Mediapolis High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mediapolis, IA)

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CL SS WILL We, the tesratrrx and testators of the Senror Class of 1954 of Medrapolrs Hrgh School berng of frarl body and rllucrd mrnd, therefore berng rncompetent of actron, do hereby leave you thrs, our last wrll and testament therefore to rescind all prevrous wrlls and codrcrls heretofore made ARTICLEI Sectron A CL ASS CHARITY Frrst We leave to the Junrors the drffrcult task of berng as obedrent as we have been Second We feel rt our duty to leave our unlrmrted capacrty of new and rntrrgrng rdeas to the Sophomores Thrrd To the young and rnnocent Freshman we leave our abrlrty to avord teachers, study halls, and assrgnments Fourth To the school board we bequeath our srxteen empty seats rn study hall Frfth To the faculty we leave our apprecratron for the frner arts, musrc and athletrcs ARTICLE II Sectron B PERSONAL BENEVOLENCIIS Frrst Elarne DeFosse bequeaths her laugh to Elsre Asby to rmprove her old one Second To Larry Anderson, Bob Graham leaves hrs rngenrous abrlrty to make booby traps Thrrd Howard Peterson rs the proud possessor of Marvrn Burgus curly harr and srx feet of herght Fourth Ferd Holsteen leaves Marrlyn Prerson to Ralph Logan Thrs rs for school hours only Ralph Frfth We leave Judy Vase s abrlrty to dret to Ruth Boecker Srxth Roger wrll be happrer now because to Greta Lee we leave Howard Kertzer s aptrtude for savrng money Seventh Clarrce Burgus wrlls her uncomparable abrlrty to throw sandwrches rn the lunch lrne to Mary Bemrng Erghth Suella Boysen rs now the proud possessor of Drna lversen s many Sperry admrrers mth To Pee Wee Craft Faye Young bequeaths the parkrng place on a certarn country road that she recerved Tenth Bettelou, beware, for Frances Anderson rs leavrng her abrlrty to get engaged to you Eleventh To Helen Kay Peterson, Zeke Roetman leaves hrs desrrabrlrty to the opposrte gender Twelfth Walda Smrth wrlls her mule rrdrng abrlrty to Brll Belknap Thrrteenth Look out for Shrrley 'vlrller wrll be the motto of the townspeople when she acqurres Marrlyn Thomson s drrvrng habrts Fourteenth Ile bequeath ean Lofgren s abrlrty to stump teachers wrth mrsleadrng and questronable answers on tests to Marrlyn Thre Frfteenth Ronald ohnson wrlls hrs abxlrty to charm Mr Appel rn Economrcs and Government to Jeanne Robert son Srxteenth Tessre o Carroll bequeaths her lrkrng for the school beans to Bessxe Darmer Seventeenth The Bulldogs team wrll wrn lots of games next year for john Holsteen s basketball abrlrty rs to be drstrrbuted equally between Bob Orr, Lyle Lee, and Ron Nrehaus Er teenth To Ray Dean Beard and Donna ohnson we leave jean Lofgren s boldness, srnce we feel rt rs suffrcrent for several Nrneteenth To Dorrs Gerlrng, we bequeath Walda Smrth s abrlrty to wrrte hot edrtorrals for the Orange 81 Black Twentieth We leave to John Crabrll Raymond Roetman s abrlrty to srng lrke Brng Twenty frrst Judy llrse leaves her entrre out of town correspondence to Dolores Burgus and Phyllrs Bakerrnk CLASS OF NIINETEEN FIFTY FOUR Therr Mark U THINKUM, I KNOWUM wrtnesses N. I , , . . . from the 1953 Class. Or does he need it? : J , . . . . . . . 2 J . . . . A . . . - . : U . I ,, . . . ' I J , . . . . I . , , . . . ,, . ,, Q . : ,. . - - . . ' L. S. X

