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

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fl f Q? SQKQKUDJCQ P Elg1n, Iowa September 17, 1963 Mr C J Roblnson Atomlc Energy Commlsslon Oak Rldge, Tennessee Dear nProfn, Your letter of August 29 and several other recent ncldents have provoked my tra1n of thought back to the years spent at L1glH Hlgh the years prev1ous to your appolntment by Presldent Truman to the post of Chalrman of the Atom1c Research Commlttee We were delighted to hear of your unexpected encounter w1th Dr Clarence Relerson, who we understand has been asslduously studylre and practlclnv medl c1ne at Hamburg, Germany H1s recently patented nRe1erson's Rheumatlsm Recon c1l1atory Rellef Serumn 15 1D wlde use 1D thls part of the country Last week I declded to herd my farlly down to see the Slghts at the State Falr 1U our trustworthy old '57 Ford I was not surprlsed when 'the thlng started actlng up about two m1les on th1s s1de of Oelweln Fortunately we had gust passed NThe Better Used Car Lotn, so we hlred the owner to tow us back for a qu1ck repalr Job Imag1ne my surprlse when I found that h was none other than Russ Larson He clalmed that the secret of h1s success was the w1de expe rlence he galned 1U buylng, selllnv and repalrlng cars d1r1nv h1s youth I re commend h1m as an able mechanic, as we were soon on our way agamn, and the ca d1d not U1VS us any more trouble It was late when we arrlved 1U Des Holnes so we lost no tlme lD trylng to flnd sleeolng rooms we stopped at the f1rst place we found bO8Stl0V a nRooms for Rent' slgn, and were fortunate 1D flndlnp not only that lt had accom oda tlons but also that the landlad1es were old fT19HdS, formerly of R H S Yes, Amy Lou Torkelson, Clara Bane and Lauretta G11SOD had r allzed th IT glrlhood ambltlons and were now runnlng a home for old malds The nUlT1Sn lnformed that they now had elghteen fellow splnsters sharlng thelr peac ful abode wlth them Just before ret1r1ng, Amy Lou and Lauretta favored us wlth a vocal and plano duet whlch brought tears to our eyes as we recalled memorles of years gone by gli-C3 eff' Xi? ... X14 Q a l . 1 . . . 4 . .L . -, . . - I J U ---- . . . . 0 4 4 I . . . . . . .- . , , . . , . J . . . . . - . . . . . . . . 0 . . . T . 1- , . . . ' . N . . 9 t A . . - - . . - 0 A . . . . . Q Q - A - V I . . . . - . . . . . . . X . . ,J 0 Q tn . ' '- Q . Y- A Q 0 . . . . . . H I ,I . - . . A H . A ,rw . . . . . r D 1 AJ u . . 4 . ue o Q . . . . Q Q . . . . . . . J . U us . . . . . O I , V . . . a f . . . 0 - S f 1 - f, ' ' 2 , ' X V' 'X f -X