Welton High School - Weltonian Yearbook (Welton, IA)

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Chicago. There in the famous Ryan hospital I found the former Eleanor Sperfslage. I say former, for she had married .1135 RRZQS, and together they ran the hospital. She had become very famous, having just discovered a sure cure for Lev-e7-i?eliness. Her cure being as follows: When you see a good looking boy or girl as the case may be, there is just the slightest chance of falling in love, go home and go to bed immediately. Eat one lemon, and drink one glass of vinegar, if this doesn't work, marry the guy or gal. I journeyed back to Iowa rathwv sadly. It seemed as if I were the only one who had not become famous or had a famous husband. I was the only one of the Class of '47 that had remalned in Iowa and led a comparatively simple lif . I am a physician in the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, and as yet am not famous. Oh! Oh! I hear another call from the hospital. ,OH my goodness! All this has been a dream and here I am in bed. with my mother calling me to getup and get ready for school, as Mr. Blanchard is going to give us an- other of his dreaded Literature Tests. New By Darlene Bauer

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to have a look at her children who numbered flve.tv1ns and triplets and she seemed to be very proud. Her next door neighbor was Oralee Randolph. Qhe and her husband, 05443 B8cZ3S19f were running the 'Plain- view Hotel' and seemed to have a thriving business. In Washington D. C. I discovered Joan Cornish: she was worklngmfor the F. B. I. and she was 'free as the airn after having listened- to Mr. Lewis's speeches about what tough life being married was she had decided that maybe being married wouldn't be such fun after all. She ln- formed me that Gloria Cornish and her husband, 1.48148 K4F!BSS8e Z had discovered oil on their ranch in Kansas and were new very rich. She also told me that they were going to sell the ranch and move to Vienna. Here in Washington I also found Marjorie Claeys. She was cne'of the leading politicians or the day, having just introduced in Congress a bill Cwhich congress passed unanimously! which placed the North and South under two separate governments by Mr. Lewis's request. In this way they intended to remove the bitter feeling between these two territories. While driving down a highway outside of New York, I was stop- ped by a motorcycle cop for speeding. The cop turned out to be Allan Andresen. He said that he had received so many tickets from Patrolman Grimm, that he had decided to hand out a few tickets him- self and see what it was like. Of course I knew this was the work he was doing, for he was my brother-in-law. I accepted the ticket, and after paying my fine at the local station I journeyed DH. In a swnak New York Dress Shop which was rapidly becoming world famous I found Mary Kaczinski. I left N w York and journeyed back to

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MARCH OF'TIME AUGUST 26. First day of this school year. All the . Freshmen were present and in high spirits over their new position in the High School. All the Freshmen are looking ahead to the initiation with great impatience and expectation. We have added to our faculty Mr, Harry Lewis, who was superintendent of the Ollie L conidlidated School in Keokuk County during the last year. AUGUST 50. Our first baseball game of the season with our near neigh- bors, Calamus. SEPTEMBER 2. Meeting of the Seniors to decide the fate of the new Freshmen, on initiation d ay. Initiation is to begin today and con. tinue through this week, with the big day and night to be on the Sth, We have decided to make the Freshmen wear different kinds of costume every day during this week, The Freshmen are very cooperative, and we Seniors are having loads of fun. SEPTEMBER 5. Initiation day! The final day has at last arrived and all the Freshmen have come in their designated costumes. Each one came representing some Mother Goose Character. There was a .short program in the afternoon in which the members of tts Freshmen Class performed various acts on the stage. In the evening the real initia- EEPTEMBER tion took place. After tue initiation ceremony was over games were played, and a lunch was served by the Senior Class. SEPTEMBER 6. Baseball game with Goose Lake--there. SEPTEMBER Baseball game with Delmar. SEPTEMBER Baseball game with Charlotte. SEPTEH ER Baseball game with Goose Lake. SEPTEMBER . fBaseball game with Grand Mound. Junior skating party at the Prom in Davenport. A good time was had by all. We all had a good time, even if many of us spent most of the evening trying to stand on our feet instead of laying on the floor. A bus load went down and a quite a number of cars. - SEPTEMBER 25. Seniors went to Davenport to have their pictures taken. We almost had to put a lease on Roy T. and Allan A. to keep them from pursuing every good looking doll who came along. All the Senior enioyed themselves. During the afternoon some of the girls .went shbpping, and some of the gang and all of the boys want. with Mr.