Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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CLASS WILL The Scene: The Odebolt Court House The Time: May, l950 The door opens and we fthe underclassmen of O. H. S. watch as lawyer Bartley Ogden enters. As he approaches the front of the room, we note that his face, also, reflects the sorrow we all feel on this great and sad day. After wiping a tear from his eye, he pulls from his pocket the last will and testament of the Senior Class of '50, who have passed on. Forever struggling to keep down a tremor in his voice, he reads as follows: We, the class of '50, being of sound mind and reason do hereby set forth our last will and testament. To the Class of '5l we bequeath our mighty title of Seniors and hope they will continue the standards that we have set. We also individually bequeath the following invaluable possessions. I, Dick Gardner, will my ability to acquire a job to anyone unemployed. I, Albert Veit, will my black hair to John Witt. I, Elaon Olanettle, will my ability to chew gum in class to Gordon Friday. I, Doyle Hansen, will my extemparaneous speaking ability to Leonard Ziegmann. I, Royce Hannel, will my freckles to Myra Dreessen. I, Ronnie Rex, will my trombone ability to Wally Duffy. l, Ruth Kessler, will my nerve to drive with a speed demon to Helen Reuber. George Hummel, will my athletic ability to Roger Buxton. Helen Landgraf, bequeath my modest ways to Shirley Einspahr. I, Ulla Griffin, will my ability to get and keep my man to Ruth Krusenstjerna. I, James Barkley, will my physique to Ronny Samuelson. Jeanne Lindquist, will my ability to play soccer ball to Miss Shaw. Margie Bengford, will my blond, wavy, hair to Barbara Murr. I, Don Sorensen, will my ability to play cards to Jim Morr. I, Velma Paul, do hereby bequeath my ability to go with underclassmen to Margaret Einspahr. I, Mildred Schramm, bequeath my dark complexion to Lois Rohlf. I, Irvin Stehr, will my ability to drive a big car to Bill Teaquist. I, Tom Reynolds will my graceful walk to Carol Schaefer. I, Sianey Nelson, will my difficulties in Bookkeeping to the '5l class. I, Joan Wilken, will my ability to get along in Wall Lake to Dick Swanson. I, Jane Teaquist, bequeath my ear-to-ear smile to John Krusenstjerna. I, Tom Bengford, bequeath my ability with out-of-town girls to Jim Brower. Joan Kies, will my college men to Janet Sonksen. Lorna Snyder, will my ability to get an army man to Ruth Treman. I, James Turner, bequeath my curls to Janice Turin. I, Chuck Gunderson, will my cattle judging ability to James Hess. I, Verna Mae Tiefenthaler, bequeath my giggles to the morose souls in the world. I, Kathryn Currie, will my quiet, luring ways to Jean Olson. I, JoAnn Bye, will myself to all the domestic duties of housekeeping. Jack Gunderson, will my height to Dale Linman. Charles Krusenstjerna, will those confusing signs and symbols in Advanced Math back to the Chinese language. I, Marilyn Olberding, bequeath my guarding ability to next year's post guard. I, Donald Peterson, will my superior drinking ability to Don Dreessen. I, Lawrence Hoefling, will my knowledge of farming to Mr. Dean Brown. I, Howard Hoefling, will my small nose to John Rex. Lyle Konrady, will my motorcycle to anyone who wants to risk his neck. Lois Schaefer, will my liking for those big football players to Dolores Huebner. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, We, the class of '50 hereby appoint as executors of this Last Will and Testament, the faculty of the Odebolt High School, to act without bond, to the end that all the terms hereinbefore stated be fulfilled. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred fifty. THE CLASS OF i950 page twenty-four

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CLASS PROPHECY Did you ever gaze into a crystal ball? Personally, I never did either, but I did have a rather strange encounter with an inverted fruit bowl the other day. It seemed I could make out figures walking around in there. The first one l could recognize was Pro- fessor Doyle Hansen, now of the University of Chicago, conducting a study of hoof and mouth diseases among chickens. His assist- ant, Dr. Lois Schaefer, was busy luring men into cages to be used as human guinea pigs. That glimpse of two old classmates in O.H.S. filled me with a feeling of nostalgia. The figures in the bowl before me cast a spell over me. I day dreamed and I saw- Dick Gooches Best Gardner is now run- ning a penny arcade near Reno, Nevada. He gets to meet more girls that way. Eldon Oldnettle, star center of the Univer- sity of Kentucky basketball team dumped in 97 points in one game-and fouled out in the second quarter. Ruth Kessler again reached the finals of the Miss America contest. When asked what her secret of success was, she replied, lt's those new bathing suits. That man of leisure, Albert Veit, struck it rich when he invented the automatic hair comber, tooth brusher, and ear washer. Just stick your head in and the machine does the rest. It jammed once and look at Albert. Mildred Schramm is at Iowa State teach- ing baby calves how to moo. Irvin Stehr has perfected his tractor at- tachment which will permit cultivation at 60 miles per hour. That's Irvin, always in a hurryl Tom Reynolds, local greasemonkey, is now offering his services as chimney sweep. The famous writer, Margaret Bengford, author of The Wartless Toad has announc- ed that she will give up her career to marry Howard Hoefling, Prohibitionist senator from Utah. Don Sleepy Sorensen, has invented a new mattress which automatically turns you over when