Miles High School - Milestone Yearbook (Miles, IA)

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Joker's Class History It all started one day ln August in 1948, when 40 Freshmen entered Miles High School with hopes of becomlng the class of '52. There were twenty boys and twenty girls in the first three rows of the assembly, but about a week after classes had started, Francis Culier, who almost completely lost his sight, and was forced to leave school. lt was a noisy day in September when the Freshmen came to school dressed up for Initiation Day. The senior class that year dldn't leave out a single detail for us to wear or bring. Our superintendent was Conrad Recktenwald and his wife, Helen Recktenwald, who taught the girls cooking in flrst year home economics. Nora Wagener was our English instructor and W. D. Standley was coach, shop and general science teacher. Barbara Jones, now Mrs. Carroll Hamilton, taught us general business and we had some wonderful class parties. We even were invited to go to Dubuque on a fleld trlp with the tenth grade. Our sophomore year started out very well because we were finally an accepted class of high school. O. C. Sutherland came as superintendent that year and also was the algebra teacher. Ann Bartlett took over home economics and Nora Wagener was back for English. Coach Standley, now better known as Stan , was our instructor ln agriculture and shop. Louise Molin was music ln- structor. Dwane Kyarsgaard left in March bringing our class down to 28 but Allen Schultz came and brought the enrollment back up again. We took quite a few fleld trips for agriculture to various farms. Stan was our class sponsor and onae again we had some fun at class parties. I don't think any of us will ever forget ice skating on the Misslsslppl. The 1950 school year started with us as full fledged juniors and ready for one of the biggest years of our school career. Marilyn King, now Mrs. Kenneth Row dldn't return that year and Juanita Mangler, now Mrs. Arthur Johnson, quit at the end of the first semester. 0. C. Sutherland was our superintendent again Coach Standley was back and had first-class teams in both girls and boys bukerbgll, Nora Wagener was our English teacher and directed our class play, 15

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Gaynell Roe wills her ability to take school books home, and never open them to lone Brown. Gerald Smithson wills his seat ln government to anyone who has the nerve to sit there. It hasn't proved very worthwhile for Gerald. Allan Naeve wllls his Powergllde to anyone who can make the tires squeal from a dead stop. Shirley Yates wills her musical interest to Gene Dynes. She hopes this will help him keep his mind off girls and.concentrate on his studies. Jean McVey wllls her freckles that were left to her last year to Joyce Mangler. She's getting tired of them. Dianne Ockelmann wills her childhood memories to Marilynn lungjohann. The first time I met Marilynn she was making mud pies. Remember, Marllynnr Shirley Kokemuller wills her brown eyes to Doris less because she found out Calvin likes brown eyes better than blue. Ienean Ronnfeldt wills her book 'Learn How To Drive ln Thirteen Easy Lessons , to Mary Hathoway. Don't take the garage along MaryH7HH7? Beverly Petersen wills her nickname 'SOUEAKY' to Marlene Hagge providing she doesn't use lt'ln contests next year. Roger Tarr wills his incompletes ln bookkeeping to anyone in the junior class who has none. Harlan Marx wllls his nickname 'GROUCHO' to Eugene Kaczinski. It might help identify him. 14

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'Cheaper By The Dozen . Harry Morrls was biology teacher, Bob Schaeffer was rnuslc, Bill Olrnstead and De Wayne Erickson were our teachers in typing and shorthand. We worked on the junior-senior banquet under the direction of Ann Bartlett and after many disappointments and troubles had a very successful banquet at the Hotel Lafayette ln Clinton. At moving time, we lost Madonna Hughes, Reynold Miller and Allan Schultz but Darleen Meggers joined our ranks We really hated to see the seniors leave us but were very anxious to take over their place ln the high school spotlight. Oh, Yes, we mu.st'nt forget the new name, 'The Iokers', acquired during a day of isolation. Mrs. Bartlett was our sponsor and it was really swell the way she helped us with the banquet. Well, finally, we are seniors and are -getting close to our freshman goal of being the class of '52. Eldon Struve failed to join us for our last year and thus dropped our class to 34. Elton Copley took the superlntendent's job and also the task of pushing us through that last hard year. Harry Morris returned as home room teacher and also chemistry instructor. Ioan Valentine taught us typing and bookkeeping and Evelyn Burt listened to us in speech class. Blll Price was our coach and also taught government and modern problems. Shlrlle Cooper was home economics instructor for some of the girls and a few boys. Peder Buck was shop teacher and Shirley Koethe was music lnstructor. We finally got our class rlngs, had our pictures taken and went after annual advertisements, feeling very much like senlors. Our class play and junior- senlor banquet cllmaxed by baccalaureate and commencement completed our senior year. I don'r think we can ever thank the teachers enough for pushing as through these last four years. It's been a hard job, we know, ------------ but thanks anyway. 16