Ruthven Consolidated School - Rams Horn Yearbook (Ruthven, IA)

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There IS a large tent m the park by the depot and as we glance down that way who should emerge from the entrance all dressed ln txghts and glxttermg spangles but Vergene Rosewall He IS the man on the flymg trapeeze with Dupe Em and Rupe Em Cxrcus What has happened to Darlene Roland? Is she not here yet? Oh yes over here she IS Everyone gathers closer and watches As the band strlkes up Dar lene goes xnto her Firefly Dance At present she 15 a dancmg mstructor ln Dzckens In the mxdst of all the confusxon a d11ap1dated old motorcycle wmth a sxdecar attached races up comes to a stop, and off hops Betty W1ll1s The szdecar is covered wxth a tarpaulm and somethmg under xt ts bobbmg up and down l1ke corks ln water It seems that Betty runs a cat hospltal down ln Tennessee and smce she could flnd no dependable cat s1tter she brought her patlents along to the con venhon Elwyn Mason steps up to greet us He halls from Atlantzc C1ty where he xs a judge zn the many beauty contests held there Easy work Elwyn but never let your eyes decewe you Beauty IS only skm deep We look up and behold an xmmaculately and expensxvely dressed young chxck whom we do not recogmze We demand to know h1s name and what h1s status m life IS to allow such extravagance He znforms us hls narne 1s Jerry Plckett and that he 1s a baby sltter m a m1d western c1ty He also tells us he IS very partxc ular that he prefers them from 16 to Z0 years of age We mzll around and run mto our old classmate Betty Gleason She tells us she IS a hon ta.mer xt 1s so much easler than tazrung wolves Here comes Rlchard Clasmg and he certaxnly IS 1ook1ng 1n the plnk as a beauty operator 1n Hollywood and just drools over the beautles His favorite job IS face llftmg toward h1s We are arnazed to learn that Mildred Schnell no longer hves IH good old U S A she owns and operates the Parlee Voo mght club m gay Paree France She has grown so strlctly Pans1an that when we see her xt 1sn t H1 there anymore it s Ooo La La We run mto Merrxll Anderson who was the bashful boy of our class and find that he has developed a wonderful Gxft of gab He xs workmg for a carmval company and IS now the barker 1n front of the Fat Lady s Tent John Eckley arrxves rather late all dressed ln cowboy regalla ten gallon hat jodphurs spurs and boots He tells us he IS runnmg a dude rance m Callfor ma and 15 catermg to the movle stars Wlth our acquamtances renewed and our hopes hfted we bxd each other goodbye B etty W 1111s 18 D ' I ' ' - on 1 . v - on . ' ' 1 1 . . . . , - . ,, . gg . . . . ' a . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 I ' . . . . . . . I ' 1 . . . - , , . . . . . . - n n - , an ' - H , . ! . . . . . . . . . . , . , . , . . . . . . . ,, . H , , He C J. - . ., , . . . . . . , ,. . H I a 1 Q - u u 1 0 an l I u - n - - - . . , . . . , -- r 1 1 ' ' r . .

