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

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To Roberta Thordsen Chfford Mxtchell wxlls hxs ever promlnent wr1st alarm that just about always gets hmm to school at the 9 o clock bell Take good care of xt Bert I wouldn t w1ll xt to anyone else To Merlene Colher Ronny Elxas wxlls h1s cultured false teeth Take good care of them Mert and brush them three txmes a day but don t take them out of your mouth that often To Bern1ce Johnson Mar1on Legan w1lls h1s gracefulness and hxs ab111ty to talk all of the time and not say anythxng To Evelyn Schafer Roberta Alter w1lls her classmate Glenn Perry lf she w1ll let hxm sleep To W1l11am Schafer .To Ann Stamp w1lls her abxhty to drlve a car lf he promlses to go see Shxrley W every nlght To Shxrley Waddell Glenn Perry wxlls hxs abllxty to sleep m school Ho Hum To Alta Dee Dunlap Marxlyn Wxllard w1lls her ab1l1ty to get along Wlth Neola boys or does she need xt? To Earl Eckmann Melvm W1l11ams w1lls hzs mustache provxdmg you don t get a shave on the upper hp Earl To Norma Parr Norman El1as w1lls h16 ab1l1ty to J ggle Th1s ought to come 1n handy Norma 1n case you ever feel l1ke throwlng thlngs To Roland Eckert Wayne Martxn w1lls h1s wavy haxr To Lotus Mexer Wayne Martm w1lls hxs fr1end Mar1on Martln 13 1 1 - 14 11 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 , . 1 1 1 I , . . 1 - 1 1 1 . . , . , . 1 U . , , , . 1

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Class of 1949 of Pers1a I-hgh School Clty of Persxa and State of Iowa be1ng of sound mlnd and memory hereby make publmsh and declare thxs to be our Last W1l1 and Testament 1n manner and form followmg hereby revokmg any wall or w1lls heretofore made by us Flrst We dxrect that all our just debts and good t1me ex penses be fully pa1d and sat1sf1ed as soon as convemently may be after our departure We the Semor Class of 49 Do Hereby Bequeath Our Numerous Possesslons Thusly To Delores Champlm Arlene Tenn1gke1t w1l1s her des1re To Bern1e Howe Arlene Tenrugkext w1lls her ab1l1ty to have a good t1me To Ronald Stamp Rzchard Hester w11ls h1s he1ght and h1s b1g feet He s sure Ronald has had exper1ence w1th both To W11ma Cave Harley Martens w1lls h1s long arms so she can hold that man tlght h1s legs so that she can run from trouble and h1s eyes so that she can see lt com1ng To La Vonne Graybxll Donna Pmtts wllls her classmate R1chard Hester To Lo1s Champlm Donna Grayb1ll w1l1s her ab1l1ty to bat and chop wood at the same t1me To Peggy Ingwersen Roberta Alter w11ls her freckles Take good care of them Peggy especxally Herman To Mar1on Mart1n Cleo Arbaugh w11ls her ab1l1ty to get 1n early on a date mght See that you use It Mar1on To Jo Ann Ingwersen Cleo Arbaugh w1lls her pos1t1on as pres1dent of the Semor Class and Pep Club You have enough pep for that haven t you Jo Ann? 12 . D , . . , so to go with out-of-town boys.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY It IS now the year of 1964 September 1 and we fmd Mrs Donme Hoeppner the former Arlene Tennxgkeltj enterxng the offxce of the Dean Donna Graybxll leadmg her oldest daughter by the hand It seems that Arlene has come to enroll her daughter ln the newly establxshed Mxss Prlssy s Fxmshmg School for R1ght eous Young Women After the busmess was carr1ed out Donna and Arlene not havxng seen each other for quite some time got to talkmg about the good old days and naturally the conversatwn turned to the members of the Semor Class of P H S Lets hsten 111 Arlene IS saymg Have you heard the news about Norman EIIQS7 He IS over m Syr1a and 15 the manager of a sxlkworm plantatlon I hear that he s marr1ed and has f1ve l1ttle gzrls wmd 1ng s1lk on spools Well that 15 news sa1d Donna I hadn t heard of that but I got a letter from Jo Ann Stamp yesterday She has a twenty pmece orchestra and plays the pmano 1n It herself w1th Frankle Carle as a substxtute She s engaged to her saxaphone player The band IS now play1ng at the Persma Hot Spot the new n1ght club at the south end of Pers1a By the way d1d you know that Melv1n W1ll1ams 15 the owner of 1t'7 He d1V1deS h1s t1me between h1s Persxa mght club and h1s gambl1ng houses 1n Reno Nevada Melvm 1S st11l foot loose and fancy free I guess l1v1ng 1n Reno has somethmg to do wlth that That just goes to show you that you can never tell about any one Oh say I ran mto Donna P1tts ln the bus statxon th1s mormng She was on her way to New York to establlsh a new reducxng parlor She says she has a cham of them throughout the m1ddle west and de czded It was t1me she went to work on the east Donna has just come from Hollywood where she chanced to meet Rxchard Hester Marlon Legan and Wayne Martm They are 1n the mov1es as substltutes for the Three Stooges She d1dn t say wh1ch one was Moe Rxchard 1S marr1ed and 15 runnmg a hot dog stand on Hollywood Boulevard as a s1del1ne to hzs actmg career Marlon also marr1ed breaks horses for Roy Rogers and Wayne doubles as a bachelor photographer who speclalxzes 1n glamour p1c tures of beautiful gxrls And from what he sald Harley Martens IS stxll campa1gn1ng for governor of Cahforma He trxes to get votes by playmg hxs guxtar and s1ng1ng the same old h1l1b1lly songs to all the women Our there they call h1m the yodelmg yokel for I o way Well speakxng of pol1t1cs Arlene you remember Cleo Arbough the presxdent of our semor class? I heard that she marr1ed an up and commg Texan one who owns a lot of o1l wells They went to Hawau on the1r honeymoon and l1ked lt so well that they dec1ded to stay At the last report she was teach1ng the natxves how to hula hula 14 1 1 ' - c . . . 1 1 . ., . . , . . . . - 11 . I 1 1 u Il - 1 . . ...... . . ,, 1 . g . . . . . . - . . ,, as - an - ss 1 1 - 1 1 1 . , . . . ' Il I I' ' 1 - 1 1 - ' . . . . . H . . u - - , . . . . . . . , . . 1 9 1 ' ' ' ll Y' ' ' . . ,, H . . . . . 1 1 1 - - 11 H . . . . . 1 . l I - an - 11 1 1 1 , . 111 I