Prairie City High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Prairie City, IA)

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History Stop! Look! Listen! Step aside! Make room for the twenty-two raging Freshmen entering the halls of the Prairie City High School on the first Monday in September of 1950. The members of this class included: Carroll Hall, Laverne Harmison, Dean Pulver, Ron Telfer, Paul Osborne, Donald Jabaai, Truman Wagner, Donnie Miller, Gorden Wassenaar, Lowell Vande Lune, Henrietta Barwegen, Nona Emerson, Max Ingram, Robert Ryken, Jim McCauley, Joanna Oliver, Joy Lee Dunlavy, Sandra Beaver, Dorothy Daugherty, Marilyn Miller, Doris Ann Trunnel and Mary Lou Van Wyngarden. Those twenty-two green Freshmen soon became even greener the night of Initiation. Ouch! We're still trying to get that green paste off. Other parties included a theater party at Newton and the last day picnic in Des Moines. Carroll Hall, Laverne Harmison, Robert Ryken and Donald Jabaai failed to join us as we began our Sophomore year. However, we welcomed Ruth Grimes and Don Hughes during the year. During the year we became more accustomed to the rapid events of our school activities in which we ourselves began to parti- cipate in more actively. As we started the last half of our journey, we considered ourselves upper- classmenwfor we were Juniors. Dick Soutter and Marvin Brubaker joined our class, while Joy Lee Dunlavy, Donnie Miller, Paul Osborne and Henrietta Barwegen were not present. On November 7, 1952, we presented our Junior Class Play, BROOM FOR THE BRIDE , under the direction of Mrs. Oliver. Joanna Oliver departed for Arizona shortly after the play. We also had the pleasant task of rurming the concession stand at the football and basketball games. By Thanksgiving we were wearing our class rings, which we consider the pret- tiest and the bestest . The 18th of April we entertained the Senior Class at the Junior-Senior Banquet, Moonlight and Roses, served at the Christian Church with fifty-six Juniors, Seniors, and faculty members present. During our Junior year the seriousness of our being here became more apparent, and we started making more definite plans for the future. Having graduated, the Seniors of 1953 left us their position as upperclass- men in the high school. We assembled this final time with seventeen members. Eleanore Wagenschwanz, an exchange student from Germany, joined the class as Donald Hughes left us. Our Senior year was highlighted by the production of the '54 Annual, our second class play, and our chance to get even twe initiated the Freshmenj. We have now put the past behind us and are now beginning to make our plans and decisions, since it is so very necessary in the future. The baccalaureate service and graduation exercise marked the end of our long journey through the realm of higher learning. '

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O th Ring the F MARVIN BRUBAKER. . Howling At The 6 Past Moon Baseball. . ....... .. ....... Basketball ..... Football ........., Boys' Glee Club .... Class Play ...... Solo .......... Boys' Quartet. . . Mixed Quartet. . . Mixed Chorus. . . Letter Club ......... ....l Z ...l-Z-3 ....Z-3 4 ....Z-3 Z 3 ...l-Z-3-4 ....l-Z-3-4 JIM MCCAULEY ............ MHC Don't Fence Me In Football .................... Z-3-4 Letter Club... ....3-4 Band ..,..... ---- Class Play .... - - 3 NONA MAE EMERSON ...... Noni I Cou1dn't Stay Away From You Vice-President ................. 3 Secretary-Treasurer ............ 1 Cheerleading ...... . . .... 1-2-3-4 Pep Club ...... .... l -Z-3-4 Letter Club .... .... l -Z-3-4 Paper Staff... .... l-Z-3-4 Annual Staff .... .... 3 -4 Class Play ............ .... 3 One-Act Play ............ . . .l Homecoming Attendant .... ..Bru.. RICHARD SOUTTER. . . . . . . . Dick With This Ring I Thee Wed Baseball .................... l -Z-3 Basketball ...... f--- 3 Mixed Chorus .... ---- 1 Letter Club... ---3-4 Class Play .... -- - 3 DOROTHY DAUGHERTY ..... Dot Are You Teasing Me Secretary-Treasurer ....... .... 3 Band ................... .... Z Annual Staff .... . . . A Class Play .... . . . 3 One-Act Play .......... ..... l Paper Staff ............. .... 3 -4 Homecoming Candidate ...... . .... 4 Pep Club ....... . ......... l-Z-3-4

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Senior Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of 1954, being of sound mind HJ and memory do hereby bequeath this to be our last will and testament. The provisions are as follows: I, Dick Soutter, will my height to Larry Stravers who could stand another two or three feet of growth. I, Eleanore Wagenschwanz, will my knowledge to read, speak, and write five different languages to Lois Krohn. I, Ron Telfer, will my mischievous ways to Loren Vande Lune. I, Dorothy Daugherty, will my long hair to Carolyn Jennings. I, Marvin Brubaker, will my ability to sleep in class to Margaret McFadden who always seems alert. I, Marilyn Miller, will mytemper to Margie Van Dyk, who seems rather quiet. I, Max Ingram, will my Ford to anyone who can get it to run. I, Doris Trunnel, will my ambition to become a teacher to Bev. Trager who doesn't seem to fancy the subject. I, Mary Lou Van Wyngarden, will my driving 'ability to Edna Sille. I, Dean Pulver, will my quietness to Lowell Clark. Wouldn't that be a change! I, Sandra Beaver, will Dwaine Bos to Arlys Tidball or any other gal who comes along. I, Lowell Vande Lune, will my wavy hair to Dale Moomaw. I, Ruth Grimes, will my Iowa City boys to my sister Bertha. I, Gordon Wassenaar, will my collection of Western records to Mr. Oliver and Mr. Andrews, who don't have quite the same taste in music. I, Nona Emerson, will my four years of cheerleading to Phyllis Abrahams. We, Truman Wagner and Jim McCauley, will our apple cider to the .lunior boys.