Ringsted High School - Treasure Echoes Yearbook (Ringsted, IA)

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I, Cleo Goetsch, will my trips South every Sunday night to anyone who can have as much fun as I do. I, Janette Madsen, will my fouling records Cbefore the end of a basketball gameb to Donna Glasnapp. I, Maurice Peterson, will I, Letha Sheeley, will my my base voice to Leon Burris who always sings flat soprano flat, not base. carving ability ln biology fcuttlng up frogs! that ls, to Shirley Brown. I, Richard Matheson, will my 'fairness' fcoloring that 15, blue eyes and blond halrl to Roger Chambers. I, to In Duane Moore, will my confusion of details to Nancy Justice who always seems get and keep things straight. Gary Meyers, will my cowboy boots to Larry Hansen. Ride 'Gm GUWUOY3 Gene Goetsch, will my senior subjects Ceasy and few they were! to anyone who I would like to stay ln a hospital for a couple of months. I, David Jacobsen, will my pretty wavy red halr and freckles to Colleen Christensen I, Carol Hammer, will my pleasant smile, personality, dark eyes and hair to Janette Andersen She may use them as she wishes I, Paul Jennings, will my freshmen sweetheart back to the freshmen boys, since I won't be around to claim her I, Gene Ostedgasrd, will all my talents and my extreme handsomeness to all my admirers I, Marlys Bratrud,wlll my ability to get the car on Sunday afternoons to Darlene Dolf, she might need it to go to Swea City We, Mavis, Mary Jo, and Martha, will our lasting friendship to Jackie Christian and Ted Chambers' We, Janice, Janette, Cleo, and Martha will our basketball techniques to Joanne Wisemen, Dorothy Petersen, Janice Watts and Shirley Nelson We, Norman, Gary and Richard will our smoking olaces to Ronnie Twalt, Bob Anderson, and Donald Petersen Ke, one ev all We, years to any underclassmen, who can stay as close friends we have to the Black Hills and Denver to any as we did Spike, Leroy and Don, will our trip who can make lt ln as short as time Janice and Cleo will our ability to make the assembly at 12 30 noon to you school lovers who don't Jeanne and Carol, will all the work and fun we've had in the last four f r' 5522 Q O . I O Q U C O I ' 1 U W . 2 Q 8.5 Q as 1 1 X, f A 6, 2 , 063 c ,-v , . -. Y-y 'ao -A r'hX 0 To Q.. as . 4:1 . , .v , C J ,g - 3 '-3 5

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Semor Prophecy A raw autumn night lt was back ln the late 70's when I excused myself early from an evenlng party in order to enjoy the special vldeo Beethoven concert given by the Philharmonic Orchestra --It was over now and, thrilled by the performance I sat watching the dying embers glow and then face again I was alone ln the den another program had entered the channel weird and mysterious but as I sat there in the big comfortable chair a mood of retrospect 681118 OVGI' IDB. Annoyed by and raising it, in a blanket of the face of the in the Northern a favorite candy bar, sneaked into school by the class Going back to my easy chair, I sat wondering what The music still broke ln upon my splrlt with its charm they all? I used to correspond with some of them, but So long! Slowly the music died away and away and before my long and gradual I arose and ascended slowly stoppin the banging of a shutter against the house, I went to the window fastened the offending shutter to the casing The river valley was darkness below and small steel gray clous were hurried across man ln the moon by a noisy raising wind The Milky Way trailed out sky Milky Way? I couldn't help laughing to myself That had been of 1953 had happened to them all and mystery Where were I hadn't heard ln so long! eyes rose a stair case g now and then to be sure the steps were sound They seemed safe so I went on Gradually I became con- scious of s presence beside me Hardly daring to look aside, I felt that pre sence as belonging to another of the class of '5b I was happy for the company for this experience seemed a blt unusual The stairs soon began to descend and before long we were walking on an un known road Suddenly I was startled by a loud thud, friend lying motionless on the ground Going back I up and we noticed she had run into a sign that said, this point, Strange sights ahead ' Like any other normal person with the curiosity we came upon a huge gate and hearing weird noises we and looking back I saw my helped my old classmate 'Warnlng, Don't go beyond of a cat, we went on Soon looked up, and there we saw a cupldllke figure ringing a bell and saying, 'Welcome, welcome to this land of the mentally unbalanced ' We looked again, and we thought our eyes were deceiving but lt really was Mary Jo Tlndalll After a friendly 'hello', we went on our way leaving her there still ringing her bell In the distance we noticed some dust and ln no time here came 'Skipalong, Norman Nelsen' and his galloping grasshoppers About fifteen minutes later he was followed by 'Dragalong, Gary Meyer,' Norman's From a tiny box we saw Norman take out some pills grasshoppers In no time they became the size of one and were again on our way Down the road a way we came upon an odd, but of which was a big beautiful garden, and there ww flowers We noticed that she was planting them up slow, but sure assistant and he gave one to each of the horses so we each Jumped UPOD beautiful building on the side saw Janice Madsen planting side down, so we stood watchin for awhile, and soon along came Janette Madsen transplantlng the flowers right slde up This seemed fully as strange as some of the happenings in school Our eyes left the garden and we entered the blg building, where we found Gene Goetsch and Richard Matheson standing guard After chatting a few minutes we continued our way Next we entered a large room, and were greeted by Mavis Paulsen, famous typist of high school days At present she was employed by Dr Gene Ostedgaard and assistant, Harald Sorenson Mavis explained to us that Ostedgaard had invented some pills which when given to any person or animal would cause that person or animal to become much larger than usual I o ' 3 C O I C O I O , .. O , O - l us--- I Q I O O - 8 Q I I . . , Dr. ' S 0 L