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. . 'Y ' ::-3 Seventeen of the thirty-nine members of the 1954 graduating class started in kindergarten to- gether in 1941 and have been together all through school. This group is made up of Jim Kelly, Marjorie McConahay, Tom McDowell, Terry Poor, Sandra Brown, Merlin Schneider, Shirley Schwob, Horace Baker, Jerry Parish, Max Lihs, Marilyn Hayes, Joyce Hanson, Lois Ball, Richard Kerr, Nellie Campbell, Ronald Jack, Corwin Williams, Ruth Ann Gerling. Five others: Dale Eversmeyer, John Wright, Bonnie Courtney, and Dian McKinney started with this group but left and returned between kindergarten and graduation. Miss Manz was our teacher in both kindergarten and first grade. During the first grade Dale Evers- meyer rejoined our class. Our teachers in the second grade were Miss Shellabarger and Miss Anthony. Bob Miller joined us this year. Our third grade teachers were Miss Miller and Miss Skrivsteth. Charlene Hohenadel, who had moved away, returned and we gained one new mem- ber, Carol Ann Pretz. Four of the 1954 graduates- to-be joined the class in the fourth grade. They were Dave Allison, Lloyd Baird, Bill Brauns, and Barbara Robinson. Our teachers were Mrs. Bates and Miss Hoffman. We were glad to welcome June Wilson and Janet Callahan to our group in the fifth grade. That year our teachers were Miss Bloom and Mrs. Frerichs. In our last year in grade school Peggy Lihs and Bob Marshall joined our class and Bob Miller and Dave Allison, who had moved away, returned. Our teach- ers in the sixth grade were Miss Gallup and Mrs. Frerichs. When we entered juniorhigh we hadfive teach- ers: Mr. McGill, Miss Bissell, Mrs. Hayes, Miss Gross, and Mrs. Loghry. During this year we gained three new members, Sharon and Joe Patrick and Robert Otto. No new members joined our class in the eighth grade and our teachers were the same as those in seventh grade. In the fall of 1950 we entered high school, were initiated, and soon became part of the senior high school. Four of our classmates of previous years re- turned. They were Bob Miller, Jiihn Wright, Bonnie Courtney, Dian McKinney. Bill Smith and Dixie Jennings were added to our class. During our freshman year most of us took part in music and a few in athletics. By the middle of our sophomore year we were branching out in our activities and some of us were beginning to receive recognition. Darrell Stockdale became the 39th member of our class when he joined during our sophomore year. That year we initiated the fresh- men, and served as waiters and waitresses at the junior-senior banquet. Our junior year was the beginning of our upper- classmen days in high school. We were now becom- ing the leaders. Our group activities were our class trip, our class play, and our prom. We planned an all-night party for the seniors--banquet, prom, movies, and breakfast--the first of its kind at Wapello. This last year has certainly been a busy one. Picture taking at Davenport, homecoming, Maga- zine sale, Christmas formal dance, class trip, class play, junior-senior prom. We had so many things to do. Before we realized it we were practicing for graduation and reviewing for our final high school tests. One evening, amid the best wishes and con- gratulations of our families and friends, we realized it was all over. We were no longer kids but young adults. Graduation left us a little sad as well as proud and happy. We knew now that for us high school was just a memory.
