GRADUATION.......
I remember very little about graduation. I do remember that we had a baccalaureate on Sunday. I remember that because we had a Catholic priest give a sermon, or did something special, and I was fascinated how neat it was that the different denominations would take turns and cooperate to wish us all well. Kind of sad that no ones does that anymore. I have no recollection at all of graduation. I would guess it was on a Tuesday, maybe Monday.  I had an Open House afterward and it was all relatives. I do not remember anything fancy and I do not remember having fellow friends and classmates stop by. Did anyone do that in those days. I would guess most of us were at our own. No huge table of pictures, either. Cake and punch and lots of aunts and uncles. Miss. Krukenberg (sp?), the vocal teacher, did stop by late and I thought that was real nice of her. That was the last I ever saw of her Here are a couple of pictures from the C. Bentley Collection. (Mine are long lost) D.Tryon

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There's A Riot Going On.....
Story of the 1968 Carroll County Band Days.
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Remembering Kindergarten......
One of my earliest memories of school was being in Miss Redding's kindergarten class where I sat next to, or at the same table, as Peggy Sylvester.  I always thought that was cool that she could walk home for lunch.  One day she was not at school because she was sick. She never came back and never came back and I began to worry that if she missed anymore school, she would be kept back another year...only to find out that she had been reassigned to another table across the room and I just hadn't seen her.  That would be the first sign of my attention skills!  Karen Blinn Wilburn

Remembering Class Rings, Letter Sweaters And Going Steady....
I loved those letter sweaters. Bright gold/yellow with the dark blue G near the lower pocket. I just thought they looked great on males and females, especially during the basketball season. I bet that we were one of the last classes to wear them. I do not remember any older classes doing it, but some probably did.

Remember how excited we were when we finally got the class rings? Then, if you were "going" with someone, there went your ring and WHAMO, you were now going 'steady". OK, like who made these rules up?
Level One-A Date or Two
Level Two-Going With Someone
Level Three-Steady
Level Four-Engagement

Well, I have told this story a few times in my classroom, but never to my classmates.

It was 1967. (Historians call it the Summer Of Love) It is the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. Back in Iowa, it was still the 1950s. I was "dating" a really nice girl ( I know, that is hard to believe. Did she have visual issues?) and we now had our class rings, so it seemed kind of a natural thing to "go steady". Well, I was informed that I would have to ask her parent's for permission......Huh?.....What?,,,,,,,Really?.....Gulp....So one Saturday night, after going to the movies in Lake City, we went to her home and the living room mysteriously cleared and it was just ME and her parents......Did I say Gulp?.....Knees wobbling.....sweating like a race horse......feeling rather light headed.....I cleared my throat, summoned all the courage that I could and asked her parents for permission to go steady with their daughter....(I think I sounded like a Chipmunk, it was not my finest moment).......There was an UNBELIEVABLY long silence.....All I heard was silence.....except for those knees wobbling and a strange, low, moan from my stomach....I could hear their clock go tick, tick, tick.......FINALLY.....her Dad kind of mumbled......"Well, maybe if her grades do not drop"........Geeze...I think that is what he said as I was about to drop before her grades ever would.....I took that for a yes, but am not sure that it was....I don't think her folks were real thrilled.....Am I the only guy on the planet who had to do this?

Now the strange thing is..... like what is this?.....Steady?.....Who makes up these rules?....What IS steady?......I realize that I am not the sharpest pencil in the box, but I never did figure out what this all meant......I could just imagine some poor guy asking my folks for permission to go steady with one of my sisters...My brothers would razz that guy all the way home...He would never come back.....My Dad would be sleeping in his chair and my Mom would be shaking her foot while knitting?....but the boys would take care of it.....Guaranteed.

Anyway, I was really proud to have her wear my ring....Even though it was WAY too large, the girls in our school  fixed those minor issues with the old yarn trick. Or as Elvis sang, "Won't you wear my ring, around your neck?" I imagine we were one of the last classes to "go steady", but I am not sure. Kids today, just laugh, but deep down I think they wish that maybe some of the old traditions really were kind of fun. I lost my class ring years ago.

So just to see who is reading these little memories.....What member of our class HOCKED their class ring to pay for college classes in Alaska?   

Class Ring Photo by C.Bentley

OMG!! Freshmen Prom Servers!!!
One of my favorites from the Jr./Sr. prom.  I think we were freshmen at the time, and too young and proud to realize how dorkish we were!  Whoever chose these costumes should be hung from the goalposts.  Unfortunately, Steve is hidden behind Paul..........R.Douglas

Introducing The Wildcat Marching Band!!!
From the band calendar of 67, our junior year. The calendar listed everyone's birthday. I know that in our house, this was the calendar of record. It was always hung by our phone. You got to love reading through the businesses that sponsored the calendar. Great Memories. d.tryon. Photos by c.bentley

1968 Spring Style Show!!!
This is a CLASSIC. A Glidden Graphic article about the Spring Fashion Show. The article is written by Kris Junker and submitted by P.Clark Irlmeier CLICK THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE and I hope everyone can read the story. It works fine on my iPad and on my computer, but it might depend on your browser. Let me know if anyone cannot read it and I will try to upload it in a different format. FLOWER POWER!!!

National Honor Society.......
National Honor Society induction.  From left to right: Kris Junker, Cathy Gregory, ? ?, ? Diane Haubrich, Steve Thornton (I think), Rose Mary Whitten ( I know she is deceased) and myself.......L.Bushman.Jannsen

COMMENT: The National Honor Society picture, it is K. Junker, Cathy Gregory, Steve Lappe, Dale Haubrich, (Diane's older brother), Steve Thornton, Rosemay Whitten, and Lora.......C.Bentley

Remembering The State FHA Convention.......
Kris Junker and myself ( we are the two in the middle).  The two girls on the end I don’t recognize and I don’t remember who else was there.  I do remember we were local FHA officers that got to attend the state convention at the hotel Fort Des Moines.  It was a big deal, as it was the first time in a big hotel with a big banquet.  We stayed one night and I remember Mrs. Oxenford gave us instructions on how to tip the bell hops......L. Bushman Jannsen

COMMENT: In the FHA Convention picture, it is Mary Alice Sherer, K. Junker, Lora and Diane Heuton.....C.Bentley

Remembering School Lunches......
I hated school lunches, but I loved the cooks, who were always so helpful. It always seemed we were the smallest kids. The noise, the crowds, the smells, especially the smells, really bothered me. I still cannot stand the smell of corn bread and those white navy beans. It got so bad, that I started eating at home. Now this was quite a feat. We only had about 20 minutes. I would have to run down the three flights of stairs, then out the back door of the gym (near the locker room) and run up the school alley to our house, a short block away. My Mom, bless her heart, would usually have tomato soup and bread and butter ready on the table. Sometimes those egg salad sandwiches left over from Sunday nights. I would snarf down the food as fast as I could, then sprint back to school. I was always late for the next class as I ran like a three legged dog. (no offense to three legged dogs intended). I was the only one in our family who ever did this. I don't remember kids bringing sack lunches, but some probably did. Oh, I loved the peanut butter sandwich days, which was about once a week if I remember. Gosh, today's schools, peanut butter is banned and our school does not allow food from home, like treats. Geeze, the times are a changing, I guess......d.tryon