Martensdale High School - Martins Tale Yearbook (Martensdale, IA)

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UlzRAI.D WILSUN Willie I think we ought to have a meeting in Physics class Student Manager 4g Letter Club 4g Band 2, 3, 4g Baseball 1, 2, 3g Dra- matics 3, 43 Paper Staff 35 Annual Staff 4, A MBI TION-Photographer VIVIAN lluusekr Vi'vy Hey, Kellogg, have you heard this one? Kittenball lg Dramatics 3, 45 Paper Staff 33 Annual Staff 4. AMBITION-Nurse M.-KRY BEATRICE KELLOGG Betty This time l'm tellin' the truth! Basketball 1, 4: Letter 43 Kittenball lg Paper Staff 35 Dramatics 4g Indianola High School 35 Annual Staff 4g Letter Club 4. A MBITION-Nurse if 'A' 'A' if CLASS HISTORY The Senior Class of 1943 started their Freshman year with 19 inexperienced Freshmen. During this year we gained Ada Brown and Don Stewart, and lost Eileen Simpson. We had two class parties this year. Francis Kelly was chosen as president and Miss Bassett as our sponsor. We started our Sophomore year with 21 members when Wilbur McClintic enrolled. Helen Cassady was chosen as our president: Mr. Shaw was our sponsor. We enjoyed two class parties. During this year we lost the membership of Robert Hyland, John Spick, and Wilbur McClintic. We started our Junior year with only 14 members since Gene Weil, Betty Kellogg, Betty Shepherd, and Ada Brown did not return. Early in the first semester, Charles Jenks of Cumming and Betty Kellogg of lndianola joined us. This year Mrs. Cramer was our sponsor. Don Stewart was our president. We held two class parties. We presented our class play, The Circus Girl, on November 14, with Miss Bassett as our director, We edited an April Fool edition of the school paper April 1. We entertained the Seniors at the Grace Ransom Tea Room in Des Moines on April 22. We began our last year with l4 seniors when Henry Wonderlin and Mary Dooley did not return. Mr. Cramer was our sponsor and Francis Kelly was our president. At the end of the first semester Max Beam enrolled at Simpson College and we gained Everett Beals. Our class play, Mama's Baby Boy, was given April 8 and was directed by Mrs. Brown. Baccalaureate services were held Sunday, May 9. Commencement exercises were held Wednesday, May 12. :iaziuiriz 1:-ie:-:-::-:iuic-og-1i::4:i:i:i:i:i::i- fr uzaiozoi sznioiozf 0.0

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.Inge1::-.zsqpnqnezezn1eznznznz:1:za1::::a:0:l::::1-oioilziezn si H U H fl 4. 1. , l ll 2 2 ll CHARLES -IEN KS 'Shorty' H I sure hope we beat those guys tonight ,, Norwalk High School l, 23 Martensdale 3, 43 Baseball l, 2, 3, 43 Letter 1, II 2, 3, 43 Basketball l, 2, 3, 43 Letter 2, 3, 43 Paper Staff 33 Annual ,, Staff 43 Dramatics 3. ll AMBITION-Baseball player ii II IRENE SEYMOUR Seymour X It makes me no difference ll Vice President 23 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 43 Letter 2, 3, 43 Kittenball 1, 23 Paper Staff 33 Annual Staff 43 Dramatics 3, 43 Letter Club 2, 3, 4, ll Scholarship 3. H AMBITION-To go to A. I. B. U ' I ll H IQVERETT Bans 'Papa H I think we'd better get going 1. Earlham 1, 23 Redfield 33 Martensdale 43 Dramatics 1, 3, 43 Baseball 3, Il Annual Staff 43 Vice President 2. H AMBITION-Bee Keeper U 4' 1. 41 U U ,. ll JEANNE BROWN leaume H lt makes me sooo mad! ii Basketball l, 2, 3, 43 Letter 3, 43 Kittenball l, 23 Letter Club 3, 43 Band II 1, 2, 3, 43 Dramatics 3, 43 Declamatory 13 Paper Staff 33 Annual Staff 4. H AMBITION-To Travel IONA llrllLLER Ona H What's gonna' happen next? Basketball 1, 2, 3, 43 Letter 2, 3, 4, Kittenball 1, 2, Letter Club 2, 3, H 43 Paper Staff 33 Annual Staff 43 Dramatics 3, 43 Homecoming Queen U Candidate 2, 43 Homecoming Queen 43 Scholarship 3. II AMBITION-WAVES ll DONALD S1EwART Stew ii I'll be up at a quarter-till. if El Monte Union High School, Calif. 1, MHS 2, 3, 4, Baseball 2, 3, 43 II Letter 2, 3, 43 Basketball 2, 3, 4, Letter 3, 43 Class President 33 Letter -I Club President 43 Annual Staff 43 Paper Staff 33 Letter Club 2, 3, 43 Dramatics 3, 4. AMBITION-To go to college 5.0 T'T'T'l' TTTTTTTTT T -'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-' -Ik