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The class of 1954 held its 20th reunion at the Lake View Resort Hotel on the shores of beautiful Lake Odessa June 7 1974 Music for the occasion was furnished by Merlrn Seashore and hrs Sons of the Beaches fWc re membered hrm when he was plarn Merlrn Schneider J Most of the 39 members were present and up to date re ports were received from the few who could not be present Darrell Stockdale got an rdeafrom the 1954 year book skrt and decrdeo to try hrs luck rn Hawarr at non skid grapefruit but he got squeezed out and went broke Ruth Ann Gerling has popped up rn the busr ness world She now has a chain of pop corn machines all over town and one at Elrrck Junctron Jim Kelly now has hrs own stock truck lrne ap proprrately called The Smelly Truck Lrne We have frnally discovered that the Marrlyn who saddled up Old Buck back rn 1949 and rode south to Texas was not the one we suspected but our own Marr lyn Hayes Joe Patrick rs strll making up hrs work rn sociology but everyday before and after school you can see hrm polishing a blue Mercury Convertible Lois Ball settled down and went rnto the banking busrness The interest rs growing yearly Richard Kerr after going to Morning Sun for four years decided he would raise puppies whrch he called lrttle Bow wowers fEveryone else called them lrttle Kerrs J Sandra Brown went rnto modeling strapless bathing suits but she couldn t qurte get the hang of rt to become a private eye and rs well known for hrs undercover work Bonnre Courtney fnow Mrs Murphy, rs strll tryrng to find out who put the overalls rn her chowder Corwm Wrllrams was out speedboat rrdrng one day and the boat upset and he was carried away It rs re ported that he IS now lrvrng off the coast of Florrda and has become qurte fond of one of the local mermards Marjorie McConahay went to Hollywood and be came an aquatrc star Recently whrle shooting a scene rn the Pacrfrc she ran rnto an old classmate whohad Just swam rn from Florrda June Wrlson marrred Don and rs now raising a baseball team called The Hardin Hitters Max Lrhs who rs now attendrng the state School at Ft Madison wasn t present He was picked up bya stare policeman for swervrng hrs car from srde to srde Hrs explanation I was just Uyrng to keep from run ning out of gas by sloshrng rt back and forth to get rn to the carbuerator Joyce Hanson rs marrred and now lives rn Allen Alley Terry Foor has hrs own TV show Hrs sponsor rs Valsamonres Matzrroney Cheese Charlene Hohenadel rs hired by hrm to srt rn the front row and laugh at hrs Jokes Lloyd Barrd and Bob Marshall are now on theArthur Godfrey show They pose for the Whrch one has the Toni commercial Brll Brauns rs now a patrol leader in the Flying Farmers It 1s sard that he rs also sewing some Wrld Oats even rn the sky Janet Callahan got a Job shrnrng Lrberace s srlver candle strcks Horace Baker took Navy ROTC at Ames where he discovered the WAVES He rs now a Ch1efPettrng Of frcer Dran McKinney owns the controllrng interest rn the Parish O11 Company fat least she does the bossrngj Jerry Parish rs the silent partner rn the Parish O11 Company Barbara Robrson was not present It seems that when she found out Bob frnally marrred Drxre she ended rt all by jumping off the Wapello bridge Ronald Jack at last got on the Wrrght track He has an oyster farm at the south end of Lake Odessa Don t know how he rs dorng but seems to be a lot of little Pearls around the place Nellre Campbell after see rng a stage show on the class trrp opened up a srmrlar one on Water Street here rn Wapello It s called Little Mrnsky s Tom McDowell marrred a classmate who rs re ported to have a lot of dough Tom does not say any Carol Ann Pretz found herself rn partnership with a grocery store owner What 1954 brrthday partres can t start Bob Mrller rs now a nuclear physrcrst Qwhatever that rsj and has developed a new theory Two defr nrtely can not lrve as cheaply as one Hrs wrfe Drxre has her hands full rarsrng the six children and worryrng about Dr Mrller s experrments on the Gish Bomb John Wrrght took lessons from Rex Moore and rs now a hot rod racer He captured the booby prize at the 1968 Indranapolrs classrc Dave Allrson bought out the Palmer House and caters exclusrxely to senror class mps He advertrses No curfew no house detective Shrrley Schwob now heads the Trdy Drdy de partment at Marshall Field and Co B111 Smrthfaddress padded cell No 1951 Mt Pleasant, Ioway got there tryrng to frgure rf grrls who wear low necklrnes are on the rnsrde tryrng to get out or on the outside tryrng to get rn Sharon Patrick fMrs Beaney went east of Wapello to Toolesboro and started up John Oberly s old store Doing well as rt s right at the entrance of Lake Odessa Natronal Park Peggy Lrhs rs strll with Sharon She rs a carhop at their drive rn She uses a pogo suck to get around on Robert Otto rs head doorman at Dave Allrson s Palmer House He s marrred and believes rn the old sayrng They re cheaper by the dozen 48 , - ' ' ' ' V . . - ' ' ' , , . . .... . , . . . . 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