns dxsh Basketball Football Z Cross My Heart Student Councxl Glee Club B111 Rydstrom Frankxe W hen classes got long and dull B111 thinks of somethmg to cheer us a Basketball l Z 3 4 Baseball 1 Z 3 4 Cross My Heart Student Councxl Secretary Presldent Vice Presxdent Nl' Norma Schott Txllxe As wxse and wxtty as we have found And wxth a boy she gets around Glee Club Z Chorus 1 Z 4 Nlxxed Quartette Solos President Secretary Treasurer Staff Student Councll Sextette Cross My Heart Band

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Eldon Miller Miller Hxs mother doesn t know the hours he keeps She only knows he xsn t home countxng sheep Basketball l Z 3 4 Football Cross My Heart Presxdent Treasurer Beverly Meyer Bev Tls true that she xs much xnclmed To dme and talk with all mankmd Band l 2 3 Glee Club 2 3 Chorus Cross My Heart' Staff Student Councxl Nxla Meyer Blondie Nlla says A teacher she will be For the answer we wLll waxt and see Glee Club Z 3 4 Cross My Heart

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Lzfe Under the Bzg Top As the circus tram pulled mto Marathon in the fall of 38 there was a group of chlldren watching It with eager eyes Among them we recognized the twenty four Marathon First Graders Our f1rst vxslt was spent feedmg peanuts to the elephants with Mxss Dress as the keep e Phylhs Buse from Laurens went wlth us the second year to see the monkey s den Thls year Miss Bohacek was our guxde On the thxrd v1s1t we ventured to see the llons wrth M1ss M1d1and as the tramer and we all enjoyed the act On our way to the Blg Top Norma Schott who had been attending Lmcoln Lee jomed us The clowns were funny and Mrss Krusenstjerna enjoyed them as much as we d1d The fzfth v1s1t was spent watchmg the flea circus but Mlss Johnson kept us at a safe distance The slxth stop was really fun we went to see the mxdgets Mlss Ploeger went w1th us and when we got home we all measured to see lf anyone had shrunk Eldon Mlller from Merxdan joined us thrs year Our .Tumor Hrgh trlps were even more ex crtlng for we attended the rest of the sxde shows Gerry Watts and Ardus Coppock from Prckeral Lake School Don and Donna Chrxstensen from Newell and Nlla Meyer from Albert C1ty went w1th us Mrs Anderson was our Seventh Grade chaperon and M1ss Ploeger our E1 hth The next four years were spent watchxng the mam show and preparmg for the star performances when we would take our places mn the mam feature Burdette Lane came from Ayrshire ln the Nlnth Grade to f1n1sh the remammng years wlth us Out of the twenty four begmners only three remamed wxth the show to complete the performance We have enjoyed the acts and stages from our twelve years under the Blg Top Last Wzll and Testament We the class of nlneteen hundred and fifty bemg of sound mmd and memory do make pubhsh and declare thxs our last w11l and testament ln manner and form as follows I Nlla Meyer do wlll and bequeath my becomlng blush to none other than Edna Wright. I Donna Chrxstensen do w1ll and bequeath my cheerleadrng ablhty to Lois Ann I Don Chrxstensen do wxll and bequeath my basketball ab1l1ty to Buck Meyer lf he ever has need of it I Eldon Mlller do w1ll and bequeath my low flylng license for my Plymouth to Donald Dlngman for h1s Ford I Gerry Watts do w111 and bequeath my personal walk to Davmd Van Sxckle for future use I Charles Chrzstenson do wxll and bequeath my pr1v11ege of havmg a car to Gus Olson so he can get to Laurens when he wants to I Burdette Lane do w1ll and bequeath my romantxc tendencles to Charles Putman he can be a second Clark Gable I Ardus Coppock do w11l and bequeath my stud1ous quietness to Florls Pullen who has tendencxes to talk I Beverly Meyer do w1ll and bequeath my l1ttle book of telephone numbers to Donna Salton ln case of emergency I Phylhs Buse do w1ll and bequeath my shortness to Margret Bahde who rn turn could gwe me some of her hexght I B111 Rydstrom do will and bequeath my trme spent xn argumg to Jams Anderson lf she can keep up wxth the teacher I Norma Schott do w1ll and bequeath my curly hair to Kay Raper If she wants to try and comb xt 14 0 0 . . . . , . . .- . - , . I'. , . . . . . . . . ' 1 1 ' 1 1 . . . . . . 1 - 1 . . . . . . . . ' 1 . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . . , L, . 1 , . , . . o 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ,. , 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 ' , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 so . 1 1 1 . 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1