Tama High School - Iuka Yearbook (Tama, IA)

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El, SPRUPHEEY qcmmnuedp Suddenly I was horror strtcken to hear a woman Sh1'1ek1I'1q at the top of her votce I opened my door and l1stened aga1n Ive lost 1t Ive lost 1t' she walled By thts t1me ever 1 one was dashmg to her ass1stance so I too went To my aston1shment there stood Anna Vavroch tremblmg I lost a dtamond down the dra1n ptpe she sobbed The hotel plumber Don Tw1selton was called cmd Anna was quleted whlle her dxamond was be1ng retneved The hotel mamtamed 1ts own var1ed ser vtces for the convemence of 1ts patrons among whrch was the nylon stockrng counter operated by Maxene Booth and just to the r1ght was a beauty salon whlch featured Iune Chmeltk as cosmet1c1an and beauty operator On the OPPOSIIG s1de of the hall a neon slgn read Escort Servtce Make Your Ap pomtments Early Through the wrndow I could see Dorothy Plehal who was workxng tn the offrce as a f1le clerk I entered the barber shop and was just on tlme Tom Malm who was voted by h1s class as most llkely to succeed placed a cape about me and proceeded to chp my halr Next to concernmg h1s harrcuts Not too much off the S1deS and leave plenty on the top Iohn was st1ll searchmg for new worlds 1n sclence to conquer Vemon Pagel entered the hotel as I was leavmg He carned a heavy bnef case whxch bore the words Collector of Internal Revenue The atmosphere of the race track exctted me but not Marvm Wrllefr hlghway patrolman who was regulatmg traff1c These hlghway patrolmen are always around Entermg behmd me was Coach Drck Burnes of Iowa Umversxty who was gomg to lead h1s boys aga1nst Ill1no1s next week H was enjoymg a conversatron wtth h1s fonner classmate Sgt Ronald Groves who enhsted shortly after qraduatron he became so fond of Army hfe that he just re-enl1sted year after year Before the auto race began Truant Ofhcer George Luther voted by h1s class as most ltkely not to succeed barged 1n and hauled a 11ttle fellow out by the arm lecturmg Dont you know ya amt supposed to skxp school? Yer h1story teacher Mrss Ockenfels really has been worned about you Seated m the yudges stand w1th a short hand pad on her knee was Helen Hodma tak1ng complete notes on every detatl of the race whrch was drctated to her An eager group of orphans s1tt1ng dxrectly 1n front of us were overloyed at be1ng able to attend the auto race featur1ng the famed Bob Carpenter The chrldren were superv1sed by Bev Paul Soule and Leona Graf! matron at the chlldren s home At last the race was on' The publ1c was cheenng for 1ts favorltes but Bob was m the lead Durmg 1t all Ina Mae Mochal. ch1ef d1et1c1an of Chlcagos General Hosprtal was contrtbuttng her afternoon off to countmg the calorles whxch were ln the sandw1ches be1ng sold to the publ1c Three cars turned over gomg around the last curve but Bob came out wmner' Among the ILISI to congratulate hun was the Hollywood celebnty Alyce Houston who d Just completed the movxe What Am I SQYIIIQQ Travelmg w1th M1ss Houston was Irene Plucar who took care of all her bus1ness CIHGIIS and made all her appomtments That eventng I went to a theater managed tuxedo seemg that h1s patrons were well pleased w1th the servlce Upon returnxng to my hotel I met lean Snuth whod made a bus1ness tr1p to Ch1cago to confer w1th Louzse Kupka on the subject of havmg her bakery completely remodeled When entermg the elevator I bumped 1nto Allen Houston Hrs surtcases were covered w1th labels guess he never got nd of the travel1ng bug from h1s Navy days Early the followtng mornmg I went to the arrport and bought a t1cket for home Srtttng bes1de me on the plane was Leona McFate heavy we1ght woman wrestler of New York who was returnmg to Iowa for a rest dur1ng the summer months B111 Younqman also a plane passenger had been transferred by the Fuller Brush Co from Rhode Island to Iowa as salesman for the ent1re state The IIISI fam1l1ar face I saw upon returnmg home was Vrrgll Schmxdt who Just won world faxr honors for h1s hogs And so havmg agam made contact w1th the sen1ors of 46 I shall pahently awart future news of therr tnals tr1bulat1ons and eventual success T enty 1 0 . , u I ' . . 5 ll I - ll - follow was Iohn Dellett. who was plenty fussy by Conrad Weaver. Who St00d Crbouf in G . . . . . e - - I ' I ll I I . I I W .

