Pleasantville High School - Mirror Yearbook (Pleasantville, IA)

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Scmor Class HISIOIY Cconrmufrd Durlng our flfth year we yvere st1ll golng strong Our supervlsor was MISS Ruth Hardm fShoopJ We added three new students They were Mary Presley Elsle W1lk1nson and Chfton Steele Stlll stepplng up we were 1n our slxth year of school M1ss Ruth Smlth trled to keep us calm as we were exclted about th1s belng our last year ln the grade bu1ld1ng We added one new member she was Nadene Forst Now we yyere 1njun1or hlgh seventh graders Hoyy proud yve were' We moyed oyer to the hlgh school bu1ld1ng and settled doyyn for s1x more years of school llfe To gulde us through that first year among upper classmen was M1ss Bertha Davldson FIVC new students were added They were Harr1et Hughs Jerry Heck Dorothy Janes Marilyn Rundall and Rlchard Veak Our exghth grade under the guldance of MISS Bertha Dayldson was a pros perous one We knew that we were golng to have to start to adjust ourselves to better behavlor we were to enter h1gh school next year As we entered the bu1ld1ng 1n September 1947 yye 1eal1zed that the most of our fun was gone or was It just beg1nn1ng'7 Anyyvay thlngs werent dull There were several 3Ct1V1t16S to partlclpate 1n such as basketball football school danc es and partles We had one week of mlsery that year lt was our 1n1t1at1on Boy we couldnt Walt unt1l We were sophlstlcated sophomores so we could 1n1t1ate the freen freshmen All 1n all It wasnt too bad though That year brought us three new members Thev were Ruth Bennett Betty Orr and Jack Holland Durlng our tenth year the students from Swan were transferred to our school A majorlty of our addltlons were from there The new members were Rlchard Gordon Rlchard Cremer Elsle Hunt Lawrence Hunt Jeannette Mesecher Mary Sue Shlpman and Helen Wheeldon Oh ves yve really got those green freshmen too As we entered the hlgh school buxldlng the next fall we reahzed that half of our hlgh school days were gone We dldnt know what that year would brlng us but we were gomg to go lnto It wlth falth ln ourselves Ruth Parmer and W1ll1am Gerlmg came 1nto our class that year We wltnessed the graduatlon of the senlors of 1950 and wished that we were among them but we had to walt our turn September 6 1950 found 20 semors rather dlgmfied semors too back ln our school blllldlllg How we had longed for thls year We reahzed that thls year would really be worth whlle lf we put our mlnd to It The semor omcers are as follows Presldent Blll Black Vlce President Betty Orr Secretary and Treasurer Anna Jean McCann It IS needless to mentlon all the partles that we held but It mlght be added that we enjoyed them all and surely none of us w1ll ever forget them Indeed the class of 1951 has many commendable qualxtles but above all we surpass fwe thmkj m the subject we call STUDY As we look back over our four years yve feel a sort of sadness for we now realize all the good txmes we have had We regret leavmg them behmd but that IS partlally made up by the joy of graduatlon of gettmg out mto the world and showmg that we can accompllsh things 1n the same way that we d1d m our school days of yore Wlth a last salute to our supermtendent to our teachers and to our classmates yve say Au Revlor Page Nme . 1 , D , Y . . . Y - ' v v y 1 Y ' . .. V . ,y , . . . . . . ,-, - - v , . s V v L .ly . ' y A Y . , . . Y Y Y . . . . Y , . . Y Y . . . Y Y . Y . 1 Y . . Y . YY . , . . .. Y . Y . Y Y . 1 . . W . y 4 . 7 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' Y ' . ' . y ' v 1 e ' 1 1 . . . . Y . , 1 ' 1 1 ' . Y . Y . . . . . Y , . , . . , , . . . . . . . T . . , o - 1 1 ' . U . , , . , . 1 1 1 1 1 P ' 1. Y 1 9 1 - . , Y . ' 1 Y . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 Y . . Y . . Y Y ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . Y . Y Y Y . . 1 . ' 7 7 v ' ' ' U 11 ' V v 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 . . . . . . - v S . 1 1 1 , u ' 11

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ls INORNIAN SCHIPPERS V! hat r a 1 a k I Ba ke all r b uh 4 Vi EIN DELL V! ILLIAVIS A e t 1 I' a a 3 iz PAUL VAN SOELEN e ed ha b k tba 1 Trac A u b SENIOR OFFICERS Presldent B111 Black Vlce Presldent Betty Orr Secretary and Treasurer Anna Jean McCann Class Sponsol Mlss Follman Scmor Class HISIOIY In the autumn days of September 1939 several small and frlghtened chlldren spent thelr first day at school as first graders MISS Stanberry must have been very busy that das keeplng some from crylng others from talklng and stlll others from quarrellng over tovs Of the orlglnal twenty SIX beglnners only seven are st1l1 wlth us They are Dorothy Karns Anna Jean McCann Marlene Schlppers Jun lor Horstmann Rlchard Iddmgs Norman Schlppers and Wendell Wllllams We were greeted by MISS Thelma Patch tH1lsabeckJ the next year as we had been promoted to the second grade To thls grade we added five new members They were Colleen Burson Carolyn McClure Dorrance Van Zuuk John Beem and Charles Guest Advancmg to the thlrd grade under the supervlslon of Miss Laveeda Mcln tyre we added three new students They were Mary Ann Jolly Rodney Patch and Paul Van Soelen In the fourth grade Louise Mason kept a watchful eye over us We added five new members They vsere Frank Brawner Edward Mmella Raymond Wool drldge Paulme Plummer and Darlene Fuller Page Eight ' ' l learned I have fo gotten nd what know I have guessed. Tr c' 1: Footbal 1. 2, 3: s th l, 41 Ag iculture Clu 4: Glee Cl I Art 21 Baseball 4. 1 Y 1 ll good boys lov their sisters, bu so good have I grown tha I love othe boys' sisters. Basketball l: Track 1: Cl ss Pl y : A,- riculture Club 4: Dramatics 4: Glee Club 4: Annual Stat? 31 Art 3. ln spit of all the learn ve said, I still my own opinion keep. Foot all 1, 2. 3, 4: Bas e ll 3 k 1: gric lture Clu 4. . Q 1 9 V . . . . , y 1 . U ' - y . . ,Y I Y 1 r 9 ' v r 9 - ev y I , s y y , - 3 ' ' : Y 7 . 7 - .' ' 3 , , - 9 v -

