Mildred Elaine King - Senior of the Week

Seymour Herald - 11 January 1951

The Pepper - Official Publication 

of the Seymour Public School

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SENIOR OF THE WEEK

By Eleanor Barkley

  This senior girl is the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Lester King. Mildred Elaine King, well-known member of the class of '51, was born Oct. 16, 1932, south of Jerome, Iowa. She has three older brothers and one older sister.

  Mildred has dark brown hair and eyes, is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. She began her schooling at Jerome and received her eighth grade diploma from Numa.

  Mildred likes fried chicken as her favorite food. The movie "Annie Get Your Gun" rated first, and Esther Williams is her leading movie star. She like the book "Jane Eyre" best and lists shorthand as her preferred subject. Royal blue is her specific color and summer her favorite season of the year.

  When the radio is on the "Judy Canova Show" leads as her favorite program. Singer "Hank Snow" and the music of Skitch Henderson's orchestra are her musical preferences. For a pastime she likes to visit.

  This senior girl is a staunch Warriorette and basketball has played an important role in her high school career. Her activities are: basketball 4 years, honorable mention on Jack North's all state team and I.D.P.A all state team, band 1 year, waitress Junior-Senior banquet two years, Carnival Queen of 1950, Attendant of Homecoming Queen, "S" Club.

  Mildred's pet peeve is having to wait for someone or something. Her most exciting moment hasn't happened yet.

  The different activities offered are what she likes best about S.H.S. To improve it she would like a more even distribution of heat in the school building.

  Mildred is taking a commercial course but says her plans are indefinite.

Seymour High School - Class of 1913

Seymour High School

15th Annual Commencement Exercises

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  I just came across in old family files saved by my aunt, Cadd Ruth Hawkins, an invitation to the 15th Annual Commencement Exercises of the Seymour High School for the Class of 1913, apparently sent to her by Loren W. Van Dorn, a member of the class, since his card was enclosed with the invitation.

  Loren Webster Van Dorn was born 27 September 1894 in Jerome, Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, son of George Brittain Van Dorn and Ellen Abigail Stoner.  He was the grandson of Noah H. Stoner and Catherine Maddox and of Abraham S. Vandorn and Minerva Jan Vito.  His parents and grandparents are all buried in the Jerome Cemetery. 

 World War I - Draft Registation Card

of Loren Webster Van Dorn of Seymour, Iowa

 1913 Seymour High School Graduation Card

of Loren Webster Van Dorn

Invitation to the 

1913 Seymour High School Commencement Exercises

May 22 and 23, 1913

SHS Class of 1946 - 65th Reunion in 2011

  The Seymour High School Class of 1946 held their 65th Reunion at the SHS Alumni Banquet on May 28, 2011.  Twenty-three students graduated in 1946 from SHS as shown above in their class picture.  Fifteen members of the class are deceased.  Of the eight living members of the class, four attended the Reunion and also enjoyed fellowship on Friday evening over dinner at the Continental Hotel in Centerville.  The four members attending are pictured below from left to right: Quentin DeVore, Newton, Iowa; Phyllis Hawkins Cain, Papillion, Nebraska; Jean Whitmore Ray, East Moline, Illinois; and Raymond Shubat, Kissimmee, Florida.  Phyllis Hawkins Cain, daughter of William Earl Hawkins and Lora Geneva Patrick, was born in Jerome, attended the Jerome School through ninth grade and attended Seymour High School for three years, graduating in 1946.

  The other four living members of the Class of 1946 are Dorothy Gilmore Bankston, Bonnie Smith Young, and H. Ray Mabee who all live in California; and Marjorie Van Dyne Snyder who lives in Granger, Iowa.

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  The editor sincerely appreciates the contribution of the above pictures and information to The Jerome Journal by Phyllis Hawkins Cain of Papillion, NE.

Seymour High School - Class of 1960

Seymour High School - Class of 1940

The Seymour Herald - 25 March 2010

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  The SHS Class of 1940 will be celebrating their 70th reunion at the Alumni Banquet Saturday, May 29. Several class members have indicated they [plan to attend including one from California, Don Crawford.

  Living class members are Helen Henderson, Doris Stark, Don Crawford, Richard Barlett, James Phillips, Lucille Hockett (Alley), Edna Cleeton (Blome), Ann Evans, Ava Haines, Betty Knowles (Smith) and Irma Riggs.

