Valley High School - Highlights Yearbook (Elgin, IA)

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fl Q' I QQ Q' Z49k-EQFNQ xgxkb-qiQS9T51:j:bYZ::3 7648444 In September, l9h5, thirty four courageous freshmen began what appeared to be a long trip on the good ship 'Success' CE H S J our captgln for the first 1,000 knots was Dean Torkelson and his passengers were Clara Mae Bane, Barbara Crider, Karolin Falb, Marilyn Falb, Eunice Gehring, Marian Gehring, Lauretta Gilson, Peggy Helms, Luella Little, Lorraine Miller, Imogene Mitts, Ilo Pritchard, Charlotte Tebbe, Amy Lou Torkelson, Helen Wenger, Robert Chapman, Robert Boleyn, Kenneth Blockhus, Gerald Blockhus, Donald Frieden, Raymond Frieden, Lowell Gehring, Robert Hanson, Ted Jacobson, Russell Larson, DeWayne Medberry, William Minihan, Duane Pinney, Gordon Pollock, Clarence Reierson, Gerald Schneider, Earle Strong, and Amos Pritchard After the ship had covered about 300 knots, we ran into some stormy seas As is usually the case with green sailors Cand freshmenj, we were not accus tomed to such rough sailing and experienced some great discomfort To add to our misfortunes, we were attacked by a pirate ship carrying a blood thirsty crew Csophomores, juniors and seniorsl who forced us at swords point to per form silly antics for them we finally covered the scheduled dnstance and put in at the Sophomore port where we found it necessary to change captains and leave a few passengers Robert Chapman, Ilo Pritchard, Imogene Mitts, Robert Boleyn, Amos Pritchard, Gerald Schneider and Duane Pinney decided to take passage on other ships Gordon Pollock assumed the captaincy and steered us through a rather uneventful journey When we docked at the Junior port we again found it necessary to change captains, and this time a bit of femininity called Amy Lou Torkelson took command Two more passengers, DeWayne Medberry and Charlotte Tebbe, took leave of the 'Success', but we met two others who decided to book passage They were Lois Ryan of Strawberry Point and Duane Pinney of West Union we had a grand time on this portion of our trip, for we all had so much fun preparing while on this part of our journey, we honored the sh1p's officers Cseniorsl with an Hawaiian Banquet, which was grandly portrayed in the ship's ballroom on the lower deck Once again we docked, this time at the last port on our voyage Kenneth Blockhus replaced Captain Torkelson as the one in command and only one passenger, Lois Ryan, decided to stay in port Everyone agrees that these last days on the ship were the best Again the ship's theatre was packed for the presentation of 'Meet Me in St Louis ' And part of the passengers got together and planned a sh1p's ball which was well attended by the rest of the passengers and the crew The highlight of this trip was the banquet which the midshipmen fjuniorsj gave in our honor And so we cone to the time for leaving the well worn decks of the 'Success CE H S Q, but we'll sail on, on greater ships and to greater seas and ports CC gdw ff X52 if and presenting the play 'Kay Beats the Band' in the ship's theatre. Also, n C40 ol t