Randall High School - Rambler Yearbook (Randall, IA)

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Bocircl of liciuccliion Ben Mortvedt. William Gabrielson, Walter Benson, S. A. Stevenson ll'res.J, Leo Olson Sci'-ool l-lislory The Randall school building was built in 1920. The first school board members Were: J. H. Sparboe CPresidentJ, M. M. Teigland, .lonas Johnson, T. G. Pederson and I.. A. Gere. The superintendents through these years have been: Mrs. Talcott, J. 13. Bullock, N. E. Quam, D. V. Minert and W. B. Devine, who holds this position at present. John Johnson has been jan- itor of the building since 1924. The lowest school enrollment was in 1919- 20, with 34 pupils in the grade school and 8 in the high school. The high- est grade enrollment was in 1924-25, with 192 pupils. In 1937-38 the highest high school enrollment was achieved, with 101 pupils. The largest grad- uating elass was in 1940-41, with 27 graduates. Recognition is given to H. J. Miller, who was a school board member for 23 years. Also, outstanding was Amel Olson, who was the Brain Derby Champion of Iowa, in 1939-40. The best years in our Music Contests were in 1940-41 and 1946-47, with the mixed chorus and the glee club as the outstanding groups. Our best basketball team was the girls of 1937-33. They were defeated by two points in the district final tournament. The school building equipped, originally cost 2i5l35,461.00nnow debt free. 5 F5 192:52-,p fl bl wil a2F fr::-:G 4, N-n

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F5 ISIN '--.1 .1 I 5 ' A lsr'-wma! WVilliam B. Devine Charles ll. Dehban Superintendent Principal Sciwooi Focuily Mrs. Charles H. Debban Gordon Steacl Music Science William Mehle Richard Simpson Mathematics, Coach Commercial 4

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.Eire N-.-L' dflfliiifi .ai ' 'l:r u Robert Erickson, Mr. Simpson, Grace Husby, LaVonne Mickelson JoAnn Olson, Loren Mortvedt, Marian Chalma Annudi Editor-in-Chief ............................. JoAnn Olson Assistant Editor ........... ....... M arian Chalma Business Manager ........... ........... G race Husby Assistant Business Manager .... .... M arjean Osmundson Photograph Editor ...................... Robert Erickson Reporters Music ............. ............... ..... ll 4 elva Romp Baseball ............ ..... I ,oren Mortvedt Boys' Basketball ..... ........ D elbert Quam Girls' Basketball .... .... I .aVonne Mickelson Newspaper ........ ...... M arlene Peterson School Calendar ...... ........ ............ B e tty Beck Senior Class Play ............................. Ann Wells Senior Class Prohpecy ..... Delbert Quam, David Teigland Junior Class Play ...... .................... J i1n Jacobson Senior Class History ........................ David Sowers Senior Class Will ........ Marilyn Hetland, Delores Durby Junior Class News .......................... Marie Wicks Sophomore Class News ............ ..... E sther Alfseike Freshman Class N-ews ..................... Joyce Thorson Mr. Simpson served as the faculty advisor and assistant on the annual staff. Due credit should also be given to the many students who helped sell advertising in the neighboring towns. Their part in the financial backing of the annual also con- tributed to the success of this year's book, The Randall Refrain of '49. 6