Reinbeck High School - Smar Yearbook (Reinbeck, IA)

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4 tg.-JU. -cv: i 55555555555555S5555S:-':'f ,irc i iS5?3kK:x,!A? .L - S S-7 I It was on a warm sunny day in the year 1938 that eight of our present class? mates entered the first grade. With their shiny faces and hair combed just so Donna Mae Vogt, Wally Larsen, Kenneth Stephan, LaVonne Sell, Marian Mulder, Bar- bara Meewes, Marlene Hamann, and Bill Frei started on their educational journy through the grades. Later that year Marlys Wood joined our group. Miss Alice McFadden decided to make Reinbeck her home, and she is now Mrs. Ralph Creswell. The time flew and it wasn't long until we were in the second grade. One winter day when we were playing in the gym, Bill Frei cried out that he had broken his arm. What really had happened was that he had hit his crazy bone very hard in a fall. Soon all was well once again. Miss Anna Hepperle was the teacher who had to put up with us and our nonsense. By now school was a snap for us when, much to our astonishment, we found ourselves in the third grade. They say that there is-a surprise in every pack- age, but what a grabbag we turned out to be for Miss Grace Robinson. Arithmeub and geography were added to our studies, but we managed to grasp these well enough to be promoted to the fourth grade. Our first report cards issued that year by Miss Tenny didn't prove to be so hot, so the next six weeks was spent in studying. It wasn't long until even our deportment grades improved after we found out that Miss Tenny wouldn't stand for any foolishness. We were now enjoying music under a special teacher,who was Miss BethCoIHSten Physical education was introduced this year and we all enjoyed it very much. By this time we had arrived at the fifth grade which was taught by Miss Havelchech, with Miss Bowen as our music teacher. We gained two new students this year-- Phyllis Nehring from Buckeye and Donn Lewis from Eldora. Donn says that he came from the Eldora Public School, but sometimes we wonder. After this struggle we were now ready to be introduced into Junior High, We found some new studies here, but the main thing was the WFourth Squad,H which became well known to most of the boys, and some of the girls even got on speakhg terms with it. Among our teachers here were Mrs. Jenkins, principal of Junior High, Miss Swenson, Miss Gardiner, and Miss Moklebust. While we were in Junior High, we learned the American Creed and the poem 'Trees.' Lyle and ,Clarence Smith joined us from Morrison the year we were in the sixth grade. We had been told the seventh grade would be the hardest, but we didn't believe this, until all of a sudden things started popping. This year our class membership was enlarged by the following people: Mar- lene Willer, Willie Lynch, Dick Boll, Betty Bol1,,Bob Hite, Gertrude Aswegan and Luella Blakely. Our last year in Junior High was the year we enjoyed the most because it seemed we ruled the roost. Betty Wheeler, Darlene Harms, Arlene Schildroth, Shirley Jensen, Lois Gibson and John Jipp added more members to our class roll.