Slater High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Slater, IA)

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CLASS HISTORY In the first grade we started out with Miss Olson as our teacher. There were fourteen of us that first year. They were: Merrill Lester, Gwen Tweedt, Dean Floden, Garry Severson, Kenny Nelson, Richard Har- mon, Dennis Soderstrum, Curtis Swanson, Patti Ihle, Paul Thornwall, Johnny Larson, Kay Hood, Wayne Metcalf, and Wayne Gutenfelder. In the second grade we had Miss Erickson as our teacher. We lost Wayne Metcalf and Wayne Gutenfelder. Our third year we lost Kay Hood. Our teacher was Miss Estrem. Our fourth grade teacher was Mrs. Johanson. We lost Johnny Lar- son that year. In the fifth grade Chriseeta Newell joined us. Our teacher was Mrs. Heyerdahl. We lost Chriseeta Newell in the sixth grade. Mrs. Patterson was our teacher that year. After a seemingly endless time we were in Junior High, seventh grade. That was the year we gained Anita Kittle and Ronald Thompson. Our teacher was Mrs. Hodgin. Our teacher in the eighth grade was again Mrs. Hodgin, We gained Kenneth Twit frorn Kelley that year. Dean Floden, Richard Harmon, Kenny Nelson, Patti Ihle, Merrill Lester, Paul Thornwall, Dennis Soderstrum, Curtis Swanson, Garry Sever- son, Ronald Thompson, Anita Kittle, Gwen Tweedt, and Kenneth Twit plus two new arrivals, Jim Young and Dorothy Jarnigan, made up our class as we went into high school. Our teachers were: Mrs. Ryg, Mr. Patterson, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Hodgin, and Mr. Carlsten. In our Sophomore year Dorothy Jarnigan and Anita Kittle moved away. leaving us only thirteen pupils. Mrs. Pollei, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Zirnmack, Mr. Becker, Mr. Hodgin, and Mr. Carlsten made up the teaching staff that year. Finally our junior year arrived, only two more years of school. Marcia Gibson brought our class population up to its present level of four- teen pupils. Our teachers that year were: Mrs. Ryg, Mr. Hodgin, Mr. Black- man, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Miller. In our last year of school our teachers were: Mrs. Ryg, Mr. Hodgin, Mr. Blackman, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Jensen, Mr. Burns, and Mrs. Fausch. Our graduating class consisted of: Dean Floden, Marcia Gibson, Richard Harmon, Merrill Lester, Patti Ihle, Dennis Soderstrum, Garry Severson, Curtis Swanson, Ronald Thompson, Paul Thornwall, Gwen Tweedt, Ken- neth Twit, Kenny Nelson, and Jim Young.

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i W i 1 CLASS PROPHECY ' 'fi li FS H L-'w w S9 . W ' v w! Qre NP- ,fd i X , Q uf, Dear Diary: On my last trip to earth I visited Paul, who is not yet married and still going to Madrid. He isasuccessful business administrator for Better Homes and Gardens Magazine Co. While there we discussed our old classmates and what they are doing now. I found out that Jim finally married Pat. He still has a dignified appear- ance since he is now a successful inventor. He invented the Better Mouse Trap. Professor Swanson, after securing his Ph. D., is now teaching kinder- garten at Woodward. He is married to his fifth wife and has been quoted as having said It's just one of the adjustments of life. Dean finally went berserk and became a physical education teacher at Ballard. He is now Dean of sports at Ballard High and Junior College. Richard is a professional bachelor and has his own fleet of soap boxes. He is making loads of money. Kenny Nelson is driving one of Rich's soap boxes and is rated as the top soap box driver. He inherited Earp Oil Co. and is doing quite well in that too. Marcia finally married Kenny, and they are raising a fine brood. Kenny is doing so well that he bought Marcia two new fur coats. Patti married a Roland boy and started a beauty shop for dogs and cats. She is doing quite well. Denny is now an aeronautical engineer and has madeanew design in aircraft which gets him to Huxley in a shorter time from Seattle, Washington. Kenny Twit can be seen every Monday and Saturday on T.V. playing the piano for the former Lawrence Welk Band. He also sings very deep bass on the program. Garry is now running the beauty shop in Gus's electric shop. I under- stand he also gives haircuts. Ron has become a very successfuland slybusiness man. He burns money at the mint in Washington D. C. Gwen married Ron and is now working in his clinic. She doesn't see him very often now that he is making millions. Well I see bymy supersonic watch that it's time for me to take another load of passengers to Mars in my new Turbo Hydraulic Lester Space Liner. Q t MJ S 'e 5' ' XR t 'w 1:1 A -3 - 2 't'f E x V ' X .F 77 7 -IIVUI. i' ', , ' Q a Q pl g jsf ' e b edt? 'll f l-ian? 6 N Q X q v Q X F if ali? . X , , 'K :X X.'x 'ffl' x ?, - f 1 3. 'Ill X -7 ji , J' I diy' an N-' . i Ji