Panora High School - Echoes Yearbook (Panora, IA)

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1953, twenty three freshman began their high school career, Although we seemed a bit shy and everything was new to us, we made the best of things and soon got acquainted and things were fun, In our freshman year we gained Herman Gauer and lost Willis MoGrew. The class officers we selected were! president, Kay Williams: vice-president, Jake Wirtg secretary and treasurer, Herman Gauer. Our student council repre- sentative was Joyce Burgess, It seemed like summer vacation flew by and we were back to school to start our sophomore year We lost Nancy Lonnecker, Jeanette Seymour, and Alan Pritchard during the beginningof this year We selected for our class officers, president, Jake Wirt, vice president, Norman Downing, secretary and treasurer, Barbara McCabe The student council member was Ed Hender son We than began one of the busiest years ln high school, the Junior year We still had the same members of our class, but lost Gene Henderson during the first of the year This year we sponsored the homecoming dance and put on the Junior class play for the community It was entitled 'Shy Guy ' It took a lot of practice, ut was worth it and it turned out fine We had a nicely decorated gym for our junior and senior prom The theme was 'Rock and Roll Ranch ' For the officers of our junior year we chose Barbara McCabe as our president, Ron Smith as vice president Jackie Wine secre tary and treasurer Ron Smith was our student council representative There were 18 members left to start the last and best year of high school We elected as our officers, president, Jake Wirt vice president Garry Marchant, secretary and treasurer, Jackie Wine, Jim Rotter was our stude ntative ,,,. C19 I -S! -.-nr e e .

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We, the seven,of the make public, voke any and CLASS WILL members of the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty- city of Panora, state of Iowa,be1ng of weak bodies and minds, and swear this to be our last will and testament, hereby re- all wills made by any of us here-to-fore. I, Jim Rotter, will the freshmen girls back to the freshmen boys, I, Larry Stark,w1ll my ability to get into fights with my steady girl friend to Denny Kemble. I Jackie Wine, will my ability to get a man and FI'6I10h I, Norman Downing, will my ability to talk back Larry Erb Jake Wirt, will my ability to get into Don Long, will my ability as an artist Ron Smith, will my Job as secretary of Chuck Trent, will my policy of keeping hold him to 'Bert' to the teachers to trouble to Ronnie Williams to Dale Straight to Bob C0 tter away from women to Dale Neal Garry Merchant, will my orneriness to Denny Antrim Leonard Bonker, will my size to Wayne Burchfield Virginia Jensen, will my shyness to Sharon Wirt getting time to Joyce Burgess, will my I, Kay Williams, will my Class Merrill hall without Rose Marie Brown, will my ability to talk acroszstudy caught to anyone who wants it Bill Rob1nson,w1l1 my ability to say the wrong things Marion Jenks at the right ability to get in at 3 OO a m and without ability to get good grades to the Freshman Barb McCabe, will my Greenlee job as editor of the high school annual to Ed Henderson,w11l my ability to drive my car at noon to Garth Wood Virginia Mobley, will my ability to get along with the teachers to Joan Harris We, the Seniors of 1957, promise all these things to their recipients and we hope they'll be enjoyed by all This document has been witnessed by the following people this twenty first day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty seven, thus making 1t legal WITNESSES YKVCUJ- D I, . I, . I, R. O. F. . T. I, . I, , I, , I. I. I, : , , my parents knowing it to Susan Teale, I. I, . I.