Truesdale High School - Cub Yearbook (Truesdale, IA)

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...Im Cl... Hz,-J.. Many long years ago, twelve to be exact, a group of fright- ened little children got aboard the T.H.S. Conestoga with Mrs. Horlacher handling the reins. Margaret Coakley, Bobbie Meseck, Frederick Herrig, Norma Spooner, Marjorie Barlow, Rosemary North, Dickie Johnson, Clarence Bland, Loren Dean Sweet, Gilbert Nielson, Edward Schenatzki, Dean Isaacs, and Don Christy boarded, along with Albert Sievert, Charles Sivert, Leo Olson, Zeta Mae Zubradt, Dale Slama, Melvin King, who had Mrs. Horlacher stop and let them aboard another Conestoga. We took on Dorothy Luft, James Brazel, Everett Glienke, and Albert Thomas. In the fall of the second year we started on the second lap of our Journey with Mrs. Horlacher still guiding the same passengers along the trail. However, three of the boys, Don Christy, Dean Isaacs, and Everett Glienke missed the last call and were forced to wait for the next wagon. Miss Lindgren took over for Mrs. Horlacher during the next lap of our trio which found the same kiddies progressing onward to their ultimate goal. The fourth year found the same friends on the old Conestoga with the exception of Bobbie Meseck, who boarded a different wagon. The reins were handed over into the possession of Miss Burbank, who proved to be a capable driver. The fifth grade passenger list included: Marjorie Barlow, Glen Binder, Clarence Bland, Jim Brazel, Dickie Johnson, Dorothy Luft, Loren Dean Sweet, Robert Tighe, who was a new member of our little group. Miss Appel guided us along the rough road of learn- ing during this period. Miss Hillsten replaced Miss Appel in the driver's seat when we embarked on the sixth lap of our Journey. Marjorie Barlow, Rober Tighe left our group and after a brief visit June Johnson and Mary Coddington also left, but we gained several new members, William and Norma Ruby, Barbara Brugger and Connie Schroeder. we were then ready to start on the second half of our journey. As we embarked on our seventh lap, Miss Rannels took over the controls. We lost several of our fellow travelers, including Mar- garet Coakley, Rosemary North, and Billy and Norma Ruby, but Doris Roberts Joined our crew and made the loss seem less alarming. when we started on our eighth lap we found that Glen Binder had leaped off to catch the wagon of another company. To offset this loss Merlin Davis joined us, and we rode smoothly K?b onward C? with Miss Davidson doing the driving. t D

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At last we were ready to embark on the final quarter of our educational journey. The number on the passenger list was increased when Berneice Demers joined us and Belle Banks paid us a brief visit. We were now starting over a rougher road of education and we needed extra guides and drivers. Mr. Edward Anderson our main guide, Mrs. Quinet, and Mrs. Miller, filled our needs. The second lap of our final Journey was under the same guid- ance as the first. Barbara Brugger found another means of transpor- tation but Ronald Lloyd Joined us and filled the vacancy, but at the end of our lap, he again left us. On the eleventh lap of the journey we had the same passenger list but the reins changed hands. Mr. Noragon was our leader and Mrs. Potter and Mr. McCabe assisted. When we were so close to the end of our journey, Dick Johnson, one of our beginning passengers, left us. To guide us to our destination, we took different guides. Mr. Halterman as leader, and as his assistants Mr. and Mrs. McCulla. Daryl Terrill joined our wagon to finish with the rest of us--- Clarence Bland, Edward Schenztzki, Jim Brazel, Bob Meseck, Merlin Davis, Norma Spooner, Connie Schroeder, Dorothy Luft, and Berneice Demers.