Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1940 ROBERT BRADY-Bob is a polenlial busi- ness man . . . 5 leel 8If2 inches lall . . . Ouiel, bul usually knows lhe righl answer . . . Believes in praclising whal he preaches ...His lavorile subiecl was bookkeeping . . . Likes yellow . . . Bob believes lhal gradua- lion is lhe oulslanding evenl ol lhe year. ROBERT BOSCH-Noled lor his abilily lo have a good lime . . . Red agrees wilh Presidenl Roosevell on lhe issue ol music- He likes Home on lhe Range loo . . . His hobbies are slamp collecling and phologra- phy . . . Prinling was lhis well-known lad's la- vorile subiecl . . . Plans lo become an agri- culluralisl. MARJORIE CHAMBERLIN - Mari is fall and slender . . . Has a lurned-up nose and prelly eyes . . . Belonged lo Hi-Tri in her junior and senior years . . . A member ol chorus when a lreshman . . . Her hobby is roller skaling . . . Would like lo become a beaulician . . . Will probably allend Thomp- son Beauly School. FRANCES BURROUGHS-Her lriends call her Honey , . . Anolher live-looler . . . Has a pleasing manner . . . Member ol Curia Regia in her sophomore year . . . Collecls piclure poslcards as a hobby . . . Dislikes chewing gum . . . Her ambilion is lo be- come a privale secrelary . . . Expecls lo allend a business college. MARGARET CURTIS-Margarel is a very prelly girl wilh a sweel smile and a pleasing personalily . . . A chorisler in her lreshman and sophomore years . . . Also one ol lhose Hi-Tri girls . . . Anolher person who doesn'l like I lold you so'sII . . Eilher business or Sammy will claim her aller gradualion. H3AB'ELIi D7R'v'I'5-A who as lull ol vim, vigor, and vilalily . . . Fiddled lor lhree years in lhe orcheslra . . . Helped lo cos- lume M. H. S. dramalisls 'lor lwo years . . . Hopes lo spend her lulure making ladies beaulilul . . . Has a secrel ambilion lo be able lo skale as well as Sonia Henie. GERTRUDE BROMWELL-Called Gerl by her lriends . . . Exaclly 5 leel 4 inches lall . . . English was her lavored subiecl . . . Anolher person who prelers lo do her ealing al home . . . A very likely prospecl, boys. lor her hobby is collecl- ing obiecls lor her hope chesl and her one ambilion is lo become a good house wile. BETTY CALLAWAY- Corkey-A very prelly brunelle . . . Sang in chorus her sophomore and iunior years . . .A mem- ber ol Hi-Tri lor lwo years . . . Also par- licipaled in Curia Regia and Junior Ad . . . Belly's ambilion in lile is lo lravel . . . Callecls loy dogs as a hobby . . . Plans lo enroll al Ames nexl year. PAUL WILLIAM DeCAMP-Here's an- olher fellow wilh plenly ol gray maller slored upslairs . . . P. D. is aboul 5 leel 8 inches lall . . . Blew a bil in orcheslra lor a year . . . A member ol Chemislry Club lhis year. . . Dislikes iillerbugs and calchy lesl queslions . . . Will enroll in M. J. C. LORRAINE BRUNSON - Larry previous- ly allended Franklin Junior High al Rock Island . . . Has a charming and sweel personalily . . . Sang in Rose ol lhe Danube and Fausl . . . Member ol Hi-Tri in her senior year. . .Also bowled . . . Claims her pel peeve is slaps on lhe back . . . Hopes lo become a nurse ARTHUR CAUSEY- Mr. Causey's son has blue eyes and lighl hair. . . Is ambi- lious lo lravel and become a second Frank Buck . . . Six leel fall . . . Used his heighl lo good advanlage in loolball, baskelball, and lrack . . . A Non Pareil member . . . Prelers lo hunl and lish in his spare lime. DONALD DAVISON-Don is a sweel Ii'I lreckle-laced lad . . . Reads..'.'Esq,ui,re . . . Slriclly a man's man . . . Incidenl- ally, he's also a lady killer . . Don and Richard Klink ioined lorces al Hi-Y meel- ings lo secure an exlra share ol mealballs . . . An occasional slamp colleclor . . . A lulure M. J. C. sludenl . . . Phone number 2708. ..27-.

