Marathon High School - Reflector Yearbook (Marathon, IA)

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Class Will We, the class of 1959 of Marathon High School, having come to the end of our careers here and being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, revoking all former wills by us heretofore made. I, Clarice Bjork, do will and bequeath my kleenex to Ioyce Kingery so she won't have to borrow any next year. I, Mary Meyer, do will and bequeath my ability to keep my figure trim to Gary Walton. I, Donna Buse, do will and bequeath my perfume to Donna Beedle so that a Donna will still have it. I, Iudy Rassler, do will and bequeath my typing ability to Ronnie Wood to save wear and tear on Mrs. Danielson. I, Shirley Ralph, do will and bequeath my quiet reserved voice to Io Ann Neary. I, Ion Lindgren, do will and bequeath my book, How to Attract Women to Arnie Grow. I, Eldon Anderson, do will and bequeath my rabbits to Mr. Knott. I, Ronnie Marietta, do will and bequeath my athletic co-ordination to Kirk Ienkinson. I, Don Nelson, do will and bequeath my ability to go steady with one girl to Charles Egeland. I, Richard Watts, do will and bequeath my '48 Chevy to jimmy Wolf in hopes he will take after his last name. I, Mary McLaughlin, do will and bequeath my ability to grow tall to Connie Rassler. I, Sheryl Nation, do will and bequeath my ability to talk all the time to Ronnie Howard. I, Pearl Ann Carlson, do will and bequeath my desire to reign over a sickroom to Barbara Benson. I, Bernadine Grow, do will and bequeath my Sunday night dates to no one because Iwant to keep them. I, Glen Peterson, one of the greatest drivers of Chevrolets do will and bequeath my one arm driving to Morris Larson. - I, Ronnie Sassman, do will and bequeath my pictures of Laurens girls to Cliff Hoover. I, Erla Bennett, do will and bequeath my cheerleading position to Alice Peterson. I, Marcia Bailey, do will and bequeath my ability to sleep during study halls to Pat Rydstrom. I, Tom Thomas, do will and bequeath my ability to get out of trouble as well as into trouble to Fred Neary. I, Ronnie Bjorklund, do will and bequeath my sweet tooth to Ianet Nation. I, jerry Anderson, do will and bequeath my ability to keep calm, cool, and collected while speaking to Ioe Rydstrom. I, Vivian Cope, do will and bequeath my freckles to Gale Peterson. We, the Seniors, do will and bequeath our Senioritis to the juniors.

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Our Trip Through School On a beautiful September morning in the fall of 1947, our group of 30 little boys and girls started a trip through school by boarding the Marathon School Bus. We didn 't have far to ride until we reached our first stop where Miss Dress welcomed us and assigned us places. Even the snow didn't keep us from play that year. Don, who enjoyed the snow most of all, took a nice nap while his clothes were drying on the radiator. Two passengers, Iack Smith and Mary Meyer, were waiting to join our group as the bus came to its second stop. Mrs. Waldstein, having just assumed the duty as guide at Marathon, helped us have a pleasant visit. A small romance started during this time. Marcia, who wasn't a very co-operative Iuliet, hid behind Pearl Ann when Richard tried to kiss her. We had lots of excitement during our third excursion. Pearl Ann didn't eat much because the boys would tell her the food wasn't good. When she turned away, they slyly cleaned up her tray for her. Tommy and Ion didn't get along very well either. The fights between them were fast and furious. If the supervisors, Miss Tryon and Mrs. Custis, hadn't been around, there would probably have been a lot more. Bernadine joined us at this stop. Waiting to board the bus at the fourth terminal were Erla and Vivian. Miss Lovrien intro- duced them to the rest of the passengers and Glen decided to be Erla's personal guide by showing her the sights every noon and recess. We boarded the bus to continue our journey and at our next stop Miss Britt was our guide. During our visit we had a contest in arithmetic. The teams were called the Yankees and the Dodgers. The losing team, which was the Yankees, had to treat the Dodgers to a Halloween Party. As Richard kissed Miss Britt good-bye, we continued our trip. Mrs. Benson conducted the sixth excursion, which was joined by Larry Pritchard. We all got tired of working and everyone who had watches set them ahead so we could have a longer P. T. class. Our stunt failed. When we reached the gym for our class, another group was already there and we had to return to our room. We nearly lost our P. T. period for the rest of the year. At our next delay enroute, we took on one more passenger, Shirley Ralph. We became very attached to our chaperone, Mr. Bressler, and were sorry he could not continue with us for an- other season. l Mr. Beckel was there to meet us when we got off the bus for our eighjih expedition. We gained two more passengers, Ronald and Neil Bjorklund. Our boys were runners-up in the Ir. High County Basketball Tournament that year. The final stop was Marathon High School where we were initiated as uhe green freshmen. Plans were made for the rest of our trip, which would contain four tours. r. Kingery was the bus driver for the first tour and Sheryl Nation joined us to complete the pa senger list. The girls, trying to impress the boys, served a delicious dinner, much to the surpris of their guests. Mr. Kingery also took us on our next tour, in which we tried our own riving abilities. Some of the girls, trying to be thrill-cadets gave us plenty scares. We paus d long enough to make a swan to enter in the homecoming parade. The passengers were very disalppointed when the judges decision was announced. On the third tour, with Mrs. Feldman as our guide, we had better luch with our float and won first prize. Jerry and Richard brought honor to our group when Ierry received the Iowa Farmer De- gree and Richard a livestock judging award. To provide some entertainment we staged a famous play, It's Papa Who Pays. Sheryl Nation gained notoriety with her line, Here's the Sam, check! The highlight of this tour was an Evening in Paris. Everyone was anxious to complete our last tour. With Mrs. Danielson as our guide, our float again won first prize. We all stopped at Buntrock-Salie Studio to pose for pictures. For recreation we presented Strictly Formal. On May 22, Ray Cunningham, our commencement speaker, counseled us in preparation for our next journey. Having gained confidence we were ready to start on the road called Toil which we hope will lead to the city called Success.

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