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T CLASS PRUPHEEY AMONG THE early proneers of the Atom Age were the 48 senrors of Tama Hrgh who grad uated back 1n 46 ten long years ago They scattered qu1ckly after school was out and soon lost track of one another Prcked up a copy of the CHICAGO SUN a short tme ago and my attentron was attracted to a cartoon drawn by Moe McCorrn1ck The cartoon was a sketch of Bob Carpenter makrng an attempt to break erther the rnternatronal speed record or hrs neck' I read a l1ttle fur ther and found that Bob was gorng to star rn an auto race the followrng week Iust thrnkrng about 1t made me sentrmental and before I knew 1t my gnp was packed and I was buy1ng a one way trcket to Chrcago A shy blond mrss at the far magazrne counter busred herself w1th the latest fashron magazlne I stepped to her counter and there stood Adelene Booth all smrles just l1ke she used to be 1n her speech class 1n hrgh school After purchasrng my magazme and board 1ng the plane w1th the other passengers the stewardess Barbara H111 asked me 1f I was comfortably seated She fastened our safety belts and then the plane took off S1tt1ng beslde me was that shy rnventor B111 Hlggenbotham Sard hed just recelved a second patent on hrs automatrc fly swatter A gemus that s what he was A real gemus' Seated just 1n front of us was a travehng salesman My but he was enthus1ast1c over hrs work Somehow the VOICE sounded fam1l1ar and to my amazement there sat Omer Kell w1th a complete stock of ladres hats before hrm Opposrte hrm sat a charmrng farmers wrfe the former Betty Noble Had a short talk wrth Omer and he told me he was selhng hats de sxgned by Darrell Hunnrcutt As I was leavmg he added that Darrell was a beauty operator on the srde Lunch was served by Dolores Krlcom who had grown much taller but otherwrse hadnt changed a b1t Later I made my way to the p1lot s cabrn only to fmd Duane Schoelerman seated at the controls Told me that he was gorng to fly the frrst plane to the moon next month and added hed be glad to get away from the earth and all rts arr patrolmen especrally Kerth Wxlcox Seems as though Kerth was able to nab Duane at least tw1ce a month on some charge or another We reached Chrcago an hour later and as I was departlng from the plane I saw Leonard Boyer loadrng some of h1s cholce chrckens aboard a plane to transport them to Washrngton D C Already Leonard had years of experrence and had garned for h mself the reputatron of an excellent poultryman I was lnterested to note an atom powered car wh1zz1ng down the fxeld w1th Warren Pagel at the wheel Warren was 1n the mrdst of a v1c1ous attempt to w1n the next electron as state representatrve for Ill1no1s I harled a taxr and Verna Splre sat qulte rndepenclently ln the front seat saylng Where to SIT? I explamed that I had made no re servatrons any place as yet and requested she dr1ve around the c1ty for awhrle untll I had made up my mmd After rrdrng several mrles my attentxon was attracted by a campmg grounds I asked that the cab be stopped so that I could take a look around It was a hobo conventlon To my r1ght was a srqn on the gate whlch read Allen Hershman Master of Ceremonres Two men stood beneath the srgn argumg as to whether or not a certam 1nd1v1dual should be allowed to partlcrpate rn the celebratrons The man rn questron was Darrell Rebrk who d been soendrng hrs tme as prestdent of the Garbaae Collectors Umon The rules spec1f1cally stated that anyone w1th a steady mcome was not allowed membershrp When I had regrstered at the hotel I went strarqht to my room where I found Betty Qurgley strarghtemng thmgs up and makmg the room homey for me At seven that evenlng I went to the dmmg room where Delores Davrs took my order Whrle wartmg to be served I notrced Dxck Frmk s1tt1ng at the table to my r1ght He was attlred 1n cow boy cloth1ng and expla1ned he was rn Chrcago selhng steers for the Lazy ZZ Ranch 1n Wyommg At that moment Lawrence Rebrk struck up hrs band wrth the popular h1t of the day Never Never Never and then on came the chorus grrls led by Tama s own Barbara Hart man Retmng to my room I decrded to read a l1ttle and prcked up the magazme GIDDY GIRLS whlch I had bought before leav ng lust rnsrde the cover was a short novel wrrtten by Cece McCoy whose vrvrd rmagrnatron was no match for my own 1 . , . . . , . - 1 . . ' ' S i 1 1 . . . - 1 . . . 11 . . I . ,, . I ' - ' . I I I , 11 . . 11 . . 1 . , 1 . . . . . 1 ' . . . . . . . 1 . . -, , , 1 . . . . 1 5 . . . . , 1 I ' , , . ' . . . . . 1 - . 1 ' I 1 I . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 - 1 11 11 . 1 . 1 1 , - 1 , . 1 1 , . . . 1 - - 1 1 I . I . went -on

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