Ogden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ogden, IA)

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PP l flax: Propfzecy A short time ago Mr. I-Iolzapfel became a crystal gazer and found out what the class of 1940 was doing. He told us that this is what the crys- tal ball showed. A large dairy farm among gently rolling land of the grazing country of Iowa, and then flash! the scene changed to the dining room of the large house situated on the dairy farm. There he saw Mr. and Mrs. Lu Verne Thiessen and their son. Lu Verne Jr. was then four years old. In a small church in a wooded glen there was a meeting that was going to be held that night. A man noted for his talking on books, as Re- ligion and Modern Youth, was there, Mr. Wil- liam Murdock. He has won fame with his mod- ern ideas and his wise thinking to help stabilize the youth of the day and to insure the youth of tomorrow. In a moderate, but modem apartment he found several girls trying on dresses and having them criticized by a very charming lady. It was Miss Elaine Anderson, the lady who designs dresses for the swankiest of dr-ess shops in Chicago. Again those swanky offices come into view and sitting in front of a desk taking dictation from a fat and ponderous man he viewed a person, rather tall and blond, male, wearing glasses. It was Mor- ris Blaskey, the personal secretary and valet to Mr. W. P. Wonderaround, the oil magnet. Pete has great sport by getting the boss' goat, we thugs call it blackmail. P. S. Pete found out who the boss went out with when his wife was out to a bridge tea. Pete was always wise that way. Again, another dairy farm, only this time in the Southern part of Iowa. The occupants were Mr. and Mrs. Dizzy LaMar. Mrs. LaMar is the former Miss Blanche Kirkman of Ogden, Iowa. The LaMar farm is contracted to sell milk to the school children in Kansas City. The dairy farm is doing well, but not poor Diz, he looks like he went through a threshing machine. fl-low cruel some women can be.J Appearing next was a football field. Second quarter. It is the Green Bay Packers against the Chicago Bears. It seemed that two of the play- crs on the field for the Packers appeared quite familiar, they should have, for at right end was Pete Garvey, at one time an All-American end, and as quarterback was Charles Garvey, the cap- tain said to be the smart-est field general since Frank Keredio battled for Rockne at Notre Dame. The crystal ball vibrated with the sound of the big city and was illuminated by the bright lights of New York and a cab drove up in front of a the little theatre off Time's Square. The chauf- feur opened the door and a man and a lady get out, dressed in evening clothes. As the man gave the chauffeur directions we saw his face and it was Mr. Kenneth Webber. He is the head of the Webber Construction Company Inc. that built the Magna Tower, the ninth wonder of the modern age. The lady we saw with him is his wife, the former Miss Marion Stamp. In the cast of Tamoro's play, 'Ceasar's Vic- tory, was the lad who has gone far since his act- ing in Ogden. Mr. Glen Andrew had the leading part as Julius Ceasar. Many critics acclaim him to be a second Leslie Howard and others say that he is in a class by himself. The crystal ball changed to a soft green valley where was seen a huge lay of land gently rolling and liberally covered with sleek cattle, two big barns and a big house. The man dressed in over- alls, turned so his face could be seen. Dean Miller is a very prosperous farmer. It takes a smart farmer nowadays with everything machinery, to be prosperous, because you can't feed com to a trac- tor and make it run. Next a huge building came into view. High School is written on its front. He mounted the steps and stopped at a door. I-Ie looked in and found a history class: the teacher was wearing glasses and her name was Miss Jane Kennedy. Across town to a smaller brick building and into the first and second grade room the teacher, Phyl- lis Shadle, was trying to teach the children their A. B. C.'s. It looked like a hopeless task but she had a hopeful smile so let her do her best. War ' ! l Cannons thundered, machine-guns chattered, planes dived and bombs streaked earth- ward, blasting cities with devastating rapidity: people madly scrambled for shelter. This was all caught by Miss Doris Boehm and Ruth Naeve, two top flight reporters for the Allergic Monthly. Ruth gets the scene on the film and Doris tells it in written words tc the public in America who rate her along with Dorothy Thompson.