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AAA ll Xnlll N llll 1,151 IN slut firls C s xec orus nervllzi .1 rus l,L.,ll,-15 Ural - anrl lllzirk l,2,35 lf'.lI.A. l,1Z,Ii, '15 X czirlmok -1. Football 13,45 Hasl-cftlhall l,2,35 Track 3: lioys Chorus 3,45 Mix- od Chorus l,2,3,45 Uperctta Cast 2,-15 Uperctta Chorus 1,35 1f.i'.A. i,2,:s,45 l-'.l4'.A. Ufficer 3,-1g,luniorl,layCast35 Student council 15 Class officer 1,35 l earlmok 415 Ilus r'lrivr'rCl,-1. r s l . 1,2,3,45Girls' Choi- us l,2,3,45N1ixed Clmrus l,2,3, 45 Uperetla Chorus 1,25 Piano Soloist 152,354-5 Girls' Quartet 45 Girls' Sextet 1,253,415 Girls' Double Quartet 25 Arcompanist 1,2,3,45 Band 1,253,115 Pep Band 253,45 llonor Roll l,2,3,45 Orange and Black l,2,3,45 Librarian 1,25 F.l'l.A. l,2,3,45 F.ll.A, Officer 25 ,lunior Play 35 Yearbook Staff 45 Class Of- ficer l,35 Student Council 3,45 Cheerleader 354. MAHVHN BURGUS Football 45 Track 35 Boys Chor- us 3,45 Mixed Chorus 3,45 Oper- etta Chorus 3,45 F.F.A. l,2,3,45 F,F.A. Officer 2,45 Yearbook 45 Bus driver 3,4.

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CLASS Ill 'l'0RY On September 1 1941 co prlot Nhss Gladys Reeve boarded twenty seven youngsters on thexr f1rst rocket tlrght toward success lhe followmg students who started on the flight were bhlrley 'Klderson Frances anderson Shirley lioulton Thresex C xrroll Connxe Cosens Shrrley Gardner, Darlene Huffstutlar, Nlola lbbston, ean Lofgpren, oyce Lundeen Nlargxe Robertson Nlarrlyn Thomson Carolme Smxth, Walda Smrth, Rose Marne Stout Donald D111 Vnrgll Geslrng, Robert llagerla, Ronald ohnson, Davld ones, Howard Kextzer Ronald Keenhel Gene Rrchardson Richard llmegard Rrchard Breuer Raymond Coulburn, and R1chard Huck qlurley Gardner Darlene Huffstutlar, Vela lbbston Carolme imxth Robert Hagerla Ronald Keenhel, and Gene Richardson weren t ready for the dangerous trlp yet, so dcclded to drop out Our hrst stop was on Nlercury the smallest planet Those awaltmg us here were 'Nlettle Ruth D111 Erma Lee Xllller Nadtnc Valers and l3atr1c1a Wehage along wlth a new co prlot 'vlrss 'Nlell Harper Rrchard Breuer, Vlrgxl Gesllng Daxld Jones, Rose Nlarxe Stout Nettle Ruth Drll especrally liked the cllmatlc condxtlons on Mercury so they declded to remain there Next we stopped at Mars 'Vlrs laullne Klmdt became our new navigator she had brought with her Ronald Robertson bhlrley Pentecost Joyce llrllet, and Donna Dopler Shlrley Boulton Qhlrley Pentecost, Patrlcla Wehage, Patsy ldwards and Jean l ofgren declded to stay wxth 'Mrs Klxndt after the rest journeyed on On August Z8 1941 we heard Nllss Frances Bonnlchsen and Howard Hull Raymond Roetman, Robert Fraham, Lawrence Hauxsworth, Paul Henderson, and lmma Mlller calling to us from Venus Before we left the planet, another rocket whrch appealed to Thresea Carroll Colleen Cary, Donna Dopler, and lrrna Miller came along and took them to dxfferent sites The next stop was Larth Here Nhss l ula Wxlson was waltlng to command our shlp