Miles High School - Milestone Yearbook (Miles, IA)

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HISTORY On August 27, 1945, fifteen spry youngsters came toddling through the doors of what was known to them as a great and new experience. They were: Sharon Wilkinson, Wesley Ackley, Everett Durkee, Duane Durkop, Joy Lee Eggars, Linda Frahm, Kathryn Jackson, warren Jungjohann, Philip Kuhl, Dorthea Kyarsgaard, Myrna Schwennsen, Ronald Hovey, Marianne Seamer, Lester Dierks and Nancy Petersen. Our teacher was Ruth Heinrick. When we returned to Miles as the second grade we were thirteen. Our teacher this year was Catharine Briggs. The new additions were: William Chamberlain, Donald Durkee, Raymond Man- ning, Judith McVey, Ronald Culver and Irene Hughes. Those who transferred were: Sharon Wilkinson, Everett Durkee, Kathryn Jackson, Myrna Schwennsen, Ronald Hovey, Nancy Petersen and Duane Durkop. During our third year, our teacher was Marlys Stahnke. This year our enrollment was nineteen. The new students were: Cecil Bovey, Joanne Gray, Gary Greve, John Krabbenhoft, Virgil Koch, Richard Pagel and Allen Petersen. The only transfer was Donald Durkee, Helen Kokemuller was our fourth grade teacher. We were now a class of fifteen, with no new faces. Allen Petersen, Cecil Bovey, Joanne Gray and Raymond Manning transferred. When we returned as the fifth grade, our teachers were Miss Dorothy Rehr and Miss Dorothy Waters. With seven new members added to our class, nineteen pupils now answered roll call. 'I'he new members were: Charles Culver, George Kyarsgaard, Nathalie Drury, Janice Hoyer, Marlene Wolf, Ruby Chase and Junior Chase. Richard Pagel dropped to transfer. In the sixth grade we welcomed our new teacher, Miss Madonna McCutcheon. Our class enrollment was now sixteen, and again Nancy Petersen appeared in the picture as the only new pupil. Those lost were: Dorthea Kyarsgaard, George Kyarsgaard, Marlene Wolf, Ruby Chase and Junior Chase. Upon our entrance into Junior High and seventh grade, we had progressed another step in our school life. Our home room teacher was Miss Shirlee Cooper. The membership of our class was now fourteen There were only two new entries--Marjorie Krause and Ardel Belk. Judith McVey transferred during the year. The next year, the eighth grade, brought us four new pupils, which made our total sixteen. They were: Donna Culver,Joanne Gray, EdwinJepsen and Eldon Paulsen. Nathalie Drury and John Krabbenhoft transferred during the year. Q1 August24th, 1953, twenty-three shy pupils signed up as Freshmen in the Miles High School. Our class sponsor was Mr. William Willier. The new additions were Lavomze Peters, Russell Henricksen, Barbara Peters, Virginia Mussmann, Allen Petersen, Mary Jo Wenzel, Thelma Drury, Marilyn Nabb and Rance Robinson. Charles Culver was the only pupil who did not return. Eldon Paulsen transferred during the year. Twenty-four pupils returned as a Sophomore class. Our class sponsors were Miss Lurene Noland and Miss Marlene Firman, New additions to the class were: Sue Fisher, Dale Henfrey, Andrew Shepard and Darold Schutte. Those who transferred were Janice Hoyer and Russell Henricksen. Andrew Shepard, Ronald Culver and Darold Schutte moved during the year. There were only twenty-one pupils who gathered as a Junior class on the first day of school. Sponsoring our class were Miss Marilyn Beeler and Miss Marlene Firman. Marilyn Nabb trans- ferred during the year. During ourJunior year we worked hard to earn money for the Prom which we were to sponsor. Eighteen pupils returned as Seniors to Miles High, with no new personalities among us. Margie Krause and Rance Robinson being the only two who did not return in the Fall. Later in the year, Thelma Drury dropped. Mrs. Taplin was our class sponsor and one of our Annual advisors whose work was very much appreciated during some of our very trying times. Seventeen is the grand total of our class enrollment as we approach the steps to a bright and golden future full of wishes and dreams. As you have thus read, the only students who have attended the Miles School twelve years are four: Philip Kuhl, Warren Jungjohann, Marianne Seamer and Bill Chamberlain. By Virginia Mussmann

