Orient High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Orient, IA)

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CLASS HISTORY In 1935 twenty flve llttle lmks entered the front door of the Orlent Fonsolxdated School and formed the beglnnlng of the chain that has wlth stood all changes and IS now known as the Class of 47 Among those startmg that September day were Dorls Bathurst Ruth Hewltt l..lllBl'1 lurdy Marllyn Weber Harold Cavlness ames Hartman Phyllx Clayton Margaret Kuhns Marllyn Stutt Harold Haag Vernon Clemens Donald Sheehan Earl Vandewater Ruth Evans joy Ray Wanda Weed joan Bell Boyd Dwyer Dean Green Lola Fust Gertrude K1tt Allce Thomp son Clayton Turner Harold Kmkennon and Morrls Clayton In the f1rst and second 'Jrades these httle links worked hard and learned to count and read They made a study of Indians and built a tepee and ground corn meal It wa mn the thxrd grade that they proved to the world they also could be authors Some of their famous quotatxons that are sure to go down mn hxstory are We have s1x baby klttens at home I saw a meadow lark ln a tree lt had a pretty black t1e Last Saturday mght we had a baby calf It was whlte The old cat washed her klttens wlth her tongue Fourth grade brought long dlV1SlOn problems hlstory and explorers Fmfth grade found them spec1a11z1ng In art and Marxe johnson specxallzmg xn the barber busmess on oy Ray s plgtatls junlor H1gh broughta varxety of act1v1t1es In S1xth grade they studxed Iowa Hlstory and or gamzed a club ln thelr Englxsh class In the Seventh grade they entertam ed the E1ghth grade at a graduatxon partyf joy Ray bemg the wmner of the school spellmg contest Many changes had been made ln those exght years New classmates Jolned the cham and some of the old ones left the chain Twenty four lmks made up the Freshman class They were Frank Clayton joy Ray Marxe johnson Marllyn Stutt Delbert Kmgery Gertrude K1tt Wayne Miller Bill Frederlck joan Everlmg Doris Bathurst Delores Inlow Vernon Clemons Harold Cavmess Dale Reeves Margxe Clayton Vererly Ernbree Lavonne McKee Earl D1bel Earl Estell Charles Evans Me vm Halterman Phxlllp Leach Bob l..1lly and Earl Vandewater Durmg the year mne of then' classmates left them They were Earl Dxbel Lavonne McKee Bevel ly Embree Earl Estell Melvln Halter man Ph1ll1p Leach Dale Reeves and Earl Vandewater Mr Glttens servai as supermtendent and coach Mrs Klburz as prlncmpal Mrs Engel Mrs Ehlers and Mrs Broderson completed the staff Thelr sophomore year found them worklng geometry Mrs Glftens was st1ll at the head w1th M1ss Molst Mrs Bennett and Mrs Wzlson to help h1m g g - - 1 - X 1 1 2 . . .F 1 1 1 1 -f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I - 1 1 , . .J . 3 un . . 11 an , . 11 11 . . 11 11 . . .1 , . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . -Q . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 A 1 1 1 - I I Y I 1 1 1 - - . . , . , . . , . , .