Milton High School - Cadet Yearbook (Milton, IA)

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Class W1ll We the Semor Class of '54 of Mllton I-hgh School bemg sound of mlnd Q91 and body do hereby declare thxs to be our last wxll and testament It IS the deceased's dymg w1sh that thxs last wlll and testament at th1s tlme and place be produced read and d1sposed of as seen f1t We hereby declare all promxses large or small made by th1s class null and vo1d To the Jumors we leave all our unpald b1lls to dlspose of as they see f1t our senlor d1gn1ty and t1tle of senlors and our used land hard earnedl excuses To the sophomores the t1tle of Junxors and the candy we used to put 1n our class books To the freshmen our deepest syrnpathy they'll need lt when as sophomores they try to l1ve down the reputatlon the sophomores have left beh1nd We bequest the followlng to these persons Phyllxs Houston w1lls her posture and flgure to Beverly Bell and her ablllty to talk 1n class to Bob Boyd Beverly Baker leaves the front fender of her '48 Chevrolet hangmg on one of Clark Stookesberry's trucks and her sweet and flowery d1spos1t1on to Kay Atk1ns LOUISC Snodgrass w1lls one half her excess baggage to Mar1lyn Harryman and her dr1v1ng sk1ll to Leland Jackson chew1ng gum under her study hall seat to the next person who s1ts there Carolee Wmsell w1lls her poor black and bru1sed basketball knees to Joyce Luko Lee Holsapple w1lls all h1s g1rl fr1ends to B111 House and h1s masculme f1gure to Wayne Garrett Frances Zlhlman w1lls her ab1l1ty to talk around a quest1on 1D agr1culture class to B111 House Rlchard Hall w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to get along w1th glrls to Jerry Kerkove and h1s curly halr to Jack Swalm Donna Coward w1lls her allergy to wearmg sweaters to Nancy Wehner and her love for the navy to Lo1s Janmngs George Kayser wxlls one half h1s he1ght to Joe Wlnn and h1s wonderful sclen t1f1c m1nd 1n agr1culture class to Betty M1ers Ph1l1p Younker w1lls h1s qulet soothlng manner of speech to Larry Oaks and h1s flgure to Joe Wlnn Mascuhne that 1S l Larry Swalm w1lls h1s sl1m flgure to Wayne Garrett and h1s curly halr to Bob Smlthburg Eugene Overstreet w1lls one half h1s freckles and stralght ha1r to Jack Swalm In case of any survlvors dlsregard th1s w1ll ll , . I . . , . . ' ! 9 I ' , . . . , . - x I 1 9 . . . , . . Vada Younker wills her ability to get a man to Joyce Wellborn, and her used l . ' I I

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School I-hstory When M1ss Mar1on Marshall rang the school bell on September 7 1942 eleven happy faces greeted her for the flrst t1me They were R1ley Dorson Douglas Fr1tzel R1chard Hall B1lly House Joanne Humphrey Jean Kltch Vada McMan1s Jerry Murphy Harold Nelson Ph1l1p Younker and Frances Z1hlman When we entered the second grade we found that R1ley Dorson and Jerry Murphy had moved away and Joseph Lunstrum and B11ly Cook had Jomed us Durmg our thlrd year Douglas Frxtzel and Joseph Lunstrurn moved away and Lloyd Coles was added to our group The fourth grade found us Wlth f1ve new pup1ls Robert Davls Johnny Daugherty Donna Knupp Robert Dugger and Ray McLeland Lloyd Coles had moved away In the f1fth grade elght new members Jolned us Nancy Lawrence V1rg1n1a Schullo Judlth Lee Donna Coward Beverly Baker Eugene Overstreet Larry Swalm and Phylhs Houston Johnny Daugherty and Donna Knupp had moved away Robert Dugger and Judlth Lee left us 1n the s1xth grade and we welcomed Maman Nelson The follow1ng year found us wlth f1ve new members Charles Jacobs Jack1e R1tz Al1ce Thompson Carolee Wlnsell and Donna Knupp Jean K1tch left us to move to Fa1rf1eld and Nancy Lawrence moved to Memphls MIBSOUT1 The elghth grade class contlnued to lncrease w1th LOUISE Snodgrass and Jeanne Loar but we lost Charles Jacobs and A11Ce Thompson In the fall of 1950 e1ghteen members entered hlgh school Freshman 1n1t1at1on was carr1ed out w1th no casualt1es but we lost Betty Mallet and Maman Nelson Our total enrollment was as follows Beverly Baker Donna Coward George Kayser Rlchard Hall Phyll1s Houston Lee Holsapple Joanne Humphrey Donna Knupp Ray McLeland Vada McMan1s Harold Nelson Eugene Overstreet Lou1se Snod grass Larry Swalm Carolee W1nsell Ph1l Younker and Frances Zlhlman We then entered our sophomore year w1th the same group but durmg th1s term Harold Nelson left us to take up a vocat1on Dur1ng the surnmer followlng thls year Ray Mc Leland left to attend school at Cantrll As Junlors we real1zed our f1nal year at M1lton H1gh was rapldly approachlng and lt was more d1st1nct1y h1ghl1ghted at our Jun1or Sen1or banquet We all helped 1n putt1ng on the banquet and all 11keW1S6 enjoyed lt to the last rnlnute Now after we have flnally gone almost to the end of our good old days at M1lton we are left w1th tlurteen members 1n our class Beverly Baker Donna Coward R1chard Hall Phylhs Houston Lee Holsapple George Kayser Vada Younker Eugene Overstreet Lou1se Snodgrass Larry Swalm Carolee Wmsell Ph1l Younker and Frances Z-1hlman Only four of us have attended all twelve years at M1lton They are R1chard Hall Vada Younker Ph1l Younker and Frances Z1hlman 10 I 1 1 . - , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 I I , . . ' 1 1 1 1 - ' ' l 1 1 1 1 1 Q A Q . ' I 9 ' 1 1 v 1 . , 1 1 . 1 , . .. . . V , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 'V 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 I I l . 4 V . 1 - I . 1 ' . 1 1 , D I D , 1 1 1 1 , . 0 ' 1 1 1 .

