Vinton High School - Arrow Yearbook (Vinton, IA)

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Semor Class Wall We the class of 1956 ln the town ot Smpley the county ot Story and the state of Iowa belng ln as good mental cond1t1on as usual and ln much better temper than usual do hereby make th1s our last wlll and testament renderlng vo1d and of no avall any former w1ll or wllls that may have been prevlously made by us durlng a perlod of temporary optlmlsm Although belng as psychologlcally complex as beflts a Semor Class we conslst of e1ght separate and d1st1nct entltles or what have you who are ln complete accord thlnk 1ng allke and actlng as one We feel that our brllllant record and our unusual achlevements wlll l1ve after us but no w1sh1ng to take any chances we suggest that a tablet on whlch shall be lnscrlbed ur several names and a few of our most astoundlng deeds be purchased and placed 1n t e assembly so lt wlll strlke the eye of all who enter And 1n th1s manner do we d1SpOS6 of our possessions We glve and bequeath freely and wlthout reservatlons to the Iunlor Class our rlght ful helrs our most 1mportant and valuable propertles our self satlsfactlon our lmport ance our good looks and our good luck and rlghts as Senlors 1n the classroom We leave all of our unflnlshed buslness whlch lncludes unflnlshed lolllpops and any debts that are left behlnd We glve and bequeath to the Iunlors our well known nerve whlch they w1ll need next year To Donna Glasgow Pamela Mather would l1ke to leave her fvarm spot by the radlator Dlck Sargent would llke to leave h1s gum chewlng to Larry Sweeney provldlng he doesn t blow bubbles dunng school tlme To the lazlest Senlor to be, we bequeath Iams s amb1t1on To Mary Ann Apland Mlldred Murrell leaves her secret of Mantrapplng provldlng she keeps lt a secret Janet Donald leaves to Helen GOOSIC her ablllty to wrlte letters Jams Groomes and Mlldred Murrell leave thelr book grades than they d1d To Kermlt Coggshall Donald Apland leaves h1s Shucks Lonnle Elllott the Senlors leave thelr ab1l1ty to waste t1me ln study hall To our good frlends the Sophomore class we leave our patlence for we are sure you wlll need lt to endure the Iumors To Larry Hynes Jams Groomes leaves her cheer ' adlng outflt slnce she wlll not be uslng lt any more and he would look so cute 1n lt Ioann Lyons leaves her tennls shoes and knee guards to anyone who wlll be sllly enough to take them To Merlln Lyon D1ck Sargent leaves h1s abilrty to get along wlth women Larry Barker would l1ke to leave h1s helght to Jerold Sargent slnce he could use It He would also llke to leave all of hls women to Jewell Rlchardson Donald Apland would l11'e to leave h1s ab111ty to stay away from women to Larry Helntz better use it well Larry Ioann Lyon also would llke to leave her long halr to Mary Ann Hansen To the young and unsophlstlcated Freshmen we leave a book entltled How to Tell the Teachers a pamphlet complled by us after four years of hard study You w1ll notlce thls book lS not Vlfhat to Tell the Teachers but How It contalns lnformatlon as to which teacher can be bluffed whlch are easy and whlch are hard to please and those whom lt 15 lmposslble to please It tells lf the H1story teacher 15 lnterested ln Napoleon or not what questlons to ask to make the sclence teacher torget the lesson and be lnterestlng Thls 1nformat1on 1S mvaluable to.any w1sh1ng to make high grades ln the subjects mentloned To our dear old school bulldlng ltself we leave the peaceful qulet caused by our ab sence and any apple cores wads of gum or crumpled notes we may have left about To our teachers the faculty of Shipley Hlgh School we hereby g1ve our entlre store ot knowledge From them lt came and to them lt should be returned that others may be bene flted by lt as we have been To our teachers we bequeath our valuable sense of humor w1thout whlch we should have found school llfe palnful lndeed and whlch w1ll do much to make lt endurable for them To the comlng basketball team we leave our sults Here s hop1ng they can flll them as well as we dld The Semors of l956 0 I t I 1 I I . ' I o ' , ' h ' ' ' 1 A . . I I - I ' - , ' 1 ll ' u - - ' ' keeping books to Sandra Elliott and Ioyce Dunahoo, just so they don't get any better ' . ' , ' . To .X . . . . ---D I - - - u Il ' ' I I '