Wlth her were Jean Lofgren Joyce Jlalker Clarlce Burgus, oanne Thornton, and James Tedrow Fmdlng another path leadlng to success were Donald D1ll James Tedrow and Ronald Robertson As we approach our next planet, Pluto we fmd only two passengers oan Bruer and Dina Iversen, and a new commander Nlrs Frances Burns Clxmatlc condrtxons whlch prevailed on Pluto dlssatrsfled oanne Thorton, oan Bruer and Raymond Coulburn so they went another dlrectlon ln 1947 we were agarn ready to take flrght Uranus was our next destrnatxon under the gurdance of Mrss Frances Wolfe Ronald Deen, Llame Del-osse, and Wrlma Mehaf decrded to yom the voyage whxle Ronald Cummings, Laura Thacker Donna Walker Joyce Walker and Joyce Wxlllt decided to drop our mrsslon Our seventh stop was Neptune dxrected now by Nhss Marge Baker who rs now Mrs Tom McDowell, those who came to Jorn our class were Ruth Kmd and Charles Ballard Those who were easlly fatrgued and stopped to catch their breath were Ruth Kmg Wllma Mehaf Paul Henderson, and Charles Ballard Nhth great determlnatron the class advanced on to Saturn 'Dus year our helpmg hand was Miss Lors Rammesl berg wrth her were Thomas Morrrs, and Faye Young Ronald Deen left us for better sn ts Now we made a great lump to face uplter stop number nme Waxung for us here were Judy Wrse, Walda Smith Nlarvm Burgus Nlarx Johnson Marxan Swank, Bonnle Erwm and Thresea Carroll Mary Johnson Bonnxe Erwrn de- clded the Jump was to great for them V-nth cooperatlon on everyones part the whole expedrtron traveled on to the Moon Kenneth Hartman, Thomas Nlorns, Margxe Robertson, Maman Swank, and Sylvxa Hulett left us for drfferent sites Our next stop as upperclassmen was the Sun Thls year Elsa Hexse from Germany and John Holsteen yorned our class Weddxng bells rang for Shxrley Alderson, so she departed from the expedrtron Our destmatlon labeled success was fxnally reached rn our Semor year Elsa Hexse left us for new sites, whxle Connre Cosens heard weddmg bells nngmg for her Those who spent then' entxre school days with our class are Frances Anderson, Marxlyn Thomson, Ronald ohnson, and Howard Kertzer Those who successfully pushed thexr way through the last door of Medrapolxs Hrgh School are Clarxce Burgus, Nlarvrn Burgus, Thresea Carroll, Elame DeFosse, Robert Graham, Drna Iversen, Ronald Johnson, Frances Anderson, Howard Kentzer, John Holsteen, can Lofgren, Raymond Roetman, Walda qmxth, Marllyn Thomson, Judy Wrse and Faye Young 'A . ,f - ' ' . ' , ' ' ,V b 1 1 1 ' '- ' . . . : 1 , . , ' , ' a ,z , , , r f J J 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 - - W J . J . , - . 1 1 1 l 1 1 0 K 1 X , -V . . . , , . c , , . . . 'r . ', . 1 I . , . W,' . a . . ., . . . . . . ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ,c , , V. . - . . . . . . . . 1 A 1 0 . , A .. Jr , 1 1 ' 1 t L r s . . ' , -1 ' 1 ' 1 n ' 1 n I T . ,. . . . . - 1 . . . . , , . . . . ' ' 1 J ' ' 1 1 ' 1 - J . . . J - J , 0 , n - ' fy , , , . . . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' I Q . . ,. I 1 ' fy? ' ,,. . . . . . . - Q , : .I gh . J , -, - 1 ' 1 ' .I 1 4 1 ' 1 . ,,. . . . ' o r n u , u . . H H . . . . - , Q e : - J . r u