Woodward High School - Granger Yearbook (Woodward, IA)

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TI-IE SENICR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1954 of the Woodward High School, in the c1ty of Woodward, Dallas County, State of Iowa, being of sound body and little mind, do hereby declare th1s to be our last W1l.l and Testimony To Mr Heerema, we leave all our empty squirt guns and our mmfulfilled desires to v1s1t Chlclgb To Hr johnson, we leave the pr1v1lege of having taught the Class of 1954 nope you have engoyed lt as much as we have Miss Eddy, we leave the Home Ec frig Hay she find it as empty as we have Mr Stuhr, we leave all our ha1r ra1s1ng experments 1n Chem1stry Mr Pro, we leave The Tangled Yarn Hay she have as much fun as we did Miss Bramer, we leave our last renaming typing erasers and our old mangled and delap1dated typewr1ters May she get as b1g a bang out of them as we d1d To Mr Juttmg, we leave nothing but regret that we had no more talent to offer The mdividual members of the Sen1or Class do hereby bequeath the jnmiors the fol lowing I, Grace Anderson, do hereby will my brain to Sh1rley Vernon and Karen Davisson D1v:lde it equally, girls, and there will be enough for both I, Har1e Amis, do leave ng athletic ability and good sportsmanshzmp to Mar1lyn Kay Hartman I, Dale Battan1, do will my ab1lity to arrive at school on time and my speeding, to Bob Hass Hay he be the chief topic of gossip I, Delores B1ond1c, will my ability to catch and hold a man to Avis Van Lew and Joyce Holmes I, Russell Boyles, do w1ll my secret romances to Bob Mcanelly Always keep them guessing I, Ronald Day, do will my Madr1d Fan Club to Kenny Bryant May you get as many radio requests as I have I, jerry Dav1sson, do w1ll my broad shoulders to Don Burg Measure them with care I Larry Frantm, do w1ll my bookkeeping transactions to hott Noland Never do any check signing without f1l'St cashmg them is always a br1ll1ant answer I, Audrey Greif, do hereby w1ll W d1amond to Iris Anderson Use my techniques and you may have one of your own someday get as tired as mine I, L018 Janssen, do will my pleasant personahty to Shirley Pentico and Delores Kmneg I hope it wins you as many fraends as it has for me I, Beverly Newland, do w1ll my ab1l1ty to get along with the teachers and st1ll be ornery to Donna Grimes Tom Newell, do will my study hall romances to Loretta Grove Nadine Pierce, do w1ll my job to Mary Janssen May you he as late as I was at noon hour Larry Paterson, do w1ll my ability to be a good boy and do nothing but get in to trouble to Larry Rothfus Don't g1ve the teachers more trouble than I did I, Martm Roby, do will my qu1etness to Don MCMOPPIS Remember Silence is Golden I, Larry Sayles, do hereby will W last name to C0!1ll1C Ingels You'll engoy lt I, Howard Schutt, do will all of my ab1lit1es to Roger Burkhart, all except one Heaven only knows what that one 18 Alyce Thompson, do w1ll all of my shorthand speed to Marilyn Hartm It takes lots PPBCCICC, Maralyn Sarah Var1sco, do w1ll my famous ha1r style and brainy 1deas to Betty Williams Angelo V1gnarol1, do will my hair and manly physique to Tony Snyder Of course, you may have to buy a club jack Weeks, do w1ll sq long distance loves to Lucy Canarini The grass is al ways greener on the other s1de, isn't 1t To the jxmior Class who will next be Sen1ors , we will our esteemed pos1tion in this school Th1s 18 an honor you may receive only once 1n your l1fet1me and should always be accepted with an attitude of hmulity and respect There is more than glory in being a Senior-it carries a challenge as well All the younger students look up to you for leadership, they will do what you are doing because of your hallowed position Th1s post you may retam not more than one year, and if you are found unworthy, the glory may be taken from you at anytime Signed, Sealed , and Del1vered on th1s 19th day of Hay, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty four The Sen1or Glass of 1954 of the Woodward H1gh School . . ' ' . We To e . o o To . . - . . . . . . To s. . . To ' 1 . ' I , Mary Harker, do will sq vocabulary and drm sticks to Jim Carr. May your arms I, . I, ' . I, ' I - o . a s . O .n I, ' ' . of . . a I, . . . . . I, ' ' . I, . s a . 1 J