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PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 49 Wxth mxngled tears and smxles the 1949 graduatxng class gathered to con gratulate and wzsh each other Godspeed on thexr Journey through hfe They also pledged to each other that no matter what thelr status m lxfe or xn what part of the globe they mxght l1ve that 1n ten years from then mn 1959 they would all trek back to thelr Alma Mater for a class reumon Well the ten years have elapsed and what do we see as we congregate near the Ruthven Hmgh School our desxgnated meetmg place 'P A Rolls Royce automobxle bearmg a New York lzcense drwes up and out rolls Nub Nelson scattermg leaflet and pamphlets challenglng anyone to a fxght In the last ten years he has become the undefeated heavy wefght champzon of the world Our attentxon IS dxrected to a poppmg bangmg squeakmg and grmdmg of brakes A wheezy Model T Ford comes to a stop and out steps Shlrley Mzller who 15 a travelmg photographer She has brought her carnera to photograph her class mates once agam A plane fhes over and h1gh xn the clouds we can detect a tmy figure balanc mg herself rn the door She adjusts her parachute then balls out and at long last jerks the rip cord Down to earth floats none other than Barbara Sunonson who IS the ace stunt woman of an aerial cxrcus Nancy Taylor arnved last evenmg and we see her walkmg toward us wzth all the confldence and assurance of one whose career IS a success We learn that she IS a Powers Model now lwmg xn New York Clty Of course you all know that to be a model your helght must be from fwe feet nme znches to su: feet and Nancy just f1lls the bxll A platform IS bemg burlt and when It IS completed up steps Ray Goddard Wzth hrs hammer he quiets the no1sy crowd and proceeds to demonstrate hls abil tty as an auctloneer He says he IS so good he can sell b1rd seed to a cuckoo clock We look around and fznd that Dean Hughes has arrived loaded down with books which he has brought along for reference Dean IS a professor in a glrls college He fmds that gxrls are quxte a problem thus he has a large amount of re search work to do wlule away Peggy Larson shakes hands wzth us and proudly d1splays her medals wh1ch reveal that she xs a noted swunmer Swunmlng the Enghsh Channel ln less tune than Gertrude Ederle has been her greatest achxevement Oh Here comes Ann Foster Her arnb1.t1.on 1n life has been fulfilled The pubhshers have accepted her fzrst novel The Case of the Missmg Head lt w1ll be on sale very soon We all run to greet Ardxss Hynes who as now Mrs Fat Cedarholm Ardmss can not shake hands w1th us because her hands are busy holdmg on to Pete and Re peat two mce lzttle cherubs Dons Jensen st11l lzves south of Ruthven She is now marrzed and her car IS full of crearn cans She and hubby Charley run a goat daxry Dor1s came to town to shxp out thexr weekly supply of goats mdk Ah At last Shxrley Saeuglmg arrwes She IS st1ll usmng that voxce of hers Sh1rley is not wrth Metropolltan Opera or Radfo but ms a warbler wxth Spzke .Tones Band We spy a very sedate young man For a few mmutes we just cannot recogmze hun he has changed so much lt ms Tommy Mason He tells us he 15 a preacher and hopes to do a number of us some good before he departs l 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 . . . . f I I , . r n . . . , . . - . . r . P . . I 4 1 - . . . . . . . . 1 1 n . . ' v . . . . . . . . . , - . . . . - 1 n . . . - 1 n . . . . . . . . . . g . . . . 9 - 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 a - . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . , . , ' . . - . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . U . U . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , I . . . . . . . g . , . . .

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CLASS POEM We are the class of 49 Txs very plaln to see Other classes have come and gone But none as good as we When flrst we came to Ruthven Hlgh Vi e were as green as grass Greenhorns we heard them sxgh But now we re the Semor Class Twenty two of us there are And we surely make thmgs hum Peggy I arson the youngest in the class ls a happy go lucky brown eyed lass Nancy Taylor IS the next l ll tell about She s very quiet wxthout a doubt She also studles mght and day Trymg to keep those zeros away Barbara Smmonson IS a tall trrm gxrl Whose head was never 1n a wh1rl Shxrley Mlller wlth auburn ha1r In th1s world has but one care Vergene Rosewall 15 captamn of the boys basketball team And he teases the glrls just to hear them scream Norman Nelson IS just as bad as Vergene I-Ie s not too fat and not too lean He always dehghts m teasmg the g1r1s St1ck1ng them wlth plns or pullmg thelr curls If you can t see her you can hear her scream She s five feet four but that 1sn t tall She s a good sport and that xsn t all There s Ardlss Hynes she s very sedate Always was known to have a date She always studles and sometxmes plays And also has very pleasant ways There s Darlene Roland short but sweet ln a basketball game she s hard to beat She s very t1ny but oh my You ought to see her wmk her eye Tom Mason a good natured lad Has as few good hablts as others have bad On the basketball team he won lots of fame And every mmute Tom was m the game Merrlll Anderson IS a Jolly good chap lf he d flunk he d not gxve a snap As a preacher he might prove steady But to llsten to his sermons we are not quzte ready Dean Hughes the next In lme ls a very hard one to deflne Carries hard work for his b1a1n IS so strong That wmth more subjects he could well get along Jerome Plckett the next l ll descrlbe ls a boy that no one can brlbe lf a gxrl feeds hlm on flattery sweet He wears a smile that s hard to beat 19 Mildred Schnell is captain of the girls' basketball teamg