Milford High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Milford, IA)

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When our class climbed the fourth grade we all felt that maybe someday we could graduate Our class roll con tained twenty three names Upon examining it, we found that Jon Colvin, Lyle Larson Rose Mary Lutz Darlene Kehoe Teddy Bol and kathrvn Hostetter were longer a part of our class How ever Eunice Hakeman arrived just in time again to join our class During the year,Sh1rley Jackson Dean Dawson George Han son, and Allan Jones also join ed our group We remember well all the times that many of spent hours after school weren't staying to study for OUP teacher Miss Arndt either After putting all of those her closet, Mrs McElroy nounced that she was ready for our class Twenty five eager to learn children kept her busy the entire year Our fifth grade year was ment in learning all kinds of new things Mary Ann Marchand, Dean Dawson and Shir- ley Jackson were no longer part of the group During the year Carol Paschke left however to replace her Teddy Bol return ed to our institution cf learn ing In the fifth grade gained some valuable ahtletes as well as more new class mem bers Russell Dodge and Orlin Trojahn Joined our group Other new members included Mereb Mill and Mar aret Parks We remember Mrs Mc roy s famous cdlection of magazines which she used freely on our heads and backs when talking was too frequent In sixth grade, Miss Elsie Mae Haight found that a group of wild animals are easier t keep silent than any one of her twenty six students The class roll showed that Lee Ann Jones and Allan Jones were no lon er with us New members h sixth grade class included Joe Barnard Joyce Henry Chuck Pearson, and Trudy Morrison W remember when Mr Vander Wilt made a surprise attack via the hall way and apprended Teddy Bol and Leonard Tuel for dis turbing the girls A rule which was enforced after Mr Vander W1lt's attack stated that any one caught talking or disturb ing the girls would be subject week When school ended many of us found ourselves with more weeks to make up than there were in the summer vacation months ' A new experience was store for our group during seventh grade We were prepar ing for high school and for the first time had a male teacher Mr Wayne Foo: was our newteach er, and upon taking roll found our class to contain only twenty one students This can be accounted for by our loss during the summer months Trudy M0PP180n Mar aret Parks, George Hanson Joe arnard and Dora Lea Morgan During our first year of Junior high we to ' O - , 0 s , 1 no ' , ' , or T e ' 9 9 2 v ' e .' us , . We - 1 4. . .. old Irish souveniers back ln to one hour after school forcne 0 o ' in a s ' - . we ' y he . , . of 5 . . , , 5 ,

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ained no new class members n seventh grade remember all of the times that we were ousted from health class and English Once, while Eddie was standing in the hall after be ing forced out of health class Mr Curtis could be heard walk ing up the stairs Eddy opened the door of the class room and sneaked behind the teachers desk After Mr Curtis had passed, he returned, unseen by either teacher, to his spot 1 the hall Mr Fox returned to be our Junior high principle for eighth grade Our class con tinued to have its previous en rollment number twenty one We lost during the summer months Teddy Bol and Mareb Milla However Alta Hunt and Barbara Taylor were in our eighth grade class to take their place We re call the noon that one f the students parents visited Mr Fox' We also remember the speedy trip that both the parents and Fox made enroute downstairs and the torn white shirt worn while Mr Fox taught our literature period when the first day of school approached in September of 1950 we were now in high school Being just Freshmen d1dn't bother us for we felt that were indeed lucky to be a pamt of the Milford High School student body We gained many new class mates Bob Benzkofer, Robert Berning, Dick Long, Mac Mitchell Carol Grim Karen Morisky and Delores Hanson composed our new class membe s Our class enroll ment in the Freshman year in cluded the following names Pgul Anderson,Ph1l1p Antisdel, Robert Benzkofer,Robert Bern1ng,Russell Dodge, Denny Green, Ray Holle, Dick Long Darrell Marchand Chuck Pearson, Smith Schuneman Eddie Sternberg,0rl1n Trojahn, Leonard Tuel,Mac M1tche1l,G1or1a Emerick Carol Gr1m,Eun1ce Hake man Jo ce Henry Alta Hunt, Vir- ginia acobs Dixie Jansen, Mar- garet Kinkade Karen Horieky. Violette Ann Paul Barbara Tay lor, Marvel Truax and Delores Hansen Our class was sponsored by Mr Mekemson W remember when Phip pounded a nail through a cabinet for a radio Smitty had built in manual training Smitty cried before discovering that the nail was a trick one After finishing our Freshman year, we were told that we would now be sophomores After school had begun, we realized that grade Our class now had reached its peak in size, for lt now included thirty two students New members included Carol Meyer, Bob Moritz, Nancy Nims, and Harold Simpson Our sponsor was Miss Jurgensen Our one act play was alot of fun, and were proud of our record homecoming Our skit won a num ber I rating, and our float won a II rating Our Junior year will stand out in our memories as one f the most successful and busiest Our sponsors were Mr Moll and Mr Spidle When school opened, we had several new mem- bers Mary Berning Theresa Schott Dora Morgan and John Drexler were with During the school year Marcia Farris and Joe Jones Joined our group but both left after a month's stay. The class roll also showed that Delores Hanson,Dix1e 5 , we ' , , 5 , e - 1 - ' n , t - 7 n . . e , o A . we U ' were in our llth year, or tenth ol Mr, ' we ' at , we 0 I . , ' ' ' us