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Sensor Class Prophecy One fine summer day as I sat musing in my rocking chair I began to th1nk about my childhood ard to wonder what had happened to my long ago classmates R1ght then and there I dec1ded to set out for my old home and locate them I reached for my cane and my faithful old dog to lead the way You see one can't be too care ful when one 1S 104 years young I chartered a plane and flew back to the Shrpley Community It't qu1te amazmg what 86 years w1ll do to a commumty' I collected my lnformation as to the location of their homes and set out to find the fust person on my l1st, that belng Joann Lyon I had learned that she l1ved ln Tim Buck Too and so I took my plane there Upon askrng around I learned that Joann was dead and they showed me her grave On the stone was this inscription Here l1es Joann Lyon 1937 to , who dled whxle nursing the citizens of the county through 15 years of Malarla and Typhord She gave up so much to come to us and try to cure our aches and pa1ns that we have erected a hospltal in her memory and bearing her name As I sadly left her grave, I felt her very near and knew that she was sharing w1th me the mem or1es we so long ago had started Next I went to a l1ttle town 1n Connectlcut where Jams Groomes had moved Upon my arrival, I learned she, too, had passed on Th1s was a blow as she seemed always so young Iv1s1ted her restmg place and read this Jams Groomes 1938 to This loving teacher fought for what she knew the students of th1s community should have for the1r preparanon in l1fe Jams never marr1ed as she was so very t1ed up 1n her career of teachlng Always Uymg to frnd new and better methods and movlng from school to school helplng those 1n need Somehow I began to feel that my t1me was soon to come, so I hurried on my way, as I st1ll had many of my friends to find In Montana, I learned now, w1th great drsmay, that Donald Apland had passed on only recently The townspeople had erected a stone bearlng th1s ep1taph Donald Apland 1938 to loved by all because of h1s generos1ty and human klndness Th1s man SlgI11f1SS the communlty Splflt so lacklng before he came 1nto our m1dst He w1ll always be remembered for h1S work in forming the many CIVIC OfgaH1ZatlOl1S so necessary for the survival of any habitation Sorrowfully I realized that three of my life long friends had now become memories and symbols to the1r past I moved next to New Mexlco where to my great Joy I found Larry Barker, very much al1ve and krckrng However he was sure he'd not llve long so he d already had h1s head stone lnscrlbed and thrs IS what he sard Here l1es Larry Barker 1938 to He loved the outdoors and all sports He w1ll long be remembered for h1s brlllxant Basketball Ablllties and his great enjoyment of f1sh1ng and huntlng He explained that he wlshed the inscnption to reveal his true nature I asked that another sentence be added So w1th h1s consent th1s add1t1on was made Hrs frrendly sm1le and sh1n1ng countenance will long be remembered by those who knew h1m best From New Mexlco I went to Australla where I was lnformed that Janet Donald had been krlled rn an uprlslng of the kangaroos 1n early l1fe I v1s1ted her restlng place and read th1s Janet Donald 1937 to Th1s young girl gave much to th1s world as she formed the f1rst Soc1ety for the Preservat1on of the Human Race The unusual clrcumstances surrounding her death are closely velled ln secrecy and I never learned the causes Now I had two more v1s1ts to make and wlshed desperately that my last two classmates were strll al1ve I arrrved ln Japan where Mildred Murrell had been statloned ln servlce and learned this Mlss Mildred Murrell IS no longer with us as she dled ln the line of duty She was mess sergeant and had been trampled to death by a group of hungry Wacs Greatly d1sheartened I arrlved ln Baden Baden Germany 1n search of Dick Sargent Dick had Qecome a sc1ent1st and was engaged rn secret research To my sad heart th1s response came to my questrons Och' Mine Himell' Dat great man just blew himself up one day wh1le experlment mg Ins epltaph was very slmple Drck Sargent 1938 to Th1s great sc1ent1st found that the world was searchrng for but we never learned what It was as he died of shock when he found Slowly I returned to my home feellng greatly bereaved when I felt someone shaking me by the houlders and saying, Pam It s trme to go to B1ology class It seems I d fallen asleep and had dreamed the whole ep1sode and I certainly was relreved as I hadn t had a chance to travel around the world yet' I 0 I A - 0 . . I ' . . . . . . . ,, . . . . . . ., . ' 4 . . . . . ,, . . ? . . . ,, . . . . I . . . . . . ,, - . , be . . .. , . .. . . . . . , . - . . ' I I, . . ,, . . . . . . . ,, . . . . . , . .. I ,, . . . . . ., . ,, . I , .. . , .. . ., ,, . . . . . ,, . - .' ' Il ' . . I . ul - - - - . g n . I I ' 1 . . ,. . . ,, . . . . I I 1t.' , . F ,, ., , . s , , , . . . I Q

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