Welton High School - Weltonian Yearbook (Welton, IA)

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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.

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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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Blanchard to pick up some items at the Sports Goods Store. In the evening we had supper at the Times Cafateria, and then some of us went to a show and some went to dance at the Colisium. SEPTEMBER 26-27. Teacher's convention at Davenport. No school, SEPTEMBER 50. Baseball game with Elwood., The boys had a rough time, with Le Roy Mundy and Leon Boyer coming home in pretty bad condition. OCTOBER 2. We had our first major accident her at school. Judy Ruggeberg broke her arm by falling off the slide. OCTOBER 5-4-5. County Baseball tournamnet at Charlotte. Our Boys played on the third and were defeated by Charlotte, Tough Luck. OCTOBER 7. The Sophomore Class had a weiner roast. It was held on the school grounds in the evening. A good time was had by all who attended. me are sure Andy had fun for he.went home with two ples and about two dozen weiners to his credit--to say nothing of the gal he escorted home. OCTOBER 8. Welton and Elwood had a baseball game at Elwood. We lost again. OCTOBER ll. Baseball game with Delmar. Well, well, what do you know We won, OCTOBER 15. Baseball game with Grand Mound. OCTOBER 17. Baseball game with Calamus. This is our last game of the season. We tied the game and almost froze in the process. OCTOBER 29. We were privileged here at school with a movie given by Kenneth Springer. Although it wasn't too successful, we did have fun imagining what might be going on in the film. NOVEMBER 1. The Juniors gave their play to an audience for the first time this evening. A large crowd attended. The Juniors did look a little frightened as they gave their parts, but all in all, it was successful, and we congratulate them. NOVEMBER 2. Seniors received their name cards, There was a great deal of confusion as each high school student tried to get near enough to the Seniors to get a name card. NOVEMBER 5. First basketball game of the season. We played the Alumni. We all felt a little queer on the floor, but this was to be expected, as it was the first game of the season. NOVEMBER 7-8-9. Teacher's convention at Davenport.