Stanton High School - Viking Yearbook (Stanton, IA)

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In the fall of 1950 Fern Ross left us and Joan L1ndqu1stJo1ned us keeplng the Senlor class at flfteen four g1rls and eleven boys The Senxor class offxcers were P esldent Max Krkeberg V1ce Presxdent Clayton Peterson Secretary Treasurer John Carlson Sponsor Robert Kelley Max Klrkenberg and Myrna Falk were our Klng and Queen candldates Through all of our h1gh school years our class has been qulte actwe 1n school affalrs Though few 1n number our g1rls have part1c1pated 1n declam sextette glrls glee club m1xed chorus gxrls basketball madr1gal and band Our boys have had a great deal to do wxth wmnmg the sectronal basketball tourna part1c1pat1ng 1n declam band football m1xedchorus boys glee club madr1gal quartette and F E A Class part1es have lncluded a treasure hunt a hayrlde and s katmg pa rt1e s We really had a Good t1me prepar1ng our Junlor play Mystery 1n the Lxbrary It was chrected by Mrs Donald OSSIOH and was g1ven by the whole class Another h1gh spot ln our Junlor year was our Junlor and Semor banquet Manv happy mcmor1es w1ll hnger w1th us as we depart to face the future e hope the students and faculty remember us the Class of 1951 Max Klrkeberg Norman Peterson 9 ment in 1950, and wmth the success of the baseball last fall, We have also had boys I J . . . . I W

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Class Histo ry Of the f1fteen members of the class of 1951 only two boys have gone through all twelve years of school ln Stanton They are Norman Peterson and Max Kxrkeberg Dan1el Anderson attended Stanton school except when he moved to Oregon for two years Myrna Falk came to Stanton mn the second grade and Charles Eklof Lloyd Lewls and Norman Sch1eld have attended Stanton school s1nce the fourth grade Charleen Hoaglund John Bryson Eugene Larson and Clayton Peterson entered Stanton scnool 1n the exghth grade ln addltlon to those already mentloned our entry xnto hmgh school 1n 1947 brought John Carlson Darrell Combs John Hogberg John Madden JoAnne Mudd Wanda Nlckolas, and Donna Vanderholm 1nto our class Our class was then elghteen strong However dur1ng the year John Bryson and Darrell Combs moved away from Stanton and Wanda Nxckolas left us The class offxcers 1n our Freshman year were Presldent John Carlson Vlce Pres1dent Donna Vanderholm Secretary Treasurer Max Klrkeberg Sponsor A M K1rkeberg Eklof ln the fall of 1948 Merlm Magneson Fern Ross and Robert Ross came 1nto our class but dur1ng the year John Madden JoAnne Mudd and Robert Ross left us leav1ng a Sophomore class of f1fteen The class off1cers elected for our Sophomore year were Presldent Myrna Falk V1ce Presxdent Norman Schreld Secretary Treasurer Charles Eklof Sponsor Ray Bynum Charleen Hoaglund and Eugene Larson were our candldates for the K1ng and Queen Fxfteen Jun1ors returned to Stanton l-hgh 1n 1949 and dur1ng the year we neither lost OI' gained any l'T16IT1bCl'S The Junlgr C1355 Qfflcel-5 were Presldent Norman Schxeld V1ce Presxdent Norman Peterson Secretary Treasurer Donna Vanderholm Sponsor Mrs Donald Osslan John Carlson and Donna Vanderholm were our Kmg and Queen cand1dates 8 Our attendants for the King and Queen were Donna Vanderholm and Charles

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Class Prophecy The other day as I came across my old Sen1or class plcture I thought of what each person had accomphshed m the t1me s1nce 1951 Fxrst off there was Gene Larson Who would have thought that he would be come the bobby soxers dream man of 1961 He has taken the Academy Award for dramat1cs the past f1ve years Hxs lavxsh partxes where he practxcally throws money away and h1s occasxonal bursts of temperament have endeared h1m m the hearts of many And, oh yes Clayty and Gene left Iowa together after a short perlod ln the Army to fmd adventure and success m Calxfornxa Whxle Gene became a movxe star Clayton estabhshed hlmself as one of Amer1ca s foremost lawyers He 15 marrxed to a former Stanton glrl and they res1de at thexr fash1onable Beverly H1115 On my last buslness tr1p to Cahfornra I spent the week end at the1r lovely home On my return from Calxforma I stopped off a few days 1n my old home town of Stanton and spent a very enjoyable afternoon wxth my dear fr1end Donna Vanderholm Anderson She was very busy tramxng her e1ght famous pet l1ons on one of her farms south of Stanton Her housework also keeps her stepplng And, Merhn now famous and wealthy IS qu1te happy at h1s occupatxon that of xnventor Hxs great mterest has been 1n the push button fleld H15 own home 15 so mechamzed that all Merl1n has to do IS eat sleep and push buttons crop and wxth h1s w1fe and chxldren moved to southern Rodesma Afrlca where he estabhshed the prosperous Mumbo Jumbo peanut plantatmn Letters from h1m 1nd1cate that the warm chmate agrees wxth h1m Of my classmates thms boy has perhaps chmbed the h1ghest on the ladder of success After Sweden s e1ghth revolutxon and all the Swedlsh nob1l1ty had been k11led It was found that the last rema1n1ng he1r to the Swedxsh throne 11ved mn Amerxca When consulted by Swechsh off1c1als he hesxtated at f1rst to g1ve up h1s Amer1can c1t1zensh1p, but dec1ded to become a Swedash klng So 1n 1959 he and h1s farruly moved to Sweden By now you know that thxs must be none other than Norman Sch1eld. It 15 strange somet1mes how fate works' Although we notlced back 1n h1gh school that Charleen was the athletxc type but we never realmzed that she would be come a lady wrestler She IS currently b1lled as Whxrlwxnd Charhe best bantam wexght lady wrestler 1n the rmg She has won 98 out of 101 bouts She clalms her success to wonderful exerclse A career env1ed by most men was taken up by John Hogberg John has be come quxte wealthy as a des1gner and manufacturer of women s bathmg su1ts He also acts as Judge at many of the beauty contests around the country He knows a good tlnng when he sees lt 10 ' . . . , i . . . . , John Carlson, early in the year 1955, became disgusted with his Iowa corn . . g . . . -