Woodward High School - Granger Yearbook (Woodward, IA)

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L s 4 A R R R A Y H P A v '1' A E R H 1 5 s 0 c N o WI'm not lazy---but I just don't uCute, dark, and not very bign fggl like working.H Football l-3-4 Baseball l G. A. A. 2 Track l-2-3-4 Class Play 4 Hi Light l----4 00 5 flu 5 Hi tory We, the seniors of 1954, invite you to come with us down the halls of mem- ory as we recall the many things that have happened to us during our school days. Some may have been boring, some exciting, but whatever they were they will always hgld a very special place in our memories. The first members of the present senior class to peek their angelic little headsinto 'Dear Old Woodward Highn were Dale Battani, Larry Paterson, Russell Boyles and Nadine Pierce. They arrived with banners flying. The only ones to stick it out all through the years were Dale, Larry, and Nadine. In first grade the class started growing with the addition of Jack Weeks, Marie Amis and Grace Anderson. Another member arrived in second grade, Jerry Davisson. In third grade things got too rough for Russell and he decided to pull up stakes and move on. Although we hated to lose Russell, our attentions turned to the entrance of four more members, Beverly Newland, Alyce Thompson, Audrey Grief, and Tom Newell. When school started in fourth grade there were two strange faces in sight, but we soon managed to get acquainted. They were Mary Harker and Sarah Variscos In fifth grade Sarah decided she wanted to try another school, but our class

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couldn't decrease ln nu ber so Ronald Day and Larry Sayles Jolned our group In Slxth Grade, Sarah decided she wanted to try us aga1n But she soon changed her mind and left us 1D the same year Audrey left us 1n the Seventh Grade and Russell returned to f1n1sh h1s school days In E1ghth Grade, the girls 1n hose and the boys lookmg very uncomfort able in neckties marched solemnly across the stage to rece1ve the1r dlplomas wh1ch D!'0m0tCd them to h1gh school Then came the great oment We were Freshmen! We not only had become members of the h1gh school group, but we had galned several new members They were Larry Frantum, Delores B1ond1c, Angelo Vignaroli, Howard Schutt, Hart1n Roby, and Audrey Grief D1d we th1nk we were something just thlnkl H1gh Schoo1'l It d1dn't take long for us to change our minds Remember when Mr Harvey so very gu1etlX told us to shut up! Then came Freshmen Inltiatlon That really d1d lt Boy' Were we scared But the day ended and the next mornlng roll call proved that everyone had su vlved Next came our class party It was a scavanger hunt Do you recall all the strange happenlngs on that night' The t1me arrxved when we were to choose our pennant It was Dale's draw ing that won We really felt proud when our pennant was mounted on the wall with the others In our Sophomore year things began to qulet down We salled through the year ga1n1ng nothlng but knowledge In our JUDIOP year Lo1s Janssen Joined us and Sarah declded to give one last try Th1s was a year of many events Remember when we sold refresh ments at the football games until we nearly froze? Next on the program for the year was choos1ng our class rings We didn't th1nk they would ever arrxve but they flnally got here Then came our class play, it was lots of work but we engoyed lt Do you recall how scared Dale B was We didn't th1nk he was go1ng to make it Whard to bel1eve, 1sn't ' And then there was Mr Rutledge and Nona's mysterious l1ttle su1tcase That was lots of fun but our Prom was even more fun From yards and yards of crepe paper, mi1110HS of thumb tacks, and lots of hard work emerged some very beautlful decoratlons Then there was the banquet w1th all that wonderful food Thanks to a bu ch of wonderful and hard working mothers Everyone engoyed themselves and th1s cl1maxed our year Next came the year we had been str1v1ng to reach for so many years were Seniors The f1rst adventure as Sen1ors was a trip to Des MOIDCS to get our plctures taken We left 1n the morning and spent the afternoon just look 1ng aro nd the blg c1ty Next on the program was the class play Everyone 1n the cast wondered 1f there would be one, but we all finally learned ou parts and the play went on as scheduled The Sen1ors had a busy year, but the last month was the buszest of all The f1rst event was Sk1p Day We went to Indlanola for a p1cn1c and then went to Des Molnes where we v1s1ted the Hlstorlcal Bu1ld1ng, the Capltol, and the Art Center Later 1D the evenlng we went to Smnny and Hae's for a wonder- ful dlnner After dlnner some of us went to a show and others took 1n the ball game Everyone had a wonderful time, but a dark cloud settled over our Skip Day when we found out that Martln Roby had been ser1ously 1nJured 1n a auto- mob1le accldent that same n1ght Then came the Banquet and Prom The glrls came all dressed up 1D fonmal and the boys came looklng the1r best ln sults The gym was beautlfully dec orated and everyone had a wonderful t1me To the JUn10P8, the members of the Sen1or Class extended the1r heart1est thanks for a very enjoyable evenlng Now we are look1ng to graduat1on As we march solemnly down the alsle we w1ll be thinklng of all the wonderful tlmes we have had 1D Dear Old Woodward Hlgh From the very f1rst day of school we have been looklng forward to the t1me when we would be Sen1ors Now the t1me has arrlved After graduat1on, the members of the class w1ll probably be scattered to all parts of the co ntry, but wherever we go, we w1ll cxrry w1th us thoughts of all the good txmes we had To the JUDIOPS we would l1ke to say, nYour Sen1or year 18 your happ1est En Joy it ' . . . . . . . I O . . . O O . . . D . . O l I O . . O . . O O O . C O O . . . - C O . . . . . . 0 . . . . us 0 ' 0 ' . . . . , I . . I O I . . O . ' I O . . 0 . . O . . . . as Ju iors. ' ' . We . . . . . . . D . . . . . . 2 O . . . . . . . we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . O . . . . . . 0 . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . - Q ,