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Class W ill I, Jeanne Wilson, will my black hair to Mary Janice Boehm. I, Jane Kennedy, will my serious look to the freshmen. They need it! I, Paul Blyth, hereby will my leadership to Louie Treloar and I don't mean girls! I, Marion Wolber, will my sleepy look to Cur- tis Blyth. I, Elaine Anderson, hereby give my freckles to Twila Zwald. I, Eldon Bergstrom, will my companionable ways to Donald Leichliter. I, Elizabeth Marquardt, will my faithfulness to Phyllis Burt. I, Glen Andrew will with gratefulness, my school spirit to the whole school. I, Dorothy Donelson, will my smile to Jean Boehm. Don't use it for flirting ei-ther! I, Rosella Freie, will my ready laugh to Viola Carpenter and use it once in a while. I, Marylin Wirtz, will by brother to anyone who has a good brother in return. I, Blanche Kirkman, will my red hair to Lois Kuhl, because I think it would go with her tem- per. I, Ruth Erickson, will my affability to Edith Dixson. I, Charlotte Nelson, give the use of my Dad's V-8 to Weldon Lessen so that I may ride with his brother. I, Dorothy Dillman, will my good nature to Ruth Leichliter and hope it serves her as it has me. I, Marjorie Vamer, will my belief in human nature to all pessamists, who want to use it. There's plenty that need it. I, Arlene Lark, give my coquettish glance to Betty Jones, even though she'd get along with- out it. I, Lorraine Wright, will my fun-loving nature to the teachers of Ogden High. I, Raechel Caldwell, will my ability as a band- member to all future bandmembers. I, Dean Mill-er, do will my ability to talk to Ernest Cramer. I, Eleanor Campbell, will my neatness to all the pupils of this school. I, jo Ann Miller, will my pleasurable compan- ionship to Cletus McCaskey. I, Merle Sherbring, will my physique to La Verne Ensley and hope he makes good use of it. This will entered into Cor was ith by the great OJ seniors on this, the last day of school Cwe hopel, has thus been duly administered and exev cubed Cmurderedj for the benefit of all posterity.

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flass Propfzecy Back to the big city, up thirty floors in the Empire State Building, in the spacious office of the executor of the Rockefeller estate, sat a secre- tary, rather small, dark haired, and pretty. She was Miss Betty Ehlers. Betty once said high places bothered her. Well, can you imagine that! Then to another part of the big city, then to Madison Square Garden, where the highlight of the boxing card for the middleweight crown of the world. It was Mr. Pat Tilley vs. Mickey Shay, in a r 5 round engagement. The odds are on Pat. at three to five. The crystal ball seemed to take in the audience and we saw in a ring side seat two very pretty ladies, Miss Charlotte Nelson and Miss Dorothy Dillman. These two ladies believe in the career idea, Cyou know ,men as a past time are just to kill time.J They have a nice little shop for Inter- ior Decoration. Then a highway appeared, and speeding down it was a great white semi-bus. Inside, was a man driving, and in the trailer was an all-girl orches- tra. It was Miss Doris Clausen, with her all-girl orchestra, which is as famous for its Dine and Dance music as is Doris with her piano that talks. The crystal ball seemed to go dim then light up again as the brilliant light of a well lighted poultry farm came into view. Seen there was a man, Mr. Keith Hunter, as he made his last rounds. He must have been throwing a party, be- cause it was just xzoo by the clock. The crystal ball flashed and then vibrated with swing music. There was a rather short gentleman wearing a tuxedo, and smoking an imported cigar: the sign on the office down the hall from the dancing said, Mr. Bud Wolber, Private. This lit- tle rendezvous of the hepcats in a very classified model of high class nite spot in Des Moines. Bud seems to have prospered. Switching to the Main ball room of this place he saw sitting at a booth well off the main floor two very attractive couples, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blyth, the former Miss Jeanne Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Miller, the former Miss Janice Garland. Both ladies were of the class of '40, Behind the scene, Paul and Virgil are both in the agricultural field, working on soil reconstruction for the Dust Bowl. We may find a nursery in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Blyth and also in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Miller. The Blyth's have a boy of six and the Miller's have twins, both girls, five years old. The crystal ball faded. Silence. Oh! Here it came, another gridiron, the two teams seemed even- ly matched, and who sat on opposing benches but Coach Merle Sherbring and Coach Floyd Tilley, both of these boys were formerly stars on our own gridiron, and they graduated from Notre Dame, both being star athletics while there. Sorry there wasn't time to witness the game of the future but our time was limited. Time and tide wait for no man. What was next? Black clouds, thunder, crash. and lightning illuminated the heavens in a display of Nature's handicraft in fine works. Above this turmoil were seen two trim fighting planes, single seaters, spit fire, and in the cockpits, were found two lads talking by radio. One was Ralph Ray and the other was Vernon Wenger. They have gone to help the Democracies in Europe's fight against communism which had control of almost all Europe. Both boys have 30 planes to their credit, and are known on both sides as Hell's Angels. The loud cry of infants drifted to us from the crystal ball and a small modern brick front build ing appeared with the inscription on the front, Check your baby while you shop. It seemed that Miss Ruth Kuhl and Miss Jo Ann Miller are helping the family budget by running a baby nur- sery. The crystal brought into view a very familiar assembly hall. Why it was Ogden's l l l It thun- dered with applause as a man in a gray suit step- ped before them. Well, by the great planet Jupi- ter, it was Eldon Bergstrom. He has set him- self up in the Animal Husbandry side of agricul- ture, and, look where he is today! Lecturing on the same in the Agriculture world!