Mediapolis High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mediapolis, IA)

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CL SS PRUPHECY I1 e- rs 1 e IW 1 ee 1 elrss of frfty four 1r1d111te1l Nlrrrlyn lhomson 1e sccrrl tlrmber of the el1ss l11s guned qurtc 1 n1r11e for l1erself 111 New Xorle After berng HW ry for so long, 1 trn1e, hllfllyll decrdes rt rs trme for her to return to Nlednpolrs and catch up on what h1s happened to her fellow cl1ss111ates 'Ks she bo1rds tl1e Il1I'rC' 111 New Work she he 1rs tl1e stew 1rdess 111l 1 fellow PISSLIIKLPI' talkrn, 1lW0I.1I 1hel1111d some prlot 'ls tha prlot enters X11r11y11 ertches 1 ,clrmpse fl11111 llltl sees tl11t ll rs lirymond lloetruan Xfter ch 11 tm! wrth l1rn1 for a few mrnutes sl1e le1rns thlt he rs top prlot of thc ll llrsk It 'Xrrlrnes Nl1rrl1n frndrng her wax to 11 QCII stumbles over a lrrefc1se, 1nd rs about to 1POlOf1LE when she drscovers the brrefe 1se belongs to llow 1rd lxertzer lle offers to Share tl1e seat wrth l1er lflkl he then tells her tl1at he rs now Sec rn of Xgrrtulture, 111drs returnrnt to ll11sh1r1,st n D C f 1 l C l 111 r The plant l1nds rn K hrc1po N11r1ly11 toes to tl1e sn 11k l 1r It the rrrport and nonch 1l111tly prcks up 1 new sp 1per Ncmnrng the headlrnes l1er ex es fxll upon the words ENon1an s llorld Her rnterest IIOUSCJ she reads the artrcle IH l drscowers that her frrend and el1ssm11te Uma lversen rs travelrng wrth the V-omen s World basketball team IS therr star forw lfkl Once 11g1rn N111-rltn loards the pl 111e, the next stop to be liurlrngton, low1 When Nlarrlyn reaches liurlrngton she rmmedratlev buys 1 llawl-1 lye Lnaette ln tl1e local news sl1e sees tl1at Nlr and Nlrs be-ne Vaugnhouse are tl1e proud 1 1rents of twrns, Terry Nlae 1nd Rrckr Gene Nlarrlyn decrdes to vrsrt Nlrs Vaugnhouse srnce she rs the former Irancrs Anderson, another cl11ssr111te l pon arrrwrng 11 t11e hosprtal and l11v1ng .1 long vrsrt wrth Ir1r1crs, she tells Nlarrlyn th 11 two more class mem bers 1re rn the hosprt1l Cxlarrce liurpus and oan Tessre Carol Nlarrlyn next goes to therr room and from l1er vrsrt wrth tl1em she drscovers that they got rn a frght over the ever popular bachelor of the class, Marvrn Burgus Both grrls are tryrng to wrn the he1rt 1nd hand of thrs young man but ' Skeeter prefers tl1e bachelor type of lrfe Nfter leavrng the hosprtal Nlarrlyn boards 1 bus for Medrapolrs 'Krrrvrng hon1e Xlarrlyn turns on T V and srts down to rel1x for 1 whrle llll the verge of fallrng asleep Nlarrlyn f1rntly hears tl1e announcer Say, and now l 1dres and Gentlemen for your greatest enloyment we present to you, The Comedy llour sponsored by Wrse Owl Crg1rs, starrmg the sponsors daughter, udy Vrse Nlarrlyn rmmedrately srts up and takes HOIICC The announcer explarns that thrs rs udy s debut rn the 'I V world lxceedrng rn abrlrty and wrt she surpassed l1er rrval Judy Conova for the contract ln the evenrng, Nlarrlyn decrdes to attend a movre If tl1e Qwan theater As she enters the theater she sees 21 f1mlll3f face on the brllboard It tums out to be that of Robert Graham, who rs starrrng rn a Nlusrcal llrt, The Xagabond It seems that Bobs musrcal background at Nl ll 9 has helped hrm frnd the way to success lncrdently hrs net wortl1 rs now estrmated at Sl OOO OOO As Nlarrlyrr frnds her way to a seat and rs rntently watchrng tl1e movre she becomes annoyedly the contrnu1l munchrng of pop corn by the person next to her Turnrng to say somethrng she recognrzes the person to be ean Lof ren ean tells Nlarrlvn that she has attended 'Nlurses Irarnrng and rs now workrng rn a hosprtal rn Nlt Pleasant wl1rle wartrng for her france, Grant qegmrller, to return from over seas lhrnkrng she recognrzes the frgure rn front of her, Marrlyn leans forward and frnds she rs rrght rt rs Ronald ohnson Srttrng besrde h1n1 rs hrs wrfe plus four lrttle ohnnres After the show Nlarrlyn goes out to the Coffee Pot l'here she frnds Faye Young wl1o she learns rs now Mrs john Blake laye tells her that sl1e rs happrly marrred and rs strll teachrng school to help her husband acqurre hrs second mrllron Before leavrng 'Vlarrlyn meets another classmate, ohn llolstern He te1ls l1er that he rs farmrng and strll ham merrng Chrsel to marry hrm Returnrng home Marrlyn thumbs through a magazrne a11d an artrcle entrtled 'lake blrme and be Slrm attracts her attentron Thrs proves to be a mrraculous reducrng prll produced by llarne Del ossee l'hrs shows that Llarne s physre classes certarnly weren t wasted Next Nlarrlyn glances through the 'Nlew York Trmes wl1rch sl1e brought wrth her On the second pagers a large artrcle announcrng a comrng attractron to Vamagre Hall whrch remrnds Nlarrlyn that she must cut her vrsrt short as she has already purcl1ased a trcket. She becomes excec-drngly enthused wl1en she sees that the program rs that of 'wlarron 9hupe's Orchestra with Vsalda Qmrth as pranrst. Remrnrscrng the occurances of the day Nlarrlyn concludes tl1at the rmpossrble has happened, that of meetrng all of her former classmates, rn a mere 74 hours. Qhe rs now assured that each member of the Hllrgh and Mrghty Class of frfty four rs truly a success. le y 11 :l11ve l11se-l sin ' - the 1ligl .111d Nliglrtyu ' 1 si ' '- 51 4 . 1 ' ' ' 1 tl ll.'1 1 1 A YV V . , - . ,V ' A, . , l ' , , ' , ' ' ' ' 11. 1. 1 , , 1 . , 1 . Ii 1 ' . 11 . 1 1 ex ,Q Q 1 -1 Ie l ' 1 K ' l 4 111 1 .iq s : 5 1 3 11 ' .' - ' J - -1 5 '. 1 1 1 ' 1 3 ' '31 1 - 1' ' .rs - ' 11 '1 1'-11 ' 1 1 ' 1' 1 1.1 5- v 14 . V A Ax 1 1 5 k 1 rl 5 A 1 I N . 1 . -L - A . A k-- 1 ' 1' V I 4' 1 1 1' ' 1 . A 11' 1 V ' 1 QA' ' 1 ' 1 - T1 1 T1 'A V I A 0 A 1 V .Q ' ll 1 , .T l, lei ' ret: Q V J 'X 1 ' 3 ' 0 . Q. 'rc 111 rr 5. l.. J. J. u . 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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

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