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MALETA AYE-Lee is lhe young lady's nickname . . . She is 5 leel 8 inches lall . . . Somewhal ol an alhlele--Played volleyball during her freshman and iunior years . . . Enioys hunling, hiking. and reading . . . A member ol Hi-Tri, Chemislry Club, and Curia Regia . . . Her vocalion will be nursing. HAROLD BAUMGARDNER-Bummer-A very alhlelic young man renowned lor lhe bumper crop he displays on his chin . . . Parlicipaled in loolball. baskelball. and lrack . . . Co-caplain ol loolball squad in senior year . . . Hi-Y in iunior and senior years . . . Wanls lo become a capilalisl. MYLES BEITZ-Myles is ralher small wilh dark wavy hair and brown eyes . . . A Thespian in lhe lreshman, sophomore, and iunior plays . . . Served on slage crew ol alleschool play . . . A member of Speech Arls . . . In F. F. A. lour years . . . Served as vice-presidenl ol lhe organizalion in his junior year. ROBERT BOHM -Carne lo M. H. S. from Dubuque . . . Is known as Bomber . . .f On loolball and lrack leams for lhree years . . . Says- his favorile ealing place is home-His molher musl be a good cook!-Bul he can cook lool-In lacl, he claims cooking was his lavorile subiecl . . . Would like lo ioin lhe navy or lhe army. M. H. S. SENIORS RICHARD ALBERT-This lad has a leaning loward sciences ol all kinds . . . Came lo M. H. S. lrom Sainl Malhias . . . Has unruly hair plus a mischievous smile . . . Member ol Chemislry Club . . . Dick's hobbies are model airplanes, scoolers, radios, and gasoline engines . . . Plans lo allend an aircrall Trades school. KENNETH M. BERRY-A small boy . . . Ralher quiel . . . Has mischievous eyes . . . Kenny has been aclive in F. F. A. work lor lhree years . . . He goes hunling and collecfs malch-book covers in his spare lime . . . His secrel ambilion is lo lly high some day-lo become an avialor. JAMES BERNARD BELL--Benny has large brown eyes, wavy hair, and lhe much-needed gray maller . . . Expresses his inner- mosl leeling by a lusly Jirniny crickelsl . . . Would like lo become an archileclural engineer . . . A member ol Chemislry Club. . . Skelches as a hobby ...Will haunl eilher M. J. C. or Iowa U. nexl lall. JOSEPHINE ELLEN BLAIR-A previous inmale ol Davenporl High . . . Transferred lo M. H. S. lor her senior year . . . lm- medialely became a member of lhal unique Chemislry Club . . . Likes lo skale and swim when she isn'l busy reading . . . Jo is 5 leel 4If2 inches fall . . . Expecls lo enroll in Cedar Rapids Nurses' Training Hospilal. BETTY BABBITT-A quiel lillle miss who lels olhers do lhe lalking . . . Towers exaclly live leel lall-so, well earns her nick- name. Shrimp . . . Dislikes people who chew gum and lalk aboul olhers . . . Her hobby is collecling piclures . . . Favorile subiecl was sociology . . . Hopes lo leach social sciences. SHIRLEY BERGENSKE-Much pep is lied up in lhis brighl- eyed miss . . . Friends call her Red . . . Belonged lo Hi-Tri in her junior and senior years . . . Chemislry Club member when a senior . . . Claims her pel peeve is chemislry . . . Will lake up nursing , . . Plans lo sludy al Iowa Lulheran Hospilal in Des Moines. VICTOR BILL-Jusl call him Vic or Bill . . . A Smilh-Hughes sludenl . . . Aclive in F. F. A. four years . . . Aboul 5 leel 9 inches . . . Likes molorcycling, fishing, and hunling as hobbies . . . Blue is his lavorile color . . .Reads The Enlhusiasl in his spare lime . . . Vic plans lo make agricullure his vocalion. GLEN BLOOM+Tall and slender . . . Likes lo swing oul on his sax . . . Slarred in baskelball all four years . . , Also aclive in baseball and lennis . . . A member ol Hi-Y lor lhree years . . . Parlicipaled in Chemislry Club, Lellermen's Club, and Junior Ad when a senior . . . Plans lo go 'lo M. J. C. 26- I

