Marshalltown High School - Postscript Yearbook (Marshalltown, IA)

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1944 IS here The year we ve been preparmg for thtrteen years ago Our class met as a whole for the to get orgamzed and do thrngs together We elected tended dancmg class and many helped to produce the A Hlstory of the Class of 1944 the sprmg play Lxfe Begms at Sxxteen smce fxrst flrst txme Pat Berg Operetta we toddled up to the krndergarten door some twelve or when we entered Iumor Hrgh ln nlnth grade we began and Carol Waters for our co presrdents Most of us at Sunbonnet Glrl We also took part tn the one acts and From the halls of Iumor Hlgh we progressed wrth quak ng yet hopeful hearts to the vast expanses of M H S We were sophomores when on December 7 1941 we were attacked by the laps The next day we had radxos rn our class rooms to hear Presrdent Roosevelt declare war Thrs declaratron affected our class mates and teachers as we lost many ot them to the armed forces In our 1un1or year we elected Ralph Evenst class presrdent Thayes Downs vrce presndent and Clorrda Ferguson secretary treasurer We had no spr1ng vacatxon or Klds Day because of a pohcy to speed up educatron We selected our class rings from a group secured by the commlttee By sellmg trckets to the all school play The Phantom Tlger we obtarnea money to entertam the semors at the Country Club at the annual Iun1orSen1or Receptlon Then before we qurte reahzed rt we were semors ourselves As our class offrcers we had B111 Braak presldent loan Lrvmgston vrce presrdent Walter Van Meter secretary treasurer and Ralph Everrst was presrdent of Student Senate We had no lournallsm class therefor no publlcatron of Pebbles our school paper Rose Wmdow a product of former Eng lush classes was not publxshed e1ther Pat Nance re1gned as Queen of Homecommg act1v1t1es Then the football season ended wzth our Bobcats undefeated The trme for senlor pxctures to be taken amved Actxvzhes rushed on We had a school camlval dunng the wmter proceeds of whlch were gxven to the Iumor Red Cross Our outstandrng basketball team got as far as the sub state Then semors began to thmk of the se-mor prolect announcements the Iun1orSen1or Receptlon Hugh school was almost over On the evenlng of May 21 Baccalaureate servrces were held at the Ftrst Methodrst Church Rev A E Cash of St Pauls Episcopal Church gave the address And then on May 25 Erwml Lubbers Presr dent of Central College spoke to the graduates and 172 membe s of the class recetved therr dxplomas The Class of 44 went forth from M H S to face the Future Braak Iames Wrlham S Marys Student Senate 24 Student Dance Commlttee 3 4 Actrvx tres Commrttee 3 4 Class Of her 4 Pres Home Room Of frcer 2 3 Technical Crew 1 Iumor Senxor Prom Commxttee 3 Postscnpt 4 Football 24 Letter H1Y 14 M Club 3 4 Football all state second team 4 Lxvmqston Ioan Rogers Student Senate 4 Student Dance Commzttee 4 Actrvmes Commrttee 4 Class Offrcer Vxce Pres 4 Home Room Of frcer 1 Band 13 One Acts 4 Techmcal Crew 1 2 4 our tam Ratsers 1 Rose Wmdow Staff 3 Audltonum Usher 1 Pebbles Ad Sohcxtor 2 Post scnpt 4 Glee Club 4 Dem olege 24 GAA 24 Pep Club 24 Co Pres 4 Homecomng Attendant 4 GY 3 4 GR 1 2 Church League Basketball 3 4 Cheer Leader 3 4 Head 4 Van Meter Walter W Ir Ida Grove Student Senate 3 4 Act V1 tres Commltte 3 Class Offtcer 4 Home Room Offlcer 3 4 Iumor Senxor Prom Commlttee 3 Postscrrpt 4 Glee Club 3 Football 1 Letter Basketball 14 Letter Trackl 4 Letter M Club 4 Evenst Ralph P Aaron Palmer Student Senate 1 3 4 Stu dent Dance Commlttee 3 Stu dent Senate Offrcer 3 4 Presx dent 4 Class Offtcer 3 Pres 3 Home Room Offtcer 14 Post scnpt 4 Football 14 Letter Basketball 1 H1Y 14 Offxcer 3 M Club 24 Foot a all state 4 ,Q Iames Wxllxam Brcxak Ioan Ltvmgston Walter W Van Meter lr Ralph P Evenst