Teenage Scrapbook Images 1952-53 8th Grade-Part 5

 

Teenage Scrapbook Images 1952-53 

8th Grade-Part 5

The cover of the booklet we each got for our 8th grade graduation

There was a page with the Class Motto, Flower, Colors, and Class Officers - very much like my Dad’s eighth grade program 28 years earlier…

The Class Roll.        [Click on image to get a larger image.]

 

The program from graduation, slightly abbreviated, came next . It lists who read which thing at the time.

After Larry did the Welcome, it appears I read the Class History next, after the snare drum solo by Jon. This is my copy showing where we found errors in the mimeographed sheets, so that I could read it correctly. The one in the Booklet was uncorrected... ;-)

After the Girl’s Sextet sang, Larry read the Class Will, followed by the Boy’s Chorus.

Doug read the Class Prophecy…

There was a page, a handwritten poem, of “our song” sung to the tune of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

Signatures in upper left of first sheet are teachers...
The last two pages had all of our signatures, and notes from a few! ;-)

See you down the road...  ;-)

 

Teenage Scrapbook Images 1952-53 8th Grade-Part 4

 

Teenage Scrapbook Images 1952-53 

8th Grade-Part 4

Yes, in the fall of 1952 I won/earned a stuffed elephant, but not a Steiff like in this photo. It was about this size, I still have it in a box somewhere… it was for selling magazines for Curtis Circulation during the Presidential campaign… top salespersons in Practical Sales Week had choice of Donkey or Elephant. Since I was supporting Gen. Eisenhower, I chose an Elephant. We did see the man who would become President later on at a whistle stop in Perry, as I recall. My elephant was not this fancy!! ;-)

 

When I first saw this certificate in the scrapbook, I thought it was the eighth grade diploma… no, just the achievement award for good sales….. but…

The Diploma was there… earned at the end of the year.

Here is the graduation program cover, and the cover of a congratulatory card I got from my Aunt Irene, Dad’s sister. Much appreciated.

The interior of the card, with signature.

The interior of the program with the list of events and all the class members.

Next time I will share the Red Cover Booklet we all made for each of us. It has the History, Will, Prophesy, etc. and more…


See you down the road… ;-)

Teenage Photos 1952-53 8th Grade-Part 3

 

Teenage Photos 1952-53 

8th Grade-Part 3

Continuing b&w photos from Scrapbook…

Nancy Bolger by the west Gym door.

Marcia Textor walking across the street - sometimes photos were fuzzy… darn!

Merlyn Seastrom and Janice Turner by the west Gym door.

Teacher Ms. Pat Kennedy and classmate Marcia Textor in the classroom at teacher's desk.

Teachers Mrs. Patrick and Ms. Pat Kennedy walking up the sidewalk to school. 

This concludes the b&w photos in the scrapbook. More Scrapbook contents on 8th Grade to follow, next Tuesday, in part 4.

See you down the road...  ;-)

Teenage Photos 1952-53 8th Grade-Part 2

 

Teenage Photos 1952-53 

8th Grade-Part 2

Scrapbook from Eighth Grade and High School
Source of photos and memorabilia in next several posts

The rest of these b&w photos were in the scrapbook - l0 in all, 5 here, 5 next time…
Random order…

Bunch of older guys by the west Gym door…
Three Seniors on left: Don Roberts, Jerry Simon, Bob Bolger. Two Freshmen on right: Gary Hilgenberg, Merlyn Seastrom

The rest of my 8th grade classroom… earlier photo had me at far right, last desk.

Here are: Marilyn Peterson, Jerry Scott, Ramona Palmer, Doug Drake up front. Behind him is Jon Crisman. Nancy Bolger just beyond Jon's head, Gary Hoover, far right, Larry Turner's back between Jon and Gary, it appears. Charlotte Shirbroun is behind and to left of Nancy. Gerald Palmer far back on right, between Larry and Gary.

Cousin Gary HIlgenberg by the west Gym door.

Jon Crisman (in front) and cousin Dennis Ford crossing street toward that West Gym door, from playground area.

Juanita Pierce and Nancy Bolger (in back) also along west side of schoolhouse.


…to be continued on Thursday…


See you down the road…  ;-)

Teenage Photos 1952-53 8th Grade-Part 1

 

Teenage Photos 1952-53 8th Grade-Part 1

26 8th-Grade Students at Coon Rapids (IA) Community School with teacher Patricia Kennedy.

Back Row: (John) Andy Kretzinger, Roland McGee, Charles Remele, Dennis Ford, Bill Smith
Next Row: Jerry Scott, Gerald Palmer, Doug Drake, Gary Webber, Larry Turner, Ms. Kennedy
Next Row: Dick Whitfield, Jim Knudsen, Arlene Herron, Gary Hoover, Jon Crimson, Norman Arrowsmith, Wayne Grim
Front Row: Jane Smith, Juanita Pierce, Marcia Textor, Norma Wagner, Ramona Palmer, Nancy Bolger, Charlotte Shirbroun, Marilyn Peterson, Marilyn Andersen

This was the only photo I had, until recently, when I had taken Mom’s camera to school. That is me sitting at my desk. I think that is Nancy in dark (red) sweater standing by window behind me, talking to Doug, it appears. She was a mature class leader. I was still the newcomer… ;-)

In a later post here (next Tues and Thurs, part 2 and part 3, of 8th Grade), we’ll see more photos from that day that were in the scrapbook…

My class picture, in fall, just turned 13 on July 1. A teenager. Bill. No more Billie, Billy… ;-)

I got my slide camera the summer of 1953... much better!!
This is that following summer… with brothers… we’d all grown up quite a bit!! ;-)
Barry had arrived eighteen months earlier. Jim on left, with Tom (later to become T.K.)