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CLASS PROP!-IECY As I gaze into the crystal ball before me, I see many unbelievable things, yes, many unbelievable things. I see Charles Jenks teaching the fundamentals of Business Arithmetic and Physics to a group of admiring students in the college of Hardknocks. I look again into the crystal ball and I see a sign hanging in front of an old dilapidated bam which reads, Kellogg and Hulbert, Cow and Horse Special- ists. When asked to what they contributed their surprising success, they were quoted as saying that they owed it all to their knowledge gained in a certain professor's Agriculture class as seniors. The crystal ball is beginning to cloud up. No, it is clearing. I can see Irene Seymour as she is just being crowned World's Heavyweight Wrestler in the women's division. She says she attributed her success to throwing her small brothers around while at home and pushing the weak senior boys around her last year of high school. Again the ball is changing, for I can see a small man with several children on each knee. Yes, it is my old classmate, Everett Beals, He said his achieve- ments in life were few but that he was proud of the fine work he had accom- plished in the Super Safety Pin business. A change of scene takes place. It is the main section of Hollywood. A premiere of Drip Tease is showing. The starring lady is none other than Lois Hendrickson. I was quite shocked as Lois had never gone in for frivolity when she went to high school. The ball calls our attention to another section of the city. Here we see Lila Sinn, an internationally famous dress model. She said her success in this line was due to the wonderful fann life. The crystal ball summons us to Martensdale. It is impossible!!! Yes, yes, it is!!! Gerald Wilson is teaching the Principles of Penmanship to the students of Martensdale High School. He said that his success was acquired by merely Practicing what he preached. A dark spot appears, Wait!! It is breaking away. Here is Max Beam z - e o ix 0 I f n n n x I i i i now known as Ding Crosley, singing his way to fame in Chicago. His break came, he said, from his radio station, GAB, which he personally operated. Again we see a different scene. It seems to be a sports camival. Here is - an excellent little figure skater-she is being crowned queen of the event. It is Helen Cassady. I had always heard the saying that Dynamite comes in small packages, and this was certainly a small package of it. H Again the background changes. We seem to be at a race track. To be sure, it is the Kentucky Derby races. Francis Kelly's horse, G-qlloping Gus, has just crossed the finish line. This is the fourth consecutive year that I Francis has won. His breed of horses is one of the best in the world. His successful life is due to his intensive study while in high school. 'Y We shift to a busy business distuict. It can't be-yet it is. That carefree Don Stewart a broker in New York. He certainly looks prosperous. He is call- ing his secretary. Yes, it is Iona Miller.. They are not yet married, but it is ' predicted by all the people of the Social Register that they will soon be. They turn the radio on, We hear a familiar voice, that of Giggling Gertie. As I soon as we hear her giggle we know it to be our old classmate, Jeanne Brown. ' Her giggling career began, she said, when she was overhead giggling in Shorthand class many, many years ago. The crystal ball shows signs of trouble. It is clearing. Now I can fully see the reason. I see someone in a hospital. Yes, it is Mr. Cramer. He seems to be delirious and calling for the Senior Class of '43. I hastily summoned all my classmates and we rushed to his bedside. The doctor informed us that Mr. Cramer was the official Navy Bean Soup Taster for a local firm and had just -I gotten a sample of some bad soup. After finding us at his bedside, his complete recovery was gained. We realized that we hadn't seen each other for 13 years so we made a grand party out of it. H Each of us wcnt home harboring the thought of seeing all our classmates again some day. 5.0 go iff 9