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CRESTON, IOWA, SATURDAY, MAY 19,1962.120 Seniors Left Of Activity Board Freshman Class of 141 i Has Many DufiesBy Judy HollidaySeniors Trace Highlights of4 Years at CHSBy Bill OuthouseOut of a class of 141 studentswho started in our class assophomores, 120 of us make upthe graduating class.Our class was the first groupof freshmen to attend the new Burton R. Jones Junior High , In«ham and Vicki Gibson, Bren-School. We were also the first i s *r'enc*s- For his role, Billclass not to have an eighth Outhouse got Ihe Thespian outstanding actor award.and Jerre Waltersdorf, a 16 year old “kid brother,” and an avid baseball fan.Casl for “Sunday Costs Five Pesos” was Brenda Bradley (who has since moved to California t as a pretty but high tempered girl. Bill Outhouse, her lover, Cheri Healey, a “girl who can match temper with Brenda any day,” and BarbaraDave Spilman, Ottumwa; Nancy Kunath, Creston; and Sharon Gaidies, Creston. At the end of the first semester, Bob graduated, and Joe moved into the office of president. Gary Smith-er was elected to fill the vacancy on the board.The Creston Community col-i Ej*ch member of the Activity lege Activity Board for 1961- Board was on a special corn-1962 consisted of four soph- mittee. On the formal party omores and four freshmen. The committee for the first semester members, elected at the begin- were Judy Holliday and Joe ning of the year by the student Dory. In the second semesterbody, were Bob McGinnis ol Creston, president ; Joe Dory of I onGary Smither took Joe’s place this committee. SharonOrient, vice-president; Judy I Gaidies and Rick Crawford Holliday of Creston. secretary- were on the informal partytreasurer; Joy Wallace, Creston; Rick Crawford, Tama;grade graduation.We were welcomed to the highschool by the upperclassmen at an icebreaker party. Our first i Presented during this year Billwere initiated into the National For a part in the vocal oper-1 Honor Society on May 5, 1961. etla, “Hearts and Blossoms,” | They were Vanita Blair, Donna.______ ___ __________Caldwell, Mary Hardman, Rog-competition with our upperclass- j Outhouse had his hair set and j er Beck, Harvey Jackson andmen came at this time. Ron jdyed at Vera'« beauty parlor. | Bill Outhouse.Dodge, Joe Knock, and Robert j^^e operetta was presented bythe vocal music department uncommittee,. Joy Wallace and Dave Spilman were in charge qf the concessions at all home ballgames and at the girls’ district tournament. Nancy Kunath was in charge of keeping the lounge and study roomKenney competed in a race against three seniors. They had I ^le direction of Cecil Page.135 Ah JuniorsOur junior year, 1960, foundto dress in women’s clothes and attempt to keep them onwhile running across the gym us starting off with a class floor and back. The seniors 1 enrollment of 135, a loss of onlysix from the previous year. First Officers j Connie Kinkade, a member ofClass officers for that year I °ur class, was the first CHSwon.were David Daughton, president, Larry Goodrich, vice-president, Cheryl Healy, secretary, and Bob Brotherton, treasurer.student to be served in the highschool cafeteria this year.Our class officers for this year were Mike Wallace, presi-The homecoming theme for!^ent- Donna Caldwell, vice-pres-Ihe year was “food.” Our float, entitled “Let s bring home the bacon,” featured Sherry Clark and three hogs.ident, Janet Abbott, secretary, and Vanita Blair, treasurer.The homecoming theme was “sundries.” Our junior classFor a biology project. Connie I ,()°k t°P honors. EntitledKeesler raised two rats, naming them Nikita and Ike. She compared their health after giving them different diets. Nikita was fed sweets while Ike was given protein foods. Naturally, Nikita was a weak rat.