Marathon High School - Reflector Yearbook (Marathon, IA)

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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

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A Peak zn The Future Don t tell anyone but we are goxng to let you ln on a dream' One nlght whlle the twlns were studymg Donna fell asleep and dreamed that she saw a bzg black book w1th brlght red letters A Peek In The Future She sald on each page was a pxcture and a story about the class of 1950 as they wlll be ten years from now The flrst page revealed a farmer worklng ln a f1eld There seemed to be somethmg famxhar about hmm and we soon recogmzed B111 Rydstrom runmng hxs own farm of 150 acres down m Texas As she turned the second page we saw the tradltlonal little red schoolhouse There was only one teacher trymg her best to teach exght grades at once and much to our surprise xt was Beverly Meyer On the next page a little bald headed pr ofessor wlthout a care ln the world was gazmg at the stars Burdette was assxstant professor of astronomy at Leverette College a school for retlr ed movle stars A picture of Charles Chrlstenson revealed to us that he had become star Slugger for the St Louls Cards In h1s last famous game Chuck hxt such a long home run that they are st111 looklng for the ball We almost felt a breeze as we looked at the next page On the outs kxrts of the llttle town of Such And Such Arkansas stood Gerry Watts on h1s soap box He was a great po11t1c1an ran for senator four t1mes and was st1ll runmng A poster on a blllboard brought a great surprlse Ardus Coppock was featured as star performer wlth her great metzo soprano voice Her next performance w1ll be at the Metro polltan Opera House ln New York Clty The next page ln our book showed Phyllis Buse as queen of the Ice Folhes She starred ln her own show whlch most people thlnk excells Sonja Henle s Do Your Teeth Hurt Don t Hesxtate Come Rmght In reads the sign on the next page The dentist looked famlllar and we recognized Eldon Mtller holding up the reputatlon of hav mg a howhng practxce wxth Mary Dell Ebersole as hls vxctzm The happy little old mald on the next page was none other than Nlla Meyer She owned and operated the famous Anlmal Hospltal and Pet Shop Th1s was a real home for lost dogs slck cats and lonesome canarxes Norma Schott appeared next ln our book She had become a very effxclent nurse and had perfected a remedy for aching feet wh1ch had made her lndependently rlch Donna dreamed about Don too She sald he was married to a beautlful blonde and lwed down ln Georgia but Don wouldn t let her flmsh the story and declded It was time for both of them to get back to work Class Motto CHARACTER IS THE CORNERSTONE OF ALL SUCCESS Class Color s PURPLE AND GOLD Class Flower YELLOW ROSE 16 54 ' LV , . . . . . I I I on in - - , 1 - I , . I , . , . - , , . . , . - Y I . . 1 .. .. , , . 1 , . . . . . . , ll - D ' - ' ll ' . - , . ' I , . ' . .... I nn 'U