Wellsburg High School - Warrior Yearbook (Wellsburg, IA)

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C ASS PROPHECY UNITED STATES - 1967 I, Ann Harms,just marr1ed,and on my honeymoon, went with my husband through the M9 states QAlaska had just been admitted! We decided to have a few v1S1 S with my classmates along the route We started in Maine A girl friend of m1ne,Dor1s Nederhoff, was at the Sir port She said that she had been an air line stewardess but now was going back to Steamboat Iowa to get married I wished her happiness, and we parted husband and T got on our plane, found empty seats, and settled down for the trip to New York After leaving the plane, we headed for a restaurant to get something to eat when we met the former Delores Tack and her husband, Boyd She said that he had been married two years and had one child They were going home from a vacation spent with his parents We toured some ofNew York's most exciting sections and naturally figured we could not leave wlttout seeing The Bronx There we cnanced to find JoAnn Ohling, who told us she was teaching there She was very busy so we d1dn't bother her too long She asced us if we knew that Viola Van Loh was teaching in the same vicinity We had been unaware of this but she directed us to where she was teaching Since she had a class, we d1dn't talk very long, out she informed us that sne enjoyed her work Already we were behind our schedule, so we returned to the airport and took off Florida bound There we saw Dennis Nlehals and Luverne Ueester Ther told us that they were working as migrant workers They reported that the wages were good and that they soon hoped to retire We went to Miami Beach where the ur Universe Contest was being held 1 was really surprised to find Wayne Aukes had been named UP Universe of 1967 His Miami fan club had him surrounded so we got no more than a glimpse of him Moving on to Hackson, Mississippi, we found Larry Paternl pounding away on his drums, Dixie Land Style, in the 'You Name It, We Got It' nightclub we abandoned our plane and decided to drive the rest of the trip After driving quite a distance we needed gas so we stopped at the nearest gas station swhom should we see but Roger Hlppen He a ked us if we had seen tn new paper we said th t we had notsohe showed us a copy and whose picture was on the front page but Frank Meyeraan's Frank had just set a new record in the 100 yard dash He and his wife, the former Joyce Huisman, were now on a vacation in murope Stepping out of the Hippen Filling Stat1on,I slipped and sprained my ankle I thought it would be best if I visited a doctor, th refore, Roger advised me to go to a Dr Robin on When we got there, we found that the doctor's nurse was Delah Harms The doctor was busy o she took care of me She said she was going to cult her joL and marry a millionaire from Texas Because of my bad ankle we could not continue our trip that day We decided to attend the local opera The star soprano nd the star baritone were Nola Flessner and Eldon Harms we went back stage afterwards and talked to them Nola told me Vernon Eckhoff had joined the circus as a tall man He certainly must have grown afterhe left high school 66 Oilers ' He also mentioned that Kayleen Koch was on a Unlver ity b slstball team, holding the bench down as usual Leaving the South, we journeyed northward, our first major stop being in Minneapolis where w found Vernon Janssen zooming and screeching around every corner and curv available on the Minneapolis Speedway We recalled that he always was a real hot rodder Our next stop was in orand Rap1ds,M1cu1gan where we found Harlyn Riekena as a professor at the University of Michigan He said he had gone there originally to be educated on the subject, nlsolatlon from Aomen,' but that course was not offered so ke gav up the idea He reported that he was now married and the father of three ke also reported that Sheryl Lutterman was till in college I guess sne is looking for M S QMrs J degree Ruth Haupt was al o livin in Michigan, teaching school anl taking car of her five little ones How some women m ease, 1,11 never know Next we came to Iowa Naturally we wanted to Vlqlt our nom town of Jells burg, out our welcome was not the mo t pleasant for hortly after we arrlv d ln the city limits, we heard a lren We pulled ov r ald stooped immediately The policeman was really angry and asked us if we were going to a fire He looked at re for a moment and asked if I had once lived ln Wellsburg I replied that I had He pulled off his goggles and it was none oth r tlan Roger Auce He said h was married also He a ked US ifwe knew what had haopened to Mary Ann Blythe . 