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Semor Class W1ll We the class of 1951 of Pleasantulle Hlgh School of Marlon Countv 1n the State of Iowa of the Unlted States of Amer1ca whlch IS located 1n the center part of the Western Hemlsphere of the planet Earth whlch IS fifth from the largest and fourth from the smallest among these planets whlch revolve alound the sun 1nth1s solar system we be1ng1n full DOSSQSSIOH of our mental facultles and at peace wlth all manklnd do hereby solemnly make and publlsh thls our last w1ll and testament We hereby revoke and make null and VOld all other w1lls and test aments by us heretofore made and we do appolnt Elmer R Burch superlntendent and Harry H Dlckson prlnclpal as executors for carrylng out our provlslons Flrst It IS our Wlll that our Just debts and funeral expenses shall be pald from our estate by our executors We senlors have been a hard straln on our teachers for we are sald to be at all tlmes and under all condltlons dlfficult to manage Therefore we the class of 51 glve our beloved faculty who have been our lnstructors and efliclent guldes through th1s land of knowledge a sweet and unbroken SUCCBSSIOD of restful nlghts and peaceful dreams We w1ll to the classes who follow us our senlor d1gn1ty May they ever hold It hlgh John Beem Leaves the back seat of the school bus beslde Jackle to O J Spalt1 B1ll Black Bequeaths h1s method of finlslung hlS breakfast on the bus to Ar gyle Kleln Rlchard Cremer Is sorry but he must take everythmg w1th h1m B111 Gerllng Glves h1s blue gray 49 Kalser to unknown partles Anna Jean? Rlchard Gordon Bestows h1S w1de awake manner 1n economlcs to Vyrlee Bow Charles Guest Who s leavln Jack Holland Surrenders h1s way wlth Knoxvllle glrls to Arlen Woody Junlor Horstmann Glves h1s shyness to Boyd Smyser Elsle Hunt DISDOSQS of her blue Jeans and long curly halr to Nancy Hale Lee Hunt Lee bequeaths h1s ab1l1ty to spell to Opal Loynachon Rlchard Iddmgs Conslgns h1s Model B to Robert Hale and h1s school attltude to Rlchard Core Mary Ann Jolly Wlll take her tm horn wlth her and leaves her good atten tlon 1n class to Russell Bowers Dorothy Karns Leaves her basketball ab1l1ty to Clara Mae Guest and Betty Lou Cllne Anna Jean McCann Bequeaths her figure good looks and the ab1l1ty to get along w1th the boys to the Junlor glrls Betty Jane Orr Surrenders her temper to Glorla Johns Marlene Schlppers Just leaves but not on time' Norman Schlppers Norman d1SpOS6S of h1s ab1l1ty to be at school on tlme to Buzz Ramsey Paul Van Soelen Surrenders h1S argumentat1ve manner to Imajean S1x and h1s long curly halr to Stubbs Barber Shop Wendell W1ll1ams Bestows h1s coquettlsh and charmlng glances upon any lower class lassle who mlght be concerned The foregomg glfts bequests and 1ll gotten gams have we thus wllllngly and cheerfully dlsposed of knowmg that we could not take them w1th us 1nto the vast beyond Slgned sealed and del1vered by the Pleasantvllle Hlgh School senlors thls first day of May 1n the xear of our Lord 1951 1n the presence of Elmer R Burch superlntendent and Harry H Dlckson prlnclpal Wltnesses Elmer R Burch Jack Holland CSEALJ Superlntendent Harry H Dlckson Betty Jane Orr CSEALJ Prlnclpal Wendell W1ll13mS CSEALJ ge Ten . . V. . . . 9 9 U 9 ! Y . 1 , . . A C, ' . , , .. y 1 . . . 7 ' 7 7 - 9 9 . , 1 u , A , l 1 9 9 - 9 9 - u 79 - - - - 9 9 , . . . . . , , . . Z , . . . . . . , 44 9 - 9 99 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 9 . . . . 0 . . . . . . ' 9 9 - u 93 ' ' ' . . . . . . . 0 W 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 9 . . . . . . . 9 9 ' 1 y 9 l 9 7 9 V . l - 9 , . , . . - 9 - 9 '31 14.