I loved that bike!! ;-)

See you down the road…  ;-)

Childhood Photos 1950-52 6/7th Grade

 

Childhood Photos 1950-52 6/7th Grade

Another all-time favorite photo - Confirmation Class, Star Methodist Church

Rev. Pooley and Don Williams, Sunday School Class 6th Grade Teacher, in back

Charlotte Shirbroun, Nancy Bolger, Bill Smith, Dennis Ford, Kenneth Molle, Wayne Grim

Seventh Grade, Willow #3, 1951-1952

Top Row: Teacher, Jim Smith, Ruth Anderson, Tom Tolsdorf, Charlotte Shirbroun, Wilson Thomas
Mid-Row: Robert Hunter, ?? Anderson, Jane Lovell, Jim Tolsdorf
Bottom Row: Gary Hunter, Judy Tolsdorf, Dick Hunter, Bill Smith

Bill Smith on west side of farm home - likely sixth grade...


See you down the road… ;-)

Childhood Photos 1949-1950 5th Grade

 

Childhood Photos 1949-1950 5th Grade

Eileen, Mom, and her three boys: Tommie, Jimmie and Bill (sometimes still Billie!)
Notice the favorite setting for pictures…

 

The second favorite location for photos… Bill and his Mom. Similar dress style, I note.

The grove, off to the north east from the house, behind the chicken houses… a favorite play place.

The Kinnick cousins, Kathleen, Kelton and Karen, were at the farm on a Sunday afternoon. Very common occurrence - Jimmie and I seem to be sticking our tongues out. Not the nicest of photo. Later on I built a ‘cabin’ in the grove, to the right of this photo location. Don’t think any photos survive of it. There were also old farm implements stored here, that made for great climbing around on.
What fun!

Another county fair photo, I’m sure. No way to date this, so here it is!!! ;-)

Star Church young people gathered together for some occasion.

Back Row, left to right, Ann Rees, Dwight Brown, Doyle Gymer, Bill Smith, Dennis Ford, Phil Huffed
Middle Row, left to right, Tom Rees, Charlotte Shirbroun, Donna Grim, Nancy Bolger, ??
Front Row, left to right, ??, Jessie Rees, Marla Williams, Ramona McGee, Wayne Grim

Could make lots of comments, but I’ll leave that up to you, the reader…
Frustrating not to remember those two girls names… help?

Good example of young folks, guys and gals, growing and maturing at different paces…

I did notice how Nancy and I always seemed to stand nearby to one another… pure chance??


See you down the road…  :-)
 

Childhood Images 1948-1949 - 4th Grade

 

Childhood Images 1948-1949 - 4th Grade

This appears to be late in 1948. Notice that Tommy arrived in the spring - we were now 5!

This is aphoto I used on a web page many years ago about Willow #3; here is the caption from that time:

“Notice building and cars and background - Spring 1949
Back row (left to right): Donnabelle Shirbroun, Bernice Pevestorf, Joan Bowman, Beverly Woods, Pat
Thomas, Bill Smith
Middle row: Wilson Thomas, Jim Tolsdorf, Dick Hunter, Judy Tolsdorf, Bob Hunter, Charolette
Shirbroun, Shirley Woods
Front row: Jane Lovell (?)(blonde girl), Gary Hunter on right, in front of Shirley”

Our teacher for 4th, 5th and 6th Grades was Inez Shirbroun, wife of Speedy, the local Coon Rapids Radio repairman, and soon to be Television guru. Since our school sat on a hill, he put up an antenna on Thursday nights and picked up the WOI-TV, Ames, signal from about 60 miles to the east. We got to go watch the Lone Ranger, in black and white, of course, small screen - but it was our first exposure to television. It was a couple of years after that before we were able to have one in our home - and all three channels!!! ;-)

In the meantime, this is what I constructed and played with… inside, on carpet... Lincoln logs made the outline. I created the cars out of plaster of paris, in rubber molds, wheels inserted while wet. I still have a couple of them, somewhere, in a box.

Two different views, outside, that also shows more of the yard around the east side of the house. I was quite into architecture at the time. Constructed each building out of wood. The large 'cattle shed' on the right was modeled after the real one my Dad constructed across the road, south of the barn... looks just like it. Proportions are a 'bit' off from rest of buildings, but... made at different times, for different reasons. By the way, the house was a very modern design, for the times....  ;-)

P.S. Really amazing these photos survived!!! ;-)


See  you down the road… ;-)