“Give ’em the blows,” it carried four lovely pantherettes pulling slogan-bearing tissues from a giant Klean-X box.Birthday CardBanquet and PromThis year our class planned and presented the junior-senior banquet and prom. It was held on May 16, in the CHS gymnasium. Joe Knock acted as the master of ceremonies. The prom theme was “Serenade in Jade.” Our first prom was a night to be remembered.SeniorsOne hundred thirty-five students started the year as seniors.Bill Outhouse, elected last year as vice-president of the student council, served this year as student body president.Class officers were Jim Phillips, president, Roger Beck, vice-president, Sherran Hower, secretary, and Helen Cox, treasurer.Homecoming theme for ourDuring the year the governing body was kept busy with various projects. The first major project was choosing the basketball cheerleaders. Five girls were chosen to lead the cheers. They were Karen Kelley, Karen McDonald, Sandy Smith, Sandra Herzog, and Ren-ness Tucker.In the fall the Board conducted the college Work-Day. Virtually every student took part by washing windows and cars, babysitting, cleaning houses, hauling trash, and doing other chores. Work-Day was a big success, and about $400 wasearned. ...... ■'*• *The next project was the winter formal. The formal par-ty committee was in charge of this activity. Various committees were chosen to carry out the work for this party. The chairmen were Karen Dugger,detention system went into effect, too. Previously, students that were tardy went without penalty. Now the students who I ceived a thank you card from. senior year was “movies.” The, , . „ .Kathy Shoenhair, a kind think- senior float, entitled “Snow decoration; Bob Howie, pro-ing junior, sent President Eisen- white and the Seven Panthers,” ■ Srams; Steve Miller, finance-featured Helen Cox and a groupThis was the year that the j hower a birthday card congrat-himand Robina Hoskinson, publicity. Everyone worked hard, butarrive at class late spend time in the principal’s office after school.Sophomore Playsulating him on the fine job I Gf football boys. Homecominghe had done as president of queen was Janet Abbott. Her I t^ie f°rma* was cancelled at the the country. In turn, she re-j attendants were Donna Caldwell, Sherran Hower, Linda_ . . , . Reece, and Lavonne Holiday.Our junior class playMr. Eisenhower.i iwas Their escorts were Roger Beck,last minute because of a snow-j ■ r #storm.Another activity which the board supervised was the Svveet-drama dealing with murder, in-The sophomore class plays j vestigation. and suspense.The case was Barbara Ingham who portrayed Laura, the cen-Laura” a three-act mystery, joe Knock. Mike Wallace. Gaii I heart Dance. The formal awlwere “Summer Sunday,” a one act drama by John Taylor, and “Sunday Costs Five Pesos,”a hilarious one act comedy by | Green and Mike Terrell, two Josephina Neggli.Cast for Summer Sunday was Sherran Hower, playing a plain 23 year old, small town girl who was awed by the “fragile and mysterious quality of her first love,” Lanny Green, a 25 year old bank clerk who was extremely shy and unsure of himself, Donna Caldwell, who appeared to be a warm and affectionate sort, but who was really a narrow-minded woman,Schwab, and Dennis Jones.The senior class play was “Our Town,” by Thornton Wild-Lanny Green had the main ra figure of the play. Lanny [ roje as stage manager. Roman-, . ,, , , . , | ce was added by Mike Wallaceo icr questionable boyfriends, amj Janice Ludington as theyDonna Caldwell and Jcn-e Wall- j playod Geor„e and Emi.ersdorf, who played mother and son and were neighbors to Barbara. Wanda Hauser as Barbara’s maid, Bill Outhouse, who portrayed a detective who tried to get to the bottom of the mystery, and Joe Wilson. Bill’s assistant. Janet Abbott student director.Six juniors,, representing the top fitteen percent of their classwasly Webb. The Webb family was made up of Donna Caldwell, David Daughton, and Joe Wilson; mom, pop, and son. The Gibbs family consisted of Margaret Taylor. Bill Outhouse, and Linda Lines; mom, pop, and daughter. The complete cast consisted of 43 students.Acting Awards “Our Town” swept the Thes-informal party committees combined their efforts for this