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CLASS PROPHECY Nancy Peterson arrived in Miles by airplane and created quite a stir. She is famous all over the world for being the first woman to break the sound barrier. Of course, Nancy always did have a heavy foot on the gas. Ginny Mussmann is in the Corps De Ballet in New York. She had quite a time getting a top position, at first, but since she was starred one night, and was received so tremendously by the audience, she has starred in every presentation since. It seemed that she wowed the audience with her rendition of the jitterbug, ballet style, Allen Petersen is such a successful farmer that he took Grand Champion in Chicago last year. He has his hopes high for this year.too. Allen gives a lot of the credit for his success to his Senior English Class. Every night at sundown, he sits on the fence by the pasture, and recites fairy tales to the cattle. He learned these fairy tales in Senior English, and he says that his cattle sleep better than anyone else's ever do, Ardel Belk has replaced the White Rain Girl in the adl She has received several record contract offers, although she may just stay singing the White Rain Shampoo song anyway. She says she feels loyal to it for giving her a start. However, Iwould venture to guess that before long Ardel will be famous as a pop singer. I was kind of happy that Ardel was working in an ad. It gave me kind of a happy feeling to know that I wasn't the only one. No one but she knew that I modeled for the Suzie-Q in the Pepso- dent ads. Everyone got a big charge out of it. It sure is late, and I sure am tired. Good-night Diary! Sweet Dreams! Sue Fisher

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WILL We, the Senior Class of 1957, being of sound mind and body, and not acting under the undue influence of any person what-so-ever, do create, and bequeath these, our earthly goods, in the manner following: we, the Senior Class, do will to Mr. Main, all the foolish and unnecessary calls to the office over the inter-oom system We, the Senior Class, do will to Mrs. Main, some of our height, weight, and shoe size, so that we won't look like such giants next to you. We, the Senior Class, do will to Miss Beeler, all the stolen cookies we knew you saw us take, and also the ones you didn't know about. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mrs. Williams, an automatic waste-paper basket, that smooths out crumpled up papers. Also, a large economy size box of red pencils for bookkeeping. We, the Senior Class, do will to Miss Firman, all the sour notes we sang in glee club, that we know you won't miss. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mr. Williams, all the sleep we caught up on, in Government class, especially during the movies. Oily kidding, Mr. Williams. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mr, Kennedy, all the fun we ALL had in your Vocational Agriculture Class, especially when the Vocational AgricultureClass met with the Home Economics Class, We, the Senior Class, do will to Mrs. Bartlett, all the fun we had, and the food we ate at your store. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mr. DeSchriver, all the A papers we never got in Physics. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mrs. Taplin, a year of rest to recuperate from our hectic class and annual meetings. We, the Senior Class, do will to our faithful custodians, Hugo and Gilbert, all our undying gratitude for the things you have done for us, especially all those crazy things that only our class could dream up. We, the Senior Class, do will to our bus drivers, all the times you had to wait for us on the bus routes. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mr. Jepsen, the bus mechanic, an automatic bus washer to make your job easier. We, the Senior Class, do will to the hot lunch cooks, an automatic hamburger patty presser for making hamburgers. I, Ardel Belk, do will to Anita Fischer, my luck in proving that Boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses, isn't true. I, William Chamberlain, do will to Larry Dalton, my position as basketball manager. Hope you have as much fun as Idid, Larry. I, Donna Culver, do will to Bette Wulf, my fun lhad cheering on the basketball squads this Year.