Strahan High School - Wasp Yearbook (Strahan, IA)

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Class Prophecy The date 1S January 3 1985 The place lS Strahan H1gh School Can you guess what 1S tak1ng place 7 Of course' It 1S a re umon of the class of 1955, and all members are present They are all laughrng and tell1ng about the1r l1ves s1nce graduat1on from h1gh school Let's hsten for a wh1le, shall we? I hear Bob Qbr1ng em back ahvej F1sher telllng of h1s adventures 1n Afr1ca You see, he 1S a great hunter and has traveled a great deal w1th Frank Buck He IS 1nv1t1ng everyone to drop 1n somet1me at h1S house to see h1s 1vory tusks Nearby IS Professor Marv1n Woodf1ll He 1S on a vacat1on from test1ng H bombs 1n the desert I understand Professor Woodf1ll has 1nvented a new broom for sweeplng up rad1oact1ve dust I am sure everyone w1ll agree that he has been a great help to desert rats Is that Jeff Chandler, the famous Hollywood actor, stand1ng am1dst all those lad1es'P No lt 1S James Irv1n another prom1nent star of stage, screen and telev1s1on from Arab1a I hear he 1sn t hooked yet, so here s your chance g1rls Who lS that beaut1ful lady w1th the fur coat? I be11eve It 15 Mrs Carolyn Cozad W1lson My she has done well for herself husband and m1nks Goodness, she has fa1nted That m1nk coat must be gett1ng her down Nurse Darla Baucom comes to the rescue though, and very eff1c1ently rev1ves Mrs W1lson M1ss Baucom has stud1ed at the C 8: D Hospltal fcat and dogj, and they sometlmes even treat people there Across the room I see Mr Larry Bryant I understand he 1S owner of the world fam ous Bryant Bowllng Alleys He marr1ed a certa1n g1rl from Strahan and they have plenty of p1n boys I see Madame Jacques de Beau from Par1s formerly M135 Janet Flemlng She start ed as a school teacher but she met a Frenchman and fell for that French l1ne Now she teaches her l1ttle Frenchmen how to count Talkmg to Madame de Beau 15 Mr Tommy G1pe, now a very successful lawyer HIS most 1nterest1ng case 1S hrs Wlfe tall dark and beaut1ful I th1nk she 1S us1ng some legal holds on h1m too Dear me' It IS about trme for the people of th1s reun1on to go the1r part1ng ways After hear1ng all the very 1nterest1ng comments, I would say the class of 1955 had accompllshed qu1te a b1t wouldn t you? 13 '1 . , . . . . . . . . . . l 1 . . , , . . . . . , -.... . . v 1 . . - Q . . . - 1 1 - ' 1 . , . ' o s 1 - , . . . . , , .

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YT' a-,ra Wann.-W TOMMY GIPE Class Officer Junior Play , Senior Play Basketball Basbball Annual Staff Glee Club Debate Contest Play Work fasmnates me' Icould S1 and look at xt for hours' DAR LA BA UC OM Vlce Presxdent Junior Play Semor Play Basketball Annual Staff Glee Club ljust don't care if-ff LAR Class Offuzer Junior Play Semor Play Basketball Baseball Annual Staff Glee Club 2.3. ,z, 3,4 RY BRYANT I never let work xnterfere w1th pleasure 1 2 Z 3 EIA ,wx Q' ?0 z,3,4

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Class Wlll We the seniors of nineteen hundred and fifty five being of improved Q91 and weary mind, as a result of four years of arduous search for the golden nuggets of wisdom now in sp1r1t of magnanimity do hereby bestow upon those who are left to mourn our loss, the following bequest I Janet Fleming, will my ability to drive to Daniel Shaw and my place on the honor roll to Mary Ellen Shaw I, Carolyn Cozad, will B111 Sm1th back to Darlene Norton and all the rest of my boy frxends to Deanna Grindle except one and I want to keep him I Darla Baucom, will my ability to draw doctors attention to Vivian Fleming, and my Geometry book to anyone who want t I Larry Bryant, will my butch haircut to Kenneth Hall and my girls to John Schroder Davis I, Jlm Irvin will my Ford to Deanna Grindle and my brother John to one of next years Freshmen QM A B I Bob Fisher, will my girls of past romances to Alvin Gee and my ability to control long hair to Kenneth Hall I Marvin Woodfill will my little feet to Darlene Norton and my ab1l1ty to debate to John Schroder To the Juniors, we will our Senior dignity To the Sophmores, we will our ab1l1ty to climb to the top To the Freshmen, we leave our success in making good enough grades to become seniors To the Teachers, and the principal, we leave our many thanks for their patience and teach1ngs which will never be forgotten by the senior class 14 . ' ' ' , . . . . . . . . ' . . s i . , . . . I, Tommy Gipe, will my first team position to Tommy Nelson and my height to Gary . . l . . . . . .J , . A . . . . 1 . . ' . . . .