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.

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Because the war was over the teaching force was enlarged by the following men: bk. Harold Marston, speech director, Mr. Woodrow Nelson, civics' teacher, and Mr. Richard Meiers, music teacher. Mr. Downey taught Manual Arts to the boys and Miss Willis taught Homemaking to the girls. Aside from a successful year in our three R's, we had some very interesdng side lights. The Junior High basketball team won a trophy for the school. A large number of the players were from our class. Junior High also produced an operetta, VThe Galloping Ghost.n Under the leadership of Mrs. Jenkins we formed The Old Glory Club. Here we learnedthe proper way to conduct a business meeting. Miss Gardiner acted as our sponsorand helped us have a very nice party--the social event of the year. After a short vacation of three months and much anticipation we enteredhigh school. Here we took our places among the gigantic seniors and tried to look small and inconspicuous. But even with all the effort many of us still got let on the water fountain, one of the many old customs. Our class staged a Halloween party in honor of our sponsors. This year we were joined by Siemon Babinet, Giles Card, Vera McCreery, Wilbur Mumm, and Joe Murphy. Many of these people came from rural schools. Our class officers for this year were: Bob Hite, President, Bill Frei, Vice President, John Jipp, Secretary, Wally Larsen, Treasurer, Luella Blakely, Stud m Council. Miss Cooper and Mr. Risdal were our sponsors. Many of the freshmen participated in the operetta WSunbonnet Sue.W Some of the money from this musica production went toward the buying of the baby grand piano. Miss Eva Johnson was the director of this well-produced number. This year we had a dental check-up and many of'us found that we had somebad cavities to be filled. The Christmas s irit got into all of us and the whole high school drew'nanass The final event of t is season was the huge party staged in t e cafeteria around a gigantic tree. Spring came along with the usual affairs, track meets and music contests. Our class was just getting into the swing of these things when school was oven By the time we entered school for our tenth time, we were a little better acquainted with the idea of what was happening. Our officers for this year were President, Luella Blakely, Vice President, Bob Hiteg, Secretary, Bob Crowley g Treasurer, Wally Larsen, Student Council, John Jippg and our sponsors were Miss Willis, who is now Mrs. Tom Emmett, and Mr. Hafke. Again Miss Johnson was the successful producer of an operettag only this time the theme was a Dutch setting and was called WTu1ip Time.W This year the student council sponsored the annual Christmas party whichums held in the cafeteria. Everyone enjoyed the festive dance around the huge tree and the mistletoe in the corner. Just ask some of the members of our class if they can remember this party--especially in the last annual we produced are some revealing pictures of this event. On April 9, our class lost one of its members when Phyllis Nehring was killed in an auto accident. Our class attended the funeral as a group. Quite a few of us sang in Mixed Chorus and Girl's Glee Club, and the boys also went to this contest at Vinton. All three groups came back home with a II rating. For the first time a band-mothers' club was formed. After much hard work, they managed to raise enough money to buy new suits for the instrumental diviskm of it. These were black, navy style, with orange trim. The marching band attended Teachers' College Relays and the Drake Relays before school was out. We also went to the Northeast Iowa Band Jubilee which um held at Waterloo and the Eastern Iowa Festival at Cedar Rapids.