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He said her and We than at she had gone to Arizona to take up nursing. Her husband has gone with he was linotypist for one of the local newspagers. arrived in Wellsburg and found ltwasa grea eal larger and more modern the time we left. It had quite a few clothing stores and supermarkets. I went into one of the stores to look at some dresses. A small blond girl waited on me. Of course it was Bernice Meester---Heinrich now. She said that her hus- band, Leland, was a mechanic. She also said that Jean Button was married and living on a farm but was doing some substitute teaching. She also reported that Lu Vern Freese was also married and living on a dairy farm. His 75 cows keep him busy night and morning After doing a little figuring, I realized that I had been fortunate enough to either visit or to hear from every one of my high school classmates during my trip lt was interesting to note that each was successful in his own small or great way I could not help wishing that this success would continue throughout the rest of their lives LASS Ill TORY In the fall of 1900 ten scared little youngsters walked shyly into the first and second grade classroom to begin their kindergarten year They were Wallace Deters, Vernon Eckhoff, Nola Flessner, Roger Geerdes, Frank Hippen, Joyce Huisman, Sheryl Lutterman, Doris Nederhoff, Delores Tack, and Kaywelchers Our teacher was Miss Nickollne Hanson The next fall we were in the same room, but we were met by a new teacher, Miss Marjorie Hofmeister We had two new students in our class that year, Viola Van Loh and David Malin A new teacher but the same room was the scene when we were second graders Our teacher was Miss Voy, who later became Mrs Newby Frank Hippen d1dn't appear with us because he decided he liked first grade so well that he would stay another year Larry Paternl and Arden Terfehn thought they would give town school a try and during the second semester Vernon Jurgens joined us This made our number 14 The next year, as third graders, we had the pleasure of walking across the hall to a different room and anotner new teacher, Miss Bausman We gained Larry Koch, but Larry Paterni decided he liked country school better so he left us As fourth graders we stayed in the same room and kept the same teacher Vernon Janssen became a member of our class Because we were able to move upstairs the next year, we really thought we were big A new teacher was waiting for us at the top of the steps She was Mrs Eggleston, who insisted we call her 'Miss Pat N We decreased in number by one as Larry Koch left us We stayed in the same room for our sixth grade year but we again had a new teacher, Mr than sixth, was quite a a permanent Sm1th, We lost Roger Geerdes, who seemed to l1ke fifth grade better but we gained in return Leland Heinrich and Roger Hippen variety of teachers Mrs Seibsen, our first teacher, taught until one could be found That was Mrs Coulter, but she only stayed a few weeks After she left there were quite a few substitute teachers, almost all of whom were high school students Another new permanent CTI teacher, Mr White, came but he d1dn't finish the year with us either After one or two more sub stitutes Mrs Beving was our teacher for the remainder of the year Our last year in grade school was very pleasant with Miss Bird as our teacher We were sorry to lose David Malin but Dennis Neihaus joined us during the year There were fifteen who graduated together in the spring They were Wallace Deters, Vernon Eckhoff, Nola Flessner, Leland Heinrich, Roger Hippen, Joyce Huisman, Vernon Janssen, Vernon Jurgens, Sheryl Lutterman, Doris Nederhoff, Dennis Nelhaus, Delores Tack, Arden Terfehn, Viola Van Loh, and Kay Welchers The next fall, as freshmen, we were scared to move or say anything, but we were proud of having the largest class in high school with 31 members The 16 new members were Wayre Aukes, Jean Button, Mary Ann Blythe, LuVerne Freese, Angeline Harms, Eldon Harms, Ruth Haupt, Kayleen Koch, Bernice Meester, Luverne Meester Vlncel Melnts, Frank Meyeraan, JoAnn Ohll g, Larry Paternl, Harlyn Riekena, and Wendell Venenga Our teachers were Mr Rankin, the Superintendent, who taught us Algebra, Mr Freitag, Principal, who taught the boys shop, Mrs Bergendahl, who taught General Science and tried to teach the girls how to cook S o ' a. ' 1 ' - 1 N 1 - ' Mov1ng across the ha1l.asseventh graders,we had the same students but there