Rake High School - Yearbook (Rake, IA)

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I I 3 I Elwf od Orton Woody Toughy Toft wlll my knowledge lr Physlcs to Deryle Underbakke 1n hopes he w1ll enjoy It as much as I d1d My neat appearance goes to I yle Quam I Alyce Okland w1ll my textbooks to anyone who appears amb1t1ous enough to clean ut my desk and flnd them I also w1ll the paper I dldn t use to Deryle Underbakke so he won t borrow from anyone I Arlean Hove w1ll my good grades to Carmen Havnen hoplnff she doesn t smk so law Th gum under my desk goes to the sen1or who occuples It next year I Helen Jacobson w1ll my debt to Jean Hart Please don t be sucker enough to pay them and I ded1cate my love for arguments to Omer Legrled hoplng that he wall help Donme Gunderson wln out 1n hls I Harrlet 'Terry Blondie Thomsen w1ll my art1st1c ab1l1ty to Johnle Larson and my long blonde ha1r goes to Albert Sheldon I, Thomas Harry Tom 'Swede ' Heath wLll my dark curley ha1r to Duane Jacobson My tardy sl1ps go to Johnme 'Sleepyn Larson I Betty Margie Havnen ded1cate my love for poetry to Lyle Quam my qulet sens1t1ve mmd to Jean Hart and my neat halr to Robert Asmus I Bonna Mae gBon.nie Legr1ed w1ll my jovlal d1spos1t1on to Albert Sheldon and my quletness to Deryl Underbakke I Vernon Charles Vern Jacobson w1ll my Buggy bunlt for 2 dozen to Carmen Havnen so she can haul the gang around at noon hour next year I dedlcate my frlendly ways to all future teachers of Rake H1 so that they won't treat everyone as badly as they have me I Arlet Lorram Leum will my likmg for the Army to Maxlne Hovland so she w1ll forget the Paratroopers and Navy My brovnm ha1r goes to Davld Heath I Lorene Knutson w1ll my duty as a librarian to any person foollsh enough to accept To Marvis Matheson go my cheermg volce and enthuslasm for sports in hopes she can make use of them 1n next year s class tournaments Hereunto we have set our hand and seal with the understandlng that th1s wlll and testament w1ll stand agamst all attacks of changes or t1me through peace and war PROPI-IECY of 1946 Mr Lund one spr1ng day in the year 1946, was seen strolling 11'1 the woods Wlth that thoughtful expresslon on his face that only superlntendents Wear H1s experlences were related as follows It was a beautrful spring day and my mind was not with my work I had the desu'e tc, walk not knowmg where I started towards the woods my thoughts wandering so that I hardly knew where I was As I was walking through the woods I began to look Lnto the future and then I mterrupted myself by stumbling over a log As I was getting up V c 7l c 1 - . . 1 'J , - . . . . . . . . 1 -L 1 A . . . 1 . U V , 7 1 I Y , . . 7 . 1 1 1 o F D . . . . V , - 1 S 1 1 ' F . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . g 7954 7, . . . . . . 1 7 . ll 11 c 1 - - 1 . . 4 . . - . . 1 A 1 1 . . . . . I 11 . . . . . . 1 1 . cc 91 - rt - 1 1 . . . . . . . . ca 1 V 1 . . . . - 1 1 . . . . , . 1 . u 1 ' , . , . . . . , . . 0 I . . . . . 1 ' 1 , . ---..-- ,

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I heard a grtzfi voice say Clumsy what were you thinking about? Why don t you keep your mind on what you re doing? Iwas very surprised and as I was getting ahold of myself I noticed I and this very peculiar woman were in front of a cave I began to apologize by telllng here who I was and then I Went on to say that I was thinking of what the graduating class of this year would be doing 20 years from now W1th trns her hard drawn face became a b1t more cheerful and she said if I wanted her to tell 'ne Bemg very concerned wlth the future of all my puprls I assured her that I d1d She led noe to her cave Whtch was very dark after commg ln from the very brlght sunlrght but fradu ally my eyes became accustomed to the darkness The interlor was very pecuhar w1th herbs and pot1ons She led me to the fa. end of the cave where she had the makmgs of a bonflre and a huge kettle hangtng about th1s She made the fire and began putting strar ge l1quids and Weeds 1nto the kettle Her faclal expresslon char ged to one that could not be described She looked happy and yet It was terrifymg the way her eyes were ln another world She contmued to sttr the brew until lt began to steam She sald ome magic words to the splrft Ha1l and hubble boll and bubble Tell me the future even though It be trouble Then she kept staring into the steam from whence she recewed her maglc gn and this lS what she told me I see Elwood yes Elwood Toft wearmg a worrted exoresslon wblcn has c-une from many hard years of work He has now establl hed a hosp1tal Nlnch has put nur 11 debt to a great extent H1s hospital is already larger and more eff mem than the Mayo Chmc and Elwood has not yet reached perfectlon ln th1s field He has tatlents from all parts of the world to be healed by hls medtcal rraglc Is that Ar-let? It can t bell But, yes 1t is My how peoy le change and she's out srde a theatre I didn t know you were such a lover of the movtes Arlet All four of them yours Arlet? Yes and poor little Iunior has the measles. My one of them 1s stck all the time Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs IS that the movle 2 Is lt stlll around? Oh c mes around every four years Nell give Jumor a ktss from me it let was weartng lovely mmk 1sn t she lucky? team m the Un1ted States the hlgh schools of course Yes not the State but the lf A IIO XI It is even greater than your team was th1s year Mr Lund Oh I m so p oud of you ny boy Ifho lS he? Oh yes I musn t keep you in suspense Thoma Heath no JJ ug 11. by colleges and unIvers1t1es as basketball coach I see M1ss Sorenson too engrossed in her career to QIVP it up for any rrax In h r spare moments she is wrltmg her second volume of poetry for publlcatlon Her fame began wlth the little poem she wrote for Mrs Bjerke and she has not yet 1 Q 'vo 1ts nelghts Too I see the Toft Clmlc Beverly has also reached her ambltnr 1 heme K Pay tECh.Il1C13.Il But th1s is wonderful she s at the head of the Tbepar me lt uh afnb1t1ous gal, she IS I see an exotlcly dressed lady l.Il a mmk fur on a luxur1ous o car 'III r w1tr ber golden locks blowmg ln the cool ocean breeze Her thoughts are of 1er next ba nk and r tx she IS on her way to gay Paree Don't you know? Betty Havnen th gay tr afrler Al , to be 1n Paris I 7 9 I7 . . . a L , . . , , - . I, a 1 ! O - - . . W ,. . . f ' I an -I Q 1 ., . . . . . U . N A , .zz . . . :c - - 2 'J - D! , . -, S1 s . . . . . ., A , , .. A LL., N It , .Q F 1, v . .3 . ., , - V .- r . . , , I - L I 2 ' , - . I , J .D - . 7 . . , ,A . v l I a n '-' 1 A 'H . va - - .- - , - .. . , L .J k v ' - . , o ., , I. -r e . F . . y Q r Uv 1 I knew that boy would some day be famous. He has the most wonderful basketball . . . I , , F. , , . . , , v - L . . 7 i ' ' 1 I f' if-. . It ' , , . . s , f so fly '- . . . . . , I 1, e 4 v n .-Z' Af.. J ' . ' ea :I ' 'O . . :ltr - . . . 9 A . C, y .1 ' 1, . , LQ tv. f 1, 9 S P .. . . . . . . . CJ 11. G . ,L L - - v -' ,. . .... . , I lf .. tl LO' . 7 . . , e 1' ' 'J , , t .