Persia High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Persia, IA)

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Semor Class Wrll Contmued don t forget more often than forgwe Tenth To Chfford Mxtchell Sonny Busch wxlls h1s so called ab111ty to get along wzth Bonnle Carptenter If he doesn t want lt he may pass xt on to someone else who 15 worthy of lt Eleventh John Stamp w1l1s a standmg mvlta t1on to dance at h1s weddmg Twelfth To Shxrley Cave Bettle Stalhnecker wllls her job workmg for Hot Lunch but Shmrley your fmgers aren t used for spreadmg butter even though they were made before knwes Thxrteenth To Donna Pltts, Thomas Schutt w11ls h1s abrlxty to ask quest1ons faster than a person can answer them Fourteenth To Donna Grayblll Betty Lee Martm wxlls her pos1t1on as Ed1tor Ln Chmef Fxfteenth To Bonnle Carpenter, .Tervalse Grap wxlls our class pres1dent Sixteenth To Ronny Ehas Phylhs Hansen wxlls her frmend Frances Spracklm, lf he promxses to feed her plenty of JUICY hamburgers ln the fu ture Seventeenth To .To Ann Stamp, Ruth Wager wxlls her ab1.l1ty to stay on the good slde of the coach and make lst team Emghteenth To Lyle lngwersen, Frances Spracklin wxlls her frxend Phylhs Hansen, Lf he promlses to be a farmer after he reaches the age Nmeteenth To Marrlyn Wxllard Rogena Mexer wrlls her basketball ab111ty Take good care of It Marxlyn, we know you can Twentleth To Wayne Martm, Norman Thordsen wills hzs great desxre and amb1t1on for bexng a cowboy Twenty fxrst To Marion Legan, Wxlhe Kemmxsh wmlls hxs great humor, we know Marlon doesn t need xt but he can sxt on xt and some day xt may come ln handy THE END 1 . . n I n ' . . 0 0 . - .. l - . o 2 1 . - . . I I . , . 0 a I n -- . s I v I .. . - 0 . a . . . . . I 9 . . . . . ' I . .. . n . o . . 4 . . . .- . n - Z - . . , . u . . . . n - -

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PROI HLCY Im a settln here thls evenmg ln May IZ 1972 on the porch of my 14 anto to the wmdward sldc 4 abln IU the heart of the Ozarks Old dog Tray xs a sc ttm by my slde Ive been a thmkxn about my class bac k nn 47 48 that just Z4 years ago today got thc xr shew pskms and lxt out on thexr own Fxrst there was Norman Thordsen who settled out 1n Wyommg on thc bxggest dude ranch U1 the state one block square fNorm always d1d l1ke lots of room The last t1me I heerd of Ruth Wager she was a hoofm xt to the altar and I xmagme she s st11l on er way Not that she s slow or anythlng but the guy she was walk She always lmked em wlth a bushy 11p Then there was Don Ruckman, now there was a character The last I heerd of hxm, he was marrxed had a famlly of 10 and was stlll goxn strong Next I hear Frances Spracklm 1S stackm cans of peas an beans on thelr respectlve shelves for she now has , xnterest ln the Elxas Economy Store Good work Franny Then comes George Dunlop he was just as shy as Ruckman was bold He always meant to fly but as yet they haven t made a plane that blg Betty Lee Martm now IS pr1ne1pal at Persxa I-hgh School I heer she st1ll wears horn rxmmed glasses And she even has a prxvate Off1Ce Now Thomas Schutt was the athlet1c fella of the class so It was no surpr1se to me ta heer that he was playm pro fessxonal basketball Wlth the Puffm Pumpkms club He al ways was pretty speedy Joan Cavanaugh IS now ch1ef d1et1an at some b1g hospital 1n Omaha I hear she s allerg1c to her own d1ets Around th1s txme of year I thmk of Ronny Hawes better known as the country gentleman I cm pst see h1m dnvmg around the held on hxs h1gh powered tractor, and, as usual he IS wear1ng a clean whlte shxrt Phyllxs Hansen now has a lxttle flve acres of her own just north of Persla. Guess she hasn t made up her mmd yet who her permanent manager wxll be. The last I heerd, Clarence Busch fhxs name used to be Sonnyj was running for Presldent of the Unlted States. He in with was kinda slow. He kept trippin on his mustache. ' ' . 1 fs . . . I .