Seymour 1959-1960 Warriorettes

One of the "Sweet Sixteen"

The 1959-1960 Warriorettes were the last SHS team

to go to the Iowa State Girls' Basketball Tournament

  The Seymour Warriorettes of 1959-1960 have made basketball history which places them on a par with great Seymour teams that preceeded them in State Tournament play. Basketball fans all over the state will never forget the dramatic way the Warrioretts outplayed the Gladbrook champions for the first half of their game.

  However it is not for their won and lost record alone that the Seymour Community School District is proud of the Warriorettes. In appearance and conduct these girls have at all times been fine young ladies,. The effort and determination with which these girls have worked for years, under the guidance of their fine coach, Mr. Klett, should prove an inspiration for future teams.

  The season ends and the cheers die away, but we salute the Warriorettes of 1959-60 as they take their place in the record books--a great girls' team in the finest Seymour tradition.

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Row One: Inez Sell, Sandra Legg, Carol Zeitler, 
Mary Powers, Linda Morrow, Audrey Mace.

Row Two: Colleen Donald, Juanita Cox, Jan Stiles, Coach Duane Klett, Manager Beverly Long, Chaperone Margaret Shubat, Becky Alley, Linda Monteith, Kay Burns. 
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From the 1960 Tomahawk  
Yearbook of the Seymour Community School

Seymour High School - Class of 1950

Seymour Herald - 14 January 2010

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  The SHS Class of 1950 will be marking their 60th reunion at the alumni banquet Saturday, May 29, 2010. Classmates are making plans for the reunion weekend.  There were 36 members in the graduating class -- ten of whom are deceased. 

Student Poem Written In Early 1950s

Seymour Herald - 28 January 2010

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Seymour High School Poem

Listen my children and you shall hear

Of times now past but still held dear,

At Seymour High, oh! What a yen

To be half as smart again

As I thought I was through my senior year.

E. O. Berge was the big shot down there

To judge or to counsel, a fellow most fair

He'd outshine most coaches with plenty to spare

At yankin' up trouser legs, none could compare

And I'd not for a minute have anyone think

He didn't turn more than a delicate pink

When some of us managed to get in his hair.

Ruth Henderson, teacher and principal, too

'Twas her keepin' at us that pulled us through

(You know) I'll bet when she gets to heaven's gate

She'll have her excuse as to why she's late

She'd had to pack all her bugs and her cook books too.

Maurice Stamps is a fellow I shall never forget

My ain't and my tain'ts didn't make me his pet.

He was a whale of a football coach.

Turned out track men above reproach

We seniors at play time could sure make him sweat.

Now that music man's name was something like Meyer

Of tootin and singin he just never did tire

He's wield that baton both this way and that

Or suddenly yell, "Can't you tell you're flat?"

But for him we marched on through dust or thru mire.

Now under Miss Banning my time was well spent

Tho' I don't just recall who was the 1st president.

She got all the news, right in the makin'

And oh! how she struggled with that picture takin!

With less than the best she would not be content.

By golly, there's one thing I sure owe to Max (Akers)

How to add and subtract for Uncle Sam's tax

He went a courtin' and did all right

Taught his teams to sew the games up tight

How he thrilled when he heard us yell, "Give 'em the ax."

There was one, name Gray who was sharp as a knife

Sure knew his business you bet your sweet life

He's say, "Now you debit this, you credit that"

Gave me a typewriter that couldn't spell cat.

I wonder if he ever found him a wife.

From down in Missouri came another big man

For Manual Arts teachers you couldn't beat Dan

He was the one that taught us to drive

Believe it or not he came out alive

Course when he drove along all the people ran.

To join these teachers--maybe just for sport

Iowa State sent its mayor to Pammel Court

He taught us Ag's alll the charm

To be found alivin' on the farm

And I'll tell you, for words, he never was short.

Then there was a teacher, how could I forget

Always writin that shorthand--bet she is yet

All right, Calm down and I mean you

Course she talked louder than any two

She as one of the funniest people I ever met.

Oh! but it's not just the teachers that I can recall

I liked the homecomings we had every fall

That place was a riot carnival night

I worked on the banquet with all my might

Oh, I'd stew and I'd fret but I loved it all.