Melcher Dallas High School - Quill Yearbook (Melcher, IA)

Page 22 text:

Our Junior year brought worries about the Junior-Senior Banquet. As we' can remember our theme was a three-ring-circus. This was the year we gained Ed Davison, Shirley Young, and Lowell Boles. We lost that year Bertha Umble, Cecil Bands, Betty DeWitt, Dwight Bachman, and Don Grife. The Senior year was the same as our Junior year. The Seniors are Marilyn Bachman, Glen Bucklew, Herb Dixson, Ed Davison, Alberta Dabb, Loraine Hunt, Jane Clark, Norma Hansaker, Jack Hyatt, Maxine Hunt, Delores Nofstger, Dean Donahue, Mary Agan, David Willoughby, Delores Willis, Bill Miller, Bill Schrader, and Lowell Boles. Glen Bucklew, Delores Willis, Herb Dixson, and Margaret Mart are the only Seniors who started in 1939 and have gone all thirteen years at the Dallas Consolidated School. V

Page 21 text:

Class History In the fall of 1939, twenty-three pupils entered the portals of learning. Under the guiding hand of Miss Farely the following pupils started down the trail of education: Dwight Bachman, Glen Bucklew, Ray Darrah, Clarence Dittmer, Herb Dixson, Paul Ennis, Norma Hansaker, Frank I-Iaug, David Kouzlarich, Richard Kerr, Norma King, Marion Long, Margaret Mart, Bobby Stewart, Bertha Umble, Charlton Wheeler, David Willis, Delores Willis, Rodney Fisher, and Dwane Jones. We remember building a house in kinder- garten class. First grade with Miss Moore we lost Norma Hansaker, Dwane Jones, Bertha Umble, and gained Gene Keith, Ross Miller, Harry Rankin, Chet Tickle, and Don Quick. Second grade with Miss Fletcher we find we lost Ross Miller, Bobby Stewart, Harry Rankin, Gene Keith, Chet Tickle, Don Ouick, and Paul Ennis. But we gained Leo Herr, Bill Miller, Leorine Patterson, David Willoughby and Barbra Lost. Everyone got a whipping for talking when they were supposed to be quiet. Glen didn't think it hurt until he got the second whipping. Third grade under Miss Moore we gained Paul Ennis, Frank McCoy, Don Quick, Ardean Dabb, Bobby Fergusison, and lost Leorine Patterson, and Leo Herr. Miss Miller was our fourth grade teacher. We lost Paul Ennis, Bobby Fergusison, and gained Leo Harlow, Chet Tickle. Our teachers are growing in numbers as well as the number of students. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Ritchie were our fifth grade teachers, We were increased by Tom Burgett, Jane Clark, Bill Miller, Delores Nofstger, Wayne Willis, Sarah Davis, Shirley Harding, and Marilyn Bachman. We lost Leo Harlow, Frank Haug, and Chet Tickle. Sixth grade was under the guiding hand of Mrs. Miller. That year we gained Dwight Marshall, Cecil Banks, and lost Frank McCoy, Norma King, and Shirley Harding. ' Our seventh grade started. with Mrs. Vrban and ended with Mrs. Liikie, Mrs. Moore and Mr. Reep. We gained that year Ken Smith, Jack Kingrey, Mary Agan, Dean Donahue, Jack Hyatt, Charles Ferguison, Eugene Stearns, Beulah Willoughby, Norma Hansaker, and lost Tommy Burgett, Dwight Marshall, Don Quick, and David Willis. Mr. Murphy and Mrs. Moore were our guardians in the eighth grade. Our only newcomer was Jim Wright. We were decreased in number by Charles Ferguison, Eugene Stearns, and Beulah Willoughby. Our Freshman year was a howling success with initiation. New faces were Clifford Becker, Loraine Hunt, and Maxine Hunt. Departing was Sarah Davis, Cecil Banks, Ardean Dabb, Jack Kingrey, Ken Smith, and Jim Wright. As Sophomores we were increased by Ralph Lang, Betty DeWitt, Bertha Umble, Don Grife and lost Wayne Willis.

Page 23 text:

Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1951-'52 declare the following to be our last will. To our teachers we leave our ability to keep study hall and all of our classes very quiet and orderly. We also leave our ability to get to classes on time. To the Juniors we leave our seats and of course all of our precious books, which helped us to graduate. To the Sophomores we leave our ability to get A's in all of our shorthand tests. To the Freshmen we leave our brilliant minds that gave us the right of ever graduating. We bequeath the following to individuals in the classes under us: Dean Donahue wills his bashfulness to Della Denison, don't let it get rusty Della, Dean also wills his walk to Doris if she will give it as much swing as he does, and to Gene Stull he wills his ability to get all the claps in his class play. Norma Hansaker wills her basketball suit to Beverly Woods, so Bev you'll have to start growing in order to fill it out, Norm also leaves her ability to keep home economics going strong to Shirley Crandell, and to anyone who is fast with a foot, she leaves her ability to trip people. Loraine Hunt wills her height to Donald McElwee, and to Dela Dennison she wills her ability to get along with the coach, also to Bonnie she wills her experience in romance. Maxine Hunt wills her ability to get A's in shorthand and her ability to keep her boy friends to Allyene Beeman, to Betty S. she leaves her red slacks. Don't forget to wear them to all basketball games Betty. Jack Hyattiwills his ability to argue in economics to Pete Hansaker, to Bob A. he leaves his ability to always get stuck on mud roads at the wrong time. Margaret Mart wills her ability to blush and to make wisecracks to Janice Wright, she leaves her short hair to Frueh, she also leaves her height to Danial Mason, you'd better hurry up and grow Danial. Bill Miller wills his whiskers to Paul Davis, keep them growing Paul, he leaves his ability to be study hall teacher to Don Nolte, think you'll make it Don? Delores Noftsger wills her long fingernails to Venita Hyatt, she leaves her ability to keep the boys running to Ada Davis, it takes practice Ada, and to Ellen she leaves her long earrings, keep them shiny Ellen. Bill Schrader wills his car to anyone who is able to run it without running out of gas in the strangest places, always at the wrong time. David Willoughby wills his boxing ability to Janice W. , to Gene Stull he wills his ability to always get to set by the lady teachers. Delores Willis wills her levis to David Robuck, better start reducing David, she also leaves her ability to tell jokes to Mary Burt. Alberta Dabb wills her coat hanger to anyone who wants it, it seems some- one else uses it all the time anyway, to Evelyn she leaves her giggle, and to Ellen she leaves her ability to talk all the time. Edward Davison wills his beard to Norma F. if she'll keep it clean, he leaves his name of Model Student to Orval Davis, and to Lloyd Mart he leaves his ability to baby sit. Herb Dixson wills his ability to carry all the boys to a dance in one car to Bob A. , to Ross Miller he leaves his love for the girls, and to Richard Burgett he leaves his famous muscles. Mary Agan wills her Model A. to Betty S. , she wills her ability never to be tardy to Doris.