you grow uncomfortable. Million- aire manufacturer, Sidney Nelson, has con- tracted to produce them. Helen Landgraf, noted music critic, has recently denounced Chopin and Bach in favor of Spike Jones and Stan Kenton. World's Champion Wrestler, George Hum- mel, in an exhibition match defeated both Primo Carnera and Gorgeous George. He said his most formidable competition is Superman. Gangster Ronnie Maul 'em Rex and his moll, The Terror Wilken, at last gained complete control of the underworld. They are being pursued by F. B. I. agents, Bloodhound Peterson and Undercover Hannel. Jane Teaquist left last week for Afghan- istan to study the mating habits of dodo birds. Actress Velma Paul stars in The Girl with the Green Blood. Director of Bankrupt Studios Inc., Lawrence Hoefling, says it will be the greatest hit in years. Sudent of philosophy, Tom Bengford, set science back two thousand years with his theory that the earth is square. Scientist Joan Kies is making a study of her own head to find out if there is any truth to the statement, Nothing can grow in a vacuum. Her assistant, Lorna Snyder, as- assures her that there's no use trying. James Turner has given up his gambling ring in Las Vegas, and is studying to be fof all things? a missionary. Ulla Griffin has become president of the National Bankers Association. Quite a jump for a stenographer. United Mine Workers leader, Charles Gunderson, today ordered his miners back on the job at 57.59 an hour. One of his labora- tory experts Verna Mae Tiefenthaler found a new use for coal tar, hair oil. Kathryn Currie was guest performer at the International Music festival. She sang selections from the Suite for pitchfork and bass drum featuring Jean Lindquist. JoAnn Bye has settled down from an exciting past to the quiet life of domestic science teacher-for boys! She says they need to be domesticated. Ex-dope-smuggler, Jack Gunderson, has become a big time Romeo on Broadway. He wants the spice of life. Marilyn Physical Olberding again won the national cross country snow-shoe contest. She completed the three-thousand mile trip in three weeks, without food or water. Explorer Charles Krusenstjerna yester- day made the first rocket trip to Mars. He says people there are not nearly so advanced as the earthlings. Girls there wear short skirts. James Barkley is president of Station KQOWIXTY, an affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company. You can tune in at one o'clock every morning and listen to his exciting new Man-on-the-Street program entitled My Rendezvous with a Dinosaur. Speedster Lyle Konrady has completed his round-the-world motorcycle trip and won the title of fool of the year. Thus the class of '50 passed in review before me. May this glimpse into the future offer a challenge to you underclassmen to al- most, but not quite, equal our record. page twenty-three

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BACK ROW-lleft to right? Jim Morr, Kenneth Fertig, Don Dreessen, Jim Brower, Dick Swanson, Don Gunderson. FIFTH ROW-Harlan Gosch, Priscilla Francis, Sidney Huff, Mildred Stover, Joyce Thielke, Jim Hess. FOURTH ROW-Leonard Ziegmann, Mary Lou Auen, Helen Reuber, Cletus Wingert, Stanley Vernia, Nancy Witt, Don Finger. THIRD ROW-Richard Taylor, Lois Rohlf, Roger Buxton, Neil Schroeder, Gordon Friday, LaVern Harodon, Jack Nuetzman. SECOND ROW-Mary Bird, Barbara Boyd, Howard Einspahr, LaVonne Roth, Barbara Vernia, Marjorie Dinges, Ruth Treman. FRONT ROW-Ardine Paulson, Barbara Murr, Janet Sonksen, Dorothy Bengford, Dolores Huebner, Veronica Veit, Myra CLASS OF l95l Dreessen. OUCHI Who's the dumb, stupid igno- ramus that set my locker! Oh, hi there. What happened? lt's really nothing out of the ordinary. Somebody set my locker so that the books would fall out on my head. It happens all the time. You see, l'm a junior, Class of '5l, and everything happens to us. We're the fightingest, noisiest, most mischievous bunch of fellas and girls in Senior High, but we've got our good points too. Let me tell you about us. Last October, fourteen of the forty-some members of our class presented When I Was Green -our Junior Play. It was really terrif- ic. lf you didn't get to see it, just ask some of the cast, they'll tell you. And remember the nights icold ones, tooi the mighty Tro- jans were storming down the home gridiron with the limp bodies of the opposotion mark- ing their path? The fellas and girls that had hot dogs and steaming coffee ready for you belonged to this class too. Then there was the big Junior-Senior banquet. Oh, yes, and did you happen to notice that quite a few of the O. H. S. athletes and musicians, not to mention the kids that took part in speech and were on the honor roll, are juniors? So, you see, we do have a few merits. First semester we were led by Kenny l'll be out tonight if I can get the car, Marg Fertig, Lois let's go to Denison Rohlf, and Dick Nipper Swanson. Second Semester we elected as class officers, Jim the good-will ambassador to HoIstein Brower, Gordie the Plymouth-Chrysler man , and Helen l'll be home tonight, Carol Reuber. Then, too, we had Romeo Hess, Walking-Chronicle Treman, Don Finger leaning on V. Veit's locker, Pretty Boy Einspahr, Tweetie Bird, Barbara in the Buick Vernia, Brown-eyes Taylor, and a whole mess of other guys and gals. We're finishing this year with a lot of happy memories, and some not-so-happy ones too. But we've had lots of fun as juniors, and are now looking forward to our last year at O.H.S. Good luck to the class of '52, and we'll be seeing you in next year's annual. lBe sure to subscribe? page twenty-five