Okoboji High School - Oriole Tales Yearbook (Okoboji, IA)

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Class Histor In the year of 19h2 nine ants left their home hills to begin an ant hill of their own an their council meeting they decided to re side at this ant hill for twelve years letting ants come and go as they wished They also decided to call their new home Okoboji Hill The first year we see Janet Olson, Ruth williams, Irwin Bates, William Martens, Jay and Joyce Meyers, Jerry Hoskens and donald Day singer with Miss Perry as queen The first year, a busy one, ran smoothly without any changes but the second year was far different Janet Olson, Irwin Bates, and Jerry Roskens left heading for nest port Hill Ronald Daysinger and Miss Perry also left Geraldine Olson, DeAnne delle, Gary Miller and Miss Montag joined the hill with Miss Montag taking Miss Perry's place as queen The third year Joyce and Jay Meyer and Gary Miller left early with Geraldine Olson following later These ants were replaced by Judith Porter, Ronald Arms, blmer Neilsen and Robert Schmidt All stayed except Judith Porter who left destination unknown Miss Montag was queen for this year also The year is now 19 S and we find only one leaving, our queen Miss Montag who is replaced by Miss Martin we also have Carol Tlm ons joining our busy little settlement What a prosperous year 19 6 was hdward Lloyd, Jerry Roskens, Janet Olson, LaVon Range, Cynthia Meyer, Irwin Bates, and Leora Schoning coming from Westport Hill and Nate Gould coming down from higher ground to boost the population to a booming sixteen e also had Miss Hines replacing Miss Martin as queen Our sixth year Gerald Martin, Geraldine Olson, hdward Lloyd, Bailey and Edward Lloyd weren't quite satisfied and left after a short time We also have one ant who decided to tour the outside territory, Elmer Neilson, left the first of the year and came back report to us what our outside world to the west was like Miss Schram took over Miss Hines' place as queen Okoboji H1ll's seventh year saw Gerald Martin and Janet Olson leaving at the first of the year and Cynthia Meyer a short while later It also saw Mrs Bendlin moving in and taking over the queen's throne The eighth year saw three queens come and go, they being Mrs Joe Miller, Mrs Ray Soat and Mr Sanford Also william Martens, one of the first settlers of Okoboji Hill left late in the year and headed north The ninth year was the end of the trial years and the beginning of the years of many queens instead of one we have only one other change taking place this year Geraldine Olson joining her fellow ants once more In the year of 1951 Jeanette Vander Gaast joined the Okoboji Hill and Geraldine Olson left to begin an ant hill of her own During the eleventh year one of great accomplishments, we have just one change taking place Leora Schonlng left Okoboji Hill to go to Spencer Hill We have now reached our twelfth and final year This year we have Irma Froendt, Karen Morisky, Mac Mitchell and Carole Grim join ing us These ants were formerly inhabitants of Spirit Lake and Mil ford but joined our family when they became tired of the hastern climate Well here we are today the present residents of Okoboji Ronald Arms, Irwin Bates, Irma Froendt, Nathan Gould, Carole Grim, Mac Kitchell, Karen Morisky, Elmer Neilsen, LaVon Range, Jerry Roskens, Robert Sch idt, Carol Tim ons, Jeanette Vander Gaast, Deknne Welle, and Ruth Williams During the past twelve years these ants have acquired a great store house of information and knowledge also humor and good times I u ' p , '.4 .fu Lester Bailey, and Miss Schrmm moved in. Geraldine Olson, Lester . to . u 3 .