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

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Elwyn Mason xs tall to be sure For lack of joy he needs no cure lf all were as happy and contented as he A Jolly old world this surely would be Sh1rley Saeuglxng IS rather stern Blesses her lovers each 1n hxs turn Never falls 1n anythmng If she did she d probably sxng Anr' Foster 15 a faxr halred lass She IS one of the few blondes ln our class Wzth pretty ha1r and llght blue eyes Lots of affectlon and very wxse Dor1s Jensen never IS sad But maybe happmess IS just a fad She smgs m Glee Club and Chorus too lf we dldn t have her what would we do Elxzabeth Gleason commonly called B G Is Ir1sh as you can plamly see She works hard m school but afterwards plays John Eckley so blond and tall Has a complexlon envled by all He never argues w1th anyone But he really llkes to have some fun R1chard Clas1ng plans to be a farmer To share h1s lot he seeks a charmer The laws of nature he dehes For he ll surely m1ss h1s mother s ples Ray Goddard is an easy gomg lad Who never does anythmg very bad Betty Wmllxs the Swama. of our class Sees mn her crystal ball what s to come to pass The twmkle m her eye the color of her haxr Tells the world she hasn t any care Teachers to you our trlbute we pay You ll not be fotgotten as onward we stray Good bye R H S as onward we go We ll remember twas here we learned what we know By Mlldr ed Schnell Z0 She has personality plus and winning ways' . 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

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SCHOOL :ONG TUNE For lvle and Ivly Gal Our days 1n hlgh school have come to an end And what means partlnv wxth many a frxend We salute all the teachers who have helped us along So now that we have made lt through To every parent we say Thank you You ve really kept us goxng through the years W1th kxncl words and w1th cheers Now we re ready to start lxfe anew Barbara blmonson . O . . I And with what they have taught us we can't go Wrong Z1