dance. Sharon G’aidies was elected “Sweetheart,” and Gary Smither was elected “King.” The other candidates who were present were Nancy Kunath and Joe Dory. Karen Mikkelson was chairman of the decorations committee, and Karen Schrader of the refreshment committee.In March the Activity Board decided to try to earn some money for the School’s activity fund and accepted an offer to sell magazine subscriptions. The students were divided into eight teams. A total of 69 sutAnswer to Previous PuzzleACROSSI—— fruit is Israel’s most important agricultural product 7 its Beit ——dam wascompleted 111195213 Bird14 Expunged5 Caucho6 Bristles7 Tidier8 Shakespeareanforest9 Small child10 Employer11 Cleft (dial.)12 Augments 19 Nights (ab.)21 Set22 Lease23 Just claim24 City in the Soviet Unionscript ions was sold, and the pian awards, with Lanny Green j profit amounted to approximate-arid Janice Ludington as out- Jy $200. The most successful standing actor and actress. man was Fred Howell, who sold A new sport was instituted in sixteen subscriptions.CHS this year- wrestling. The Following the above project squad did exceptionally well for came the college variety show.their first year.Our class left to the school a new amplifying system. ThisNancy Kunath and Sharon Gaidies took over the task of plart-15 Musicalinstrument 24 City in the 37 Sacred songs16 Augmentative Soviet Union 38 Deed quantity 25 City in Nevada 41 Utopian17 Haifa is - of 26 Hebrew month 42 High homeits chief ports 2Sell 43 Essential being18 Poker stake 30 Curved molding 44 Roster20 Rights tab.) 31 Auricles 45 Strays21 Simulate 24 Papal cape27 Elder (ab.28 Cry of bacchanals32 Fortification33 Greek letter34 Make into law35 More rational36 Learning37 Parent39 Peruvianmountains40 Cast off 43 Before46 Palm fruit47 Deep hole SO Horse cola?52 Grumble55 River56 Presser67 Artist’s frames68 RespectDOWNlHead (slang)2 Israel has some —- deposits3 Auto accessory4 MasculineNEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.48 Arrow poison49 Duration of office51 Scottish sheepfold53 Bitter vetch54 Cooking utensilning the show. They got people was done in hopes that every- lo participate, helped write theone will be able to hear what I script, and appointed commit-is being said in the auditorium from now on.The Panthers, led by hightees to assist with props, scenery, and lighting.The last major activity wasscoring Larry Goodrich, took 11he spring formal. The formal the Hawkcye Eight Basketballtitle. Larry set three new records during the year. He holds the high scoring record for the school and for the conference, and he holds the conference single game scoring record.James Jones, an FFA member. was chosen as a “State Farmer.” He accepted this a-ward at the annual FFA convention.This year the juniors put the prom on for us. It was our last big blast at CHS and it will long remain as a high spot in our high school days.Almost Completed The year will be completed as we walk across the stageon May 23, during the commencement exercises, to re-1 banks reached a record high eeive our diplomas. of $120,790,000,000 by Oct. 1,From here we all go our sepa- 1961, according to the 1962 rate ways, and though some I Britannica Book of the Year, of us may never return to Creston high school or to Creston, I The “crime of 1873” was the our high school days will be demonetization of #iiver by long remembered. I Congress.parly committee was again in charge. The committee chairmen were Larry Bakerink, decorations; Fritz Pointer, program; Howard Henderson, tin-ance; and Karen Kelley, publicity. Although the attendance was small, whose who did attend enjoyed themselves.In addition to the activities already mentioned, the Activity Board tlt;xk care of other matters which concerned the student body. Throughout the year, each member attempted tocreate enthusiasm for all schooli »activities and encourage stu- * dents to participate in them.Total loans of all commcrcial
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