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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 ,

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SENI R CLASS PROPH CY Last night I flew my rocket ship to Mars and being a curious person, I ventured to study the Marclans rad1o supersonic telescope and discovered it reveals the fu- ture happenlngs of earthmen for one decade Now I shall reveal to you what I observed Th 1954 Senlcrs are trave11ng from different parts of the cou try for a reunion 1n 1964 Larry Paterson had found his place as a surgeon 1n his hometown of Woodward He had established a new cl1nic there He declded he would take h1s receptionist Alyce Thompson, to the reu lon at Hawa11 They boarded the T W A a1rl1ne at Des MOIDBS Much to the1r surprise, Nadine Pierce was hostess, she would be gomng to Hawa1i too. Before the plane left the ground, a lady walked up the ramp They recognlzed her as Audrey Grlef, secretary of the head offlce of the McAnelly Tank Serv1ce Company 1h Des Mo1nes Several hours later the plane landed and the travelers went to the Mount Cliff Hotel 1n Cheyenne, Wyomlng As the group entered, they fou d a telegram from Wash- 1ngton,D C It was from Beverly Newland, the Press Secretary for the Pres1dent It sa1d she was sorry she cou1dn't attend but there was a Senate hear1ng wh1ch she had to cover We went to the lobby and watched T V The announceg Lo1s Janssen, sa1d, 'Good afternoon and welcome to the Sarah Varisco show ' Sarah had reached thb peak of her acting career after her success 1n the Sen1or Class Play The next program was 'The Groucho Marx Show ' The announcer told the audience that since Groucho had passed away Angelo V1gnaroli, a br1ll1ant actor, would be taklng h1s place We dec1ded to vis1t a dude ranch The hotel manager told us that there was a popular ranch three m1les out of Cheyenne We arrlved at the ranch only to d1scover Howard Schutt s1ng1ng a cowboy song and rou dlng up cattle He told us that he was taklng the place of Blng Crosby The people had qu1t swoon1ng over B1ng and now it was Howard That evening Larry Frantum arrlved He 1S now the Cert1f1ed Publlc Ac- countant for thelnter-Ocean Reassurance Company 1B Cedar Rapids His wife, who was formerly Marle Amls, would not be able to attend the reunlon because the tU1hS,L3PTy and Sherry, had the measles The next morn1ng we all boarded our plane and started for Hawai1 There happened to be an acc1dent 1n the rush to board the plane Russell ankle A woman who had seen the acc1dent rushed up to offer flrst a1d The woman was Mary Harker She 15 head of Nurses Tra1n1ng at Un1vers1ty of Iowa where Kerm1t is Instructor in Mechanical Engineerlng The plane had to make a flxght stop 1n San D1ego and our attentxon was turned to a brlght shiny l1mous1ne Two men stepped out of the car and at once we recog n1zed thelr faces It was Larry Sayles and jack Weeks They had a partnershlp 1n the Superette Lamous1ne Serv1ce wh1ch spec1al1zes 1n a new make of IIBOUSIHCS They boarded the plane to take the trip Hlth us Dale Battanl was one of the next persons we saw He was ru n1ng the Rocket Gas Stat1on where he refuels Rockets to Mars we arrlved at Hawaii and went to the nightclub where the reu 1on was to be held As we entered, the band was playing nMoonl1ght and Roses N A man s1tt1ng at a b1g table motloned to us We went over and who was s1tt1ng there but Jerry Dav1sson and his w1fe, the former Delores B10hd1C jerry 13 now County Extenslon D1rector at Iowa State College 1n Ames Delores has a full tlme Job car1ng for Jerry'Jr Ronald Day and Tom Newell were s1tt1ng talking l1ke two old college professors Ronald was tell lng of his experlences as Dean of Zoology at Notre Dame Tom was braggxng about h1s Ch1cago Bears wh1ch he coaches Martln Roby and Grace Anderson were d1scussing the old school days By the way, Grace Just came 1n from Seoul, Korea, where she 13 head nurse at the Misslon Hospital Martin 13 now manager of the Roby Seed Corn Company and he 13 working on a new d1s covery for better y1elding corn Now you can see that the motto of the 1954 Senlors was well chosen 'Today we fol low, tomorrow we lead ' . e ' ' Boyles, head of the Washington Printing Bureau, had missed his step and sprained his