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MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS CDF 1940 DUANE EGEL-Known as Dewey . . Tall, wilh lighl hair and blue eyes . . . An aclive member of F. F. A. for Iour years . . . Goes hunling and horseback riding in his spare lime . . . Wenl lo grade school al Maple Grove School . .. Anolher young man who plans lo +ill lhe soil as a vocalion. MILDRED FISI-I--Called Midge or Fish .. . 5 'feel 8 inches 'Iall . . . Has a friend- ly personalily . . . She will make someone a good wife, lor cooking was her favor- ile subiecl . . . Parliclpaled in Seco dur- ing her senior year . . . Her ambilion is lo own a beauly parlor. JEAN FREERS-Always friendly and usu- ally smiling . . . Member ol Non Pareil and Seco . . . Likewise Hi-Tri . . . Cook- ing and sewing are her hobbies . . . Her iavorile ealing place is lhe Tip Top . . . Favorile sublecl was modern problems . . . Wanfs lo become a beaulician . . . Will sludy in Des Moines. DEE DOUGLASS-Everyone associales handsome Iealures, wavy hair, and sky- blue eyes wilh Dee . . . This cer'l'ain lillle lad declares girls and show-offs are his pel peeves . . . Maybe lhal s why he's learning 'lo cook . . . Dee's hobby is slamp collecling . . . His Iavorile subiecl was geomelry. RICHARD FIGGE-Nalurally he's called Dick . . . Has lighl hair, blue eyes . . . A member ol: mixed chorus lor lhree years . . . Sang in Carmen, Rose of lhe Danube, and Messiah . . . Dislikes baby lalk and enioys all ouldoor sporls . . .Would like 'ro become a Ford repre- senlalive-Plans lo allend lhe Ford Mo- lors School. EDNA ANNA FREESE-Her nickname is Freeze . . . Homemaking is her liavorile subiecl . . . A member ol: Seco in her senior year . . . Has lhe Iascinaling hobby of collecling perfume bollles . . . And here's sornelhing novel-Her ambi- lion is To own a 'Iaxi company . . . Will allend A, I. C. in Davenporl. .. 128.- DORIS DRUMM--Dorey is 5 feel 8 inches high . . . Has large, friendly eyes and a prelly smile . . . Belonged lo G. A. A. in her iunior year. . . Hi-Tri when a senior . . . Her ambilion is lo become a leacher . . . Expecls lo allend M. C. and Iowa Slale Teachers' College al Cedar Falls. BEN FINLEY-A friendly grin-a brighl red swealer-a cheery Hi will be memor- ies of Ben . . .Transferred here from Cones- ville High School . . , Wanls lo be a 'travel- ing salesman . . . For lhree years Ben was oul for baseball. baskelball, and lrack . . . Likes Careless . . . Failhful reader of Life magazine OTIS FREYERMUTH-Has Ihe ralher un- usual nickname of Slugger. . . Aboul' 5 feel 7 inches 'fall . . . A quiel, reserved sorl ol person . . . Aclive in F. F. A. for four years . . . Was secrelary ancl 'Ireasurer of The or- ganizalion . . . He claims he dislikes all girls . . . His ambilion is 'Io play ball like Dizzy Dean. JOHN ELLIOTT-This senior has an unusual ambilion--He wanls lo become a successful housemover . . . John lacks one inch ol being a six-Iooler . . . ls a very good lislen- er-a lrue arl . . . His hobby is drumming . . . Ailer gradualion he plans l'o allend Ames. BETTY FOSTER-A quiel, sludious miss, 5 feel 3 inches lall . . . Dislikes people who laugh when fhere isn'l' anylhing lo laugh aboui . . . A member of I-Ii-Tri during her junior and senior years . . .Sang in Rose oi lhe Danube when a sophomore . . . Will conlinue her commercial sludies nexl year al A. I. C. in Davenporl. WINFIELD SCOTT FRYE-Scolfly or Small Fry-Take your choice . . . Has allained The aslounding heighl ol: 5 feel I inch . . . His favorile song is Indian Summer . . . Eighlh periods and advanced assignmenls are Scol- ly's pel' peeves . . . A reader of Life and Look . . ., Noled for his sense ol: humor . . . Liked sociology.