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Clas s Prophecy A number of years after graduat1on we f1nd on a l1ttle Jaunt around the Un1ted States a number of our old classmates go1ng about the1r everyday l1V6S uncon cerned about the rest of the1r old pals 5tart1ng at one end of th1s vast country we f1nd ourselves 1n Cal1forn1a and of all places at a naval base A few m1nutes r1de from the base we flnd why of course' It's the former Donna Coward bus1ly at work stra1ghten1ng the 2 by 4 a partment for the arrlval of her sa1lor husband S1nce ve ry few people know that Nutts are grow1ng 1n Colorado we w1ll sp1n to a small suburb of Denver and say a breezy H1 to Mrs John C Nutt M D who am1dst all her patlents tr1es to keep tabs on all the l1ttle Nutts around the yard And of course Phyll1s IS plenty busy now Com1ng farther east we stop at a small country school for a few m1nutes and much to our surprlse there 1B a fam1l1ar face beh1nd the teacher's desk We all greet Beverly Baker who has real1zed her amb1t1ons as a teacher and resume our Journey homeward Suddenly there looms up ahead a road block and off to the s1de of the road we see there has been an acc1dent We follow the process1on onward to Omaha and stop on the outsk1rts of that c1ty What's that? 9 Why yes that Slgn says Z1hlman Funeral Home Of course we'll have to stop and g1Ve Frances our best regards Turn1ng our attent1on to warmer cl1mates we are Texas bound' The newest mult1 m1ll1ona1re 1n th1s great South 1S of thmgs' A WOMAN' As we stop at the far stretchmg expanse of h1lls and hollers we see galloplng toward us astr1de one of her pr1ze beaut1es of the horse world Carolee W1nsell After a short stroll around the corrals we take agam to the road and speed through the com1ng dusk We stop at a roads1de d1ner for a b1te and not1ce the huge d1esel traller parked Just outslde the entrance Prlnted across the length of the truck 1n large bold letter are the words YOUNKER'S TRANS CONTINENTAL FREIGHT SPRVICE We enter and encounter Ph1l Younker who f1llS our super hour wlth h1S exc1t1ng ad Veer1ng north once more we enter Tulsa Oklahoma a great o1l town Spy1ng great derr1cks all around we real1ze the s1gn1f1cance but we would never connect lt wlth the name Overstreet But there he s1ts, beh1nd the large desk, 1n a plush UIf1C6 try1ng to flgure out the p1le of myst1fy1ng papers before h1m As he pro v1des for another 500 O00 gallons of o1l to be sent to h1s father 1n law 1n M1ltOH who 1S 1n the heat1ng and plumb1ng bus1ness the great mahogany door Opens and Lou1se Snodgrass enters to present h1m w1th another stack of those terr1ble papers NOt1C1Dg the gas gauge reg1ster1ng shghtly empty we pull 1nto the f1rst gas stat1on we see after leav1ng Tulsa TEXACO' ' Now that r1ngs a bell' ' The name R1chard Hall comes to me Why' There he 1S now wa1t1ng for us to pull 1nto the dr1ve he can f1ll our tank w1th h1s wonderful atom1c gasollne In lll1no1s we f1nd two of our old classmates Wh1le attend1ng one of the lll1no1s Iowa football games Lee Holsapple stands talk1ng w1th George Kayser who 1S now the coach of Il11no1s Lee 1S explamlng why he left Iowa and returned to the state of staunch Democrats Iova was too full of Repubhcans to su1t h1m F1nally as a cl1max to our Journey we d6C1de to v1s1t the Capltal of the Un1ted States where we know we'll f1nd Larry Swann as an F B I agent At the pre sent t1me he 1S out on a case and we cannot reach h1m Wh1le here at Washlngton I shall P1Ck up my d1scharge wh1ch IS now awaltlng me After my last 30 day furlough from the W A F 's I shall return to M1lton where my husband has been keep1ng the home f1res and the washlng mach1ne go1ng Tw ns you know Cheerlo' Vada Younker 12. S . , . , . . . 1 1 1 ' . I . , . . . . , 1 0 I ' 1 1 . . . , . . 3 l a e Q 0 a 1 ' . , . . . 1 1 - I I . , . . . . 1 ' ' 1 1 1 I 1 . . . . 1 , , . , . ll ' . . , . .- . .... , . . D I l . ' I 1 1 1 1 - ' , . . . ' . . , I - -I . . . , . . . . - venture tales of his travels. . , , . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . - , . ' . . -. - . . 1 . Y , P . . . , . . . . , so , g . . , . J . I I O I Q - I . I , . . , . . , ' ' . ,. . y 1 i , , ' .